The stranger knows my name

EMBER

She stepped back and plunged her hand into her backpack. She remembered stashing all her lifelong savings inside it after she ran away from the cafeteria. She grabbed a handful and tossed the dollar bills at him. The money splattered all around him as he sat as he had already predicted it. She fumed with anger because her feelings came to the surface. She couldn't stand being tested again.

Jack sighed as he sat up straight. He looked to his side and motioned slightly to make the other men come running. They kneeled and started picking up the money from the floor.

Jack stood up, towering over her with his height and built. Not only was he devastatingly handsome, but he was also well built with broad shoulders and muscles that his shirt struggled to hold. He had sharp features, a defined body and his eyes were dreamy but scary.

That's when Jack reached over, grabbed her hand and pulled her close to him. He smoothly locked her hands by twisting them behind her back till she was pressed against his solid chest. Ember flinched a little but when she looked up, she could see his ocean-blue eyes pouring into hers. Ember almost couldn't breathe, her face burning.

She had never been that close to a man before.

"You are not this type, and neither can a few shots get you that drunk," he murmured against her breath, their lips just inches apart and it made Ember freeze. Had he been watching her? How could he tell how much she drank? She noticed his eyes soften a little which made her nervous. "What are you trying to prove, Ember Campbell?"

Ember felt her heated-up skin break into a sweat. Her eyes snapped up at Jack who had a provocative smile stuck to his lips. The shock on her face was so transparent that it only made Jack smile wider. She froze completely. How on earth could he ever know her name? What was going on?

"You.. how..", it was hard for her to even meet his eyes because of the way he stared. How on earth was that even possible?

His fingers trailed down her spine, pulling her closer. Her distressed eyes widened as she drew dangerously closer to him, he held her and then helped himself till his lips reached hers. She whimpered but quietened down when she heard the next few words from his mouth.

"I didn't think you'd forget me that easily. But you're here now, how could I not give you what you want?" He whispered against her lips while everyone else watched them, shocked. Ember tried her best to gather her thoughts. She knew submission wouldn't help her at all. She gently placed her hands on his chest and slightly pushed him back.

"I'll pay you more so forget you know me. I need this night. You teach me things and then we'll split. We'll never see each other again," Ember said, keeping her voice low but her eyes fierce and determined. And at that moment, she swore she saw his expression falter. A slight frown appeared like he didn't expect it at all. She could tell he was taken aback.

He took a moment for himself and then focused back on her again. The smug face resurfaced and he only gripped her harder till it made her squirm. He nodded to himself, his eyes turning a sinister dark.

"Now that you've shown me my worth, so be it. Just one night," he said, staring deep into her eyes. Ember did feel strange but if she had enough courage to drain all her savings on a man who'll just hold her for one night, she'd do it.

"Just one night," she agreed, feeling his grip on her loosen up. He looked around him and made a few signals to the men and focused back on Ember's hesitant face.

But she could tell something surged up him when he leaned in and grabbed her hand. He was already dragging her with him to one of the rooms in the club.

He took her into the room and slammed the door behind her. Ember shuddered a little, worried she looked too confident for being a complete newcomer. She just watched him looking her up and down.

He dawned closer to her and slipped his fingers around her neck.

He pulled her right to him, her neck in his chokehold, and placed his lips on hers. He kissed her slowly but as his other hand tugged her waist, the kiss turned needy and hot.

Frozen with the sudden contact that heated her whole body every moment that moved against her lips. The desire in his eyes and his hands made her knees weak. Her body almost carved into his the moment his fingers lined the curve of her neck.

"I'll need you to loosen up," he whispered against her ears after parting. She couldn't believe she had let a gigolo take away her first kiss ever. "It's just the beginning now."

Before he leaned in and sweep her off her feet, she placed both her hands on his chest to impose some restrictions. She looked up at him with her uncertain doe eyes that made him pause. He had a look on her face that seemed aroused by her expression. She parted her lips slightly.

"Teach me," she said with her soft voice and needy gaze. And suddenly, she felt his hands on her thighs, he had lifted her, finally bringing her face to face with him.

With her legs snaked around his lower waist and her hands clutched on his shirt, she felt him moving in towards her ears with his warm steady breaths falling on her skin. Before she could get it at all, she gasped at the unexpected bite down on the side of her neck. He was kissing her neck, nibbling on it quickly and breathlessly. She shivered with a strange feeling, not wanting to stop so just clenched his shirt harder.

He pressed her against the wall and stripped off her top.

"W-what are you doing?" She asked in her soft voice, a little scared.

"Doing what you paid me for," he said, rather impatiently. Startled, she hugged her body to hide but he held both her hands and pushed it away. He stared only at her eyes.

"Wait.."

"You're perfect," his whisper trailed down her ear, crawling under her skin. "You don't even know how many men would kill to have you."

Her breath hitched, her chest rising and falling. She didn't even know this man and he had no reason to care about her. Then why... why would he say such things?

That's when he tipped her back till she fell on the bed. He leaned over her, slowly and seductively. His eyes debated between her eyes and lips.

"But now, you'll only look at me. You won't dare think of anyone else," he said with his raspy deep voice, his thumb caressing her lips. "And I'll make sure you never could."

He moved back a little and with one hand, he stripped off his shirt in a second, making her almost gasp. He had prominent abs and a toned structure. Her hand reached out and she placed it on his bare chest. A smile pricked at the corner of his lips.

"I'll make sure you never forget," he whispered quietly but boldly before moving into her, pulling her in for a kiss once again.