All Chapters of Love or Lust: Chapter 121 - Chapter 124

Tuesday morning arrived with a cruel, sudden brightness.Ava woke up and the first thing she felt wasn't the softness of her sheets or the lingering haze of sleep. It was the memory of Adrian Blackwood. Specifically, the way his voice had sounded in the office yesterday evening- that deep, authoritative rasp that seemed to vibrate right through her skin.She stared at the ceiling, her chest tightening. Then she yanked the blanket over her head, trying to smother the thought.“No.”Two days. She had known the man for forty-eight hours, and he had already managed to own her subconscious. It was ridiculous and yet it seemed completely out of her control.Especially after the way he had looked at her last night, like she was a puzzle he wasn’t supposed to solve, yet he couldn't stop trying.She groaned into the fabric, the scent of her own laundry doing nothing to erase the phantom smell of his expensive cologne.“Get a grip, Ava.”> By 7:50, Ava was already steppin

Ava groaned as she buried her face into the pillow as soon as she plopped onto her bed.She couldn’t believe she actually thought Adrian Blackwood was interested in her. But what was more embarrassing was the wetness between her legs. Even after he sent her out of his office like that, her body still reacted to him.She shook her head and forced herself out of bed to get rid of her work clothes.Her roommate- Rosa wasn’t home. The apartment was so cold and quiet, the heater in the room barely worked. Ava stripped out of her clothes and walked into the shower, she stood under it for approximately four minutes to warm up before she eventually gave up and stepped out, wrapping a towel around herself and sitting on the edge of her bed.Her thighs were still shaking a little, not from the cold, but from the thought of Adrian.Every time she closed her eyes, she saw his face, that rawness in his gaze when he had called her name.She replayed his low voice, telling her she was be