Chapter 53

VALERIA

"What do you mean?" Reese was quizzed, his voice raspy and his green eyes gleaming with desire.

I gulped.

I could feel Reese's eyes on me, tracing every curve of my body with an intensity that made my insides coil with a mixture of discomfort and desire.

I tried to calm my ragging breathing.

but every glance from him felt like torture. His eyes were like lasers, boring holes into my body. The way they raked all over my body was as if he were undressing me with his mind.

The air between us was thick, charged with an electric tension that had been building since we met again.

I bit my bottom lip aggressively. Damn it! I hated that he could have this much power over me. His mere sight made my skin burn, and my pulse quickened with unbridled desire.

But more than that, I despised how badly I wanted it.

Fuck! I wanted him so badly! The way his wet shirt clung to his muscular body and the way his brown hair plastered to his face was mesmerizing.

His gaze was so searing that I shifte