[Music: Temptation By Cody Marrow]

Instinct kicked in for me to bolt out of this office, but I can’t move, suddenly dominated by the coercion of his presence.

The closer he got, the more my neck tilted until it hurt from trying to maintain eye contact. Why is he so fucking tall? And I hate it when he looks down on me because it made him seem like some omnipotent being.

His chest rose and fell heavily, an unrecognizable expression clouding his face like a fast-changing tide, until it seemed like the previous topic wasn’t the problem anymore.

"I’ve never been in situations where I’m torn between strangling a woman to death or... ruining her completely for anyone else."

I took a step back, a bit stunned by his words. Where is this coming from?

"I don’t think you’re in any position to say that, Don Salvero."

What gave him the fucking right? The balls on this snake!

"Really?" He arched a brow, taking a step closer, and I took one back, until it became a pattern of trying to stay clear of a colossal snake looming over me.

"Believe me, kitten... I’m in every position to say that."

I gasped when my back met the wall. Crap!

"I-I think it’s time I leave."

"You came to me of your own accord. Now you wish to leave so soon?"

"I only came here to..." I rushed my words but hitched in breath when he grasped my neck his earlier words of strangling me making dread fill my lungs.

"To what?" he crooned lightly.

I swallowed a lump in my throat. The words to express were thrown out the window. What could I possibly say right now?

"Glitching, kitten? And here I thought you came prepared."

His other hand traced my thigh with ease. The impulsive move made my body freeze like a block of ice, and his skin was like fire trying to melt through. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

His hand slipped beneath my dress. I should curse at him or perhaps push him, but he held my gaze so brutally I couldn’t think or say otherwise.

There was a spike of adrenaline... goosebumps rising across my skin at the feel of his calloused hands, his rings rolling through my flesh like a track.

My jaw went slack when his fingers grazed my panties, the digits pushing the lace further into me until my pussy was practically stuck to the material.

Oh God. Am I wet?

Zade let out a deep, thunderous chuckle. "This feels riveting, though I’m a bit conflicted if this is for me."

I fixed him with a pointed stare, but lost my marbles when he shifted my panties to the side and made direct skin contact.

My hands shot out to his arms as my nails dug into the fabric of his suit, overwhelmed by the foreign feel of his finger.

"S-Stop..." I forced out in a struggle.

"Then why are you rolling your hips?"

I froze, and he seized that opportunity, stroking against my clit, and a dousing jittery feeling consumed me whole. It’s just a... stroke, a fucking stroke, yet it felt like I had dived into the sea.

My hands moved and seized his collar as if I was about to shove him away, but all I could manage was a glare.

He stared back at me, darkly amused by this pointless wrangle of mine. I have no idea what was happening. I wanted it to stop yet...!

The back of my head pressed into the wall when he inched closer until I could feel him almost penetrating me.

A soft moan slipped from my lips before I could stop it.

"Go on..." he murmured hotly to my ear. "Moan his name."

My eyes flew open. Huh?

Zade retreated his finger, and an unwanted loss swallowed me to the point that I doubted my own sanity.

"He’s the reason you coated my fingers..." He raised them, the glistening digits made me swallow hard.

I did that... I was aroused as he touched me. Was I fucking aroused by this snake? That’s not possible!

Wait... who is... he?

"Did he touch you like this?" His words burned through my skin like poison. "Did he make you this wet?"

Heat soaked my insides when Zade sucked the moisture off his fingers like candy.

"Did he make you taste as sweet as this...?"

My knees almost buckled if I hadn’t enforced my grip against the wall for balance.

It wasn’t just his words that knocked the air out of me, but the unwavering focus of his gaze.

"Getting wet and moaning another man’s name is a very dangerous mistake to make, kitten."

Dread and confusion filled my gaze. I don’t know what the fuck he’s talking about, or was he making things up to spite me? It gotta be, this was another one of his dirty tricks.

"Take off your panties."

I blinked at his abrupt command. "What?"

Something told him he wasn’t gonna repeat himself, yet I didn’t move an inch.

He can go fuck himself for all I care.

"You really don’t wanna test me right now, kitten..." he murmured low and dark. "I’m exercising a great deal of restraint as it is... and trust me, the moment I stop, you’ll wish you had listened."

My throat went dry. I’m quite insane right now because I still didn’t wanna listen just to see what made him tick.

Zade’s eyes dared me to... no, he welcomed my disobedience with open arms, and I knew he said those words to push me to defy him.

I inhaled, not willing to bend to his entertainment, so I took off my panties and tossed them at him, but he caught it effortlessly.

"Too bad..." he purred. "I was hoping you’d do otherwise."

"Fuck you."

"I wouldn’t mind."

Ugh! I swear to God I’m gonna—!

"Let’s have lunch." He tucked the lace into his suit pocket like it belonged there. "How does Italian sound?"