A Cold Heart , Burned for Him
Ch ~ 3
The storm outside hadn’t touched her. Not a hair out of place, not a breath uneven.
Selene walked into Kade’s office like she owned the building.
He didn’t look up at first, but he felt her before he saw her—like gravity shifting in the room.
Kade Ashbourne
“You don’t know how to stay away,” he said without turning.
Selene D' Arkane
“No,” . “But neither do you.”
Kade Ashbourne
He glanced at her then, eyes narrowed. “You disappeared after the business party. I assumed you were licking your wounds.”
Selene D' Arkane
“That would require you actually landing a hit.”
There was venom in their words, but the kind that lingered sweetly on the tongue.
She leaned against his desk
Selene D' Arkane
“You’ve been digging. Trying to find out who I answer to.”
Kade Ashbourne
Don’t like being manipulated.”
Selene D' Arkane
“And yet, you’re still playing the game.”
He stood slowly, his presence dark and deliberate.
Kade Ashbourne
“Tell me who sent you.”
Selene tilted her head, amused
Selene D' Arkane
“Still clinging to that idea? That I’m someone’s pawn?”
Kade Ashbourne
“You’re working for someone. No one moves like you without backing.”
She stepped closer, slow as a loaded gun.
Selene D' Arkane
“Oh, Mr Ashbourne ... you still don’t get it
Selene D' Arkane
“I’m not working for anyone.”
Her voice dropped to a whisper.
Selene D' Arkane
Am the one they fear. I built the network. I give the orders. I pull the strings. And you—” she tapped a finger to his chest “—you just happened to catch my attention.”
His heart thudded once. Hard.
Selene’s eyes softened for a fraction of a second, then hardened like glass.
Selene D' Arkane
“Because you’re not as clean as you pretend to be. And because power recognizes power.”
He stepped closer until there was nothing but heat between them.
Kade Ashbourne
“Are you threatening me?”
Selene D' Arkane
“I’m choosing you.”
She paused at the door and turned back, voice velvet and venom.
Selene D' Arkane
“But don’t confuse that with mercy. I can be very kind to the people I like, Mr Ashbourne. But to the ones who disappoint me... I don’t just ruin them. I erase them.”
Kade stood in the silence, every defense he had shaken.
He’d miscalculated.
She wasn’t the bait.
She was the trap.
Kade Ashbourne
"Her mouth speaks in threats, but her eyes beg me to play her game. And I’m already addicted.""She’s poison laced in silk, and I’m sipping her like a man starved for ruin."
Selene D' Arkane
"I don’t need to seduce him. I just exist—and he comes undone.""He thinks he’s devouring me. But I’m the one who set the table
Selene D' Arkane
"I don’t break men. I make them fall—and watch them thank me for it."
Innocent author
To be continued ~~
Innocent author
Till then like ,subscribe , comment and don't forget to share your opinions.
Comments