A Steamy Elevator Ride

[Avery's POV]

"So where exactly are you taking me?" I ask, turning my gaze from the window beside me to Atlas's. "We can't possibly be going to your place since Connor lives there."

"No, not that," he responds. "Even though it would help with our plan, wouldn't it?"

Right, our plan. That was all that was going on here, nothing more and nothing less, so I didn't need to get myself so worked up.

This was all for the sake of revenge for Connor's betrayal, and I couldn't let myself get caught up in thinking otherwise. The man beside me was off-limits emotionally. I could only allow myself to be involved with him physically.

"It would," I confirm, giving him a smirk. "But then we wouldn't be alone."

At my words, a slow smile spreads across Atlas' face as he leans in close so his lips brush against my ear.

"You're lucky we're in a cab right now," he growls, nipping my lobe while the hand behind my head brushes my hair aside so that his fingertips can trail along my skin. "Otherwise, I would