POV Millie I wake up to only me on the bed, where’s X? I start to overthink everything, maybe he got what he wanted and now he’s done with me. We didn’t have sex last night, and although that’s because I said sex was excluded from the deal of the game, he does only have sex with Adria after all. I’m starting to spiral in my thoughts and I need to stop, he could simply just be in the bathroom, his office, or anywhere else around here. I get up still feeling completely spent after last night and go to the bathroom to freshen up. I get in the shower letting the hot water wash over me. I stare at the meticulous white square tiles that cover the shower walls, everything in this house is so thought out and done with precision. When I’m out of the shower, I go through my bag and pick out a pair of light-wash jeans and a navy blue shirt. I grab my phone off the bed after spending a good two minutes searching for it between blankets and sheets. I have a text from x Hey babe, I
POV Millie I sit on the beach letting my fingers slide through the now cool sand, watching the waves crash on shore. In this moment, I wish the waves would just take me away with them. How much of what Adria said was true? Was she just trying to scare me away again or is it the honest truth and I’m just blind to it all? The thing is, I really don’t know X, he doesn’t owe me anything, we’re not in a relationship, so technically, he could do whatever he wants and I have no say. Who is Aspen though? I’ve never heard of her before, is she another Adria, just in another country? This is all just becoming too much for me, I let my guard down too much with this guy and I need to put it back up or I will be the one paying for it. “Miss me?” I hear a voice from behind me, his voice. Stay strong Millie, stay strong. I look over my left shoulder and there he is, in his usual black hoodie with the hood up, black jeans and hands in his pocket looking as good as ever. He walks
POV X Why do I have to be such a dick? Why couldn’t I just tell her that I thought of her nonstop while I was away, why couldn’t I say I hated leaving her Friday morning, while she lay there naked in my bed looking like a goddess? That I thought about our night together over and over in my head, wanting more, wanting her beautiful lips wrapped around my cock again while I come in her mouth, wanting to get lost in her all over again, to be buried deep inside of her like the air I need to live? But I didn’t, because I’m a fucking idiot. It’s been an hour since I left Millie on the beach and she still hasn’t come up. Why did I have to be so harsh to that sweet, beautiful girl? I’m feeling like shit now. I decide to text her Babe come up now It was a long few days in Colombia, I barely even had time to sleep and now that I’m back home, I’m even more stressed out because Adria loves to stir the pot. I didn’t hook up with her or Aspen while I was there, but I did have to go out to
POV X Why do I have to be such a dick? Why couldn’t I just tell her that I thought of her nonstop while I was away, why couldn’t I say I hated leaving her Friday morning, while she lay there naked in my bed looking like a goddess? That I thought about our night together over and over in my head, wanting more, wanting her beautiful lips wrapped around my cock again while I come in her mouth, wanting to get lost in her all over again, to be buried deep inside of her like the air I need to live? But I didn’t, because I’m a fucking idiot. It’s been an hour since I left Millie on the beach and she still hasn’t come up. Why did I have to be so harsh to that sweet, beautiful girl? I’m feeling like shit now. I decide to text her Babe come up now It was a long few days in Colombia, I barely even had time to sleep and now that I’m back home, I’m even more stressed out because Adria loves to stir the pot. I didn’t hook up with her or Aspen while I was there, but I did have to go out to
POV Millie I arrive at Barney’s a few minutes after eight o'clock, the parking lot is pretty full for a Wednesday night. I walk the distance of the parking lot and make it to the front door. The place is filled with people, mostly around my age from what I can tell. I scan the room for Chase, after a minute or so, I see the back of his head, he’s sitting at the bar. I try to squeeze through people, careful not to knock the drinks out of their hands. The music is loud but not blaring like X’s club. There is currently a band playing on the opposite side of the room. I reach Chase and sit on the dark brown barstool beside him. He’s looking pretty casual tonight, his hair is not done as perfectly as usual, in a good way, and he’s wearing a plain navy blue shirt and jeans. I think I like this look more on him than his regular stiff appearance. He looks me in my eyes first, and then up and down. “Wow, hey Millie, you look great! Thanks for coming,” he says over the band currently playi
POV X Millie's eyes widen at my forwardness, I’ve left her speechless and in deep thought which makes me secretly smile on the inside, I've got her right where I want her. “Let’s go,” I say once more raising an eyebrow in invitation. “Uh,” she says scanning the area where the shitty band is playing and that’s where I see that motherfucker. Chase. What the fuck is she doing here with him? We get into one little argument and she runs into his arms? I'm ready to end this prick once and for all, I start fuming and see Millie is now looking at me out of the corner of my eye. She puts her hand on mine and I look over to her. She has a worried look on her face and shakes her head knowing what I’m thinking. “Please don't cause a scene…” she says. I know better than to cause a scene in a public place, I'm not stupid, even though I do have a few cops that secretly work for me but she doesn't know that, so instead I say one last time, “Then let's fucking go…” I say heated. She nods,
*Warning* This chapter contains in-depth sexual content. POV Millie I know what I have to do. I need this challenge for him to be over. He wants sex and that’s what I intend to give him. I’m not going to do this just to let him have his goal be made, but I genuinely want it too. I know what’s going to happen when it’s over, it’ll be over. He will have gotten what he wanted, and he’ll move on with his life and so will I. It’s what needs to be done for us both to go back to what we know, our worlds are like water and oil, they’ll never mix. I’m in a weird state of mind right now, feeling a bit of sadness because, after tonight, there will be no more X, but at the same time, I am nervous and thrilled to be sharing my body with him. I text Steph to not expect me for a while. When we exit his expensive car, I follow him to the penthouse not saying a word. We get inside and he turns on the lights and leads us to his bedroom where my bags are still sitting on the floor. I
POV Millie It's been forty-five minutes of laying in X’s bed and still no trace of him. His actions tell me everything I need to know, what I have already known, just confirmed. I don’t regret sleeping with him, it was hands down the best physical and emotional connection I’ve ever had with a man, but at the same time, I’m heartbroken. I’ve fallen for this person hard and way too fast. It took me about a year just to question if I loved Chase. I wish it could’ve just worked out with Chase or someone like him, for there to be minimal drama, an easy-going relationship, maybe even a little boring, but most of all, available for a future in some way. With X, it’s a dead end, he got what he wanted all along and now the dead end has been reached. I stand up off the bed and shamefully get dressed feeling worthless. I grab my bags off the floor and walk out of the bedroom with my head down full of depression. I tread down the hallway keeping my eye on the door I need to exit fr
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