Regina stared at the maid in disbelief, her words still echoing in her head, not making any sense, thinking that surely it could not be the truth.Rage was racing in her veins and she felt her pulse accelerating. She posed the question again, somehow expecting a different answer. “What do you mean Edmund is sharing this room with his wife?”‘What wife?’Her blood started boiling and her vision blurred until she saw red before her eyes. She could only imagine the smoke coming out of her nose and ears, but undeniably that was how she felt.She was gripping the maid’s elbow, and she dropped it like it burned when that poor woman sent her some troubled glances.‘What has gotten into you, Regina? Behave!’“I am sorry.” Regina’s lips curled into a fake smile, the best she could display in the given circumstances.The maid cleared her throat before continuing. “As I already stated, Mister Stark and his wife, Mrs. Isabella, are sharing this room, so if you please excuse me, I need to prepare
Edmund was in trouble, Regina’s lustful eyes were hovering all over him. She traced her lips with her tongue in a slow motion, her breath blowing flames to his body. The power she used to exert over him was still written in every cell of his skin, and it was very demanding to put out the fire rushing through his veins. His gaze landed on her disarming breasts that were very much visible through her black nightgown, a mere piece of see-through lace fabric, that also revealed her bare pussy. A sudden constriction in the throat made it challenging for him to swallow his saliva. His breath hitched as her hands unbuttoned his shirt while she rubbed her lower half against his cock that was throbbing painfully in his pants. ‘Motherfucker!’ He inwardly cursed. She leaned her head and took his earlobe between her lips and tugged gently, tantalizing him before swirling her tongue inside. “Did you miss this? Did you miss making love to me?” She whispered sending erotic signals trough his
Isabella reached their room and slammed the door behind her. Her body was still shivering like a leaf, she fell back against the bed, trying to calm her racing heart.The stabbing pain of betrayal was eating her inside out, the urge to vomit intensified as her mind replayed over and over again the horrendous scene from his office. ‘You need to calm yourself to be able to get out of here soon!’Scanning the surroundings in the attempt to come out with a plan, she picked herself from the bed, crawled to the window, opened it and took deep breaths filling her lungs with fresh air, the chilly wind soaking the tears from her cheeks.‘You are such a crybaby, Isabella!’Without a second thought, she changed her outfit and started packing a small bag. The clothes, shoes, bags and other accessories did not belong to her and she did not intend to take anything that would remind her of him.‘As if he were someone easy to forget, yet he might wipe up any trace of my existence in a flash. In fact
After what seemed like ages for Isabella, she and Moira reached the location, a five stars hotel.‘I should have gotten used to it by now, they are practically made of money.’The car ride was quiet, she glanced through the window all the way there, trying to plan her next steps and Moira respected her need for space, she never asked a question, she was by far the most considerate person Isabella had met in years. ‘She confronted her cousin for a stranger like me, this speaks a lot of a person.’As they were heading to the suite, Isabella couldn't keep it to herself any longer.“I am really grateful for what you did.” She uttered remorsefully.Moira’s face widened in a huge smile. “Don’t be grateful until we order more food that we can eat and drink more alcohol than we can handle.” She joked while opening the door and inviting Isabella inside the breathtaking beautiful suite. “Besides, I should take the blame for having an idiot cousin.”Isabella burst into laughter, thinking that h
Back at the hotel suite where Isabella and Moira were staying, the hours passed without them even noticing, they were busy finishing almost half of the pile of food and two bottles of red wine.They did their best to dampen the atmosphere, but at some point, a weird silence settled in the room.“I think that being cheated on is written somewhere in my destiny.” Isabella found herself mumbling.“Come on, that’s not true. You just met a bunch of assholes. You’ll find the right guy in time. I’m sorry it was not Edmund, I should have known that he wasn’t able to move on from that horrible woman. I swear I don’t know what she does to drive men crazy!”“She must be a witch, putting a love spell on them.” She joked as a result of too much alcohol in her system. She never had more than a glass, but this time the situation required it. The wine numbed her body, her mind and even her senses.‘Anything to take my mind from what I witnessed, from his lies and betrayal. From the fact that he offe
Though they met recently, the little moments they spent together were enough to have an everlasting effect on Edmund, her beauty and innocence acted like a drug to him. ‘I am an addict and my drug’s name is Isabella.’ He missed the sweet taste of her skin while he claimed every single part of her body, he missed the sensual music created by her delicious moans. ‘Fuck! I miss all of her.’ Edmund could not sleep a wink the previous night, he spent half the night pacing the room and the other half running different imaginary scenarios in his head, things he should have said or things he should have done, but didn’t. Regret was crawling under his skin, ripping him apart, touching the core. The hurt in her eyes was an image that would haunt him for the rest of his life, the frustration was eating him raw. As a matter of fact, he believed it would be easier for him if someone would rip his heart out of his chest. His body was fuming with a mix of anger, despair and disappointment. H
Isabella woke up with a feeling similar to a panic attack, her breathing was uneven as her eyes explored the surroundings, searching for the one her heart was yearning for, Edmund.She was in a hospital bed, she pretty much made a habit of crying and fainting the last few days.‘Where is he? Where is Edmund?’ She became anxious to know.Without her knowledge, he became her safety net or something similar.Her regard was drawn to some papers on the table beside her bed, she grabbed them. Putting aside the memory stick that was on top of the documents, she picked up the first page, a note written by hand, her pulse racing in anticipation.’ll be well attended in my absence.I must admit that it’s very worrisome for me to know you always tend to hurt yourself by making hasty assumptions without w
Isabella’s senses were on high alert, yet she tried not to panic, nothing good was bound to come from that. “I am back. Alec, where are you? Alec?” She heard Moira’s voice outside along with footsteps, and she released the breath she did not realize that she was holding.Ales loosened the grip on her shoulder and opened the door. “I am in here, with Isabella, she needs her bag and tablet.”“But I left them in the living room.” Moira replied confused.His body stiffened suddenly. “I must have moved them with my luggage, my bad.”Isabella got a weird gut reaction being all alone with him in the suite and the fact that Edmund’s cousin returned lifted the suffocating burden from her chest.Watching the happy couple together made her feel that she panicked for nothing. Moira looked at him as if he was the only man on earth and he gazed at her the way one would gaze at their soulmate, that person that one could not live without.‘Why is my body responding like that when he is around?’Isa
Isabella turned paper white pale when she locked eyes with the one she missed dearly, her heartbeats accelerated, her pulse started running wild. She blinked a few times, believing that she might be hallucinating. ‘Is he really here, in front of me?’ She waited for him the first days, she hoped, she really hoped that he would follow her to the UK, but with each day that passed, her faith subsided, he never even contacted her since she left. The more she thought about it, the more she concluded it was absolutely outrageous that he behaved as if they were mere strangers. Perhaps they were, but they still shared, even for a few days, the same last name, and not to mention the intimate moments. She was hurt, disappointed and ashamed for being so silly, so weak. Edmund forgot how to breathe when his eyes found the one that stole his heart in a matter of days, the one he never stopped thinking about, the same one that was the subject of both his worries and his fantasies. “You look
Edmund left soon after they had breakfast. Isabella was not only feeling disappointed, she was suffering a heartbreak. She knew they could not have been more different from the very beginning, and she was aware that sooner or later they were bound to follow their own separate paths, yet she was still unprepared for the painful sensation his words triggered in her body.‘Was this what fate had in store for me? To encounter the man of my dreams, have him and then lose him in a matter of days?’Not even for a split second did she regret meeting him, or for what it mattered, signing that contract, but it was clear for her that he did not think the same.There were too many things left unsaid between the two of them, and now it was too late to talk, he decided to send her away. It troubled her to the bones that after having such an exquisite night, he was so keen to get rid of her without a proper conversation. She had burned for him, and he claimed her as his own, tending to her needs o
Isabella slowly removed her robe and her nightgown, then peeled off her underwear. When her clothes hit the floor, she stepped out, pushing them aside. Standing naked in front of him and without breaking eye contact, she spoke in a heated voice. “I changed my mind! I’m going to take advantage of you after all!”‘This woman will be the death of me.’She was the most beautiful woman that walked on this earth for him, her curves were to die for and the innocence in her eyes undid him in every possible way from the start.Edmund’s lips shaped into a devious smile. “What about the poor sexual performance?”She stepped into the shower and as soon as the cold water hit her warm skin, she shivered both in cold and in delight. Her nipples hardened under his lustful regard, and she could feel herself growing wet between her legs.“Well, you seem like you have sobered up a little!”He adjusted the temperature of the water to a more convenient one and pushed her against the wall, turning her aro
At a first class lounge, waiting for Jason to arrive, Edmund was sipping from his ridiculously expensive, neat scotch, silently reprimanding himself for being such a major idiot. He always thought highly of himself, but the last events shook him off. Firstly, he failed to read into Moira’s façade. All that time, he was clueless. He was being fooled by a half-baked girl. Or was he the weak-minded one? She surely knew her game better than him.He loved her the way he would have loved a younger sister, but she stabbed him in the back and he never saw it coming.‘I wonder if this is what some parents feel about their children.’ He sighed. ‘My name brings instant fear to those who hear it and there I was, outplayed by a kid.’Secondly, there was Luisa. He accused her of taking advantage of his brother’s love to gain a slice of his vast wealth. Then he blamed her for causing an accident that nearly killed her as well. And to top it all off, he pressured her sister to sign an atrocious marr
Out of nowhere, and just before all the energy dropped from Isabella’s body, just when she was about to give up, she heard a loud bang followed by the door removal from the hinges. Her eyes flapped in the direction of the sound. ‘Edmund.’Edmund, accompanied by an entire team of policemen, stepped inside, and one of them shot Alec in the hand, forcing him to release the hold on her neck. She gasped for air.“Isabella!” The entire place echoed with her husband’s powerful voice.Her heart threatened to escape her chest as he rushed to her, untied her hands and lifted her body in his arms, staring at her with his sky-color soul sucking eyes. “Are you hurt?” He asked, checking her with his eyes. She shook her head and buried her face in his chest, inhaling his enticing masculine scent.‘I truly believed I would never be able to do this again!’ She rejoiced, holding tight to him.Fear was rushing in Edmund’s veins, inflaming his anger. “I thought I was losing my fucking mind without yo
“Moira!?” Isabella blinked nervously. “W-what are you doing here? W-why are you doing this?” She struggled to free herself, but the more she tried, the more she hurt her hands in the process.Moira glanced at her nail polish, looking bored. “I have many reasons, darling!”“B-but you are Edmund’s cousin. He really cares about you!” Fright and confusion heated her face. “You took care of my sister and Noah the night I arrived.”She smirked. “No, I was actually trying to find a moment to finish what Alec and I started and failed. Too bad the hospital surveillance was damn tight.”Isabella was choking on her tears, thinking Moira was too good of an actress. While she always had a weird gut sensation regarding Alec, she trusted Moira completely. She never had a clue about her schemes, she was such a good liar that it scared her. “What about the love story you shared with me?” She inquired, studying both villains. “Ohh, that? Of course, I made that up! Why are you so naive, Isabella?” “B
“Let me go!” Isabella shouted from the top of her lungs. She was struggling to release her hands from the ropes encaging them behind her back. It was useless, there was no result other than making her feel all weak and pathetic. “W-what is this place? And what are you talking about? M-my sister is fine!” Her voice was breaking as her heart thundered erratically against her chest.‘Luisa must be safe! Please, God, let my sister be safe!’Alec checked his watch and shook his head in disapproval. “By this time, my most trusted and highly skilled man should have already embarked your sister and Edmund’s brother on their trip to Hell, or Heaven, it really depends.” His lips shaped into a devious grin while speaking nonsense.“W-what? No, that’s not true!” She screamed, panic invading her already shivering figure.“Oh, trust me on that!” He assured her, full of confidence. “They were trouble, how dare they survive the car accident that I perfectly plotted, raising no suspicion at all!” H
Edmund was pacing anxiously around the room, making holes in the floor. He dialed Isabella's number again, but there was no connection. He got word that she left the hospital hours ago, so he honestly expected her to be home by then, yet she wasn’t, and for some odd reason he could not explain, he felt very uneasy.‘Did she not read my note? Did she not watch that fucking video?’He was so delighted when one of the nurses called to let him know that she ate everything on the plate before leaving. He was so glad that he rushed the meeting he had and speeded home, only to be faced with disappointment.At least to his satisfaction, Regina was already gone when he got here, she spared him of her dire and tremendously undesired presence. He loved her so much only to have his heart broken twice, first when she abandoned him, second when his brother confessed everything about the ten million dollars the cunning bitch preferred instead of him.‘The fucking bitch!’ He muttered a string of cur
Isabella’s senses were on high alert, yet she tried not to panic, nothing good was bound to come from that. “I am back. Alec, where are you? Alec?” She heard Moira’s voice outside along with footsteps, and she released the breath she did not realize that she was holding.Ales loosened the grip on her shoulder and opened the door. “I am in here, with Isabella, she needs her bag and tablet.”“But I left them in the living room.” Moira replied confused.His body stiffened suddenly. “I must have moved them with my luggage, my bad.”Isabella got a weird gut reaction being all alone with him in the suite and the fact that Edmund’s cousin returned lifted the suffocating burden from her chest.Watching the happy couple together made her feel that she panicked for nothing. Moira looked at him as if he was the only man on earth and he gazed at her the way one would gaze at their soulmate, that person that one could not live without.‘Why is my body responding like that when he is around?’Isa