A Second Look~A Forbidden Second Chance Romance by Lexi Aurora

Author:Lexi Aurora [Aurora, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aurora Passion Publishing
Published: 2019-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16: Eve

I woke up the next morning to find the bed empty, and saw the bathroom door cracked, steam pouring out of it from Sebastian’s shower. I couldn’t help but remember our own shower, his hard body, the way he looked at me but didn’t touch me. I thought about his words, too, that he wanted everything from me, and grew irritated all over again knowing how far he would go to get what he wanted. I had thought about it over and over in the tub the night before, simmered with it until I grew too angry to think. Part of me wanted to think he was genuine, but I knew Sebastian—he had always been charming, popular, and in the tabloids, he was with a different woman every night. Sebastian and men like him didn’t fall in love, least of all with women like me, who refused to fall for his bullshit and let him use me as a toy. He was one hell of an actor, but I knew in my gut that’s all it was.

He got out of the shower and came from the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist, water dripping down his shoulders and over his chest. He met my eye and I glanced away from him, instead, looking at our things scattered all over the floor. I groaned when I remembered what he had said about someone breaking into the room, making me wish for things to be normal and easy for once. I knew better, though, and got out of bed to start searching through my things.

“Is anything missing?” he asked. I looked around the room, scanning for my bag.

“My purse is gone,” I said to him. “Seriously? A house full of billionaires and one of them stole my knock-off purse?”

“What was in it?” he asked.

“I don’t know, a wallet. Gum. My notebook.”

“Your notebook,” he said. “What do you use that for?”

“Notes,” I said dryly. He chuckled and shook his head, grabbing his clothes from his suitcase and going back into the bathroom. He came out dressed, watching as I slipped past him into the bathroom to get ready for the day. I got in the shower and let the water soothe my skin, closing my eyes and meditating until there was a knock on the door.

“We need to go downstairs,” he said impatiently. “Are you almost done?”

I ignored his words and continued to rinse off. I heard him make a low noise of frustration and I smiled to myself, knowing that I’d gotten under his skin. I took a few long minutes to finish up and when I got out, I took my time drying off and getting dressed before I left the bathroom.

“You are so irritating,” he said. “Stubborn girl.”

“And you’re impatient.”

He said nothing, but gave a grunt of annoyance and turned, tying his shoes.

“Can we go now?” he asked. I met his eye for the first time that morning and found myself hung there for a moment, lost in the way he looked at me.

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