Chapter Twenty
“Eat this while we talk. I like to take care of my partners afterwards.” His voice was all rumbling and commanding. A shiver worked its way through me as I took the bowl from his hands. I felt nervous and didn’t think I’d be able to eat much. Picking up a grape, I lifted it to my mouth and took a bite.
King was unable to look away from me as I did. He shook his head before resting his hands onto the table that Shauna had all of her makeup spread out on. I chewed slowly before swallowing.
“I wanted to talk about what happened with you.”
I stilled, the sweetness of the grape suddenly too sweet as it lingered on my tongue. He was watching me so intently and I wished again that he wasn’t wearing the mask so that I could see his face.
“I’m sorry about-”
The door to the dres
