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The heat in the cedar sauna was like a D-minor chord held too long—thick, heavy, and vibrating right in the center of my chest.
The way your thumb hooked into the belt loop of his jeans was a better opening statement than anything I’ve ever heard in court.
Nico leaned in, smelling of expensive bourbon and bad intentions, while Elena watched us with the predatory stillness of a cat near a birdbath.
Her spine had that neutral, dangerous curve of a loaded spring, and the way her husband watched me watch her made the wine in my throat turn to liquid lead.
The condensation on the Chablis bottle was the only thing wetter than the look Claire was giving the estate manager.
I was supposed to be checking the histogram but all I could see was the way the sweat pooled in that little dip above her tailbone.
The air at nine thousand feet tastes like cold iron and pine needles, but his skin tasted like salt and expensive bourbon.
The way he looked at her across the fretboard wasn't about the chord progression; it was a rehearsal for something much louder.
Julian leaned into my personal space like a hostile takeover, his thumb hooking into my belt loop while the room watched.
The rain is a rhythmic pounding against the glass but inside the only sound is the wet, heavy sliding of skin on skin.
Elias was moving around her like a predator who had forgotten he was supposed to kill, holding that camera like a holy relic.
Silas didn’t move until the sound of the zipper cutting through the air signaled that the perimeter of his self-control had finally been breached.