Chapter Four – The First Lesson

Elise woke up but still in Gabriel’s office, curled naked on the wide leather sofa beneath the soft cashmere blanket he had wrapped around her. The room was dim, lit only by the low amber glow of the desk lamp. The clock on the wall read 5:47 a.m. She was alone, but the scent of him of cedar and sex clung to her skin like smoke.

The blanket slipped as she sat up. Her body ached in the most exquisite ways, the tender stripes across her ass, the dull throb ...