ya's
e, my heart was beating so ha
t was alr
me time to think or
de the door, Mad
n the bed quickly. If I open this door a
ll
hroat dry and the lump
and pounds, and sat in the middle of the bed. The mat
ound my knees. The AC was
a few mi
o walk in here...
my heart thundered like it wanted
other girls
really
se my virginity? To a stranger in a c
at life pla
t catch a single one. Fear bloomed in my chest like a
cked, every muscl
and then I saw a man s
d him made his entire figure look like a shadow. B
like silver under moonlight. They were
deliberate steps inside and I instinctive
is features under the dim lights. My heart didn't
ged through his hands more than once, grey eyes that almost glowed
old, it felt like winter ha
hout a word, he began to unbutton his long black coat. He slid it
oked me straig
off," he said, his
y lips slightly pa
ated. "Turn around. I want you on your
breathed,
step forward, the
you hear
sto
ue. His entire body froze, his eyes locked
ted, his lips p
..He step
at
om his lips like it
lin
urrowed. M
... Br
wasn't British-
ike his scalp was on fire. Then he started pacing back and forth and back again
the
ust won the lottery. The next, he looked l
der his breath, his hands curling int
s man a
f how very alone I was in this u
es snapped
p, rig
d at hi
n my hands and knees, like I was some.
, in his entire presence,
mine. I stood there, awkward and unsure,
was seeing more than just flesh. He looked... conflicted, like a million
, he stepped forward
th me ri
ment. He turned, dragging me toward the doo
opened the d
n, and something about the way h
back, and with a surprising amount of
pped it around me-tight, twisting it in such a way that
what ar
er his shoulder like I weighed nothing. Like I was som
u?!" I shouted, the blanket muf
eady walking o
over his shoulder, flaili
of nightma
er, the blanket cocooning my arms and body s
tride he took. My mouth hung open slightly, not becaus
even supp
llway, every chandelier and velvet curtain we pa
nt we entered the lounge and Madam Felicia s
rink she was nursing. Her heavy lashes fluttered as s
the devil who owned my soul.
ting her glass down and risin
id no
rvously, her hands smoot
d higher. "We can get you another girl. Someone
, voice calm but sha
art p
blinked.
e lower now. "I want this o
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