Page 59 of Darkest Desire

“I do.” His voice lowers to an octave that makes a flare of arousal hit me. It’s sudden and unbidden. I just killed a man and yet… I feel turned on looking at Nico. What the hell is wrong with me?

I quickly drop the knife and back away from him but Nico only follows, cornering me against the wall. My eyes flick to Alek’s dead body and back to Nico before I can think too hard about what I just did.

“You’re more like me than you care to admit,” he says, boxing me in with his arms on either side of my head. His cologne is intoxicating. Manly and musky but still sweet enough to make me want to lean in and smell more.

“What are you doing to me?” I whisper, my heart beat racing in my chest. It’s pounding so hard, it hurts.

“I’m waking up the real you. The you that doesn’t want to play by the rules. The you that wants to be free. What’s more free than taking another person’s life?”

I gasp. “You’re crazy. Killing someone is a trap. A vice.”

“Only if you’re caught. But killing someone when no one will find out? It’s thrilling. Exciting. Especially when you kill someone who has wronged you.”

“You only kill when someone has wronged you? You’ve never killed an innocent person just… because?”

“Yes. I’ve never done that.” He looks me right in the eye as he says it, telling me he’s being honest. “I only kill those who wronged me. Alek wronged me. He wronged you too.”

“How?”

“He put you in this position. He should have just left you alone. Now you know what it feels like to take a life. How does it feel?” His hands move down to my waist and gives it a squeeze. The tiniest of moans escapes my lips.

“Nico,” I whisper.

“How does it feel?”

“It’s wrong.”

“Is that what it truly feels like to you?”

Staring into Nico’s eyes, I’m starting to think that I may be in the wrong. Killing Alek was frightening. And legally, it was wrong. But… Nico is right too.

I’ve never felt more free.

“Kiss me,” I gasp out.

Nico lets out a low growl before his lips slam into mine. I get lost within the kiss, forgetting about what room we’re in. Forgetting about Alek’s dead body. Right in this moment, I don’t even care about it.

Nico’s kiss is just as good as it was when we kissed the night of the dinner party. Better even, since I’m not drugged. I can experience it all with my right mind.

My hands find his arms. I can’t help but touch him. He’s so strong and secure and sexy. I hate him and I desire him. It’s all kinds of messed up and yet, I can’t seem to find it in myself to be bothered by it right now.

I lean into him, seeking more but Nico pulls back.

The look he gives me sends shivers down my spine for a good reason. I’ve never felt this electric. This alive. This… sexy.

A man has never looked at me like this before and I can see why people are obsessed with sex. Why they’re desperate for companionship.

If Nico never stopped looking at me like this, I’d be a happy woman for the rest of my life.

“Come with me,” he growls, tugging my hand and leading me out of the room and upstairs to his office.

“What are you doing?” I ask as he backs me up into his desk.

“I didn’t want to do this in front of a dead body. Just didn’t seem right.” He kneels before me.

Never would I have thought Nico would kneel to me.

“Nico?” I ask.