“Round two.”
The doors slide open on the executive floor.
And I go to him.
CHAPTER 34
Ruby
Ishouldn’t be here.
I know that.
My heart knows that. My common sense knows that. My therapist, if I had one, would absolutely know that.
But my feet keep walking.
All the way down the executive hallway. Past the closed doors. Past the glass offices that look like spaceships. Right to the very end.
Room 53-A.
The door is half-open.
Inside, dim light spills across polished floors and a long sleek table. The tinted windows make the city outside look unreal, like a blurred midnight dream.
He’s standing at the head of the table.
Waiting for me.
When he lifts his gaze, I stop breathing.
His eyes drag slowly from my heels to my hips to my mouth.
And then to my eyes.
“Close the door,” he says quietly.
My hand trembles as I do.
The click echoes.
I’m locked in with a man who kissed me until the bones in my legs liquefied.
Oh god.
He steps toward me.
One step.
Another.
Deliberate. Measured. Too calm for what happened yesterday.
I swallow hard.
“Jaxon…”
“Yes.” His voice is low, warm, dangerous.
