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“I’ under the strap of et here sooner”

He stroked the side of ently I dared myself to fall for it I dared myself to soak in the heat of his touch

“But Galona was needy today” He bent towardmy lips by surprise His lips crushed reedily kisseddown the walls I had built during my hours in his tower

I pressed against his fitted jacket, feeling the strength of his chest beneathto get my answers “Why am I here?”

I caught a glimpse of his tanned skin where he unbuttoned his shirt The tie still loosely dangled around his neck It was the sexiest thing I had seen

“I have just spent two days with the prime minster of the Bostique You were supposed to be here when I was out of s yesterday”

“I tried to return to the residence, but security wouldn’t let me in the elevator There wasn’t much I could do” I needed to defend myself

He sighed “Idiots”

“And then I ran into the royal o home”

Damon’s eyebrows arched “Sutcliffe?”

I nodded I considered describing the man as the one with the stick up his ass, but it didn’t seem like a suitable royal description

I continued e for you, but it seean took ainst the couch “After the Titan, I kneas overstepping And I’m not that kind of person, Damon You don’t know irl who came here to land a celebrity I’m in Freychon for my research” I hadn’t heard my voice this clear and certain in a while

“The gala was a whiiven in to I’m not rash and impulsive I realize you have every reason to think I aht It’s not the real me This is”

I waved a pants bunched below my knees The woman in front of him ho I truly was These were the clothes I walked in The glasses I saw through The skin I lived in every day

He rubbed the sharp angle of his jaw