Page 26 of Divine Obsession

“Apologize.”

My eyes visibly widened with shock.

He cleared his throat, clarifying, “For misjudging and underestimating you.”

Trevor was known for never bowing down; not from a fight, nor from a challenge, not from an argument. He didn’t need to. He was who he was. Rich, intelligent, powerful. He didn’task, hetook.

Columbia’s best sports team Captain in their history; his team never lost a single match with him in charge.

Ivy League’s top student, with an incredible IQ.

The heir to the Su Dynasty, his family’s multi-billion-dollar technology empire.

Even I knew all of this before coming to Columbia or meeting him in real life. Rumors and gossip circulated him, fromthe type of toothpaste he used to keep his straight smile perfectly white, to never having missionary sex, no matter who the woman was – not even the VS Angels he’d been photographed with over the past years. They didn’t call himplayboyfor nothing.

Out of everything I expected him to say, an apology would have never even crossed my mind as a joke.

And I would’ve thought he was taking me for an idiot if it hadn’t been for the somber look in his melting chocolate eyes.

“Oh...” Was all I could manage to say.

He stepped closer, his dark gaze freezing me in place. “What I said at the Charity Ball… And my reaction this morning… It was fucked up.”

When he extended his hand, I took it with a small shake. “Accepted.”

I didn’t realize how close we were until his body grazed the inside of my knees.

“You obviously deserve your spot at Columbia. And I think Kali’s the actual bad influence on you, not the other way around.” He nodded in the direction of the party which was still in full bloom on the other side of the door.

“She’s not a bad–”

“She brought you here, didn’t she?”

“I can make my own decisions,” I spoke sternly, pulling my hand away from his once I realized we were still touching.God, why did I keep doing that?

“Can you?” He murmured, leaning closer and propping his hands on the counter, one on each side of my hips.

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“You came here with me becauseIsaid so…” His thumbs grazed against my jean-covered hips, only in the slightest. “Away from the party. Away from your friends. All alonewithme…”

“You’re being a dick again.” I could feel the heating blush on my face.

“Got quite a mouth on you,hm?” He murmured, his eyes on my lips. “Someone should teach you what to do with it.”

My lips parted with shock and the softest gasp escaped me. His voice – deep, smooth and sinful – seeped through, burning down my throat, between my breasts, and settling low in my belly, before pulsing achingly between my legs.

My blood burnedhotand my thighs instinctively pressed together.

This was inappropriate.

I just couldn’t bring myself to do something about it…

The moment the kitchen door opened, spilling in the booming music, I pushed Trevor away from me – so hard, he fell back a couple of steps before he caught his footing.

He chuckled darkly as I hopped off the counter, though it quickly stopped once we both glanced at the door.

Zach walked in, holding Kali up with her arm around his neck. “I swear to God, I turned away for less than a second. Next thing I know, she’s on her seventh shot.”

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