When it’s her first field mission but something goes wrong.
I pulled Bella back automatically and she obeyed without hesitation. And suddenly, male voices echoed somewhere nearby.
Bella’s eyes snapped to mine at the same moment I identified the direction. There was no time.
I grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the narrow maintenance alcove recessed into the wall beside the stairwell. It was far too small, and it became obvious immediately once we were inside.
Bella hit the wall softly with a startled breath as I moved directly in front of her on instinct, one arm bracing against the wall beside her head as footsteps approached outside. The alcove barely had room for one person comfortably.
Bella’s body was pressed against mine because there was literally nowhere else for her to go.
And suddenly every nerve in my body lit up and registered the situation.
The quick rise and fall of her breathing against my chest.
The heat of her body under the tactical layers.
Her hand instinctively gripping my arm.
Her thigh trapped between mine in the darkness.
It came out rougher than I intended.
Outside the alcove, footsteps moved closer. Bella lifted her head toward me, her eyes locking onto mine above the black mask. I could feel her breath against my neck from how close we were.
Neither of us moved. We couldn’t. And in that moment I wasn’t even sure I wanted to.
My hand was still beside her head, unintentionally caging her between my body and the wall. But my body clearly stopped understanding the word unintentionally.
Tags: Dual POV, Friends with benefits, Billionaire CEO, Coworkers, Forbidden Love, Slow Burn, Secret Relationship.