Chapter 16
His eyes narrowed. “You think you know me based on what? One rescue and a dinner?”
“I know that someone who truly believed love was meaningless wouldn’t care so much about protecting himself from
it.”
Alexander’s jaw tightened. For a moment, I thought I’d pushed too far.
“You’re an interesting woman, Olivia Morgan,” he said finally.
“Is that a compliment?”
“An observation.” His lips curved in an infuriating half-smile.
I gripped the railing tighter, feeling the cool metal ground me. The city lights twinkled below us like a mirror image of the night sky, but all I could focus on was the heat radiating from Alexander’s body.
“I want to ask you two things,” I said, turning to face him fully.
His eyebrows rose slightly. “I’m all ears.”
“First, back at the presentation, you said ‘it’s been a long time.’ Why? We’d literally met less than a week before.” Alexander leaned against the railing, his shoulder brushing mine. “Preparation. I couldn’t exactly acknowledge that we’d met while you were crying over your cheating boyfriend. I was creating our cover story early.”
“You were that confident I’d say yes to your insane proposal?”
“I’m always prepared for multiple scenarios.”
“Right,” I rolled my eyes. “And my second question. In your message, you said, ‘Be my girlfriend for the night.’ But this…” I gestured between us, “has been just dinner. Nothing else.”
dropped lower, sending shivers across my
thin fabric of my dress. I
glancing at my watch. “I should
you home,” he replied, straightening from
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eyes darkened. “How can I possibly let my wife leave
your wife yet,” I snapped. “And I might never
only word he’d heard. “Come on.
followed him back through the penthouse, my heels clicking
empty wine glasses, half-eaten dessert, and
my question,” Alexander said as we stepped into the
“Which one?”
eyes locked with
“What exactly
His voice was like velvet. “I’m a
us in the confined space together. My heart hammered against
putting
He stepped closer, invading my
against the elevator wall, and I felt the cool metal through my dress. Alexander’s eyes held
against my ribs, “I’ve got pepper spray in my purse. And I know how to use
You mentioned
making sure
feel the heat radiating from his body. “Though I wonder why you feel
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