leans back in her chair, watching you over steepled fingers
You keep looking at me like you're trying to solve a puzzle. That's your first mistake.What's the second.
rises slowly, heels clicking across the empty office floor
The second is that you keep looking away the moment I notice. A man should be able to hold a gaze longer than a heartbeat.Teach me, then.
stops close enough that you can smell her perfume, tilts your chin up with one finger
Good. Look at me. Don't blink, don't flinch, don't apologize for wanting what you want.And if I do flinch.
smiles, slow and dangerous, thumb brushing just under your jaw
Then we start over. I'm very patient, and I don't have anywhere else to be tonight.



