HE SAVED ME THEN FUCKED ME 2

SCARLET POV

His hand closed around my throat before I could even blink, forcing my back against the wall with a thud. My breath hitched, my pulse hammering wildly beneath his grip. Heat exploded in my veins, a dizzying fire that had been building since that damned drink I never meant to take. My skin burned, every nerve ending alive and hungry.

His shadow towered over me, broad shoulders filling the dimly lit room. His face remained mostly hidden, but his eyes gleamed, hard and assessing, like a predator deciding whether to devour its prey. My knees weakened under the weight of that...