Fatal Obsession : A Twisted Romeo & Juliet Story (Tales of Obsession Book 2) by Drethi A

Author:Drethi A. [A., Drethi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-One

POPPY

Under the weight of defeat, I sought solitude in my refuge. The truth was supposed to liberate me, but it had become my bitter enemy. With everything out in the open, fresh blood poured freely from forgotten wounds.

Although I was supposed to make decisions sparked by logic, not emotions, I tossed clothes into a duffel bag without a destination in mind. I frowned when I couldn’t find my birth control pills inside my nightstand drawer. I turned the drawer upside down and swore. I must be losing my mind.

The reasonable thing to do would be to first calm down and find a place to live behind fortified walls or ask one of my relatives if I could crash with them. However, if Mom followed through with her threat, I’d be out on my ass regardless.

I could go to Las Vegas, though I wasn’t supposed to travel without guards. The board drilled into me countless times about doing everything in my power to remain safe. It was protection in name but a shackle in reality. They were paranoid that key players of the company could be used to gain intel. We had a lot of enemies and placed safeguards in our residences for that reason.

The soft patter of footsteps on the balcony sliced through my dilemma. A shadowy figure emerged from outside. I couldn’t properly make him out through the glass doors, but it could only be the man. Whereas I had previously been wary of his presence, I didn’t object when he slid the door open today.

Damon stepped inside, and I was momentarily punch-drunk at seeing him in a professional getup. His tall stature commanded more attention than usual in a fitted dark charcoal suit with two buttons on the front and notched lapels accentuating his broad chest. The crisp white shirt underneath had zero wrinkles, highlighting his chiseled features and tapered waist. Even the styled messy hair somehow matched the professional look.

The custom-made suit was fancier than any office wear I had seen before. If that was how he dressed at work, I had no idea how his staff got any work done. The outfit was as immaculate as his strong jawline, but his piercing sky-blue eyes, filled with intensity, stole the show. They speared into me.

“Hey—”

Before another word could escape my lips, Damon backed me against the cool wall. My gaze briefly fell on his full lips before he swooped in for a kiss. The fabric of his suit grazed against my fingertips as his right hand locked possessively around the base of my neck, the other cupping my cheek. There was a hint of something mint-flavored on his tongue that wrestled mine with fevered desperation. As if we had been apart for a lifetime instead of ten hours.

I planned on pushing him away; I did. But the ferocious attack had forced the faint whiff of his cologne into my lungs. The subtle blend of sandalwood and musk heightened my senses, turning me scatterbrained.

Wrapped in Damon’s strong embrace, I couldn’t remember why I shouldn’t be in it.

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