Kayla
Damien took a slow step toward me, his presence filling the entire kitchen. "You say we aren't compatible," he whispered, his eyes dark and focused. "But we have an intense chemistry, Kayla. You felt it the moment I walked into the office six months ago. We work well together because we balance each other out. This? This is just the natural next step."
We were so close now that I could feel the heat radiating off his body. My heart was thundering, and a familiar, heavy ache settled deep in my core. I felt myself softening, becoming damp and desperate for a contact I wasn't supposed to want.
I couldn't take the intensity anymore. I reached up and pulled his heavy suit jacket off my shoulders, holding it out like a shield between us. "I... I still have until Wednesday," I said, my v
