“No?” Luca echoed, not expecting that response.“No, I don't want to tolerate you, Luca. I want to have an actual relationship with you. I want something real, not this,” I said, gesturing between the both of us.He had the decency to look shocked. “Nazlynn, I…”“You what? You certainly do not want to agree with me, so what do you want to say?” I asked, surprised at how firm my voice sounded.“Nazlynn, I didn't get married to you with the intention of forming some sort of romantic connection. It wasn't like that initially,”I snorted in a very unladylike manner. “Why then? What was the reason you kidnapped me, threatened me, forced me to get married to you, and then forced me to stay? Just what was the reason?” I demanded. I was struggling to keep my voice down, but I wouldn't want other people overhearing such a conversation because I raised my voice.“Because I had to, okay?” he yelled out, attracting a lot of unwanted attraction like I was avoiding.Luca noticed and dropped his vo
My body responded involuntarily. I was kissing him back like I have wanted to do since we left the hotel in Italy. His hand trailed down to my ass and lingered there, the heat of his touch seering through the light fabric of my dress.“Luca, we can't,” I breathed out when our lips separated for a brief moment before he slammed his back on mine.My body was saying the complete opposite of what my mouth was saying. I could feel my nipples hardening and wetness pooling between my thighs. My body was responding to his kiss in a way that was thrilling and terrifying. Luca leaned in, his warm breath tickling my ear. “Can we continue our conversation after?” I wanted to say no, my mind begged me, but my body had a mind of its own. With a shy nod, I agreed. I smashed my lips to his, biting down on his bottom lip with a low groan when his hand squeezed my ass. He guided me towards his door, only separating his lips from mine when he needed to turn around to unlock the door.A few more stu
Luca carried me in his arms in bridal style and helped me into the bathtub that he had already filled with water.I sat with my knees folded slightly to my chest, quiet, unsure of what to say. Luca's hands moved gently as he bathed me. The warm water soothed my muscles but did nothing to calm the storm of emotions that would slowly rise inside of me.I watched as the water rinsed off Luca's cum that had splashed on my chest."Are you okay?" Luca's voice was soft, barely above a whisper.I shook my head, not trusting my voice. His eyes met mine, "Nazlynn," he started, then paused, as if unsure how to continue. "I hope you don't regret it."I looked up at him for the first time since he picked me up from the bed and brought me to the bathroom."I don't," I said finally. "Do you?"He shook his head, a ghost of a smile playing on his lips. "No. I don't."We fell into silence again as he continued to wash me. A sob rose in my throat and I forced it down, willing myself not to cry.I tried
After the morning when Luca almost killed Mathias for barging in on us, I had woken up to a similar routine each day. On Luca's bed, smiling and sometimes, a little sore. Sex with him was amazing, I wasn't even going to deny it. The man knew how to bring a girl to her knees, legs shaking at all.Maybe it was the sex, or maybe it was just the new dynamic of our relationship, but I was bubbling with excitement every single day. Luca and I had breakfast together some days, but dinner was always taken together. It's been a week, and things were calm. There were no more attacks or blood spills. Luca had started to crack what looked like a smile and not just a smirk towards me. Activities were returning back to normal, and I guess I was no longer used to normal.“Hey, would you be back early today? I was hoping we could go shopping for a few things this afternoon,” I said to Luca during breakfast one morning.“That's okay, I'll tell Gabriel to take you,” he replied without looking up from
“I want Gabriel to teach you self defense,” Luca said one morning while we were lying in bed after he had just given me, I'm sure you guessed it, a mind-blowing orgasm with just his fingers.“Self defense? Why?” I asked, like I didn't know why he had suggested that.He sighed, turning to face me. “Nazlynn, come on. You know why.”“I don't really want to learn how to fight though, can't I just learn how to use guns and knives or something?” I asked, scrunching my nose up.Luca chuckled, the rich sound filled the room and I felt the vibration from his chest beneath my head.“How about you start the training and then you can figure out where your strong point is? It's not exactly the kind of decision you make on the bed.”I nodded in agreement, crawling out of bed and walking to the bathroom to freshen up.Luca was gone when I stepped out of the bathroom. In his place was my phone that had a message notification from him on it.“Went for a quick run with Mathias. You can have breakfast w
I guess I was crazy enough because the minute a message notification popped in from the Sleeze app, I opened it up to respond. Since I accepted the message request the other day, I haven't gotten any message from the person.For some reason, I had thought the person was no longer interested in talking after going through my profile. Although I had no reason to think so since the only thing on my profile was ‘introverted extrovert.’“Hello,” the message read. “Hi! What's your name?” I responded, a little too eagerly. “I'm not sure I should be giving out personal information like my name yet, but how about you just call me A?” I thought about it for a bit and then realized that I would have given up almost any personal information had the total stranger asked me first. I facepalmed. I really had zero knowledge of data protection. “Sure, that makes sense. In that case, call me N,” I responded with a cheeky smile.A and I chatted for a few more minutes. If you asked me what we talked
“You slept with Mathias??” I asked in disbelief.“You know he and Jenna were…” I trailed off. Elena looked at me like she was shocked I knew. We paused on the road.“I know, that's why I feel so awful,” she said, sobbing in her hands.“Woah woah woah,” Sabrina said, reminding us of her presence. “He and Jenna were what? Am I missing something?” She asked, looking from Sabrina to me and back.I shrugged. “They were having some sort of relationship.”Sabrina's jaw dropped. “Damn! Jenna and Mathias. I would have certainly not guessed that,” she whistled then stopped when she remembered how the conversation started in the first place. “But you slept with him now, what does that make y'all?”Groaning, she smacked her forehead. “I don't know guys, okay? I've been feeling really shitty and more often than not, he's right there to help me feel less shitty. The first time just sort of happened.”“First time, that means it's more than once?” I asked, almost screaming. She hushed me, turning ba
My sleep was interrupted one morning by Luca's booming voice through the house.“Search the fucking perimeters. I want the whole compound on lockdown. I want the entire five kilometers from this compound to be on fucking lockdown.""I need eyes in the air, I need eyes underground, I need eyes everywhere. I want to see the footage from the perimeter, all of it! Find where this note fucking came from.”My eyes snapped open halfway through his orders. I jumped up from the bed in search of Luca. I found him pacing frantically in front of the room with a phone to his ear.“Hey, Luca, Luca,” I said, trying to grab his attention. He didn't turn to me. He was seething so much, I could almost see smoke coming out of his ears.I held his face in my hands to turn his attention towards me.“What's wrong? What's happening?” I asked, acknowledging the in and out movement of Luca's men into the house.He looked to the floor, a few meters away from where we stood. There was a semi balled up piece of
I had just finished washing my hands and was back to where my men stood over Alice's body when I saw a ball of colours approaching me with speed from a distance. My face softened when the ball of colours got closer to me. Nazlynn threw herself into my arms, almost knocking us both off balance. I hugged her tight, breathing in her calming scent and presence. She ran her hand up and down the nape of my neck, and I involuntarily relaxed into it. She squeezed me tighter in her arms, like she was scared to let go.I attempted pulling away to see her face but she shook her head and held on firmly to me. Chuckling, I pulled her closer in my arms, placing a kiss into her hair. When she pulled away, she raked her eyes over my body, running her hand over it at the same time. “Are you hurt anywhere? Did you get… Oh my God, you're bleeding,” she said fearfully, as her hand touched a wet patch on my shirt.“No baby, hey, relax. It's water, I just washed my arms. I'm okay, I promise.”She nodded.
Elena ducked just in time for Enzo to aim for Alice's hand. The bullet went through her flesh, making her drop the gun and release her hold on Elena. She had pulled the trigger as her gun clattered to the ground.Alice glared at me, then looked at the door behind her through the corner of her eyes. I fired a shot as she pushed back into the door and into the library. I heard her groan that indicated my bullet had hit her but not enough to take her down.“I need someone in the rooms beneath and above the library. The rest of you secure this building in case there's a way outside of it. Gabriel, Enzo, with me,” I instructed before following behind her with my gun raised.Gabriel and Enzo walked silently behind me. When we got in, all the lights were turned off, making the library extremely dark. “You don't peg me as the ready type Alice. You can't exactly hide in there forever,” I called out as I walked further into the library.I silently cursed whoever had the idea of making a home
Enzo shot bullets after, but she was no longer in sight. “Go!” I barked at my men who were staring at the place where she stood in shock. “Don't kill her,” I said as they passed by me. “That's for me.”If anything, I was glad we left that floor and were going back to the ground.“I don't know who's sloppier, you or your men,” I heard her call out, cackling. “You have a lot of guts, talking when that would only help us find you faster,” I said, nodding to my men to follow the sound of her voice.“What makes you think that's not what I want?” She asked in a cunning tone. I halted my men, clenching my jaw.Her words were suggestive. The only thing I could think of was that she may be setting up a bomb inside, or she may have already done it within the few minutes she had earlier. She seems to like playing with explosives.She was behind a door, and we had the door surrounded from a safe distance. I knew my men were waiting for me to give a go ahead so they could march in, but everybod
I pulled Hailey out of her crib and into my arms, cradling her shakily. My eyes darted from Alice’s face to the door and back.Alice took a step towards me, and I scooted back on the floor, ignoring the stab of pain as my skin dragged across the shards of glass. “What's wrong? Waiting for hubby, or should I say your prince charming to save the day again?” She let out a menacing laugh. “Lucky for me, it's currently an all girl’s house.”“Please don't hurt my baby, I beg you, Alice,” I pleaded just as Hailey started to cry from the noise she had heard. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the door to the bathroom open slightly, and Enzo peeked into the room.He gave me a small nod. Once I saw him raise his gun, I ducked, covering Hailey with my entire body. Alice was faster than him, but unfortunately, she managed to dodge the bullets that Enzo rained down on her until she ran out through the door and into the main house.“Fuck,” he swore loudly, rushing to my side.“Are you okay? Did
Nazlynn’s POVAlice was certainly a girl who clearly didn't want to be found. Luca had his contacts pull some strings in the police department to put up a surveillance on her, but nothing has turned up so far. Nothing of essence was discovered at the house that Luca had found me in. Of course, his contacts in the police force had to cover up using some story about a robbery gone wrong. The bodies had already been taken care of by the time they arrived at the scene.I was up to speed at everything that was happening in no time. Elena and Mathias decided to have a small wedding but postponed it until after the whole Alice thing had been dealt with. Luca cleared things up with his father, and they were back to having their weird love-hate father-son thing. Whatever the hell that meant. I was about to convince Luca not to kill my so-called birth father. It's the least I could do since he saved my life.Our mansion was almost completely back on its feet, and we moved back in two days be
“What do you mean you couldn't find her?” I asked shakily. Luca gave me a concerned look.“Luca, what do you mean by that?” I asked again, scooting towards the head of the bed and away from him.“Hey Nazlynn, calm down, baby. I'm right here, and I'm not going to let anyone hurt you, okay?” He said, reaching out to me.I smacked his hand away before it could come in contact with my skin. “No! No, no. She's going to kill me. She's going to kill us all. My baby. Where's my baby?” I asked hysterically. Luca shot up from his position on the chair and approached me carefully. I could see concern for me in his eyes.“Wh..where's Hailey?” I stammered as tears started streaming down my face. “Dr Martin!” Luca said, trying not to shout too loudly but making sure his voice was loud enough. He kept his eyes on me. He edged closer to me until I was cowered up by a corner of the bed. “Gabriel, get Dr. Martin now!” He yelled again.I grabbed his hand tightly, and I could feel my fingernails diggi
Nazlynn’s POVLuca stared at me in shock for over a minute but didn't even give himself some time to answer me before standing up and yelling for Dr. Martin. I had expected to wake up to the pungent smell of a hospital room and the faint beeping of machines that had been working tirelessly to keep me alive but the room I was in looked like the average bedroom. Bright light seeped through the window, casting a glow over the space.As I struggled to sit up, the sharp pain shot through my whole body made me groan. Luca was back by my side in a flash. His gentle hand grasped my shoulder, easing me back onto the pillow.“Take it easy, chica bella. You'll rip your stitches,” he whispered softly. It had been so long since I heard his voice that I wanted to cry at the sound. It felt like music to my ears. Dr. Martin dashed in, greeting me with a smile before she began to do some further checks on me. It was extremely strange to hear someone tell you “welcome back to the living”. It should b
“Baby, can you hear me?” I asked, tightening my grip on her hand so I wouldn't miss any motion.“Gabriel,” I bellowed, and he scrambled in. “Get Dr. Martin here now! Tell her my wife moved,” I said without looking back.I heard no movement after a few seconds, and when I turned, I was met with a wide-eyed Gabriel who was staring at me with shock.Moving closer to her on the bed, I spoke again. “If you can hear me, can you tap me with your finger again?” There was nothing but I stayed put. It was a very uncomfortable position for me, holding Hailey up with one arm while the other was stretched out to her mother, but I was way past the point of caring.It was like Hailey knew something had just happened. She twisted her neck to see what I was doing.“She's here,” Gabriel announced barely five minutes after he had left. I frowned. That was fast.“Hey Luca. I was already on my way here when he called me. What's going on?” Dr Martin said, clearing my confusion as she approached us on the
“You found him?” I asked, shocked to hear it. “How?”Mathias gave me a look. “On my list of ten possible things you would say first, that certainly wasn't a part of it. Is there something else I should know, Luca?”I sighed in resignation. “He's her father Mathias, her birth father, and I think she should have a say in what we do with him,” I said truthfully. “Is he in our custody yet or….” I trailed off.“Not yet. We wanted to receive instructions from you first. I have guys watching and trailing his every move. He's been acting scared as fuck and I don't think it's just you he's afraid of,” he said.“Alice?” He nodded.“That girl must be a total nutcase. I can't help but wonder just what happened there. The only person who can tell us is well, not available,” I said looking at Nazlynn.“She's stronger than you give her credit for, I know she is. She'll pull through,” he said, giving me a pat on the back before standing up. He was almost at the door when he turned. “Come with me.”