The city lights flickered through the glass walls of his penthouse, painting everything in shades of gold and obsidian. I stood by the door, suitcase in hand, my chest tightening like it might burst. Every fiber of me screamed to run, but every instinct screamed to stay.Drake was waiting. Not just standing, waiting. No—he was looming, every inch of him magnetic and dangerous. The penthouse smelled of cedar, leather, and him—everywhere. And I couldn’t breathe. Not fully. Not yet.“Don’t just stand there,” he murmured, voice low, rough, like gravel sliding through silk. “Come here.”My legs moved before my brain could protest. I stepped inside, and the door clicked shut behind me, sealing us off from the world. Just the two of us. And tonight, I knew, nothing could be ordinary.He didn’t say another word. He didn’t have to. Every look he gave me screamed ownership, obsession, and a dangerous kind of love I’d never known before.“Sit,” he commanded softly, gesturing to the couch. But I
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