Page 61 of The Villain We Tempt

I’ve been fantasizing about your mouth, you know.

Another wave of heat creeps up my neck. My bottom lip retreats between my teeth as a throb pulses in my core.

The Ghost Prince

I want to see you again, Galina.

Two emotions hit at the same time. The first is a spark of shock that comes with him calling me by my name while we’re chatting on my Velvet Villainess account. It’s like he’s showing just how easily he can step over the walls I’ve surrounded myself with.

The second is a snap-back to reality, like a rubber band to the wrist. This isn’t one of my sexy masked fictional book boyfriends.

This is a stranger who hasleverageon me, whoblackmailedme onto my knees the other night with that video he has of me.

Velvet Villainess

Is this a summons?

The Ghost Prince

No. It’s an invitation.

Velvet Villainess

Invitation implies I have a choice. What’s it going to cost me this time?

The Ghost Prince

Is that what you think this is, baby?

Heat tingles over my cheeks.

Baby.

I chew on my lip, glancing over to Ari who is still madly sketching half-naked tattooed men tackling each other. Then I look back at my phone.

Velvet Villainess

You have that video. So yes, that's exactly what I think this is.

There’s a pause before his next DM arrives.

The Ghost Prince

What if I told you there is no video.

I blink rapidly at the screen.

Velvet Villainess

There isn't?

The Ghost Prince

If there wasn’t, would you still want to meet.

The Ghost Prince

Would you still be a good girl for me, little villain?