LOGINKiara's POVHe studied me for another moment, and I returned his stare with the sweetest smile I could manage.What? Did he expect me to thank him for abandoning me last night?Not a chance.Zander glanced towards the restaurant entrance and stepped aside."Come on. Cole is expecting us."I followed him, resisting the urge to stick my tongue out at his back.Arrogant man.And not even one compliment about my dress.Not that I wanted one.Obviously.We were halfway across the lobby when the reality of what I was about to do hit me.Cole Maxwell. The man I had to sit across from over breakfast and help convince to sell his company. This wasn't a boardroom presentation, and he had already rejected Creed Industries' previous approach.What if he challenged my ideas or refused to take me seriously? Zander had brought me all the way to Aspen because he believed I could help. I didn't want to disappoint him.I pulled out my phone and searched my notes for Max Com's expansion costs, then its
Kiara's POVThe first thing I noticed when I woke up was that Zander wasn't in bed.Not that I'd expected him to be.After what happened last night, I wouldn't have been surprised if he'd packed his bags and flown back to New York just to avoid me.I sat up, pushing my hair away from my face as memories of last night came rushing back.God!What a disaster.One minute, he'd been on top of me, ordering me to stop moving as though I was the one who'd started the whole thing. The next, he'd practically fled into the bathroom, leaving me lying on the sofa, embarrassed and wondering what the hell had just happened.I'd eventually dragged myself into bed and fallen asleep.And now he was nowhere to be found.I climbed out of bed and checked the bathroom, even though the open door made it obvious he wasn't there."Of course," I muttered.I walked into the living area, ready to search the entire penthouse if necessary, but stopped when I noticed a pillow at one end of the sofa and a throw bla
Zander's POVEverything stopped.She stared up at me, one hand pressed flat against my chest and the other fisted in the blanket beside her shoulder.Her body was warm and impossibly soft beneath mine, and fuck, having her pinned under me like this was ruining me. I'd imagined holding her this way more times than I cared to admit, and not one of those thoughts had come close to the real thing.Her hips settled against mine, and it took every ounce of restraint I had to stop my cock from hardening against her. Her thighs tensed under mine, and I felt the slight roll of her hips, the subtle press of heat where she was softest meeting the thickest part of me.Damn.She had no idea what she was doing to me.I needed to get off her before I lost control and did something we'd both regret."Maybe you're the one who needs to understand that you're only my boss, Zander, not my guardian!"She shoved against my chest, trying to push me off.I caught both her wrists in one hand and pinned them a
Zander's POV She wheeled around at the edge of the hallway and finally looked at me again. If she'd been furious in the bedroom, she was far more dangerous now. "The suite is yours." She gave a small, cutting shrug. "You wanted space, Zander. I'm giving you space. Take the room and the whole bed. Enjoy the view. I'll be out here, perfectly out of your way, which is clearly what you wanted when you walked out that door six hours ago." I crossed the distance and stopped at the end of the sofa. "Enough with the teenage tantrum. Get back in that bed before I put you there myself." Her jaw dropped, then closed as the slowest, most theatrical smile I had ever seen on a human face spread across her lips. "It is officially..." She lifted her wrist in a flourish and tapped the bare skin where a watch would have been. "...past midnight. Which, by my count, puts us well outside of my working hours, Mr. Creed. You do not get to order me around at almost two in the morning." She actually ha
Zander's POVThe last thing I expected was to walk into the room past one in the morning and find Kiara sitting up against the pillows, the duvet pulled to her waist, watching me. I'd intentionally stayed out late, attending meetings with longtime business partners and lingering over drinks far longer than necessary. I would do anything to avoid coming back to this room until I was certain she had fallen asleep.Apparently, my plan hadn't worked.I slid my hands into my pockets to keep them still and held her gaze from the middle of the room."No."The lie came out evenly. I had been lying to myself all evening, so one more to her hardly registered.Her head tilted slowly, and the look she gave me could have stripped paint off a wall."You've been away from the room for over four hours." Her hands flew up and dropped again, her palms open in exasperation. "It's nearly two in the morning, Zander.""There was work to attend to." I held her stare, refusing to look away. One meeting had l
Kiara's POV My head tilted back in shock. "Of course, Mr. Creed." "Zander." I kept my voice level because the porter was two feet away and Marguerite was watching her screen with the determined blankness of a woman trained to hear nothing. "I will be staying in your..." "Her luggage, please." He gave the instruction once, calmly, and turned towards the elevators. The porter was already moving. I had to walk fast to catch him. "Zander." "Keep up, Kiara." "Is this really a good idea?" "We will discuss it upstairs." The elevator doors slid open, and he stepped inside. I stepped in beside him. The porter stayed back with the trolley to take the next car up, which left me alone with him in a mirrored box. I could not hold it back. "Fifteen minutes away isn't that bad. I'd be out of your way. You wouldn't even..." "It is horrible," he cut in, not even looking at me. "You don't know how the corporate world works, Kiara. The two of us need to be in the same place. E
Kiara's POV I burst through the double doors, my bag bouncing against my hip as I raced down the hallway. My head was pounding. I woke up this morning with the worst hangover of my life. And now I was late to the one event I couldn't afford to miss. The event where my dad was hosting. The hallw
Kiara's POVThe room was dim.Only a small lamp in the corner cast a soft glow across the space. The hotel suite was massive and expensive. Everything about it portrayed wealth and power.He carried me inside, his arms strong around me. I felt weightless against his chest, my head resting on his sh
Kiara's POVMy heart pounded uncontrollably.The sexy man I'd kissed had cleared out the entire VIP section with just a wave of his fingers. I'd marveled at how much power he had, how everyone obeyed without question. And now we were all alone.This was Lisa's fault for daring me, but I couldn't le
A standalone novel from the Daddy Series. 🌶🌶If you enjoyed my book Falling For My Ex's Dad, then you would love this even more. Forbidden love. Love triangles. Passion. Obsession. And a dangerous addiction that threatens to consume them both. Kiara's POV "Shots! Shots! Shots!" Lisa sla







