SULTRY INFERNO: His Command, Her Temptation

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corridors of the university, going

, one where she could escape into beauty

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ed, "Is i

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nd of," she stammered,

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, Seraphina,

uys. You can't just lea

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ssage from an unknown number p

St. James Par

could tell; she didn't really

a peek at her phone but her reluctant friend quickly slip

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protests, Seraphina tu

s he want to

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busiest locations she knew

im-standing underneath the panned up light by

ening Se

for forgetting her manners while she

g Vnox. Why

you're

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narrowed at

text with no name. Who does that? Why didn't

the side, "Do you th

ood whole minute, and some, s

es properly you know. But you..

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be," she paused, l

you're not like

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was softer now, "How did you

ke it my business to know things. E

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not sure you'

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she r

upposed to kn

scaped his lips

aid quietly, sudd

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ay...

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urrowed, "

ps, and he leans in whispering

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let

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self was a spell of its

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described, ge

sage demanding to meet,

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taining mine?" she asks

you're

n't tell m

a businessman. I acqu

n't tell me any

l you're ready," He added, taki

that I have resources, connections

at this,

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is he going

her and as seconds pass, she reali

like he drank bef

tably in her positi

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ises her that he

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can walk

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feels a smile coil up h

ght Ser

ing, she'd just finished taking dinner and br

ignments were done but her bra

nd the man but she

mped into him, she won't speak t

seem normal and

rope, falling shut but just as she's abo

he listened for only a se

s time, it sounded like a tap or a knock- she w

isturbing

s closed door frame, she realised the taps we

she was face to face with the shape of a

ep and the disgruntled fee