Watch Me Burn : A Dark Suspense Novel (Contemporary Romance Book 4) by Denise Daye & Chris Cote

Author:Denise Daye & Chris Cote [Daye, Denise & Cote, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Anna

I was perched against the counter in my kitchen. I was lucky to know a few guys who could lend Ethan a suit for this occasion. Mr. Lautner didn’t say anything about dressing to impress, but I could just whiff from his attitude through Facebook Messenger that he didn’t take kindly to young people dressing “lazily.”

I primmed every part of Ethan’s presentation, gelling back his thick black hair and even slicking his eyebrows neatly. I had to admit, normally, Ethan made my heart skip a beat, but expensively groomed, he made my thighs clench together like I’d been stimulated to oblivion. The way his muscles filled out that suit, with his neck tattoos playing peekaboo over the shirt collar—damn! I just wanted to shove him onto my bed and ride him until we were both screaming.

Jesus . . . Get a grip, girl!

And yet . . . It still bothered me how quickly Ethan agreed to just remain friends. He didn’t even put up a fight—I was squirming for him to take the lead, growl “no” into my ear before he grappled me by my hips and fucked my brains out.

But maybe he was fine with this “simplicity.” I must’ve been the only one thrown off by this.

Perhaps foolishly, I scrambled to dress myself last. There weren’t any special changes I thought I needed to make compared to my average workdays: pencil skirt, trench coat to shield my body against the autumn weather, and opaque leggings tucked underneath ankle-high boots.

My heels echoed against my condo’s wooden floor as I sashayed out of my bedroom. I caught Ethan ogling my ass from where he sat on my couch, but I pretended to not notice. He’d have to satisfy himself with his imagination once I cloaked myself under my coat.

“We’re fifteen minutes late,” he informed me rather nonchalantly. I guessed he was in no rush to tackle this weight on our shoulders, either. I just knew it would be freeing to get this meetup over with, but I also recognized that what was hidden within the faculty had to hold some dark secrets. Possibly, one of vengeance and eventual murder.

Ethan placed his hands on top of my shoulders. I hadn’t realized how badly my body was trembling until he stilled me with his strong grip.

“Relax,” he whispered into my ear. His breath tickled my neck.

Because relaxing would be so easy to do with him inches away from my skin.

But I wasn’t about to be standoffish now. To tell the truth, his intimacy warmed me. Reuniting with Ethan taught me how lonely I’d been for the past fifteen years. It was strange—I hadn’t seen the void within me until he sparked what it was like to feel alive. Not just surviving or toiling away in my makeshift office while every day dulled into a repeat of tasks.

Ethan brightened my life. And I had to thank him for that.

Turning to face him, I stood on my tippy toes to plant a kiss on his cheek.

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