Chapter 43

Adira

Holy shit. That was the hotest and best lunch I'd had ever. I hadn't been planning anything with Valentine but I couldn't resist him either. The way he looked at me, like I was the only girl in the world, like he was going to devour me. He'd taken my first orgasm and left me only wanting more.

I had started walking past the receptionist's desk, forgetting all about my pass when she called out. "Ms. Alexander? Your pass ma'am."

I turned around and walked back to her taking the card from her. I thanked her and put the card in my wallet next to the one I already had. I drove back to the gallery on cloud 9 and realized when I parked that I had missed a call from both Gio and Sebastian. I hadn't realized that we'd taken almost 2 hours for lunch and hoped I hadn't messed up Valentine's schedule too much.

I quietly snuck upstairs not yet ready to share with Adrian who I knew would have a lot of questions. I took a quick shower and changed before Charlie and I headed down. I