“What happened to you?!” Julia asked when she saw me.She was the only one who was good to me. The rest hated me because of the rumors Derek spilled. It was only recently that I had realized his beef with me was not personal.Ivan, the guy that was fighting with Markos had to be the one telling him to frustrate me because he hated me. I had a feeling it had to do with the things Markos had told him about me.What had he said that was so bad? I had always been a good partner and supported him despite my parents’ disapproval of him.“Don’t worry about me….” I said in response to Julia’s question. She may have been nice but I didn’t trust her. Life had taught me not to trust anyone.“How can I not when you look like that? It’s good to come clean about your problems so others can help you. Come on, you know I’m not asking out of malicious intent.”I decided to just tell her because I was going to borrow her phone anyway. I needed it because I had to make a few calls. How was I going to co
ViolaEverything in Nikolas' room smelled like him. It was a masculine woody scent with a hint of apples. I was ashamed to admit sometimes I closed my eyes and inhaled it in, savoring it.A whole month passed since I saw him. I didn't know where he was in New York or what he was doing there. He didn't talk to me or ask how I was doing.That was kind of understandable because I didn't own a phone.To say I was frustrated was an understatement. I was lucky that I hadn't seen Mother since my wedding day. If she found out my newlywed husband had gone to New York instead of staying with me, she would go crazy.She already commented about how I was fat. She would only push the narrative further."Hey, do you want to go out for coffee with me?" Aurora asked as she poked her head inside my room—Nikolas' room.I smiled and nodded, ecstatic about the idea. She and I had yet to spend time alone. The time she and I went shopping, Lucia, her mother, insisted on coming with us."Let me change and m
I tried to pull down the dress further down but it wasn’t cooperating. It was too short, stopping right below my ass. For a moment, I contemplated taking it off and foregoing the party but then I took a good look at the bills on my coffee table and sighed.My date had sent me to pick the dress from a guard at his hotel. I didn’t imagine it would be so revealing or even slutty. I looked like a hooker in it.It hugged my body like second skin. There was nothing classy about it even though it was designer. It showed off a lot of my cleavage to the point that my breasts were almost spilling out.When Julia hooked me up with the job, I didn’t imagine it would be so demanding. She assured me I was safe and I wouldn’t have to sell my body for money. All I had to do was act like an arm candy to important and powerful men in the country.I was lucky I had walked in heels all my life. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to walk a single step in the six-inch hooker heels that came with the dres
When I went for the senator’s birthday party, the last person I expected to see there was Hazel. She was in a form-fitting, sleeveless mini-dress. It is a striking shade of deep red with spaghetti straps.That damn dress showcased her cleavage in ways I didn’t like. One wrong tug and her breasts would spill out. The dress hugged her body closely, accentuating her gorgeous figure. It appeared to be made of a smooth, slightly stretchy fabric buit no matter how hard she tugged, it didn’t increase in length.To make matters worse, it was way too short. She wouldn’t even be able to sit in it. It would force her to stand all night. I wondered what she would do when we got to the dinner part.I was positive it was going to show her panties.I did another double take to make sure she was real and wasn’t just a figment of my imagination. Maybe she was Hazel’s lookalike—no. I knew that body and those hazel eyes from anywhere. I tried to walk to her but the senator appeared and grabbed my arm
I adjusted my dress for the millionth time that night, glancing at her reflection in the ornate mirror of the grand ballroom. The previously half-full opulent space was now filled with more people than I had ever seen in a single room. It was crowded, the chatter was louder, and it was starting to get hot. Everyone was starting to get tipsy, the alcohol getting to them. I had never seen that many alcoholic drinks in a single room before. Mr. Alonzo, my date for the night, seemed to be a well-known figure in that circle—a man of considerable wealth and influence. I did what he hired me to do at the lavish party to a tee; smile, be charming, and keep up appearances.Many of his friends tried to flirt with me but I shot them all down. They were too old for me. Plus, they were shameless. I could have sworn I saw one of them grab a waiter’s ass. From the corner of my eye, Hazel spotted Markos. My heart skipped a beat. It had been years since we were intimate, but the connection between
I stirred awake, the morning light filtering through the thin and worn out curtains of my small apartment. I stretched, trying to shake off the remnants of a restless night, filled with the thought of Markos and his confusing actions towards me. Even early in the morning, the thought of him was exhausting. Just as I was about to get up, a sharp knock echoed through my small sanctuary. My heart raced. I half-expected it to be Markos, coming back for another confrontation and I hated that a part of me wished it was. Just so I could see him again. To my annoyance, the sight of him was oddly comforting just as much as it was intense and overwhelming.I pulled on a robe and shuffled to the door, mentally preparing myself for whatever awaited me on the other side.When I opened the door, it wasn’t Markos standing there. It was Lucy, my sister Violet’s roommate. Lucy’s usually bitchy face was a mask of distress, her eyes wild with worry and anger. Without waiting for an invitation, she p
On my way home, I decided to look for the homeless man who had told me he saw Violet being taken to a hospital. Most of the hospitals I had checked didn’t have her admitted there.It may have seemed biased but I needed to ask him again. I thought that maybe he was high when he told me that piece of information. My search seemed fruitless. I had to confirm what he saw.I went back to the street I talked to him but he wasn’t there. When I gave the description to someone there, he told me where I was going to find him.I never imagined the day would end like this, standing on a desolate street corner, talking to a man wrapped in rags. He had seemed so much put together when I saw him previously. His eyes, tired and distant, flickered with a strange knowing.He had seen something—a girl, my sister, Violet—being carried away on a stretcher. "She looked like she needed help," he muttered, clutching his blanket tighter against the cold. It was too late to verify anything at the hospital;
My thoughts were a tangled mess as I stood by the window, staring blankly at the cityscape. The bills piled up like a mountain I couldn't climb. Violet's hospital stay, the psychiatric center for my brother, and the regular expenses loomed over me. My phone lay useless on the counter, the screen cracked and the battery dead. Even if I had the money to replace it, there were more pressing needs. I had no idea how I was going to manage it all, especially with my pitiful salary. The whispers about my past with Markos and the rumors about our present made work unbearable, but I couldn't leave. I needed every penny.The side gig Julia had suggested had seemed like a lifeline at first. Escorting men to high-profile events was easy money, or so I thought. But it had turned out to be a dangerous game. The night with that client who took me to a secluded place instead of home was a wake-up call. He had been charming at first, all smooth smiles and expensive cologne. But as the night wore on, h
Nikolas was not in bed when I woke up the next morning. His side of the bed was cold but his woody and musky scent was still in the air. I put on a robe and went downstairs to look for him but I found it a little hard to walk normally because of the sting I felt between my legs.However, it had subsided a little because of the aftercare Nikolas had given me. Plus he’d licked my center until I passed out after we showered. That probably also helped. When I reached downstairs, I noticed the room was squeaky clean, like Carlo’s hand hadn’t been cut in that very room. Nikolas was at the dinner table with a buffet of breakfast there. He was fully dressed in a suit reading a newspaper. I was starting to think that he didn’t like wearing his suit jacket or his tie. “Good morning, splendida,” he greeted me when he saw me. (splendida - gorgeous)“Good morning.”He raked his eyes all over my body, and I noticed them lingering at my legs for a second too long. “How did you sleep?”“I slee
His member sprang free and rested against his toned chest. It was big, veiny, thick, and the head was red and leaking with precum.I couldn’t help myself as I reached out and touched him. I ran my fingers all over his member, rubbing his precum all over his tip. He became harder if that was even possible.I did all this while I stared at Nik, loving the way I was driving him crazy. It made me feel powerful in control that I could make his composure crumble that much just by touching him. “I’ll cum if you don’t stop. The only place I want to cum is inside you, ragazzina.”He pushed me further on the bed and kissed the valley of my breasts down. “Are you ready to take all of me?”I nodded all too eagerly despite my eyes being wide in shock as I wondered how he was going to fit inside me. If two fingers were too much, I imagined how all of him would feel. However, the untamed need to have him overshadowed any fear I had. “I need words, little girl.” “Yes, I’m ready.” My words came
I paced our room wondering if my best bet was to run away. Where would I go? Nikolas had shown me that the gentleman he pretended to be was just an illusion. Carlo had lost a hand over nothing for heaven’s sake. Touching my waist didn’t seem like a sin enough to lose a hand over.However, I would be lying if I said his darkness didn’t make him alluring. There was a certain satisfaction that came from knowing a man would do something crazy because he was possessive. God, I was sick. “You’re not on the bed waiting for me,” Nikolas said from the door. I jumped and put my hand on my chest.“You scared me,” I said as I backed backwards.Nikolas walked towards me until he was standing right in front of me. He may have been covered in blood but he didn’t scare me. I knew he wouldn’t hurt me. “I’m done waiting. I want you, Viola and I’m going to fuck you so hard you’re going to limp tomorrow.”Then he walked away and disappeared into the bathroom. I heard the water running for a few mome
“What are you going to do to him?” I asked, my heart nearly beating right out of my chest. The thought of someone getting hurt because of me was crippling. “He’s getting what he deserves.”“Nikolas please…”He was too busy driving to pay any attention to me. It was like I was talking to myself. I almost gave up the fight thinking I would get us in a car accident. But I soon realized that if the longer I waited, the more chances there were that Carlo would get hurt or worse…die because of me. “How can you do this? You are busy cheating on me with Genevieve but I can’t take a walk with a childhood friend? Maybe I should have done more!” By the time I was done talking, I was yelling. Nikolas pulled over immediately and turned to me with a dangerous look on his face.“What the fuck did you say to me?!” He asked. That vein popped on his forehead again, informing his anger was too much. I should have taken back my words then. However, a part of me just wanted to poke the angry bear. “
I thought that I had Nikolas figured out. As it turned out, I couldn’t have been more wrong. He didn’t follow me like I had secretly hoped he would.On the contrary, he left the penthouse altogether. That night, I didn’t sleep wondering where he spent the night.I needed to turn around the situation in my favor.One fight with me and he ran back to that mistress of his. I’d unknowingly pushed him into her waiting arms.The next morning I got up and got ready to leave the penthouse. It was damn near suffocating to be cooped up inside there like Rapunzel. Maybe if I went out and made some friends, I wouldn’t be so desperate to get Nikolas’ attention.I put on a simple baby pink dress and some wedged sandals. After grabbing my bag, I left the house, deciding to have breakfast at a coffee shop instead.At least I could read a book while I sipped some coffee in a place that wasn’t a reminder of how much I failed as a wife. The ride there was short and quiet. However, I could feel my phone
I thought shopping was going to make me feel happy but it didn’t. My thoughts kept going back to what Aurora had told me. My mind decided to punish me by feeding me flashbacks of Aurora telling me he was seeing that woman. Shopping barely distracted me. Although it didn’t satisfy me in the ways I wanted, it certainly gave me satisfaction knowing Nikolas was probably fuming as he watched the zeros in his bank account decrease.The only things Mafioso men cared about were money and power. Plus, I had confiscated all my bodyguard’s phones and switched them off. There was no way of Nikolas knowing where I was or what I was doing.“Nikolas is probably—”“Don’t mention his name, Ricco. As far as I know, you’re supposed to guard me and ensure I’m safe, not talk to me or report to my husband everything that I do.” I said without turning to look at him.When he didn’t move, I turned to him and narrowed my eyes at him. “In case you didn’t miss it, that was your cue to stand as far away from m
Violet was soon going to be discharged from the hospital and I was going to stay with her before she got on her feet and got a job. If I was being honest I was mad at her for being so fucking selfish. By doing drugs she was also ipacting my life. But I didn’t tell her that. She was still recovering and I didn’t want to argue with her. Arguing with her would potentially thrust her back into the throes of addiction. Who knew if next time someone would save her? For an addict, every overdose was one step closer to the moment they died. Unluckily for me I found her awake when I found her in the hospital room. After walking many kilometers to get to the hospital, I was sweating and my eyes were swollen. Not only had I cried when my grandparents refused to help, I had also cried when Markos and I had a fight. I lied when I said I didn’t love him because I still did. I lied when I said I didn’t remember how we broke up because I did. It was very fresh, like it only happened the day befor
Hazel was a fucking temptress. Even as I kissed her soft lips, I knew no woman would ever compare. How had it been seven years and I felt the same way I did. She got my dick harder than it had ever been. When I kissed her, it had been out of anger and frustration.If someone had told me I had taste anything better than her lips, I would have told them to go fuck themselves. My lips moved on hers fervently, like a dog in heat. I grabbed her hair and pulled her head back. She opened her sexy little mouth for me and I didn’t hesitate to thrust my tongue in her mouth.The moment our tongues made contact, a burst of emotions rushed through my body. I hummed in satisfaction and deepened the kiss. She responded with the same energy I had with her hands roaming my chest.She started to unbutton my shirt and that was when my senses kicked in. I grabbed her hands, pulled them off my chest, and broke the kiss. No matter how hard it was, I had to do it.I couldn’t allow things to escalate. I wa
Nikolas avoided me since the whole incident with my parents. If I was being honest, that was the best thing he could have done. The mere sight of me had me so scared that I could barely keep it together. I’d slept in my bed alone for three days and I hated how lonely it felt. I hated myself for missing a man that threatened to kill me and replace me within hours. His actions only told of how little value my life was to him. ‘Yet he’s the only thing you think about.’Father still asked for updates of where Nikolas went and what he did and I had nothing to give him. I hadn’t seen him in days and whenever I asked Ricco of his whereabouts, he told me he didn’t know.Bullshit.How was I supposed to get him to fall for me if I didn’t even see him.“Nikolas told me to tell you he’ll be attending your sister’s birthday party with you tomorrow.” Ricco said from the door. I scoffed and almost laughed sarcastically. It was a pattern at this point. Whenever I did something Nikolas didn’t like,