“Do you plan to give me an answer today or next year?” Kan demanded, his eyes bright with fury.
Eleanor looked at him, and then quietly told him what had happened.
How a circular had gone out barring everyone from going upstairs, Ariel’s PA’s account of the stripping and tension inside the unbearably hot elevator, and how she had finally left them alone there.
“Why did she leave?”
Eleanor frowned at him, confused before she said, “She was about to pass out, and your wife agreed to tell him the truth just so she could get out.”
“Why was it not unbearably hot for Ariel too? Did she begin to strip too?” Even as he said the words, his head began to pound.
Just thinking about Blaine seeing that skin again, the beautiful milky undertone, her soft warm flesh.
He dropped his head in his h
