Enter The Black Oak (A Black Oak Novel Book 1) by Monique Edenwood

Author:Monique Edenwood [Edenwood, Monique]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781777224905
Published: 2020-07-10T18:30:00+00:00

17

THE HALLWAY TWISTS TO THE RIGHT as the merry noises of guests laughing and clinking glasses become almost inaudible. Jack opens a door to the left near the end of the corridor and we step into an empty office with a desk, chair, filing cabinets, a monitor and speakers, but no computers in sight. The weighty curtains on the other side of the room are closed with only peeks of the waning sun shining through.

Jack pulls me in, closing the door behind us before leading me through the room, through another door to the right and into a dark, sparsely decorated studio suite with a bed, kitchenette, shower, closet and toilet. The windows are tiny and positioned near the ceiling. The air smells musty and stale.

I glance around, perplexed. “Uh, why on Earth does his study have an en-suite bedroom?”

“This is where Richard brings the men that cook the books.”

“You’re kidding, right?”

Jack shakes his head. “He can’t take them to the office—too much risk, too many people about. He brings the computers here and brings in someone to do his dirty work. Except he doesn’t want to see them—”

“Well, it’s understandable he’d need even more money. The place is barely large enough to swing a cat.”

“He lets them in when his family isn’t around and doesn’t want to have to look at them again until they’re ready to leave. That way he can go about his life as usual—the respectable family man, pillar of the community.”

“Well, whatever helps him sleep at night.”

An irresistible smile forms on Jack’s lips and the fervid heat in his narrowed eyes leaves me buzzing with nervous energy. He walks towards me slowly and deliberately like a panther about to pounce. Instinctively I start to walk backwards.

“I looked for you in the garden. Didn’t see you,” he utters, his gravelly voice low and quiet.

“Oh? I was out there somewhere.” I skim my forehead internally as I think about what would have happened if Jack had seen me with Cameron or even knew Cameron was here.

An edge of intimidation colors his stare as he slowly paces around me.

“Jack, what are we—?”

Before I can finish, he lunges forward, pushing his hand against my mouth to silence me with such fervor that I feel the wedding ring he never takes off pressing against my lip. The collision forces me back against the wall of the empty walk-in closet and he seals his lips over mine, pushing his body into me and pinning my arms against the wall behind me. His tongue enters my mouth and we kiss fiercely, me struggling to accommodate him as he continues to ravage my mouth for a full, adrenaline-fueled minute. The smell of sex still clings to him despite the shower we took together right before coming here. Or perhaps that’s just the cloud of raging pheromones that clings to Jack wherever he goes…

We pull apart breathlessly and I steel myself to withstand the impact of his ferocious gaze. His face is hauntingly stunning in the shadows.

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