Cassian chuckles and raises his hands in surrender. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean anything by it. I do apologise. I know things are hard Valerie… but know that I’m not against you or your people.” He reaches out placing a hand on my shoulder giving it a squeeze, my eyes flash and I grip his wrist, insta
VALERIE.There are some men who look sexy in a suit, a few who look handsome, even a rare few who look like gods, and then there’s Zade.I imagined him in a suit, and knew he would look so damn sexy, but what I didn’t know was that I’d want to drop to my knees and let him do whatever he wanted to me
Joan blushes when Zade’s eyes flick to her and her eyes widen. “Oh my, hello…”She offers him a hand, but he simply gives her a nod, looking away. I do the same, noticing we are getting a lot of attention and the majority of that is from women gawking at Zade.I honestly cannot blame them, thinking
ZADE.Valerie’s demeanour changes and she leans into me a little more, her heart thundering.‘His expression is off,’ she murmurs through the link, kissing me sensually. I wrap my hands around her, protectively kissing her back.‘I’m not surprised. There’s more to him than meets the eye and we might
Silence falls around us, but I ignore them looking ahead.It’s an oil painting, but any hand-painted picture requires one’s presence and being around something leaves a scent. I’m sure I can sniff out who it belongs to if they’re here, anyway.“We will start at fifty dollars.”No one speaks and I ra
VALERIE.Zade’s hands clamp over my ears as the shrill, ear-splitting noise feels like it will tear my head right apart. His hands take the edge off but it’s excruciating, making it hard to breathe.What about his ears!Turning, I’m about to cover his ears when he shakes his head, his eyes trained a
Well, I’m ready to do what he wanted Anthony to do. But to do that, I need to get out of this hall.Somehow.And fast.I look around, trying to assess which door to use when all exits are surrounded by queues of people panicking as more gunshots are fired.“You can put on any front you like, Owen. I
“It’s a crowded venue. If something were to happen, innocent people could get hurt.”Zade tilts his head as he looks ahead, looking almost bored. “Fine. Plan A, Plan B, I’ll keep that in mind… but if I decide that they aren’t ideal, I will go to plan C.”“We don’t have a plan C,” Zaia says.“Yeah, b