My breath nearly caught in my throat. Eros thought about me?

He placed a hand on my knee, fingers grazing against the insides of my thigh. “But I know that you think about me too.”

I parted my lips. He’s just trying to break me. “I-I do not.”

He chuckled, his hand moving higher up my thigh. “You’re a terrible liar, Dani.”

Breathe, Dani. Breathe.

His hand slipped under my skirt.

Oh, my God.

Maria and Zane were too busy flirting with each other to notice what was happening on this side of the table, and I silently cursed them for that.

“You love this, don’t you?” His fingers brushed across the hem of my underwear. I pressed my knees together. I did love it. I loved every single second of it. He leaned closer, breath fanning my ear. “Answer me and I’ll give you what you want.”

Don’t let him break you. Don’t let him win.

“It’s… okay.”

He raised his brows, and I took this as a chance to regain my composure. I sat up and brushed out my skirt. My core was throbbing, aching, begging me to take back what I said. He was more than okay. I wanted more of him.

But I also wanted to win.

“I can’t love something I’m not impressed with,” I said.

His eyes darkened, so dark that I thought that I was in another one of my dreams. “Fair enough.” He sat back and removed his hand from my leg.

Fuck, I didn’t want him to stop. I just wanted to tease him a little, just wanted to break him first.

His jaw was clenched tightly, his gaze fixed on me. Oh, God. Maybe “not impressed” was a bit too harsh.

I glanced at Zane and Maria, trying to ignore his intense stare. They were laughing with each other, then suddenly Maria looked at me. “We’re going to the bar. Do you wanna come?”

“Uh—”

“No, we’re going to stay here,” Eros said, voice tight. My eyes widened, and I found myself nodding along with him.

Maria raised her brows at me. I, on the other hand, tried to give her my best don’t-leave-me-I-don’t-know-what-I-just-got-myself-into look, but she just brushed it off with a smile.

I wanted to follow them because I was stricken in absolute fear that Eros would break me, but I didn’t move. Not even when Maria flipped her blonde hair over her shoulder and gazed back at me.

The door closed behind them, and I finally found the strength to stand up. “Well, uh… I’m going to go to my room.”

Eros stood and stared down at me. “Unimpressed by my company now?” He stepped closer to me, and I stepped back, bumping into the table.

“No, Eros… that’s not what I meant.” My heart raced. “I-uh—”

He took another step toward me, and I placed my palms on the table behind me, leaning against it. He pressed his fingers against the front of my skirt, rubbing gently. “What did you mean, Dani?”

I parted my lips and wrapped my fingers under the edge of the table, trying to hold myself steady. “I—”

Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.

“Hmm?” he asked.

The way he grasped my chin in his hand, stared down at me with irises so black that I could’ve sworn that this was a dream, pressed his fingers into me like he owned me. It was an enthralling kind of dominance. The kind that struck fear right into me.

“I meant that—”

He slipped his fingers under my skirt and dragged them lightly against my panties. I clenched and gripped his wrist, but he didn’t stop. Instead, he began to rub them against my clit—harder and faster than before.

I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to keep my breath steady. “Eros,” I breathed. He continued. I dug my nails into his wrist, knees shaking. “Okay. Okay.”

“What was that?”

I didn’t want him to stop. The pressure was building in my core, and I was so close. Yet he slowed his pace, and I groaned.

“Tell me what you meant,” he said. He was staring intently at me, gaze traveling from my eyes to my lips to my legs and watching them shake. When he started to move his fingers faster again, the heat between my legs returned.

Oh, God.

I furrowed my brows. Desperately trying to hold myself together.

Wave after wave of heat hit my core, making it throb. I whimpered. I needed a release so damn badly, and I needed one from him.

Just as I was about to come, he slowed back down. I couldn’t take this torture anymore. It was too damn much.

When I calmed down just enough, he started back up. Repeating this vicious cycle and driving me wild.

“What did you mean, Dani?”

“I—” I could feel him about to slow down again, but I wasn’t going to let him stop now. “I’m impressed. I’m impressed.”

The corners of his lips curled into a smirk. I dropped my hand from his wrist—letting him take all of me—and rested my forehead against his tense shoulder. My pussy clenched. “Don’t stop, Eros.”

And, just like that, Eros pulled his hand away from me and stepped back, a smirk stretching across that damn stunning face of his.

I squeezed my eyes shut and leaned onto the table for support before my knees buckled. “I was so close,” I whispered, trying to steady my breathing.

“I know.”

“Why’d you stop?”

“If I let you cum, I wouldn’t have broken you. I would’ve just given you what you wanted.” He stepped between my legs, pressed his hardness into me, and lightly grasped my chin. “When I break you, you’re going to be begging for me.”

“You’re frustrating.” I pushed myself off of the table and walked into the hallway, leaving him in the kitchen.

“Maybe I’ll let you finish after our date,” he called after me.

I stopped and turned around. “Date?”

“Tomorrow night. Dinner.”

“Fine,” I said.

Tomorrow morning Kasey would show me the tricks, and tomorrow night I would finally get a chance to use them against the master himself.

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CHAPTER 21

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Dani

“I almost lost the game yesterday!” I said, hurrying into Kasey’s apartment and clutching the strap of my purse. Even if I didn’t technically lose, the feel of Eros’s fingers on my body were still tormenting me in the most frustrating way possible. “I need your help now!”

She placed her hands on my shoulders and pursed her red lips. “Calm down, Dani. I’m sure it’s not that bad.”

My eyes widened. “Oh no, no, no. You have no idea. I haven’t flirted like this for five years. I think I’ve lost it.”

“Called it,” Aarav said from the couch. Kasey shushed him and led me to the living room. Mycah was curled into the crook of Aarav’s arm, resting her head on his shoulder. “What happened?”

After lying right down on her red living room rug and letting out a scream of frustration, I sat back up and furrowed my brows. “Okay, well. Things happened last night, and they might happen again tonight.”

Mycah sat up, grinning from ear to ear. “Did you sleep with him?”

“No.” Sex with Eros, though. That was something to think about. If he could make me crazy with just his fingers, how would I react to all of him? I probably would have a heart attack.

“Did you kiss him?” Kasey asked.

“No.”

“Did you beg for him?” Aarav said.

“Um, not really.”

Kasey cocked a brow. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Well…” I rubbed my palms together, trying to keep myself calm, but the thoughts of last night were plaguing my mind. Tingles spread to every part of my body just thinking about Eros.

Aarav inhaled deeply and looked over at Kasey with hazy eyes. Kasey smiled at him, then turned back to me. “Well, you didn’t lose then.” She pulled Aarav from the couch and whispered something to him, giving him a pointed look. Aarav smiled sheepishly at her.

Then Kasey clapped her hands together and ushered me to the couch to where Aarav had been sitting. “It’s time to teach you the tricks.”