Isn't Dom a cutie? He can't help his feelings when it comes to Miles. But what is it that he actually wants? Hope you enjoyed it! xoxo
*WARNING SEXUAL CONTENT DOM "That's why I asked, isn't it?" "I told you she'd become my business, and so she has." Well, that was fucking vague. Knowing him, that could mean anything. "What kind of business is she to you?" I ground out, trying to keep my calm and not lose it on my best friend over a girl I couldn't have. Marcus looked in the direction of her room, his eyes glazed as he licked his lips. "Maybe we enjoy each other's company," he said, sliding his eyes back to me, holding the bottle out to me. I took it and took several gulps. What the hell was that look? So they were fucking. Was he better than me? Did she like him more? I could see a smile slowly forming on Marcus's face as if he could see every fucking question plastered on my forehead. I had to keep repeating to myself that I didn't have the right. I shouldn't make it my business, but damn it, I wanted to. I really, really wanted to. Fuck it. I turned and figured I'd go straight to the source. I heard him la
DOM I'd sadly figured out that I'd become lightweight. Waking up the next day with Marcus's arm flung over my chest, head in my armpit, and legs tangled with mine was painfully eye-opening. I'd come back from Miles's room smug, swigging more from the bottle and fingers smelling fresh of her cunt. But Marcus only looked me up and down with an eyebrow raised. "What happened to my book?" He asked, looking at his nails like he couldn't be bothered. They were NOT fucking. Obviously. So it was something else. Something I was still kept in the dark about. "I'll find out, you know," I mumbled, stumbling toward him to hand him the bottle. "You can't keep a secret from me for long. Also, fuck you." That made him smile like he wanted the challenge, but there was a hardness to his hazel eyes. A slight twitch in his brows. He wanted to tell me, and I had the feeling that it wasn't some small, petty little secret. Maybe it was something serious. Maybe it had to do with who was hurt
DOM "Marcus," she called, still staring me dead in the eye. I tensed. That tone? That look? She was up to something. "Yes, dear?" Both my father and I shot Marcus a glare. "How old are you?" What the hell was she getting at? "I'm twenty. Just four months older than ass-face here. Why?" Marcus responded, pointing his thumb toward me while stuffing his face with french toast. "Language," my father muttered, not looking up from his paper. Miles tapped her chin, thinking. Too hard. She glanced at me again, tilting her head, an unreadable expression on her face. "Maverick," she finally said, her voice honey-sweet but sharp beneath it. My dad looked up at her, already charmed. "Yes, Raven?" I swallowed. "Do you happen to know how a bottle of 1905 Branshire—” Before she could finish, Marcus and I lunged. I slapped my hand over her mouth, blurting out some random, garbled noise while Marcus let out a loud, forced laugh, nearly choking on his food. Miles glared daggers at me, th
MILES "Hey, I thought it was girls only!" Kenzie whined, crossing her arms as she leaned against her black SUV. I shrugged apologetically, shifting on my feet. "Maverick insisted we take them with us. Plus, I've been wanting you to meet Marcus. I'm sure he's you in another universe." She pursed her lips. "Doubtful." "Oh, just wait. He's definitely a character." Kenzie huffed, tucking a strand of red hair behind her ear. "I wasn't really in the mood to deal with children today, but if it makes your rich daddy happy, then fine." "Don't call him my rich daddy!" I groaned. "Miles, the man adores you. My own parents, who love me very much, don’t make me bagels in the morning. Plus, I wish my parents would force me to spend money. I'm happy he treats you like royalty, but I'm still jealous. It's a toxic trait," she grumbled with a shrug. I rolled my eyes. "He just said he's always wanted a daughter, but that doesn’t mean anything. He’s just a kind man." Kenzie gave me a fla
DOM She was watching me. I could feel her eyes burning into the side of my face the whole drive to the mall. Every time I turned to look at her, she didn’t even try to pretend otherwise. She just stared, unblinking, like she was waiting for me to crack. Was she thinking about last night? God, I hoped so. I had no regrets. I should have—fuck, I knew I should have—but I didn’t. If I had another chance, I’d do it all over again. Maybe even take it further. I caught the way her little white skirt had ridden up in my peripheral vision, exposing more of those long, olive-toned legs. It took everything in me not to stare. I may have groaned and protested about coming shopping with her and her friend (who seemed to hate me), but the truth? I wanted to come. I wanted to spend time with her. I wanted to know her. I’d spent weeks running from her, dodging my own feelings, afraid of where my attraction would take me. But now, sitting in this car with her so damn close? I wasn’t s
*WARNING HIGH TENTION* MILES Shopping with the guys was actually fun. Kenzie dragged a regrettable Marcus around, buying this and that. Yes, with Marcus's daddy’s card. Apparently, his parents were both surgeons—and damn good ones. One saved lives, and the other saved insecurities. Needless to say, they made great money. Not that Kenzie needed it. Her mother was a psychiatrist, and her father owned a major construction company. As much as they made, they stayed humble, which was why I loved them—and Kenzie. She didn’t care how much money I had. She only cared what kind of person I was. Which wasn’t much. But she saw past it anyway. Even though I was enjoying my time, I couldn't help but feel trapped inside myself. Kenzie, Marcus, and Dominic had a glow to them—one I didn't possess. One that screamed, Hey, look at me, my parents love me! I wasn’t bitter about it. Or jealous. Just... left out. I didn’t know why, but at times like this, I felt so empty inside. Like somethi
*WARNING EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT* DOM "Show me," she said against my lips. I had a split second to decide how I wanted to show her. I could press her against this door, pin her wrists above her head, and fuck her senseless. Or I could drop to my knees, throw her leg over my shoulder, and bury my face between her thighs until she was trembling. I’d been craving her since last night—since my fingers were inside her, slick and deep, since she whispered my name like I was something she needed. Now, with her breath on my lips, her scent wrapping around me like a drug, I was losing my fucking mind. No time. No patience. No fucking hesitation. I pulled her thong down her legs, shoved it in my pocket. My fingers brushed her clit, felt the heat of her dripping cunt before sliding inside, two fingers deep, curling against that spot I knew would make her melt. Miles sucked in a sharp breath, her head hitting the door, thighs trembling around my wrist. "Fuck—" she gasped. Jesus. She was s
MILES To say things were awkward between Dominic and me would be putting it mildly. We had returned home (yes, with bags of things I was forced to buy), exchanged this awkward little wave, and then disappeared into our rooms like we’d just committed a crime. Sunday morning was weird as hell. Maverick had my bagels ready—much to my mother’s annoyance—and Dominic had actually served me coffee. Coffee. I’d half-expected him to be an ass again, but instead, he was... pleasant. Almost too pleasant. We talked at breakfast, which even surprised him, and when he realized it, he clammed up like a guilty man caught in the act. After that, he sat with me in the study, let me lend him a book, and then got way too flustered when he hit a smut scene. I nearly died watching him adjust himself, only for his whole face to go red when he caught me looking. The way he bolted out of the room? Hilarious. I wanted to follow him. To fuck with him, maybe. To fuck him, definitely. But I held back.
*WARNING! READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED* *SUICIDE ATTEMPT/TALK OF SUICIDE* MILES "You should just fucking die already. No one wants you. Oh and, don't call him again." I didn’t even hang up. I just dropped the phone and took step after step forward. It landed with a soft thud behind me, but I didn’t turn back. Didn’t reach for it. It didn’t matter anymore. My body was still moving, still breathing, still aching. But my mind? That had already given up. I couldn't tell the difference between pain and nothingness anymore—maybe they were the same. Maybe I was just too tired to care. My foot dragged against the gravel on the road to the Cliffs. I was supposed to meet the guys at the party to watch the ocean storm and hit the highest cliffside. I was supposed to be having a good time and finally let myself...be. But of course, not if my mother had anything to do with it. Tanya's words hit home. "You should just fucking die already." The words coiled around my throat, venomous, unsha
*WARNING: SUICIDE ATTEMPT**READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED* DOM Something was wrong. I had been feeling it all night. The way my phone burned in my pocket. The way my gut twisted every time I checked my screen and saw nothing. No messages. No calls. No Miles. I had tried. Three times. Three fucking times, and she hadn’t answered. Marcus was already knee-deep in some girl’s attention, laughing, drinking, having a good time. But even he noticed. "Dude," he called over, watching me check my phone again. "She probably just fell asleep or some shit." I forced a half-smirk, pocketing my phone before I squeezed the back of my neck. "Yeah. Maybe." I didn’t believe it. Not even Marcus believed it because the bastard was dead wrong if he thought I hadn't caught him checking his phone as well. I knew Miles. She didn’t just disappear. Not like this. Not without a fucking reason. "Dom." The voice was too close, too familiar, and I already knew who it was before I turned. Tanya. Fucki
*WARNING VIOLENCE AND ABUSE * MILES My mother had been watching me all morning. Not in the usual way. Not with irritation. Not with thinly veiled disgust like she always did when I so much as existed in her space. No, this was different. She was calculating. I could feel it in the way she lingered in doorways, in the way her eyes flicked toward me at breakfast, in the way she adjusted her rings, twisting them around her fingers like she was thinking. Plotting. I had half a mind to ask her what the hell she was up to, but instead, I let her wait. Let her decide how she was going to approach me. And then when she finally did? I nearly laughed. "Miles, come with me." It was demand but it lacked her usual bite. Maverick had left early this morning on a business trip so it was a surprise she wanted to be near me at all. I arched a brow, barely glancing up from my book. "Excuse me?" She sighed as if I were the most difficult person in the world, then crossed her arms,
DOM I wasn’t getting enough of her. That was the problem. Miles had been right there—in the house, in the hallways, at the dinner table—but it wasn’t enough. Not anymore. She had been keeping her distance, not too much, not enough to be obvious, but just enough to make me ache. To make me want more. And I couldn’t have more. Not like I wanted. Not with my father watching. Maverick had been more observant lately. Not just with me, but with everyone. I noticed it at dinner. The way his eyes tracked conversations, the way his fork hovered mid-air as he listened. The way he watched Miles. She had been more talkative. Not forced, not in the way that would make anyone suspicious, but in a way that felt natural. Like she had finally settled into her place at this table. And my father? He had noticed. Not in a bad way. If anything, he seemed pleased. It made sense—he liked her, actually liked her. She was sharp. Smart. She could hold a conversation and keep up with him, somethin
MILESThe venue was grand.Too grand.Every inch of it reeked of wealth—chandeliers dripping in crystal, tables lined in pristine white linen, golden accents catching the light at just the right angles to remind everyone just how much money had been poured into this production.And that’s exactly what it was. A production. A show for the people. For Maverick Black. For the perfect Valentine-Black union.I was supposed to be impressed. Supposed to stand in awe of the splendor.But I couldn’t bring myself to care.Because the real performance was happening off-stage between me and her.Candice was watching me. Not with open suspicion, but with patience. Like she was waiting to see what I would do next. I knew she had noticed. Knew she felt the shift.She just wasn’t sure why it had happened.Not yet.She waited until we were alone.The moment the men were out of earshot, pulled away by the wedding coordinator, Candice’s heels clicked sharply against the marble as she stepped closer."Do
DOM Something happened. I could feel it in the tension hanging over the house. In the way the air thickened, pressing against my chest, settling in the spaces between conversations. More than anything, I could tell by the way Miles had changed. It wasn’t anything obvious. Nothing dramatic. She didn’t act different, didn’t suddenly move or speak in ways that set off alarms. No. It was in the way she walked. The quiet certainty in her movements. The way she carried herself with purpose, like someone who had made a decision and planned to see it through. And her eyes? Her misty gray eyes weren’t empty. Weren’t hollow or afraid. They were on fire. It took everything in me to be good for the rest of the week. No searing looks across the dinner table. No careful touches in the hallway. No stolen kisses in the library. Not even when she sent me those filthy fucking texts late at night, taunting me, reminding me that she was still there even if she was keeping her distance. I
MILESI was drowning.Thick black ink filled my lungs, coiling around my ribs, pressing down, down, down until I was weightless. Trapped.It seeped into my pores, into my bones, slithering through my bloodstream like it had been there all along—just waiting for the moment to consume me.Pain I had never known choked me, and I could grasp at nothing. See nothing.I was nothing.But I didn’t want that.I wanted freedom.I wanted control.I wanted a life.Then, amid my fading, a voice whispered through, muffled by the darkness.My eyes searched frantically, clinging to the hope that there was a way out."Please!" I begged. Screamed. But my throat was full of ink. "Help me!"My arms flailed aimlessly, desperate for something to hold on to—an anchor, a lifeline, anything—"I can pull you out."My eyes flew open.I gasped, body jerking upright, my lungs starved for air.My hand slammed against my chest, trembling, nails digging into my skin like I needed proof that I was here—that I was rea
DOM I was ruined. I could still feel her on my skin. Could still taste her on my tongue. Could still hear the fucking moan she let out when she— Fuck. I pressed my forehead against the cold wood of my bedroom door, my breath uneven, my body aching. Every inhale felt too shallow, every exhale ragged, like my lungs had forgotten how to function. My body was still burning, my head still spinning, and my cock still aching—even after she had just wrecked me. I shuddered. My fingers curled into fists against the doorframe, nails biting into my palms. A sharp sting. A distraction. But it did nothing to stop the way my body still throbbed from the memory of her. She had devoured me. She had owned me. And the worst part? She had left me like this. Not just because of what she did. Not just because she had dropped to her knees, taken me into her mouth, and consumed me like I was her fucking last meal. No. What ruined me was what came after. The way she touched herse
MILES He was exactly where I wanted him. On his back, chest rising and falling in sharp, ragged breaths. His hands clenched into the on the hardwood floors, every muscle wound tight like he was barely holding himself together. Like he was afraid if he moved, if he breathed wrong, I’d disappear. But I wasn’t going anywhere. I smirked as I crawled up his body, dragging my nails lightly over his abs, feeling them twitch beneath my touch. He was waiting—watching me through heavy-lidded eyes that flickered between hunger and something deeper. Something that looked a lot like surrender. I leaned down, my breath ghosting over his lips. “How do you like it?” I murmured. Dominic sucked in a sharp breath, his fingers twitching like he wanted to reach for me. Like he thought I was giving in. He had no fucking clue. I pressed a slow, lingering kiss to his jaw, feeling his pulse hammer beneath my lips. Then I slid lower, lower, my hands trailing down his ribs, his stomach, his h