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.”
across my skin. “Do you
nipples tighten against the thin fabric
I said, glancing
drive you home,” he replied, straightening
can grab a
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eyes darkened. “How can I possibly let my wife leave
not your wife yet,” I snapped. “And I might
as if that was the only word he’d heard. “Come
penthouse, my heels clicking against the
dining table: empty wine glasses, half-eaten dessert, and
said as we stepped
“Which one?”
His eyes locked with mine
cheeks flushed. “What exactly are you
His voice was
in the confined
myself against the wall, putting as much distance between us as possible. “But
stepped closer, invading
me toward him. My back pressed against the elevator wall, and I felt the cool metal through my dress. Alexander’s eyes held mine, unblinking, like a
trying to sound casual while my heart hammered against my ribs,
remember. You mentioned
sure
from his body. “Though I wonder why you feel the need to remind
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