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Just his name makes my chest go tight, but I force my face to remain neutral. I’ve watched the security footage twice through, and although it’s clear that he works for the Hunter, I couldn’t see who they were meeting with because they were out of frame.

But he is my key to finding out more about his other boss, so maybe a day with him wouldn’t be so bad.

“Okay,” I whisper. “But maybe we could stretch the check-ins a little. I don’t know how my therapist is going to feel about that.”

He sighs, reaching out to brush a stray hair from my cheek. “Fine. Ten minutes while you’re with Lucas, but for your appointment, I’ll stretch it to twenty minutes.”

“Thank you.” I smile up at him. It may not seem like a big deal to some, but the fact that a man like Orion is willing to make concessions and compromise with me makes all the red flags in our relationship lose some of their color.

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN

ORION

The way Ember stares up at me like I hung the moon has my chest tightening.

I never thought I was capable of love. Obsession, sure. Infatuation, absolutely. But love? How can a man with a heart as cold as mine fall in love?

Before I can stop myself, I press my lips to hers, reveling in her sweetness as it explodes on my tongue. Working from home has its perks, but fucking my girl over every available surface in the middle of the day is better than any of the others.

“I don’t have time,” she murmurs against my lips.

“We’ll be quick.” I lift her off her feet, and she immediately wraps her legs around my waist. She can protest all she likes, but it’s obvious she wants this as badly as I do.

“I’m sore from this morning.”

I smirk. I’m sure she is. I fucked her with the dildo I bought to replace the one we played with the first night we spent together while I fingered her perfect ass for close to an hour, and then I fucked her into the mattress so hard the scratches on my back are still prominent hours later.

But I can’t get enough of her, and the feeling seems to be mutual.

“The only way you’re stepping foot out of this building is full of my cum.”

A soft gasp escapes her full lips a moment before I crash mine down on them. God, she tastes so fucking good she barely seems real.

I reach between us and slip my fingers into the waistband of her panties, making quick work of tearing them from her body.

“Orion,” she snaps. “You have to stop ruining my underwear.”

“Why? I’ll just buy you more. Or better yet, you could just stop wearing them.”

Her lips part in surprise at my words a moment before I press my fingers to her entrance, finding her wet and needy for me. “Oh, Little Flame. You have no idea what it does to me every time I find this pretty little pussy wet for me. Always ready to take my cock like a good girl.”

She moans as she slips her hands between us and works my sweatpants down until she wraps her hand around my achingly hard cock. “I could say the same about you. Always hard for me.”

“You have no idea, Ember. I’m always fucking desperate for you. Have been since the first time I saw you.”

I don’t give her a chance to respond, instead lifting her slightly until my cock presses to her entrance, and I slowly lower her.

We let out a mutual groan, our lips so close to one another that they brush with every thrust of my hips.

“It’s your lucky day, Little Flame. I’m feeling generous, so you don’t have to wait for my permission to come.”

Her eyes flare with heat as she wraps her arms around my neck and crashes her lips down to mine, devouring me the same way I do her.

This isn’t like all the other times we’ve fucked. There’s nothing teasing about the way I slam my hips into hers over andover again, driving us both to the edge of oblivion while pouring everything into our kiss.

I want to tell her how I feel so desperately, but there’s a chance it will have her running for the hills, and that’s not something I’m willing to risk.

Until I’m sure of how her feelings for me are progressing, I’ll keep the word that I’m more and more certain of to myself.

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