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DAMIANLiliana. Her name sticks in my mind like a thorn. No matter how much I try to drown myself in work, she's there. Green-eyed, sharp-tongued and impossible to forget. She's the fire I don't want to touch but can't seem to step away from. I don't want to do this having just lost something precious to me, yet I want to be scorched by her. Is this also another craving of my twisted soul? When a servant had delivered her test results from the doctor, I felt a tightening in my chest that I refused to name. The thought of her being pregnant for her late husband shouldn't have mattered. But it did. Alice's observations had planted the idea and I'd convinced myself I didn't care either way. Then I saw the report. A mild flu. Not pregnant. Relief hit me harder than I wanted to admit, followed closely by something darker. Guilt?No, I shove it down. I'm not that man. I can't be. Whatever I feel for her is nothing more than irritation, andโฆand blinding lust for the soft curves of her b
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LILIANA I sift through my closet in search for something that is halfway decent. Most of the clothes here are too extravagant or too casual for whatever Damian's plans might involve. Finally, I settle on a simple fitted, black dress and lay it on the bed. Instead of putting it on, I sit down with my hands in my thighs and stare at them. The thought of his sudden decision to have me sit on the table with them jingles like an ominous bell. Why am I even invited to dinner when I'm his hostage? The invite feels like another one of his power plays or another chance for him to humiliate me as always but for the life of me, I can't even figure out why. And then there's his warningโdonโt be late or you'll regret it. The memory of his cold tone tightens something in my chest.I sigh as I rub my palms over my thighs. Should I just go downstairs and get it over with?Or would staying here prove I'm not playing his game? My thoughts spiral, arguments at war in my head until there's a brisk
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LILIANAThe sound of the tie sliding through his fingers is maddening slow, heightening my anxiety as I hold onto the railing for my dear life. I should be rebelling now if I were in my right senses but somehow, I'm doing every of his bidding without so much pressure from him. How the fuck did I go from fighting him at every turn to agreeing dumbly like a lamb to be sacrificed?His hand brushes my wrist to loop the fabric around it, and I nearly jump. His touch lingers on my skin, warm and firm and very unlikeโฆunlike Kyle's.What is wrong with me for fucks sake?!I hate the way my skin tingles under his fingertips. It's foreign to me and causes a lot of sensory overload. I manage to, very discreetly, press my thighs together to quench the pressure building in my cunt. His fingers reach to fully cup one of my sensitive breast, kneading and pinching the nipple in between his thumb and forefinger. I grip the railing tighter with an audible gasp. The metal grounds me even when my body
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-12-12DARKNESS IGNITES DESIRESย ย ย 54
DAMIANCall it selfish. Say it is depraving. But I never assured you I was a good man. I'm fucked up in more ways than can count and I have scars to show for it but it doesn't mean I don't have an iota of what justice isโฆโOh fuck! Oh fuck! Oh fuck!โ She clenches hard against my fingers. So hard that I fear they'd break from the force. Her head thrown back, she shamelessly rides on my fingers, milking it for all its worth. โฆAnd it's the reason I can't let her go. My pride would take the hit if I release her after what her husband did. I don't want to forgive him and therefore, she has to take the fall for it. Soon, she will. She whimpers again, a loud drawn out cry of ecstasy but her hips doesn't relent. We're out in the open space, while she chases after her release like a sex starved woman.She simply has no shame. Didn't Kyle treat her right? Well, how could he when he had such a small dick.I love how tightly her walls wrap around me, how wet her hole is for me. It's driving m
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-12-12DARKNESS IGNITES DESIRESย ย ย 55
DAMIANThe way to my room feels too goddamn far away with my arousal making an embarrassing tent in front of my pants. It takes effort to not wince while walking. Something as mundane has now become so difficult 'cos of it.How do I make it up there in record time before I spill my seeds in my trousers like a fucking horny teenage boy?I feel like a seventeen year old again, thanks to my carelessness. Thankfully, the hallway is quiet which means the house helps might have retired for the night. Who would want to bump into their Pakhan in this sorry state?โPakhan.โ Turns out I spoke too early. I turn around to see one of the house helps coming from the stairs leading to the living room. โWhat?โ I snap.Sighting my discomfort, she lowers her head immediately, color staining her cheeks. โLady Alice wants to know what's taking so long.โ โI'll be back. If they can't wait, they can continue dinner without me.โ I tell her and resume on my way to my quarters. As soon as I get to the land
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DAMIAN Two days laterโฆI occupy myself instead with plans of the Grand Casino opening happening in less than a month from now. Everytime my thoughts stray, I have to remind myself that I'm no longer a teenager to be fantasizing about a woman like an obsessive prick.The air in my office is thick with cigarette smoke and the low hum of conversation. Zoran leans against the edge of my desk with his arms crossed while Andros flicks his lighter repeatedly, a faint click-click filling the silence between words. Sicily is in a corner, swirling whiskey in his glass like he's got nowhere better to be. Sydney lounges in the chair opposite me, already halfway through his second drink. The scowl never eases off his face. โWe need to be smarter about the guest list,โ Sicily says at last after an argument that ensued between Sydney and Andros on whom to invite. โInviting Sergei could backfire.โAndros had suggested we invite all the Bratva heads regardless of if we've had a fallout, but Sydney
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NEW CHARACTER POV ALERT!RACHELThe patio smells like mint and cigarette smoke, ruining the afternoon breeze which is supposed to be spilling in. Zip leans back in her chair, legs stretched out like the billionaire woman that she is. She inspects her nails, her tone bored.โI told him if the car doesn't scream custom, don't even bother parking it outside my house. He threw a fit after hearing that and now I'm the one who's childish.โMelanie sits cross-legged, exhaling a long thin stream of smoke. She smirks. โAnd they still show up with stock rims and half-assed cologne. It's embarrassing.โโEmbarrassing? Please. Try insulting.โ Zip flicks her fingers like she's brushing off dust. โThe last guy? Told me his โinvestmentโ portfolio was NFTs. NFTs, Melanie. As if I want to deal with someone whose assets are digital clipart.โI roll my eyes from where I'm mixing Melanie's cocktail drink. Isn't she the one leeching off Damian by being his whore?Oh, for a chance of freedom let me send he
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LILIANAI've made it my mission to avoid him at all costs. If I hear his voice echoing somewhere in the house, I stay locked in my room. When I do leave, I take routes I know he wouldn't. It's easier this wayโless suffocating.I avoid Zip too. She's taken a sudden liking to Melanie, and the two of them seem to find joy in whispering and laughing just loud enough for me to overhear.โIsn't it pathetic?โ I once caught Zip saying in the hallway. โActing like a guest when she's just another debt. How long until he gets bored and tosses her out like the rest?โ โOuch!โ Melanie exclaimed dramatically, a hand pressed to her chest. โThat was too harsh.โโYou know you're worth more to the family than worthless tramps like her.โ Zip said in a bid to appease her.Their cruel laughter followed, and I've steered clear of them ever since. Lately, I've been feeling worse than usual. On most mornings, I don't even get out of bed until noon. My body feels heavy, weighed down my feverish spells that c
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DAMIANHer eyes widen in caution as I approach her. Like sheโs scared of me, or maybe scared Iโd hurt her even when Iโm certain she knows I canโt. She doesnโt really know the power she holds over me, does she?I should say I am disappointed but how can I when I canโt even tell her how I really feel about her? Thatโs just hypocrisy. Behind her is Stellezaโs wardrobe full of her things which I stowed away in her memory. โI couldnโt throw her things out, neither could I burn them.โ I remember the exact angle where I kept the journal hidden. Since this is her blood sister weโre talking about, then perhaps she has a right to know what it entails and the truth about how she died.Reaching further into the back, my fingertips graze a hard leather. Bringing it out, I flip the leather-bound journal and hand it to her. She gazes down at the book, not taking it yet. โWhat is this?โโShe wrote this,โ I murmur, recalling the dark words that birthed my rage. โShe wrote every word on every page b
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LILIANAItโs supposed to be Stellezaโฆbut this woman bearing such a dazzling smileโฆMy heart stutters but I canโt bring myself to drag my eyes away from the horrifying revelation staring back at me. Itโs been thirteen years since the last time I saw her. Thirteen whole years of fumbling in the dark, left alone to navigate the maze that is life. She shielded it from me for so long until she couldnโt handle it anymore.โLโlajlaโฆLajlaโฆโ I whisper unable to believe the sight before me. She looks the sameโฆexcept for her forest green eyes, now dulled from being immortalized in a photo frame. Itโs an understatement to the real sparkle when you look at her in real life. And her smile, now frozen in time, is just like I remember it. But brighter. Better.โForgive me, Lajla.โ The first drops slide down my cheeks. โI failed you over and over.โ I sniffle, trying my best to hold back the dam from bursting forth. โI did what you asked and went an extra mile pleasing the wrong people.โI crumble fr
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hey guys. I promise I'm not slowing updates on purpose this time. We have gotten to critical points in this book and I'm not going to rush it. I'm doing my best to deliver as seamlessly as I can and carefully close plot holes. So please be patient with me ๐ฅน. It's slowly but surely...no one likes an unsatisfactory ending. Please bear with me.
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LILIANAThe words strike right in the middle of my chest like lightning hitting a spot twice. It just doubles the ache Iโve been feeling since I woke up. Could it be any worse?Iโm certain Iโve heard this from the man himself. As though fate is playing a cruel joke on me, his words echo in my ears again.โI killed her.โ โI pulled the trigger that killed her.โIs that why he wanted me to stay away from him? Oh, Liliana, how much of an idiot can you be? The signs have been staring at me naked. I ignored the way I did Kyleโs red flags until he landed me in worse trouble. Is this just the universeโs way of teaching people like me lessons?โYou look pale. Maybe you should just go back and waitโฆ?โโNo. No, Iโm fine.โ I donโt know if Iโm ready to hear more of what she has to say, yet I tell herโ โGo on.โShe nods, casts a nervous glance around and then looks at the door. โI donโt know what he hides in there that heโs refused to let anyone in. The only person who managed to see in here by m
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LILIANARachel is waiting by the door by the time the car pulls up inside the fancy prison I familiarized myself with as home. Not anymore. Maybe soon, this nightmare would be over and Iโll get over him. โYouโre back early?โI manage a fake smile that doesnโt quite reach my eyes. โDonโt tell me you miss me. Iโve barely been gone for a week.โShe reaches to take my bags and I pull away before she can touch it. Thereโs no need to fool anyone with exaltations when we are both alike in more ways than we think. Sheโs a slave here even though sheโs willing. Iโm the captive. Still sounds the same to me. Yet, why do I need all of this special attention? Itโs just bullshit around here.Speaking of captives, I stop and turn to Rachel. โDid Melanie stop by at the house today?โShe pauses to think, then shakes her head. โThat was last night. I told her you were on a trip and she made me spill the location. I donโt know why she needed that information anyway.โ After another long pause, she gasps
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Buckle up people, this is going to be a long ass read but I guess we've seen this coming.LILIANAMelanie?I look at Damian for help, wondering why in the hell she is standing on the property of his private island. Waitโhow does she know where we are? Damian looks as shocked as I am as well. So weโre going to say heโs not aware of her arrival? I donโt believe whatever facade heโs wearing on his face now. Itโs hard to believe he doesnโt know about this and something within me breaks. Iโm not sure what that is.โWell, well, well,โ she starts in a demeaning tone reeking of spite, โif itโs not the captive and her captor enjoying a week out of town so they can spend time alone. How romantic!โDamian looks like heโs fed up of her nonsense. โWhat are you doing here, Mel?โโThatโs not such a nice thing to say to someone who you once called better suited for your cock. Now thatโs not very nice, is it? I should be the one asking the questions here, not you baby boy. What are you doing here?โ Sh
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To my consistent readers who make writing worth it, i'll be making the next chapter a free one to make up for my inconsistencies. especially those two special readers whose comments I can't do without and make me roll in laughter on my bed and spin ideas...thank you. thank you for loving D & L even in their silliness and mistakes. thank you, wonderful readers for getting to this point. you're my most treasured on earth after God and chocolate. happy reading!
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LILIANAThe water ripples as he sinks in behind me, large body settling under the surface with practised ease. His legs open and he guides me between them, pulling me back against his chest. His arms come around me.I melt right into him with a greedy inhale of him.We sit like that for a while with the water lapping around us and his fingers massaging my scalp. Then, they stop and disappear into the water. Before I get the chance to protest, his fingers lightly begin tracing patterns on my stomach. His chin rests on my shoulder, and for a moment, everything stills. Until his hands drift lower. And lower.โYouโre insatiable,โ I whisper, smiling. I already know how this is going to end.โAnd you,โ he says as he grazes my ear with his mouth, โare impossible to resist.โHe shifts me, wrapping his hands around my waist to turn me so I can straddle his lap. The second our eyes lock, the air becomes charged with sexual tension. His hands are hot on my thighs. I rest my hands on his should
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LILIANAI wake up wrapped in the warmth of body heat and cedar. Damian.His arm is draped across my waist, his chest pressed firmly against my back and one leg tangled over mine like heโs scared Iโll disappear while heโs asleep. His breath is warm against my neck, blowing in steady and soft.For a man like him, sleep turns him into something else. Heโs in a vulnerable calm.I need to move now, but I donโt want to. I just lie there, breathing his scent in and watching, enthralled by the way his fingers twitch slightly against my stomach like heโs still chasing me in whatever dream heโs in. what he doesnโt know is that I donโt need to be chased anymore. Iโm his as much as heโs mine. His confessions and the way he loved me last night, deep and hardโฆit wasnโt perfect. Heโs not perfect either. Heโs justโhim and Iโm content with that.Eventually, I shift to face him. Heโs still asleep. Thereโs still a faint crease between his brows. Even in rest, his mind doesnโt fully shut off. But itโs
