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00:00:00I got fired and nearly arrested just for touching a co-worker's abs. Desperate for energy, I hide myself in

00:00:06the most boring black suit I can find and interview to become the personal assistant to Ethan Frost, New York's

00:00:12coldest, most untouchable billionaire suit.

00:00:15The moment I see him, every filthy instinct wakes up. I want to ruin him with my mouth from those

00:00:20cold lips down his chest until I'm wrapped around his thick throbbing cock, sucking him dry and breaking his perfect

00:00:26control. Suddenly, Ethan snaps his pen clean in half.

00:00:30He stares at me, jaw-tight voice rough.

00:00:32You're hired.

00:00:33He can hear every filthy thought in my head.

00:00:36I'm Jade Summers.

00:00:37One second I was the most seductive succubus in the abyss, drunk on desire and raw sexual energy.

00:00:43The next I blinked and found myself dumped on a crowded street in New York City.

00:00:47This place is insane.

00:00:49The whole city reeks of lust, yet everyone struts around acting like they're above it, preaching self-control, purity and

00:00:55proper behavior.

00:00:56A few days ago I was so starved I could barely hold my human shape.

00:01:00All I did was run my hand over my co-workers' abs to steal a little energy, and I got

00:01:05dragged into HR, publicly fired for sexual harassment, and almost arrested.

00:01:10No legal identity here means I starve.

00:01:12End of story.

00:01:13So I squeezed myself into the most buttoned-up black blazer I could find, every button fastened tight to my

00:01:19throat, and walked into Frost Capital, one of Manhattan's most cutthroat firms, for a personal secretary interview.

00:01:26The man interviewing me was the one who runs everything.

00:01:29Ethan Frost.

00:01:30Everyone called him untouchable.

00:01:32Cold privileged, disciplined to the bone.

00:01:35A man so controlled that women could throw themselves at him all night and he would not even blink.

00:01:39But the moment I stepped into his office, a thick wave of pure, scorching masculine energy slammed into me.

00:01:46My succubus instincts went feral.

00:01:49Oh my god.

00:01:50Look at those broad shoulders, that tight waist, those powerful thighs.

00:01:55Those dress pants are stretched so obscenely I can see the outline of every inch.

00:02:00I bet he's thick, heavy, and perfect.

00:02:03I wonder how long this tightly wound ice prince can keep his control, before he snaps.

00:02:08I want to shove him back onto that desk, tear that expensive suit off him, and ride him raw, until

00:02:14he's shaking and begging.

00:02:16I was deep in that filthy fantasy when a loud snap cracked through the room.

00:02:20Ethan's luxury pen broke in half, black ink spilling over his fingers.

00:02:24He slowly lifted his gaze.

00:02:27It was cold, dark eyes pinned me like a predator.

00:02:29His voice came out low, rough, and dangerously controlled.

00:02:33He paused, jaw-tight, eyes burning with something dark and volatile.

00:02:36Jade Summers.

00:02:38You're hired.

00:02:41I stood there, completely stunned.

00:02:43You really just hired me?

00:02:45After I had mentally stripped him naked and imagined riding him senseless?

00:02:49Not that I was complaining.

00:02:50This job gave me legitimate, daily access to the most powerful source of energy I had ever felt.

00:02:56I had barely stepped out of his office when Victoria, the senior director, cornered me in the hallway.

00:03:02She looked at me like I was something filthy that had just crawled in off the street.

00:03:06She marched up in her sharp heels and shoved my shoulder hard.

00:03:09Button that collar all the way up.

00:03:11If I ever see you throwing yourself at Mr. Frost, you won't even make it through tomorrow.

00:03:17Do you understand me?

00:03:18I let myself stumble back and quickly put on my most innocent, obedient face.

00:03:23Of course, director.

00:03:24I'll be completely professional.

00:03:26But inside, my succubus side was burning with contempt.

00:03:29Throwing myself at him?

00:03:31Please.

00:03:31You look at him like you own him.

00:03:33You have no idea how good it feels to be flooded with that kind of raw, masculine energy.

00:03:37It would probably kill you.

00:03:38A body like his deserves to be claimed every single day.

00:03:41I want to wrap myself around him, drain him with my mouth and hands until he has nothing left to

00:03:45give.

00:03:45A heavy footstep sounded behind me.

00:03:48Ethan stood just a few feet away in his perfectly tailored black suit, his presence filling the hallway.

00:03:53His dark, intense eyes were locked directly on my face.

00:03:57Victoria spun around instantly, flashing a sweet, adoring smile.

00:04:01Mr. Frost!

00:04:03I was just giving the new assistant some orientation on proper office standards,

00:04:06making sure the wrong kind of woman doesn't cause you any problems.

00:04:10Ethan ignored her completely.

00:04:12His gaze never left me.

00:04:13I watched his throat tighten as he swallowed slowly, something dark and heated flashing in his eyes.

00:04:19His voice came out low and commanding.

00:04:22Coffee. Now.

00:04:26Five minutes later, I walked into the CEO's office with a cup of black coffee.

00:04:30The second I stepped through the door, that devastating masculine energy wrapped around me again,

00:04:36hot and clean and way too close.

00:04:37It clung to my skin like a second layer.

00:04:39Ethan was leaning back in his chair, reviewing documents like nothing in the world could shake him.

00:04:45Shirt buttoned.

00:04:46Tie straight.

00:04:47Face cold enough to freeze over hell.

00:04:50But my eyes had no loyalty to my brain.

00:04:52They kept drifting lower, straight to the tight stretch of his dress pants.

00:04:56That energy is so thick and pure it's making me dizzy.

00:04:59The way those pants hug him should be illegal.

00:05:02If he ever let loose on me, he would completely wreck me.

00:05:05God, I want to-

00:05:06I was so busy staring that I completely missed the face beside me.

00:05:10My heel caught the edge of it and rolled.

00:05:12Ah!

00:05:12I lost my balance and pitched forward straight into him.

00:05:15The entire cup of scalding coffee splashed across his lap.

00:05:19Every single drop.

00:05:20He's-

00:05:20A low, ragged groan tore out of him.

00:05:23The documents in his hand scattered all over the floor.

00:05:26My soul nearly left my body.

00:05:28I scrambled up, grabbed the tissue box off his desk and started frantically dabbing at his thighs.

00:05:34Mr. Frost, I'm so sorry.

00:05:36Please don't move.

00:05:37I'll clean it up.

00:05:38The second my fingers pressed against the soaked fabric, I froze.

00:05:41Even through the thin material, the heat under my hand was overwhelming.

00:05:46Hard.

00:05:46Tense.

00:05:47Very, very alive.

00:05:48My fingers started to shake.

00:05:50Wait.

00:05:51Is he getting hard?

00:05:52God, he's huge.

00:05:53Ugh.

00:05:54I just want to rip these pants open and put my mouth onto his monstrous cock.

00:05:58Ethan's hand, which had been reaching for the tissues, stopped dead in Medair.

00:06:03For one terrifying second, the whole office went silent.

00:06:06Then his large, burning hand came down on my lower back.

00:06:09He seized me and pulled me hard against his chest.

00:06:12My breath caught.

00:06:13His body was solid against mine, his breath hot and uneven on my face.

00:06:17That perfect frozen composure finally cracked, and what leaked through was dark, hungry, and dangerous.

00:06:23His voice dropped low.

00:06:25You really can't stop looking there, can you?

00:06:29His voice was low against my ear, and that thick, impossible bulge pressing against me was impossible to ignore.

00:06:36My succubus control was hanging by a thread.

00:06:38This man was plain dirty.

00:06:40And the worst part was, I was almost sure he knew it.

00:06:43I swallowed hard, my whole body going soft against him.

00:06:46My arms slid around his neck before my brain could stop them.

00:06:49I leaned in, lips parting, the tip of my tongue just barely brushing out.

00:06:54One more inch.

00:06:55Just one.

00:06:56Then the memory hit me like a fire alarm.

00:06:58HR dragging me out of my last job in front of everyone.

00:07:01Security watching me like I was dangerous.

00:07:04The threat of handcuffs, police, and a permanent record, all because I touched a co-worker's abs when I was

00:07:09starving.

00:07:10My blood went cold.

00:07:11This was not some random office.

00:07:13This was the CEO's office in New York.

00:07:15And this was Ethan Frost, one of the most powerful men in the country.

00:07:20Throwing myself at him was not a cute little workplace mistake.

00:07:23This could destroy my life.

00:07:25All my succubus confidence disappeared in an instant.

00:07:29I came here to survive, not to end up in prison.

00:07:32I shoved him back with a sudden burst of strength, slipped out of his arms, and dropped hard onto the

00:07:36floor.

00:07:37Mr. Frost, I'm so sorry.

00:07:39I swear I'm a respectable woman.

00:07:42I just slipped, that's all.

00:07:43I wasn't trying anything.

00:07:45Please don't call the police.

00:07:46I'm not some kind of predator.

00:07:48I fumbled with the door, yanked it open, and ran.

00:07:51But as the door swung shut behind me, I caught one last glimpse through the narrow crack.

00:07:56Ethan, the famously celibate, untouchable Ice Prince, was still standing exactly where I had left him.

00:08:02His shirt was wrinkled.

00:08:04His breathing was rough.

00:08:06His hands were empty, like he had not expected me to escape.

00:08:09And the look in his eyes was not anger.

00:08:11It was hunger.

00:08:12The kind that made my knees weak even from the other side of the door.

00:08:17That afternoon, I went to the break room to get some water and calm myself down.

00:08:21The coffee disaster was still replaying in my head, along with Ethan's hand on my waist, his rough breathing, and

00:08:28the way he had looked at me before I ran.

00:08:30I needed water.

00:08:31Possibly an exorcism.

00:08:33The second I turned around, Victoria was walking straight toward me with a full basin of ice water in her

00:08:38hands.

00:08:39She stopped right in front of me, a small, vicious smile tugging at her lips.

00:08:44Then she let her foot slip on purpose.

00:08:46The entire basin came crashing down over me.

00:08:49Ice water soaked through my thin white blouse in seconds.

00:08:51The fabric turned almost transparent, clinging to every curve and leaving far too much on display.

00:08:58Co-workers rushed over from every direction.

00:09:01Seriously?

00:09:01She wore that under a white blower?

00:09:03That is not exactly office appropriate.

00:09:05I'm not surprised.

00:09:06She walked into Mr. Frost's office for her interview and came out hired, connect the dots.

00:09:10And now she's acting shopped?

00:09:11People are staring?

00:09:12Please, you don't dress like that by accident.

00:09:14Victoria stood at the front of the crowd, savoring every second of my humiliation.

00:09:19Her voice was sweet, but every word was meant to cut.

00:09:23Everyone seeing this?

00:09:24Our new secretary shows up on day one with lingerie under a white plouse and expects us to believe she

00:09:29is here for spreadsheets?

00:09:30I hugged my soaked blouse to my chest, shivering.

00:09:33This is is Frost Capital, not some club bathroom.

00:09:36I'm reporting you to HR myself.

00:09:37Enjoy your last day.

00:09:38I lowered my eyes, looking weak and humiliated.

00:09:41Inside I was burning.

00:09:42Get me fired?

00:09:43Go ahead and try.

00:09:44If Ethan sees me like this, he won't be able to look away for days.

00:09:47This body was made to drive a man like him wild.

00:09:49I could wrap myself around him and drain every last drop he has.

00:09:52You're nothing compared to that.

00:09:53Victoria took my silence for fear and reached for my wet collar.

00:09:57What, nothing to say now?

00:09:58You were so good at playing innocent earlier.

00:10:01Come on, let everyone see what kind of professional you really are.

00:10:05The crowd suddenly went silent.

00:10:07What is going on here?

00:10:09One low, cutting voice was enough to freeze the entire break room.

00:10:13Everyone fell silent and stepped aside at once.

00:10:16Ethan walked in.

00:10:17His gaze landed on my soaked, almost transparent blouse.

00:10:21For one long second, he said nothing.

00:10:24His jaw tightened and his throat moved once hard.

00:10:27Those eyes usually cold enough to keep the whole office at a distance.

00:10:31Darken the moment they saw me.

00:10:33Mr. Frost, look at her.

00:10:35I don't know what kind of stunt she pulled to end up like this, but she's been standing

00:10:40here, putting herself on display and trying to make everyone uncomfortable.

00:10:43Ethan did not even look at her.

00:10:45He shrugged off his jacket, still warm and carrying that clean cedar scent, then stepped

00:10:50in front of me and wrapped it around my shoulders.

00:10:53The jacket swallowed me almost completely, cutting off every stare in the room.

00:10:57The second his warmth touched my skin, that rich, dangerous energy of his rolled over me.

00:11:02My knees nearly gave out right there.

00:11:04Without a word, he took my wrist and led me out of the break room.

00:11:08No one dared to stop him.

00:11:10The moment we reached his office, he pushed the door open with one hard motion and pulled

00:11:14me inside.

00:11:15Then he locked it.

00:11:16The click of the lock went straight through me.

00:11:18Every bit of suppressed succubus instinct I had been trying to bury came roaring back to

00:11:23life.

00:11:23A locked door.

00:11:24Just the two of us.

00:11:26Oh, I know exactly where this is going.

00:11:28He is going to push me against that floor to clearing window, tear off this ruined blouse,

00:11:32use that tie to trap my wrists, and punish me until I forget how to stand.

00:11:36Yes, daddy.

00:11:36Punish me like I'm a bad girl.

00:11:38Ethan stopped.

00:11:39His back went rigid.

00:11:41For a moment, the office was so quiet I could hear my own heartbeat.

00:11:45Then a vein jumped at his temple and he took one slow breath like he was trying very hard

00:11:49not to lose control.

00:11:50When he turned around, his expression had gone dangerously still.

00:11:55The next second he crossed the room, caught me by the waist, and backed me against the

00:11:59window.

00:11:59His hands landed on either side of my head, caging me in completely.

00:12:03The glass was cold against my back.

00:12:05He was burning hot in front of me.

00:12:07His voice came out low, restrained, and rough around the edges.

00:12:11What exactly goes on in that little head of yours all day, Jade?

00:12:16Pinned against the window by a man that tall, that close, and that intense, I pulled my

00:12:21shoulders in and gave him my best helpless, wide-eyed look.

00:12:24Mr. Frost, I wasn't thinking anything.

00:12:28I was just scared after getting soaked like that.

00:12:30Ethan let out a low, cold laugh.

00:12:32His fingers closed around my jaw and tilted my face up.

00:12:36His breath brushed over my lips, warm and dangerously uneven.

00:12:39He did not answer me.

00:12:41Instead his other hand went to his tie.

00:12:44He pulled it loose in one slow, deliberate motion like he had all the time in the world.

00:12:48Then he dropped it onto the desk.

00:12:50My pulse jumped.

00:12:51Then he undid the top two buttons of his shirt.

00:12:54That collarbone.

00:12:55That shadow beneath the open fabric.

00:12:58That hard, controlled body he kept locked away under expensive suits every single day.

00:13:02He stepped right into my line of sight and stayed there.

00:13:05This man was baiting me on purpose.

00:13:07I stared at his open collar and swallowed hard.

00:13:10My traitorous hand started rising on its own, reaching for that warm, firm chest like I had

00:13:16no survival instincts at all.

00:13:17Screw it.

00:13:18He started this.

00:13:19Just touching him would be worth it.

00:13:27My fingertips were one breath away from touching him.

00:13:31Then the alarm in my head screamed.

00:13:33Flashing lights.

00:13:34Cold handcuffs.

00:13:35Iron bars.

00:13:36A full criminal case with my name on it.

00:13:39Getting fired for touching a co-worker's abs was bad enough.

00:13:42Putting my hands on the CEO of Frost Capital, that was a life sentence in heels.

00:13:47Self-preservation kicked in.

00:13:49I snatched my hand back, ducked under his arm, and slipped away.

00:13:53Mr. Frost!

00:13:54My eyes are closed!

00:13:55I didn't see anything!

00:13:56Please keep your shirt on!

00:13:58I have absolutely zero inappropriate thoughts about you!

00:14:01I spun toward the door and got my hand on the lock.

00:14:04But before I could turn it, a rush of cedar and heat swept over me from behind.

00:14:09Ethan was suddenly there, his shirt still undone.

00:14:11One hand braced against the door, trapping me in place.

00:14:14His chest pressed close against my back, and his breath brushed over my ear.

00:14:19Zero inappropriate thoughts.

00:14:21His voice was low and rough, with an edge that left no room to hide.

00:14:25His fingers found my jaw from behind and turned my head, forcing my gaze back to the open

00:14:30stretch of his shirt and everything it revealed.

00:14:33How disappointing.

00:14:35I have plenty of dirty thoughts about you, Jade Summers.

00:14:40That line, spoken from that close, nearly made my succubus tail come out.

00:14:45I stood trapped between the door and his heat, completely unable to move.

00:14:49Just when I thought he was about to forget every last bit of restraint and do something

00:14:53about it right there in his office, the pressure suddenly lifted.

00:14:56He reached into the pocket of the jacket wrapped around me and slipped in a black and gold invitation

00:15:01card, along with a handwritten note.

00:15:03Tomorrow night's finance charity gala, you're attending as my executive advisor.

00:15:07Go to this address today and get a gown.

00:15:09By the time I made it back to my desk, the note was still warm in my palm.

00:15:13The next evening, a black Maybach pulled up smoothly in front of an elite boutique on 5th Avenue.

00:15:19The store manager had clearly been briefed in advance and met us at the door with

00:15:23a polished, professional smile.

00:15:25Miss Summers, right this way, to the fitting area.

00:15:28She looped the tape around my chest, then drew it in at my waist.

00:15:32A second later, she gasped.

00:15:33Good lord, Miss Summers.

00:15:35These measurements are unreal.

00:15:37This kind of figure comes along once in a lifetime.

00:15:41She immediately pulled out a red gown, deep V neckline, open back, a slit that started high

00:15:47on the thigh.

00:15:48I recommend this one.

00:15:49Wear this tonight.

00:15:51And you'll be the best thing that ever happened to Frost Capital's public image.

00:15:55I stared at that gorgeous, barely there piece of fabric and my succubus instinct sat straight

00:16:00up.

00:16:01With this body in that dress?

00:16:03Absolutely lethal.

00:16:05So that is why he kept looking at me like that yesterday.

00:16:08He has been wanting to see me in this all along.

00:16:12Fine.

00:16:12I'll wear it to the gala and watch his eyes drop straight to my neckline.

00:16:16That will be entirely his fault.

00:16:19Then the memory of being trapped against the door last night came back in full detail, and

00:16:24my survival instinct seized the wheel.

00:16:26Well, low profile.

00:16:28Boring.

00:16:29If he lost control in front of everyone at the gala, I would lose the job and then I

00:16:33would starve.

00:16:34I backed away from the dress like it had personally threatened me, both hands clamped to my collar.

00:16:39No.

00:16:40Absolutely not.

00:16:41High neck, long sleeves, ankle length if possible.

00:16:44I am a professional.

00:16:45The words had barely left my mouth when a quiet, unmistakably amused laugh came from

00:16:50just outside the heavy fitting room curtain.

00:16:52Ethan had appeared on the other side, perfectly dressed, perfectly composed and somehow right

00:16:57there.

00:16:57He glanced at the manager, his expression unreadable.

00:17:01Give us a moment.

00:17:03The manager blinked, bowed and quickly slipped out.

00:17:06Ethan walked into the fitting area and picked up the red gown.

00:17:09The heavy curtain swept shut behind him.

00:17:12Now it was just the two of us in a very small space.

00:17:15The air seemed to thicken.

00:17:17He moved toward me one step at a time, his tall frame carrying the full weight of his

00:17:21presence, until my back pressed against the full length mirror.

00:17:25Mr. Frost, what are you doing?

00:17:27I swallowed hard.

00:17:28My palms were damp.

00:17:30Ethan set the gown aside and picked up the measuring tape.

00:17:34Drop straight to your neckline?

00:17:35I leaned unsteadily against the mirror and stared at him.

00:17:38How was he hearing every single thought in real time, even the ones from yesterday?

00:17:43He did not give me a second to figure it out.

00:17:45He spread his arms with the tape between them and wrapped it around my waist, pulling me in

00:17:49from behind in a way that felt far too close to an embrace.

00:17:53His energy washed over me all at once and my legs nearly gave out.

00:17:57Help.

00:17:57He is so close.

00:17:59He is so warm.

00:18:01This is going to drown me.

00:18:03Those shoulders, that waist, right here, within reach.

00:18:09I want to push him back against this mirror, tear that suit off him, and make him lose every

00:18:15bit of that perfect control.

00:18:17Ethan's breathing changed.

00:18:19He dipped his head, his lips only a breath from my ear, and his voice came out low enough

00:18:24to make my knees weaken.

00:18:25Jade, let me find out, for myself, exactly how extraordinary you are.

00:18:33His hand moved slowly up my back.

00:18:35The other cradled the back of my head.

00:18:37His face tilted closer, and his lips were one second away from mine.

00:18:42One second before contact, the coward in me took over.

00:18:45I dropped, tried to slip under his arm, and aimed for the narrow gap beside him.

00:18:50This time, he did not let me get away.

00:18:52His arm caught my waist and pulled me back hard against him.

00:18:55For a second, my feet left the floor and my back hit the mirror with a low, solid sound.

00:19:00His chest was pressed against mine with no space between us at all.

00:19:04Those dark eyes were done pretending.

00:19:06Every bit of restraint he had been wearing like a second suit was gone.

00:19:10His voice came out rough and absolute.

00:19:13Stop thinking about ruining me, and then running the second things get real.

00:19:17His grip tightened at my waist, firm enough to make it clear that this time, he was not letting me

00:19:22slip away.

00:19:23Jade, you are wearing that red dress to the gala tonight.

00:19:29His eyes moved over my face, then lowered briefly to the gown beside us.

00:19:33Because right now, I want to...

00:19:38see you in it.

00:19:40I ran, but it did not matter.

00:19:42That night at the charity gala, I was still wearing the red dress Ethan had personally approved.

00:19:48The venue was all crystal chandeliers, champagne towers, and people pretending they were not staring.

00:19:53We had barely made it through the entrance when Victoria appeared with a glass of wine and a sweet, innocent

00:19:58smile.

00:19:59Miss Summers,

00:20:01Mr. Frost left a backup document in the storage room at the end of the hall.

00:20:06Be useful and go get it, for him.

00:20:09I was lightheaded with hunger and too distracted to think clearly so I went.

00:20:13The moment I stepped through the old wooden door, the lock clicked shut from the outside.

00:20:17Heels clicked away into silence.

00:20:20Victoria.

00:20:20Obviously.

00:20:21The storage room had no windows and no ventilation.

00:20:24It was dark, cramped and sweltering, like I had been sealed inside an oven.

00:20:29In that kind of heat with my body already starving, my succubus instincts kicked into full overdrive.

00:20:34The hunger rose from somewhere deep inside me, burning through my veins, turning my legs weak.

00:20:40All I could think about was the fitting room.

00:20:42Ethan's arms around my waist.

00:20:44His breath at my ear.

00:20:46That clean, intoxicating energy pouring off him and sinking into my skin.

00:20:50I just need him to hold me right now.

00:20:52That's it.

00:20:53Just hold me.

00:20:55If he came through that door and completely took me over, I don't know how much longer I can hold

00:21:00back.

00:21:01The lock turned again.

00:21:03The dark silhouette slipped inside and shut the door behind him.

00:21:07Then he locked it again.

00:21:08My breath caught.

00:21:09How long are you going to keep driving me crazy like this, Jade?

00:21:13Mr. Frost?

00:21:14How did you get in here?

00:21:15I didn't do anything.

00:21:16I didn't even say anything.

00:21:17You didn't have to.

00:21:18Every single word.

00:21:20He moved closer.

00:21:21That overwhelming heat rolled over me, rich and controlled and dangerous.

00:21:25His hand pressed to the wall beside my head.

00:21:28And he backed me into it with his body without ever fully touching where he should not.

00:21:32In the dark, he leaned down until his nose almost brushed mine.

00:21:36His voice was low, rough, and far too steady.

00:21:39Then he repeated my own thoughts back to me, word for word, calm and merciless.

00:21:43I couldn't stop imagining Ethan's thick cock pushing against my pussy.

00:21:48Jade Summers, you've been undressing me in your head every day since the interview.

00:21:52Did you really think I couldn't hear you?

00:21:55From the moment you walked into my office on day one, every single word, I heard all of it.

00:22:02His voice was low and steady in the dark, but it carried a weight that made my knees want to

00:22:07give out.

00:22:08I stood there completely still, my mind blank.

00:22:11Day one?

00:22:13That means every thought?

00:22:15Every single insane thing I've been thinking about him?

00:22:19Every single one.

00:22:20He answered like he was reading from a file, his lips almost brushing my ear.

00:22:25Including?

00:22:27I want to tear him apart.

00:22:29My face burned with humiliation.

00:22:31I wanted the floor to open up and swallow me straight back to the abyss.

00:22:35A thousand years of dignity, gone.

00:22:38Destroyed in one storage.

00:22:40Heard that too.

00:22:41His breath scorched my skin as he pressed closer.

00:22:43Through the thin fabric of his dress pants, I could feel the unmistakable heat and hard shape of him pushing

00:22:49firmly against me.

00:22:51I tried to back away on instinct, but there was nowhere to go.

00:22:54The wall was already pressed against my spine.

00:22:57Still trying to run from me?

00:22:59There was something dangerous in his voice now.

00:23:01Not anger exactly.

00:23:03Something darker.

00:23:04Something tightly leashed.

00:23:06I wasn't running.

00:23:07I just, I mean...

00:23:09I could not form a proper sentence.

00:23:11My mouth was denying everything while my thoughts were already betraying me.

00:23:15I don't want to run.

00:23:17I'm just scared.

00:23:19Scared of jail.

00:23:20Scared of losing this job.

00:23:22Scared I'll actually let him do whatever he wants.

00:23:25Ethan let out one quiet laugh.

00:23:28Jail?

00:23:29That is what you're scared of?

00:23:30His fingers caught my jaw and tipped my chin up.

00:23:33Those eyes were always so cold.

00:23:35Not now.

00:23:36Now they looked like they could burn me alive.

00:23:38You weren't scared when you were imagining my pants on the floor.

00:23:42And taking everything I have.

00:23:45My breath caught.

00:23:47That was private.

00:23:48Not to me.

00:23:49His thumb brushed along my jaw.

00:23:51Slow enough to make my entire body tighten.

00:23:54Jade, listen to me.

00:23:56His voice dropped lower.

00:23:57I'm not calling the police.

00:23:59I swallowed hard.

00:24:01I'm not firing you.

00:24:03He leaned closer.

00:24:04Every word deliberate.

00:24:07I'm done holding back.

00:24:09I'm going to give you every filthy thing you've been begging for.

00:24:14My breathing fell apart completely.

00:24:16Every word out of his mouth landed like a hook, catching on every nerve in my body.

00:24:21Give me what I want.

00:24:22He really just said that.

00:24:24Does he even understand what he's offering?

00:24:26I do.

00:24:27He dipped his head, the tip of his nose brushing mine, his voice rough and low.

00:24:31From the day you walked into my office, I knew exactly what was going through your head.

00:24:35I didn't send you away.

00:24:37I didn't let you go.

00:24:38I kept pulling you closer on purpose.

00:24:40His hand settled firmly on my waist.

00:24:43Strong but not forcing.

00:24:44Like he was giving me one final chance to back out.

00:24:47Ask yourself why.

00:24:48I opened my mouth, but no words came out.

00:24:51Why?

00:24:52Unless you actually want me just as badly?

00:24:54There it is.

00:24:55Then he pulled me in and kissed me hard.

00:24:57It was not tentative.

00:24:58It was not polite.

00:24:59It was not the careful, controlled kiss of a man asking permission with every breath.

00:25:04It was hunger finally breaking through restraint.

00:25:06Weeks of cold composure cracked open all at once, and the man underneath was anything but calm.

00:25:12One hand held the back of my head, keeping me from retreating.

00:25:15The other traced my waist, his touch leaving heat everywhere it landed.

00:25:19I could not breathe.

00:25:20My hands found his shoulders on their own.

00:25:22Fingers digging into the expensive fabric of his suit jacket.

00:25:26This man cannot be real.

00:25:28No one this controlled should kiss like this.

00:25:30Ethan pulled back half an inch, his mouth still brushing mine.

00:25:33Stay with me.

00:25:34Then he kissed me again.

00:25:36Deeper this time.

00:25:37Slower.

00:25:38More deliberate.

00:25:39Like he had decided I was done running, and he intended to make sure I remembered it.

00:25:44The storage room felt hotter by the second.

00:25:46His hand found the slit of my red dress and slipped beneath the fabric, his fingers grazing

00:25:51the inside of my thigh.

00:25:52The sound escaped before I could stop it.

00:25:55My whole body went soft against him.

00:25:57Ethan's breathing turned rougher.

00:25:59His hand moved higher, careful but devastating, stopping just short of the place that would

00:26:04have ruined every last bit of my self-control.

00:26:06Don't stop.

00:26:07Please don't stop now.

00:26:08His fingers tightened slightly against my thigh.

00:26:11I heard that.

00:26:12His hand was just about to move again when...

00:26:14The storage room door exploded inward from a single kick.

00:26:19Victoria's voice rang down the entire corridor.

00:26:22Everyone, get over here.

00:26:23I found her.

00:26:24Frost Capital's new assistant is locked in a storage room during a company gala with

00:26:28some random man.

00:26:29Security, get them out here now.

00:26:31Victoria had brought security guards, senior executives, and half the gala with her.

00:26:36Her face was twisted with triumph, like she had been waiting all night to turn one private

00:26:41mistake into a public scandal.

00:26:42This is exactly what I warned you about.

00:26:45She is a liability.

00:26:46She disappears during work hours, drags some man into a restricted area, and puts the entire

00:26:51company's reputation at risk.

00:26:53The flashlight swept wildly across the room.

00:26:55Then the beam landed on us.

00:26:57On Ethan.

00:26:59On me, pressed against the wall in his arms.

00:27:01Victoria's scream died in her throat.

00:27:04Ethan's jacket came down over my shoulders, heavy with cedar and body heat, covering me completely.

00:27:09He pulled me back against his chest, shielding me from every stare in the doorway.

00:27:14His shirt was rumpled.

00:27:15His collar hung open.

00:27:17His belt was half undone.

00:27:19And those eyes, usually distant and untouchable, were burning now with something dark enough to

00:27:25make every person at that door step back.

00:27:27He turned his head and swept the room with one look.

00:27:29Who the hell gave you permission to kick down my door?

00:27:32Mr.

00:27:34Mr. Frost.

00:27:35Her legs gave out.

00:27:37She dropped straight to the floor, her face white as paper.

00:27:40She had spent the whole night setting a trap for me.

00:27:43She had dragged half the company here to watch my downfall.

00:27:46But she never imagined the man she would catch with me would be Ethan Frost himself.

00:27:50I stayed tucked against Ethan's chest, feeling his heartbeat under my cheek.

00:27:55And for once I did not even try to hide my satisfaction.

00:27:58Well, surprise Victoria.

00:28:00You tried to ruin my night, and now he's about to ruin, ruin, your entire career.

00:28:05Honestly, I could not have planned it better myself.

00:28:07Ethan's arm tightened possessively around my waist.

00:28:10He looked down at the woman collapsed on the floor with total indifference, his voice cold and final.

00:28:16He looked toward Leo, who had just pushed through the crowd.

00:28:19Take her to accounting.

00:28:20Have her office cleared before midnight.

00:28:23Then make sure she never sets foot inside Frost Capital again.

00:28:27The corridor was so quiet you could hear champagne bubbles popping in the next room.

00:28:32Victoria was still screaming as security dragged her away.

00:28:36Mr. Frost!

00:28:38You can't fire me over this!

00:28:40That little slut seduced you!

00:28:42You're not thinking clearly because of her!

00:28:45Her voice faded toward the elevator bank, then disappeared.

00:28:49Ethan did not even look in her direction.

00:28:51He bent down, scooped me up over his shoulder like I weighed nothing and started walking.

00:28:55Mr. Frost!

00:28:56Put me down!

00:28:58I can walk!

00:28:59I hung upside down against his back, half-heartedly patting his shoulder blades.

00:29:03He didn't stop.

00:29:05He carried me straight through the executive corridor and up to the penthouse suite at the top of the building.

00:29:10The suite door flew open with one powerful kick.

00:29:13Then it slammed shut and locked.

00:29:15The world spun, and I landed on the enormous soft bed, somewhere between being thrown and placed.

00:29:20Before I could even sit up, Ethan came down over me, all that intense, controlled power aimed straight at my

00:29:26body.

00:29:26His tie was already in his hand.

00:29:28He dropped it to the floor.

00:29:30Both palms pressed into the mattress on either side of my head, and those dark eyes had completely given up

00:29:35any pretense of being cold.

00:29:37We got interrupted earlier.

00:29:39His voice was rough and low, his breath hot against my face.

00:29:42We were way past pretending.

00:29:44He could hear every thought in my head.

00:29:46There was nothing left to hide.

00:29:48Something inside me finally broke.

00:29:50I reached up, grabbed his collar, and looked him straight in the eyes.

00:29:54We barely got started.

00:29:57You've been listening to every dirty thought.

00:30:00I've had this whole time, haven't you?

00:30:03I've been holding back for weeks.

00:30:06Tonight I'm done holding back!

00:30:08I let one finger trace slowly down the center of his chest.

00:30:12Something dark shifted in his eyes.

00:30:14The last bit of restraint in him snapped.

00:30:16He repeated my own thoughts back to me, his voice low and deliberate.

00:30:21That body looks incredible.

00:30:23I could ride him into the ground.

00:30:27Jade, if you say stop tonight, we're not stopping.

00:30:30He pulled me into a deep, demanding kiss.

00:30:32The man everyone knew as cold, composed, and completely uninterested in women turned out to be absolutely devastating the moment

00:30:39the door closed.

00:30:42That night, I learned exactly what happens when a man with that much self-control finally lets it snap.

00:30:47He was relentless.

00:30:48Thorough.

00:30:49Like a man who had spent years starving in the desert and had finally found the one thing he wanted.

00:30:54Once he had me he had no intention of letting go.

00:30:57He found every weak spot I had and used them against me again and again, until I was clinging to

00:31:01him and begging him to slow down.

00:31:03I'm a succubus.

00:31:05I don't beg.

00:31:06And yet here I was.

00:31:07By morning, pale light spilled through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

00:31:11I opened my eyes feeling like I had survived a wreck.

00:31:14Every part of me ached in ways that were far too specific to ignore.

00:31:18Cold, restrained, and completely uninterested in women?

00:31:21What?

00:31:22What a joke.

00:31:23I am a thousand-year-old suffogos who came to this world to feed on men, and last night I

00:31:29was the one who had to tap out.

00:31:31The humiliation is unreal.

00:31:33I had barely finished my internal rant when a strong, warm arm wrapped around me from behind and pulled me

00:31:38back against his solid chest.

00:31:40Complaining about me again?

00:31:41His voice was low, rough, and far too relaxed for a man who had ruined my dignity only a few

00:31:46hours ago.

00:31:47His lips brushed the back of my neck.

00:31:50Sounds like last night still wasn't enough.

00:31:52My whole body went tense.

00:31:54Ethan gave a quiet laugh and was already rolling me back toward him when every phone on the nightstand lit

00:31:59up at once.

00:32:00The mood snapped.

00:32:01In half a second, Ethan went from lazy and satisfied to ice cold.

00:32:05The temperature in the room seemed to drop 10 degrees.

00:32:09I leaned over to look.

00:32:10The financial gossip pages and social media had exploded.

00:32:13Frost Capital's new female assistant has a history of workplace sexual harassment.

00:32:18Woman accused of touching multiple male co-workers at previous firm, nearly arrested.

00:32:23The article included a clear surveillance photo.

00:32:26Me.

00:32:27My very first day in this world.

00:32:29Hand slipped inside a co-worker's shirt.

00:32:31Right below it was the official termination notice for my old job.

00:32:35The evidence looked damning.

00:32:37I went completely rigid.

00:32:39Victoria's final parting gift?

00:32:40She must have leaked it on her way out.

00:32:43Ethan stared at the screenshot, a vein throbbing in his temple, his grip on the phone so tight his knuckles

00:32:49turned white.

00:32:50He turned to me, his eyes burning with a mix of fury and something far more dangerous.

00:32:55You were terrified of the police.

00:32:57Scared I'd report you.

00:32:59That's because you actually almost got arrested.

00:33:03For this, isn't it?

00:33:05My stomach dropped.

00:33:06Mr. Frost, please hear me out.

00:33:08I had just arrived in this world.

00:33:10I was so starved I was about to lose my physical form.

00:33:13I only needed a little energy to survive.

00:33:15And that guy was barely worth anything.

00:33:17His energy was like a 3 out of 10.

00:33:19I barely touched his hand and HR was already dragging me out.

00:33:22He was a sad little street stack.

00:33:23You are a full 5-5 course meal.

00:33:26Why the hell would I even look at anyone else after tasting you?

00:33:29The murderous look on Ethan's face faltered for just a second.

00:33:32The jealousy in his eyes didn't fade.

00:33:34If anything, it burned even hotter.

00:33:36He let out a sharp, humorless laugh and moved toward me.

00:33:40So what you're saying is I'm not satisfying you enough

00:33:42and you're already thinking about going somewhere else?

00:33:44How many men's abs have you touched exactly?

00:33:46Before I could figure out how to handle a jealous, possessive CO,

00:33:49his personal line rang.

00:33:51Leo's voice came through on speaker, tense and urgent.

00:33:55Mr. Frost,

00:33:57Victoria and her father,

00:33:59board director Warren,

00:34:00have taken over the top

00:34:02floor conference room.

00:34:04with six other board members.

00:34:06They've seen the morning news.

00:34:08They're claiming you're protecting someone with a...

00:34:11a sexual harassment record.

00:34:14And it's destroying the firm's reputation.

00:34:17Warren is demanding you hand over operational control right now.

00:34:20They've also called the police.

00:34:22Officers are already waiting in the lobby.

00:34:26The jealousy in Ethan's eyes turned ice cold in an instant.

00:34:30He threw back the covers and stood up,

00:34:32grabbing a fresh white shirt from the wardrobe.

00:34:35He buttoned it with slow, precise movements,

00:34:37each one cold and calculated.

00:34:39His hands paused on his tie.

00:34:41He glanced over his shoulder at me, his voice sharp.

00:34:44Get dressed.

00:34:45Come deal with the mess you started.

00:34:48Anyone who thinks they can come after me

00:34:51is going to learn exactly what that cost them today.

00:34:54Thirty minutes later,

00:34:56the top floor conference room at Frost Capital.

00:34:58The moment we pushed open the doors,

00:35:00the entire room fell silent.

00:35:02Board members lined both sides of the long table,

00:35:05watching with barely hidden anticipation.

00:35:07Warren sat at the center,

00:35:09his pampered face arranged in smug confidence.

00:35:11Victoria was right beside her father.

00:35:14The second she saw me,

00:35:15she shot out of her chair.

00:35:16There she is.

00:35:17That shameless woman has the nerve to show her face here

00:35:20after everything she's done.

00:35:22She slammed a stack of surveillance screenshots onto the table.

00:35:25Look at these.

00:35:26Your precious new assistant is a predator.

00:35:28Because of her disgusting scandal,

00:35:30the company stock hit its lower limit this morning.

00:35:33Mr. Frost,

00:35:34if you don't hand her over to the police downstairs right now,

00:35:36you are just as guilty.

00:35:38The room buzzed with whispers.

00:35:40Every eye in the room turned on me like knives.

00:35:42Ethan sat at the head of the table,

00:35:44expression completely blank,

00:35:46fingers tapping slowly against the surface.

00:35:48The silence was suffocating.

00:35:50The board members took it as a sign

00:35:52that Ethan was about to fold and cut me loose.

00:35:55Victoria clearly read it the same way.

00:35:57She stormed around the table in her heels

00:35:59and came straight for me,

00:36:00arm already swinging.

00:36:02You worthless little tramp!

00:36:03Let me do this company a favor!

00:36:07A sharp crack echoed through the room,

00:36:09but I was the one still standing.

00:36:11While everyone watched in shock,

00:36:13I caught Victoria's wrist mid-swing

00:36:15with a grip like steel.

00:36:17A thousand years as a succubus

00:36:18meant my strength had nothing to do

00:36:20with how much energy I'd taken lately.

00:36:22He was no match for me.

00:36:23I twisted her wrist and shoved her away hard.

00:36:26She stumbled backward in her heels

00:36:28and crashed hard onto the conference room floor.

00:36:30You just attacked someone

00:36:32in front of the entire board?!

00:36:34I brushed my hands off

00:36:35and looked down at Victoria

00:36:36with a slow, cold smile.

00:36:38You wanna dig up the past?

00:36:40Fine.

00:36:41Let's dig deep.

00:36:42I walked to the table,

00:36:43picked up one of the surveillance photos,

00:36:45and held it up for everyone to see.

00:36:47Yes.

00:36:48That's me.

00:36:50I touched a co-worker.

00:36:52I got fired for it.

00:36:53We were both single

00:36:54and I accepted the consequences.

00:36:56Is that really worth calling the police?

00:36:58I dropped the photo

00:36:59directly onto Victoria's face.

00:37:02What's more interesting is you, Victoria.

00:37:04Last night, you paid a hacker

00:37:06to illegally break into

00:37:08my former employer's servers,

00:37:10stole that footage,

00:37:11and used company money

00:37:12to buy trending spots

00:37:14and bought traffic.

00:37:16I pulled a black USB drive from my jacket

00:37:18and slammed it down

00:37:19in the middle of the table.

00:37:21Wire transfers,

00:37:23chat logs,

00:37:24a signed confession from the hacker.

00:37:27Everything.

00:37:28You wanna talk about

00:37:29who deserves prison time?

00:37:31Start with yourself.

00:37:35Victoria's face went from gray

00:37:36to deathly white.

00:37:37She was shaking so hard

00:37:39she could barely stay upright.

00:37:41You're making all of this up!

00:37:43None of that is real!

00:37:45I kept my expression calm

00:37:46while internally I was counting down.

00:37:48Three, two, one.

00:37:50Babe, your turn.

00:37:52I just laid every card

00:37:53I have on the table.

00:37:54If you don't back me up right now,

00:37:56tonight I'm gonna find

00:37:57a delivery guy to feed on

00:37:58and you can deal with the consequences.

00:38:00Though honestly,

00:38:01even when he's just sitting there

00:38:02looking serious,

00:38:03why does he have to be

00:38:04so damn attractive?

00:38:05I wanna crawl into his lap

00:38:07and kiss him

00:38:08until he loses his voice.

00:38:09Ethan's fingers,

00:38:11which had been steadily tapping the table,

00:38:13suddenly stopped.

00:38:14A flash of something crossed his face.

00:38:16He shot me a quick look

00:38:17that clearly said,

00:38:19control those thoughts right now.

00:38:20His ear had gone noticeably red.

00:38:23He looked away,

00:38:24regained his composure

00:38:25and gave Leo a small nod.

00:38:27Leo stepped forward

00:38:28and pressed a button.

00:38:29The large screen came alive,

00:38:31showing every transaction

00:38:32Victoria had made the night before,

00:38:34followed by a confession video

00:38:36Leo had clearly secured himself.

00:38:38The room erupted.

00:38:39Warren watched his daughter collapse

00:38:41and finally dropped his smug smile.

00:38:43But this was a man

00:38:44who had survived decades on Wall Street.

00:38:46He recovered quickly.

00:38:48Mr. Frost,

00:38:49impulsive decisions

00:38:50have consequences at your age.

00:38:52Victoria made a mistake

00:38:53and I'll handle her privately.

00:38:55But don't forget,

00:38:55that hundred billion

00:38:56cross-border acquisition,

00:38:57I brookered it.

00:38:58The other party trusts me

00:38:59and only me.

00:39:00He lifted his chin arrogantly.

00:39:01You move against us today

00:39:03and that deal vanishes immediately.

00:39:07I leaned against the table

00:39:08and studied the old man's

00:39:10self-satisfied face.

00:39:11Something twisted in my stomach.

00:39:13I closed my eyes

00:39:14and fully opened

00:39:15the succubus ability

00:39:16I had been holding back all week.

00:39:18Great.

00:39:18Plus.

00:39:19Hidden secrets.

00:39:20They came to me

00:39:21like a clear scent.

00:39:22Within seconds,

00:39:23Warren's entire dirty hand

00:39:25was laid out in my mind

00:39:26like an open book.

00:39:27Hundred billion deal.

00:39:29Please.

00:39:30Sweetheart.

00:39:30This man has three mistresses,

00:39:33four offshore properties

00:39:34in the Cayman Islands

00:39:35and Kypris,

00:39:36paid for with laundered money

00:39:38from this very deal.

00:39:40The shell companies

00:39:41are even named

00:39:42after his mistress's initials.

00:39:44He's actually that stupid.

00:39:46He moved 40 million

00:39:48into one of them

00:39:49just this month.

00:39:50At the head of the table,

00:39:52Ethan's fingers

00:39:52went completely still

00:39:53on the folder.

00:39:54He was receiving

00:39:55every shocking detail

00:39:56straight through my thoughts.

00:39:58He slowly raised his head.

00:39:59The way he looked

00:40:01at Warren now

00:40:01was pure predator.

00:40:02The look of someone

00:40:03who already knew

00:40:04every card on the table

00:40:05and found the whole game boring.

00:40:07The corner of his mouth

00:40:08curved slightly.

00:40:09The hundred billion acquisition,

00:40:11Warren?

00:40:11You really think

00:40:12I was only looking

00:40:13into your daughter last night?

00:40:14The confidence drained

00:40:15from Warren's face

00:40:16degree by degree.

00:40:17Mr. Frost?

00:40:18Ethan pressed the remote

00:40:19without another word.

00:40:20The screen switched

00:40:22to a full forensic audit report.

00:40:23The critical findings

00:40:25highlighted in stark red.

00:40:26Page after page

00:40:27of transactions,

00:40:29layered offshore

00:40:29shell company charts,

00:40:31every thread leading

00:40:32back to one name.

00:40:33Warren.

00:40:34Ethan rose slowly

00:40:35from his chair,

00:40:36then slammed a thick stack

00:40:37of documents

00:40:38onto the conference table.

00:40:39Papers flew everywhere.

00:40:41Five years.

00:40:43Four hundred million dollars.

00:40:45Every transaction,

00:40:46every count,

00:40:46every shell company

00:40:47named after your mistress,

00:40:48it's all right here, Warren.

00:40:50With this kind of evidence

00:40:51staring you in the face,

00:40:52you don't even get

00:40:53to beg for mercy.

00:40:54The senior directors

00:40:55who had been backing him

00:40:56went pale.

00:40:56One by one,

00:40:57they quietly scooted

00:40:59their chairs back,

00:41:00desperate to distance themselves

00:41:01from the father-daughter disaster.

00:41:03Warren's legs gave out.

00:41:05His face turned ash-white

00:41:06as he collapsed back

00:41:07into his chair,

00:41:08lips trembling,

00:41:10unable to speak

00:41:10a single word.

00:41:11I leaned against the table

00:41:13and watched Ethan

00:41:14backlit,

00:41:15spine straight,

00:41:16completely dismantling

00:41:17the old fox

00:41:17without breaking a sweat.

00:41:19I couldn't help myself.

00:41:21God, he's unreal.

00:41:22My knees are gone.

00:41:24There it is.

00:41:25My Secubia instincts

00:41:26are firing hard.

00:41:28I want to throw him down

00:41:29on this conference table

00:41:30right now

00:41:31and ride him

00:41:32until he can't think straight.

00:41:34Ethan's posture

00:41:34stiffened slightly.

00:41:36At an angle

00:41:36no one else could see,

00:41:38the tips of his ears

00:41:39turned a deep red.

00:41:40He swung his head around

00:41:41and shot me a sharp look

00:41:42that said,

00:41:43Control yourself right now.

00:41:44I stuck my tongue out at him.

00:41:46Just then,

00:41:46the conference room

00:41:47doors burst open.

00:41:49Several officers

00:41:49from the financial crimes unit

00:41:51walked in,

00:41:52faces grim and determined.

00:41:53Warren,

00:41:54you're under arrest

00:41:55for embezzlement

00:41:56and large-scale money laundering.

00:41:57Come with us.

00:41:58The cold click of handcuffs

00:42:00snapped around Warren's wrists.

00:42:02Victoria went wild next,

00:42:04thrashing and screaming

00:42:05that I had done this to her.

00:42:06But two officers pinned her down

00:42:08and cuffed her anyway.

00:42:09The pair who had been

00:42:10untouchable minutes earlier

00:42:11were dragged out of the room

00:42:12like common criminals.

00:42:14Dead silence fell over the room.

00:42:16The remaining directors

00:42:17were sweating through their suits,

00:42:19barely daring to breathe.

00:42:20Ethan swept the room

00:42:21with a cold, measured stare.

00:42:23Does anyone here have a problem

00:42:25with Miss Summers

00:42:26staying at this company?

00:42:27Every director shook

00:42:28their heads frantically.

00:42:30No problem.

00:42:31Absolutely none.

00:42:32We're done here.

00:42:33In under 10 seconds,

00:42:35every director bolted,

00:42:36clutching their files

00:42:37and nearly tripping

00:42:38over each other to get out.

00:42:40The moment the door clicked shut,

00:42:41Ethan grabbed the remote

00:42:42and locked the conference room doors.

00:42:44The floor-to-ceiling blinds

00:42:46descended slowly,

00:42:47cutting off every bit

00:42:48of the Manhattan skyline.

00:42:50The room went dark.

00:42:51I was reaching for my glass of water,

00:42:54still riding the adrenaline

00:42:55when Ethan crossed the room

00:42:57in long, powerful strides.

00:42:59His presence hit me

00:43:00before he even touched me,

00:43:01that rich cedar scent

00:43:02mixed with raw heat.

00:43:04He grabbed my wrist

00:43:05and pressed me hard

00:43:05against the edge

00:43:06of the conference table.

00:43:08Warren and Victoria's bill is paid.

00:43:10Now it's time to settle ours.

00:43:12He leaned down,

00:43:13eyes locking onto mine

00:43:14with intense focus.

00:43:16Answer me.

00:43:17How many guys' abs

00:43:18have you actually touched?

00:43:19That one with the energy score

00:43:20of three,

00:43:21was it really worth it?

00:43:22Worth it?

00:43:23Please.

00:43:24Nothing compares

00:43:25to that insane waste of his.

00:43:27He's in a completely

00:43:28different league

00:43:28and he knows it.

00:43:29That was all it took.

00:43:30Whatever control

00:43:31he had left snapped.

00:43:33He grabbed me by the waist,

00:43:34lifted me off the ground

00:43:35and set me down

00:43:36in the middle

00:43:36of the paper-covered

00:43:37conference table.

00:43:39Cameras are off.

00:43:41Now I want you to show me

00:43:42every dirty thought

00:43:43that's been running

00:43:44through that head of yours.

00:43:46All of it.

00:43:47He pressed forward

00:43:48and kissed me hard.

00:43:49Several hours later,

00:43:51after we had thoroughly

00:43:52used every inch

00:43:53of that conference room,

00:43:54an anonymous investigative report

00:43:56landed at a media office

00:43:57somewhere in New York.

00:43:58The document was clear.

00:44:00Jade Summers.

00:44:01No social records,

00:44:02no enrollment history,

00:44:04no employment trail

00:44:05before five years ago.

00:44:06Appeared out of nowhere.

00:44:08Suspected false identity.

00:44:09Possible corporate infiltrator.

00:44:13The heat from the conference room

00:44:15had barely faded

00:44:16when the story exploded

00:44:17the next morning.

00:44:18A major feature titled

00:44:19Frost Capital's Executive Advisor.

00:44:22Who is she really?

00:44:23Tore through every financial outlet.

00:44:25The piece questioned

00:44:26my complete lack

00:44:27of digital footprint

00:44:28or work history

00:44:29before five years ago.

00:44:30I sat at my desk

00:44:31staring at the blazing

00:44:32red headline,

00:44:34palm sweating.

00:44:34This was bad.

00:44:36My five years ago

00:44:37belonged to someone else's body

00:44:39in another life.

00:44:40There was no paper trail

00:44:41because there couldn't be one.

00:44:43Around me,

00:44:44the interns and junior analysts

00:44:45had dropped all deference.

00:44:47I was nervously tugging

00:44:48at the hem of my blazer

00:44:49when the executive suite door opened.

00:44:51Ethan walked out

00:44:52holding a printed copy

00:44:53of the report,

00:44:54his expression ice cold.

00:44:56He didn't look at anyone else.

00:44:57He caught my wrist

00:44:59and pulled me straight

00:44:59into his private lounge.

00:45:01The door shut.

00:45:02He pressed me down

00:45:03onto the sofa,

00:45:04sat across from me

00:45:05and stared at the report

00:45:06in silence

00:45:07for a long moment.

00:45:08Here it comes.

00:45:09He's going to ask

00:45:10who I really am

00:45:11and how I appeared

00:45:12out of thin air.

00:45:13What do I even say?

00:45:14That I'm a suckabor

00:45:15who needs men's

00:45:16intimate energy

00:45:17to survive?

00:45:18Is he going to think

00:45:19I'm a monster

00:45:20and try to lock me away?

00:45:21My mind was spiraling

00:45:23into disaster scenarios.

00:45:24Across from me,

00:45:26a vein ticked

00:45:26in Ethan's temple.

00:45:28He finally took a slow breath

00:45:29and set the report down.

00:45:31What do you want

00:45:31for dinner tonight?

00:45:32I froze completely.

00:45:35Every lie I had prepared

00:45:36got stuck in my throat.

00:45:38I just stared at him.

00:45:39You're not going to ask?

00:45:41The whole internet

00:45:42is calling me a spy

00:45:43or a sleeper agent?

00:45:44Ethan stood

00:45:45and straightened his cuffs

00:45:46with that same calm composure.

00:45:48I'm curious.

00:45:49Then why aren't you-

00:45:50Because I've already heard

00:45:52every single thought.

00:45:53He met my eyes,

00:45:54patient and certain.

00:45:55The ones when you can't sleep,

00:45:57the ones when you're

00:45:57panicking about prison,

00:45:59the ones where you imagine

00:46:00me locking you up.

00:46:01I heard all of it.

00:46:02He stepped closer

00:46:03and caged me

00:46:04against the sofa

00:46:05with his body.

00:46:06I know what you are.

00:46:07A creature who survives

00:46:08on men's energy.

00:46:09That's it.

00:46:10What else do you want me to ask?

00:46:12He had known all along

00:46:13and still draped his jacket

00:46:14over me in the break room.

00:46:16Still protected me.

00:46:17Still put Victoria

00:46:18and her father behind bars.

00:46:20A thousand years

00:46:21of watching people's faces

00:46:22twist in fear,

00:46:24disgust,

00:46:24or greed

00:46:25when they learned the truth.

00:46:26And this man acted

00:46:27like it was nothing.

00:46:28My eyes stung.

00:46:29My toes burned.

00:46:30He's not right in the head.

00:46:32He's supposed to be

00:46:33allergic to women.

00:46:35He's supposed to run.

00:46:36But he's not afraid

00:46:37of me at all.

00:46:39Fine.

00:46:40If you're not scared,

00:46:41then tonight I'm going

00:46:42to wreck you completely.

00:46:44You'll be the one begging.

00:46:46Ethan's cufflink

00:46:47slipped from his fingers.

00:46:48Jade,

00:46:50shut up.

00:46:51I laughed through the tears

00:46:52and winked at him.

00:46:55Ethan didn't seem

00:46:56to care about the rumors,

00:46:57but the internet

00:46:58and his competitors did.

00:46:59Rival firms smelled blood

00:47:01and moved fast,

00:47:03coordinating with the media

00:47:04and calling board members

00:47:05directly,

00:47:06questioning whether

00:47:07Frost Capital

00:47:07could be trusted.

00:47:08That afternoon,

00:47:09Ethan called an emergency

00:47:11board meeting.

00:47:12I sat in the corner

00:47:13officially just observing.

00:47:14The atmosphere

00:47:15was even worse

00:47:16than last time.

00:47:17Two old guard directors

00:47:18slammed the morning paper

00:47:20on the table

00:47:20and came out swinging.

00:47:21Mr. Frost,

00:47:23Jade Summers

00:47:24has no background.

00:47:25All of Wall Street

00:47:27is laughing at us.

00:47:28Our partners

00:47:29are questioning

00:47:29if she's a corporate spy.

00:47:32You need to fire her

00:47:33immediately

00:47:34and hand her over

00:47:35for investigation.

00:47:37Ethan sat at the head

00:47:38of the table,

00:47:39turning a pen slowly

00:47:40between his fingers,

00:47:41the air around him

00:47:42freezing cold.

00:47:43Done.

00:47:44His voice was flat.

00:47:45He didn't even look up.

00:47:46Mr. Frost,

00:47:47watch your tone.

00:47:48This affects

00:47:49the entire firm.

00:47:50Ethan finally looked up,

00:47:51eyes empty and cold.

00:47:52He slid two documents

00:47:54across the table.

00:47:54These are records

00:47:55of the internal accounts

00:47:56you two leakered

00:47:57to a competitor.

00:47:58On the subject of spies,

00:48:00you two seem far more

00:48:01experienced than my advisor.

00:48:02Sign the resignation

00:48:03and share transfer papers now,

00:48:05or I call the financial crimes unit

00:48:07in five minutes.

00:48:08Your choice.

00:48:08Less than two minutes later,

00:48:10both directors signed

00:48:11with shaking hands

00:48:12and left as fast

00:48:13as they could.

00:48:15The room fell deathly quiet.

00:48:17The remaining directors

00:48:19stared at the table

00:48:19like it was the most

00:48:20fascinating thing

00:48:21in the world.

00:48:22Ethan straightened his tie,

00:48:23signed the latest

00:48:25restructuring document

00:48:26with one smooth stroke

00:48:27and spoke calmly.

00:48:28Effective immediately,

00:48:29the senior director position

00:48:31is dissolved.

00:48:32Jade Summers is now

00:48:33my executive advisor,

00:48:34with authority equal to mine

00:48:35on all matters.

00:48:36I nearly jumped out

00:48:37of my seat in the corner.

00:48:38Okay, wow,

00:48:39that's a serious power move.

00:48:41But he fought that hard for me

00:48:42and didn't even ask

00:48:43if I wanted it.

00:48:44Sure, the position gives me

00:48:45better access

00:48:45to high quality energy,

00:48:47but I was planning

00:48:48to stay low-key.

00:48:49This dominantic man.

00:48:50I want to wrap my legs

00:48:51around him

00:48:52and make him pay for it.

00:48:53Ethan went completely

00:48:54still at the head

00:48:55of the table.

00:48:56He set his pen down

00:48:57and looked straight

00:48:58at me across the room.

00:48:59You don't want it?

00:49:00Every director turned,

00:49:02completely confused

00:49:03about who he was talking to.

00:49:04My face burned.

00:49:06I forced a gracious smile.

00:49:07Of course I do,

00:49:08Mr. Frost.

00:49:09It's an honor

00:49:10to serve under you.

00:49:11The tiniest smirk

00:49:12touched the corner

00:49:13of Ethan's mouth

00:49:13before disappearing

00:49:14behind his usual cold mask.

00:49:18The new title called

00:49:19for a new look.

00:49:20That evening,

00:49:21Ethan took me

00:49:22to a black-tie

00:49:22multinational finance dinner

00:49:24at one of Manhattan's

00:49:25most exclusive hotels.

00:49:27I ditched the conservative blazer

00:49:29and wore the red gown,

00:49:30deep V neckline,

00:49:31open back,

00:49:32thigh high slit.

00:49:33The moment we entered

00:49:34the ballroom,

00:49:35every head turned.

00:49:36The contrast between

00:49:37my bold dress

00:49:38and Ethan's cold,

00:49:39untouchable presence

00:49:40was electric.

00:49:41The whispers about

00:49:42my mysterious past

00:49:43followed us.

00:49:44Before I could even

00:49:45take a sip of wine,

00:49:46rival executives

00:49:47approached with sharp smiles.

00:49:49Congratulations on

00:49:51the rapid rise,

00:49:52Miss Summers.

00:49:53We've all been wondering,

00:49:54what exactly is your background

00:49:56that managed to captivate

00:49:57our famously unavailable

00:49:59Mr. Frost?

00:50:00All eyes turned toward us.

00:50:02I twirled my wine glass slowly,

00:50:04keeping a perfect polite smile

00:50:06while my succubus senses

00:50:07scanned the table.

00:50:08This one looks like

00:50:09an overfed French rye,

00:50:10energy level two at best.

00:50:13Looking at him longer,

00:50:14should count as emotional damage.

00:50:16The rest of the table

00:50:17is even worse.

00:50:19Combined,

00:50:20they don't come close

00:50:21to one finger of my man.

00:50:23Across the table,

00:50:24Ethan's fingers tightened

00:50:25slightly around his glass

00:50:27the moment I thought,

00:50:28my man.

00:50:29He was clearly fighting a smile.

00:50:33Ethan lifted his glass

00:50:34to hide the small,

00:50:35indulgent smile

00:50:36tugging at his lips.

00:50:38His dark eyes

00:50:39found mine across the room,

00:50:40sending heat straight

00:50:41through me.

00:50:43Nothing to say,

00:50:44Mrs. Summers?

00:50:46Could the media be right,

00:50:47that you have

00:50:48no real history at all?

00:50:50I was about to handle it

00:50:51my way when Ethan

00:50:52set his glass down.

00:50:54The entire room

00:50:55went silent.

00:50:56He stood,

00:50:57walked around the table,

00:50:58and stopped

00:50:58directly behind me.

00:51:00In front of every

00:51:01major player in Manhattan,

00:51:02he laced his fingers

00:51:03through mine

00:51:03and held my hand tight.

00:51:05Does anyone here

00:51:06have a problem

00:51:07with what's mine?

00:51:09His voice was quiet,

00:51:10but the word mine

00:51:11landed like a hammer.

00:51:13Hammer flashes

00:51:14exploded around us.

00:51:16Oh my god,

00:51:17that was the hottest thing

00:51:18I've seen

00:51:19in a thousand years.

00:51:21I'm in trouble.

00:51:23His energy

00:51:24is pouring into me

00:51:25and I need to drag him

00:51:26to the nearest bathroom

00:51:27right now.

00:51:29Ethan's grip tightened.

00:51:30He leaned down,

00:51:31voice low against my ear.

00:51:32Jade,

00:51:34enough.

00:51:37The next morning,

00:51:39photos of Ethan

00:51:40claiming me publicly

00:51:41spread like wildfire

00:51:42across Wall Street.

00:51:43Frost Capital's

00:51:44official account

00:51:45then posted a rare

00:51:46personal statement

00:51:47confirming I was

00:51:48his full representative

00:51:49for all business

00:51:50and personal matters.

00:51:51The spy stories

00:51:53vanished overnight.

00:51:54I sat in Ethan's

00:51:55executive chair

00:51:56reading the flood

00:51:57of congratulatory messages

00:51:58when he appeared

00:51:59in the doorway,

00:52:00jacket off.

00:52:03Comfortable in that chair?

00:52:06I stood and wrapped

00:52:08my arms around his neck,

00:52:09pressing myself

00:52:10against him.

00:52:11Crisis handled.

00:52:13Time to deliver

00:52:14on my promise

00:52:14to drain him completely

00:52:15and make him beg.

00:52:17Right here.

00:52:18Right now.

00:52:19The thought hit him hard.

00:52:20His eyes dropped

00:52:21to the slit in my skirt.

00:52:23His control finally broke.

00:52:25He pressed me

00:52:26against the door

00:52:26and locked it.

00:52:28You've been driving me

00:52:29crazy with those

00:52:30thoughts every day.

00:52:31If you try to run now,

00:52:32you're not leaving

00:52:33this room for three days.

00:52:36His lips moved

00:52:37down my collarbone

00:52:38while his hands

00:52:39worked urgently

00:52:40at the red dress.

00:52:41His raw energy

00:52:42washed over me

00:52:43in powerful waves.

00:52:44I was losing control fast.

00:52:46He was definitely

00:52:47holding back before.

00:52:48This is too much.

00:52:49I'm not gonna survive.

00:52:51Wait.

00:52:52He's actually

00:52:53tearing the dress.

00:52:54We're in the

00:52:54executive suite.

00:52:55There are people

00:52:55right outside this door.

00:52:57Survival instinct

00:52:58kicked in hard.

00:52:59I yelped,

00:53:01ducked,

00:53:01and slipped out

00:53:01of his grip,

00:53:02scrambling behind the desk.

00:53:05Mr. Frost,

00:53:05please control yourself.

00:53:07It's still business hours.

00:53:09If Leo walks in,

00:53:11we're both finished.

00:53:12I crouched behind the desk

00:53:14trying to fix

00:53:14my ruined dress.

00:53:16Ethan stood

00:53:16against the door,

00:53:17chest heaving,

00:53:18staring at the spot

00:53:19where I had been.

00:53:20The vein in his temple

00:53:21pulsed.

00:53:21You spend every waking

00:53:22second fantasizing

00:53:23about this.

00:53:24But the moment

00:53:25it starts happening,

00:53:26you run faster

00:53:26than anyone

00:53:27I've ever seen.

00:53:28Are you torturing me

00:53:29on purpose?

00:53:33I stayed behind the desk

00:53:34and tried my most

00:53:35innocent look.

00:53:36I'm just being

00:53:37a responsible employee.

00:53:39Modern society values

00:53:40restraint and

00:53:41professionism.

00:53:42Okay,

00:53:43mostly I don't want

00:53:44to die of embarrassment.

00:53:45But what I just saw

00:53:47was terrifying.

00:53:47If we actually do this,

00:53:49he might break me.

00:53:50I'm genuinely

00:53:51not sure I'd survive.

00:53:53He hurt everything.

00:53:54The panic

00:53:55and the helpless

00:53:55desire underneath.

00:53:57Some of the fury

00:53:58left his face.

00:53:59He exhaled,

00:54:00crossed the room

00:54:01and gently pulled me

00:54:02out from behind the desk.

00:54:03Instead of continuing,

00:54:05he carefully fixed

00:54:06the broken strap

00:54:07of my dress

00:54:07with surprising patience.

00:54:09I stared at his profile

00:54:10and felt my heart

00:54:11do things

00:54:12it had no right to do.

00:54:13This man isn't fair.

00:54:14Top-tier energy

00:54:15is one thing,

00:54:16but this?

00:54:16I've been doing this

00:54:17for a thousand years.

00:54:18I cannot be falling

00:54:19for a human CEO.

00:54:20I refuse.

00:54:22His hands stilled.

00:54:23He looked down at me

00:54:25with quiet certainty.

00:54:26Tonight,

00:54:27my place in the hills

00:54:28were not in the office there.

00:54:29I never said

00:54:30I was going home with...

00:54:36You don't have a choice.

00:54:43That evening,

00:54:44the Maybach

00:54:44pulled up to

00:54:45Ethan's private estate

00:54:46in the hills,

00:54:47an extravagant

00:54:48glass and stone property

00:54:49with sweeping views.

00:54:50I stood in the

00:54:52grand marble entryway

00:54:53giving myself a pep talk.

00:54:54Keep it together.

00:54:56This is just

00:54:56strategic energy access,

00:54:58nothing more.

00:54:58I'm not getting attached

00:55:00to a repressed CEO.

00:55:01I'm a cold-blooded

00:55:02suck-a-boss here

00:55:03for the buffet.

00:55:04I'm not getting domesticated.

00:55:06My suitcase

00:55:06suddenly lifted.

00:55:08Ethan had taken

00:55:09off his jacket.

00:55:10He carried my heavy bag

00:55:11with one hand

00:55:12like it weighed nothing.

00:55:13Strategic resource acquisition?

00:55:14I short-circuited.

00:55:16I always forgot

00:55:16he could hear everything.

00:55:18Can you let me finish

00:55:18a thought before you respond?

00:55:20He walked a few steps,

00:55:22then stopped

00:55:22and turned around slowly.

00:55:23His dark eyes

00:55:24held mine

00:55:25with complete certainty.

00:55:26Jade.

00:55:27Just my name

00:55:28low, rough, and warm.

00:55:29Like he had been

00:55:30saying it for years.

00:55:31My heart dropped.

00:55:33It's over.

00:55:34I'm completely done for.

00:55:37The first week

00:55:38at the estate

00:55:39wasn't the chaos

00:55:40I expected.

00:55:41Every night

00:55:41Ethan pulled me

00:55:42against his burning body,

00:55:43but outside of that

00:55:44he showed surprising restraint.

00:55:46That only made

00:55:47my instincts

00:55:48scream louder

00:55:49that something was wrong.

00:55:50He had been

00:55:50coming home

00:55:51later and later,

00:55:52holding closed-door

00:55:53meetings with Leo

00:55:54in the study.

00:55:55Every time I approached

00:55:56the conversation

00:55:57died instantly.

00:55:58I leaned against

00:55:59the hallway wall,

00:56:00fruit plate in hand,

00:56:01spiraling.

00:56:03Does he think

00:56:04I'm too much trouble?

00:56:05Is he about to cut me loose

00:56:07at the next board meeting?

00:56:08Or has he already

00:56:09arranged with some secret lab

00:56:10to study me

00:56:11and lock me away

00:56:12in a cage?

00:56:14The study door opened.

00:56:16Ethan caught

00:56:17the full tail end

00:56:18of my spiral.

00:56:19His expression

00:56:20shifted rapidly.

00:56:21The vein

00:56:22in his temple

00:56:22throbbed.

00:56:23He took the plate

00:56:24from my hands,

00:56:25pulled me into the study

00:56:26and pressed me

00:56:27against the desk.

00:56:28Jade Summers,

00:56:31out of all the thoughts

00:56:32that run through your head

00:56:33is even one of them

00:56:34capable of trusting me?

00:56:41I looked sideways,

00:56:42avoiding his eyes.

00:56:43I'm just reading

00:56:44the signs.

00:56:45The internet

00:56:45already says

00:56:46I'm nobody.

00:56:47You were gonna

00:56:47cut me loose

00:56:48eventually.

00:56:48Ethan laughed

00:56:49without humor.

00:56:50His fingers

00:56:51tightened on my waist,

00:56:52forcing me to meet

00:56:53his gaze.

00:56:54Cut you loose?

00:56:55Take a look at this.

00:56:57He dropped

00:56:58a thick legal document

00:56:59in front of me.

00:57:00The title was clear.

00:57:02Irrevocable

00:57:03Permanent Declaration

00:57:03of Asset Consolidation

00:57:05and Joint Equity.

00:57:06He had transferred

00:57:07half of all his

00:57:08core assets,

00:57:09including Frost Capital,

00:57:10into my name permanently.

00:57:11I couldn't speak.

00:57:13He just handed me

00:57:14half his life

00:57:15behind my back,

00:57:17on Wall Street,

00:57:18where everything

00:57:18is calculated.

00:57:20He split his

00:57:21entire fortune

00:57:22with a woman

00:57:22who barely exists?

00:57:23Is he insane?

00:57:25My eyes filled

00:57:26with tears.

00:57:26Ethan gently

00:57:27wiped the tear

00:57:28from my cheek.

00:57:29The media

00:57:30can't find your past.

00:57:31That's their failure,

00:57:32not yours.

00:57:32If they say

00:57:33you have no history,

00:57:34then I'll give you

00:57:34the strongest one

00:57:35in America.

00:57:36Starting today,

00:57:37you're my full partner

00:57:37at Frost Capital

00:57:38and my future wife.

00:57:41I stared at the documents,

00:57:43speechless for a long time.

00:57:45He gave me

00:57:46half of everything

00:57:47just because I was scared?

00:57:49This man must have

00:57:50some kind of

00:57:50beautiful brain damage.

00:57:52No brain damage.

00:57:53I snapped my head up

00:57:54and glared at him.

00:57:55Can you stop

00:57:56finishing my thoughts?

00:57:59Then stop thinking

00:58:00them so loudly.

00:58:01I took a deep breath

00:58:02and laid everything out.

00:58:04Ethan,

00:58:05I'm not from this world.

00:58:06I crossed over

00:58:06a few months ago.

00:58:07The person in those

00:58:08old photos isn't me.

00:58:09Every record I have

00:58:10here is fake.

00:58:11You just split

00:58:12your billion dollar empire

00:58:13with someone who

00:58:13doesn't legally exist?

00:58:14Are you actually crazy?

00:58:15Are you done?

00:58:16He leaned back,

00:58:17completely calm.

00:58:18First,

00:58:18I don't care

00:58:18if your identity is real.

00:58:20Second,

00:58:20I didn't do this

00:58:21out of pity.

00:58:22I did it because

00:58:22I wanted to.

00:58:24Third,

00:58:24you crossed over.

00:58:25That makes this

00:58:26even simpler.

00:58:27He leaned forward,

00:58:28his presence overwhelming.

00:58:29If you have nothing

00:58:30in this world,

00:58:31then you need a home

00:58:32even more.

00:58:33Home?

00:58:33This pure golden energy

00:58:35man just offered

00:58:35a suckvo a home.

00:58:36I want to rip

00:58:37his clothes off

00:58:38and destroy him

00:58:38right now.

00:58:39We're just

00:58:40employer and employee.

00:58:41As of now,

00:58:41we're full partners

00:58:42and you're my fiancé.

00:58:44I never agreed to that.

00:58:45And in your heart,

00:58:45you haven't refused either.

00:58:47I raised my hand

00:58:48in frustration

00:58:48and he caught

00:58:49my wrist midair,

00:58:50fingers scorching

00:58:51and precise.

00:58:51Jade,

00:58:53I don't care

00:58:54what abyss

00:58:54you came from.

00:58:55You're here now

00:58:56on my turf.

00:58:58I'm not letting you starve

00:58:59and I'm not letting

00:59:00anyone lock you away.

00:59:01His dark eyes

00:59:03burned with raw

00:59:03possessiveness.

00:59:04This isn't a transaction.

00:59:06It's a choice

00:59:07I'm giving you.

00:59:10That night,

00:59:11I didn't sleep at all.

00:59:12My head was too loud.

00:59:13For a thousand years

00:59:14in the abyss,

00:59:15men were nothing more

00:59:16than quick snacks to me.

00:59:18When I crossed

00:59:18into this world,

00:59:19all I wanted was

00:59:20to steal enough

00:59:21premium energy

00:59:22to survive.

00:59:23Somehow,

00:59:24I ended up owning

00:59:24half a billion dollar empire

00:59:26and becoming the fiancé

00:59:27of Manhattan's

00:59:28most celibate man,

00:59:29completely wrapped

00:59:30around his finger.

00:59:31Did I completely flip

00:59:33the Succopore survival

00:59:34manual upside down?

00:59:35I was supposed to be

00:59:36the one running

00:59:37circles around him.

00:59:38How did I end up

00:59:39the one getting reeled in

00:59:40with property deeds

00:59:41and warm milk?

00:59:42This is dangerous.

00:59:44The more I think about it,

00:59:45the hungrier I get.

00:59:46My legs are going

00:59:48weak again.

00:59:49I tossed on the silk sheets

00:59:50until two in the morning,

00:59:52then gave up

00:59:52and headed to the kitchen

00:59:53for water.

00:59:54The moment I pushed

00:59:55the door open,

00:59:55I froze.

00:59:56Ethan stood at the counter

00:59:57in a loose black silk robe,

00:59:59collar open,

01:00:00warming milk.

01:00:01Moonlight poured

01:00:01through the window,

01:00:02highlighting his collarbone

01:00:03and the hard lines

01:00:04of his chest.

01:00:05That rich,

01:00:06intoxicating wave

01:00:07of pure masculine energy

01:00:08slammed into me.

01:00:09Figured you couldn't sleep.

01:00:10He turned,

01:00:11dark eyes carrying

01:00:12a lazy heat

01:00:13and handed me

01:00:13the warm mug.

01:00:14I swallowed hard,

01:00:15fighting the urge

01:00:16to lunge at him

01:00:17and hesitated.

01:00:18You really don't mind?

01:00:20I'm not even human

01:00:21and I constantly narrate

01:00:23every dirty thought

01:00:24I have about you.

01:00:25No one here

01:00:26knew the old me.

01:00:27Doesn't that make me

01:00:28some kind of dangerous freak?

01:00:29Ethan leaned against

01:00:30the counter

01:00:31and let out

01:00:31a low,

01:00:32rough laugh.

01:00:33You think someone

01:00:33who's heard

01:00:34every greedy,

01:00:34filthy,

01:00:35calculating thought

01:00:36people have

01:00:36since Yash Day

01:00:37has any room

01:00:37to judge

01:00:38a straightforward

01:00:38little suck of her?

01:00:39He stepped forward,

01:00:41took the mug from my hands

01:00:42and set it aside.

01:00:44You're the cleanest thing

01:00:45I've ever met.

01:00:46You think it,

01:00:47you say it,

01:00:48at least in your head.

01:00:49You're hungry,

01:00:49you admit you want

01:00:50to devour me.

01:00:51You're scared,

01:00:52you admit you're scared.

01:00:53Even when you're trying

01:00:54to get in bed,

01:00:54you're completely honest.

01:00:55No games,

01:00:56no lies.

01:00:57He bent down,

01:00:58lips brushing my ear,

01:00:59breath hot and heavy.

01:01:00Jade,

01:01:01for me that's more

01:01:03than enough.

01:01:04Oh my god,

01:01:05this man who barely

01:01:06flirted in his life

01:01:06just said something

01:01:07ten times deadlier

01:01:08than any dirty line

01:01:09I could come up with.

01:01:10My legs are done.

01:01:11I want him to pin me

01:01:13against this counter

01:01:13and take me right here,

01:01:14right now.

01:01:17The next day

01:01:18at Frost Capital,

01:01:19everything looked normal

01:01:20on the surface.

01:01:21I sat in my new

01:01:22executive office,

01:01:23tugging at my collar,

01:01:24replaying his low,

01:01:25burning voice

01:01:26from the kitchen.

01:01:27How does a man

01:01:27made of ice

01:01:28become even more

01:01:29dangerous when he

01:01:29gets warm?

01:01:30Did he secretly

01:01:30take an advanced

01:01:31flirting master class?

01:01:32My phone buzzed.

01:01:36Embarrassment shot

01:01:36through me.

01:01:37I jumped up

01:01:38and stormed down

01:01:38to the executive suite

01:01:39in my heels.

01:01:42Ethan Frost,

01:01:43can you stop

01:01:43eavesdropping on my thoughts

01:01:44every single second?

01:01:45Ethan looked up

01:01:46from his contracts,

01:01:47leaned back in his chair,

01:01:48tie perfect,

01:01:49expression cool

01:01:50and untouchable.

01:01:51When you think

01:01:52things that loudly,

01:01:53it's impossible

01:01:54to ignore.

01:01:55I fell apart.

01:01:57What do you mean loudly?

01:01:58I was just doing

01:01:59an objective review

01:02:00of your body

01:02:00from last night.

01:02:01What if I think

01:02:02about you locking

01:02:03that door right now

01:02:04and pressing me

01:02:05down on this desk?

01:02:06Is that loud enough?

01:02:07Three seconds later,

01:02:08Ethan set down his pen.

01:02:09He stood,

01:02:11shrugged off his jacket

01:02:11and locked the door

01:02:12with a click.

01:02:18Yes.

01:02:19He walked toward me

01:02:20with calm certainty

01:02:21and planted both hands

01:02:22on the desk,

01:02:23caging me in.

01:02:24We either quiet down

01:02:24in there

01:02:25or we handle it

01:02:26right now.

01:02:27I forgot how to breathe.

01:02:28My body melted

01:02:29against him

01:02:30even as I tried

01:02:31to keep up the act.

01:02:33What do you mean?

01:02:34Handle it?

01:02:35Ethan lowered his head

01:02:36until his lips

01:02:36nearly touched mine,

01:02:38voice rough.

01:02:38For example,

01:02:39finishing what we started

01:02:40in the kitchen

01:02:41last night.

01:02:42This man is flirting

01:02:44while his ears

01:02:44are turning bright red.

01:02:45That contrast is criminal.

01:02:47It should be illegal.

01:02:48Jade,

01:02:49don't look at me like that.

01:02:50I can hear you.

01:02:53That evening,

01:02:54Ethan drove me

01:02:55to a quiet private restaurant

01:02:56in Manhattan.

01:02:58Candlelight,

01:02:58expensive red wine,

01:03:00no staff hovering.

01:03:01I wore a tight black slip dress.

01:03:04He had loosened his tie

01:03:05and undone the top button

01:03:06of his shirt.

01:03:07Without the tie,

01:03:08he looks a little less

01:03:09like a monk,

01:03:09but that tiny hint

01:03:11of recklessness

01:03:11makes him even more dangerous.

01:03:13That throat,

01:03:14that collarbone,

01:03:15he's perfect.

01:03:16Ethan's fingers

01:03:17tightened around

01:03:18his wine glass.

01:03:19Thank you for the review.

01:03:20I bit into my stake

01:03:22and shot him a look.

01:03:23I was thinking that

01:03:24in my head.

01:03:26I heard every word.

01:03:27I gave up fighting

01:03:28and slid my hand

01:03:29under the table,

01:03:30squeezing his thigh

01:03:31through his pants.

01:03:33Since you have

01:03:33a direct line to my brain,

01:03:35can you at least

01:03:35mute it sometimes?

01:03:36Give a girl

01:03:37some privacy?

01:03:38Can't turn it off.

01:03:43He poured wine

01:03:44and brought the glass

01:03:44to my lips,

01:03:45eyes dark

01:03:46in the candlelight.

01:03:47But I can promise

01:03:48not to take every wild thought

01:03:49you have seriously.

01:03:50Oh yeah?

01:03:50Which ones don't you

01:03:51take seriously?

01:03:52Like when you tell yourself

01:03:53every night

01:03:54that you're gonna get on top

01:03:55and drain me

01:03:56until I'm begging for mercy.

01:03:58I nearly choked

01:03:59on the wine.

01:04:00For the record,

01:04:00I meant every word of that.

01:04:02Ethan's hand froze.

01:04:03His eyes ignited

01:04:04with raw hunger.

01:04:05Is that so?

01:04:06Then starting tonight,

01:04:07I'm taking that thought

01:04:08very seriously.

01:04:09Is this man

01:04:09reverse trapping me

01:04:11right now?

01:04:11Yes.

01:04:13I laughed,

01:04:14equal parts

01:04:15delighted and furious

01:04:16and pinched his thigh hard.

01:04:18Ethan Frost,

01:04:19you're supposed to be

01:04:20Wall Street's

01:04:20coldest predator.

01:04:22When did you learn

01:04:22to talk like a damn

01:04:23romance hero?

01:04:24Ethan leaned across

01:04:25the table

01:04:25and caught my wrist,

01:04:27voice low and gravelly.

01:04:28I'm a businessman

01:04:29in the boardroom,

01:04:30but when it comes to you,

01:04:32I'm your man.

01:04:33And I plan on making

01:04:34every filthy idea

01:04:36in your head real,

01:04:37in bed.

01:04:38It's over.

01:04:39A thousand years

01:04:40of experience,

01:04:41and this human

01:04:42is about to take me down.

01:04:45The dinner lasted

01:04:47two full hours.

01:04:48By the end,

01:04:49my legs were weak

01:04:50from the constant wave

01:04:51of his energy.

01:04:52Ethan barely spoke,

01:04:53but his thumb kept

01:04:54tracing slow circles

01:04:55over my knuckles,

01:04:56proper on the surface,

01:04:57but full of promise

01:04:58underneath.

01:04:59I set down my fork

01:05:00and stared at his

01:05:01handsome, cold face.

01:05:04I've always wondered,

01:05:05when exactly did you

01:05:07realize I wasn't human?

01:05:09Day one.

01:05:10The second you walked

01:05:12into my office.

01:05:13Day one?

01:05:15All you knew was that

01:05:16I had a very active

01:05:17inner mana law shock.

01:05:20It was more than that.

01:05:22He leaned back,

01:05:23exuding pure power.

01:05:24When you walked in,

01:05:26something about you

01:05:27felt different.

01:05:29I've sensed greed,

01:05:30and corruption in people

01:05:31since I was a child.

01:05:33But with you,

01:05:35it was bold, yes.

01:05:37Your thoughts about me

01:05:38were wild,

01:05:39but your desire

01:05:40was pure.

01:05:43It wasn't until

01:05:44you screamed internally

01:05:45that you were a succubus

01:05:46that I confirmed it.

01:05:49So you knew

01:05:50I was some kind of

01:05:50energy-hungry creature

01:05:52who wanted to devour you

01:05:53and you still hired me?

01:05:55What kind of risk management

01:05:56is that?

01:05:57Ethan suddenly leaned

01:05:58across the table,

01:05:59gripped my jaw,

01:06:00and tilted my face up,

01:06:02eyes burning.

01:06:02Most desire I see

01:06:03is full of lie

01:06:04and power plays.

01:06:06Yours was honest.

01:06:08You wanted me

01:06:09because your instincts

01:06:10said so.

01:06:11That makes you more real

01:06:12than anyone

01:06:13who's ever walked

01:06:13through my door.

01:06:15Help.

01:06:16I spend all day

01:06:17mentally trying to get

01:06:18into this man's pants

01:06:19and he calls that clean

01:06:20and he calls that clean

01:06:23My values are fine.

01:06:25I've just finally found

01:06:26the real thing.

01:06:30When we left the restaurant,

01:06:32a light rain had just stopped.

01:06:34Ethan draped his jacket

01:06:35over my shoulders

01:06:36without a word

01:06:37and took my hand,

01:06:38fingers tightly laced.

01:06:39We walked slowly

01:06:40down the quiet sidewalk.

01:06:42This might be the first time

01:06:43it's just us.

01:06:44No reporters,

01:06:45no drama.

01:06:46Just him walking with me

01:06:48like a normal boyfriend.

01:06:50Hmm.

01:06:51What's the M for?

01:06:53I heard everything

01:06:54you just thought.

01:06:57I laughed and leaned

01:06:58into him,

01:06:59going soft against

01:06:59his shoulder.

01:07:01Tell me, Mr. CEO,

01:07:02you've really never dated before?

01:07:04No Harris's or models

01:07:05ever caught your eye?

01:07:06No.

01:07:06Then how are you so good

01:07:07at all of this?

01:07:08You talk like you came

01:07:09with built-in charm software.

01:07:10Ethan stopped

01:07:11under a street lamp.

01:07:12He cradled the back of my head

01:07:13and tilted my face up.

01:07:14Because with you,

01:07:15I don't need experience.

01:07:17The second I hear

01:07:18your thoughts,

01:07:19I just know what to do.

01:07:20He kissed my forehead

01:07:21then the bridge of my nose

01:07:22stopping just at the corner

01:07:24of my mouth.

01:07:26Let's go home.

01:07:29He said home.

01:07:31Not the estate.

01:07:33Home.

01:07:36My position as executive advisor

01:07:39grew stronger every day.

01:07:40The old board members

01:07:41now avoided eye contact

01:07:43when I passed.

01:07:44In public,

01:07:45Ethan remained the icy,

01:07:46lethal CEO.

01:07:47But the second the office door locked,

01:07:49all that restrained power

01:07:50came rushing out for me alone.

01:07:52Like when he brought me

01:07:53warm milk late at night

01:07:54and just watched me

01:07:55with that hungry look.

01:07:56Like when I got caught

01:07:57staring at his body

01:07:58in a meeting

01:07:58and he abruptly ended

01:07:59a billion dollar call.

01:08:01Like waking up on the office couch

01:08:03wrapped in his jacket

01:08:04and his arms.

01:08:05How does he do it?

01:08:06Ice god in public

01:08:07and completely addictive

01:08:08behind closed doors.

01:08:10This breaks every law

01:08:11of biology.

01:08:11Ethan looked up

01:08:13from his reports.

01:08:14A faint glint

01:08:15of amusement

01:08:15in his eyes.

01:08:16Because you spend all day

01:08:17loudly complimenting

01:08:18my body in your head.

01:08:20My face burned.

01:08:21I do not.

01:08:24You just finished planning

01:08:25exactly which position

01:08:26you want to use tonight

01:08:27to drain me completely.

01:08:29I gave up pretending.

01:08:31I walked over,

01:08:32straddled his lap

01:08:33and hooked a finger

01:08:34in his shirt.

01:08:34Since you hear everything

01:08:35anyway this weekend.

01:08:37You and me

01:08:38at a normal movie theater.

01:08:39No suit.

01:08:40No Leo.

01:08:41No meetings.

01:08:42A real date.

01:08:44You in?

01:08:44Ethan's hand slid

01:08:45slowly under my skirt

01:08:47resting on my inner thigh.

01:08:48Yes.

01:08:50As long as you don't

01:08:51run halfway through

01:08:52I'll go anywhere with you.

01:08:57That Saturday

01:08:58Ethan showed up

01:08:59in a black turtleneck

01:09:00and long coat

01:09:01looking dangerously casual.

01:09:03Every woman nearby stared.

01:09:04I wrapped my arm

01:09:05around his

01:09:06claiming him.

01:09:07Look at you

01:09:07out of your suit

01:09:08and still causing chaos.

01:09:10Hearts are breaking

01:09:10left and right.

01:09:11The corner of Ethan's mouth

01:09:13curved slightly.

01:09:14I never cared before.

01:09:16But now I only wait

01:09:18for one person.

01:09:19I'm done.

01:09:20This ice prince

01:09:21saying sweet things

01:09:22so sincerely

01:09:22is more lethal

01:09:23than anything

01:09:24from the abyss.

01:09:25In the dark theater

01:09:27his energy

01:09:27rolled over me in waves.

01:09:29Halfway through the movie

01:09:30I put my hand over his.

01:09:32He turned his palm

01:09:33and locked our fingers together

01:09:34tight and burning.

01:09:36By the time

01:09:36the lights came up

01:09:37we were both

01:09:38breathing harder.

01:09:39In the lobby

01:09:40I teased him lightly.

01:09:42Your palm was sweaty

01:09:43the whole time.

01:09:45Your body temperature

01:09:46was running higher

01:09:47than mine.

01:09:49That's because

01:09:49you had a death grip

01:09:50on my hand.

01:09:51Ethan pulled me out

01:09:52of the crowd

01:09:52bent down

01:09:53and brushed his lips

01:09:54against my ear.

01:09:55That's because

01:09:55you never once

01:09:56thought about letting go.

01:10:01On the ride home

01:10:02Ethan and I

01:10:02sat in the back

01:10:03with our hands

01:10:04still locked.

01:10:04Leo drove

01:10:05in professional silence.

01:10:07Ethan

01:10:09hypothetically

01:10:09if there was no

01:10:11energy connection

01:10:12between us

01:10:13would you still have

01:10:14kept me that first day?

01:10:16Yes.

01:10:17No hesitation.

01:10:18The moment you

01:10:19walked in

01:10:20I saw your eyes.

01:10:22there was no calculation.

01:10:25No interest

01:10:26in power

01:10:27or money.

01:10:28You just looked at me

01:10:30like I was a person.

01:10:32He pulled me closer.

01:10:33In this city

01:10:36no one

01:10:38has ever looked

01:10:39at me like that.

01:10:41My heart skipped.

01:10:43Even the man

01:10:44who owns Manhattan

01:10:47has been starving

01:10:48for something real.

01:10:50Leo stiffened

01:10:51visibly in the front seat.

01:10:53Leo heard nothing.

01:10:54Correct sir.

01:10:55I heard nothing.

01:10:57In fact

01:10:58I'm already drafting

01:10:59my resignation.

01:11:00You're not resigning.

01:11:02I'll increase

01:11:03your equity

01:11:04another half point.

01:11:05I buried my face

01:11:05in Ethan's chest

01:11:06and laughed

01:11:07until I shut

01:11:09late that night

01:11:10at the estate

01:11:11Ethan found me

01:11:12on the sofa

01:11:12scrolling news.

01:11:14Don't waste energy

01:11:15on that garbage.

01:11:16He took my phone

01:11:18and pulled me

01:11:18against him.

01:11:20I'm worried

01:11:21the resonance

01:11:22between us

01:11:23could drag frost.

01:11:26Capital down

01:11:27one day.

01:11:28Ethan hooked

01:11:29an arm around

01:11:29my waist

01:11:30and held me tight.

01:11:31The resonance

01:11:32isn't a curse.

01:11:33You're not

01:11:34draining me.

01:11:35It goes both ways.

01:11:37I need you too.

01:11:39You gave me

01:11:40something I never had.

01:11:41The feeling

01:11:42of being truly alive.

01:11:44You're scared

01:11:45I'll run

01:11:47to protect you.

01:11:49Yes.

01:11:50I'm scared.

01:11:51He admitted it

01:11:52straight.

01:11:52No shields.

01:11:53You were ready

01:11:53to disappear.

01:11:55Alone

01:11:55to keep me safe.

01:11:57Jade

01:11:57I don't need protection.

01:11:59I need you

01:12:00to stay

01:12:01right here

01:12:02with me.

01:12:03I wrapped

01:12:03my arms

01:12:04around his neck

01:12:05and bit down

01:12:05on his collarbone

01:12:06leaving clear marks.

01:12:08Fine.

01:12:09If you want me

01:12:10to stay

01:12:10promise me

01:12:11one thing.

01:12:13If the resonance

01:12:14ever acts off

01:12:15you tell me

01:12:17immediately.

01:12:18No hiding.

01:12:19Ethan looked

01:12:19at the marks

01:12:20then at my eyes

01:12:20and pulled me

01:12:21closer.

01:12:22Deal.

01:12:23I promise.

01:12:25The next afternoon

01:12:27I walked

01:12:28into Ethan's

01:12:28office

01:12:29during a serious

01:12:30international

01:12:30video call.

01:12:31He hit mute

01:12:32waved me in

01:12:33and pulled me

01:12:34into the chair

01:12:34beside him.

01:12:35He continued

01:12:35the call

01:12:36in fluent

01:12:36ruthless

01:12:37German

01:12:37while I

01:12:38watched him

01:12:38work.

01:12:40Who would

01:12:41believe it?

01:12:42The hardest

01:12:43man in America

01:12:44is secretly

01:12:46this earnest

01:12:47guy

01:12:47who doesn't

01:12:48know how to

01:12:49say he loves

01:12:49me

01:12:50without looking

01:12:51lost.

01:12:51Ethan missed

01:12:52half a beat

01:12:53in his sentence

01:12:54then recovered

01:12:55with icy precision

01:12:56and ended

01:12:56the call.

01:12:57He pulled

01:12:58off his tie

01:12:58and stood

01:12:59towering

01:13:00over me.

01:13:01Jade

01:13:02you're getting

01:13:03bolder

01:13:03every day.

01:13:05What exactly

01:13:06did you just

01:13:06call me?

01:13:08I poked

01:13:09his leg

01:13:09with my foot

01:13:10innocently.

01:13:11I didn't say

01:13:11anything?

01:13:12His hand

01:13:12shot under

01:13:13the desk

01:13:13and gripped

01:13:14my ankle.

01:13:15You called

01:13:15me an

01:13:16emotionally

01:13:16stemped

01:13:17idiot

01:13:18who can't

01:13:19express himself.

01:13:20That was

01:13:20in my head.

01:13:21You can't

01:13:22punish

01:13:22thought crimes.

01:13:23Ethan leaned

01:13:23in breath

01:13:24hot against

01:13:24my lips.

01:13:25You're

01:13:25right.

01:13:26I'm not

01:13:27great at

01:13:27this in

01:13:27front of

01:13:28others.

01:13:29So tell

01:13:30me Miss

01:13:30Advisor

01:13:30where and

01:13:31how exactly

01:13:32do you want

01:13:32to give

01:13:32me that

01:13:33hands-on

01:13:33lesson?

01:13:34The most

01:13:35repressed

01:13:35man in

01:13:35the world

01:13:36just asked

01:13:36me to

01:13:36teach him

01:13:37how to

01:13:37express

01:13:37feelings

01:13:38and

01:13:38suggested

01:13:39positions.

01:13:40Nothing's

01:13:41wrong.

01:13:42You showed

01:13:43up and

01:13:44all my

01:13:44old rules

01:13:45went out

01:13:45the window.

01:13:48Later

01:13:48that afternoon

01:13:49Leo came

01:13:50into my

01:13:50office looking

01:13:51nervous.

01:13:53Miss

01:13:53Summers,

01:13:54there's

01:13:54something I

01:13:55need to

01:13:55tell you

01:13:55even though

01:13:56Mr. Frost

01:13:56told me

01:13:57not to.

01:13:58What's he

01:13:58been doing

01:13:59behind my

01:13:59back?

01:14:00He's been

01:14:01using every

01:14:01contact the

01:14:02Frost family

01:14:03has, top

01:14:04legal teams,

01:14:05private networks,

01:14:05even Washington,

01:14:06to research ways

01:14:07for non-human

01:14:08entities to gain

01:14:09legal identities.

01:14:10He's building

01:14:11you a complete,

01:14:12legitimate identity

01:14:13in this world.

01:14:14No more

01:14:15hiding.

01:14:15A real

01:14:16one.

01:14:18My throat

01:14:19tightened.

01:14:20He's been

01:14:20doing this

01:14:21quietly since

01:14:21I moved

01:14:22in.

01:14:23He never

01:14:24planned for

01:14:24me to stay

01:14:25in the

01:14:25shadows.

01:14:26Leo left.

01:14:27I stared

01:14:28out at the

01:14:28glittering

01:14:29Manhattan

01:14:29skyline,

01:14:30eyes blurring

01:14:31with tears.

01:14:32My phone

01:14:33buzzed.

01:14:38Not that

01:14:38many.

01:14:39It's the

01:14:40necessary

01:14:40investment

01:14:41of a

01:14:41husband.

01:14:42I laughed

01:14:42and cried

01:14:43at the

01:14:43same time.

01:14:44Can you

01:14:44please turn

01:14:45off the

01:14:45telepathy

01:14:46for five

01:14:46minutes,

01:14:47you compulsive

01:14:48eavesdropper?

01:14:49Business hours

01:14:50are over.

01:14:51Come home.

01:14:51I'll walk

01:14:52you through

01:14:52everything in

01:14:53the penthouse.

01:14:56That night,

01:14:57Ethan took

01:14:57me to the

01:14:58new rooftop

01:14:58terrace

01:14:59overlooking

01:14:59the city.

01:15:00He handed

01:15:01me a glass

01:15:01of wine

01:15:02and stood

01:15:02at the

01:15:03railing

01:15:03in his

01:15:03white shirt.

01:15:04Where do

01:15:05you want

01:15:05to start,

01:15:06Mrs.

01:15:06Partner?

01:15:07I let

01:15:07my leg

01:15:08brush against

01:15:08his through

01:15:09the slit

01:15:09in my

01:15:10dress.

01:15:10Leo said

01:15:11you're

01:15:11building

01:15:12me

01:15:12a real

01:15:13identity?

01:15:14Independent?

01:15:14Legal?

01:15:15Do you

01:15:15actually

01:15:16think

01:15:16that's

01:15:16possible?

01:15:17On

01:15:18Wall

01:15:18Street,

01:15:19when I

01:15:19decide

01:15:19I

01:15:20want

01:15:20something,

01:15:21impossible

01:15:22doesn't

01:15:23exist.

01:15:23He stepped

01:15:24close,

01:15:24trapping

01:15:25me

01:15:25against

01:15:25the

01:15:25railing.

01:15:26The

01:15:26European

01:15:26trust

01:15:27structure

01:15:27is

01:15:27done.

01:15:28You'll

01:15:28be

01:15:28recognized

01:15:28as

01:15:29the

01:15:29heir

01:15:29of

01:15:29an

01:15:29ancient

01:15:30private

01:15:30dynasty.

01:15:31It's

01:15:31complicated,

01:15:32but it

01:15:32will

01:15:32hold.

01:15:33Why

01:15:33go

01:15:33this

01:15:33far?

01:15:34Hiding

01:15:34in

01:15:35your

01:15:35assets

01:15:35would

01:15:35have

01:15:35been

01:15:35safer

01:15:36for

01:15:41letting

01:15:41you

01:15:41keep

01:15:42one

01:15:42eye

01:15:42on

01:15:42the

01:15:42exit

01:15:43because

01:15:43you're

01:15:43scared

01:15:44of

01:15:44hurting

01:15:44me.

01:15:46He

01:15:46tucked

01:15:46my

01:15:46hair

01:15:47back,

01:15:47then

01:15:47pressed

01:15:48his

01:15:48fingers

01:15:48firmly

01:15:48against

01:15:49my

01:15:49inner

01:15:49thigh.

01:15:50That

01:15:51highest

01:15:51seat

01:15:51has

01:15:52always

01:15:52been

01:15:52yours.

01:15:53Not

01:15:53out

01:15:53of

01:15:53pity.

01:15:54You

01:15:54earned

01:15:55it.

01:15:55I'm

01:15:56completely

01:15:56done

01:15:56for.

01:15:57No

01:15:57succubus

01:15:58could

01:15:58resist

01:15:58a

01:15:58cold,

01:15:59celibate

01:15:59man

01:15:59who

01:15:59decides

01:16:00to

01:16:00love

01:16:00this

01:16:00obsessively.

01:16:01I

01:16:02dropped

01:16:02my

01:16:02glass,

01:16:03slid

01:16:03my

01:16:04hands

01:16:04into

01:16:11interrupt

01:16:12us,

01:16:12don't

01:16:13you

01:16:13think?

01:16:15That

01:16:16night

01:16:16on the

01:16:16rooftop,

01:16:17we

01:16:17lost

01:16:18ourselves

01:16:18in

01:16:18each

01:16:18other

01:16:19under

01:16:19the

01:16:19Manhattan

01:16:19skyline.

01:16:21Straddling

01:16:21him,

01:16:22taking

01:16:22everything

01:16:22he

01:16:22gave,

01:16:23I

01:16:23told

01:16:23him

01:16:24between

01:16:24broken

01:16:24breaths

01:16:25about

01:16:25my

01:16:25life

01:16:25in

01:16:26the

01:16:26abyss

01:16:26and

01:16:26how

01:16:26scared

01:16:27I'd

01:16:27been

01:16:27when

01:16:27I

01:16:27first

01:16:28crossed

01:16:28over.

01:16:29Ethan

01:16:29held

01:16:29my

01:16:30waist,

01:16:30eyes

01:16:30blazing.

01:16:31You're

01:16:32really

01:16:32not

01:16:32scared?

01:16:34In

01:16:34the

01:16:34abyss,

01:16:35all

01:16:36I

01:16:36thought

01:16:36about

01:16:37was

01:16:37draining

01:16:37men

01:16:41deeper,

01:16:42drawing

01:16:42a

01:16:42helpless

01:16:42moan

01:16:43from

01:16:43me.

01:16:44You

01:16:44came

01:16:44from

01:16:45there,

01:16:45but

01:16:45now

01:16:45you're

01:16:46in

01:16:46my

01:16:46bed.

01:16:47By

01:16:47normal

01:16:48logic,

01:16:49shouldn't

01:16:49you have

01:16:49called

01:16:49a

01:16:50priest

01:16:51to

01:16:52exorcate

01:16:52me?

01:16:53Ethan

01:16:53gave

01:16:53a

01:16:53rare

01:16:53wicked

01:16:54smile.

01:16:55Send

01:16:55you

01:16:55back

01:16:56so

01:16:56you

01:16:56can

01:16:56put

01:16:56your

01:16:57hands

01:16:57on

01:16:58some

01:16:58other

01:16:58man's

01:16:58body?

01:16:59Not

01:17:00a

01:17:00chance.

01:17:01He

01:17:01kissed

01:17:01my

01:17:02collarbone.

01:17:05It's

01:17:06complicated

01:17:06here,

01:17:08but

01:17:09you

01:17:09chose

01:17:09my

01:17:09company

01:17:10as

01:17:10your

01:17:10buffet.

01:17:11That

01:17:12means

01:17:12for

01:17:12the

01:17:12rest

01:17:13of

01:17:13your

01:17:13life,

01:17:13you

01:17:14only

01:17:14eat

01:17:14at

01:17:14my

01:17:14table.

01:17:16After

01:17:17a

01:17:17thousand

01:17:17years

01:17:17of

01:17:18hunger,

01:17:19this

01:17:19feels

01:17:20like

01:17:20the

01:17:20luckiest

01:17:21detour

01:17:21in

01:17:21existence.

01:17:23Ethan

01:17:23went

01:17:23still,

01:17:23then

01:17:24laughed

01:17:24and

01:17:24gave

01:17:24my

01:17:24ass

01:17:25a

01:17:25sharp

01:17:25smack.

01:17:26In

01:17:27the

01:17:27middle

01:17:27of

01:17:27this,

01:17:28the

01:17:28best

01:17:28you

01:17:28can

01:17:28think

01:17:29is

01:17:29cosmically

01:17:30lucky.

01:17:31Try

01:17:32I'm

01:17:32the

01:17:32lucky

01:17:32one,

01:17:33thirty

01:17:33years

01:17:33old,

01:17:34and

01:17:35I

01:17:35finally

01:17:36found

01:17:37my

01:17:38little

01:17:38monster.

01:17:41Weeks

01:17:42later,

01:17:42the

01:17:42dust

01:17:42on

01:17:42Wall

01:17:43Street

01:17:43finally

01:17:43settled.

01:17:44Leo

01:17:44and

01:17:45the

01:17:45legal

01:17:45team

01:17:45completely

01:17:46dismantled

01:17:47the

01:17:47Cross

01:17:47Foundation's

01:17:48network.

01:17:49Warren

01:17:49got

01:17:4912

01:17:49years.

01:17:50Victoria

01:17:51got

01:17:51three

01:17:51years

01:17:51for

01:17:52defamation

01:17:52and

01:17:52illegal

01:17:53hacking.

01:17:53She

01:17:54wouldn't

01:17:54show her

01:17:54face

01:17:55in

01:17:55New

01:17:55York

01:17:55again.

01:17:56I

01:17:56watched

01:17:56the

01:17:56footage

01:17:57of

01:17:57her

01:17:57sentencing

01:17:57with

01:17:58zero

01:17:58emotion.

01:18:00Natural

01:18:00consequences.

01:18:01If

01:18:02she'd

01:18:02focused

01:18:02on doing

01:18:03her

01:18:03job

01:18:03instead

01:18:03of

01:18:04trying

01:18:04to

01:18:04destroy

01:18:04me,

01:18:05she'd

01:18:05still

01:18:05have

01:18:05a

01:18:06career.

01:18:07Speaking

01:18:07of

01:18:07the

01:18:08sofa,

01:18:09the

01:18:09leather

01:18:09is

01:18:10nice,

01:18:12but

01:18:12last

01:18:12week

01:18:13when

01:18:13Ethan

01:18:13had

01:18:13me

01:18:14pinned

01:18:14here

01:18:15and

01:18:16used

01:18:16his

01:18:16tide.

01:18:17Across

01:18:17the

01:18:17room,

01:18:17Ethan's

01:18:18pen

01:18:18nearly

01:18:18tore

01:18:19through

01:18:19the

01:18:19contract.

01:18:20He

01:18:20looked

01:18:20up

01:18:20slowly,

01:18:21eyes

01:18:21blazing

01:18:22with

01:18:22barely

01:18:22contained

01:18:23fire.

01:18:23Jade

01:18:24Summers,

01:18:26you've

01:18:27replayed

01:18:27last

01:18:27week on

01:18:28that

01:18:28sofa

01:18:28at

01:18:28least

01:18:28ten

01:18:29times

01:18:29today.

01:18:30I

01:18:30tucked

01:18:30my

01:18:30dress

01:18:31lower

01:18:31and

01:18:31looked

01:18:31at

01:18:31him

01:18:32innocently

01:18:32while

01:18:32turning

01:18:33up

01:18:33the

01:18:33heat

01:18:33in

01:18:33my

01:18:33thoughts.

01:18:34So,

01:18:35quality

01:18:36control?

01:18:38And if

01:18:39I'm also

01:18:39thinking

01:18:39about a

01:18:41live

01:18:41demonstration

01:18:42right

01:18:43now

01:18:43on

01:18:44this

01:18:44sofa

01:18:44with

01:18:45the

01:18:45door

01:18:46locked.

01:18:46Ethan

01:18:47took

01:18:47a

01:18:47slow

01:18:47breath,

01:18:48stood

01:18:48and

01:18:48started

01:18:49unbuttoning

01:18:49his

01:18:50shirt,

01:18:50revealing

01:18:51hard lines

01:18:51of

01:18:51muscle.

01:18:52Then

01:18:52he

01:18:52drew

01:18:53his

01:18:53belt

01:18:53free.

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01:18:56are

01:18:57the

01:18:57highest

01:18:57level

01:18:58of

01:18:58trouble

01:18:58this

01:18:59office

01:18:59has

01:19:00ever

01:19:00seen.

01:19:04But

01:19:05since

01:19:05you've

01:19:05been

01:19:05sending

01:19:06that

01:19:06invitation

01:19:07all

01:19:07afternoon,

01:19:08if you

01:19:09even

01:19:09think

01:19:09about

01:19:10hiding

01:19:10under

01:19:11the

01:19:11desk

01:19:11again,

01:19:13you

01:19:14won't

01:19:14like

01:19:15what

01:19:16happens

01:19:16next.

01:19:17It's

01:19:17when the

01:19:17most

01:19:18controlled

01:19:18man

01:19:18in the

01:19:18world

01:19:19turns

01:19:19dangerous

01:19:19with

01:19:20a

01:19:20belt

01:19:20and

01:19:20that

01:19:20look,

01:19:21that's

01:19:21not

01:19:21a

01:19:21man

01:19:21anymore.

01:19:22That's

01:19:23a

01:19:23natural

01:19:23disaster.

01:19:24He

01:19:24pushed

01:19:25me

01:19:25down

01:19:25onto

01:19:25the

01:19:25sofa,

01:19:26pinned

01:19:26my

01:19:26wrists

01:19:27and

01:19:27wrapped

01:19:27the

01:19:27belt

01:19:27around

01:19:28them.

01:19:28He

01:19:29bit

01:19:29my

01:19:29lower

01:19:29lip

01:19:29voice

01:19:30wrecked.

01:19:30I

01:19:31heard

01:19:31that.

01:19:32Focus.

01:19:35Three

01:19:35months

01:19:36later,

01:19:36in

01:19:36deep

01:19:36autumn,

01:19:37the

01:19:37first

01:19:37snow

01:19:38fell

01:19:38on

01:19:38Manhattan.

01:19:39Ethan

01:19:40had

01:19:40bought

01:19:40a

01:19:40new

01:19:40penthouse

01:19:41with

01:19:41a

01:19:41breathtaking

01:19:42view

01:19:42over

01:19:42the

01:19:43city.

01:19:43I

01:19:43stood

01:19:44at

01:19:44the

01:19:44floor

01:19:44to

01:19:44ceiling

01:19:45windows

01:19:45when

01:19:45a

01:19:45hot,

01:19:46bare

01:19:46hand

01:19:46pulled

01:19:47me

01:19:47back

01:19:47against

01:19:47his

01:19:48solid

01:19:48body.

01:19:49New

01:19:49place.

01:19:50Do

01:19:50you

01:19:50like

01:19:50it?

01:19:51I

01:19:51love

01:19:51it.

01:19:52So,

01:19:53Mr.

01:19:53CEO,

01:19:54you

01:19:54bought

01:19:54the

01:19:54penthouse

01:19:59sound vibrating

01:20:00through

01:20:00me.

01:20:00Not a

01:20:01recreation.

01:20:01I

01:20:02want

01:20:02every

01:20:02day

01:20:02you

01:20:03spend

01:20:03in

01:20:03this

01:20:03world

01:20:03to

01:20:04have

01:20:04this

01:20:04view.

01:20:05Your

01:20:05city

01:20:05and

01:20:06mine

01:20:06together.

01:20:07I

01:20:07turned,

01:20:07let

01:20:07my

01:20:08hand

01:20:08slide

01:20:08down

01:20:08his

01:20:09abs

01:20:09and

01:20:09hooked

01:20:10into

01:20:10his

01:20:10robe.

01:20:10One

01:20:11thing

01:20:11though,

01:20:11you've

01:20:12gone

01:20:12public

01:20:12with

01:20:13me,

01:20:13split

01:20:14your

01:20:14fortune,

01:20:16told

01:20:16the

01:20:16world

01:20:17I'm

01:20:17yours,

01:20:19and

01:20:19you

01:20:20still

01:20:20haven't

01:20:20given

01:20:20me

01:20:20one

01:20:21proper

01:20:21engagement

01:20:22ring.

01:20:22On

01:20:22human

01:20:23timelines,

01:20:23that's

01:20:24a

01:20:29who

01:20:29only

01:20:30cares

01:20:30about

01:20:30energy.

01:20:31Does

01:20:32it

01:20:32really

01:20:32matter?

01:20:33I

01:20:33thought

01:20:33stubbornly.

01:20:34Probably

01:20:35not.

01:20:36Because

01:20:36whether

01:20:37it's

01:20:37the

01:20:37assets

01:20:37or

01:20:38that

01:20:38insane

01:20:38body

01:20:39of

01:20:39his,

01:20:39I

01:20:39decided

01:20:40long

01:20:40ago

01:20:40I'm

01:20:41keeping

01:20:41both.

01:20:42For

01:20:42life.

01:20:43No

01:20:44returns.

01:20:44Heard

01:20:44every

01:20:45word.

01:20:46The

01:20:46last

01:20:46of his

01:20:47cool

01:20:47distance

01:20:47melted.

01:20:48He

01:20:48pulled

01:20:48out

01:20:49a

01:20:49small

01:20:49velvet

01:20:49box.

01:20:50Inside

01:20:50was

01:20:51a

01:20:51simple

01:20:51elegant

01:20:52antique

01:20:52silver

01:20:52band.

01:20:53Had

01:20:53it

01:20:53ready

01:20:53since

01:20:54the

01:20:54day

01:20:54you

01:20:54moved

01:20:54in.

01:20:55Last

01:20:55night

01:20:56after

01:20:56you

01:20:56wore

01:20:56me

01:20:56out

01:20:56and

01:20:57fell

01:20:57asleep

01:20:57I

01:20:57measured

01:20:58your

01:20:58finger.

01:20:58He

01:20:58slid

01:20:59the

01:20:59ring

01:20:59onto

01:20:59my

01:20:59finger

01:21:00with

01:21:00complete

01:21:00ownership.

01:21:01Perfect

01:21:02fit.

01:21:03Of

01:21:03course

01:21:04it

01:21:04is.

01:21:04This

01:21:04man

01:21:05is

01:21:05precise

01:21:05about

01:21:06everything.

01:21:06For

01:21:07the

01:21:07first

01:21:07time

01:21:07in

01:21:07forever

01:21:08I

01:21:08didn't

01:21:08run.

01:21:09I

01:21:09rose

01:21:10on

01:21:10my

01:21:10toes

01:21:10and

01:21:10kissed

01:21:11him

01:21:11deep

01:21:11real

01:21:11and

01:21:12full

01:21:12of

01:21:12everything

01:21:12I

01:21:13felt.

01:21:14Ethan

01:21:14Frost

01:21:15Thank

01:21:15you

01:21:16for

01:21:16finding

01:21:16a

01:21:17stray

01:21:17little

01:21:17monster

01:21:18and

01:21:18giving

01:21:18her

01:21:19a

01:21:19real

01:21:19reason

01:21:19to

01:21:20stay.

01:21:22Thank

01:21:23you

01:21:23for

01:21:23falling

01:21:23out

01:21:24of

01:21:24whatever

01:21:24clack

01:21:24in

01:21:25the

01:21:25universe

01:21:25you

01:21:25came

01:21:25from

01:21:26and

01:21:26landing

01:21:26in

01:21:26my

01:21:26office.

01:21:27He

01:21:28cupped

01:21:28the

01:21:28back

01:21:28of

01:21:28my

01:21:29head

01:21:29and

01:21:29kissed

01:21:29me

01:21:29back

01:21:30deep

01:21:30and

01:21:31warm.

01:21:32Outside

01:21:32snow

01:21:33fell

01:21:33quietly

01:21:34over

01:21:34the

01:21:34glittering

01:21:34city.

01:21:35After

01:21:36countless

01:21:36years

01:21:36of

01:21:37hunger

01:21:37my

01:21:37soul

01:21:38had

01:21:38finally

01:21:38found

01:21:39home.

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