010Lavender.I groaned, rolling to the other side of the bed with a smile on my face, my eyes still closed as my hand landed on the sheets.The smile on my face melted away and I immediately sprang up, looking at the bed to search for Charlie but he wasn't there.Did he leave me home alone after what happened between us last night?I blushed, sighing as I clutched the sheets on my chest. I pulled myself into the bathroom sheepishly with my face as red as a cooked lobster.I looked at myself in the mirror, letting go of the duvet that was wrapped around me.I smiled again, looking at my naked body in the mirror. It seemed as though I just got a new body. I felt different.I felt just the way I felt that night six years ago after my first and last sex.It felt as if I was disvirgined. Again. I felt renewed.I didn't know if I should be embarrassed or feel great about it.I gazed down at the duvet pooling around my legs. His scent still lingered in the sheets.I raised my gaze again, lo
011 Lavender. “You should know Lorenzo D'amor, the Italian billionaire tycoon.” He began. I sniffled, wiping my tears with the back of my hand. "Answer me. It shouldn't take you five business days to just answer my question,” he spat. I nodded. "Yes." I whispered. “He is secretly a mafia Don, plotting against my mafia empire.” I gasped, cupping my mouth. I just couldn't believe what I just heard. Charlie was a Mafia? Does that mean I've been falling head over heels with a criminal for years now, since highschool?! My breath caught in my throat. “I need you to penetrate into his life and discover the scheme which is in a particular flash drive which he always hides. Get the flash drive and bring it back to me. You have five months to carry out the task,” He added. I swallowed, “Charlie, who are you?”. “I'm Charlie Brown, Michelle's fiance, a mafia Lord.” He said with a little bit of humor, so little that it was barely noticeable. “But….I loved you first.” Tears welled up i
012Lavender.“You're not who you say you are, are you?" His once nice voice became intoxicated with just the right amount of venom to make me quiver.I cleared my throat, adjusting my posture as I maintained my act. “Sorry?"."You're not who you say you are, are you?” He spoke again.I laughed, looking him in the eye as he looked at me back.“I am who I say I am. I am Lavender Washmin." I responded, nodding confidently."You're way more than that. You know. We both know who you are. You know what I'm talking about,”.I let out a sigh, shaking my head. "Actually, Mr. D'amor, I don't know what you are talking about.".“Are you not married?" He asked, nodding his head with the same amount of confidence which I used in looking at him. He matched my energy level perfectly.“Oh, actually. It's complicated, but I would say I am married, Mr. D'amor, but with all due respect, I don't think that has anything to do with our topic here. You said I am not who I say I am.”."I appreciate your resp
013Lavender.I groaned, tossing and turning on the soft surface as I flipped over to snuggle the sheets.But instead, my hand came in contact with something else that felt smooth.My eyes fluttered open, only to see something I didn't expect; a man lying on my bed with me in my room.To be specific, the man was my boss.My eyes widened as I gasped, springing up. As I took in the features or the environment, I realized that I wasn't in my room. I was elsewhere. Somewhere I didn't recognize.I felt a slight pang in my head, my hand flying to feel the spot that hurt. That was when everything from last night rushed into my head.From the meeting to the passionate moment.I remembered everything vividly.I gasped again, raising the duvet that was covering my body, only to realize I was naked. My neck snapped to the floor, glancing at my clothes scattered all over the room.I looked beside me. There laid my boss, Mr. D'amor, sleeping as if he didn't have one single care in the world.I swa
014Lavender.“Miss, why would you approach me to seduce my boss, I'm pretty sure you're aware that he's my boss, right?” I frowned.“Calm down, darling. Isn't the offer enticing enough? How about two billion?” she teased, pushing further than her actual boundaries.Thinking about it actually made it enticing and I needn't lie, I wanted to take it so badly, but Lorenzo's words from earlier today which pinned me as a golddigger was really upsetting and I vowed to prove him wrong.“Honestly, it is enticing, but ma'am, you need to have some respect. What makes you think I would break my boss’s trust and seduce him for just a billion? If you want him to be seduced and ruined so badly, why don't you do it yourself then and save your money?” I asked."As you can see, I am too old for that and I can't lower my standards to seduce him because…”.I cut her off, “It's fine, I understand. You believe I have a low standard. It's fine, but I think you said you had little time left so I should let
015Lorenzo.I sat in the backyard, in front of the swimming pool. The afternoon air was blowing in peace and soothing my skin.Just as I found peace and quiet in the afternoon, my phone rang aloud piercing the silence. I fetched it from my pocket and fixed my gaze on the screen.It was Mom calling and I had no other choice than to answer her call, even though I already knew what she was going to say. That same old topic.“Hello, darling," she said, her voice soft as usual. I was used to it. It was only to manipulate me, but I had never for once fallen for it for years now since she had been doing it.“Yes?" I responded as I got up from the chair, turning to enter back into the mansion.“How is your day going?" She asked.“Mhm…. It's fine. Thank you. Yours?" I responded.“Not so good. I really feel like coming over to your place to spend a nice afternoon with my son and have lunch with him. Lunch is ready, isn't it?” She asked.I let out a sigh, striding into the mansion slowly with m
016Lavender.I swallowed, picking the file and clutching it with the schedule book before raising my body back up to move on walking but looking at Mr. D'Amor at the front, walking away without even noticing I wasn't walking with him anymore, I just couldn't.I halted, unable to process what was going on. My head was blank at the moment.What the hell did I just see? A contract marriage?No, it can't be. It has to be a joke.Or probably he gave me the wrong file. I clenched my fist, taking a deep breath before moving on, following behind him slowly but keeping some distance between us.We arrived at the empty boardroom and I sat right beside him, waiting for the other staff to arrive as it was a meeting between the important employees of the company to discuss something important.My fingers dug into my hair, I sat there beside him, the atmosphere tense and heavy with awkwardness. I tried my best to pretend as if everything was just fine and I didn't see the contract marriage, but I
017Lavender."So, will you marry me?” He said, his lips curving into a sly smile that made my heart jump.I just couldn't believe this.He knew. He knew what he was doing. He knew about the contract marriage file and it was indeed for me.He knew it fell from my hand. He knew I saw it. He knew everything! He knew!! He was only pretending to be oblivious, or maybe he wasn't actually.I gulped, my heartbeat stiffening as my stomach twisted. I was unable to think straight and collect my thoughts, but why? Was it because I didn't see this coming? I actually did, but why was I shocked? Why was I feeling this way? Why was I overthinking this anyway? Just why?!I stripped my eyes away from his, throwing my face away as I squeezed my eyes shut, letting out a sigh, my breath shaky and hot.“Why are you doing this?” I asked, my voice lower than a whisper with my eyes still shut.“Why am I doing what?” He asked, his voice still firm.I turned to him again, fixing my eyes on his. “Why are you do
029Lavender.“You're coming, like right now?" She asked.I hummed, “Yeah, bye." I blurted out before ending the call.I turned to Lorenzo. “Lorenzo, I know you're in a rush but can you just park the car now? I need to attend to something in my company real quick. I promise to be back in thirty minutes. Just stop the car, I'll take a taxi or something.”“Alright. You have some directions, right?” He asked.I nodded. “Of course, I know the address of my company. I'll have a taxi take me there.”“Just direct me, I'll take you.”,I chuckled. "It's about a ten minute ride from here. And look, we've almost arrived at your company. I can see it right there. Just drop me.” I said, pointing at the company ahead.He shook his head. “It's fine. I don't want you to take public transport. I'll just take you there and bring you back. The meeting can be cancelled and rescheduled, it's fine. How would I let you take public transport? Just anything can go wrong, and I don't want to put you in an unco
028Lavender.“I thought I already told you that not everyone rich is interested in an extravagant lifestyle, right?”"I don't get it, why lower your standards then?" I scoffed, "Talking about standards, let's not talk about who slept with another lady when he has a WIFE,” I taunted him.He grinned as we both got in the car. "I already apologized, wife."I rolled my eyes. “As if that's enough. Just tell me what the hell pushed you into doing it? Let me guess, you were drunk again?”He laughed, reaching his seatbelt. "Come on. As if you would let me touch you, wife. And like you said, it's a contract marriage so I'm not so interested in touching my contract wife which means I am entitled to touching someone else.”I gasped, "So you agree to the contract marriage stuff now?"He nodded, “I'm only going with your words and respecting your choice. That's what couples do, right?”I didn't respond, unable to process what to say."Though I heard doctors say pregnant ladies must have sex freq
027Lavender.My eyes remained planted on the screen, my grip tightening on the phone as I swallowed, watching the video.The moans were so loud and cringe but it conveyed the pleasure. Lorenzo pulled out of her as she whimpered, grabbing both her legs and pulling her closer to himself roughly. He then raised one of her legs and placed it on top of his shoulder, still holding them so tightly so he would get that closure as his dick thrusted until her pussy, his nuts pressing against her ass as he went balls deep.He threw his neck backwards, groaning as he pulled out nice and slow, his dick dripping with her juices.He lowered his head, still holding her legs as his mouth came in contact with her pussy lips.She moaned, her hand grasping the sheets and clutching them as her eyes squeezed shut in pleasure.He paused again, making her beg for more. Her hands flew to his hair to bury his mouth into her flower.His tongue ran over her clit and it was evident that her body quivered, a hig
026Lavender.He gave in and in the next few days, we were working towards gathering enough information about my family's empire.On the other hand, I went to see my mother's corpse, though I wasn't allowed to look at her long enough. I was planning a perfect burial for her. At least if she didn't deserve anything in this world, she deserved a proper burial.She was a nice mother, literally the only friend I had. My best friend. My best companion.The arranged marriage she planned was the only thing that tore us apart as I was annoyed that she never informed me about it in the first place, but cutting her off was the biggest mistake I had ever made after realizing that she was only being my best friend, the best friend she had always been my whole life.She was only trying to protect me. Nothing else and nothing extra.My safety was a top priority and she didn't just ask anybody for help, I should have trusted her that the Brille twins were never hurting me or holding me captive for
025Lavender.“I need help, Lorenzo," I said.He moved the glass away from his lips, placing it down on the table as he stretched his hand across to hold mine.I flinched, but then I allowed him to take my hand in his.“I need your help," I added, swallowing as I didn't even know where to start from that wouldn't make him suspect that I already knew more than I was supposed to know about him.“With what? I'll do anything, if that's what you're going to use to put me to the test,” He uttered."Lorenzo, you can't wake up one morning and then claim to love someone you obviously used to not enjoy. You immediately changed after I said I was pregnant and it's weird because the same you, Lorenzo, told me that I was a gold digger who would claim to be pregnant by you, but now you're accepting the child and claiming to love me all of a sudden?”,“I’m sorry about that day. Also, I never said I wasn't going to accept the baby. Something just came over me, and I'm sorry,” He apologized.I rolled
024Lavender.'YOU HAVE JUST FOUR MONTHS LEFT TO BRING THE FLASHDRIVE’.My heart skipped as I already knew who dropped the note without having to overthink it. I swallowed, my breath stuck.Just then, the door slammed and I jolted, immediately hiding the paper.My gaze traveled to meet Lorenzo's. His brows creased as he stared at me in confusion, noticing that I was hiding something.I flashed him a smile and he forced a smile also, forcing himself to reciprocate.My heart thumped in my chest but I managed to keep a calm face.He approached me, stretching his hand to feel my forehead.He nodded, “Just like the doctor said, you seem fine now. Luckily, you were not affected by the bomb blast. And you'll be discharged today, I spoke with him. You'll be discharged immediately,” he announced.My eyes widened, “Really?",He nodded, still smiling as he stared at me with a sparkling charm in his eyes, something that was never there since the day I had known him.I looked away, tearing my eyes
023Lavender.'POW!’ The gunshot filled the air and darkness kissed me immediately as my eyes squeezed shut.I flinched, my body slamming against the cold ground with my head pounding hard from the slam.Just then, I felt the ground beneath me vibrate and I began to cough. Realizing that I was still alive, I opened my eyes, looking everywhere, only to realize that the other end of the warehouse just erupted with a bomb blast.I coughed, my stomach clutching tightly with each cough as the smoke filled my lungs. I tried to stagger and pull myself up out of the place before the spreading fire would reach this side of the warehouse but my legs were weak and I couldn't even stand up since my hands were bound to each other.With each attempt, I fell to the floor again and again and again repeatedly.I groaned, giving in as my head slammed against the ground once more. I looked ahead of me, watching the smoke and flying debris dance in the air with the lights from outside the warehouse manag
022Lavender.The other one walked behind me, grabbing my hands to the back and I felt him bind them together with a rope. I didn't even bother fighting back, I just laid there like a dummy.“She seems tired and hot. We should feed her something and change that extravagant dress” The one behind me said."The leftover pizza?” The other one responded then footsteps faded away behind me, giving me a hint that the one behind me went away.The other one squatted again, bringing out a dagger from his pocket, forcefully ripping the down part of my dress.I swallowed, watching him forcefully rip the heavy parts of the dress away.When he was done, I felt relieved, air having access to my legs.He flung the material before walking back to me, grabbing my hair and using it to pull my torso off the ground.I screamed, unable to use my hand to support myself to at least reduce the pain since they were tied together.My head pounded as I squeezed my eyes shut. “Stop!" I screamed, hot tears slippin
021Lavender.“Open the fucking door!" He commanded, his voice serious as his grip tightened, restraining my airflow.My hand quickly flew to unlock the car's door as fear gripped me. The car unlocked then the man by Julie's side pulled her out, shoving her on the floor as he got into the driver's seat.The other one got into the backseat, pressing a cold pistol against my head from behind.I swallowed, stiff and unable to make a sound as I knew anything I did could open heaven's gates for me.“Good girl, keep quiet until we get there, okay? Or we'll blow off your head!” The one by my side threatened.I nodded, my neck stiff before I then hummed in response.My heart kept throbbing in my chest as the pulse that banged in my head refused to stop.I swallowed occasionally until we arrived at somewhere I didn't recognize. The place looked like a open abandoned warehouse in a silent street. The doors of the car opened then slammed shut before one if them came to open the door for me, usin