~LANA~ "Did you talk to your father about the baby thing?" I asked Dax in the car as he was dropping me off at my place. It was strange for his father to just make a demand like that as if he had any right whatsoever to decide when Dax and I should try for a baby. I really did not want his demands to ruin my plans. "I did, and he just..." Dax scratched his head, "He still insisted that we get him a grandchild before he assigns his shares to me." "Dax, we signed a year contract for me to be your wife. I can't have a baby," I hoped that he'd feel the same way. "I know that we did not agree on a baby, but Lana, please. You will be a part of it, and I will pay you double the amount that we agreed on, I promise." He tried to negotiate with me. I sighed. "I'm on birth control." He turned to me with excitement written all over his face. "I am sure that can be fixed, right? You can stop whatever method you're using." "I will go and see my doctor tomorrow and see if we will be abl
JUNE 2022 LANA'S POVA few days later, I was now an official member of the Salvatore family. I was sharing a bed with Dax (although he used the couch in the bedroom most of the time, and I was happy there. The house was so big that I got lost a couple of times trying to find my way back to the bedroom. Moving was not a hustle. I didn't have enough furniture and almost all the things that I held dear to my heart fitted only inside a small little box that I kept inside the closet that Dax assigned to me. And at that moment, moving felt like a good thing to get a different scenery. To make fresh and new memories even though I knew deep inside my heart that they were either going to tear me apart between the two brothers, but I wanted to take my chances and see how far the ride was going to take me.One afternoon, I sat by the window and took out my drawing book to clear my mind a little and let it wonder off with my imagination. I had vivid memories of my father drawing me when I was l
LANA'S POVWhen my eyes met with Xavier's while his hand was still around his dick, his lips moved, and he gave me a mischievous smirk. I swallowed hard. I was glued on my spot and watched as he finished himself and looked content with his achievement. After he was done, I ran back to Dax's bedroom and closed the door behind me, groaning. I closed my eyes and tried not to think about what I had just seen. "Who's chasing you?" Dax asked when he saw me as he wrapped a towel around his waist. In the middle of it was a huge budge of his manhood. And I knew at once that I had to get out of the house before I found myself thinking nothing but a dick. It was already enough that I had to stare at Dax's dick for the entire 2 hours of my life. It wasn't really necessary for me to run into Xavier stroking himself!"No one. I need to go and see a friend." I said, trying to avoid eye contact with him, heading to the walk-in closet to get something to wear before I head out to clear my head."You
LANA'S POVI woke up in a frenzy, dressed up, and went downstairs to look for Dax. I wanted him to confirm to me if what he wrote on the little note really happened when I ran into Xavier. I couldn't understand why both of them had to be this hot and so... appealing. I realized right there and then that it was a terrible mistake for me to agree to move in with the two of them in the same house. I crossed my fingers that nothing happened between Dax and I last night because my memory was very blurry after having a couple of drinks at the club. "Good morning, Mrs. Daxton Salvatore." He winked at me. I froze on my spot and stared into his eyes. It took me a moment to realize that he greeted me. I didn't even mean to wonder off to the last memory that I had of him jerking himself..."Hi there... Xavier." "If you're looking for my brother, he's in the gym." He replied.And all I could say was, "Oh.""Unless you weren't looking for him..." He took a step closer to me. Why didn't I move?
XAVIER'S POVWhen Lana saw me jerking myself off, it was mission complete. I wanted her mind to be filled with thoughts of me jerking while she watched. When she ran after I released and went back to her room, I sat down on my bed and giggled to myself. We belonged to be together, and I was going to do everything for her to see her. No matter the lengths that I had to take to make her realize that she was never going to be over me. Waiting an entire year for her marriage contract with Dax to be through was never a choice. ***Saturday morning. Same old routine. Wake up, go to the gym, come back, and go through my assignments. I was now a few months away from becoming an official doctor. I couldn't wait after all the hard work I had to put in to make sure that I proved my father wrong. "I thought you'd be in your residency by now, Xavier." My father walked into the kitchen and did not even bother to greet me. "You know I don't want to stay there." I poured myself a cup of coffee. I
LANA'S POVThe following morning, Dax was with me in the kitchen, making breakfast. I was wearing his oversized t-shirt while making pancakes. His hands were wrapped around my waist from the back, and his head rested on my shoulder as I tossed the pancakes on the pan. "Dax, what if your brother or father walks in on us?" I giggled. "Let them. We are married." He buried his neck inside my neck and made me giggle even more. "You are despicable!" I turned around and wrapped my arms around his neck. A smile formed on his face when he looked into my eyes. "You're so beautiful." He complimented me. I froze for a moment, looked at him, and smiled. "Thank you." It felt as if we were caught in the moment before we realized that we had company. Xavier cleared his throat when he entered inside the kitchen and walked to the fridge. I felt a knot in my stomach. I turned to the semi-burned pancakes and shifted the pan from the stove in little frustration. "I hope I didn't disturb anything, b
LANA'S POVNothing could have prepared me for the moment when I walked in on Sasha and Dax. She looked at me with menace in her eyes, and her arms were folded across her chest. And Dax looked a bit relieved when he saw me. I internally sighed and closed the front door behind me and took a step closer to them. I knew that seeing Sasha in the house meant nothing but trouble. She hated me and was going to look for drama where there wasn't. I expected her to react irrationally after realizing that I took Dax from her. "What is she doing here?" I folded my arms and looked at Dax. He quickly came to my side and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "She has refused to leave; I don't know why." He then stood behind me. "Sasha, what are you doing here?" I had to take this with her as woman-to-woman, and it felt amazingly great to know that he was completely done with her. "Why don't you ask that husband of yours?" She scoffed. "Well, if you got nothing to say, Missy, how about you leave this hous
LANA'S POVThat night, Dax didn't even want to spend a night breathing the same air as me. He wouldn't even spare a second to look at me. He had to go out and sleep in one of the guest bedrooms. I felt so bad the entire night. Sleep didn't come easily in hopes that he would sneak back into the bedroom and cuddle next to me. But alas, morning came.My phone rang beside my bedside. "Hello, Mrs. McCain?" I said when I picked up my phone, realizing that it was my drawing mentor. "Ah yes, morning to you too, Lana. I hope I didn't wake you up?" She sounded as polite as always."No, you did not." I sat up straight and tried not to yawn too loudly."I have an offer for you. One of the buyers liked the drawing you did about a village girl in a city, you remember that?" My eyes popped wide open. This meant everything to me, considering that I was a new artist and was hardly able to get any buyers for any of my earlier drawings, except for a few. So, every time I got a call about a client int
OCTOBER 2022LANA'S POVThe next morning, I woke up from my cell phone ringing inside my bag. I got up and took it out of the handbag and answered it. "Hello?""Is this Amalah James?" I hesitated for a second, closed my eyes, and exhaled. "Yes?""You're talking with Din Flemmings, I am Paolo Costa's lawyer. I am calling regarding your father's estate." "Oh." I sat down on the couch in the bedroom and looked at Dax and Xavier as they got up and looked at me with confused expressions on their faces. It was a bit weird that Costa already listed me as one of the beneficiaries of his estate when we only reunited shortly before his death. "Can I come and see you to talk in person, Miss James?" "Oh, I'm- That will be okay, I guess." I was hesitant."Perfect. You can send a location of your choosing," Din replied enthusiastically. "I will send you my house address," I answered. "That will be perfect. I hope to see you soon."I hung up the call and felt like there was a big lump in my
LANA'S POVI rushed out of the house and went to my car, and when I got inside, I cried against the steering wheel. I wanted to feel nothing when I saw JJ and killed him, but the thought that his blood was on my hands, tortured me. Dax couldn't even help without making me feel worse than I already felt. I sniffled and lifted my head off the steering wheel, pushed the key inside the ignition, and drove away. I went straight to the nearest bar that I could find. I ordered five shots of vodka and gulped them as if they didn't make me feel as if my tongue was being burned. I wanted to forget everything that happened and wake up to a whole new chapter of my life. I was tired of how miserable I felt every day since I lost my parents. I needed a break..."Lana, we need to go home." A familiar voice spoke as I felt a hand tap on my shoulder. My head was heavy as I lifted my head from the table and looked at the person. "Dax?" "Can we go home?""I don't want to go home. I don't want to go
DAX'S POV "She's been sitting in that exact position on the couch for hours now. She refuses to eat anything or even drink anything. I don't know what we should do," I vented to Xavier as we watched Lana from the upstairs balcony. "JJ is in the garage, so maybe she should see him before I kill him." Xavier's response sounded as if he didn't think before talking. I quickly turned and looked at him and whispered. "Are you insane? She doesn't need to see that asshole after what he did to her, again." "It's the only way to get her out of the current state that she's in. She must face him," he still insisted. "No, Xavier. That's a stupid idea and it's not happening," I stood my ground. "Where is he?" We looked down when we heard Lana's voice. Xavier took the opportunity to give me a 'I told you so' look and I frowned. I took a deep breath and headed down the stairs to Lana. "You need to get something to eat and rest," I said when I got to her side. I wanted to see JJ pay for eve
XAVIER'S POVI kept counting the minutes that Lana was inside Suzy's apartment. I wondered if she remembered that we had to be somewhere and did not have time to waste here. I frowned because I saw this from a mile away, and if they had both listened to me, Dax and I wouldn't have found ourselves in this awkward situation. "We have to go in." I was infuriated and Rico was not even close to finding that asshole JJ. He was nowhere to be found and his bodyguards were back at Boliver, which was very unlikely that JJ could go anywhere without them."She's only been there for ten minutes, Xavier. Just calm down," Dax replied in a very relaxed tone. "She's been with her forever, Dax." "Can you trust her for a minute and give at least five more minutes? Suzy is her best friend, remember?""Fine," I huffed and dialed Rico's number. "Tell me you got some clues about where he could be," I said as soon as he picked up the phone. "He didn't leave Highwaters.""Are you sure he didn't go back t
LANA'S POVTo figure out where exactly we could find JJ, I started off by calling Suzy before Xavier's friend could help in finding him. We were in town and just around the corner from Suzy's apartment when I called her. Dax and Xavier were looking at me and trying to signal to me that I had to act as natural as possible so that she would not be suspicious of my call if she was with JJ. "Hey, Suzy. Are you home?""Yes, I am. What happened yesterday? You just left without saying a word to me or even picking up my calls when I called you. Did anything happen when you went to the toilet?"I was relieved when I heard that she was not convinced that I ran away because I saw her with JJ. "Yeah, I'm - I met an old friend in there and I was trying to get to her, but I already lost sight of her.""You could have said so, Lana. I was so worried about you. Where are you right now?"I looked at Dax and Xavier and stuttered. "I - I am at home. With Xavier and Dax."Suzy suddenly started crying on
LANA'S POVThe next morning, I woke up next to Xavier staring at me."Good morning," he smiled and kissed my forehead."Good morning baby," I looked at him and suspected that he might have been waiting for me to wake up so that we'd carry on where we left off last night. "You good?" "I'm good baby, and I slept like a baby. How are you feeling?" I got up and tied up my hair into a bun so that I'd prepare to take a shower."I'm good. I was watching you to make sure that you didn't run off on me."I looked at him and laughed. "You're unbelievable! Oh my gosh!" I took my pillow and threw it at him and got off the bed and dressed up so that I'd head out to the bathroom that was outside. He chuckled and got off the bed too. "Can I come with you?""Do you want to?" I looked at him and smirked while my hand was already at the doorknob. "Are you daring me?" He smirked and stood up with his dick hard as a rock.I couldn't help it but blush. "I dare you."I quickly turned the doorknob but bu
LANA'S POV As soon as I roared the engine to life and drove off, Suzy tried to call me but I didn't pick up. If I knew her 'Jay' was 'JJ', I would have tried to tell her why she was not supposed to be with him. And now that I had a picture of him sleeping with her in my mind, I felt like I was losing it. The very thought of his tongue on her repulsed me and I could not wait to get home and get Dax and Xavier to do something about this. "Lana, are you all right?" Xavier asked me when he saw me walking inside the living room. He was sitting on the couch with Dax, and it looked like they were having lunch."I saw JJ," I walked towards them. "What?" Dax exclaimed and got up from the couch. "He's Suzy's boyfriend, can you believe it?" I answered them, still unable to get the picture of them together off my mind. "I should have known when Suzy told me her boyfriend's name was Jay."It was as if I was there every time they made love and made each other cum. I wondered if he felt as good
SEPTEMBER 2022LANA'S POVSuzy and I finally had our lunch date. She was so happy when she saw me and we ordered our favorite food in our favorite lunch spot. It was everything that I wanted to do for months, but couldn't because I didn't know how to face her and continue lying on her face. She was the only person I was close to except Dax and Xavier. It made me happy to finally be able to be myself around her and not hide anything from her. It bothered me for months that I couldn't tell her about Dax and Xavier and the contract. "How are the brothers?" She winked. I giggled while trying to get a spoonful of my mashed potato gravy. "They are good boys.""I still wonder how it's like having two men all to yourself. You must tell me what it's like, Lana." "How about I leave you to wonder?" I laughed."No way, you will do no such thing! You must tell me about the sex!"I almost choked on my drink but I quickly had it under control and laughed. "Suzy, will you stop?"She leaned forwar
LANA'S POVAngry, I picked up my phone and called Xavier after ending the call with Costa's lawyer. It was no coincidence that Xavier sent me a voice message about how he wants me to know that he loves me in case he didn't make it. He was with Costa when he died, and I needed to know what happened."Lana?" He answered."What happened to Costa? I know that you were with him."He was quiet for a moment before he answered. "So, you know?""I know. Why didn't you tell me?" "Because it wasn't the right time to tell you that, Lana." "He was my father, Xavier. You don't have any right to decide when I should know about his death.""I understand, Lana. But I didn't want to tell you before you got out of the clinic.""That's no excuse, and you know it. Now, tell me what happened."He sighed. "Lana, we both need our rest.""Should I ask Dax?""Fine. JJ shot him, the guy who -""The guy who raped me, I know his name. So, he killed him?""Yes, but I will find him, I promise." "oh, he killed hi