POVMillieWhat have I done?I’m so stupid. I got an innocent man punched in the face and almost killed. The rage that I saw in X was beyond frightening.The girls and I just got back to the suite and I can’t stop pacing around.“Wow that was really something,” Alina says shaking her head.“What were you thinking Millie?! All of this? This was all to piss off X?” Steph says moving her hands up and down from my head to toe in disappointment.“Not exactly…” I say embarrassed.“I’m sorry you guys, I really am, I didn’t know he’d flip out like that.” I continue.“See Millie, that’s the thing, you didn’t know, because you don’t know him, you don’t know what he’s capable of and honestly that was nothing. We all tried to warn you of this.” Steph says angrily.Alina and Mia are just looking at their feet because they’re obviously feeling awkward right now.I cover my eyes with my hands feeling humiliated by my actions knowing exactly what I was doing when I kissed that random guy. I wanted to
POVXFuck, she’s so hot right taking control I’m getting harder by the second.I break away from the kiss again and she moans in disappointment, I laugh to myself.Her lips are swollen now and I look into her beautiful unique eyes and then down to the zipper of my hoodie that she has on, concealing her sexy ass body.I take the zipper between my fingers and slowly drag it down taking in the unbelievable sight before my eyes. I reached the bottom and pull the hoodie off her shoulders letting it slip to the ground.I take her in for another intoxicating kiss and grab her by the waist while doing so.This girl will be the death of me, I can’t get enough.I move my lips and trail them down to her neck, she smells like vanilla. I gradually motion my hands down to her ass and greedily grab a handful in each palm.I lift her up and lean her against the wall behind her, never leaving my hands off of her ass.I go in for another kiss, biting her sweet lips every now and then, and her doing th
POVMillieJulian and Steph walk into the suite and without a word or even a look X is gone.My heart feels as if it’s imploding by the lack of his presence, his touch, just him.Steph runs over to me and hugs me “Are you okay Millie?” she asks while petting my hair.“Yeah, I’m okay,” I say.Julian is standing there looking at us and when Steph pulls away from the hug, Julian has a raised eyebrow, eyeing the hoodie I’m wearing, X’s hoodie.He says nothing though, I know he can probably piece together what he just broke up.He walks over to Steph and whispers something in her ear and she nods, he kisses her cheek and leaves, closing the door behind him.“C'mon let’s get ready for bed and we’ll talk,” Steph says.I nod and follow her into the bedroom. After we’re finished changing and get ready for bed, we lie down, only leaving a small lamp on to still see each other while we talk.“So what happened? I was so worried about you that I immediately ran back to the club to get Julian.” Ste
POVXJulian and I are sitting on the plane on our way to Madrid. Normally, we would take a private jet but when it’s such short notice and such a long flight, we fly commercial.Julian turns to face me in his seat and asks “So why was the girl wearing your hoodie last night?”I roll my eyes, “shut up man”He laughs, “You’re in deeper than I thought.”I give him a deadly look “Would you just go to sleep or somethin?”He lifts his hands in surrender and laughs more.“You could’ve killed Rio with that knife you pulled out ya know?” Julian says.And I would’ve succeeded if you didn’t pull me away,” I say with an attitude.“C'mon man, over a girl?” he says truly curious.“That’s not what it’s about…” I say wanting to end this stupid fucking conversation.“Alright man, my bad.” he says and I know he’s not believing a word I say, but trying to keep me calm.Julian turns back to a forward-facing position and closes his eyes, I do the same but I don’t fall asleep. I can’t stop thinking about
POVMillieI arrive at Chase’s apartment building and park where he told me to before I left the house. I hope this isn’t going to be awkward staying with my ex-boyfriend but my choices are slim to none at this point. If I stay with him for a week I can probably afford a motel until I move into my apartment that is only ten minutes away from here. I step out of the car and walk up the few steps and into the lobby.This apartment building is beautiful, it has a small fountain inside and it makes me instantly think of X. I look away not wanting to let the thought of him in my head any more than he already is.I walk over to the elevator and hit the arrow facing up. When I get in I press the 4 button, it lights up and I let it take me up. The door opens and I search for apartment 411, when I find it I knock on the cream-colored door.After a few seconds of waiting, Chase opens the door and I shrug my shoulders with a small smile. “I’m sorry Chase,” I say embarrassed.“Please Millie, don’
POVXWe just finished up the meeting with Marco and it went well, I got what I wanted out of it and so did he. Now we just have to seal a deal with Hugo in Colombia and we’re golden. I know Hugo will make me work for what I want, it’s just how he works. We leave Marcos's office and we make plans to go out tomorrow to celebrate and the following morning we’ll head back home.We get back to the hotel and Julian and I go back to my room, order takeout discuss what happened at the meeting, and have some drinks. Eventually, Julian leaves back to his room and I pull out my phone to text Millie.Me: hey baby Millie:heyMe: what have you been up to while I’ve been gone?Millie: not too much, you? Me: just meetings, wish you were hereMillie: me too She’s being pretty short with me so I just leave her be, maybe she’s busy right now. I set my phone down and fall asleep.…I spend the day just chilling and taking business phone calls throughout the day, nothing new. We’re leaving in an hour
POVMillieThis is it.He's found out a lot sooner than I expected.I’m sitting in my temporary room on the bed when the calls start rolling in. I watch his number pop up over and over and then he texts me.X: Baby please call me Those words break my heart.I know I’ll give in if I keep staring at the phone. I block him, not because I want to, but because it’s for the best.Our worlds couldn’t be more different and one of us will even up being heartbroken in the end, high chances it will be me. I’ve been heartbroken too many times in the last few years and not particularly relationship-wise but just in general and I can’t take anymore.Steph texts meHe knows, Julian won’t stop calling me. I finally had to pick up and I told him you were able to start your lease early. I don’t know if he bought it though. just wanted you to be aware. I text her backI know, thanks steph Ugh, why is this happening?I hear Chase gently knock on the door “Hey Millie, dinner is done.”I’m not even hung
POVXWhen we land back in California, I immediately go back to my house to find answers.I'm feeling betrayed by everyone right now and it’s just fueling the rage in me. Millie leaving was done so planned and sneakily, they found the perfect opportunity to wait until I was out of the country to do this.I should just let Millie be and say fuck her for leaving but I know why she left, she doesn’t feel safe anymore, and there are too many outsiders on her case. I want to show her I can keep her safe and rid of anyone who’s giving her a hard time, I just want to be around her and I know she wants the same or she wouldn’t have given in to me the night before I left.When I arrive at the house, I go straight to Stephanie’s room and bang on the door.Stephanie opens the door and I barge in letting myself through.“Where is she, Stephanie?” I demand.“X…” she says cautiously.“Don’t even think about fucking lying to my face right now, I know she’s not in her new apartment,” I say enraged.S
POV Millie 6 months later “Ow!” I screech out. “Well if you’d just hold still!” X says looking up at me. “Are you sure you’ve tattooed someone before and I’m not the first?” I ask starting to regret my decision. He keeps his gaze on me and shakes his head in disbelief, “I’ve done this before baby, I’ve tattooed Julian plenty of times.”“Seriously? Julian? That’s not making me feel any better,” I say shaking my head back at him. He laughs, “I’m hurt you don’t trust me.” “Oh, whatever,” I roll my eyes at him and he gets back to work on my arm. The past six months have been quite life-changing but also in a good way. Julian proposed to Steph last month. I swear I question his mindset sometimes. He pulled another psychopath role-play scenario scaring her to death. “Marry me or I’ll kill you” I mean c’mon Julian…she’s been traumatized after walking in on me drenched in blood that day. My mind goes back to that day. It was a beautiful disaster. Stone worked overtime cleaning the
POVMillie & X XAs soon as the words fall from Stephanie’s mouth that Millie is in trouble I book it out of the door. I practically fly down the stairs, holding onto the railing for support but jumping four stairs at a time. Time is of the essence, every second that passes is a second closer to Millie’s death. I don’t know Dani’s motive here but I can only assume the worst. I’m finally on the third level of the house, sprinting through the hall. I hear Stephanie and Julian behind me, gasping for air as they try to keep up for Millie’s sake. A thunderous bang fills my ears and my heart plummets immediately. A gunshot. I want to fall to my fucking knees and die. “No!” Stephanie cries out but continues running behind. “309! It’s 309!” Stephanie sobs breathlessly. 312, 311, 310, 309! I instantaneously slide my master keycard in the door. “Fuck, hurry up!” I scream out kicking the door. Fucks sake an eternity later the green light appears. I hastily open the door barging thro
POVMillie I tell Steph I need some pain relievers for an oncoming headache but really, my nervousness has gotten the better of me. In the past two weeks, X has been a madman in his office for more hours than not. I’m not entirely sure what is going on or if it’s just investigating the incident from two weeks prior. Sure, I told him I thought it was Dani that one day but I chose not to press the issue after, for now at least. I roam the hall for a few minutes, something in my gut is feeling…off? I feel the presence of someone behind me, I go to turn around but I’m pushed against the wall, hard. “Don’t. say. A. Word” a husky voice from behind me demands. Fear strikes me within. Could this be X role-playing the way Julian and Steph did? Something tells me no though. I know X’s touch, his scent, his body and this is not it, it’s not him. The fear creeps over every inch of my body and into terror. I’m forced to move my legs to a black door and I’m slammed against it facing forward
POVX“Ah, what the fuck man,” Julian complains as I hit yet another solid ball into the pocket. I smirk his way taking all the glory as I’m currently kicking his ass in pool. “Gimme the lighter,” I say with my hand open towards his way. He hands me the red Bic lighter. I spark it up and light up my joint, take a hard hit, and hand the joint to Julian. “Good shit,” I say and then blow the smoke out in his face. “Fuck you, bro,” he says as it goes straight into his eyes. Oops. “Shoot your shot already,” I badger him.I sit on the crocodile brown leather bar stool and lean forward to watch him miss the shot. “Calm your tits,” he says concentrating on the yellow-striped ball. “Fuck yeah!” He yells out, dammit he got it. My phone vibrates in my pocket and I lean myself backward to reach inside the pocket of my black jeans to retrieve it. My spine stiffen from the text from an unknown number. +34 85601-1337You fucked up X. Now you’re going to pay. Blood will be shed Who the
POV Stephanie I bring my computer to life, type in my password, and open up the browser to search for morning flights. “Do you think everything is okay?” Millie asks me laced with suspicion. “Yeah mills, don’t worry this isn’t unusual,” I remark calmly. “Okay,” she balls her hands into a fist on her lap. She notably looks uncomfortable as I go to work and it’s distracting me. “I think I’m getting a bit of a headache, do you mind if I grab some ibuprofen from your room?” She asks rubbing her head. “Oh yeah for sure,” I say handing her my keycard and she gets up stepping out of the office. Okay, now I can actually concentrate. I click on various flights, Julian didn’t say anything about a return flight so I choose a one-way ticket until advised otherwise. I book them their usual hotel rooms for three nights, once again, I can adjust it at any time. I text Julian that they have a flight booked for 9:30 tomorrow morning. I close my computer down, turn off my office light, and
POV Millie It’s been an extremely interesting last couple of days. I sit on X’s lap wrapped in a light blanket on the balcony while we watch Julian and Slim risk their lives lighting off fireworks, the real Fourth of July. Although I hold my breath every time they bring a flame to the firecracker, the beauty of the lights over the ocean almost makes it worth one of them losing an arm. I snuggle into X’s hard warm body, wishing to be cocooned into him forever. I’m a lot more at peace now, X sat me down and explained his talk with Dani which I appreciate him doing. She’s still on my shit list though and I promise she’ll pay. …It’s Friday evening and It’s been two weeks since the Fourth of July. I’m physically and mentally in a better place but I of course still have my moments. X and I have been in a much better place as well since our brawl that one night. “Oh my gosh, you guys! We need to discuss chapter 23!” Mia says fanning her face. Oh yeah, somehow in the past two week
POVXI pull Dani outside of the door and close it behind me. I run my fingers through my hair in frustration towards Millie. I don’t know what that shit was but this is obviously not working out right now. “Dani, look,” I start off as she looks up at me expectantly. “Millie is not okay right now and I apologize,” I say trying to be nice. “Look, X, it’s fine. She’s hurting right now and she needs someone to blame, it’s okay, I understand it and I’m not taking it personally,” she says being mature about the whole situation. “Thank you, but like I said, she’s not okay. Something about you is triggering her. She may be out of line right now but she is my main priority. I’m not firing you but I need you to stay away from me. As for work goes, I need you to go to Julian for everything. As for a friend, I like you as a person I really do but I need you to not text me anymore or come here unannounced or at all for that matter. Millie is my main focus and I need to respect her feelings,
POVMillie I’m awoken by a knock at X’s door. X is still sleeping, miles away from me may I add. He was incredibly sweet to take care of me, holding me in the shower, dressing me, and sleeping next to me when I knew he didn’t really want to do any of it but he still did. For me. “X” I gently shake him awake. “What?” He grumbles out. “Someone is at the door,” I say. “Ugh!” He grunts, “stay here I’ll be right back.”He yawns and sleepily sits on the edge of the bed running his fingers through his hair and walks out of the bedroom. I rub my eyes and grab my phone from the nightstand, five o’clock?! My god that’s the longest I’ve slept in days, I really needed that. I have a text from Steph How are you feeling? Let me know if I can bring anything up for you. Do you need a spicy novel? Also, how’d the conversation with X go? That was two hours ago. Hey! Sorry I fell asleep. I’m feeling fine. We haven’t talked yet because we fell asleep. I might need some new yoga pants in a bit
POVXI’m on my tenth set of pull-ups, sweat glistening my entire body. My hair is drenched and pissing me off as it falls to my eyebrows, constantly needing to be pushed back. I’m trying to channel my rage without alcohol and working out is the only way I know how. I’ve been in my gym for two hours now, Julian joined for forty five minutes and then dipped like a weakling. I’m on my sixth rep when my phone vibrates and lights up with a notification. I finish my pull-ups, wipe myself off with a towel, gulp down some water and check my phone. Millie. I can’t do this right now. I do fifty push ups before I decide to text Millie back so I don’t lose my shit on her. She wants to talk tomorrow, I just don’t think I have it in me to face her yet. I don’t respond to her requests because it’s something I need to sleep on. We’ll see how I feel about it later. I do a few sets of Russian twists before I decide to end my workout for the night. I leave the gym dripping sweating, patting mys