"We're in public, girl," he said, struggling to get his breath together. Elena just fixed upon him those doe eyes of hers, lined with a dark mascara, giving her the look of a witch. Her mouth was wrapped around the head of his flaccid cock, and she sucked on it quietly, like a lollipop. It began to grow in her mouth. "Oh, fuck," Liam whispered, throwing his head back. Then turned to look at her. Elena kept her eyes locked on his. She wanted to penetrate deep into his soul, and to milk off the stress, trauma and anxiety loaded there. She decided not to use her hands on the growing shaft just yet. "But — but we have a problem at hand," Liam mumbled, straining himself not to moan out loud from the raw pleasure coursing through his body now. "There is no peace without trouble," Elena said. His enlarged member in her mouth didn't let the words come out prop
That night, Elena received a surprise call from Jennifer. Her stepsister wasn't one for calls. If she did, it would be important."I might be wrong," she said the second Elena answered, "but I think I'm seeing a shady news online which mentions Liam's name."Elena didn't know what to say to this. Should she agree outrightly and risk the bombardment of questions that'd follow? Or she could feign oblivious, and pass on."It is what it is," Elena said, at a loss for suitable words. "Is it true?" Jennifer's voice was hushed. "Did your husband do it?""No," Elena said. "Liam is not and cannot be a killer, no matter how hot tempered he is, and no matter what's at stake," she added."Then he should make a public statement in reaction to this. He should clear the air, and his name. The versions to this story are maddening. Bloggers are going crazy with the twists and turns."Elena pulled at a string on her night gown. "Liam is not afraid," she said. "Not at all."After a long pause, Jennifer
It was one thing to be wealthy, and another to be modest about it. Actually, the second one was more difficult to attain. These were Liam's thoughts as his car crawled through the gigantic gates of Mr Packwood's Palace. The first thing which caught Liam's attention was the great number of servants and guards. There were over a hundred maidservants just standing by the grand front door and along the endless balcony.Then there were the bodyguards, regaled in full armor, as though they were ready for war at any time. The eyes were lost behind jet-black shades, and their faces never accommodated a smile. Their index fingers were poised in front of the trigger."Men, you must not allow any trouble with these guards," Liam spoke into the intercom hidden under his suit."Roger that," Chris replied. He was the chief guard, and his tone was amused.Elena sat beside Liam, her hands on her laps as they drove slowly across the hundred meter yard. He let his eyes fall on the towering mansion th
"Is anything the matter?" Mr Packwood, a seemingly keen man, had noticed the stare-down between Liam and the guard.The guard was trying to give off the oval box and head out already, but Mr Packwood didn't extend his hand for it. Instead he leaned back to watch the unfolding tense moment."What are you doing here?" Liam snarled at the guard.The latter did not answer."You two have met before?" the old man asked, but his face wasn't interested enough, because he didn't know what was really at stake.Liam turned to Packwood. "Do you know who this man is?"Packwood shrugged with his brows. "My guard, of course. What's the meaning of that question?"Liam chuckled with the side of his mouth. Elena watched as the guard tried to hide his face. The air was thick with tension. Even Liam's guards from their distance seemed to have recognize
Liam had hardly finished his last word when Charlie gave him a head butt that shattered his nose, and sent him reeling backwards. He didn't know how much distance he had covered until his back touched the cold railings of the yacht.He held onto the steel bars and tried to steady himself. His head swirled as a throbbing pain began to emerge from within it.All of this happened within a few seconds. When Liam raised his eyes to look at Charlie, what he saw was a pistol nozzle pointed at him.Liam's reflexes failed him. And he only shut his eyes and imagined his own death.Then came the shot. Splitting the air in its loudness and suddenness.He waited. But for a long time, he did not feel any pain aside from the ones he felt on his nose and head.As though from a distance, he began to hear the sounds of rushing feet against wood, the terrified shout
"I donated two million to Lola's grandfather for the funeral and stuff," Liam said. He was sitting on Elena's bed, watching her perform a manicure on his toes; she didn't allow the maidservants to do it."That's a lot of money, if you ask me," she said. "He took it without question?""He of course said I didn't have to do all of that, but he did take it.""And the other issues?""He was willing to bury all of it in the rocks. But the police would be the hardest to fend off. Charlie isn't free at all." A reflective pause. "Neither am I." Then he shrugged. "They'll sort their stuff out themselves; that shit got me almost killed."After a while: "It must have been hard on you," Elena said, her tone resonating with compassion. "You would've preferred she didn't die."Liam's shrug and affirmation weren't strong enough. Elena knew why. A man's reputation was
After the call with Ethan, Liam became jittery. He lost his cool, and the energy he'd had for the air tour with Elena began to dwindle. Would this work out again?It wasn't because he wasn't happy to see his step brother, far from that. But he was suspicious of his sudden arrival from Tanzania. What was he up to?Liam shrugged, walked to Elena, and broke the news."Luke," he said thereafter, "call one of the guards at home, not Chris, and tell him to go bring Ethan. He wouldn't want to keep him waiting.""Yes, sir," Luke said. "Or shall I just go myself?""Are you out of your senses?" Liam barked. "You don't think I have enough reason to order you to make a phone call instead?""I'm so sorry, sir." Luke moved away to make the call.Liam glanced at Elena, saw her frown. "What's up, boo?" she asked. "You should be happy about your brother's arrival.""Do I look sad?" He clamped his jaws tightly, causing his shins to pulsate."You look terrible." Elena was making an effort to tease a la
Two men were standing on the balcony when Liam's car drove into the compound. One of them was Liam's father, while the other man looked younger. Elena didn't need to guess twice who it was. She couldn't see his face from the car, but with the energy the man oozed as he waved at the car, she couldn't wait to see him up close.Liam told Luke to drive the car into the main garage. Which was a rather slow process typical of Liam, who always had his car hurriedly parked at the front of the house, and was already jumping out. Elena decided not to stare too much or ask too many questions. She was going to sit back, mind her own business, and observe how friendly Liam was with his step brother, Ethan.When Luke stopped the car, Liam waited. He didn't jump out. Even the guard was surprised as he opened the door for him. Elena opened her side of the door by herself. Liam got out, and instead of heading out, leaned on the car, tonguing his teeth loudly."You're stalling," she whispered to him
Liam listened to Ethan's lawyer speak. There was a dying flicker of hope in his voice. He had long lost the battle, and the jurors weren't listening to him anymore. But he tried his last weapon: appeal for leniency.And for the record, not long ago, Ethan had been sentenced to twenty-five years in prison, and a wave of terror and silence had coursed through the hundreds of people gathered there.In the offender's box Ethan stood, a shadow of his former self. It was a week since his arrest. And even though his mother, through his plea and Liam's mercy, had been set free on bail, Ethan couldn't get his doom over his head. Liam watched him closely, at his overgrown beards, his unkempt hair, the blood in his eyes. "Your honor," the counsel said, "I understand the seriousness of my client's crime, and I do not condone it. However, I would like to ask for leniency in sentencing. My client has no previous criminal record, and I believe that a sentence of 25 years is excessive. A reduced sen
After the incident with Plum, she became a ghost in the mansion. Elena looked everywhere for her, casually sent other maids to find her, but Plum was always where they had not been.When a maid said she heard her crying in a restroom situated in the basement, Elena ran to the basement. When she got there, the crying had stopped. There was a deep silence. "Break the door open!" Elena shouted with a sense of dread and urgency.The maid went for it, but the door wasn't locked. She opened it and Plum was not there anymore. But Elena had the gut feeling that she was still around there, somewhere."Look, Plum, I know you can hear me," Elena called out, "Whatever game you think you are playing, whatever stunt you want to pull by this shit, would not work. Not in my house. Okay?"She was met with even deeper silence. Her anger built up. "If you want to go crazy, my dear, you can send in your resignation letter, and I'll see you off to the gates myself! Then you can wield your insanity to its
"I don't know how to describe how happy I am," Liam said, "hearing you're pregnant."Elena frowned, as she remembered something. "No, boo, you certainly knew what you were doing. Why didn't you let us have sex all this while?"She saw Liam frown. "Oh, really? I didn't really think about it that way. I was only having fun." He turned to her. "You wanted a baby, too?""I guess as at then," she said, "I didn't. It's all changed now. Then, I only wanted to enjoy this" — she reached out to touch and caress his flaccid dick lying on his belly — "to the fullest. Wanted to suck out every juice you could ever produce.""Eww, I don't produce juice," Liam laughed. "You do.""Let's see who gives the juice first!"she declared, sitting up. Liam was grinning too, perhaps wondering how he got so lucky with a wife who was both an introvert and a sexual creative."What are you trying to do?" he asked, feigning suspicion."How would you like your blowjob? Fast and aggressive, or slow and deep.""This lo
When Liam told Elena to go upstairs, so he would handle his family, she was filled with dread. Not by what the family would to to her as revenge, but for what Liam would do to them. There was so much anger and bitterness in his voice. His eyes were dark and revengeful.And when she passed through their midst, her heart beat with doubled pace. In her room, she couldn't sit quietly. She peeked from the window, saw her husband raving, commanding so much power that even the birds in the sky didn't as much as flicker their wings.She didn't hear some of what was what said, but she picked out the key phrases. And she couldn't help but marvel at the extent her husband was ready to go in his revenge.Not once did she try to interfere, by either calling him on phone to interrupt him, or call his name from the balcony. But she held her reins. Their altercation skyrocketed to a climax, when the gates opened and police sirens filled the air. The police cars rolled into the compound, and everyone
"Liam, you cannot do this to your brother!" Ethan's mother shouted the moment Liam stepped out of the car. "You cannot claim to love him and do this wicked thing to him.""Is he even listening to you?" Mr Paul asked. "He doesn't even remember who you are, talk more of Ethan."Liam allowed his eyes skim through the men and women gathered in front of his mansion. It was just as Chris told. They weren't even sitting. Only his father, whose health was seriously on the decline, was on a chair just behind them, smoking a pipe.Mr Paul spoke again about Liam. "See how he mopes listlessly? I tell you, what he should work on firstly is recovering —""Every dime you all have looted from my company while I was away," Liam cut in, blending in so well that the effect of his statement was an astounded silence.They didn't respond for a while. Maybe they thought not responding would help prove how much of a clueless man Liam was. But Liam had this all prepared. "Hey, El," Liam said to his wife besi
Elena saw the flash from behind Luke. It happened so fast. First, a clean hole on the roof appeared, accentuated by a flash of light. Something metallic hit a pan, bounced off and went through Luke's stomach. Elena heard the bullet — or whatever it was — wheeze past her ear. Her hairs stood on edge.Before her, Luke still stood with his penis in his hand, but a new hole on his chest. He didn't fall immediately, but when there were movements from the roof, he did fall.Elena saw them descend like black angels from the rooftop, or anywhere they might have come from. They were clothed in black, regaled in darkness. Their eyes were flashes of stealth, precision and ruthlessness. In their hands were stout guns, poised to end in a instant the life of anyone who tried to play smart. The red dots of their targets were everywhere on Ethan and his men's clothes. Ethan had more dots."Freeze," a voice said again. "We shall not hesitate to kill whoever moves a muscle."Ethan yelped and tried to
"You see what's inside?" Ethan asked."Ethan, what is the meaning of this?" Liam asked through the phone."I asked, what is inside!""An agreement for transfer of ownership, Liam whispered."That's right. I want you to sign the paper and place it back into the case. I'll get the notification here if that has been done."There was a prolonged silence from Liam's side. Ethan idly shook his feet which were propped on a table. Then he looked to his right to see Elena, tied to a chair. She had long stopped crying now, and all that left her throat was a hollow moan.Ethan motioned to Luke and the four other men who were with him in that underground. "Take the gag off her mouth," he ordered.Liam heard this, and reacted immediately. "You gagged my wife?!" he shouted. "Ethan, you had the temerity to put a gag on Elena's mouth?"Ethan chuckled. "Oh. Look who's hurt and shaky. But that's not even all." He glanced over to see Elena immediately double up to throw up. Ethan smiled and turned back
Liam sat there, gasping, and moving his head back and forth. A lot was going on in his brain, in his mind and heart. He could feel each throb, bringing back with it a cascade of memories."Where's Elena?" he asked himself, remembering he had a wife, who he had been treating like trash. She was right, after all! Liam's hands began to shake against the wheel. The world seemed to slow down around him."Where are Charlie, Olive and James?"The name Charlie stuck to his mind. Charlie. The last image he remembered of him was when he was down on the alley, being pumped by bullets, shaking.He had done that to save him.Liam swallowed and glanced away. The tears that streamed from his eyes had become heavy. Flowing from the depth of his soul. His nose ran freely.Charlie had given himself for him.Liam's thoughts were violently interrupted by a blast on his windshield. He turned to see his chasers lined up shoulder to shoulder, their guns raised to their eyes. They began to fire bullets on L
Liam stared at the man standing before him, anger and frustration in Liam's face. Something was seeping into his brain. He was trying hard to remember who the man was. And he was so close to it!"Here are pictures of us," Charlie said, showing him a screen full of pictures. Liam recognized himself in the pictures. But the man next to him... Good heavens.They were standing under the shade of a random tree in the streets. Liam had no idea how Charlie had found him there. Liam was about concluding his arrangements for the soldiers to go arrest Ethan. "I'm trying," Liam finally admitted. "I do recognize myself, but it is like looking into a photoshopped picture. I can't explain how this is happening."Charlie's face was kind. "I understand. The doctor gave us a forewarning, so I really understand. You're already doing great. I just want to be by your side.""Why?" Liam asked."Because the men who had tried to killer you are back again."Liam's eyebrows crinkled. "What sre you talking ab