Brielle Clarke~•~I stood in my closet in front of the full-body mirror, staring at myself. There was also one out in my bedroom but I didn’t want to use that one Incas anyone barged in.The events of three nights ago were still replaying in my head. I would think it was a dream if the red spot on my neck was still visible.I touched it carefully, holding back a blush. It was the first time I had gotten a hickey. It was the first time a man ever marked me and it just had to be Maxim. I could still feel his mouth on my skin, hot and searing.The things he said that night were stuck in my head and I refused to believe them. He wanted to make me the woman he wanted. How did he plan to do that? Was he even serious or was he drunk? He had been drinking after all.The craziest part was that I had allowed him to do all those things to me. When he had ordered me to clean up my mess, I had obeyed. I liked it when he called me his dirty little whore. What was wrong with me?I could not stop st
Brielle Clarke~•~I didn’t know how to feel about what just happened. I wanted to do it but I couldn’t.Would he punish me for this? Was that why he instructed me to go wait in my room?I had been waiting for over four hours and I couldn’t stop thinking about the tone he used to tell me to wait for him. I didn’t dare leave my room. I didn’t want him to add to the list of reasons he was mad at me.It seemed like I jinxed it because suddenly, my door was pushed open and the man in question walked in. I should have locked it!I stood up as he approached me with a determined look. “Sorry, I took so long. I had a quick meeting.”My eyes trailed across his body. He had changed into a new suit and it seemed like he came here straight from the meeting as he was still wearing his tie, jacket, and formal shoes.I didn’t know what to reply, so I just took a step backward.Maxim chuckled as he stared at me. “Where are you running to?”“Away from you.” I couldn’t help but whisper.He nodded, the
Brielle Clarke~•~“How flexible are you?” He stopped to ask while I tried to catch my breath. My nose was probably red by now.I was buck naked and he was fully dressed, as if to show me who was in charge. “Quite well, I guess.” I breathed out, trying to ignore the pain in my ass. He had not been lenient with me.Maxim raised my legs above my shoulder. Using the belt, he tied the left one to the bed stand, and the right one was left hanging in the air.“What are you doing?” I couldn’t help but ask again. I was exposed to him, vulnerable as well. He could use me however he liked. He could do whatever he wanted to me and I would not be able to escape. “Please, Max.” I cried.“I told you not to call me Max.” His words were accompanied by a harsh slap on my pussy. I jumped at the impact. I tried to move but there was nowhere to go.“I hate you.” I spat out as I knew there was nothing else I could do. He said he was going to strip me of my innocence. He wasn’t asking me. He was telling m
Brielle Clarke~•~Maxim had been a welcomed distraction since the night of the ball.I had been so occupied with him that my brain never stopped to think about the things my supposed family had said to me that night.The woman I’d known all my life to be my mother confessed that she was not my mother and my father didn’t dispute it. So who was my mother?Were all my siblings my half-siblings? Was that why they hated me? Was that why they all came to the conclusion to sell me off?Did they ever consider me part of their family at all?Maxim.When I mentioned this to him, he was not surprised. Did he know that she was not my mother? Besides, he hated my father and there was something about keeping your enemies closer. Did he apply that to my father?Once again, I stood in front of the mirror, staring at my neck. It was not just a teeth bite this time. There was a line around my neck from the belt. Was this man obsessed with marking me? I turned around to look at my ass and the faint r
Brielle Clarke~•~“That’s not the reason I called for you,” Maxim told me, clearing out his files. He picked me up effortlessly by the waist and placed me on the table in front of him.My eyes went straight to the wet patch on his pants. I couldn’t help my blush.He chuckled when he saw what I was looking at. “Are you embarrassed? Learn to get used to it, baby because you’ll be doing a lot worse than this.”I arched an eyebrow, my blush still present. “A lot worse?”“A conversation for another time.” He waved me off. “I got a call some minutes ago from Jordan.”Jordan. The woman I met at the ball. Basically, the only good thing that came out from going to the ball. But why did she call Maxim? And why was he telling me?“And she wanted to take you out tonight. If it was anyone else, I wouldn’t approve, but her husband has been a huge help to me.”My eyes went wide. “I’m going out tonight?”I had never gone out to anywhere at night, except the last ball. I wonder where she was taking m
Brielle Clarke~•~Jordan convinced me to cover up my hickey. I’d been a bit hesitant because of Maxim’s orders, but she reassured me that we wouldn’t run into him as he had gone for a meeting.She helped me with my hair and makeup, which was a surprise considering the difference in our skin colors.She also helped me pick out my outfit because I was very indecisive. When Marina and I went shopping some months ago, we bought a lot of questionable dresses. I didn’t object because I was too shy to speak up.Jordan picked the location. There was a long queue at the club she took us to and before I could chicken out, Jordan placed her hand in mine and dragged me to the front of the queue.One looked at us and they allowed us in without asking for our ID.Jordan shrugged as we walked inside. “I was planning to bat my lashes and seduce them, but I guess that works too.”I frowned. Was it the men behind us? They weren’t very obvious but I guess they were used to it. I turned around but I co
Brielle Clarke ~•~It was just my luck that all of the clubs we walked into, we had to walk into one that was owned by the devil himself. It was no wonder now why they let us in. Maybe, they recognized the men behind us. It was also why they gave us free drinks. Why did I not think of this earlier?Well, I had much bigger problems at hand because currently, Maxim and I were in some kind of basement and the man that had been dancing with me was hanging from the ceiling.“You remember what I told you, right? Touch a man and his blood will be on your head?”“I didn’t think you were serious.” I cried out. “Why would you kill a man for for–““For touching what’s mine? The answer is in the question already. And I don’t joke around.”“I swear, I didn’t know she was taken. I thought she was looking for a good time.” The man, Matt, begged before suddenly screaming out in pain. Maxim had thrown a knife at his arm and it stuck there. “Your definition of a good time was drugging her?”I felt my
Brielle Clarke~•~“Can I?” My eyes dropped down to my knees and as soon as he nodded, I let the egg fall. I felt empty but it was better that way because I was going to get tempted and go against his orders.He removed the knives that were still on him, placing them on the table, then he undid his belt. “You have the honors.”My legs were basically shaking from being overstimulated but my hand worked quickly in undoing his buttons. I let his pants fall and I pulled his briefs down. His dick sprung out, slapping me in the face. He was hard as fuck.Because I did not get to touch it the last time I saw it, my hand trailed down his length, massaging his balls. Behind us, I could hear Matt panting heavily. He was still alive, but I wondered what Maxim did to him.I was not as interested in finding out as I was in getting Maxim off.I brought my mouth closer to his hard length, then I looked up at him through my lashes. “I have never done this before.”“Good. I will be your first everythi
Brielle Clarke~•~Maxim had no plans of making use of the toys anyway.It was very late at night and every sane person that was present at that party was asleep already, but not me and Maxim.I was naked and on my knees. The only accessory on my body was the collar that Maxim made me wear. It was black with a silver pendant that had his name on it. It was very derogatory, but it felt hot as fuck.Maxim had me waiting on my knees while he freshened up, which made me anticipate what was going to happen. Only thinking about sex with Maxim had my arousal dripping down my thighs and he hadn’t done anything yet.I heard the closet door open and my eyes snapped up. Maxim was still fully dressed in his three-piece suit, with his tie in place.“Who said you could look at me, whore?”My gaze dropped immediately before I could think twice about it. I heard him approach me and in no time, he was squatting in front of me.He lifted my chin, finally giving me permission to look. My eyes were stuck
Brielle Clarke~•~I knew Maxim had plans for my birthday, but what I didn’t know was that he planned to have a party as big as this.I almost chickened out from descending the stairs when I saw the crowd below it. Maxim had given me a black sleeveless dress to put on and Marina had helped me with my makeup and all that, keeping me inside the room for hours, giving him enough time for all the guests to arrive.“What’s this?” I questioned, my eyes stuck on the people who were eagerly waiting for my arrival.“I told you you deserve to be celebrated, baby. Didn’t I?” I was speechless. I couldn’t fucking speak. “That’s what this is. Now, stop putting on that alarmed face. One would think you were being kidnapped.” My eyes snapped to him and he raised his hand in surrender. “Too soon, I guess.”I laughed, kissing him shortly before he led me downstairs.“Happy birthday, Brielle.” They screamed in unison, making my pale face turn pink.It was night time already and I thought Maxim wanted to
Brielle Clarke~•~After the whole thing, Andrei helped me and my sisters get to the car and drove us home. Maxim didn’t even bother looking at me when we were leaving. I didn’t speak to him either because I knew he was in a difficult state. I didn’t know what to say to him and I didn’t want to say the wrong thing. “Take them home,” Maxim told Andrei. He didn’t flinch. He acted like he was okay like he didn’t just end his father’s life. Throughout the ride home, I was thinking of how Maxim felt. He was definitely angry at me because I wanted to shoot his father. Did I cross a boundary? But I only tried doing it because I wanted to protect Mikhail. “Are you okay?” Aubrey broke the silence in the car. I sat in the middle of both of them and hadn’t moved since the ride started.“Yes, I’m okay.” I lied. I didn’t want to talk about what just happened. I was still trying to process it. “It’s okay if you’re not okay. What happened back there must have been traumatizing.” She didn’t buy m
Brielle Clarke ~•~I looked up when I heard the door open, already knowing it was going to be Maxim.I felt awful. Maxim had seriously told me not to leave the house yet I did, putting myself and my sisters in danger, along with Maxim because who knew what his father wanted to do to him.From the snippets of conversations I’d heard around the house, Maxim had been provoking his father. Maybe, it was finally time for his father to retaliate and he was only able to get to Maxim through me.I was scared as fuck, but I felt even more guilty.Maxim looked right at me and took a step forward, only for his father to point the gun at me, making him come to a stop immediately. “Not so fast, boy.” He shook his head mockingly. “Are you that eager to save her?”I saw him clench his fists before putting them in his pocket. “What do you want?”“For you to undo all the stupid stunts you pulled.”“I’m sorry I can’t restore burnt buildings.” Maxim gritted out, unable to withhold his sarcasm even in
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~I received an enraged call from my father this morning. He was pissed as fuck, but that did not stop me from going on with my plan.When I woke up this morning, I saw that Brielle wasn’t in bed with me, which meant she was still mad at me, but I didn’t have the time to stick around and wait to apologize to her. When I was done dealing with my father, I would explain everything to her.“You’re not taking it easy on the poor man,” Andrei said. He had also been pained by my father’s betrayal because he was a man we all trusted.“He deserves it,” Mikhail replied from the back seat. “He should have seen it coming. He knows the kind of son he raised.”Not to brag but Mikhail was right. He did know the kind of son he raised. Unlike him, I didn’t hide any parts of myself. I didn’t pretend to be who I wasn’t, so he knew me. He knew what I was capable of and he knew how I’d react to a betrayal. Betrayals were something I didn’t take lightly because a betrayal could ruin the
Brielle Clarke~•~Just because I slept in the same bed as Maxim last night didn’t mean I’d forgiven him which was why I sneaked out of the bed early in the morning before he could wake up.It was a first for me.“Good morning, Mrs. Vasiliev.” Aubrey joked immediately after I answered her call.I rolled my eyes. “More like Miss Clarke.”“You could’ve fooled me. You said you weren’t sure about today because of your husband’s disapproval?”“He’s not my husband.” I gritted out, irritated by her teasing.“Okay, then how come he’s making decisions for you already?”I sighed. In the beginning, Maxim used to be very protective and controlling, but now, I knew that he wouldn’t tell me not to go out for no reason. He probably had something up his sleeve. The problem was that he didn’t trust me enough to tell me what it was and it aggravated me.That was the main reason I was ignoring him.He got so mad at me when I didn’t trust him and now that I trusted him with my life, he couldn’t share sma
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~Brielle’s bright idea was to ignore me. She didn’t talk to me all day when on a normal day, she would come into my office at least, five times. She didn’t sleep in the room as well and I hadn’t seen her all day, except for when we all had breakfast together this morning.I didn’t know why she was acting up when all I was doing was for her safety. I didn’t tell her she couldn’t go out. I just told her she shouldn’t go out until it was relatively safe; when she could go out without me worrying that my evil father would get to her.“Trouble in paradise?” Mikhail laughed as he joined me in the gym.I rolled my eyes. It was obvious she had told him about it already. Sometimes, I wondered if he was my best friend or hers, but then again, aside from Marina, he was the only close friend she had.“She’s being a child.” I understood that she had been locked in all her life but she was twenty-two, an adult, and now exposed enough to know that I was only looking after her.“I
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~I had put Brielle through a lot this year. I had put her through too much in general. Aside from the hell I gave her, she was kidnapped because of me and she was made a target because of my numerous enemies.Climbing up the ladder wasn’t so easy in our world. It meant making a lot of enemies. It meant defeating these enemies, but the problem was that some always came back.I wanted to give Brielle the perfect gift for her birthday, which was in five years, which was why I focused all my attention on stripping my father of everything he owned.He was the man that killed her mother. He was the one that made her go through all the shit she endured from her so-called family, and if I didn’t take care of him fast enough, I knew he was going to go after Brielle. She was my weak link. Everybody knew that:I wanted her birthday to be a special one. I wanted to throw her a grand party. Something told me she didn’t usually celebrate her birthdays because of the kind of famil
Brielle Maxim~•~“Why don’t we throw a party?” All eyes, except Maxim’s turned to Mikhail. Why was he talking about a party when Maxim hadn’t settled his score with his father yet? Everyone would finally be able to relax when we knew the man was behind bars, paying for his crimes.“Why? The alcohol you are consuming right now is not enough for you?” Andrei asked sarcastically. We were at a bar, drinking together and I was the only woman among them. I wanted to stay at home and let them have a boys’ night out but Maxim refused and demanded I follow them.It was just me, Maxim, Andrei, and Mikhail. I wanted to bring Marina with me so I wouldn’t be the only female but she happened to be busy. Sometimes, it sucked that I didn’t have any friends, but most times, I was grateful for the tight-knit circle I had. I didn’t have to worry about betrayal and someone giving out my information to the enemy.Being with Maxim meant I inherited all his enemies and I could never be too careful. I had