I take a deep breath and continue. “I just need to move on,” I say, working hard to keep my voice steady. “And get it over with already. It’s not like it’s a big, meaningful thing anyway. It's just?—”
"Lilly? What isn’t a big thing?”
Silence stretches for a beat, and I consider just closing my mouth and walking away. After all, heismy boss. I shouldn’t be telling him any of this. It’s way over the line.
“I just need to have sex and get it over with, okay? I was saving myself for my ex,and now I feel stupid and…it doesn’t matter. I just need to… never mind.”
My face is burning up with shame, but I don’t plan on sticking around to see what he thinks about my confession.
Luke
For a second, I don’t move.
Don’t breathe.
How could I afterthat?
I just need to have sex and get it over with.
Every muscle in my body locks down.
There is no fucking way.
The idea of Lilly walking into that bar with all those rough, dirty assholes drooling over her like a fresh piece of meat thrown into the cage…let alone letting some stranger put his filthy hands on her smooth, innocent skin, touching her, taking her?—
No.
No. Fucking. Way.
Something dark and possessive snaps tight in my chest.
When she turns away to grab her phone and head for the door, I know I’m about to cross a line, but there’s no stopping it.
Because there’s not a chance in hell that I’m going to stand by and let her walk into something she can’t take back.
Lilly
“Lilly.”
His voice follows me, low and full of warning.
I don’t stop him.
“Lilly,” he says again. “Stop.”
If anything, I move faster, my fingers already closing around the door handle as I pull the door open.
A heavy, strong hand pushes it shut and holds it closed.
I suck in a breath and turn to face him.
He’s standing so close, his arm caging me in. “Let me leave,” I say slowly.
“No.” His jaw is set as he shakes his head. “Not if you’re going down there looking for sex,” he says carefully. “It’s not safe. It’s not…”
“What?”
“It’s not right, Lilly. I can’t let you?—”
