Chapter 26. Paintings Don’t Lie

Jeremy’s POV

The knock came hard enough to rattle the damn doorframe. I cursed under my breath. Give it to Bianca to get all worked up whenever she couldn’t reach me.

“Where do I hide?” Teyana scrambled up, using the sheet to cover her half-naked body. I hated that something else had to remind her of why this wasn’t right. I could see the fear and regret all over her face. I didn’t want her to regret.

I didn’t want her to hide. But…that would be trouble for her. If it was another woman, I wouldn’t care about Bianca seeing us together or the world knowing even. But in Teyana’s case, a lot was at stake. No one could know I was fucking her or all I had built, all my father had built would come crashing down.

So I jerked my head to the closet, guiding her. She panicked as she rushed inside it. My chest tightened when the closet door clicked shut behind her.

My attention diverted again when Bianca shouted outside the door. “Jeremy, fuck! Are you ignor