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“Mmm…”
I love the way she’s clinging to me, as if she never wants to let me go. I know at this moment, I don’t either.
“We should get some sleep, solnyshka.”
She lifts her head and presses one last kiss to my lips, the gesture so soft it takes me by surprise.
The moment she lifts herself off me, I’m already craving more. But I keep still, watching as Bianca bends to pick up her robe, her skin so flushed and glowing that I can’t seem to take my eyes off her.
“What?” She ties her robe. “I know my hair probably looks a mess.”
She smoothes her tousled brown locks with her hands.
Fuck, she’s gorgeous. I want to wake up to her on my bed every day.
What? Where did that come from?
I shake my head, trying to clear the post-sex haze that is clouding my mind.
“I have some more work to do.” I get to my feet, quickly pulling on my clothes.
“At this hour?”
I don’t miss the hurt in her voice as I hurry to dress, but I can’t tell her the truth.
“Yes.”
I have to get away from her before I fully lose myself to her. So, I keep my eyes down, focusing on re-buttoning my shirt and zipping up my pants to avoid her gaze before walking over to the door.
“Get some sleep, solnyshka. I’ll see you for breakfast.”
I glance over my shoulder to meet her eyes.
All evidence of the bliss she felt moments before is gone, replaced by icy indifference as she regards me.
Good. This is just an arrangement, I need to remember that.
10
BIANCA
“I have a request.”
Alexei’s at his usual seat at the counter, watching me over the top of his coffee mug as I potter about the kitchen.
He watched me in silence as I made the coffee which unnerved me. I was expecting a few teasing comments about what we did last night, but so far there’s been nothing.
His gaze has been almost indifferent.
Does he regret what we did? Was that why he left so abruptly afterwards?
I stayed in my studio and worked on the painting of him to try and sort through my emotions.
We shouldn’t have slept together, it crossed so many boundaries. But the way he was looking at me like he wanted to devour me had me losing control of all my morals.
It’s been so long since someone looked at me like that.
“A request?” Alexei raises an eyebrow.
