Wilde City: Book One in the Fae of Manhattan series by Evie Marceau

Author:Evie Marceau [Marceau, Evie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-One

I woke to the sound of cars honking and a city bus rumbling down Fulton Street below us. Squinting, I was confused to find myself on a rooftop terrace, but then my gaze fell on the blanket under me and the gorgeous man beside me, and it all came back.

Severn rolled over, giving me a long smirk. “Good morning.”

I gave a lazy smile in return until I sat up with a sudden gasp. “The children!”

He shook his head, unconcerned. “I called Poppy last night. She stayed with them.”

I combed my hair back with my fingers. “Where did you tell them I was?”

“With me.”

I must have blanched because he sat up and laughed. “I didn’t tell them what we were doing all night. Just that we were together. They’re delighted, I’m sure.” He motioned to the lopsided birthday cake and now-empty bottle of champagne. “Their gambit to push us together worked.”

I rolled my eyes but felt the unmistakable tug of a smile on my face at the same time. My tank top straps were ripped in two, so I pulled Severn’s button-up shirt over me, then wiggled back into my panties and shorts.

He let his heavy gaze run down my body dressed in his shirt and said in a gravelly tone, “So sure you want to get dressed already?”

It was a tempting proposition: another rooftop tussle with Severn. Just the thought of it and my body was already tingling with desire. But I shook my head. “It’s a workday, and my boss can be a real asshole.”

He gripped my chin, tilting my face to match his gaze. “I bet he’ll give you the day off if you ask him nicely.”

“Oh yeah?”

“Consider it a bonus for very good performance.”

In any normal job, our banter would have been serious grounds for a visit to HR, but now I only smiled coyly and finished doing up the buttons on my shirt. “I need to shower.”

He leaned in to nuzzle my jaw with his mouth, nipping lightly at my skin. “Want company?”

I pressed him away and shook my head. I was still giddy from the sex last night, but I also knew that I needed some time to think about what had happened. When I’d come to the rooftop yesterday, I certainly hadn’t planned on sleeping with my boss. I’d been honest when I’d told him that I didn’t regret it, but I also knew that any interaction with a fae was tricky. They couldn’t help but be devious in some aspect—it was simply their nature—and we’d just had sex. Talk about a tangled-up, confusing situation.

Severn relented, though not before gliding a hand down past my waist and giving my ass a squeeze. “Meet me downstairs in an hour. I’m taking you to breakfast.”

His tone told me there wasn’t room for me to say no.

Back in my apartment, I was relieved to find Henry and May playing video games, perfectly safe and happy, though I was startled to see Poppy Wilde also playing the games,

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