Chapter 1: Introduction
Kelsey glanced at the clock for what felt like the hundredth time that afternoon. Fuck, it seemed like time was crawling today. Her entire body thrummed with excitement, making her skin feel too tight for her body, like it was straining to contain the woman beneath. Unable to hold back her anticipation any longer, she picked up her phone and fired off a quick text. Eyes scanning the screen, her thumbs glided across the smooth surface, the words a cruel tease of the torrid rendezvous that lay ahead.
This was it, the moment for which she had been yearning, the culmination of a mounting desire that had consumed her for months. In the dim afternoon light, she could almost feel the heat between his legs, his delicate fingers skating over her skin.
The air thickened with each passing moment, swirling with an electric energy that sent bolts of arousal through her veins. The phone vibrated, a disconcerting buzz that made her heart race a thousand miles a minute.
"He's here," she thought, her breath hitching in her chest as her anticipation soared. Kelsey exhaled slowly, the breath escaping her swollen lips in a quiet rush, as she stood and adjusted her clothing. The black silk blouse she wore, sheer enough to hint at the curves of her breast, clung like a second skin, and the matching skirt rode her hips just so, a tempting peek at the tops of her thighs. Everything needed to be perfect, every detail just so.
She opened her office door and stepped out, locking eyes with Ryan.
For a moment, the world seemed to pause as the raw magnetism between them crackled and sparked, a palpable force that fueled the hunger burning in the very core of her being. He looked every inch the dangerous bad boy she had imagined, his roughly-hewn features etched with the promise of wicked, taboo pleasures yet to come.
As he approached, her body seemed to be drawn to him, pulled by some invisible tether that secures all lost souls. Her heart pounded in her chest, an erratic, fierce rhythm pulsing with promise.