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“I’ll be waiting,” he completes the quote.
My chest quivers. “You’ll be—” My throat tightens. “Oliver, that’s... word-for-word...”
He nods. “Yes, it is.”
“That’s my favorite scene in the entire book,” I say, stunned against the wall.
“I know.”
“How could you know? I never told you that.”
“Because it’s my favorite, too.”
My pulse skips twice. “You... want to re-enact my favorite scene from my favorite romance novel?”
“Our favorite scene.” He nods. “And yes, I do.”
“But, I...” My voice falls.
“What?” he asks.
“I thought we were...”
Oliver shakes his head. “No,” he whispers as he touches my cheek. “We’re not.”
He kisses me again, lulling the last bit of my resistance. I kiss him back, letting our lips blend in the silent, frozen elevator.
Oliver raises the keycard again. He grazes the bottom of my chin, prompting me to raise my head a little higher. I feel the card scratch down my throat and along my collarbone toward my chest.
I swallow hard, picturing the scene from the novel with perfect clarity as Oliver does the same as Richard. He slides the key beneath my blouse, leaving it sticking out of the cup of my bra, and turns away.
I stand still as the elevator lurches with life. I take deep, desperate breaths to calm the spark inside while we rise to the second floor.
The doors open and Oliver steps off.
“I’ll be waiting, Ms. Landon,” he says, his whisper a sharp lightning bolt directly into my core.
“What makes you think I’ll come?” I ask, one last inch of defiance still left in me.
He smirks and says nothing as he walks off down the hall toward his room.
CHAPTER 32
PAIGE
I swipe the card.
I turn the knob.
Wait.
Turn around.
Don’t open this door?—
I step into the suite and close the door behind me, ignoring the voice telling me not to. It’s pitch black inside except for a bit of city lights peeking in from the world outside.
I slowly walk toward the bed, drawn to the lump beneath the covers.
