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I don’t dare move, staying pressed against the wall, the sounds of Nikhil’s fingers typing on the keyboard echoing in the air. I don’t look at him, my eyes taking in everything around the room instead as if creating some kind of mental picture.
This is what I get. I never should have snuck into this stupid party. Sienna was right.
After a few minutes, there’s a knock on the door followed by Nikhil saying, “Enter.”
A man comes in, wearing an all-black suit. He’s not wearing a mask either. He’s nearly bald, shades on his eyes, and pale, with a large folder in his hand.
Nikhil sits back in the chair. “What do you have for me?”
The bald man moves over to Nikhil and hands him the folder. Nikhil immediately opens it and starts to look through the pages before placing it on the desk. “Annalise Tryst.” I frown when he says my full name. But, how did he…? That folder…it contains information about me? “You are who you say you are, and the redhead is a caterer.”
“Don’t bring Sienna into this.” It’s a plea, despite the firmness of my voice.
Nikhil stares at me before snapping at the bald man. “Escort Ms. Hart out of the building.”
“Yes, sir.” The bald man moves quickly out of the room, as if he’s been caught on fire. It’s clear to me that Nikhil Volkov has more power than the media would lead me to believe.
“And what about me?” I ask. Nikhil’s gaze falls on me.
“Why did you come here?” he asks, voice quiet. “Because you’ve never been to a lavish party before?”
Why did I come here? To have fun. “Yes.”
“Any other reason?”
So Sienna and I could find men. But, there’s no way I’m telling him that. Instead, I simply purse my lips and nod my head. “Yes.”
“Would you like to know what I think?”
It doesn’t matter how I answer; he’s going to tell me anyway. Besides, a part of me wants to know exactly what’s going on in his head, a secret I’m not sure any person has ever unraveled before. “Yes.”
Nikhil gets up from his chair and walks straight to me. This time, I don’t back up, especially not when he grabs ahold of my chin. He still screams danger, but there’s something else this time. The intense attraction between us trumps everything else. “I think you came here because you wanted to find a man, and not to settle down with, but to spend one night with. Would you say I’m right?”
I can feel his breath against my cheek. “Maybe.”
His lips quirk up. “Are you trying to play hard to get?”
I snort. “Didn’t you just accuse me of being a spy?”
“You expect me to apologize?”
I shake my head. “You don’t strike me as the type of guy to apologize.”
“Because I can make it up to you in different ways.” His head drops down to my neck, and the second his lips touch my skin, I feel like I’m going to melt. “Tell me yes.”
It’s a command. A command I badly want to follow.
“And if I say no?”
He finds the sensitive part of my neck and sucks on it. “I’ll let you walk out.”
I don’t want to walk out.
A small sigh passes between my lips. He knows he has me right where he wants me, right where I want to be. “And what happens after?”
“Nothing,” he answers, sucking on my neck so hard I know it’ll leave a bruise, but I welcome it. “You’ll pretend like this never happened.”
That’s exactly what I wanted, isn’t it? One night of complete fun, and then sneaking out the next morning? With any other guy it seems easy, but with Nikhil…? It’ll be hard to forget the way he makes my body feel.
