Semua Bab Seduction Unleashed (Erotica Collection): Bab 81 - Bab 89

The rain had slowed, but the city was still slick with it—pavement glowing in the amber cast of streetlamps, air heavy with the smell of wet asphalt and smoke. Inside the glass-paneled high-rise, warmth hummed against the night. Music low, amber lights reflecting in polished floors, a quiet meant only for those who knew how to savor it.Elena Vargas wasn’t savoring it.She was tense, shoulders drawn tight under the silk of her blouse, pacing in her heels as if the floor were burning her. She wasn’t supposed to be here, not in this tower where men like Dominic Hale made and unmade empires with signatures. She was supposed to be on the other side of the city, head down, unremarkable, working through files and numbers that no one would ever remember.Yet here she was, because he had noticed her.Dominic Hale didn’t notice people the way ordinary men did. He consumed them. When his attention landed on someone, they felt it like a hand pressing against their skin, demanding they bare thems

The first thing Elena noticed when she walked into the office the next morning was the silence.Not the usual corporate hum of phones ringing, keyboards clattering, voices low and clipped. This silence was heavier, charged, the kind that made her pulse tick faster in her throat. Heads turned as she crossed the marble lobby, eyes following in discreet glances. The whispers came soft, hushed, but unmistakable.She wasn’t stupid. She knew what they were saying.She had sat beside Dominic Hale at the head of his empire yesterday. She had walked out of his private conference room with her lipstick smudged and her blouse buttoned wrong. In this building, where gossip traveled faster than oxygen, no one needed proof. Speculation was enough to stain.Her heels struck sharper against the polished floor than she meant them to. Every step felt like defiance, though her stomach knotted tighter with each glance she caught. She forced her chin up, as if daring them to name what they suspected.Her

The rain had been falling for hours, slicking the streets of Manhattan in silver light. Isabella Marlowe pulled the collar of her leather jacket tighter as she slipped down an alley lit only by the neon glow of a sign. Velvet Room. The letters pulsed red like a heartbeat, drawing her toward the doorway as though she were meant to be there.She had no business walking into a place like that, but business had nothing to do with it. She was running. Always running. Tonight she needed somewhere crowded enough to swallow her whole, somewhere the past couldn’t find her.The moment she stepped inside, she was hit by velvet shadows, low music, and the intoxicating scent of whiskey, smoke, and something darker; something like sin. The club was crowded, a living organism of heat and bodies, but it had a pulse that felt controlled, as if every movement inside belonged to the same hand.Her eyes scanned the room, restless and sharp. She wasn’t dressed for seduction; jeans, boots, jacket; but h

The club’s velvet lights pulsed in rhythm with the bass, painting everything in deep crimson and violet. Bodies pressed together on the dance floor, sweat and perfume merging into one intoxicating haze. At the bar, Isla leaned back on her stool and let the stem of her glass slide through her fingers. She wasn’t here to dance. She wasn’t even here to drink. She was here for him.“You keep staring,” the bartender said with a smirk. “Either you want him or you want trouble.”Isla flicked her eyes toward the corner booth where a man sat, untouched by the chaos around him. Matteo DeLuca. White shirt, collar unbuttoned just enough to tease, a glass of whiskey untouched before him. His eyes scanned the room like he owned it. Because, in a way, he did.“I didn’t say I wanted either,” Isla replied.The bartender chuckled. “Then you better stop staring, sweetheart, because a man like that notices everything.”Isla raised her glass and let the burn of the liquid distract her. She was here for in

The storm outside clawed at the windows, thunder rolling low and steady, a pulse that matched the frantic beat in Isla’s chest. Her apartment was dim, lit only by the weak glow of a lamp in the corner. She could see the bruises on Damian’s ribs each time he shifted on her couch, the dark smear of blood along his split lip, the restless energy sparking in his eyes.She should never have opened the door.That thought had been beating against her skull since the moment he appeared, half-broken and smirking like the devil had carved him from his own shadow. She should have called the police, should have shut him out, should have—“You’re staring,” Damian said, breaking the silence.Her hands tightened around the first-aid kit she still hadn’t put away. “You’re bleeding.”“You said that last time.”“Because it keeps happening.” She snapped the kit shut, slamming it down on the table. “Do you just… go out and look for trouble?”“Not trouble.” His smile was lazy, unbothered. “Release.”Her e