Chapter 24: "That Won't Be The Last Time You Kiss Me."

Orlando looks surprised for a moment but recovers quickly.

"Nadia and I are old friends," he says. "Sometimes we have fun together when we find ourselves in the same city. We've met up a handful of times in the past week, but she flew back to L.A. yesterday."

I nod, trying to process everything. Finally, I say, "Why are you telling me all of this? To try and scare me away?"

He's close to me again, but somehow I didn't even see him move.

"Are you scared?" he asks. "Has this made you think twice about offering to let me bend you over this table?"

Yes, it has. I've only known this man a week, and I'm beginning to believe his implication that I've bitten off more than I can chew. At the same time, though, all this talk about sexual release has made all the blood rush between my legs. The heat in his eyes isn't helping, either. Whether it's wise or not, I want him. And it's hard to deny that when he's staring at me like he wants to devour me whole.