“Fuck!”

Ashvin slammed his hand on the table, sending papers skittering slightly. He rubbed his temples, trying to force focus, but it refused to come. Concentration was impossible. Something had been gnawing at him—someone.

That woman.

Her voice. Her eyes. Her smile.

He had been transfixed the moment he laid eyes on her. That night—it had been perfect. Electric. Wild. Sweet in a way that lingered far longer than it should have.

He remembered the way her lips brushed his skin, the tilt of her h