Naughty Empires
I left my door cracked open and waited in the dark, fan turning lazily overhead, the first distant rumbles of thunder rolling outside.
He didn’t knock this time. The door pushed open and Jake stepped in, closing it behind him with a soft click. He was barefoot, wearing only loose black sweatpants that hung low on his hips. Moonlight and the occasional flash of lightning carved shadows across his broad chest and thick arms. In one hand, he carried something that glinted—thin, sturdy chains with soft leather cuffs.
My breath caught.
“Jake…”
“Shh.” He set the candle from last night on the nightstand and lit it, then another. Warm golden light flickered over the bed. “You had all day to think ab