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Cate is watching the exchange nervously, but I see the way she wets her lips

The sudden weighted quality of her eyelids

She’s as anxious to be alone with me as I am with her

“I’ll speak to her about whatever I choose,” I finally respond tothe staircase to Cate “If you’ll join me in my office, please? Second door on the left at the top of the stairs”

Not hauling her up against me as she passes is a herculean feat But after one more tense look betweento hide hs, her heart-shaped backside…or the dark intention in every line of my body

As soon as we’re inside the office with the door closed, I havethe heht butt in h the thinher up onto the edge, shoving open her legs

“If you mess up my hair and makeup,” Cate breathes “Mama will freak out”

I slide a hand between her cunt and the hard surface of the desk, flexingto mess up this pussy”

Her eyes are blue fire “Yes Please, Tristan”

The way she speaks my name with such reverence makes my heart sprint—and suddenly there is more than one reason I need her in this office I need pro before she’s paraded around in front of other people I need to re to each other and no one else “Cate…” I fra me eye contact “You’ve worked so hard You are uide you, okay?”

A hint of anxiety dances across her features and I realize she’s been hiding it well “Okay” She nods bravely “I know you will”