เข้าสู่ระบบThe sun was setting behind the tall glass towers of the city... but the heat inside Lucas’s office had nothing to do with the weather. Selene walked through the heavy doors... her heart pounding a fast... nervous beat. She couldn’t stay at home anymore... not while she knew Ophelia was spending every hour of the day near her husband.As she stepped inside... she saw them. Lucas was leaning over a large table covered in maps... and Ophelia was standing right next to him. She was so close that her arm was brushing against his... her finger pointing at a line on the paper. She didn’t move away when Selene entered. In fact... she leaned in a little closer... a small... smug smile touching her lips.“Selene...” Lucas said... looking up with a tired smile. He looked happy to see her... but the dark circles under his eyes told her how much the pressure was wearing him down. “I didn’t expect you to come by the office today.”“I missed you... Lucas...” Selene said... her eyes darting to Ophel
The morning air was thick and heavy... a storm of words still hanging over the penthouse after Ophelia had slammed the door. Selene stood in the center of the room... her hands trembling as the echoes of Ophelia’s threats played over and over in her mind. She felt a deep... cold fear that she couldn’t shake... a fear that her home was no longer the safe place it used to be.When Lucas stepped into the room... his face was like stone. He had heard the door slam... he had felt the shift in the air. He walked over to Selene... his large hands reaching out to steady her... but for the first time... she felt a small... sharp distance between them. It wasn’t that he didn’t love her... it was that his mind was already moving toward the war he had to fight at work.“She’s gone... Lucas...” Selene whispered... her eyes red from the tears she had shed. “She admitted it. She stood right there and told me she wanted you. She said she was coming for you. How can someone we trusted be so heartless
The sun had fully risen... pouring a bright... unforgiving light into the penthouse. After the long night of passion and healing... Selene sat at the edge of the bed. She was dressed... but her mind was still swirling with everything that had happened. As she looked at the doorway... she couldn’t stop wondering to herself how a person could be so cold.She had taken Ophelia into her life. She had treated her like a sister... shared her home... and trusted her with her family. To think that Ophelia could do a thing like that... to go behind her back and try to steal her husband... it felt like a heavy stone sitting in her chest.“I have to face her...” Selene whispered... her voice shaky but determined.Selene walked into the living room... where Ophelia was standing by the large glass window... looking out at the city as if nothing had happened. She was still in the same clothes from the night before... her hair a little messy... but her face was a calm mask.“Ophelia...” Selene said.
The blue light of the security screens filled the small room... but the coldness of the machines was quickly drowned out by the heat rising between Lucas and Selene. The proof was right there in front of them... the truth was out... and the wall that had almost ruined them had crumbled into dust.Lucas didn’t wait for her to say another word. He stepped forward... his large hands holding her face with a strong... desperate grip. He leaned down and kissed her in a way that was worlds away from the one Ophelia had tried to steal. This was a kiss that said she belonged to him... a kiss of pure relief and a deep... hungry need.He kissed her so wetly... so deeply... that Selene felt her knees go weak. The slick... hot feeling of his tongue against hers sent a shock through her entire body. A sudden... heavy wetness pooled between her thighs... a physical reaction to how much she wanted him. She felt herself let go completely... her body becoming soft against the hard muscles of his chest.
The air in the library was heavy... smelling of bourbon and the perfume Ophelia had worn to get his attention. Finally... the fog in Lucas’s mind cleared. The shock that had frozen his body snapped. He reached up... his large hands grabbing Ophelia’s shoulders... not to hold her... but to push her away with a hard... cold strength.“Ophelia! Stop!” Lucas’s voice was a rough whisper... shaking with anger and total confusion.Ophelia stumbled back... her chest moving up and down as she breathed hard. Her eyes were wide... filled with the heat of the kiss she had just forced on him. She looked at him... waiting for him to tell her he felt the same spark... waiting for him to choose her.“What is wrong with you?” Lucas demanded. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand... trying to get rid of the feeling of her lips. “What were you thinking? You work for me... you are my wife’s friend. Have you lost your mind?”Ophelia didn’t say a word. She just stood there in the shadows... her pri
The drive home was quiet... but the air inside the SUV was charged with a heavy, thick energy that had not been there in months. Now that the pressure of the partnership was behind them... Lucas seemed unable to keep his hands off his wife. As soon as the elevator doors to their penthouse hissed shut... he didn’t even wait for the lights to come on. He pulled Selene into his arms, his movements urgent and filled with a raw, masculine hunger.His touch was different tonight... hungrier... deeper. His large hands moved over her body with a possessive heat... sliding under her silk blouse to find the soft, warm weight of her breasts. He cupped her with a firm... desperate pressure... his thumbs grazing her skin in a way that made Selene’s breath hitch in a sharp, jagged gasp. Selene gasped... her head falling back as she felt the familiar... powerful rhythm of his heart beating against her own.“Lucas...” she whispered... her voice a broken thread of sound.“I’ve missed you,” he murmured







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