MIRAI can hear Halloway's ramblings as Mason holds my arms, pinning me in place. I try to escape but he narrows his eyes at me, and I remain still.Hurt churns in my gut as I remember his words.'Do not disrespect Halloway.' But little miss perfect has the leeway to disrespect me. Not in this life."Yes. I added that to my schedule. I will be there."Mason disconnects the call and stares at my bent head without a word. I can feel his heated gaze all over me."Look at me, Mira." He says finally.I fold my now free arms and keep my head low. I hear his sharp intake of breath just before he wraps his arms around me, slamming me against him.Shock courses through my veins. My eyes go wide, and I dig my nails into his shoulders, trying to maintain my balance.Mason picks me up, walking forward until the backs of my thighs encounter cold, smooth marble. He sets me down on the marble counter and proceeds to stand between my legs, keeping my thighs firmly apart with his fingers wrapped aro
MIRASydney sashays in our direction in a puff of pink and flair. He stops directly before us, holding out a hand to me. I flick a glance at Mason to find his lips twitching with a suppressed smile."And who might this dark haired goddess be?"I place my hand hesitantly in his, and he places a chaste kiss on the back of my palm."Mira. Nice to meet you." I murmur.He eases back, but still holds on to my fingers, while his expressive blue eyes access me."Mm, Mira. You have gorgeous hair. God, think about all the things we could do with that marvellous colour."I smile." Thank you." I like Sydney. He seems like a really great guy." If you're still interested in keeping both your balls, I would advice you to ease off." Comes Mason's cold, steely voice.I freeze. Sydney is obviously gay. There is nothing wrong with him touching me…is there?Thankfully, he eases off without a word of complaint."My apologies, sir. What will I be doing for you today? Do you have a theme in mind?"He dir
MIRA"Can you please go a bit faster?"The driver responds by stepping on the accelerator, propelling the already speeding car forward.I grip the leather seats with shaky fingers, trying to shrug off the feeling of dread that tightens my stomach. "Did he tell you anything?" I ask the stone faced guard for the hundredth time.He shakes his head."I do not believe there is anything to be particularly worried about, Miss. Mr. Lachlan is fine."" You didn't hear him." I retort sharply. " He didn't sound okay." The guard lifts one brow at me and I lower my eyes."Sorry." I whisper, turning to the windows.The beautiful Hawaiian city flies by in a blur. I do not notice it…I do not notice anything other than the tuneless thumping of my heart against my chest. The sun is burning in it's full glory, but I feel strangely cold.I tell myself that I'm just worried about Mason like a fellow human being would, but my subconscious lets out a loud, mocking 'ha! "Sydney's words plague me. I know M
MIRAMason snaps his fingers and the room is instantly illuminated with bright lights. I stare up at him, trying in vain to calm my raging heartbeat.He looks…different. His eyes are dark and glazed over. It appears like he's staring at me, but not actually seeing me. As my fog of fear disappears, I realize that he is trembling above me.His hands pin mine in place over my head, and his hard body is snug between my thighs."Mr. Lachlan?""Do not fucking call me that, Mira!" He roars. I flinch, pressing myself further into the bed. My eyes widen in shock at the intensity of his anger.What the hell has got his knickers in a twist?As if realising that he just yelled at me, the anger drains from his eyes. He sinks his head into the crook of my neck and remains there."You belong to me, Mira." He whispers.I lie still and silent, unsure what to do, or say. I have no idea what has got Mason in this state. After what feels like an eternity with him still wrapped around me, I heave a breat
MIRAI look down at the dress Sydney and I finally agreed upon this afternoon…or I agreed, rather. I do not know if Mason's party is some kind of princess ball, but Sydney kept suggesting those overly expensive, tissue-like, fluffy dresses. I hated all of them.The dress on the bed is expensive, too. Exorbitantly so. The money I spent on it will cost me an arm and a leg to replace, but it was the best dress I saw. I bought it without even thinking about the consequences. Sydney threw a fit.I haven't seen Mason since our little altercation yesterday. He just disappeared. Today, I came out of the bathroom to find a box accompanied with a note.It read,"The party is by nine o'clock tonight. Use the jewelry enclosed in this box, and do not be late."Even the message sounded cold and uncaring. I opened the box and gasped at what I saw. There, lying admidst a nestle of lush pillows was an expensive looking, all diamond choker.Yes, the entire choker is made of diamonds. Real diamonds. I
MIRAThere is anger, and there is just plain jealousy. Right now, Halloway's eyes gleam with both. She accesses me with a narrowed eyed look. Her eyes widen when it fixates on the diamond choker on my neck. A bitchy part of me is suddenly glad I wore it.I lift my chin and stare her down. She pointedly ignores me, giving Mason all her attention."Hey, Mason. How are you?"She rises on her tippy toes and places a kiss on both his cheeks. Mason immediately lets go of my arm. Stunned, I watch as he wraps both arms around Halloway's waist, pulling her close. He places a kiss on her forehead and the cameramen go crazy, snapping and clicking away. My chest tightens with a feeling I cannot explain. The room suddenly feels too hot. Looking at them, the feeling of inadequacy that swamped me when I stepped in here comes back with a vengeance.I step back. Mason doesn't even notice, so I turn and walk away, trying not to grab Halloway by her hair and fling her across the room.Worse still, t
MIRAI place my hand in Devon's, giving him free rein to take the lead. I am well aware that I have just made an alliance with the devil, but I do not particularly care.His eyes light up with a devious expression as he slowly leads me past the talkative ladies, to the dancefloor."She came with one man, but is dancing with another. A true whore." One of the ladies whisper. I pay them no heed. The rage coupled with jealousy that burns deep in my veins makes it difficult to concentrate on anything other than the memory of the soft look in Mason's eyes when he stared at Halloway earlier. He doesn't look at me like that.I am suddenly hit with the realisation that I do not want Mason angry with me 24/7. I want him to look at me that way, too.And that is when I realise I am in trouble. I'm in deep, deep shit.Halloway looks over Mason's shoulder and gives me a smile, looking like the feral cat that got the cream. Her eyes trail to my companion, and they widen almost comically.Devon
MIRA"What the hell, Mira?"My daze begin to clear, and I become aware of the fact that I am pressed firmly against Mason's chest. My chest heaves like I just ran a forty mile marathon – I feel like I just ran a forty mile marathon. I sag against him."Get it off." I whisper."Get what off? And why?"His voice hits something inside me. I snap my head from his chest and level him with an anger filled stare."You!" Without thinking, I begin to beat my fists against his chest. He stops me easily, pinning my flailing arms against my sides. He pulls me against him and growls in my ears,"Stop this nonsense right now, Mira, or I will take you over my knee and spank your arse raw into next week!"Anger literally shoots off me in dangerous sparks. "This is what it was always about, isn't it?!" I'm screaming, but the doors are sound proof so I do not have to worry about anyone listening in on us."You always want to hurt me!" I struggle fiercely against him. " To humiliate me. Why? Why me?!
MIRA “Wake up, princess. It’s getting late.” I blink sleepily, smiling to myself when I catch a whiff of heavenly smelling cologne. With my eyes still firmly shut, I reach out to the source of the delicious scent and my arms instantly come in contact with broad, cloth covered shoulders. With a determined tug, I pull the shoulders closer to myself and it lands against me with a soft thud, then I proceed to sink my face into the neck of the owner of the shoulder and get a better whiff of that addictive scent. “Mmm… you smell so good.” I feel soft, warm lips against my cheek. “Thank you, baby.” That jolts me out of my sleepy state. I open my eyes and I’m immediately assailed by piercing gray eyes. I blink up at him for a second. “Good morning, baby girl.” He whispers. I swallow. “Good morning.” I feel every part of my body tense up, mostly because I believe I have an early morning arousal and the world’s most handsome man is lying almost fully against me. I try to move awa
MASONI should be holding Mira right now. I should be reassuring her of my unlimited devotion. But her confessions earlier struck a chord deep in my heart."Fuck!" I curse into the empty office.Unable to keep sitting still, I walk to the mini wet bar and pour myself a glass of my favourite Cognac. I tip the shot glass and down the contents in one gulp. The sharp burn does nothing to lessen the pain inside of me. It does nothing to quench the fire that burns so desperately for one green eyed, stubborn-as-fuck female.I slam the shot glass on the counter to stop myself from throwing it against the wall.Mira wouldn't want to stay with me unless I admit that I'm in love with her. Am I in love with Mira?The sudden realization has me freezing in my tracks. It hits me out of nowhere, numbing my senses.I walk back to my chair and sink into it. It is either that or fall flat on my face. I've always seen myself as incapable of love or anything related to the term. Turns out, the little
MIRAMason and I fall into each other in a tangled heat of fused mouths and moving hands. He picks me from the bathtub and I hold on to him, enjoying the delicious slide of his wet body against mine.“Wrap your legs around me, baby.” He whispers urgently against my lips, and I comply. He grabs my arse, his fingers digging into the soft skin. The combination of pain and pleasure almost leaves me reeling.My core is already slick and dripping from arousal. My entire body feels like I’ve been set alight with a flaming torch.Mason pins me atop one of the counters in the bathroom. He spreads my legs and steps between them. His hot, hard, throbbing erection brushes against the swollen nub of my clit and I throw my head back, a slight whimper escaping my lips.“Mason. Mason please…”He runs his hot lips over the skin of my neck.“Please what, baby? What do you want?” He whispers against me. “Whatever you want is yours. Whatever you want, baby girl.”“Touch me. Touch me, please.” My voice is
MIRA“Bathe with me.” He says confidently like he hasn’t just made a declaration that has my heart spilt all over his thousand dollar shirt.All traces of sleep departs from me and I stare at him, transfixed. He looks serious. Dead serious.“Is…is this still part of the challenge? Getting me to fall in love with you, I mean.” Because if it is, unfortunately for me, that ship has long sailed. I need to know where all this is coming from.For a moment, Mason says nothing. He simply stares at me, those stormy grays causing havoc to my raging nerves.“Do I look like I’m joking, little flower? Challenge aside, I’ve decided that I want you. I need you with me every single fucking moment.” My breath hitches. “You’re not there for five seconds and I suddenly can’t breathe properly. I remember that whatever is going on here is temporary and I want to smash something against the wall.” He pauses, his chest heaving rapidly. I have never seen him so…worked up. “ I think I’m obsessed with you, Mi
MIRAIt’s eight o’clock and Mason still isn’t back. I left Vanessa’s a while ago after spending enough quality time with my sister and promising to come back. Actually, Darth came up and declared in his usual quiet, lethal manner that the boss wanted me back home. I would have defied him and stayed back, but I want to get this tuition issue out of the way once and for all.That was seven o’clock, almost an hour ago. Now, I sit in the main room and stare unseeingly at the beautiful mini aquarium, worrying myself to death. I started calling him thirty minutes ago. So far, he hasn’t answered any of my calls. Neither has he returned them. He said he was going after those who hurt me. What if they hurt him? My heart squeezes at the thought of him probably lying broken and hurt somewhere with no means of getting help, and I call his phone over and over again. It keeps going to voice mail. I throw the stupid thing against the wall, watching it crack open and fall to the ground with a sick
MASONMira and I have been back to civilization for all of three days and I already want to load her up and take her back. I admit that our little vacation time together was…positively enlightening, but I never wanted it to end. Sadly, the real world was calling. I had to come back and make plans, put things in place.Mira trusts me to take revenge on everyone who hurt her in the past, and that is exactly what I’m going to do. I haven’t told her about our little encounter when she was fucking nineteen years old. The very thought of telling her makes my insides turn to ice.She might run. She might want to leave me. I won’t let her. Losing Mira would destroy me. I never counted on wanting a woman so much, not seeing or hearing from her for up to an hour would make me itch, but Mira changed…everything. So if keeping this little secret from her for the meantime would guarantee that she stays with me a little longer, that is exactly what I’m going to do.“What’s the plan?” I turn my
MASON Mira might seem a little dazed, a little confused even, but I meant what I said. I protect her now. Her care is my responsibility. I know everything might go to shit later when she finds out that my uncle is in fact Escobar Scuderi and I’m the nephew she was “given to,” but when that time comes, I will be ready. She may have an anger fit, she might cry, she might even throw things at me. But even then, I’m not letting her go anywhere. She’s stuck with me for life now, even if I have to force a ring on that finger to prove it. I freeze as that thought flits through my mind, but the thought of Mira in my house, legally mine with my ring on her finger to prove it leaves me hot…and hard. I want to bind her to me in every possible way. I don’t really care if she accepts it as first. In the long run, she will come to understand that there won’t ever be another man in her life except me. As it should be. When I saw Mira for the first time at Le Delegharo, it felt like I was being p
MIRAYou know that point in your life when it feels like you have absolutely no idea which path you're headed?That part where you feel like you had everything all figured out and suddenly, the way you chose doesn't feel like the right way anymore and you're all toggled up with confusion? That is exactly how I feel right now.Mason's eyes spark with conviction and something else, an emotion I have seen one two many times in those gray depths…determination. "I'm the one who owes you not the other way round, Mason."One of his perfectly shaped brows shoot up."And what exactly do you feel you owe me, Miss Fernandez? Sex? Mistress duties?"Okay, now I'm confused. I lift my chin, my gaze equally tinged with determination."I'm sorry, did I perhaps miss the memo? Isn't that exactly why I'm here?"Mason stares down at me for a while. An emotion that feels too dangerously close to indecision flits in his gaze."I don't want you to just be my mistress anymore."I freeze." What?"He rolls off
MASONAfter two, or was it three more rounds of hard sex, Mason and I finally find ourselves back in the bathroom where he gives me soothing, refreshing bath. He literally scrubs me clean.When we’re both squeaky clean, Mason pins me beneath him on the bed. My legs are completely entangled with his. There’s absolutely no escaping him.”I like you like this.” He murmurs, running a thumb over my cheeks.”Oh? Like what?””Naked in my bed. Completely mine.”My pulse spikes and my heart begins to burn with a warm glow. Calm down, stupid heart.”I’m not utterly yours, Mason.” I challenge.His eyes equally spark with a dangerous, gray gleam.”Want me to show you all over again?” He asks, running his fingers over my thighs suggestively.”Are you joking?”His face is a perfect mask of seriousness,”Do you think I’m joking?”My mouth falls open and for a few seconds, I’m not able to utter a single word.”We just had…sex a couple minutes ago. I’m incredibly sore.” I point out incredulously.His