...Ivan?
One look at Ivan and I know something’s up. He gestures for me to join him outside the entertainment section, and I excuse myself from the other heads before joining him.“You know this is an important meeting with the heads, so this better be—”“She’s not in her bedroom, Boss,” he cuts in, shaking his head. “I went to do my rounds after leaving a few minutes ago, but when I walked past her bedroom, I noticed the door was open.”A wave of anger so fierce has me in his grip when I grab Ivan and slam him against the wall. “Did you just say Emilia is gone?” I say through clenched teeth. “Please tell me that is not what I am hearing.”Ivan swallows deeply and nods. “I found it strange that she left her bedroom door open, so I went inside to check on her. She wasn’t anywhere in there, so I looked around the penthouse before coming to you about this.”“The cameras?”“Wiped clean, except for the elevator one,” he answers quickly, and as much I want to rip his fucking throat out, I know he wa
I’ve been staring up at the ceiling since Kaius left the bedroom, my bladder full and my soul completely drained. My heart is shattered and my mind is numb; I have no idea what to think right now. Kaius dropped a bomb on me before leaving earlier and left me here not knowing what’s real and what’s not.Andrei was drugging me for years. This would be a preposterous notion if it didn’t make so much sense to me. Why I don’t even miss him right now, why I can’t remember most of our time together, and why I have been doubting my feelings for him all this time.The first day I arrived here I wasn’t feeling like myself at all, and the way I was vomiting and aching all over… it makes sense that it would be withdrawal and not just nerves or my blood pressure dropping dangerously low.I went through all that not knowing, and Kaius took care of me because he knew what was wrong with me. Why did Andrei drug me, though? Why keep me compliant all those years if he didn’t even love me?I know the a
I groan as I wake up on my stomach and I try to rub my eyes, but the sounds of a chain scraping against wood makes my eyes shoot open. I look at the spreader bar above me, and my heart drops when I realize that I shouldn’t be able to flip on my stomach with the way Kaius tied me down.“Good morning, Angel,” the sound of Kaius’ gravelly voice causes goosebumps to form all over my body and I turn my head to the other side. Wearing no shirt and in a pair of black sweats, he’s sitting on a leather chair with one leg swung over the other, twirling a glass filled with amber liquid in his hand. I can’t see the look on his face, but I have a feeling that this is where my punishment starts.“Kaius? What am I… Why am I tied like this?” I stutter as vivid images start playing in my head. I know he wouldn’t take from me unless I gave… so what the fuck does he have planned?He downs the alcohol and walks over to the bed, then he gets down on his haunches next to me and gives me a smile. There’s n
I lay slumped over Emilia, my breath ragged and my heart beating wildly. I didn’t intend for this to go as far as it did; in fact, I thought she would ask me to stop and not break for me as beautifully as she did.But the second she broke, I fell — this woman has my heart no matter how much I try to fight it. I lift myself off of her trembling body and move to untie her wrists from the spreader bar suspended above her. After removing her wrists, I kiss the reddened spots and grab the aftercare ointment to apply on the area.When I look up at her, there’s an unreadable expression on her face, and a smile tugs at the corner of my mouth.“Penny for your thoughts?” I ask as I kiss her wrist again, and she tries to hide the smile on her face when she shakes her head.“This feels unreal,” she says and slings an arm over her eyes. “You fuck my brains out only to be this gentle afterward. I don’t think I’ll ever understand you, Kaius.”I sigh and lay down on the bed next to her, bracing my h
“You know, you should probably get up and go do some mob business instead of laying here wasting time with me,” I peer up at Kaius as I say this. We’re naked in my bed, having spent the entire day here. I’m laying in his arms with my head on his chest, my leg swung over his, and his arm around my neck as he holds me. Things he revealed to me in the last few hours have left me a fragile mess, but I won’t show it to him.I need to break in private before I can.“Hmm, but I like wasting time with you,” he says, his rough timbre thrumming in his chest and he smiles. “It’s so much more fun being buried deep inside of you than it is torturing someone.”“Oh, I haven’t tortured someone in a long time, I might beg to differ,” I say with a wink. “But seriously, you should probably get back to business. I know you have things to take care of.”His smile fades a little, so I know I’ve hit the nail right on the head. Sighing, he pulls me closer and kisses the side of my head. “You need to stop be
EmiliaA pair of arms wrap around my middle and a soft kiss is placed on my neck. I open my eyes, still groggy from sleep, and groan when I’m swept up into a hard, chiseled chest. “Hmm, what are you doing?” I ask, closing my eyes again and snuggling into his chest. The scent of his gorgeous smoky cologne makes me smile and I breathe out a sigh.“Bringing you to where you belong, Angel; in my bed,” he says before planting a kiss on top of my head. God, this man will make me fall in love with him.I don’t open my eyes because I want to feel the full effect of actually opening them in his bed and seeing what expression he makes. It sounds absolutely silly, but the thought makes my stomach do little flips.Soft silk sheets caress my skin and the bed dips next to me under Kaius’ weight. It’s only then that I open my eyes and smile at the look on his face. He covers us both, then wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me close to him.“Hey, babygirl; sorry I kept you waiting,” he says, p
I’ve done nothing the entire day but loaf around in Kaius’ bed with a smile on my face. God, I’m feeling like a teenager in love right now; everything feels so perfect when I’m with him. I’m almost too scared to blink, so I pinch myself just to make sure I’m not dreaming. I turn on my belly and bury my face into his pillow, inhaling the scent of the man I know I'm falling so hard for already. He gets me more than anyone has before and fuck if he doesn't reign me in when I sass him. It feels good to know I don't have to pretend when I am with him. Breathing out a sigh, I finally get out of his bed and saunter into his large walk-in closet. After our shower together, I threw on one of his t-shirts and love the way the clean material faintly smells of his cologne. I run my hands over his hanging shirts, a small smile tugging at the corner of my lips. Everything he owns is either black or gray, with the exception of the five white shirts hanging by his suits. Ties, cufflinks, combat bo
Everything went according to plan before Ivan leapt out of nowhere and fired a shot at the Commissioner. Luckily I had seen him pulling out the weapon in time and gauged what he would try to do. Kill the biggest player in law enforcement and say it was an order from me. All this time I had it wrong; he wasn’t working for the fucking police. As I ran for cover after getting the Commissioner to safety, I slowly started putting things together. But when I ordered my men to take me home, everything became hazy. It was only when the elevator doors opened that I passed out. As I drifted back to consciousness, the world around me came into focus through the haze of pain and confusion. The first sound that registered was the incessant beeping of a monitor, its rhythm a loud echo in my head. Blinking against the dim light of the room, I groan and try to sit up, only to hear a voice echoing and I turn my head. An image comes into focus and I see Emilia’s tearful gaze upon me, her beautiful b