A soft moan slipped from her lips as Julian’s hand slid lower, teasing the edge of her panties. She pressed herself against him, her body throbbing with raw need. But he pulled back, his eyes dark with something that sent a shiver racing through her.

“We can’t, not here,” he said, his voice strained, even as the hunger in his gaze betrayed him.

Sophia smirked, her lips brushing his ear as she whispered, “Then let’s go.”

The car sat parked on the edge of a deserted road, the darkness outside closing in around them. They had driven in silence, the tension thickening with every mile, the low hum of the...