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He cocked his head to the side, leaning back in his leather chair. Placing his hand over his mouth, he rubbed his lips back and forth, examining me in a way I’d never seen before.
Something didn’t sit well with me. “I thought you’d be happy to see me. When he didn’t answer fast enough, I suddenly felt too exposed. Falling back on default of how I was made, I sassed, “Or you could just tell me to go fuck off.”
In one breath, he stated, “It’s been a day.”
“I can see that. Do you want me to go kick someone’s ass for you?”
“Not tonight.”
Feeling much more concerned by his cold demeanor, I questioned, “What happened?”
“Life happened.”
“That’s pretty vague. I’m going to need more context.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“I know how that goes.”
“Do you?”
I hesitantly asked, “What can I do to help?”
“You wanna help me?”
I purposely shrugged, trying to make him laugh. “I have nothing better to do.”
He finally smirked. At least giving me something, which wasn’t much.
“Come here.”
I didn’t know what to do. I just stared at him.
His hair was disheveled, like he had been pulling at it all day.
His eyes were dark and daunting like he’d been ready to kill.
“I said come here.”
I took a breath and a tentative step in his direction, stopping when I stood in front of his desk.
“Here. Duchess. Come. Here,” he ordered again in a dominant tone that pissed me off but also slightly turned me on.
I rounded the corner and stayed perfectly in place in front of him. He narrowed his eyes at my body, taking me in completely. Even the way he admired me was different. Nice guy Luke wasn’t here at all.
Jameson was.
And that excited me more than anything.
LUKE
The second I saw her walk into my office, I was fucked. It was the last thing I needed to add to an extremely fucked-up night, or maybe it was the best thing.
Either way…
I was still fucked.
I didn’t know what came over me, but the best thing she could do for me at that moment was sit on the edge of my desk. I roughly grabbed her by her waist and placed her on there myself, never getting up from my office chair. I leaned back and took a second to look at her.
