AdrianI was already up by the time Kael called me, and he sounded... I don't know, agitated "Don, have you checked the news?"Right, I hadn't told him yet."Yes, Alfredo is on it.""His daughter is asking questions, though."Ugh!I ran a hand across my hair and sighed."I was expecting that.""Should I...""Let her come. It's better than her looking for answers elsewhere. We'll have to risk calling him again."I cut the call and stood up from the bed, my body already accustomed to the little hours of sleep it usually gets on a daily basis, and I headed for the basement gym, where I put on boxing gloves.I needed to let off some steam before I saw her.I was heading up the stairs to the living room when they came in, and the first thing I noticed, apart from the jeans gown that hugged her in all the right places while revealing a bit of her shoulder, was the way her mouth fell open at something.Me.My shirtless torso.I immediately turned to the stairs, heading for my room, and glan
AdrianThe restaurant was a popular one; its services known to cater only to the rich and influential people within the country, and I stepped out of the car when we got to its front.Not to forget, it was owned by the Mancini family also."Park the car and meet me inside."I said to Kael and stepped into the restaurant, where the manager rushed forward to meet me."Good morning, sir.""Is he here?""Yes sir""Make sure no one interrupts us, and make sure to deposit today's earnings into our account with the money that will be dropped off today."He understood immediately what I was talking about and stepped away once I got to the hallway that led to the private room I was to meet my guest in, and I acknowledged Kael when he appeared beside me."Mr. Mancini," I stretched my arms to shake my guest's hands when he outstretched his hands, and I took in his secretary, who stood beside him also."Senator Carlo""Thank you for agreeing to see me today.""Of course. I'm always looking for wa
LyraI went through the clothes I had bought earlier today, trying my best not to dwell on the fact that I had seen Adrian shirtless again, but just the thought of it got me dripping.The way his back had rippled with every movement from him and the way his skin had looked in the light with tattoos littered across his skin.It had been dark the night we slept together, so I hadn't been able to see all of his tattoos properly, but now that I knew just where a lot of it was, I couldn't get it off my mind.I jumped, surprised when I heard my phone ring on the bed, and I picked it up to see that it was Bethany.Right, I had cut the call on her after seeing the news and hadn't even remembered to call her back."Babe," she said the minute I picked up the call and I sat on the bed."Babe""Are you alright?"I nodded even though I wasn't sure of that. "I don't know..."My father had told me to trust him and ignore the articles and claims of the FBI, but was that possible when he was the one o
AdrianThe house was quiet except for the grunts and groans I made while punching the sandbag in front of me, and I took a deep breath after a while before continuing.I had woken up on the wrong side of the bed after sleeping quite late last night, and now I was working out in my gym around 4 am in the morning."Sir, we have a problem.""What?"I turned to Kael, who walked into the gym at that moment, and he handed me a tab that he had with him all the time."Mr. Mancini went into the house where Miss Lancaster is staying around thirty minutes ago. Our man saw him, so also the CCTV camera around the house.""What?"I played the video footage of my brother walking into the house as he has said, and he looked quite bloody and disgruntled."Get me on the phone with him now. And Lyra?"They could have met already. Gotten surprised by the encounter since either of them didn't know of each other yet and there was the worst-case scenario of him pulling a gun on her or worse still, killing h
Lyra"Ugh, are you guys going to wake up or... Oh, you're already awake," the bartender who I recognized from last night said as she walked into the room, and I winced from how intense my hangover was."Fuck!""I know right, you had a lot to drink last night." She walked towards the other side of the bed where the guy was and slapped him across the thigh. "Get the fuck up, Greg. I have to be in school in an hour.""Ugh!" The guy groaned, sitting up on the bed, and she sighed."Gosh, you both are a sore sight."She walked out of the bedroom again, throwing over her shoulders. "You both have overstayed your welcome, so..."I was pretty confused and disoriented.Who was the lady?Where was I?And who was the gay-looking guy?Sorry for the stereotype, but you can't tell me he was straight with all the nail polish he had on his fingers, black by the way, and the amount of rings he had on.His hair was dyed, his outfit bright, and his eyes were glassy when they turned on me."And you are?"
LyraI took off the dress the minute I got home, going into the bathroom where I took off my underwear and makeup too, and I stood under the shower for twenty minutes, just fuming.He was an asshole.A pure motherfucker.How could he have dumped another person's drink on me? Emphasis on the "another person's" and smirk at that too.I didn't know what to do with my anger, and after another ten minutes in the bathroom just calming myself down, I came out into the bedroom, where I put on a baggy t-shirt I bought.I wore nothing underneath it except for a pant and thin tube I fished out from my purchase, and I went down into the kitchen like that to search for what to eat.The chef had come by already, and I settled for the bacon, bread, and tea that was available—even though it was already noon—before sitting by the counter to scroll through my phone.My dad's company case was still very much ongoing, and my dad was still nowhere to be seen.That part baffled me a lot. The fact that he
LyraI stepped into the club after a few minutes; the place very lively with music and dance, and I sighted the bartender, Bella, first before her friend, Greg, by the counter."Oh my God, girl, you look stunning!" Greg said once I got close to them, and he widened his eyes for emphasis.Yup, he was so gay."Thank you."Bella, on the other hand, who wasn't really attending to any customers right then, was obviously having a hard time remembering my name, and I offered it to her again, "Lyra.""Yeah Lyra. You're back."I nodded. "Yup, since my mission didn't come to fulfillment last night, so I came up with a better solution to not get drunk tonight."She nodded. "Good idea, actually.""Great because I was just telling Bella of an invitation I got to one of the most prestigious VIP clubs in town, but she is unwilling to go.""I have an assignment to do, Greg, and I don't have interest in male-infected clubs.""You work in one."I ordered a glass of whiskey and drank it slowly as they b
LyraWe were grinding on each other before I knew it, his hands going up and down my body while breathing down my neck some more, and I tried not to imagine that it was Adrian doing it.All to no avail though.Like, why do I keep fantasizing about him when he wasn't even here or probably didn't even fantasize about me too?It was stupid.I sighed, pulling away from Mason, and he cocked an eyebrow. "What?""How about we have a drink? I'll like to get off my feet.""Okay." He nodded and led me to the counter, where the bartender passed us some drinks, and I gulped down a glass without even knowing its contents."Woah, woah, calm down. What's wrong?"I shook my head, "Nothing. Just changing my mind about not getting drunk.""And why is that?""Because I need it."He sipped his own drink and placed the glass back on the counter after a few sips. "So you're a student?"I nodded. "I'm doing my transfer to a university here in Rome.""Hmm...""You?"He shrugged, "I'm just here and there."I
BellaOne month later,The town was just as quiet yet noisy as I remembered it. Most tourists were bustling around as they got some things, and I picked out a few things myself for dinner since we didn't have the luxury of ordering pizza here."Here." The elderly man said as he handed me the ingredients for soup I had bought, and I paid him in cash, thanking him as I left.Seriously, where was this girl, Quinn?I glanced around, trying to find my companion, who was just as dazed as a child by the things he found here.Okay, yes, there was a lot of antique and beautiful stuff, but getting lost among the crowd because of that was not...I gasped and smiled when I suddenly felt her arms wrapped around me from behind."Seriously?"She smiled, kissing away the scowl I had only just managed to plaster on my face."See what I found." She raised up a type of camera that looked really ancient."Wow..." That really dripped with a lot of sarcasm, or at least that was what I planned, but I think
Quinn "Oh fuck!" I sighed in relief when I finally saw that she was okay.Phew!You should have seen the way my heart skipped when I got the news that she had been kidnapped from the condo.Like, how the fuck did that happen?Who was even the...I turned to the other guy in the room, raising my own gun to aim when I finally saw who it was. "Matteo?"He tucked the gun he had been holding into his pocket and faced me."Isn't it odd that no one is here?" And there were no dead bodies outside or within.It was almost as if no one else was here except us, and that was weird. If this had been a kidnap mission like he had said, after all, he was the one who had sent me the video of him being kidnapped, then called me to tell me he found her.I raised my eyebrows, immediately becoming suspicious, and raised my gun again.He rolled his eyes, knowing exactly my thought process."You still don't get it, do you?""What?""This is what might happen if you guys keep up with what you've been doing.
BellaThings kept going great after that.Days after that.The sex.The glances.This thrilling feeling that came with just being around her.I threw my head back and moaned loudly when her tongue slipped into my pussy, slopping quite loudly."Ahh... Quinn..." It felt so good."Hmm-mm. Feels good, huh?"I nodded, unable to get the words out thanks to her adding another finger to the finger that was already driving me crazy by my clit, and she raised her head up after another mind-blowing orgasm on that same kitchen counter.I smiled and opened my mouth wide to accept her kiss when she raised her head up a moment later.God.So obscene and hot, I loved it.The twirl of her tongue, the salty but sweet taste, she bit on my bottom lip for a second when we finally pulled apart minutes later."God, Matteo is going to kill me, but..."Right, her meeting with that Moretti lady. She had told me about it a few days ago when we decided to come to this condo for privacy.Yes, it was the condo we
QuinnWe all got into the car, with Matteo taking the wheel again after we finished with Hastings, and we maintained the silence we had kept on our way here—except for the time I caught Riley staring, or maybe it was the other way round as I had been staring too—till we got home.Both I and Riley got out when he got to the house. Matteo remained inside to drive the car to the garage, and I waited for him to drive away before I caught Riley's hand in mine.She glanced at me for the first time since we left the lawyer's office. Seems like the visit to the lawyer hit her hard all over again.She blinked a number of times. "What?""Come with me.""Huh?"I didn't give her a chance to understand what I was about to do before I was dragging her all the way with me to the back of the house, where I let go of her hand to search through a bunch of thick bushes that had some flowers in them.I turned back for a moment to see her giving me this ridiculous look. At least she wasn't looking so sad
BellaThe drive to the office was dead-ass silent. Like I'm talking pin-drop, cemetery-type silence as we all sat huddled in the car, and I smiled at Matteo for the third time when we made eye contact through the car mirror just because I was not willing to get caught fixating on the person beside me.He smiled back again, definitely thinking I'm weird or at least acting weird.I sighed deeply.After the little confession session we had out in the alley the other day, what am I saying, yesterday, I would have expected things to be more expressive between us.You know... those things people in relationships do, but for some reason, we have just been avoiding each other for the most part of today; I couldn't understand why.Okay, I know I'm part of the problem since I'm not making any moves, but at least she should do something, right?Ugh!I fidgeted unconsciously, pissed at all this tension and weirdness.I glanced at Quinn for the hundredth time even though I've kind of convinced mys
Bella"Huh?"I kept my hands around her shoulder, unable to move my legs anyway because of how wobbly they were, and I stared up into her eyes once she said that.She stared at me too, quite troubled."I think I might like you too."Okay, not love, but at least we were past the fuck buddy stuff.She pulled away and ran her hand through her hair after a moment of just staring at each other.Like, what do we do now? Have some more sex. Kiss.She nodded towards the club and back at me, "Are you going to... We should go home or..."Right, I had even forgotten I was drunk before and kissing another lady because the thought of being just a fuck buddy to her had irritated me.Now that she had said she liked me, I felt more sober than drunk.I moved away from the wall and stumbled a bit right before gaining my balance."Yeah."I wondered where home was now.The family house?Maybe. After all, it was my father's house but more Quinn's than mine now. I was definitely going to feel out of place.
Quinn Drunk, annoyed, tipsy; maybe still drinking, was what I had been expecting when I stepped into the club; the GPS had indicated the car was parked in a few minutes later. But instead of that, the person I had come to look for was by the bar, kissing a lady that basically had her whole body on her now. I felt my insides twist with this feeling I couldn't quite place. Jealousy. I wouldn't know, but just the sight of what they were doing and the fact that they kept kissing had me storming over to them without warning and basically throwing the other lady across the room before I could stop myself. Those familiar amber eyes stared up at me in surprise, "Quinn." I didn't wait for her to get another word out before I was dragging her out of the club and into an alley that enveloped us in complete darkness if not for the flickering streetlight beside it. She tore her hand away from me and glared, stumbling a bit when I turned to face her. Oh, she was drunk but still...
Quinn Matteo didn't seem to buy the it's just sex theory, though, and I sighed, turning away from him."Is that advisable though?"I shrugged, "Why not? It's not like I forced her to have sex with me.""But she's..."Yes, Jose's daughter. I knew and shouldn't have started any of... I wasn't even sure what we had now, especially if she really felt the way she had said earlier."I think I love you."I pushed the words to the back of my mind, facing Matteo, who sighed in resignation again."Just be careful. Getting involved with her could make things dangerous, and you shouldn't have any distractions, especially in the early stages of this..."Taking over, he meant.It was already my fourth month as the leader of this organization, and things were going well, at least on the surface.I nodded and sat behind my desk, shoving thoughts of how naked a certain person had been on that desk a minute ago.He sat opposite me.I kind of knew what he might want to bring up."Hayden..."Yup, knew i
Bella Fuck!I grinded my hips against the table, chasing after the high that had come over me as I came super hard on Quinn's tongue a minute earlier, and she raised her head to my lips to kiss me after that, sucking my tongue and spreading my salty taste all over our mouths.It was obscene but also hot."Hmm..." I purred, loving it."Get on your knees, princess. Time to put that mouth to use." And even though I had been willing to do that, hearing her say that while she leaned back against the chair in the study had me hot and bothered on a whole new level.Fuck, and this was not what I had been planning when I left Lyra's house.Like yes, I had wished and fantasized about having sex with her over the past three months that I was supposed to use to figure out my life, but I had also been planning to talk about whatever the hell I was feeling.Now I wasn't even sure what was going on in my mind anymore, but that wasn't going to stop me from doing what she ordered, though, so I got on