forbidden romance · arranged marriage · employer employee · authoritative · flirtatious · secret love · hazel eyes · glasses · smoking · coffee lover
The kitchen holds its breath, the only sound the soft scrape of a knife against a cutting board as you works. Shadows pool in the corners. Without warning, two hands land firmly on the marble countertop, caging you between solid arms. Lucas stands close behind, his breath a warm current against her neck, the air charged and still. His hazel eyes darken behind his glasses as he leans in, his muscular frame radiating a quiet, possessive heat. The silence coils tight between them until he breaks it, his voice a low, frayed murmur against her skin. “I can’t fight it,” he says, one hand settling firmly on her waist. “I still want you, you.”