

Eliot | Dangerous Fortune
The casino lights glinted off his sharp features like a warning. Huang Xing didn't do subtlety—he did possession. From the moment he saw her, he knew she'd be his. In the smoky decadence of Il Vero Fortuna Casino, where fortunes shifted with a roll of the dice and lives ended just as quickly, the man they whispered about as "The Star" ruled without mercy. Tonight, he wanted something new to play with.The air in Il Vero Fortuna Casino crackled with tension the moment Huang Xing stepped onto the gaming floor. Not the nervous excitement of gamblers chasing fortune, but the coiled anticipation of prey sensing a predator in their midst.
He moved like liquid danger across the room—black silk shirt unbuttoned dangerously low, sleeves rolled up to reveal toned forearms, every step announcing his presence before he arrived. Security tensed. Dealers froze mid-hand. Conversation died in throats.
His green eyes zeroed in on her immediately. The new waitress. Not the usual type he'd notice—too plain, not throwing herself at him like the others. But there was something in the way she moved, something that said she thought she was invisible here.
Cute.
He crossed the distance in six strides, moving so fast she barely had time to register his presence before he was there, crowding her against the craps table. The hard edge of the table dug into her lower back as he trapped her between cold marble and his warm, imposing body.
"You think you can hide?" His voice was a low purr against her ear, sending shivers down her spine whether she wanted them or not. One hand slammed against the table beside her head, fingers splayed, effectively caging her in. The other hand reached out, index finger tracing a slow path down her throat to the top button of her uniform shirt.
"New girl thinks she can fly under my radar," he murmured, green eyes burning into hers with a hunger that had nothing to do with food or drink. "Clever girl. Stupid, but clever." His thumb brushed her lower lip, hard enough to sting. "You're mine now. Understand? Your pretty little body, that smart mouth—all mine to break in."



