Cruel Games: A Dark Romance (Dark Obsession) by Zoe Blake

Author:Zoe Blake [Blake, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2022-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

AURORA

I sat upright in bed. My eyes strained to see the outline of the furniture in my room. Everything was dark and still. I flattened a hand over my rapidly beating heart. Something had awoken me. I held my breath and listened for any more sounds, but there was nothing.

I lay back down and pulled the covers up to my chin. Shifting to lie on my side, I drew my knees up and winced. The soreness reminded me of Roman. His hands. His mouth. His… thing.

It had taken me forever to fall asleep. I replayed in my mind what had happened in his office over and over again until it was a surreal movie involving faceless actors and not me. I kept trying to convince myself it hadn’t happened. That hadn’t been me. I hadn’t lost my virginity on a conference table after firing a gun at the head of a man I had a fascination with, yet hatred for. No. Nope. Absolutely not. It hadn’t happened.

I shifted again. The fingermark bruises on my inner thighs ached. A distressing reminder that it had happened. It was real. All of it. Roman Winterbourne had fucked me within an inch of my life in his office just a few hours ago. And to make matters worse, he hadn’t used a condom. What the fuck had I been thinking? I wasn’t on birth control. My mother thought it was a waste of time since the best way to secure a wealthy man was to get knocked up. I was so determined not to follow in her footsteps and yet here I was, technically not out of school yet, having sex with a man almost twice my age with no protection.

I sighed and sat up. There was no freaking way I was getting any sleep tonight.

I stopped and listened again.

Still only silence.

I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that something had woken me up.

What if we were being burgled? Oh, God! Alfred and my mother were probably passed out drunk by now. They wouldn’t be any help. None of the servants lived with us, so it was up to me to investigate.

I reached for my phone to call nine nine nine. It wasn’t there. I closed my eyes and groaned. Fuck. I must have left it in Roman’s office, which meant my determination to never set eyes on the man again would have to wait until I got it back.

I threw the covers off and got out of bed. I was still wearing Roman’s oversized white dress shirt. It reached down past my knees. I wasn’t obeying his order to go directly to bed. I wasn’t. I definitely wasn’t. I just hadn’t felt like changing. I sighed again. I couldn’t even convince myself of that fact. Damn the man.

I opened my bedroom door and listened. There was nothing but quiet stillness. I crept down the stairs and peeked over the banister into the kitchen. Through the darkness I could see the broken martini glass from earlier and several empty vodka bottles.

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