NICK She had to be furious after hearing that confession. Right? Unsure of what to do, I found myself searching for an a explanation to justify why I’d stuck my nose where it didn’t belong without her permission. “I just… I couldn’t watch them treat you so badly and do nothing, I know it wasn’t my place to infringe on your privacy and make that decision, but I had to help somehow,” I rushed out the words, hoping they made sense to her. I couldn’t read April’s emotions even through the mate bond right now.It was just blank, but sometime around when she was questioning me, I’d felt uncertain if hanging in the air around her. Now, there was nothing, almost like her ability to feel had vanished into thin air. “Thanks for your help and your honesty,” she said in a robotic tone and started on her way out of the cinema, not holding my arm like she was before that fool stormed in and ruined a perfect night. Unsure what to make of her reaction, I just followed quietly behind her, and ev
APRIL Each time I thought that Nick couldn’t possibly outdo himself, he proved me wrong. Even after all the amazing ways he’d had my back of late, realizing that he’d paid off my debt was the most flooring realization. I knew that he would go to endless lengths to make me happy, but I never thought anyone could spend thousands of dollars on me and keep quiet about it. He truly did it from a good place because anyone else would have flaunted it and held it over my head. The burden of being indebted to those loan sharks for years and being treated like a literal slave just so they could keep mooching of me was something that kept me up at night and had made me cry several times. The fact that he’d finally relieved me of it was literally the best thing anyone had ever done for me. When he said that he was now my family, he truly meant it, and he’d been proving it at every turn. However, when he admitted to being the one that had paid my debts, I wasn’t sure how to react. I just fel
APRILApril! April! The sound of my name being called from a distance made me shift in my sleep, wondering who dared to disturb me. “Wake the hell up, April! You need to see this!” the alarm in those words made me practically jump out of bed to find an awfully worried and pitiful look on Natalie’s face. “Wha… what’s wrong? Do you need something? What happened?” I rushed out, failing to see the cause for the alarm she’d raised. Natalie’s lips dropped open in horror and then she placed her phone right in my face before hitting a play button that was over a blank video. I frowned in confusion at first, but when the video buffered and began to play, I was shocked at what was staring right back at me. I opened my mouth to speak but it was too heavy and no words came out. My heart was drumming in my chest and I felt sweaty in all the wrong places. “No,” I muttered in disbelief under my breath before pinching my arm, praying to all the gods in existence that this was just a really bad
APRIL I couldn’t believe my ears. It was taking everything in me not to lose my balance while the hateful words abound.Some of those nasty comments were whispers, but most of them were said right in my face as I tried to maneuver through the crowd and each of them was a blow to my reputation that I knew could ever be reversed. But I tried my hardest to soldier on and keep a neutral expression until I was safely in the backseat of Nick’s car. “Baby,” he sighed once he got in and shut the door behind him, “I’m so so sorry my baby,” he sounded like he wished he could turn back the hands of time for me. And frankly, I knew that he would if it was possible. “I… why? I ju… there’s no… I don’t… it’s not…” I tried to speak but I ended up choking on my words and losing my train of thoughts each time. “Come here,” Nick pulled me into his arms and immediately my head made contact with his chest, the floodgates opened and I found myself wailing like a widowed woman who’d just lost the love
APRIL In the blink of an eye, it’d all gone to dust. My reputation had been dragged through the mud so brutally and it didn’t take a soothsayer for me know that the damage that had been done was beyond repair. Everyone had turned against me and I felt like dying each time I saw the influx of hateful and derogatory comments targeted at me on the school’s website. Usually my student profile was filled with people clamoring to be tutored by me, or they were gushing about the several trophies I’d bagged for Enigma college. But now? It was just a complete mess of degradation and heartless taunts. My heart shattered completely when I started to stumble across the provocative edits that were being made using clips from that strip video. The sexual comments from guys were crude and disgusting, while the slut shaming from ladies was harsher than being left to freeze to death on a winter night. The more I looked, the more new edits seemed to be popping out of the blue. It felt like someone
APRILIt was the strength I got from Nick’s encouragement that allowed me freshen up and decide to acknowledge the meeting. He made sure that there was a formal wear laid out smoothly on the bed when I stepped out of the bathroom, and when he noticed how weak and down in the dumps I was while I dressed up, he stepped in and helped me dress up faster so I didn’t get to the meeting late. If I was hoping to appeal to the judges on the disciplinary board, arriving on time wouldn’t hurt my chances of getting a light sentence. Luckily, there was no groping or sexual acts being flaunted on the screen so I hoped that would help my case. I knew how much they frowned on their students being openly sexual, so I thanked my stars that that’s the video that had been chosen. Trust me, with the way men used to go crazy over me at that strip club, there were much worse scenes where they repeatedly groped me or spilled cum on any parts of my body that was in their line of view when they jerked off
BROOKESince the very first moment I met Ace, I’ve always known he hated women. It was in the way he treated every woman around him, he never hid the fact that he didn’t give a fuck about any of them, including me of course. It’s not the best thing learn that about the man you’ll be shackled with for the rest of your life, but I decided somewhere along the line that I could tolerate it. I mean, all I needed to do was tell myself that his hatred for women meant he’d never develop feelings for anyone of them that would jeopardize this engagement that my mom valued more than my life and hers. And for a while, that sufficed and I was never jealous of the women that flocked around because he just used them for sex and never recalled their names, barely ever saw anyone twice. That was I felt like my position was somewhat secure. Well, until…He jerked off and came hard in the shower while repeatedly saying the name “April.” I’d felt so horrible, especially since he was just unable to ge
BROOKE News of April’s suspension reached me even before she was summoned by the school court. It was that easy to get information when your mother had countless school officials on her payroll that reported back to me. I’d also been able to watch the footage of the entire ruling process and I got to see how broken she looked when her punishment was read out, especially when she was told that she’d lost the presidential title. The pain in her eyes was raw, like she’d faced a destruction too much for her to stomach, and I couldn’t help but feel bad for her. After all the horrific and lewd comments I saw under the video I posted, I felt like I took things a notch too far. Ace wasn’t the kind of guy that anyone should suffer for, he was too much of an asshole for that, but I’d still caused her that much pain despite knowing that. And now, I was feeling guilty in all kinds of ways. But all it took for that guilt and pity to fade away was being reminded of the kind of mother I had and
APRILSoon, his fingers took its place, grazing over my needy and swollen clit in a way that immediately made me cry out in ecstasy. I pressed my eyes shut, leaning my back against the wall and instinctively spreading my thighs further apart to give him more access.He chuckled lowly again and then obliged.With one hand around my waist to hold me to himself, his fingers continued to lazily trace a line from my clit to my pussy lips before teasing my entrance in a way that drove me so fucking crazy. I was breathless already, my chest heaving and my heartbeat thumping in my ears and lower tummy as he continued to torture me.My eyes fluttered open to find him watching me with a depth of desire and passion in his eyes that turned my knees to jelly. He’d never looked at me that way, something about it was different and incredibly stimulating, but I couldn’t place a finger on what was different about his stare. I didn’t even have the energy to figure it out because he was now using the w
APRIL I quickly gathered myself, swallowing and taking a step back. “You should leave,” I told him in a stern tone, but he just gently shut the door behind him. “I just want to get cleaned up, and this is the only bathroom,” he pointed out, “that’s all, trust me,” he raised his hands in surrender.I didn’t trust a word that left those devilishly hot lips of his though, and it was getting harder and harder for me not to look away from his face and at the rest of his gloriously naked, muscled body. I hated myself for being so foolishly attracted to him. “We’re not having sex, Xander. It’s not happening, so don’t get any weird ideas,” I stood my ground, “I mean it, one funny move and you’re getting the boot.”He chuckled lowly, his eyes dancing over my naked body for a few seconds before he responded. “Slow down, princess,” he smirked teasingly, “I’m only here to wash up and as a gentleman, the only reason I’ll be approaching you is to help you scrub your back.” I knew I should’ve
APRILThe next morning, I woke up to the curtains being drawn open and sunlight streaking into the room. At first, I shut my eyes back and tried to force myself to fall back asleep, but the warmth of the sun hitting my skin wouldn’t let me. So, I gave up on that endeavor and decided to just embrace the morning light. So, I yawned and stretched my arms, feeling oddly well rested despite the upsetting events of the last couple of hours. “Rise and shine, princess,” Xander’s deep morning voice was surprisingly soothing, “go brush your teeth, please. I’m asking nicely.” “Princess?” I couldn’t help but repeat, the way he said it soaked something in me that I needed to bury as soon as possible. A grin touched his lips and he ran a hand through his hair in a sinfully hot way that only he could pull off. “Yeah? It suits you,” he winked, “now get off your ass and go brush, you’ll be glad you did when you’re done.”With that, he reached behind him and opened the bathroom door for me while
APRIL After an insufferable dinner, I left Xander in the dining room and headed back to the room for another shower. When I was done, I walked out and was mortified to find him seated on the bed, shirtless and in pajamas pants like he was getting ready to sleep in the same bed as me. I frowned and pulled the strings of my shorts to knot it as I walked towards the bed. “You can’t sleep here,” I deadpanned, stopping at the edge of the bed. He looked at me daringly and then stretched out himself comfortably on the bed before putting his hands behind his head to prop it up. He was a little too comfortable for someone that was getting on my last nerve and I hated how much he seemed to be enjoying every second of frustrating me.If nature wasn’t biased to humans, I’d be kicking his ass to a pulp right now. “I can, and I plan to,” he answered calmly, totally unnerving me like he’d been doing all fucking day long. “Fine, I’ll sleep elsewhere then,” I started to angrily stomp towards the
APRIL Again, my body had betrayed me. I couldn’t believe that I’d enjoyed every second of his touch, knowing fully well that I shouldn’t even be reacting in the slightest to that asshole. There had to be something wrong with me, something deeply disturbing that would explain why I fucked the annoying asshole that kidnapped me and felt nothing but overflowing bliss. I wanted to pluck my eyes out of my skull and drown myself in bleach, I just felt like I needed to punish myself for foolishly succumbing to his touch. I knew better than to let myself be whisked into anymore sexual escapades with Xander after the whole stripper thing blew up in my face, and yet that’s exactly what I allowed to happen. Something told me that I could’ve fought him a little harder. Maybe if I did, he’d have taken the clue and not gone any further, but my dumb body melted under his touch in minutes. It was at the very last second, after I’d had a groundbreaking orgasm, that I came back to my senses like l
XANDER It took me weeks of nearly annihilating my mental health to dust, but I finally found her. The joy I felt when we got the drone footage of April running around with a puppy in a garden while wearing the prettiest white sundress was indescribable. I ate my first real meal that afternoon, and that was a big deal because I hadn’t eaten anything but sour candy since I set out on this search for April. And I’d filled up on wine to stay sane of course. On the worst days, I indulged with vodka as well. But after finding her, my wolf and I regained our appetite instantly. I needed to replenish my strength so I could fuck her as much as I intended to, she was going to feel every last pent up sexual tension that she’d caused for being away from me for so fucking long. After filling up on enough food to regain my true strength, I came up with a simple plan to steal her away from him smoothly, I couldn’t afford any complications that would lead to me not having her all to myself for a
APRIL The shower was barely relaxing, but I got through it quickly and stepped out of the bathroom.Xander was the type to give me his clothes instead of provide me with any new ones, so I was a bit taken aback to see fresh female clothes that looked like they’d come straight off a Forever 21 rack sitting on the bed. “This changes nothing,” I muttered to myself as I shuffled through the cute clothes. Every single one of them was adorable and simple, and that was exactly my style. And since Xander didn’t pay enough attention to me to have picked up on that detail, I knew that a female staff whose style accidentally matched mine must’ve picked them out. Tucking that piece of information in the back of my mind, I threw on a cute pink two piece that did a great job at covering me up than the other outfits in the pile. Then I pulled my hair into a ponytail and stepped out of the room with one purpose on my mind… Escaping from Xander’s tyranny and finding my way back into Nick’s warm em
APRILFor forty fucking minutes, Xander ignored me. I kept snapping at him and telling him how much of an asshole he was for whipping me away against my will, but he didn’t care about my feelings in the slightest. He just kept watching Wrestle Mania reruns on the screen before him and filling up on grapes, cheese, and biscuits. It was so annoying that he seemed to be having the time of his life while I was pissed beyond explanation. At some point, I gave up on getting through to him and tried to stress eat, but everything in sight tasted like cardboard paper in my mind. Eventually, I settled on filling my tummy with champagne while simultaneously trying my hardest to stay sane. “Mr. Xander, we’re preparing for landing,” the pilot announced, “please take the necessary safety measures, and would you like the hostess to buckle in your guest for landing?” “Nah, I’ve got her covered, thank you, Samuel,” Xander answered before immediately getting out of his seat. He stood before me, e
APRIL A groggy feeling made my joints feel wobbly as my eyes reopened. However, I didn't even have time to dwell on that when the first sight that welcomed me was Xander’s face. I turned my head to the side, wondering if I’d been missing him enough to start hallucinating this clearly. How could he be right in front of me? I blinked again in disbelief. Hadn’t I blocked him out of my mind by immersing myself in every moment with Nick? My head felt awfully heavy and I tried to steady myself by pacing my breathing, all while wondering how I was possibly seeing Xander. I wasn’t kissing him nearly enough to have conjured him out of nowhere, Nick was doing an amazing job of making me forget him, that’s for sure., I was about to pinch myself to snap out of whatever dream I was having when the events from before I lost consciousness came flooding in. Someone had covered my mouth with a clothe and immediately I breathed in whatever substance it was drenched in, I immediately passed