JaneVera's Pov
So he knew. He’d heard the call. Then why the hell had he pretended not to? My throat went dry. “So what do you want?” I asked quietly, forcing the words out even as my voice trembled. “To punish me? Or get me arrested for… for seducing you for my own gain?”
For a moment, I braced myself for the worst, for him to probably call security or, worse, the police but instead, his expression shifted. The sharpness in his eyes softened, the fury ebbing into something else, something darker.
“No…” he said softly, too calm. “I’m not going to have you arrested.”
The silence that followed was suffocating. I could hear my own heartbeat pounding in my ears.
Then he tilted his head slightly, eyes glinting beneath the low light. “I just realized, Janevera…” he murmured. “I want the sa
