n't k
y. Too despera
m the hem of my dress. My chest heaved. My throat ached. All I could hear was my broth
exactly wha
den light spilled from overhead, pooling on marble floors and the sleek edges of de
ed. Just calm, unreadable. One hand in his pocket, the other holding a lowball glass half-full of amber w
I expected. "He's in trouble, Leon. Really bad tro
his gray eyes locking on mine. Cold. Calm. D
came here
an fix this," I said. "Ple
steel. "He's your brother. I mar
hrough the air, fi
My fingers curl
closer. "I'll
he way his gaze slid down the curve of my body, the way his jaw tigh
ght away. The air
deliberately. "You sure you kno
cheeks burned, but I held my ground. "I
nce. Then he walked toward me, unhurried, like a wolf circling something fragi
eath
ough that I could feel the heat of his body. The air betwe
urmured. "Pretending not to notice the way y
retending,"
s out. Naked
wet hair from my cheek. His thumb lingered on my skin,
he said. "You give yourself t
good," I breathed. "
down my neck, slow and possessiv
e kiss
sn't
A claim. A fire I'
issed h
ng beneath me. Every part of me was aware that this was wro
ck just enou
ck the door, I'll walk away. If not..." His voic
t hammering ag
I
eavier than the last, each one echoing through the silence like a promi
ing up. The penthouse was always Leon's terri
t, I was i
nob. The door was half-open, just enough to show the low amber light
pped
a faint scent of sandalwood and something deeper... darker. Th
ense heightened. I didn't dare sit. Didn't d
still wa
se this doo
idn
ress clung to me, soaked through, the thin fabric almost transparent now. My nippl
lt warmer now, but my
ductive. I didn't know how. But my thighs pressed together instinctively
es pa
the creak o
in my body
as c
turned-deli
it. His jacket was gone. His shirt sleeves rolled
behind him with a s
, lips. My breath hitched. I wanted to c
lock the doo
I br
d gi
steps measured. My pu
ing off him in waves. His fingers reached down,
down my arm
e other
sil
red, voice like smoke and s
m, my lips parted
on
s eyes. Then he reached for t
. Care
ping someth
I le