SURRENDER TO THE BILLIONAIRE BOSS

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es soaked through, my cheap umbrella turning inside out against the wind. I had just lost my job that afternoon,fired from a marketing agency th

e, one of Manhattan's most luxurious

ilure. But deep down, I think I wanted to feel invisible. To vanish int

laughter floated like perfume. I chose a corner seat, ordered the cheapest cockta

when he

n Blac

m. He moved with the quiet confidence of someone who owned everything he touched. His black suit looked like it cost more than my

lanced at him, whispered his name. I couldn't hear what they said, but the way th

e looked aw

Once. Twice. An

. It was quiet, curious, dangerous. The kind of smile

asked, his voice de

he'd actually spoken to

glass. "Doesn't loo

ot," I a

he bartender. "Tw

didn

y. "You look like you coul

ready drowned hours ago. So I nodded, and when he handed me the glass,

sked what I wanted from life, and I laughed,because I didn't even know anymore. He told me he beli

far away. He told me that running never work

ng inside me broke open. The city, the rain, the noise of failure,

wante

he was rich - though I could tell he was. I wanted him beca

oser, his voice dr

pstairs

med that this was madness. But his eyes held mine, st

llowe

e of his cologne:cedar and smoke,and the warmth radiating from his body made my skin ache. W

ul. Cold. Expen

ton of his shirt. "You can still leave," h

didn'

eling my pulse hammer in my th

. It was fire:raw, consuming, desperate. The kind of kiss that makes you forget your na

reath hitched as his fingers trailed along my skin like he was memorizing it. Everything felt ur

fessions. Just the sound of rain and the rhythm of two str

the city lights flicker across his skin. For the firs

e befo

eep beside me, the hard lines of his face softened in the pale morning lig

b and made a mistake. And he,whoever he

n hotel stationery "Thank you for the esc

matter. That it was jus

to the gray dawn, I real

n my life, I didn't f

rous, beautiful spark was t

later, I'd

into a new office and meet th

an Bl

ything with one night... would be