Encore of the Avenging Muse (Sylvia and Rupert)

Chapter 349

Looking into her eyes, Rupert found it almost impossible to hold himself back.

Even the stray strand of her hair brushing across his nose seemed to tease him, stirring something deep inside.

Before Sylvia could react, he leaned down and brushed his lips gently against hers, barely a whisper of a kiss.

But in the next heartbeat, his hand slid to the back of her neck, possessively deepening the kiss. It was intense, but brief; his clenched fist hovered near her ear, and Sylvia could actually hear the restrained tension in the way he held himself back.

Rupert stared at her, voice low. "Sylvia, you really are something else."

Sylvia blinked, confused by his words.

But he didn't give her a chance to ask. Instead, he tugged her down beside him, pulling the covers over them both.

"Get some more sleep," he murmured.

Sylvia squirmed, tried to push him away, but he wouldn't budge. She sighed in surrender and closed her eyes.

Out in the hallway-

Bridget gripped the doorknob so tightly her knuckles turned white. She stared at the two of them curled up together, trembling with rage.

But she didn't dare fling the door open. Instead, she spun around, holding back the urge to scream.

She'd barely reached the elevators when a hand clamped over her mouth and yanked her into the stairwell.

Dazed, she barely had time to process before a man, breathless and wild-eyed, crashed his lips onto hers with a bruising kiss.

and when she shoved him away, she finally saw

Get your hands off

face, kissing her forehead, then the tip of her

did you

That's all you ever think about! I asked you

and you can't even get that right. And you have

turned her back on

from behind, nuzzling into the crook of her neck

care of it, and I

glinted. She spun to face him, wrapping her

"Really?"

course," Caleb said with

into a

...

off to sleep, Rupert slipped

car and lit a cigarette, exhaling the first drag before glancing

tailed,"

eyes up to the rearview mirror. Sure enough, the same white van had been

Rupert in the mirror, then cut across three lanes and

silence, considering. "They're being awfully persistent. Someone's been

trained bodyguard-ditching a tail was child's play

and pulled out his

up, Rupert? If you're looking for Caleb, he's out on medical leave. You know how it is-he's a

but he's the top of his

and the professors love him. Got hurt, so they sent