He Knows When You’re Awake: A Naughty or Nice Novel

by Alta Hensley

He’s gorgeous. Tall, with dark hair and eyes that seem to look right through me. But it’s not just his looks. There’s an aura of power around him, like he’s used to commanding every room he enters. And right now, those penetrating brown eyes are fixed solely on me.

“This necklace makes me want to do dirty things. Raw, unhinged things,” he admits, his voice barely above a whisper. “It makes me want to see what you’d look like surrendering. I think this necklace could unleash the inner beast in anyone.”

this is dramatic

He’s been watching me, studying me . . . and I hate that I love it. That I crave his attention like it’s oxygen. That some part of me wants to belong to him, even when I know I shouldn’t.

“Some risks are worth taking.”

For once in my life, I stop analyzing, stop planning, stop thinking about what comes next. There’s just this—Sloane

Desire floods through me at the thought of belonging to this man so completely—even if it’s just for tonight. For now, that feels like enough. More than enough, actually; it feels like everything I never knew I needed until this very moment.

Let them all see that she’s not just mine. She’s a force of her own.