CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 2

Lillianna had no idea how she was going to see this through. She was afraid and wanted to go home.

Oh this was not looking good.

Lillianna was not strong enough to outsmart one as AJ Fortes. He was built another way. He always had this look about him.

The night was pretty full on. Dancing, drinking, smoking… Card game… Paul had his eyes on her the entire night. It was so hard that she couldn’t speak directly to him. She had to just play along… He would be dying right now.

The night ended really late. It was around three in the morning when Lillianna was good to call it a night. She was uncomfortable and did not feel relaxed enough to fall asleep.

Any noise and she would jump. Her fear… Her true fear was that AJ or Tristan or even the cousins would try anything with her.

It was around nine in the morning when somebody knocked on the door to the room. Lillianna only had the bathrobe around her and felt uneasy about opening the door. It was Sally. “Here.” She handed her a few outfits in suit bags. Shoes and all.

“What’s this?” Lillianna was confused.

“AJ wants you to get dressed. Your job is to be there to serve him which means be there before he up…”

“Oh… I didn’t have anything to wear…”

“You should have figured it out. Not a good start now is it?” Yeah, Sally was a bitch.

“Um…”

“Hurry up then…” Sally rolled her blue eyes at her before she sauntered off.

Looking at the clothing and Lillianna cringed. Everything was like brand new and so expensive. Tags were still on the clothing.

She quickly grabbed a pair of jeans and a top that sat tightly on her breasts and showed more cleavage than she was used to. Still, it beat being dressed in a stupid skimpy dress.

She tied her hair up after freshening up and headed downstairs. Heels… She was to wear fucking heels. Great…

AJ was having a coffee and a cigar, he was on the phone talking to somebody. He did not seem impressed at all. What to do? Um…

“Make sure you do… On my life Victor, one wrong move and you will be over…” With that he ended the call and slammed his phone onto the table hard. “Fuck!”

Lillianna jumped from fright. She was not sure what the hell was going on. His dark eyes fell on hers suddenly and she took a step back instinctively.

“Your job is to what?” He asked her angrily.

“To serve… To serve you.” She added quickly.

“Right, and why is it that Marla served my coffee?”

“I’m sorry… I had nothing to wear…”

“You should have come down fucking naked! I come first! Me!” He hit his chest hard. And she was about to cry. This was so fucked up. Having all the women witness this was so humiliating.

“I’m sorry…”

Before AJ could reply Tristan showed up. “You okay?” He asked his brother.

“I’m gonna end him. I’m gonna end that fucker.” He nodded his head before he gulped the remaining contents of his coffee. Sally rolled her eyes at her before she asked AJ if he wanted another one.

“Baby, would you like another cup?”

AJ’s dark eyes turned to Lillianna now and she honestly didn’t know how to do this. “I’ll get it…” She said dumbly. She hurried off to the kitchen and quickly asked the cook to prepare a coffee for AJ and Tristan.

Lillianna returned with coffees and placed them down on the table in front of each of the men. Tristan smiled and winked at her and AJ had a dark look about him. Did anything make this asshole happy?

“I… Is there anything else?” Like he was making this so hard. He was deliberately making this experience really hard on her.

“I think you’re only supposed to serve him.” Tristan said that smiling. He had a glint in his eyes when he spoke. Was that the issue…

“Oh… I don’t mind…” Was that the right thing to say? Fuck… She was buckling. Tristan laughed aloud. Lillianna frowned not sure what the hell was funny.

“Dude… Bro, not sure she’s getting it…” Tristan was talking to AJ now.

“Come here…” The way AJ ordered her was a little alarming. She felt completely out of her comfort zone right now. Knowing she had to, she walked over to him and stood there dumbly. The cocky asshole tapped on the sofa for her to sit down beside him. Oh god… She really did not like this. Really did not like to feel like she was to obey his every command. Still, she sat down and waited to see what he wanted.

He lifted her chin up forcing her to look him in his hard eyes. “What is your job?” He asked her quietly. Um… Oh god. This had been the worst two days of her life.

“To serve… To serve you.”

“To serve me… Me… Nobody else. Your job is not to serve Tristan, if he wants to have somebody serve him he has the money to get somebody to do that. You are here for me alone. Okay?”

“I… I just thought… It was rude…”

“Your job is not to think. It’s to do and be how I want you to be. Understood?” Wow. Right. This man was not fucking around.

“Okay…” She would agree just so he would let her go. He squinted his eyes at her before he released his hold. He grabbed his coffee and gulped the hot liquid before he picked up his cigar and took a long drag.

“I don’t think he wants me to play…” Tristan said smiling. AJ did not crack a smile.

That was what the next few months consisted of. It was pure torture having to serve and hang around the parties. She hated it here. She did her best to put a smile on her face and do as she was told.

Paul was hardly ever around. She had no way of contacting him and it was really beginning to worry her. Lillianna was in a mess. Everything about her life right now was one big mess.

Nothing shocked her more than when she found out that AJ was most definitely paying her every week. It was like over five thousand dollars… Every single week. Not to mention the clothes, the jewellery, the shoes the accessories… It was like way too much.

It was a good three months now… Three months of doing nothing all day but hanging around in case AJ wanted something. He was always so short with her, he was not that way with the other ladies. He was stern yes but never really yelled. He only ever seemed to yell at her.

Still, Lillianna did her best to be invisible, she did her part and kept her distance. She was glad that nobody made any moves, they all respected AJ’s rules… Or they feared him. Either way they knew that she was not one of the ladies who did that sort of thing.

Tristan was open with public display of affection, he didn’t care. He wanted a head job he would get one… That was the time that Lillianna would leave to the kitchen and not return until she was sure that it was over. She would do her part and nothing more.

AJ was always last to go to bed. That made life hard… She wasn’t allowed to sleep or retire until he did. So most nights it was just the two of them. AJ and Lillianna alone. He would often be on his phone or doing some kind of work and she was to sit there and do fuck all and wait.

It was daunting.

Paul… Paul would be forever looking tense as ever when he would show up. He had his back up and it looked like he wanted to kill her. She was doing this to save his life. She wanted to tell him that his cover was blown but there was no way that AJ was going to give her a second alone with Paul. He watched her like a hawk.

After the third month and AJ seemed to totally ignore her. She now knew what to do so he didn’t have to always remind her. He would do his thing and she did hers.

Lillianna was living one day at a time trying not to freak out. She was beginning to believe that this was her life forever now. Paul was not giving her a single bit of direction and she didn’t know what to do.

It was hard to have AJ as her focal point. She found it hard to breathe when he was around, he was that intimidating… That and she was beginning to identify with him… Like he was her master type thing.

She hated this robot she was. This fake smile she always had to wear. The clothes that AJ chose for her. The way he wanted her to present herself. She was over it. The bastard never gave her the option of purchasing her own clothing like he said he would, he just had it ordered and she was to wear it and shut her mouth.

Lillianna didn’t like to feel this way. She did not want to be owned. Did not want to be here, did not need to be here.

Nothing really happened until late on a Friday night. The boys were out so Lillianna really had nothing to do. She sat outside with the ladies doing nothing. The girls loved this life. They all literally thrived on it.

Walking around in almost nothing, happy to do whatever was in their power to please the men… Not for her… Absolutely not for her…

AJ, Tristan, Jarred and Max all showed up. They sat outside and the women all knew to be there ready for whatever way this was going to play out. “I still can’t believe it…” Jarred shook his head. Marla was serving the men drinks. Lillianna quickly poured AJ a scotch and handed it to him.

“Yeah…” Tristan nodded his head.

“Is he dead?” Max now.

“He wishes he was.” AJ replied shrugging his shoulders.

“Out of all the people in the world, he had to be a cop? I fucking liked him man…” Jarred said. It felt like somebody had spilled icy cold water down her spine. Paul? No…

“Yeah well… He should have known better than to come here undercover…” AJ shrugged his shoulders before he gulped the entire scotch. Lillianna stood there frozen. Paul? They were talking about Paul, she felt it… “Oi…” AJ clicked his fingers at Lillianna now. He wanted a top up… Oh…

“Babe, I think boss wants another shot…” Britney was speaking to Lillianna now. Lillianna shook her head trying to shake herself together before she refilled his glass.

“You have one job…” Marla was speaking to her now. “Like how hard is it… You’ve been here long enough to know not to keep AJ waiting.”

“I’m sorry…” Lillianna was about to sob. She was freaking out. Was Paul dead? Was he hurt.

“Something wrong Lillianna?” AJ asked her now. This bastard knew what he was doing…

“No…” She found it hard to look into his eyes.

“You sure… You look a little pale…”

“I’m fine…”

“Okay…”

“Um… Actually do you mind if I go upstairs… I don’t feel well…” AJ nodded his head.

“Go.”

Lillianna thanked him before she hurried upstairs to her room. She was freaking out.

She was shaking. Oh my god! Oh my god…

She almost screamed when she heard somebody knocking on the door. Quickly shaking herself together she opened the door and was taken aback when it was AJ.

On instinct Lillianna took a few steps back. AJ walked into the room and closed the door behind him. He walked on ahead like this was normal, it wasn’t normal, he never ever came into her room. Ever… His room was on the floor above hers. He had no reason to ever be on this floor really.

“Just checking up on you… You had me worried…” He said walking right up to her. Lillianna forced herself to stay put. She stood there and braved up. AJ put his hand on her forehead as though to check if she had a temperature. “You’re a little flushed…”

He lifted her chin and kissed her on the mouth softly. Lillianna was taken aback by how soft and sweet the kiss was. It was just… She didn’t kiss him back, just stood there dumbly as he kissed her mouth ever so softly before he pulled away.

“It’s a shame…” He said holding her chin so she was looking right at him. “I find myself taken by you…” What on earth? AJ never ever gave her any indication that he was interested in her in any shape way or form. He totally treated her like she was nothing but a piece of shit for him to order around. “I can get lost looking into your eyes…”

Lillianna frowned and moved away from him, only she didn’t get very far, he grabbed her arm and forced her to remain where she was. “Paul begged me to spare you…”

Hearing AJ say that…

Lillianna felt the world spinning. She was going to pass out. “Yeah… He begged me to spare you. Said you had nothing to do with it…” He pulled her into his body roughly hurting her. His mouth almost on hers. The anger radiating from his body now.  He pushed her away Lillianna staggered trying not to fall. Oh god…

***

The look of dread… The look of utter defeat on Lillianna’s face right now. “Is he dead?” She asked once she found her footing. “Is he… Is he dead?”

AJ gave her a smile. “Doesn’t matter any more. If he isn’t dead he will be…”

“Oh my god… You can’t… Please…” She was sobbing now. “He didn’t have a choice…”

“No? He didn’t have a choice to fuck me up? No?”

“He had many chances to fuck you up he never did. That’s because he looked at you like a friend…”

“You want to lie to my fucking face?” AJ was already feeling sick in in gut for what he had done to Paul. He was physically sick over it but he needed to be done. He could not let him get away with it. No way… It was unfortunate that it had to be this way but it was what it was. No chance could he have allowed Paul to get away with fucking him and his brother over. His family… He was going to fuck his entire family over. AJ could not and would never stand for that.

“No… AJ… Please… Tell me where he is…”

AJ looked at the vision before him and wanted to shoot himself. He was looking at Lillianna in a completely different light. He had fallen for the creature before him and hated himself for it. How? How the fuck did he let himself be taken by her knowing what the fucking deal was with her brother?

“It’s best if you forget you ever had a brother. Trust me on this one… You never had a brother.”

“What? No… You can’t say that…”

“Or… I mean, you can tell the boys downstairs that you’re the sister of the cop who tried to bring us down, see how that works out for you…”

“I… I’m leaving.” Yeah good try.

“See, no you’re not. Don’t be stupid right now Lillianna. The only reason you are still alive is purely because I still have my reasons for keeping you alive. Don’t be a fucking idiot.”

Her face dropped.

“I… I will never let you touch me.” She looked mortified now.

“I wouldn’t touch a fucking nark…” AJ shook his head. “You are a fucking rat like your brother…” He was angry, that was the truth, AJ was cut and angry and wanted to lash out.

The fact that he had fallen for Lillianna, the fact that it hurt him to hurt Paul… The fact that the worst was yet to come… He was feeling fucking sick. Disgusted with himself. He was hating on himself right now. When did he fucking care for anybody but his brother and his cousins?

“I am leaving.” She repeated standing her ground. AJ walked right up to her and wrapped his hand around her neck pulling her into his body.

“You don’t get to set the rules baby… I am the king of this castle. Me… You are but my little pet to jump when I say so…”

Unable to help himself, AJ began to rub his thumb on her full lower lip, the same lip he wanted to bite off her face. He was so fucking awed by this beauty. He eased his hold on her neck allowing her to breathe easier. Her eyes… The eyes turned crystal like as she looked into his eyes.

“I have your brother… Your brother, he is in enemy hands… Do you know what we do to our enemies?” He rubbed his nose on hers before he spoke again. “I can tell you, they would much rather be dead… And I am not saying that lightly…” AJ needed Lillianna to understand the severity of the situation. “Now… You my dear are on the wrong side to be giving demands. You are not leaving… The only way you will leave will be in a body bag… That’s it.”

AJ was never ever one to be taken by beauty, not by looks and never led by his dick but something about Lillianna, from the first time he met her… Even though he knew she was on his enemies’ side… Maybe it was because he watched her like a hawk, maybe it was because he examined her every move… Maybe because he had to keep his focus on her in case she did something…

Whatever the reason and AJ was so taken by her. It was actually scaring him. He was somewhat obsessed. He found himself forever looking at her, even when she was doing nothing. She would sit there waiting for him to need something looking so lost… It didn’t matter that she would force a smile on her face, he knew she was not feeling it. She did not like to be around them…

Her eyes only lit up when her brother was around…

AJ wanted to kiss her. He wanted to do a lot of things to her. In his head, she belonged to him and him alone. He was always so touchy when the men would look at her, when she would walk past them and watch them take a long look at her ass. He hated it that she was even around them.

It killed him when she spoke to Tristan or to his cousins. It got to his soul… AJ would always have a go at her for nothing she did but his jealousy taking over. It was hard to deal with. Hard to explain even to himself.

Not wanting this to be more than it was AJ let her go. She frowned and looked around. She was clearly nervous.

“I… Can I see him?”

“No.”

“Please…”

“No.”

“AJ…”

“I said no!” He yelled making her jump from fright. “Now… I need to know how you want to do this.”

“Do what?”

“Do you want to die?” Her face turned ghostly white at that.

“No…”

“Are you sure… Because I can guarantee you that if you let anybody know that you are Paul’s sister, you will be as good as dead… Or worse…”

He watched as she wiped her tears. “What do you want?” She finally had the courage to ask.

“Well… You do your job. What is your job again?” He asked tilting his head waiting for a response. Come on sunshine… He was more than certain she knew the answer to this.

“To serve…” She always struggled to say it the first time. “To serve you…”

“Right, to serve me. And you will continue to do so. Up to you how you want to do this… I mean, if you feel the need to fuck up and make it known who you are… Who’s to say what might happen to you? Men will understand that it no longer means you are off limits… Do you get my drift?”

Yeah, she was getting it. It was registering to her exactly how futile her situation was.

“Why? Why are you keeping me here?”

“Well for one, you belong to me now… Understand this… I am not done with you yet… The minute I am you will die so I strongly suggest you understand that your only aim is to make me happy. Nothing else… Your only goal in this entire world is to please me now. I am your king… I am your master, your god… Me… I am everything to you now. You live and breathe only to serve me.”

She looked defeated. Good…

“Can I please see him?” She asked again. She was wiping her tears that were fast falling.

“Stop asking that. No you can’t see the fucker. No… You think I will be doing you or him any fucking favours?”

“That’s my brother!” She yelled out now. AJ didn’t think, he reacted and used the back of his hand smashing her hard across her gorgeous face. She hit the bed from the impact of the attack.

“You have no brother.” He stood there looking down at her. Her face was red instantly where he had struck her. AJ grabbed her face and pulled her up so she was on her feet now. “The sooner you understand how fucked up you are, the sooner you will realise what not to do. Now… I’m pretty sure you get the gist of it. Rest up… Tomorrow is a new day.”

Unable to help it, AJ kissed her. He pressed his mouth onto hers and kissed her hard. He wanted to fuck her up for making him feel this way about her. For making him stupid. He knew letting Lillianna live was not the right thing to do. She was a loose end. He needed to get rid of her if for nothing more than the mere thought of putting his family at risk. To AJ she was a risk…

For now he was going to keep his eyes on her. Make sure she stays on the right track.

AJ squeezed her face so hard when she didn’t kiss him back, he was frustrated as hell. He was hurting her, deliberately so, the minute she whimpered he thrust his tongue into her mouth.

This was ownership. He owned her now… Spoils of war. She was his… She now belonged to him… For real… He had kept her in training for a few months now, she knew subconsciously that she was his… That he was her owner. She knew this… He trained her to feel it. Now it was real… Now it was set in stone.

AJ was so hard for Lillianna, had been since the minute he met her. He didn’t understand this pull he had toward hers.

Bitch was not kissing him back and AJ was irritated as hell. He grabbed fistful of her hair and pulled at it hard. “Kiss me…” He was hurting her now. She would understand what needed to be done. It was pissing him the fuck off how she didn’t already do it. AJ was about to do something out of frustration now. “Or I’ll shoot the fucker in between his eyes…”

That got her to kiss him. She was crying as she placed her lips onto his. Nothing remotely passionate about the kiss, she just placed her lips onto his and that did nothing but frustrate the fuck out of him.

AJ shoved her away from him so hard that she landed on the bed again. “Get your shit together. You have only this night to get yourself sorted.” He snapped irritated at the fucking world.

Knowing it was for the best right now, AJ left the room. He did not bother to lock her door…

Once he returned to the party he found Marla giving a dance. A very provocative dance, he indicated for her to go to him. AJ walked into the office and Marla smartly followed him.

He wasn’t in the mood for talk. She understood perfectly well what to do. AJ turned her around roughly and slammed her down over the desk before he wore a condom. He pulled up her dress and slammed his cock inside her after moving her thong aside.

He fucked her hard and fast all the while thinking about Lillianna. That’s how he was getting by… He fucked the girls with Lillianna on his mind.

Next day and AJ left his room eager to see if Lillianna was going to play. He found her in the living room ready to serve him like she did every morning since he hired her… A great big bruise on her cheek.

Sally made her way next, she kissed him on the mouth hungrily. “Good morning baby…”

“Morning.” He leaned back and looked at Lillianna who was pouring his coffee with shaky hands.

“What’s wrong with you?” Sally asked her now. “You look like hell…”

Lillianna looked bad. Her face was swollen, her eyes were red. She looked gorgeous but she looked like she had a rough night.

“Headache.” She said forcing a smile on her face.

“Maybe go and apply some more makeup…” Sally was always happy to have a go at Lillianna. She seemed to resent her for some reason. “I’m sure AJ doesn’t want to look at that…” Not are you okay, not do you need anything… Sally was just a different breed.

Lillianna didn’t reply. She placed the coffee on the table before him. She kept her eyes on anything but him. AJ lit himself a smoke and leaned back. Tristan and Britney were the next to join them.

“Morning baby…” Britney was quick to kiss him. He nodded his head to her before he looked at his brother who was looking at Lillianna. He seemed concerned.

“Hey, you okay?” Tristan asked her.

Lillianna was quick with that smile again. That smile that never reached her eyes.

“Yes.”

“Do you need to see a doctor?”

“No. No I’m fine. I just have a headache…”

“Still? It didn’t go away?”

“No… It’s fine. I’ve taken some painkillers.” Tristan looked over at AJ now.

“Maybe tell her to have the day off.” Tristan needed to divert his attention to anything but Lillianna. What the fuck was with him and caring about her?

“She’s fine.” AJ was not about to let anybody tell him what to do.

Tristan was smart enough not to keep going.

The entire day and Lillianna was almost invisible. AJ didn’t bother too much with her. She did her job and that was enough. He knew she was coming to terms with her situation.

He had all the time in the world. Lillianna was not going anywhere.

That’s what life was like for the next few weeks. Lillianna was doing her job… He was still paying her. Didn’t want to arouse suspicion. He had to play like it was all good.

The only time she ever spoke to him about anything was when they were alone of the nights. He always stayed up and finished things off or just needed to wind down away from the craze and would be the last to call it a night.

Lillianna would sit there quietly. So it shocked him when she actually spoke on her own accord.

“Is he dead?”

This would have been almost five weeks since she found out he had busted Paul. AJ had been on his phone scrolling through to get some shit done when he looked up at her.

He squinted his eyes at her now. She had not asked about her brother since that day…

“How is knowing going to change a single thing?” It was so quiet. The whole house was asleep. Only the guards that were patrolling the grounds were awake.

“Just… It won’t change anything. I… Please… Is he…”

AJ could see how hard this was on her. She was doing her best to stop herself from crying.

“He’s not dead… But it will be a matter of time…”

“Why? Just let him go… He won’t say anything. Let me talk to him… Please. I’ll tell him that if you let him go…”

AJ put his finger on his lips and shook his head slowly. “Shh… No more.”

“AJ…”

“Come here.” He called her over using his hand. She frowned before she reluctantly made her way over to him. He patted for her to sit on the sofa beside him and she frowned. He knew she didn’t like it when he did that. Still, she was smart, she did as she was told.

Once she was seated beside him he moved her gorgeous hair and placed it behind her shoulders. She was such a stunner. “Why won’t you just let me see him?” She asked quietly.

AJ scoffed and leaned back on his sofa. “Why the fuck would I do that? Ha? Why the fuck would I do him any favours? You think I will let him get away with it?”