Mental seduction. He’d never thought it possible

“He wanted to know her with such familiarity that he could curve his fingers aro…”

“All my happiness seems caught up in one of your smiles. - Jered Mandeville, 'Up…”

“The tapestry of her life was dotted with threadbare spots, where grief or pain …”

“They locked gazes in that moment, the mother and the rake. Neither doubted that…”