365 days to love the devil
When Emily opened her eyes again, she was on a couch. Not the bed. A couch. Black leather, soft beneath her. She blinked, trying to focus.
He was sitting across from her. The man. Close enough that she could see the sharp line of his jaw, the way his dark eyes tracked her every movement. He was holding something. Ice.
Before she could move, he leaned forward and pressed the ice cube to her lips.
“Lick it,” he said.
His finger pushed the ice into her mouth. Cold. Wet. His finger lingered on her lips, tracing the edge where the ice had melted. Emily’s breath caught. Not from fear. From something else. Something she didn’t want to name.