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My cheeks burn. Did I really just do all of that?

I’m mortified.

We walk inside, and only then do I realize I’m still naked.

I really squirted all over him.

I want to melt into the floor and never resurface.

“Has that ever happened before?” he asks. There’s a satisfaction in his tone; he knows the answer. When I see his playful expression, a weight lifts from my chest. It’s not gross tohim.He likes it.He even seemsproudto be the first one to make me do that.

I open my mouth to give an answer, but I can’t make myself say it. It’s obvious he knows I’ve had sex before, that I’ve lied to him already, and this question is almost like he’s proving it. He’s infuriating and captivating at the same time. He knows who he is and what he wants, and it doesn’t bother him that I’m a mixture of contradictions.

At least not yet.

“Let’s get you into bed,” he says.

A thought flickers in my brain, wondering if that means more sex. And I know, right then, I’m already broken. I don’t know how he did it, but I’m losing control around him.

“We surprise each other,” he says, and it’s as if he knows what I’m thinking. “Don’t we, Vi?”

CHAPTER 19

VI

In the morning,I’m alone, and I’m surprised; Kenzo shouldn’t trust me alone in his penthouse. Maybe there’s a guard behind the door, or a security camera system I haven’t spotted yet.

Regardless, I have a job to do.

I call Uncle Jay. “Yep?” he answers. “You doing all right, sweetheart?”

“He’s gone for now,” I say hesitantly. “What am I searching for again?”

“Business connections and their negotiations with other companies. Anything related to Samurai Corporation or the Endo-kai. According to our client, Kenzo does most of the public relations, so he’s gotta have something in there. Go through his office.”

I step into the living room. The door to the balcony is within eyesight, and my mind wanders to what we did last night. The memory heats my body, and a full body shiver rakes through me.

“Vi?” Uncle Jay asks. “You there?”

I shake my head, bringing myself back to reality.

“Yeah,” I say. “Got it. Business connections.”

“Good. And Vi?”

“Yeah?”

“You can do this. I believe in you.”

I smile at the phone, though my mind is still on Kenzo’s perfectly curved cock.

“All right, Uncle Jay. I gotta go work.”

I hang up, then take a long shower, letting the water scald my body, hoping it’ll incinerate the ghost of Kenzo inside of me. But it isn’t just his perfectly curved cock, or the fact that we fucked out in the open. It’s because he knew exactly what to say. Even if he was pretending to treat me like a virgin, everything he said made my belly flutter like I was flying.

What is wrong with me?

Once I’m done, I throw on some makeup, reminding myself that Kenzo is another “friend” our family will use and bleed dry. Even if I’m in the pilot seat for the first time, this has been done successfully before. All I have to do is find those business connections, then we can go, and this will just be a silly memory.

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