#Chapter 186: Tell me you love me

I crossed the dim room slowly, letting my hips sway with each step. My outfit and makeup had me feeling sassy and wild.

But as I met Nolan’s eyes, I saw his face was looking serious, and not only in a sexy way.

He was wowed, looking at me in the burlesque-like lingerie set he’d sent over as a gift earlier in the evening. But also, I was getting the feeling that he had walked into the room with something else on his mind.  

But I looked so damn good in this outfit. I wasn’t going to let anything spoil the mood.

It was a merlot-colored lace corset and brassiere, kind of old-fashioned in the design, but with a deliberately contrasting racy haute couture accent of bright violet zippers. Two arced in a semicircle around each lace-lined bra cup. The third zipper went straight down the middle of the corset, top to bottom. When that one was unzipped, the whole bodice went goodbye. This was coupled with a tiny pair of high-waisted, very &ldq