CHAPTER 13

It was almost midnight when they bid Marcus and Diane Reese goodnight and drove back to the penthouse. Harley wished she were tired but to her dismay, she felt wide awake and filled with a wild, reckless energy.

Those few moments of madness on the dancefloor with Armel had inflamed her senses and left her body aching for his full possession. But her body was going to be disappointed since she intended to go straight to her room the moment they entered the apartment.

But Armel’s butler, Alain, greeted them with a tray of coffee and petits fours that he had prepared especially for their return.

“If you don’t mind, I’m quite tired… I’d really like to go to bed now,” Harley muttered to Armel as he ushered her into the lounge in the wake of the butler.

“And upset Alain?”

His eyebrows raised a notch.

‘You’re a brave woman… O might add, you’re much braver than me when it comes to upset Alain.”

Stifling a groan, Harley dredged up a smile and a