Romance in The Mansion
Aurelio didn’t answer.
He just stepped closer.
God—he smelled like smoke, cedar, and something darker. Something intoxicating. Something wrong.
His fingers lifted, brushing a curl behind my ear.
“You look better without all your defenses,” he murmured.
Heat shot down my spine so hard I had to steady myself.
I hated how easily he could do that.
I hated how much I wanted him to keep doing it.
His eyes dragged slowly down my chest, and then he said it quietly, commanding, dangerous: