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That this—all of it—is my first time.
In the morning, I wake up groggy and sore, but warm. I realized I’m curled up naked in his arms on the floor of the elevator, our jackets and clothes heaped under and over us like blankets.
The door to the elevator is standing open, and we’re back on the ground floor, the dim, gray, early morning light filtering into the empty, silent lobby of Worthington Tower.
I turn to look at his sleeping face. I study the way his eyes flicker under his lashes. The way his dark brownish-blonde hair flops over his face. The hard edge of his jaw and the perfection of his lips.
I dress quickly, and when I’m done, I kneel down next to him. I lean close to his sleeping face, feeling more alive and more full of…something…than I’ve ever felt before. My lips brush his cheek with a light kiss before drifting to his ear.
“Part of you is mine forever.”
I have no idea why I say it. Honestly, it sounds psycho as hell when I repeat in my head. But it’s out there now. I said it.
No takebacks.
I kiss his lips softly. Then I stand, I turn, and I walk back to the real world.
Present:
“What the fuck was that?!”
Outside the front doors of our building, I whirl to see Massimo storming toward me, Rocco in tow. His face is livid.
“Excuse me?” I snap back.
“That,” he snarls, jabbing a finger vaguely in the direction of the penthouse. “You want to fuck him!? Is that it?!”
I stare at him with a mixture of fear, apprehension, and loathing.
“Are you serious?” I snap. “It was your fucking game! Your idea! You’re the one that offered me up like a cut of meat!”
He smiles darkly. “You wanted it to be him.”
“You’re drunk, Massimo,” I sigh.
“And you’re a whore.”
My lips thin and my nostrils flare as I glare death at him.
“What even was the point of that?”
“To see if you would truly do whatever it takes to get me what I want.”
Revulsion curdles inside of me. “You’re disgusting.”
I go to push past him back into the lobby. Suddenly he grabs my arm, hard, and yanks me back, almost pulling me off my heels.
“Where the fuck is that will, Eloise.”
“I told you!” I snap. “I’m working on?—”
I tense, barely catching my balance as he shoves me away from him. He turns to Rocco and nods his chin.
“Wait—!”
Rocco’s backhanded slap hits me so hard my vision goes black. I see stars, choking on my breath as my eyesight blurs before slowly clearing.
All my fight disappears as I drop to my knees. I’m just numb and scared as Massimo yanks me up and against him, his lips curling as he snarls right into my face.
