CHAPTER 017: CHRIS

Emily was here, in this building, right now. The thought made me twitchy as if I couldn't sit still.

I'd seen her on the security cameras as soon as she showed up. Truth be told, I had waited in my office staring at the computer for her to arrive. Was that creepy? Maybe. But hell, I had to. What if she had changed her mind? I wanted to see it with my own eyes that she did come.

That night when I showed up at Gideon's nightclub, I shouldn't have talked to her; I shouldn't even have shown myself to her. I should have used the backdoor as I always did when I visited and kept myself out of her way. I was planning on it too, but the thought of seeing her up close... I couldn't pass that up.

Like I'd suspected, she was even more beautiful up close. Something about her was so sensual; the way she talked, the way she moved... man, I had a hard time walking away after getting my drink. Her porcelain skin teased the dominant in me, like a blank paper begging to be used and marked.

I could see r