Pushing up, I stared at my reflection in the bathroom mirror, talking myself out of having a panic attack for being in the same proximity as the man who’d rattled Kaison.
Shay. The man infamous for keeping everyone in line at Enthrall. His reputation was everything. Apparently, he was into dark kink.
So, this is what you look like.
Wiping the smudged makeup away, I tried to erase the tiredness.
Maybe everything wasn’t so bad.
Because I was here.
With him.
After a few minutes, I’d pulled on one of Shay’s T-shirts. This, along with a pair of boxer shorts he’d given me to wear. It had been a relief to rid myself of that tight bodice.
I was shaken from my thoughts by a knock.
“Got everything you need?” Shay called through the door.
“Yes, thank you.”
Just knowing he was on the other side made me giddy.God,he was so damn sexy. Masterful and capable of anything. Capable of walking into a place like Pendulum and stealing one of their own.
I wondered if there would be repercussions. Hopefully, Kaison would smooth that over. Make it easier for me to go back.
A shiver ran up my spine as I recalled the way Shay stood over me in the dungeon. What he’d done to me on the way out had been perfected dominance. I wondered if he knew how wet he’d made me. The thought he illicitly removed me from that private sanctum turned me on to the point of distraction.
I ran Shay’s comb through my hair. I’d put so much product in it tonight the strands clumped.
I wanted to get another chance to seduce this man.
Or at least make him like me.
I could see us being friends. Maybe more if I could persuade him to see me differently.
I had less than twelve waking hours to work on him.
Smoothing out my hair, I let it tumble over my shoulders.
I’d needed this break from work.
My next shift at Cedars wasn’t until Friday. Maybe I’d be able to persuade him to let me stay for a few days. Now this, I could get used to.
Finding a blue bottle of cologne, I sniffed the delicious scent that matched the man downstairs and spritzed it over me.
Breathing him in, I inhaled the scent like I was absorbing the man himself, and then blinked at my own reaction.
Wow.
If they’d tried to bottle sex they’d succeeded. Shay was a walking pheromone. I didn’t stand a chance.
“Join me downstairs,” Shay called through the door.
It made me jump.
“I will.” I felt a flutter of excitement from being summoned by his sultry tone.
Leaving the bathroom, I walked barefoot along the hardwood floor, heading towards the sitting room. My pulse quickened at being in the same space as him.