pte
orne
she said‚ her voice breaking
ared back at me‚ I could see the anger a
hate
stirred something dark inside me‚ something hungry and possessive that wanted her to feel e
e which. I just needed her to feel something for me
led low in my
tears fall as the elevator doors closed in. Then
on for you‚" I said, stoppi
ssibly be? Another chance
ice flat and steady even though my heart was hamme
hat day was com
reports on my screen without reading them. I signed three documents that my assist
ld think ab
Sk
ad watched grow up from a distance. The woman whose s
y m
fated
mor‚ pairing me with the one woman on
ont door‚ something shifted inside me so violently that I had to grab the doorframe to keep from falling. Her scent hit me like a freight train‚ sweet an
cereal and swinging her legs‚ completely unaware that
nd the mate bond had just snapped into pl
ted to
dn't understand that what it was demanding of me was something I could never act on. My wolf didn't care that she was
m for it. I hate
olf clawed at the inside of my skull every time I was near her‚ demanding that I claim her‚ mark her‚ make he
my best friend's sister. She was off-limits in ev
didn't care abo
the night I
and he had fallen asleep on the couch. I should have left. Every rational
‚ I went
her
estroyed everythin
y and impossible to ignore. For ten years‚ I carried it. For ten years‚ I hated myself for what
obsession
ieces. I knew when she graduated high school. I knew when she chose management science over medicine‚ and I knew her brother gave her hel
th every passing year‚ the pull grew stronger‚ the hu
mine. She has al
aduation day‚
dollars a month for a fresh graduate with no experience. It was absurd‚ and I knew it. But
verything down to the smallest detail. Every single step was calcul
hen I r
ry unmated man in that boardroom stared at her legs. The jealousy was so blinding‚ so immediate‚ so completely irrational that I snapped before I could stop m
ouche
my wolf nearly shattered the cage I had spent a decade building for him. Because the sounds she made - those broken‚ desperate‚ shameless little moans - were the most beautiful thing I had ever heard in my life. Because
n I sent
for free‚ and I watched her walk out of my elevator looking like I had reached
did
ard on my tongue that she would have screamed my name loud enough for the entire building to hear. And then I would have marked her. Right the
ose cruel
uld take back. But a m
ttered‚ shovin
ached against my stomach. The memory of what I had done in that elevator pla
t and desperate and ashamed‚ like she couldn't believe her own body was betraying her. The wetness th
ll taste her
reflection stared back at me from the mirror‚ jaw clenched‚ eyes dark‚ chest heav
and firm‚ squeezing at the base the way I imagined her hand would feel. Small and w
autiful it made
ace of her bra before I shoved it up and took her nipple into my mouth. I remembered the sounds she made‚ those broken little whimpers that went straight to m
he bathroom counter and let my head drop forward‚ my breathing
tching her back arch and her fingers claw at the wood as she took every last inch of me. I imagined the sound she would ma
I would be
the
the
nd onto the counter‚ the pleasure hitting in violent waves that made my thighs shake and my vision blur. I rode it out with my eyes squeezed
e hunger was still there. Quiet
ver
ver be enough
thing I never thoug
past every rational thought telli
wouldn't come to
e sure she h
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