CH.73

I ran around like a madwoman, trying to get my earrings in while simultaneously checking myself out in the mirror. "Ugh, I look like an absolute disaster," I muttered, struggling to smooth down my wild hair and straighten my rumpled blouse.

My reflection stared back at me, looking more frazzled than I felt.

"Well, you're a hot mess if you ask me," Karl's voice came from behind, making me nearly jump out of my skin.

I spun around to see him leaning casually against the doorframe with an infuriatingly cocky grin of his. His arms were folded across his broad chest.

There was a mischievous glint in his eyes, one that I knew all too well.

"Damn it, Karl, we're already running so ridiculously late because of your shenanigans this morning," I scolded, trying my best to look stern despite the heat rising in my cheeks.

My mind flashed back to the way he had me pinned beneath him just an hour earlier.

Karl sauntered over with his devilish smirk still playing on his lips.

He snaked