KNOX
“This,” I murmured and brushed my fingers down her arm, slow enough that she shivered.
Her eyes fluttered shut. “Are you that delusional that you think you can seduce me into wanting you?”
“No,” I said. “I think I already have.”
“You’re so damn sure of yourself.” She laughed unevenly.
“I have to be.”
“Why?”
“Because if I stop pretending to be in control,” I said, voice lowering, “I’ll ruin everything.”
“You’re not behaving like someone in control right now,” she murmured.
I stepped closer until there was no air between us. My hand slid to her waist, and she gasped.
“Celeste,” I growled. “You have no damn idea. You don’t have the slightest clue of how much I’m reining myself in for you.”
She tilted her chin up, eyes blazing with defiance and want and confusion all at once.
