When Hearts Emerge: Our Ill-Timed Love

loor, dragged down the hallw

ntarily blurred by the glinti

the door, but it slammed shut j

ed from the other side. "Consider yourself lucky. Mr. Clark doesn't notice many women

, leaving Eleanor i

sound of running water from the

ling windows that offered a dazzling view of the city below, and a plush c

felt oddly impersonal, like a space designed

or turned to see Andreas step out, steam cur

e beneath, an effortless grace that clung to him as natur

res, lending an almost magnetic all

of his chest were visible-a phy

g, a look that seemed to f

ndreas himself the undeniable focal point, every movem

erself momentar

re: a thrill for the chase of me

ly to discard them when they were most vulnerabl

one man she'd walked away from years

ce cut through her though

s seated on the edge of the bed,

feeling an instincti

nd laced with an unsettling calm

ebrow, his tone edged with a touch of impatie

ing the faint glint of mocker

sked, his voice carryi

irmer than she felt. "I'm not wor

sement tugging at the corner of

r, then added with a w

flickering in her eyes as she t

apped!" Eleanor said, her voice steady but thre

Andreas

stance, his hand slipping around Eleanor's w

ll back, but his ho

al examiner. I don't work here," s

sharp and unreadable. "Alright, let's play along with you

as she recognized the

d already cast his judgment. To him, she

rther, Andreas moved in close, silencing

led her pants down and to