Page 126 of Fall I Want
We walk through the crowd and I steal glances of this beautiful man. Needing, wanting him, not caring about the party or the clothes or the people.
As we move to step out of the door, Zane pulls me closer to him. I pass a woman in a red dress who glares at me with crystal-blue eyes. Familiarity washes over me. It’s her. His ex.
He walks past her, seeing straight through her, pretending she doesn’t exist.
It’s cold.
Zane doesn’t tense, and when I look back over my shoulder she’s staring at me, anger and jealousy radiating from her like death rays. I want to scream at her that she threw him away.
“Zane,” she says as we walk toward the open elevator. He keeps ignoring her and places his hand on my hip as he guides me inside. His fingers dig into me and I wrap my arm around him.
“Hey,” I say, brushing my nose against his, wishing he’d talk to me. Just like that, he slips into his shell, a protection mechanism.
“Zane,” I whisper.
He kisses the top of my head as we travel down to his floor. “I’m so glad we’re leaving. It’s like... everything was perfectly planned.”
“Are you okay?” I ask.
“My sister took care of me,” he tells me. “It’s like she knew what would happen tonight. Divine timing.” He smiles, taking a step toward me, his eyes sliding down me. “You look like you break hearts for a living.”
Butterflies flutter throughout me. “I used to. I don’t give many people a chance anymore.”
The elevator doors slide open, and as soon as they do, we exit, nearly stumbling on our own feet. His mouth is on mine, greedy and desperate like we need to destroy the other. I want my IOU and I want it now.
Zane unlocks the door, pulling me inside. He’s hard and thick and has me pressed against it. “Who was the woman you were chatting with?”
He pulls away and places his hands on my hips. “Are you jealous?”
“I have trust issues,” I state. No use denying it, because Zane knows what Sebastian did to me.
“Babe.” His face softens. “It was Billie Calloway. She’s Harper’s best friend and business partner. Don’t you worry about that with me. There is no one else. There are no secrets. Not with you. I have nothing to hide. Right now, there is only one woman on the planet who I want.” He kisses the softness of my neck. “And she tastes... so... fucking... good.”
I pant out a breath, exposing my neck further, wanting him to lick every damn inch of me.
“It’s only you, Autumn,” he confesses. “It will only ever be you.”
“Promise me,” I say, nearly begging. “Promise me that’s true.”
“I fucking promise with all of my being, Pumpkin. On every memory I still have of my mother. You were made for me.”
“Mirrored souls,” I whisper.
“Twin flames,” he says, then both of our eyes bolt open.
“Did—” I tilt my head at him. “Did Harper tell you that?”
“Did she tellyouthat?” He crosses his arms over my chest, watching my breasts rise and fall. His cock is so fucking hard in his pants, and I trace the outline of him. My body aches for more of that. All of him. He’s made me a sex-crazed monster.
“Ah, I know that expression,” he tells me.
“Which one?” I ask, laughing.
“It’s the Alexander addiction look. You’re wondering how you’ll live without me.”
“In a roundabout way,” I tell him, not daring to mention his dick is basically plastered on a centerfold in my mind. A dirty thought I’ve replayed at least a hundred times.
“You’ll never be satisfied,” he warns. “I’ll make sure you’ll always want more of me.”
