Chapter 52: Can't Escape

After working so desperately to draw the line between us, all the rules that I had set, all the walls that I had put up, and all of my determination disappeared just like that in the heat of the moment, and then my body was eager to welcome him and the pleasure of our wild lovemaking. My core quivered and goosebumps formed on my skin just at the thought.

I got dressed and left my bedroom while praying that perhaps the promise to visit the company together might have slipped Raphael's mind. When I arrived downstairs, all my sense of hope died in an instant when I came face to face with Raphael, who had clearly been waiting for my arrival.

"I made a promise to take you to the company with me today," he reminded me with a small nod of his head. I had no idea why he had to stare at me so intensely or why I found it so difficult to meet his gaze. Suddenly, I felt extremely awkward, and I wished that the ground would split open and swallow me up.