Page 1 of Dirty Temptation

PROLOGUE

ATLAS

Two months earlier

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Resting my Tom Ford clad hip against my gray, Italian designed sofa, I watch Molly plonk herself down and pick up the TV remote.

In the middle of my birthday party.

My penthouse is filled with Philadelphia elite and trust fund babies. Molly doesn’t care.

She’s not one of them.

Perhaps that’s why I can’t take my eyes off her.

That and she’s stoned off her ass and has drunk way too much champagne.

Knox, my older brother, is escorting her best friend, Payton, home. Half a million dollars says it’s tohishome.

To his bed.

I don’t care, but my father could, given Payton works for the agency responsible for the launch of this season’s fashion line.

But that’s between them.

I should send Molly home with them, but instead I watch as she surfs the channels until she findsThe Simpsonsand find myself moving around the sofa and sitting down next to her.

Molly grins at me—because she’s stoned—and rearranges the cushions like she’s lived here all her life. Then she lifts her feet onto my lap.

“Party’s over!” I call out.

Molly giggles, and as her leg brushes my cock I place my hand on her thigh to still her. Her playful eyes lock with mine—she knows—and I wish everyone would fuck off.

Now.

The hem of her cocktail dress teases the tips of my fingers. I could slide underneath it, spread her legs, and dive between her thighs.

If we were alone.

“Dude,” Billy says, dropping into one of the armchairs. “LoveThe Simpsons.”

Billy supplied the pot.

Go home Billy.

Gordon, another friend, leans on the wall next to us as the party starts to thin out. Apparently, Marge Simpson ranting at Homer is not a great party sound.

Plus, I told them to go.

And it’s almost midnight.

“Catch you next week at squash,” Finn says, rustling my hair as he walks past me with his wife on his arm.

“Wednesday,” I call out and catch him giving me the thumbs up over his shoulder.

When my eyes drop back down I find Molly watching me. Rich, seductive, and willing lust greets me. I wink and her cheeks turn pink.

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