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My need for sexual relief only increases with each passing moment I’m around Calista. No, that’s not true. It continues to grow even when I’m not around her because she’s always in my thoughts, taunting me, tempting me with her beauty.

I want her more than I’ve wanted any other woman.

I’d be lying to myself if I didn’t recognize there’s more to it than that. My life would certainly be less complicated right now if all I wanted was to fuck her. I could do that and move on.

But with Calista, I’m not sure I can ever let go. Not with how my curiosity has deepened into a full-blown obsession. She’s not only gotten under my skin but inside my blood. A person can’t survive without it, without that life force.

She is mine.

My reason for feeling alive.

My reason for feeling enraged.

My reason for feeling anything at all.

The moment I stepped into T&A after her, I knew the night would end this way. In violence, at my hands. I’d hoped to avoid any confrontations by speaking to the manager, but Jim decided to ignore my instructions. All it took was Zack tapping into the man’s cell phone to confirm my suspicions. Not only did he text the assistant manager about Calista, but Jim told the guy he was planning on fucking her.

He signed his own death warrant with that simple text.

I’ll deal with him, but she comes first. I need to get her home and behind a locked door. Where she should’ve been all along.

Her safety concerns me, even though there are times when I want to hurt her for making my life chaotic. I value control, the need for order and clarity. Yet with her, nothing I do is logical.

All of my actions are fueled by dark emotions.

Fury like I’ve never known swelled in my chest when she first walked into the room wearing that skirt and low-cut shirt. Every single man in the place looked at her. These weren’t mere glances. They watched her with lust in their eyes, wanting to fuck her.

The fury morphed into an all-consuming rage when that man touched her hair. If Calista had not been present, along with numerous witnesses, I might’ve killed him right then. Instead, I fucked up his hand. Not nearly to my satisfaction, but enough to sate the bloodlust running through me.

When Calista looked at me with fear in her eyes, I knew I’d gone far enough. For her,notme. If I ever see that man again, I’ll kill him. Without hesitation.

Just thinking about the entire ordeal has my blood boiling.

I park the car as close as I can to her residence and turn in my seat to look at Calista. She has her head bowed, hands in her lap with her hair draped over her shoulders and my coat. I enjoy seeing her in it.

It’s a small way of possessing her.

The first of many.

“Are you going to cooperate with me?” I ask.

She slides her gaze to me. The hazel within flares with her inner fire. The woman is more stubborn than I could’ve imagined. I find it exasperating at times, but mostly I want to bend her to my will. Her submission would be all the sweeter if she fights me at first.

“Mr. Bennett—”

“Hayden,” I correct.

She eyes me warily before licking her lips. My cock twitches in my pants, and I grit my teeth to keep from grabbing her and fucking her mouth.

“Hayden,” she says, each syllable like a stroke to my cock. “I think it’d be best if we part ways,” she says. “I’m grateful for what you did tonight, but I…”

“You what?”

“I don’t feel comfortable extending our association. I’m sure you understand.”

I scoff. “I’m sure I don’t.”

“Hayden, please.”

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