MasukKOURTNEY Dinner itself felt like an exercise of extreme self-control. We sat around the large dining table, the air filled with the scent of seasoned beef and fresh lime. Tessa was a whirlwind of conversation, her hands moving a mile a minute as she talked about her date with Chase. "So, Kourt, fill me in!" she said, leaning forward and pointing a taco at me. "Give me the juicy details. Who’s the hottest guy in the auditing department? Did Dad make you do any boring filing? Tell me everything." I could literally feel Silas’s eyes boring holes into the side of my face from the head of the table. I focused very intently on my taco, carefully adding a dollop of sour cream to hide the fact that my hands were currently trembling. "Honestly, it was nothing much," I lied, the words feeling like lead in my mouth. "Just a lot of orientation videos and HR paperwork. Tessa nodded with a rather disappointed look as I couldn't give her a proper gist. “I actually spent most of the time
KOURTNEY The drive back to the mansion had been an intense haze of both sexual tension and secret touches. Immediately we pulled out of his firm's underground parking lot, his hand immediately found my silk-cladded thigh in what I first thought was an accidental graze. But then his fingers had lingered just long enough to let me know he was being deliberate and I'd immediately felt a fresh wave of heat through my body. By the time he pulled into the long, winding driveway of his mansion, I was a total nervous wreck, my skin feeling three sizes too small for my body. Then the heavy front door swung open, and the first thing I heard was the sound of a loud laugh. A pure vibrant, nonchalant laughter erupting from her. I suddenly felt conscious and tried as much as I could to regain the control that had long been dismantled by the very man standing right in front of me. Tessa was right in the living room, sprawled out on the sofa, her feet kicked up on the coffee table, clutch
KOURTNEY My heart was pounding hard against my ear drums in a wild way as he rubbed his head slowly over my burning slit. Silas looked down at me, his face a mask of concentrated hunger, and I knew there was no going back. He wasn’t going to stop, and God help me, I didn’t even want him to. Not now. Not when it felt like my entire vision was beginning to swim in ecstasy. Not now when my entire body was burning with an intense, reckless need. He reached down, his fingers properly guiding his cock to my entrance. I gasped loudly, my eyes instinctively flying to the door, expecting Henderson to burst in at any second. Silas didn't even look bothered. He just hovered above me, eyes keenly watching me, his thumb tracing the line of my jaw as he began to push in. He moved inch by inch in a very slow and torturous invasion that made my breath hitch. I felt my insides clenching around him, my muscles acting like a trap. It felt like he was stretching me to my absolute limit, f
KOURTNEY The air in the office had become thick, charged with the kind of electricity that precedes a massive storm. Silas didn't give me time to think, let alone catch my breath. He leaned down slowly, his gaze locked on mine, and when his lips finally met mine, it wasn't a question. It was a takeover. His tongue parted my lips with a practiced, smooth confidence, and I melted straight into him, savoring the fresh, minty taste of his mouth mixed with an intoxicating taste of coffee. His hand wrapped around my waist in a possessive, iron hold, pulling me flush against his suit. He leaned into me, deepening the kiss until our noses bumped and the world outside that door ceased to exist. I reached up, my fingers clawing at his crisp white collar, desperate to pull him closer. That’s when I felt it—the hard, rigid, unmistakable length of him pressing firmly against my lower abdomen. My breath caught somewhere at the back of my throat. I broke the kiss abruptly, breathless
KOURTNEY I stood in the center of the living room with Tessa who was currently going over the details of how her day out with Chase was going to be like. But I couldn't bring myself to share in her enthusiasm. I was too busy trying to keep my hands from shaking as I clutched the handle of my leather tote bag so tightly my knuckles were white. Every second felt like an hour. Tessa finally seemed to notice we'd probably been waiting for long. She began pacing beside me, checking her watch. "Ugh, what is taking him so long?" she groaned, tossing her hair over her shoulder. "He’s usually the one lecturing me about being on time. Now he’s the one holding up the show." She glanced at me, noticing my rigid posture. "Hey, don't worry, Kourt. I'll go fetch him right away. He’s probably stuck on a phone call with some business associate." Just as Tessa turned toward the stairs, she stopped and chuckled. "Oh, there you are. Finally decided to join us, oh great leader?" I followed her g
KOURTNEY Tessa came bouncing down the stairs like she hadn't just been unconscious for the better part of the afternoon. She looked fresh, her skin glowing, and she had this wide, innocent grin that made the guilt in my chest feel like it was trying to crush me. I forced a smile, tucking a stray hair behind my ear, trying to look like a girl who hadn't just been tasting her friend’s father’s mouth two minutes ago. "Look who finally decided to join the land of the living," I said, my voice only cracking a tiny bit. I tried for a teasing tone. "I was starting to think you were doing a total marathon with that nap. I was just about to call the Guinness World Records." Tessa laughed, rubbing her eyes as she reached the bottom step. She waved a hand at Silas, who was standing by the kitchen island, looking so composed it was actually infuriating. "Hey, sleepyhead," Silas called out. He really sounded so normal. So dad-ish. I would give it to him, he was good at tucking in his f
FINN“And my job is to clean up, Mr Sterling.” she said reassuringly, boldly picking the challenge I was throwing. I had her pinned between my desk and my body, the scent of her—a mix of industrial lavender and something soft, like honey and vanilla—filling my lungs until I just couldn't think str
ENID “Hello, this is your captain speaking. We’ve started our descent…” The rest of the words faded into the background as the captain’s voice crackled over the intercom, a distant, disembodied drone announcing our descent into the O’Hare International Airport. For me, it felt like I was just ab
ESMEMaddox suddenly broke from the kiss, hands softly cupping my face in a very unfamiliar sweet gesture. This was a new side to Maddox I hadn't seen before. He had never been sweet on me, never in his life. “I can almost smell your desire, Es.” He murmured, sending tingling sensations dancing d
FINN The first time I saw Julia, I actually forgot how to breathe for a solid sixty seconds. I’m the Managing Director of one of the most cutthroat finance firms in the city. I'm what a number of people would call rigid, because apparently, I don’t get easily blown away by anything. I deal in co







