Viya's POV
The pleading tone in his voice caught me off guard. Caesar Blackwood never begged—not for anything, not from anyone. Yet here he was, asking me with a vulnerability I'd never heard before.
I hesitated, my heart hammering against my ribs. The idea both terrified and excited me. We were in an empty VIP room where anyone could walk in, yet something about the danger made my pulse race.
"What if someone comes in?" I whispered, my voice barely audible.
"I locked the door," he assured me, his thumb caressing my bottom lip. "But we'll have to be quick."
His gray-blue eyes looked into mine with such intensity that I felt myself melting under his gaze. As if under a spell, I slowly sank to my knees, my legs trembling beneath me.
"That's it, baby," he murmured, his gra
