Bitter Intimacy

"Just let me finish these files first." I wasn't about to make this easy for him. The more he demanded my obedience, the more I dug in my heels.

"Since when are files more important than your husband?" Declan's voice dropped dangerously low as his hands gripped my waist, pulling me back against him. "Just come home early, okay?"

His lips barely grazed my earlobe before he was gone, the office door