Sold to the Enemy: The Don Obsession
I leaned my head against his shoulder, letting my eyes flutter as if I could barely keep them open, while my fingers twitched with a desperate, sudden need.
"I just want... it to be over, Marcus. I want to rest."
"And you will, sorellina. Very soon," he promised, his thumb rubbing a slow, creepy circle into the skin of my forearm.
We reached the top of the basement stairs, and I knew this was my only opening.
I let my knees buckle on purpose, letting out a soft, sharp gasp as I "tripped" over the edge of the rug.
Marcus lunged forward to catch me, his arms wrapping around my waist to keep me from tumbling down the steps, and in that one second of chaotic contact, I moved.