Excitement filled me as I ran into my, well our apartment, Ryan and i since he basically lives here now, with the contract that I’ve been working for in my hand. My little business idea has been contracted by a firm, and I planned to use the money to do something for our future together.Ryan and I have been together since our freshman year, and ever since I lost my grandmother, he became my only family. I loved him, and despite the fact that we were young, I knew he was going to marry me. He always told me how many women wanted him and how none of them could come between us, and urged me to get a job while he focused on his band. I was proud of him and I couldn’t wait to see how excited he would be when I told him we were starting a family.Loud music boomed in the apartment, Ryan nowhere to be found, but signs that he has been smoking and drinking turned my blood cold, but I brushed the feeling of with a smile. Today was a happy day and he promised not to hit me again like last nig
3 years later…“It’s your last night here, Amanda! We have to go out to the night clubs on this island, and you really need to get laid girl.” Sharon slapped my ass as she walked behind me, and the other models laughed.Jay chuckled as he touched my shoulder, and I adjusted the writing pad in my hand.“Don’t mind Mandy, girls. I’ve been trying to get her into a club since she started working for me. It’s almost like she’s allergic to fun.” He ruffled my hair and I snorted.“If I always went to clubs and got shit faced, who would drag your ass out of the gutter and beg the cops not to arrest you for being naked in public?” I retorted.Jay smirked and laughed, showing his lipstick stained teeth. “There’s nothing wrong in giving the popo a show! Besides, you haven’t had fun since I’ve known you, and this is our last trip together. Can’t you just get shit faced tonight?”I glared at Jay who gave me the puppy eyes, pretending he didn’t know what he just did. The models had no idea this was
The music switched to one that was sensual, and I began dancing erotically as I could still feel his eyes on me as I twisted my hips. I trailed my hands sexily down my body, knowing he was watching dangerously, like a predator, watching my every move.The girl was away from his lap now, he wasn’t watching her anyways. His dark eyes landed on my cleavage, then trailed down, igniting a fire that has died, making it come back bigger than ever. I wanted his hands on me. His eyes alone was torture. He was dangerous. I knew that, but I imagined how it would feel to let myself get burned. It’s been so long since I just let go and did something stupid.I couldn’t control my legs as I strode towards him, and I blamed the alcohol for taking my senses away.“Hey there.” I purred, standing in front of him. The men beside him looked away as he watched me, and I went on my knees in front of him, my hands on his pants.“Did blonde not do a good enough job?” I whispered as my fingertips trailed up the
I expected him to slide in, but he gripped me tightly and said, “No. you are too precious for me to do this here. I’m not sharing that part of you with anyone.” And he lifted me by the hips, standing up while I tried grinding my hips into his for some friction.The club had special rooms, mostly for the executives, so as we entered a dark suite, I knew this man was one of the big shots here. But I could recognize most of the executives and not him from years of working with Jay.The room lit up and I gasped.Cuffs, whips, gags, arranged perfectly on the bed. I knew what I was getting into the minute I walked up to him, and instead of panicking at the sight of bdsm tools, I was eager to be devoured by this man.His eyes found mine one more time. “It’s not too late to back out, baby girl. I can see you are innocent. This may be too much for you.”I leaned towards his ear and sucked lightly on his earlobe, feeling his fingers tease my slit lightly and I moaned, wanting more.“I can handle
He was gone. And I was back to my senses. Well not completely because as much as I regretted sleeping with a stranger last night, I’ve never experienced such pleasure before. What I regretted was not knowing anything about him. But it was for the best because such a man would ruin me. I fear he has.My hair was all scattered as I checked the bathroom mirror, and I gasped as I saw the millions of hickeys he left on my body. My ass still hurt from the whips but a crazy smile widened my lips at the feeling of it all.I don’t feel so hateful anymore. But I still had a mission.Cleaning up and wearing my clothes, I pushed last night out of my head. My plan starts in a week. I can’t let memories of a night with a stranger ruin it. Because I would never truly be happy till I destroy everything Ryan has ever loved.One week after, I was back in the one state I hated the most. The state that made it so hard to breathe, but Jay was here and he gripped my hand as I stepped out of his car. “Rememb
I walked out of his office hurriedly and shut the door quietly behind me. I made my way to a secluded part of the restroom and checked to make sure no one was there before I pulled out my phone.My hand was shaking as I paced around the restroom and my chest tightened with disbelief. This couldn’t be real. It had to be some cosmic joke, I was both disheveled and horny at the same time and it was so crazy.I pushed my thoughts away and looked for Jay’s number before dialing it, waiting for him to pick up the damn phone.“This is not the time to be unavailable, Jay,” I muttered under my breathe while looking at the door nervously and praying no one would come in. I could hear people talking but it was faraway and I realized no one was close enough and I let out a sigh of relief.Finally, the line clicked. “Emma?” Jay’s groggy voice was a balm and an irritant all at once.“Amanda,” I corrected instinctively. He still had that bad habit of calling me by my former name and I wasn’t going to
I turned to look at the man, offering him a reassuring smile. “You okay?”He nodded quickly, looking at me like relieved like I had just saved his life.“My name is Andrew,” he introduced himself and I gave him a curt.“Amanda.”“Thank you for handling Becca for me,” he had said, his deep, smooth voice wrapping around me like a warm scarf. “She’s… difficult, but you managed her well.”I had nodded, keeping my face neutral. “It was nothing.”But then he’d smiled, the kind of smile that made my stomach flutter despite the walls I’d built around myself. “Still, I appreciate it. Let me make it up to you. How about coffee?”For a brief moment, I’d hesitated. Accepting coffee with Andrew when I had only just met him wasn’t logical but saying no would have seemed rude- or worse, defensive.But he wasn’t Damien. He wasn’t older and sexy…Shit, was i comparing men to Damien now?Seeing as Andrew waited for a really, I pushed the stupid thoughts away.I had forced a smile and agreed. “Sure. Coff
“Please, I’d like to be excused,” I said but I didn’t wait for either of them to answer before I ran out of the office.My hands were trembling as I made my way to the bathroom, my heart was racing and I was feeling suffocated.Ryan was Damien’s son which meant that I had slept with my ex’s father.Fuck!While he deserved that and more, I realized how bad this was for me. I instantly wanted a shower. I hated everything Ryan related.I suddenly started feeling cold and everything around me just seemed to come to an halt. I leaned against the cold sink and held unto it tightly.How could I have been so stupid?I closed my eyes and let the memories of the night I met Damien resurface. I should’ve never gone to him, I should’ve ignored the stupid thing that kept pulling me to him- I didn’t and now here I was, in a complicated situation.He was Ryan’s father.The thought made me nervous and I felt like I was losing my mind. If someone as manipulative, cruel and dangerous as Ryan was raised
Walking through the hallway of the firm was weird and I couldn’t still get over the way everyone was looking at me. It seemed that they were both proud of me and in shock that I could truly expose Ryan. Except from the way he had always acted out at the office, they didn’t know of Ryan’s dealings. I was supposed to feel relieved and happy that I had finally gotten rid of the person who put me through so much, the ones who made life miserable and even had the audacity to threaten me and that I had succeeded in my plan but all I felt was emptiness. My heart was aching and my chest tightened while Andrew held on to me as we walked past the gathered employees, they were whispering as usual but I couldn’t care less. I ignored their words and all I wanted to do was get out of there. This was going to be my last time in the firm and I was never going to step into it, so, I might as well deal with their reactions and get it behind me. Each step I took was heavy and the exit felt too far a
“You want to know why, Ryan?”“Yes. I want to,” he replied, his face still red with both anger and embarrassment. “I want to know why you have it out for me when all I ever did was try to befriend you.”I slightly bent my head, a cold smile curling at my lips as I looked at him dead in the eyes. . “Next time, make sure my body completely burns in the fire, Ryan,” I said, my voice steady, almost taunting. “It might save you some trouble.”The room fell silent and I watched him go pale. Realization washed over him and his eyes widened in shock, he looked at me from head to toe, taking in my form. For a moment, I saw him for the pathetic and desperate man that he truly was. One of the board members dialed the number for the police and told them what was happening. He also asked that they got here in time because both Ryan and Cloris had high tendency of trying to run. “How is that even possible?” He asked no on in particular, his eyes still wide. “I made sure-““You were so focused on
I walked out Damein’s office, not sparing him another look as I went in search of Andrew. I prayed silently and hoped that Damien hadn’t seen him, I didn’t want him to be affected by something of my own doing nor did I want him to lose his job because he had decided to help me out. When I was sure that I was out of sight and Dameon couldn’t see me, I pulled the documents I had gathered in his office out of my cloth where I had hidden it, letting out a sigh of relief and thankful that everything was still intact. I turned the corner and searched for Andrew but he was nowhere to be found. I assumed he had left so I made way for the elevator. When I entered into the elevator and as it descended, my mind was still racing with everything that had happened. I was tired and numb and I couldn’t think straight, no matter how much I tired to wrap my mind around what I had found out, it just wasn’t making any sense. The elevator dinged when it got to the ground floor, the door sliding open
Immediately Amanda walked out of my office, I was left alone to my thoughts and the reality of things came crashing down on me. I angrily punched the wall, Les ing a gaping hole in it before I walked out of the office. I had come back to the office because I had left some important files that I needed for a del behind, I had to go through them that night so I had planned to quickly get them and go back home but I was met with something else. Amanda was my best friends daughter. I had been sleeping and messing around with my brother’s daughter. And she?She only came back to use me to get revenge. She had lied to me and deceived me.I had left the office when I was sure she was gone and I headed home, feeling hurt and angry at the same time. I didn’t even know I had gotten home in one piece because I was driving like a mad man, barely escaping hitting cars. Memories of the conversation we had- the way she had confronted me and accused me of killing her father without even getting
“Amanda,” he warned through clenched teeth, his voice low and filled with menace, “do not push me.”His closeness to me sent tingles spreading across my body and my skin burned from where he was holding on to me but, I refused to let my heart win over my brain. I wasn’t going to back down so easily. “Why are you being so defensive over this little thing? It’s just a picture frame,” I said, my voice trembling. “What are you hiding?”“I’m not hiding anything and you have no right to question me,” he replied me, his voice coldly calm. “But, you have crossed a line that I had drawn between us long ago, Amanda. You shouldn’t be here.”His words stung, but I refused to let it show. I pulled my wrist free from his grasp and held the photograph up between us. “Then explain this,” I said, my voice cracking. “Explain why you have a picture of him. Explain why-““Enough!” He snapped, his voice echoing through the empty and silent room. I jumped a little at how loud his voice was, my breath caug
Damien stood in the doorway, eyeing me suspiciously and I just stood there stunned, and unmoving as I felt my heart fall into my stomach. Damien narrowed his eyes at me, staring at me suspiciously. The room was dimly lit and his frame looked frightening as he walked further into the room and made way for me. The air seemed to thicken and I instantly started feeling suffocated. The air on my neck stood and I felt my stomach twist into knots with every step Damien took. Had Andrew not seen him? Had he sent me a text and I was too lost in thought to hear the notification? Where was Andrew now?Different questions I had no nadeers too swirled in my head as he kept getting closer to me. He stopped few inches away from me and his eyes locked on mine, void of any emotion as he finally spoke up. What are you doing here? Why are you in my office, Amanda?” He asked, his voice low and clipped but I could hear the slight irritation in them. I didn’t mind, I missed hearing his voice so much,
But as I was about turning around and walking out of the office, my eyes fell on something.I froze in my tracks, the air suddenly heavier around me. My gaze locked onto the photograph on the shelf, an image that seemed out of place among the neatly arranged books and polished wood. It wasn’t the frame that caught my attention but the two men captured within it.I walked closer to the table and saw that the men looked familiar. Realization dawned on me as it clicked that one of the men in the picture was my father, younger and healthier than I remembered. His usual easy smile looked forced, his arm slung around a man I immediately recognized.Damien.The Damien I knew was hardened, closed off, and brooding. But here, in this picture, he looked different- vulnerable, almost normal. He was smiling as he stared at the camera with a carefree expression on his face. His face carried an innocence I had never seen before, and it unsettled me. What is a picture of my father doing here in Dam
“Let’s make a plan,” I said, turning all my attention to him after I finished sorting through the papers. “What do you suggest we do?” “You already said we should stake out at the office,” he replied me. “You can’t be seen there so how do you think we should go about it?” “Anything we plan has to work, Andrew,” I said, my voice low and firm as I thought about what we could possibly do. Andrew nodded, running his hand through his hair. “It would work, there’s no other option.” I didn’t respond, making the room fall into silence as I thought hard about what could work- something so good that nothing could ruin it. A few minutes passed and a brilliant idea popped up in my head. “This is what we’re going to do,” I finally spoke up, sitting up straighter. “You’re going to act like you have a shitload of work to do and you have no other choice than to stay back at work.” “Hmn,” Andrew said, fully focusing on me. “Go on.” “Okay,” I replied with a nod. “You’ll stay late at the office
Andrew and I went our separate ways, promising to meet each other the next day. I was glad that I now had someone who could help me in my plans by my side, I had thoughts of giving up but Andrew had renewed my determination. The coffee that I had finally left my apartment for had gotten cold, so I just tossed into the trash can and walked back home, feeling a bit better and letting out a sigh as I made my way back. I couldn’t wait for what was to come next nor could I wait to see the look on Ryan’s face when I’m done with him. He had gotten away for too long and soon, her meet his end. Just like her had promised, Andrew showed up at my house the next day and I let him on. We quickly began working on how he would get the documents from the office and copy the ones he could to his laptop. Getting the files was going to be difficult but we were set on accomplishing our mission and didn’t care what it would cost. Over the next few days, we kept meeting up and discussing plans. Andr