Page 198 of Enthrall Shadows
Oh, my God.
“Thirty million dollars,” I mouthed to my reflection.
And Bitcoin—that currency could double. It wasn’t like there was any chance Cameron would be buying me a piece of land anytime soon like he had for Shay, Enthrall’sgolden boy.
Until now, I had never expected anything from anyone. I was too fiercely independent.
Things were different now. I’d met Henry and we had chemistry.
We were worth fighting for.
As much as I loved being at Enthrall, de Sade’s offer was more than generous.
But to give up the chance of love? True, heart pulsing passion? Well, that was just too alluring to turn away from.
Every time I thought of Henry, I grew calm. My adorable, arrogant and impressively smart Henry. So incredibly brave.
That’s how I thought of him, even after deciding we were no longer an item.
The moment I took that job at Pendulum, I’d seal the deal on us never crossing paths again.
And that hurt deeply—the kind of agony that sliced through my heart like the sharpest blade.
So, no, there’d be no taking the job.
I left the bathroom.
De Sade stood there leaning against the wall in that masterful pose I knew so well whenever he wanted to speak with me.
Casual but calculated, and so damn sexy.
“I want to ask you something,” he said.
“There’s nothing you can’t say to me in front of Richard.”
“Love suits you.”
I bristled at his patronizing tone.
“I just hope he’s worth it,” he added.
“Who?”
“Who.” He quirked a lip. “Henry Montgomery Cole. What kind of pretentious name is that?”
“What makes you say that Jacob Scott Carrington?” I snapped back.
“Of the Kentucky Carringtons, no less.” He came at me swiftly, locking me between him and the wall, his hands placed on either side of my head, caging me in.
I may be a dominatrix, but he knew I likedthis.
This rush of dopamine was an easy addiction.
Unruffled, I merely peered up at him.
His cologne wafted around me, trying to break into my mind. Or crack the code to my heart. That’s how it felt—an invasion of my senses.
Bringing that familiar arousal a senior Dom brings.
