Each sound sent a shiver down her spine, stirring a fire she could neither ignore nor extinguish.
Her body throbbed with desire, every nerve ending aching in frustration, as though it remembered pleasures she had not yet been allowed to feel.
Alexa pressed a hand against her chest, trying to steady the rapid beat of her heart, but the heat radiating from within her would not be quelled.
She felt her breath catch, her skin tingling as if every sound from the other room was a spark igniting the flames of her longing.
Weeks of sexual frustration had accumulated, each day amplifying the ache that now consumed her.
She had been denied, teased by the mere proximity of Ross's energy, by the dominance he held over the women she watched and heard.
Her thoughts became a whirl of desperation.
She remembered Ross's confidence, his effortless ability to satisfy the women around her, and her own inability to claim the same attention.
