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eiling windows like it wanted in. I'd already downed three shots of tequila cheap, burning, perfect. The fourt

the one I'd bought for the honeymoon. Low-cut, slit up the thigh. I'd worn it tonight t

irl with pink hair slid

?" she asked

ped my fingers around the shot and tossed it back. Fire

p of girls laughing too loud. No one looked twice at the drenched girl in the corner with mascara tracks do

eone was w

y neck, like fingers ghosting over skin. My gaze drifted left,

er

ading through black hair at the temples, sharp jaw, eyes so dark they looked black even from he

eyes

dy, unblinking. Heat crawled up my spine despite the chill

ss. His mouth curved just the barest hint of a smirk before he r

e kicke

What the hell was I doing? Flirting? Wit

on still sat heavy in my chest, but it didn't hurt quite as sharply now. And

d for ano

e spoke behind me. "You're go

on th

was

asily over six feet broad shoulders filling ou

and leather and sin. His eyes weren't black after all; they were

here was nothing casual about the way he looked at me.

uor," I said, voice

s low, rough velvet. "B

nds were trembling on

d. Of cou

Close enough that his knee brushed my thigh through

artender. But where her tone had been

int in pretending. "My fiancé was fucking my best

offer platitudes. Just wa

He's an

h burst out of m

reached for it. His hand closed gently

eath

request. "You're already dr

t, the quiet command in his voice... it did somet

you?" I w

ist slowly, fingertips trailing

wallowed. "

Like he liked the flavor. "Pretty name for a pre

. Bad decisions. Yes. That's

lder than I'd ever been. "I came here

ing to my breasts, the hard peaks of my nipples visible through the fabr

jaw tightened,

princess," he murmured. "

spark on dry tinder. My thighs

"I want to feel something. Anything. Other than... this."

ther long moment. Then he

with

't a qu

is was insane. I didn't know him. He

ngerous sounded b

my hand

tugged me gently off the stool. I swayed a little tequila and adrenaline a

t curious glances, to the private elevator at the

oo intimate. He pressed the button

sed, he turned t

o change your

the corners of his eyes. The scar just under his jaw

to change my

ping my jaw. Thumb br

d gi

e like a drug. M

elevato

ffortless, like I weighed nothing

licked shu

ike that,

ight, a