S** Tape
To offer yourself, knowing you could be hurt again.
Knox looked at her like a man on the edge of unraveling, and she ached to give him relief, to kiss away the strain etched across his face.
He drew in a long breath, lowering his voice until it vibrated against her skin.
“We’re going to do a little acting, Angel,” he said, brushing his lips near the shell of her ear. “You’ll be a natural.”
She nodded, dazed by the heat pulsing through her.
“Good,” he murmured. “Now kiss me like that little vixen I’ve come to enjoy.”