Tonight You Are Mine

He isn’t my brother and he isn’t my friend. He’s simply a man with whom, year after year, I end up meeting at my grandmother’s birthday party. Cold, closed off, prim, unbearable—that’s what I thought about him until today.

His gaze can make blood boil in the veins; his touch can turn my head; his voice can awaken feelings I didn’t even know I had…

Alex Adderley—curse that you should run from without looking back. And I won’t be the exception…

But what do you do if you’re left alone in a room with no windows and no doors?

Photos used: “Back view. businessman” by ASDF_MEDIA and “Amazing woman portrait” by Irina Bg, Shutterstock. Contains obscene language.