The Playboy’s Dangerous Bet의 모든 챕터: 챕터 41 - 챕터 44

LIVI don't know why I’m standing here in front of Klaus’ building. Twenty minutes ago, I was sitting on a cold concrete step at Northwestern Memorial, listening to Ben panic over the phone about a mystery shark buying fifty-one percent of his company.Any rational woman would have gone home, locked her door, and figured out a new plan from the safety of her couch.Instead, I walked straight out of the hospital, flagged down a cab and shoved the matte-black keycard Klaus never took back from me into the slot of his private elevator.My heart is beating fast as the floor numbers climb toward the fiftieth floor.I am not here because I want to see him.I am here because less than twenty-four hours ago, I stood inside this exact elevator and swore I wouldn't let him touch me if he were the last man on earth. And his response was to buy my fiancé’s entire publishing house out from under him.The elevator glides to a stop at the top floor.I square my shoulders, ready to march out onto th

LIVAn hour later, sitting in a corner booth at The Static while bass hammers through the floorboards and crimson strobe lights slash across the dark room, my skin still feels like it’s on fire.Every time I blink, I see Klaus standing barefoot on the heated floor of his penthouse without a shirt on.I see the hard, sculpted lines of his chest, the pale scar across his ribs, and the white hospital bandage wrapped around his corded left forearm. I can still feel the powerful thud of his heart beating against my palm when he pinned my hand to his chest.I rub my palms furiously against the denim of my jeans under the table, trying to scrub the lingering heat off my skin."I’m talking to you, Liv," Gia snaps, sliding two overflowing margarita glasses across the sticky black table between us. "If you’re going to stare at the wall like a zombie, you could have stayed home with your laptop."I blink, pulling my focus back to my best friend.Gia has swapped her daytime leather pants for a s