Irresistible Fantasies (A Steamy Collection)
he says, nodding toward two women in their forties, both in silk dresses that cost more than my laptop.
One raises her glass. The other does something more complicated with her eyes, holding my gaze two seconds longer than casual acknowledgment allows.
"Thank them for us," Cassian says, lifting his own glass in return. He doesn't seem to notice the weight of that look. Or maybe he does, his free hand finds the small of my back, fingers spreading wide.
I drink the champagne too fast. The bubbles burn.
By day three, I've catalogued the differences between this cruise and the one my parents took to Alaska when I was twelve. There, the passengers had been retired teachers and dentists, everyone