When the enigmatic Areston De L'Aquila enters her life like a tempestuous force, Juliette Rothchild finds herself irresistibly drawn to his dark allure. Scarred from their respective pasts, as they indulge in their deepest desires, they must confron...
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"Are you a liberal or conservative?"
"Capitalist. Lock, stock, and barrel," he responds idly, his fingers running up and down my arm. "You?"
"Hmm. Well, I can't really associate myself fully with either. All of them need me and I them, so I suppose yeah. I am a capitalist too, but maybe a centrist deep down," I shrug in response.
"Because you like staying in middle ground and commanding the whole circus?"
"You could say that."
He chuckles, lifting himself on his elbow and whispering in my ear. "You know what I really like?"
"Please enlighten me."
His breath plays tricks on my skin. "Staying buried in the middle of your thighs and commanding your orgasms."
"Fiend," I elbow him playfully. "I am not letting you use your sexpertise to distract me from the short window you've assigned me for the Proust Questionnaire."
"Cockblocker."
"Of course, I am," I grin, pleased with myself for having not given in to his seduction routine, "Alrighty, next question. If you walked into a room with everyone you've met, who would you go looking for?"
"You," he responds without a beat, his fingers teasing slow, delicate circles around my goosebump covered areola with his finger. This man has a serious fetish for my breasts.
I blush furiously and remind myself that he's a player so this type of charm comes naturally to him. "C'mon. Seriously. Who would you go looking for?"
I have found a safe game where I can ask him random light conversation starter questions that never invade his privacy. He's more than happy to indulge me because it avoids awkward silence and allows him to let himself loosen up a bit with me.
"Seriously, Juliette. You," he asserts.
"Really?
"Why would I look for anyone else when you're the most fascinating person I know, tesoro?"
