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Arousal flushed through nation Part of me would like that to play out But it would only confuse me further "Fine, you bastard I’aze and he cursed under his breath before cuppingkiss, and I felt hi at me were forced to the back of my mind When he released me, his voice was thick with emotion "I can’t lose you You have to believe that, Skylar"

Hearing the sincerity in his voice, I finally relaxed, falling against hih with relief as he held ht take a while for ot that too"

"I’ed into your office and provoked you into sex"

He shook againstin his voice "Can’t say I’ain, softer, sweeter, the intensity of our passion ently eased out ofI can clean up with?"

Heto zip hiht was a stationery cupboard

"I didn’t know you had a private restroom in here"

"Stay" He disappeared inside When he returned, he’d put hihts and had a ashcloth in his hand

I reached for it but he evaded me, a possessive look in his eyes as he stepped back into s He watchedsparked to life, and I flushed at how easily this man could turn ," I huffed "I’ot you to break your no-sex-in-the-office rule"

"True," he agreed "But I’m the only man who makes you crazy with jealousy I don’t think either of us has the upper hand here"

It eet of hi the pinch of jealousy And honestly, I didn’t want to feel like the only one who got jealous "Are you tellingsomeone else doesn’t make you insane with jealousy?"

His expression darkened and he suddenly slipped two thick fingers insidebetweenabout it," he admitted "It would kill me, and I’d probably kill any bastard who touched you But there isn’t going to be soers,you for the rest of your life Can Iclearer than that?"

Love shattered through asrabbed onto him like he was a life preserver

God, I loved him

I loved him so much

The last person I’d loved with thisonto hih I also wanted to run from how I felt

But I didn’t

The desire to be in his ar him

IF EVE HEARD ANY OF ent on in Killian’s office that day, she never let on As she was easier to read than an open book, I deduced that she hadn’t heard anything suspicious Either that or she’d suddenly grown proficient at hiding her thoughts and feelings

We continued with the albued to keep our relationship private from everyone but Autumn I did h he never said the words, Killian showed h he obviously wasn’t Mr Touchy-Feely at the office, he also stopped being so cold and even started acting like we ht that eird, no one said so Killian had invested more of his own time into this album than usual and I think everyone saw me as kind of a musical passion project for himand not justwell, a passion project