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"I am nervous about being alone with you," I blurt out.
It might be my imagination, but for a split second, distress flashes through his expression. And then he blinks it away, his gaze settling on my face. He goes completely still, barely even seeming to breathe. "Why does being along with me make you nervous?"
"I don't want to mess this up," I say, not sure how to explain without sounding like a crazy person. "You're not just a photographer, Sage. You're pretty much the best photographer in the world. I don't want to do something wrong when it could impact my models or my business. I don't want you to think I'm not professional."
His brows furrow, his expression darkening.
Uh oh.
"You think I'd do something to hurt your business?"
"Not exactly…"
"Explain," he growls.
I don't understand how he's even hotter when he's angry. It's really not fair.
"I just…" I huff out a breath and send up a silent prayer that I don't live to regret being honest with him. "I'm ridiculously attracted to you, and you know I was thinking about dirty things outside. Now we're alone and I'm freaking out because there's a bed right behind you and I'm still thinking dirty things about you," I say all at once and then slap a hand over my mouth. "Please don't blackball me."
"Blackball you?" He blinks at me, genuinely shocked. "You think I'm going to be pissed that you're attracted to me, Trinity?"
I bob my head in a nod.
"I'd never do anything to hurt you," he vows, his voice so somber I don't doubt him. His eyes blaze like the sun, that same vow reflecting deep in their depths. "Would you believe I've been worried about roughly the same thing?"
"You have?" I ask, trying to wrap my head around that. He's so…him.Gorgeous. Talented. Older. There's no way he's been worried about being alone with me. Except I know he isn't lying. I'd stake my life on the fact that he's being honest with me right now.
"You think I go around making demands to work with certain people often?" he asks, cocking a brow at me.
"I guess I assumed you…" I trail off, not honestly sure if I thought that or not.
He cocks a brow at me. "You think all my models get my dick hard? Or that the thought of getting time alone with them makes me fucking crazy? You're wrong." He reaches out slowly, carefully, as if giving me time to move away from him. I don't though. I stay right where I am. His rough fingers touch the side of my face, turning it toward him. "I don't fuck my models, Trinity."
My stomach sinks, despair bubbling up hard and fast.
"You'll be the first."
"I…what?" I ask, not sure I heard him correctly. Praying I did. So turned on, I'm shaking.
"You'll be the first model I've ever taken to bed," he says, speaking slowly, succinctly. "You're the first one I've ever wanted to fuck. And I want it so goddamn badly, I should be ashamed of myself. That little slip of fabric standing between me and your sweet little cunt has been taunting me all fucking day, daring me to slip it to the side and bury my face between your legs. I didn't care if we were on the roof or if Gabby was standing right there. I thought about it all morning."
No one ever talks to me this way, so bluntly. But he's not like anyone I know. He's Sage freaking Grimes. He could have anyone he wanted, yet I'm the one he wanted to photograph. I'm the one he keeps staring at like he can't look away. I'm the one he wants to…fuck.
Oh my goodness.
This is really happening, isn't it?
"Give me one night, lamb," he murmurs, stroking those long fingers along the side of my face. "Let me take you out and show you off the way you deserve. Let me make love to you, show you how good it can be between us. You won't regret it."
I'm pretty sure he's wrong about that. I already know one night won't be enough for me. He's barely even touched me, and my body already craves him. I'm pretty sure if I get any closer to him, I'll become addicted. And when the night ends, it'll break my heart.
But I don't tell him no.
I want this. I want him. Even if it's only for a night.
"One night?" I ask.
Something flashes in his eyes too quickly for me to read. He blinks it away and nods. "One night," he growls. "Say yes."
