MIRA"Mason," Halloway whines in that annoying, high pitched voice, dabbing frantically at her hair. "I can't find the blow-dryer any where."My mind reels with shock, an odd sense of betrayal settling deep in my guts. I move back a step, away from him. Last night after he tucked me in, after he fucking kissed me, Mason went off to attend a ball with his perfect Disney princess.Hurt threatens to choke me and my tears fall harder. I turn away, dabbing frantically at my eyes.Damage control. Those words resound in my mind, filling me with a sense of disgust.I am the damage he had to control. Being seen outside with me probably wrecked havoc on his reputation, so he had to reassure the public with an appearance of him and their preferred bride on his arm.How typical.My eyes meet Damon's and he shakes his head in a silent apology. He knew. The fucking bastard knew Mason and Halloway were here. That is why he was acting all strange earlier.I turn again, pointedly ignoring Mason's eyes
MASONI never counted on being so utterly infatuated with someone that my day becomes one huge mess if I do not touch her before starting off. If someone told me that a woman would one day have my entire mind in knots and twists, I would've laughed in their face. But right now, my accounts manager babbles on about figures and trade counts, while my mind wanders far, far away, conjuring images of a particular dark haired, green eyed, beautiful female. Mira.Last night changed alot of things. I realised I didn't like her upset with me. I never want her upset with me. The hurt in her eyes after I threw her words in her face last night, and when she saw Halloway this morning sent a shard of something sharp through my heart.When she ran from me…Anger shoots through my veins at the thought. I never want her away from me. It is a bloody miracle that I'm able to stop myself from bundling her to work every single day. Last night, I realised the extent of my infatuation. I want Mira. I wa
MIRAMason hasn't said a single word to me since we left Vanessa's town house. He also stopped Damon from coming with us. To say that I'm scared is a gross understatement. Fear sits at the pit of my stomach, hard and icy. I step into the cool interior of the tinted SUV while Damon and Mason have a heated conversation outside. The driver turns to say hello.I gasp."Hurricane!"He gives me a toothed smile."In the flesh, miss Rodriguez.""What the hell happened to you?"He shrugs."Nothing really. Mr. Mason suspended me for a few days."My heart falls."I'm so sorry for dragging you into this mess."He waves a hand, dismissing my apology."Ah, that's okay. It's all good. What trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?"I bite my lower lip and look away. "He's definitely killing me this time."Hurricane scoffs."Mr. Mason would never hurt you. You'll be fine."I hope so.Just then, Mason pulls the door open and steps in. I stiffen, shifting further away from him. I have no idea
MASONAnger surges through my veins as Mira stiffens in my arms, once again caught in the throes of a panic attack. My men are still digging into her past in an attempt to discover which specie of dick had the fucking audacity to touch my woman. When they eventually find him, I will shred his dick to pieces and feed it to him. Right now, I have a punishment session to deliver. And my cock doesn't know how much longer it can hold off.***MIRAMason's voice brings me slowly back to Earth. Once again, he's not here. The black man cannot hurt me here. Only Mason Lachlan can.His smooth palm runs over the length of my body, pausing to tweak my nipples. I gasp at the jolt of pleasure that assails me, my fear momentarily forgotten.He whispers against me again, his hot breath trailing down my neck."Welcome back, princess."Then he hoists me into his arms and strides away. "Where are we going?" I ask on a gasp. His jaw tightens. Dang it. He's still mad."You'll see."He walks down the
MASONI stare down at Mira as she curves into herself, wincing slightly as her reddened back side comes in contact with the silk bedsheets. Her dark hair is splayed all over the place, her skin is heated and flushed, her cheeks glow an incandescent red, and her lush lips all but beg me to devour them all over again.I itch to run my fingers all over her soft skin once more, but I know she's tired. She mutters softly in her sleep. I cannot help but feel like I went too hard on her.I was supposed to teach her, calmly ease and mould her to accept my sexual preferences, but that road went haywire the moment I laid eyes on her smooth, naked skin.Ever since I escaped my father's clutches at the age of twenty six, I craved control. I fucking breathed control. Everything in my life is always properly planned, including my relationship with the Italian hellion before me.The plan was to keep Mira in a safe, little box, where she would only be a part of my life at home. But one look at those
MIRAI stay in the master bedroom until the door slides open a short moment later. Mason comes into the room with a box-bearing, petite, younger lady in tow."This is Pixie. She's a professional masseuse. I hired her to give you daily massages. It helps with the pain." He says determinedly, in a tone that undoubtedly tells me he is not to be argued with.Pixie turns out to be a very lovely, lively young lady. I like her already. I look uncertainly at Mason when the time comes to strip for the massage and he still stands in the room, his shoulder against one of the walls, his eyes focused entirely on me."Uh…won't you excuse us?""No." He says simply.A blush covers my cheeks as I remove my only article of clothing, the robe. This man has seen and touched almost every inch of my body, but I suddenly feel too self conscious to stand nude before him once again.His eyes burn into me, raking my naked body with scalding heat. He has absolutely no regard for the wide eyed masseuse in the
MIRAFear sits, heavy and icy, in my stomach as Mason's angry gaze rakes me. I pull my dresser lower, suddenly feeling self conscious.He reaches me in there short strides, towering over me."I asked a question, Mira. What the bloody hell are you wearing?I look down at my modest suit dress once again, then back up him."Uh…I'm so sorry. I will find something more fitting right away."I make to hurry past him, afraid that I will make us late. Mason grabs my arm and pulls me back before him, his eyes narrowing thoughtfully."What exactly do you mean by something more fitting?"I heave a breath."I know the dress is still a bit short. But If you can wait a moment, I will wear something better right away…"He pulls me against his chest and leans over, his hot breath wafting over my cheeks, caressing my senses."You are mistaken if you think you can fit in with the crowd, Mira." He whispers.My heart falls. Once again, I'm not good enough."You were meant to shine, little flower. Even in
MASONI probably should'nt have been too harsh on her. Right now, she presses against the door, completely ignoring me, and strangely, I do not want that. I want her focus to be on me. Totally on me. My eyes trace the outline of her delicate jaw from the glow of the streetlights. She is so beautiful, it almost hurts to look at her. I turn away, clenching my fingers to stop myself from reaching out and grabbing her. I cannot touch her. Atleast not right now. If I do, I might never stop.I could'nt stand the look of hope in her eyes when I spoke to her earlier. My mother had that same look minutes before that monster crushed her to death.If this relationship is gonna work out, Mira will just have to suck it up and take whatever I dish out. But it's becoming increasingly difficult to hurt her. But physically and emotionally.***MIRAMason does not say another word to me until we arrive at the party. He only watches me, those piercing eyes burning into my skin all the way to Hollyw
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