It’s been a month since I had tried to kill myself. I should have been paying my debt by sleeping with clients, but Ty had strong-armed Tom and they decided to make me a stripper instead.
Tom was a monster and every time I saw him; I still got the shivers and he always gave me a smug smile I wanted to wipe off his disgusting face.
I had never danced in my life, but he made sure I perfected lap d
I was furious with Ty for hurting Julian. The guy was dead to me literally, but that didn’t mean that I wanted to have his legs broken. Part of me dreamt of inflicting the same pain he caused me, but it was not going to be literal.After the hospital visit from seeing my mom hooked to that machine, to Julian’s broken leg and being controlled, I needed to punch something or vent. I swear if any filthy hands were to touch me at Star, I was going to break someone’s nose.
JackI could not take my hands-off Maya as we entered the hotel room. That nude gown was hot as hell, but I wanted it off and on the floor. Moving our hands we practically straddle each other taking my shirt off first while tackling each other in a make-out session.’Fuck, you’re beautiful” I purred in her ear.
MayaI knew Ty would see the video and go all full throttle with me, but I was surprised he didn’t interrupt the moment I took the dance too far. I had chosen sex to vent all the bottled-up emotions I had, and I used the very thing I hated to deal with it.Good job. You have become the thing you hated I patted my shoulder sarcastically.
It was time for my shift, but I couldn’t get the dance moment that led to sex with Ty in the morning. I was confused because I had enjoyed having sex with him and it felt different. I wish if I could live in that moment, but Ty still gave me the silent treatment after.“Maya,” I heard shouting from Ty, “Get out of your head. You have work to do,” he said clicking his fingers signaling me to follow him.
I recognized the man as I hit the floor, he was the same man who hit Macy in the video he was looking at me with resentment. All I saw in his eyes was darkness and anger. A man possessed.He had dragged me by my throat and was slamming my head hard on the wall that I felt myself getting light-headed. My hand shakingly reached for my head which was throbbing with my ears ringing. I tried to speak as my throat was being choked and I was having a Deja Vu. The man in front of me was going to kill me and I had to force some words out of me.
Voices. I can hear voices. The voices that sound familiar, but I couldn’t remember from where?My body feels numb and I can’t move.“She’s awake guys.” I know that voice.
DaxI was laying low after Macy died. I still feel responsible for letting her down and I was not going to stand and watch her sister fall into the same pit as Macy. It was my fault that Macy died in the first place if it wasn’t for my plan to steal from Ryan.I was the one who convinced Macy to steal the ring from Ryan Steel the rich and ruthless bastard who got off easy treati
The pursuit was not that long as I saw them pulling into a familiar neighborhood Macy had told me about. She had told me that her house was in this area, but I never got a chance to visit her home and see the place she grew up in.I shook my head focusing on the task at hand, which was to talk with the brothers and find out what they knew about Maya because for some stupid or dangerous reason I felt I could trust them.
“I thought you were letting me go?” I adjusted my hand with Alex resting on my shoulder.“Yes, ” he smiled.I looked at him starting to get suspicious as I knitted my brows together. Part of me didn’t want to think, all that was a trick or show so he could laugh in my face before he took my children away from me.
Maya“Does it always take this long for them to sleep?” I looked up to see Ryan rubbing the back of his neck as he spoke, and I simply nodded.The twins were finally asleep again after a long day. The flight had been long and so much time had flown by when we got to the hotel late in the afternoon. It has been a couple of hours and I was exhausted, but I knew Ryan an
RyanJust like that Maya walked back to their room and I was left to figure out how to get them to move. I turned to look at them and she had been right the sight in front of me was adorable. My children were sitting on the floor Alex’s hands stuck in Ava’s hair and they were sharing the other candy.I had no idea there was such happiness in seeing
The twins were settled on their highchairs eating comfortably. The highchairs were easy to assemble luckily, and Ryan had helped in silence. I watched him work around the steps and he looked like a natural because Dax and I had taken time to set them up once.“All done,” he smiled as he watched the twins eat admiring them for a second.“If you have somewhere else to be, we can always
MayaI was a mother now and nothing was going to get in the way of me protecting my children, including their father. I had decided to come back and face my husband and fight back no matter the cost and luckily Dax had taught me a lot after I gave birth.My pregnancy was hard. Tiffany and Dax helped me in most of the cases because I was a mess. Tiffany arranged a therapist for me on o
RyanI thought I was dreaming because she was here and not only was she here she brought my kids with her. My heart was doing somersaults and getting back to the way it was all this time. I paused as I said their name Alex and Ava Steel in my head. It had a nice ring to it, and I was already designing their rooms in my head and they were going to be spoiled rotten.I pulled out
I felt as if I was flying with a smile on my face this time and I was at peace as if this was my ride to heaven, I was a happy passenger. “Mommy, mommy,” I heard a voice, but I refused to open my eyes.SMACK. My eyes flew open attentively this time startled by the wailing noise.“Hey, young lady, we don’t talk with fists. Now say sorry to your brother,” I looked at my dau
MayaIf someone had told me that Tiffany and I would form an alliance I would have laughed and thought it was absurd, but my life had been filled with a lot of crazy shit and pain so believe me when I finally agreed to let her help with the escape it was the best fucking allegiance that brought good memories ahead.“Have you completely lost your mind?” Dax asked as h
“Woah, easy,” I raised my hands, “You might want to put the gun down Maya,” I looked at her.“I said talk, ” she moved closer, and by the way she looked, she meant business.“Okay, my guys are outside so careful with your next move,” I took a step back, but my words made it worse because the gun was corked close to my chest and she was not shaking or hes