Page 6 of Temptation
It’s too tempting. If I stay, there’s no knowing what I might do.
But I’m sluggish. Several hours of wandering around in the dark have taken their toll, and I stumble in my haste to get out the door. My legs buckle and I tumble to the ground, my body landing on the carpet. As I stagger to my feet, I hear the door open behind me. The music gets louder and then quiet again as the door shuts.
“Wait.”
His voice rumbles through my body, as low as the bass of the music, and rattles my very core. It’s commanding, and my body obeys before my mind catches up.
I stop inches from the front door. In a few more steps, I’ll be out in the woods. I could follow the driveway to the road and walk to safety. I could forget everything I’ve seen here tonight and the feelings it’s arousing inside of me.
Footsteps crunch on the carpet behind me, and I don’t move.
“Are you lost?”
My breathing is shallow as I turn around to face the stranger. He walks slowly toward me, each step commanding confidence. My head tilts up as he approaches, taking in his tall frame in an expensive suit. He stops a few feet in front of me, his face illuminated by one of the wall lights, and my breath hitches.
He’s movie star handsome with a shock of thick black hair. Stubble coats his jawline, and his deep chocolate eyes are trained on mine.
“Are you lost?” he asks again.
This time there’s a gentle timbre to his voice and genuine concern in his eyes.
The reality of the last few hours hits me. Being chased through the woods like an animal, stumbling lost and hungry and getting soaked in the rain.
“Yes,” I whimper. Tears sting my eyes, and I look away quickly. I don’t want to cry in front of this stranger.
“Who are you?” he asks.
“I’m Greta. I live at The Lodge. I…” I snap my mouth shut. I don’t want to tell him how stupid I was to trust a man I hardly knew. “I’m lost,” I admit.
The tiredness of the last few hours washes over me, and my shoulders sag.
When the man speaks again, it’s in a kinder voice.
“Come in and dry off, Greta. You can stay here, and I’ll drive you home in the morning.”
My eyes lift to his, trying to read sincerity in them. Should I accept help from a strange man? Fromthisstrange man who has a cage in his room with people having…sex in it? I’m crazy even to consider it.
“What is this place?”
He smiles slightly, and his eyes rack over my body. I shudder under his gaze.
“Why? Do you like it?”
This man can read my thoughts. I look away quickly as a blush creeps up my neck. It would be stupid to stay here. The man’s playing with me, and who knows what else he’s capable of. He’s practically undressing me with his eyes.
“I’ll take my chances with the wolves.”
I turn to leave, and he stops me with a word.
“Wait.”
I turn around and am struck again by his beauty. Damn, are tempting strangers all this beautiful?
“It’s a sex club.”
My eyes widen in astonishment. I never knew the sleepy Wild Heart Mountain had a sex club.
The man chuckles at my reaction.
