CYBERSEX WITH A ROBOT‽‽… Damon stepped in front of Lilliana, hiding her body with his and turned to the door… expecting to find his friend but instead found a girl in the hotel's housekeeping uniform. “I.. I'm sorry, I didn't know you were still here. I was told to come clean the penthouse” the girl stuttered upon seeing Damon, her body shaking with anxiety. The man only shook his head and said “It's okay, just come back in 30 minutes' ' relieved it wasn't his best friend. Behind him, Lilliana also sighed in relief. “I'm gonna go get dressed” she said when the man turned to her, a second after the housekeeper left the room. Damon nodded and she went into her closet. She took out her new school uniform from the wardrobe cabinets and started getting ready for school. Fully clothed, she went back to her room and found the man gone. She sat in front of her vanity mirror and did her make-up routine. Once done, she smacked her lips together and freed her hair from its bun. Not botheri
KIDNAPPED OR JUST UNFOUND??…After making sure the girl was safely inside the school building, Damon drove to one of his companies. Sitting behind his huge mahogany desk, he tried to focus on his work but failed. He couldn't stop thinking about the kiss he shared with Lilliana a few hours ago. He had broken the same boundaries he kept telling the girl not to break and surprisingly, he felt no guilt this time. Leaning back in his leather chair, he closed his eyes and looked deep inside himself. Trying to find that familiar feeling of regret that he normally got after being involved with Lilliana like he was that morning, the nagging voice inside him that always held him back from expressing his true feelings to the girl but found nothing.His ears peaked at the sound of his ringtone, pulling him out of his mind. He sat up straight to get the small electronic from his desk and swiped his thumb sideways to accept the call. Not bothering to check whom it was who had called on the screen b
LOST AND FOUND…Shoving the thought to the far back of his head where it belonged, Damon quickened his footsteps and had just walked past a pair of doors when they opened. He heard a familiar laugh, the graceful sound like music to his ears and halted in his steps. Turning around sharply, he's eyes landed on the backs of two girls… one seemingly Lilliana and the other her childhood friend. The two friends were chatting happily, unaware of the pending danger.“Lilly” the man called just as the two friends were about to head in the direction he came in, presumably going to the cafeteria to have their lunch. In unison, the two girls turned around at the sound of his voice. They frowned, looking at each other when they saw Damon. ‘What's he doing here??’ Lilliana wondered, her eyes full of confusion as she looked back at the man. Damon made his way toward them in long wide strides.Stopping a couple of feet in front of the girls, the man asked “Where were you??”. The irritation in his vo
ALLERGIES…“Don't leave the building until I'm back” Damon said when they reached his penthouse, making Lilliana frown and turn to him.“You're leaving??” She asked. Damon nodded.“I have some business matters that need my attention, I'll come back when I'm done.” He explained, wrapping his hand around the back of the girl's head and threading his long fingers in her soft hair before gently pulling her face closer to him. Leaning down slightly to her level, he planted a soft kiss on the top of her head and added “... call me if anything happens, okay??”Lilliana nodded and stepped out of the elevator. She watched the doors slam shut after her and the elevator take off before going straight to her bedroom with her backpack hanging loosely over her right shoulder. She let the book filled bag drop onto the carpeted floor by the bed with a loud thud and took off her school blazer. She tossed it on the soft mattress before collapsing on the space next to it and exhaled.She stared up at th
WHAT’S GOING ON BETWEEN YOU AND BELINDA??...Belinda looked down at the plate in front of her and let out a loud gasp at the revelation. Her eyes wide as saucers in horror of what she had unknowingly done.she jumped out of her seat and made her way around the long glass table to get to the frantic father-daughter duo.“I'm so sorry” she apologised, stopping next to them. Panic evident in her voice. She was scared for the girl's life.“Don't” Jackson growled when she reached out her hand to touch Lilliana, causing her hand to freeze midair. But she didn't take offence and instead started looking around the room, searching for a nearby first aid box.“What do you need?? What should I do??” She asked.“Nothing, you've done enough already” this time… it was Damon who snapped at the woman as he made his way back to the dining table. A medicine bottle in his hand, containing allergy antibiotics. Undoing its cap open, he shuffled a pill out on his cupped palm and tossed it in the girl's mout
IN A RELATIONSHIP…“What's going on with you and Belinda??” Lilliana rephrased her question and the man froze. His eyes moved to Damon for help but the man only shook his head, not wanting to be a part of that conversation and walked around the kitchen to get to the freezer.Looking back at the girl, he tried to deny it by saying “Nothing princess, we just work together” Lilliana rolled her eyes at his futile attempt to keep her in the dark still and said “Dad please, as much as you don't look like it… you're pretty much like your friend. Well, except the womanising part…”“Hey” Damon chimed in, disturbing the girl. His voice laced with feigned offence from behind Jackson. Rolling her eyes, Lilliana ignored him and continued.“You don't care about people who aren't close to you and since mom died, you've only ever cared about me …until tonight when you left me to go check on Belinda. And don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I didn't like the way you spoke to her earlier, people m
I JUST WANT TO BE WITH YOU, I DON'T CARE HOW…Done eating, Lilliana dropped the fork and knife in the middle of her plate, wiped the corners of her mouth clean with a table napkin before turning to Damon. “So w… what did you want to discuss with me??” She stuttered, looking at the man's handsome face. Her entire body went stiff with nerves when the man reached out his hand to cup her cheek, brushing the pad of his thumb along her lower lip before slowly leaning in toward her. She forgot how to breathe, anticipating the soft touch of the man's lips against hers. She let out a small gasp when she felt them, gently moving against hers as if hesitant and closed her eyes.The girl moaned when Damon nibbled on the soft flesh of her lower lip, seeking entry into her mouth. She parted her lips a bit further, allowing the man to thrust his long skillful tongue inside her mouth. Deepening the kiss, he groaned, moving it around to taste every bit of food Lilliana had just eaten. He got up from h
UNEXPECTED BETRAYAL…After watching Lilliana slowly drift off to sleep in his bed, Damon left the penthouse to go find his best friend. Trusting the hotel's security with the girl's safety, he got in his car and drove to one of his many warehouses. To his luck, the new lead hadn't turned out to be a dead end like many before it were.Jackson had taken a few of his men to do a follow up and upon their return, had managed to bring back with them a couple of Russian men that were seen lurking around the Barnette's residence in the days following the night of the fire. Pulling up outside the seemingly old abandoned build, Damon jumped out of his car and jogged up the small flight of stairs toward the entrance. “Where is he??” He asked one of the men guarding the premises about his friend's whereabouts, as soon as he sat foot inside.Aaah!! A pained scream suddenly sounded before the man could respond, giving Damon an inkling of where his friend could be. It was coming from the floor belo