"Alpha Damien, are you working late... or are you working on someone?" Catherine seemed to have guessed that he's with me. Her voice dripped with saccharine sweetness as she tested him over the phone.
"Hmm... why don't you take a guess?" Damien gave a low, throaty chuckle.
"My guess is you are just busy," she pivoted, her tone shifting to a playful pout. "Just come back to the hotel soon. I'll be waiting for you."
She had nailed the delivery, suggestive and sulky, but not overtly demanding. Clearly I was an amateur compared to her when it came to managing a man's ego.
The grin playing on his lips showed he was thoroughly enjoying her little game.
Typical. I wondered if a little resistance, playing hard to get, might be the spice he truly wanted to keep him hooked.
The second he hung
