Velvet Sins

ed him

ty, men like Lucien Moretti didn't walk, they prowled. The k

ed the corners, lights sweeping over sin in every shade of desire. Red velvet booths. Black ma

n there

ci

dy all lean muscle and dangerous elegance. He was shirtless, of course he was. And as he t

minding myself

at. It was about jus

ody didn't g

ched, mask still on. But I'd seen him. For weeks. I'd memorized every report, every blu

n Mor

suspect. Criminal prince

nment. M

just stolen the br

els clicking against polished floor as I followed.

that wrapped around my spine like silk and steel. And when he turned,

help

e he'd already read every lie I'd rehearsed. Like

s voice was low, smooth.

a smile

gaze never leaving mine. "Then let me

y ba

y I was look

d devastating. "No.

mn

ehind my ear. "And what if I said I

ke a promise. "Then, sweetheart... you'

've walk

d, I s

with implication. Questions that felt like foreplay. He didn't ask what I did for a

e moved. Who nodded to him. Who avoided his gaze. Every g

hought I had the up

ot like t

stiffened

e." His head tilted. "You don't want anything... but

One heart

d sharp. "So tell me,

in place, but my

so like he didn't care. Like he was toying with the po

'm a cop?" I asked, voi

. "For starters, that dress. Sexy, but too calculated. Your posture-military s

w. "And how ex

er, his mouth a breath from mine, "...and ar

I didn't kn

t low and tight. "You thi

r this time, more dangerous. "

ass again, then exten

efusing would be o

on. No hesitation. I lifted it to my lips and dran

he said. "But n

s a test. He was poking the

closer to him than n

ething unspoken but undeniable. It wasn't just heat. It wa

of us woul

lose his breath warmed m

d club, past guarded doors, into a back hallway

a room with

owing low. A long leather couch. One camera in the c

cou

enemies in here?" I

d me. "Only the

ce him-and cau

ved and shadowed, the tiger tattoo stretched across his back

you," I said, hal

"Then why h

couldn't

needed access. Ev

me to the floor. Something that had nothing

er. One step.

to be," he murmured. "Even if

hard. "This

things star

y hip-light, but f

afraid of

nto his eyes.

l our lips were a b

n he ki

ist, pulling me flush against him, and my body betrayed me-arching, craving, answering every demand.

d've ter

rille

ulled back, we we

change anyth

elvet and smoke. "It