*Mature Content Warning
Louise
Elias’s hand snakes out, his fingers snapping around my wrist like a shackle. He jerks me back toward him so fast my breath hitches. His gaze locks onto mine, his eyes swirling with something dark.
"What did you just say?" he asks, his voice dangerously low.
I know I should play it off. I should pretend it was a slip of the tongue and pull him down into a kiss, because my body is practically screaming to be claimed by him. But my mind is a frantic mess. I barely know this man, yet the pull he has on me is terrifying.
What if I fall for him? What if I end up like those pathetic she-wolves, begging for a scrap of his attention? With my track record—the years I wasted pining for Charlie—I’m a prime candidate for another obsession. I’d just be crawling out o
