Temptation's Playground
I feel eyes on us here, maybe the guy in 4B who’s always smoking on the balcony.
Embarrassment burns hot in my chest. I drop my gaze to his boots black, scuffed, heavy. Military-looking. Figures.
“I don’t have it,” I whisper. “Not all at once.”
“Then figure it out.” He leans in closer close enough that his breath brushes my ear. “I don’t run a charity, baby girl. And I don’t like being played.”
Baby girl.
The words land low in my belly, unwanted heat pooling despite everything. I hate it. Hate him for saying it. Hate myself for the way my thighs clench.