Chapter 86

“So, the lure was because I didn’t want to sleep with you?” I push him playfully, but only half of me is joking; I’ve always wanted to know why he pursued me, why he feels for me what he does. So many thoughts race through my head, overanalyzing everything.

“At first, it confused me; I’d never met a woman so obviously uninterested in me. I’m not going to lie, I didn’t like it, but it wasn’t just that. It was something which caught me off guard in the first week you worked for me.” His fingers begin tracing the curve of my bottom lip and trail along my jaw.

“What?” I rest my forehead against his, pulled in by the gentle words and touch.

“You took your hair down. It sounds so nothing when I say it aloud, but I saw you at your desk engrossed in work. I watched you for a moment, transfixed by the difference it made. You looked soft and innocent, almost vulnerable as if losing that polished schoolmistress hair had made you forget the mask for a second. And I knew straig