Chapter 110

They stood looking at each other for a long moment. Finally, as though of one mind, they each took a step toward other. Vergel dragged her up against his chest, his mouth coming down hungrily on hers. “I want you more than anything,” he whispered against Pearl’s lips between kisses.

“I’m yours,” she answered. At least for right now. She thought.

Vergel lifted her around the waist like she weighed nothing and stepped off the stage to the first row of seats that were swathed in near darkness. Sitting her down on the edge of one, he dragged his fingers down one of her legs and slowly lifted her ankle. Pearl sat back in the seat and bit her lower lip. The sight of her battered ballet shoe in his huge hand, his dark eyes looking at her with such hunger, it made her stomach warm with need.

Slowly, he untied the ribbons of her shoe and slid it off, letting her foot fall gently down. He did the same with the other. Her feet were not beautiful, a result of the pummeling she consta