Chapter 5
Vanessa Holloway When I got his text, my heart skipped a beat. How long had it been? A month? A year? I checked his last text and found, to my surprise, that it had been only a week. I sighed, realizing that I was still pining over him. He's the most amazing person, but it's frustrating that he only calls me when he needs me. His actions denote he doesn't want anything deeper than our erotic encounters, but I'm hopeful that I'll be able to win him over with time. I had gotten ready in my usual professional journalist attire, but with something beneath in preparation for our encounter: a jacket to go with the otherwise revealing blouse and my pretty jean skirt. It didn't take me long to get to his company, but the minutes wound slowly when he didn't show immediately. I was, however, glad to be in his car, already turned on by his apology and the possibilities before us. Currently, I'm in a hotel room with him, unbuttoning my dress sensually. There's soft music in the background, and all my tools are ready. I switch the bright light to the night light in further preparation. He's standing right in the middle of the room, staring at me fixedly. His eyes glaze over when I undo my bra strap, and I know I've got him. I walk up to him, my steps in rhythm with the playing tone. Despite his hastened breathing, his touch is rather detached. I remove his belt proactively but find myself thinking, bothered. Something's wrong—why is he distracted? The explanation comes when he kisses me greedily. The passion is so strong that I feel it; he's needy. He's tired—he always is when he calls me, but this time I think it's more than usual. I double my efforts, undressing him before me in a flash. Since he needs me for this, I'm more than happy to make him forget his problems. He stands there naked, looking like a god. He's only mildly built, but I think it's perfect! He brings his hand to my waist, pulling at my panties, but I stop him abruptly. Our eyes lock. He wants to see me too, but that's where it gets interesting. I kiss him on his neck softly, drawing a groan before standing on my tiptoes to whisper in his ear, "Not yet..." A frustrated growl, low in his throat from him, and I frown. "Down now!" There's silence except for the soft music. I see it in his eyes—resistance—but I already know he'll give in. He drops down to his knees, and I smile. Now we've started. I get my tools from my bag on the bed. For now, only the handcuffs are needed. After cuffing his hands together, I find some support and hang his hands above his head by a rope. I spend the next couple of seconds taking in the scene before me: the powerful billionaire CEO, kneeling before me. His consent is evident—agreeing to my request and letting me cuff him is pretty much rendering me all control. I feel powerful and incredibly aroused, dripping wet as I gaze on his bare fair skin. His dick hanging between his thighs as he kneels fills my mind with fantasies... Fantasies and creative ideas on what to do next. I bend down to him and take it in my hand. Engorged with blood, it's long and hard. I give a gentle squeeze. He groans, his eyes looking at me hungrily, but he's helpless as I tease him for some seconds. "You kept me waiting," I tell him slowly in a low voice that's barely audible above the music. He smiles subtly as I continue, "What should happen to you?" "I deserve punishment," was his response, humbly and promptly. What's an S/M session without a bit of punishment? I take out my whip from my bag and begin, some on his back and others on his butt. The strokes are in beat with the playing tone, but I break it occasionally. It's extremely hot for me to do this to him—I feel special that he lets me, that he somewhat enjoys it himself—yet I know there's a thin line between pleasure and pain. My professionalism comes from just dancing around that line but never crossing over. I end the session some two minutes later, thinking I've teased enough and wanting the real deal. I uncuff him and hug him tightly as he uses me to support himself back to his feet. My panties drop to the floor as his hands roam, making circles around my ass and finally holding my waist. I find myself blushing as he holds me some distance away to take my naked frame in. With others, it's just the job so I might be nonchalant, but with him, it's more. Even when I'm going about my usual day, thoughts of him fill my head, so with the current intimacy, it's consuming. His steady hungry gaze fills me up with so much heat that I want to burn with him. I want him to devour me whole. I make the next move, unable to wait any longer. I trail kisses down his back, red from the whipping. He seems to notice my desperation. I shouldn't have let him because now he's not about to act. I know how to make him though, but I wrestle with the thought of relinquishing the control I've built steadily since getting here. Unable to take it any longer, I drop to my knees before him, willingly—without a command. The power play between us is like a wave. I could never hold my control over him for long; he's different, someone I can't resist. I deal with the feeling of vulnerability. I'm completely exposed—naked before him and kneeling too. He doesn't restrain me like I did him, but my total submission is apparent as I look up at him, hoping my eyes aren't as large as they get when I'm going through intense emotions. Crawling without my hands, I inch up to him slowly before grabbing his long hard dick carefully. My body acts on its own as I put it into my mouth, sucking and rubbing in a rhythmic flow. He throws his head back in pleasure and grabs my hair. Seeing him enjoy it makes me feel nice, like a good little girl, but when he squeezes my firm breasts and strokes my hardened nipples, I'm overloaded with sensation. I don't know how long it lasts, but I feel an orgasm coming. Gosh, he's not even fucked me yet and I'm already... But then he stops me. His devious eyes take in my frustration as he lifts me off the ground. I'm plopped onto the bed while he lands above me, looking like a lion about to devour its prey. I'm the dominatrix here, I think, as he takes those cuffs—the ones I used on him earlier—and attaches my hands to the bedposts on either side. He spreads my legs out before him and stares at the treasure in the middle, my pussy glossy and wet. He doesn't take a condom; it isn't needed. We're long-time fuck partners, and he trusts me that much. He smiles and positions his cock above my opening as he kneels above my waist, giving me visions of what is to come. I wait for it impatiently, desperately, but he remains halted. The look he has in his eyes is one I've never seen before. It takes me a while before I can place that it's confusion. "Luca, what's wrong?" He snaps back to the present, the lost look in his eyes gone. I'm still uncertain as he repositions before my opening, making circles and curls with a finger to stimulate me even further before pushing his dick in and out with brutal thrusts. "Oh, yes..." I cry, not able to keep the feeling within. His response is a grunt as he increases the intensity of the exercise. I want to kiss him, to flail and touch him, but I find that I can't. With a start, I see my hands tied to the bedposts. I might have growled in frustration if not for the next thrust that had me moaning despite myself, "Uhm mmm..." He should be the one feeling this way with me having complete power, but somehow it's the reverse... And I like it that way. What I don't like though is the silence. Yes, there's music playing and I'm unable to keep my voice down, but he doesn't say anything to me; he never does. There are no words, no promises. With others, it's fine, but with him, I want more. I want him to see me past my body, to love me or at least fake it. But that's one thing I'm unable to force, even during the times he's artfully hogtied and I'm specially whipping his dick—long and hard—while he calls my name for mercy. He fucks me till we're both panting beside each other on the bed, a sweaty mess. He doesn't loose me, so I'm still open and helpless. He takes full advantage of that by fondling my breasts and teasing me mercilessly without fucking me again. Suddenly, his eyes glaze over again. It's a look I'm coming to dread—like he's looking at me but not seeing me... Like he's seeing another instead. "Is anything the matter?" I question. It's not tiredness, I know it for a fact now because now he's more than relaxed. I must've been wrong to dismiss it previously because now I know it's something more. "Nothing at all," was his response, loosing me and smiling while he spoke. I could have settled for more fondling and fingering, but it's fine, though the abruptness makes me frown again. "Thanks so much, Vanessa. I really enjoyed that," he says. I smile in response, but I'm silently thinking... Could he have met someone? And likes her?Chapter 6 Kira I make my way back home after deciding not to carry out the mission. I spend the next couple of days hooked up inside, not wanting to see anybody and not wanting to be disturbed. Luckily, no one comes to disturb me, and I am able to completely collect my thoughts. I have an idea of what is going next. If Dante finds out that I didn't carry out my mission, there will be trouble for me. Even now, sitting on a rooftop in the dead of the night, I find myself contemplating why I haven't done it. My life has been smooth sailing for a very long time now. And as long as I complete each mission, I'm able to continue living to the fullest, enjoying freedom and independence. But now, by not ending him, I have completely fouled things up. I keep uncomfortably feeling someone approaching me. I don't ask who he is, though, because I already know who it is. "How long are you going to keep hiding away?" he questions. I glare at him at the way he suddenly arrives and starts q
Chapter 7 - KiraI walk into the car, knowing exactly who is waiting inside and feeling my heart beating in trepidation at the prospect of what I'm about to do. He's sitting in the backseat and, once again, using his phone. I can't blame him - billionaires and rich people in general tend to be less aware of their surroundings and so cocksure that everything is going to continue going smoothly, even when people like me have their eyes on them.Once again, I wait for him to look up and realize that his life is about to end. I'm not about to kill him while he's unaware. Just like before, he raises his eyes. "Our friend driver, aren't we supposed to be on the way now?" he questions.I turn around quickly, pulling my gun and pointing it straight at his forehead. He freezes in shock. Well, that's the reaction I was expecting. I was supposed to pull the trigger the next instant, but I hold for a second when he raises his hands in the air in surrender."Oh, you again," he starts. I smile swee
Chapter 8 - Luca RomanoAnother close shave with death. Honestly, I'm surprised I'm not used to it yet. The moment she leaves, I find myself letting out a breath, and only then do I realize I had been holding it. Despite the air conditioning in the car, I find that I am sweating profusely - hell, my back is actually drenched. That girl would be the death of me, I know it already. Sure, I managed to escape this time around, but would I be able to the next time?I don't even know why she spared me, because clearly my tongue wasn't silver enough. I like to think I'm charismatic, but I know that with her professionalism, she wouldn't care about that at all. I think of her words as I try to gather myself and overcome the shock of finding a stranger right in my car, sent from hell to kill me."She doesn't have any personal problem with me," I repeat to myself in my head. Somehow that makes me feel relieved. I'm not quite sure why it means so much to me that she isn't the one who wants to ki
Chapter 9 - Luca Romano I don't do anything particular in my office. No, I simply spend the time thinking. But I don't beat myself up for it - what with my life hanging in the balance at the moment, I can't exactly blame myself for wanting to secure my survival first of all. That feeling, wanting, not minding if she tries to kill me again as long as it means we'll meet with each other once more, still nags at me, but I force it down. It's my life we are playing with at the moment, and it's a very expensive joke if anything. It's best I never see her again, but somehow just the prospect of that ties my stomach in knots. "Where did I get such a masochistic trait?" I question myself, rubbing my fingers on my temples and feeling like a fool. Even with my experiences with Vanessa, it has never come close to death before. But this with her - death is but a moment away, and I actually find myself excited by it. "This is getting really unhealthy," I tell myself, making up my mind to make
Chapter 10 - Vanessa HollowayThroughout the week we spend apart from each other, I feel like I'm tearing up into pieces. It pains me that he never calls, not until he needs something. It pains me that we never went on actual dates with each other, that things between us have to be so professional and simple when it could be a lot more. I don't push it, however. There's not a lot of time, and soon he'll start coming through - I know it. Maybe he doesn't like me that way yet, but with time, he's going to get really involved and finally see me as a perfectly eligible lady for marriage.I can't wait till we start dating. Something tells me to take the bull by the horns and be the one to initiate things between us, but still, I find myself waiting patiently. Maybe I'm just a bit too scared.I go back to the company, looking at the large building and the scale of it, and begin writing again. It's what I do, what I enjoy doing, so I don't think I'm nervous at all. Somehow, I also feel at ho
Chapter 11 - Kira RogersI spare him once again this time around. I don't know what comes over me - I don't kill him, I can't, but at what cost? It's only after leaving the car, after completely leaving the premises, that I realize the full extent of my crimes. I'm going to pay for it, and I'm going to pay dearly. Hell, I know it can't be as serious as my life for his, but it actually makes me apprehensive with fear when I'm not supposed to be afraid.I've never been afraid of Dante or anything concerning him because it's something he trained me against. He pretty much forced me to stop fearing him, and at the moment there was no going back. There was something I had overcome, but that doesn't mean I'm not able to answer for what's going to happen next.If he's not dead by Sunday, I think, remembering his execution was due Sunday - it was pretty much my last chance unless I went back to kill him once again, but obviously I won't be doing that. I might as well have ended it when I had
Chapter 12 - Kira RogersHe looks up at me and then looks back at his drink, saying in a cold, rough voice, "The man is still alive." It wasn't a question but a simple statement that conveyed his height of displeasure at my incompetence."Why is he still alive?" I find myself unable to say anything. The last excuse was stupid enough - if I tell him that I just couldn't kill him once again, I don't know how he's going to react."Want him dead by evening," he says, glaring at me. I apologize, biting my lip but holding it back, knowing that it's not going to be helpful.He glares at me even more. "Tell me once again, what's the problem? Why aren't you delivering on your job anymore?"I frown at him - when on earth had he ever wanted to know my reason, or was something wrong this time around? I decide, however, that I need to answer him because obviously he's not going to let me off easy this time if I don't give him a reasonable explanation. If there's any chance of me getting off this o
Chapter 13: Luca RomanoIt's difficult enough to have a company to head and a lot of responsibilities at home as the heir to the Romano Mafia family empire. My dad doesn't really require anything from me at the moment, so I can relax and be playful as I usually am. But as much as I want to take advantage of that and enjoy myself before I'm no longer presented with that opportunity and saddled with more responsibilities on every corner, I can't. It's difficult enough to handle all that, but with the threat of my life being gone looming over me, I find it hard to even breathe.I know that there's a killer on the lookout wanting to kill me more than anything, and it makes me very apprehensive anytime I'm moving. I try to do my job and live normally like I usually did. I am taking in the situation around me while in my office, realizing that once again I have zoned out. There's a meeting with my board of directors coming up in the next 10 minutes, and I need to organize myself. I need to
Chapter 40 - Luca Romano"I'll tell her the pure truth," I think to myself, but I know that it doesn't matter what I say—what really matters is how I say it. So I get my information across as tactfully as I can manage, hoping that I wouldn't come off as a traitor."The girl I'm involved with, well, I was involved with," I start out, typing another message. "She knows that someone is trying to kill me. I continue, and she's an investigative journalist. I had... After my first encounter with you, I told her about it in one of our meetings," I say simply, because I'm not about to completely deny my involvement, tell her that somehow Vanessa just wants to look into her for no reason at all. I need to let her know exactly what's going on no matter what. And if it means taking some of the blame, then I would do it."She is very good, and I think you might be in danger, so I decided to warn you. I've told her to stop, but she just wouldn't listen," I finish before waiting patiently for a res
Chapter 39 - Luca RomanoI realized my mistake the moment after I make it. I feel a sense of dread creeping upon me. I might as well have simply confessed that the name she professed was true. I know that there is a tendency that she doesn't exactly know, that she is not sure yet and simply tries to sound sure so as to deceive me. How could I let such a simple tactic work on me, I think to myself in dismay, knowing that I've given her away nicely now.I should have known that this girl is an investigative journalist and that as such she has a lot of techniques. She already had a very good idea, I tell myself internally so as not to blame myself too much—a very, very good idea of who she is, so I can't exactly be the cause now, can I? I think to myself as I contemplate what else would have happened. When I think about it now, I wouldn't have said anything if not for the fact that she had been so accurate in her depiction of her, and for her to have the name like that, well then, most l
Chapter 38 - Luca RomanoNot wanting her to kill me herself is one thing, but it's another entirely to stop me from wanting to die. Somehow I feel lighter and happy, at least just at the thought of seeing her again. After the conversation with her, I don't feel that heavy feeling in my soul anymore. I feel refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to continue living, pushing forward.Sure, my sister might be already poised to take everything that I own by birthright, but it doesn't mean she has to get it so easily. The odds are still in my favor even though everything is probably already set. I'm not going to waste my opportunity. I'm going to do my best and get my ultimate goal. Of course, I know that there are a lot of chances of me failing, like the last failure, and the consequences might be dire, especially to the men that work with me, but I'm willing to take that risk. I'm willing to continue fighting and acting according to plan in order to bring my future to reality and take hold of
Chapter 37 - Kira RogersI don't expect to find a depressed Luca Romano this time around. I heartfully kidnap him and Serge Vang, succeeding in my mission because, well, it is somehow getting easier and easier. Either he is getting more careless, or I'm getting more used to maneuvering his security personnel, who don't seem to be skilled in the art of protecting him at all. They don't even do their jobs right, I think to myself, shaking my head as I bring him over to a valley.I think it's nice to talk with him one last time in such a scenario before taking him out, but unfortunately, he somehow has suicidal tendencies at the moment. I feel completely shocked by the words that he says, and somehow my will to kill goes away. He seems to not want to kill himself but rather have me do it. I wouldn't have had any problems with that previously, but I'm not about to be used as his tool to get what he wants. At the same time, I just somehow feel a little apprehensive.So I decide not to kill
Chapter 36 Luca Romano She doesn't look like she's joking this time around as she points the gun straight to my head—clear indication that she's here to finish everything. I will consider myself blessed. At the field and the flowers around us, remembering how the lights at the end of the tunnel had looked a moment before we got here, I find myself smiling even more. She frowns at me, but the joy can't leave me at the moment."Well, at least you are very thoughtful," I tell her, nodding in appreciation."Thoughtful?" she says, glaring at me. "What do you mean?""It's a wonderful place to die now, don't you think?" I question.She looks around and seems to consider it. "Well, not the worst place," she says. "Better than my bedroom.""Definitely better," I say, recalling how I had almost died that day right in my bed where I'm supposed to be safest."What's up with you?" she questions, frowning apprehensively. Her gun lowers ever so slightly, but that's not what I want at the moment."
Chapter 35Luca Romano. Yet another day at my office, but this time around I'm feeling drained and tired of everything in general. Somehow my life seems to have turned upside down all of a sudden, and there doesn't seem to be anything looking up at all. My sister is diligently working hard to take my place, and I've been trying to compete with her—something that was not supposed to even be a competition in the first place.What's more, I'm failing badly in my task because, well, the last attack didn't go so well. It's all my fault, I think to myself, as I recall how the men died then, for no just reason at all. As I think more about it, simply reminiscing about how it all fell through makes me feel overwhelming guilt. That day, just three days ago, I lost about 20 of the men assigned to me, and there was hardly any result at all. We were supposed to raid their hideout, but as it happened, we didn't have the right location.I remember telling them that it's not time yet, wanting us al
Chapter 34 Kira RogersHere we are, just the next open days—a series of missions and training sprinkled with the joy I get from talking with Luca. He is easily now one of the greatest people in my life, definitely closer to me than Xavier. But then again, Xavier is not really a friend in the truest sense; we've never connected in any way that I have with Luca, and definitely never had sex with each other, keeping our relationship as platonic as possible.I'm glad that Dante hasn't ordered me to go after Luca's life anymore, but it's a little unsettling. It's not like him to let someone off the hook, especially since I know that there's no reason for him to attack anymore. I'm actually very surprised to see that there is some tension in the crypt now. There aren't only criminal organizations around, and there are a lot of thugs around, but suddenly things seem to be getting intense both between the various gangs and also in the Shadowfang organization."What's going on?" I question Na
Chapter 33Kira RogersMy last encounter with Luca is not in the shuttle. Surprising. I don't know how things escalated to such a level, but I find myself smiling as I drive by. I drive back with my bike, feeling a light feeling within me. He has taken my number; somehow that makes me completely happy. I feel as though our talks are going to be interesting, and I can't wait for him to send me a message.It doesn't take up to five minutes before he says something: "Hello, Dearest." I wonder at the name he is calling me, but I don't complain. If anything, my heart is beating fast already, just from his words alone. I respond to him before putting my phone away—safety first. I would drive back before I talk with him.I quickly get back to the crypt and make my way to my apartment. Usually, I have other things to do, but I already know that he feels like talking, so I want to talk as long as possible. "I'm still stranded," he says. "I'm waiting for my driver to come and pick me up." "How
Chapter 32Vanessa Holloway.I don't expect that he would actually have her name by this time. The way he got it makes me more annoyed because if indeed she told him directly, it means that they are talking and things between them might be more serious than I think.I just want to quarrel with him, but he doesn't want to give me a name. "Well, it's fine," I tell myself when I speak with him calmly, deciding that one way or another, I would get that piece of information all on my own. I feel very mad at him though, but I don't show it. He's dead set, deciding to leave him to himself. If he thinks that what he's doing is going to end up well, he should continue. Meanwhile, I'm not stopping at anything. I made sure to let him know that exactly before I left.Before long, I'm in a bus heading for my office. I'm going to check through a lot of files now, and I'm going to put in all my effort and make a lot of phone calls. Above all, I need to really find out her name because it's a critica