“Together with their Families Madilyn and Sampson joyfully invite you to their wedding celebration Saturday August 28th at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.”
Drake stared at the wedding invitation that was hanging from his fridge in contempt. It wasn’t that he wasn’t happy for his brother. He was overjoyed, Madilyn was a good girl, and his brother had been in love with her since grade school. Drake just wasn’t looking forward to having to socialize with the Elite. He wasn’t looking forward to having his mother parade him around as the heir to the Whittenberg fortune, trying to hook him up with every one of her friends daughters. Unbeknownst to Mary, Drake’s mother, but he’d already slept with every single girl in his mother’s circle, both his mothers friends and their daughters. Drake wasn’t keen on settling down. He was enjoying his playboy lifestyle.
Drake’s phone started to vibrate in his pocket. He pulled it out and saw it was Sampson calling.
“Hey bro,” Drake answered.
“Hey Drake,” replied Sampson. “I was just calling to see if you were bringing a plus one to the wedding? Since it’s a destination wedding we’re booking the flight and cruise tickets now.”
“Err.” Drake thought for a second, pulling out his laptop and pulling up the website his friend had given him last night, scrolling through the many faces of beautiful women, until one particular face caught his eye. “Actually yeah, I am bringing someone. My girlfriend Lydia, I’ll text you her details for the tickets.”
“Oh wow.” Sampson sounded shocked. “Mom will be surprised when she finds out. I didn’t know you were seeing anyone.”
“There are parts of my life the tabloids don’t report Sam.” Drake said using his brothers nickname.
“We wouldn’t have to get get all our news from the tabloids Dre, if you’d come home more often.” Sampson retorted back.
Drake felt a slight tugging in his heart. Sampson and him were close growing up, but when Drake went off to college, he’d sworn he wouldn’t return back to the family estate, there’d been to much pain and anger that had occurred at that house. Drake went on and became a real estate mongrel making his first billion by the time he turned 25. He was now nearing his 30’s. It’d been 11 long years since he’d stepped foot in his childhood home.
“You know why I can’t Sam.” Dre murmured back over the phone.
“It’s been 11 years Dre. No one remembers what happened that day.”
“But I do.” Drake rubbed the top of his nose, feeling a migraine coming on.
“Hey Sam, listen, I have to go. I have a business meeting. I’ll send you Lydia’s info tonight.”
“Okay Dre. Will you be at the rehearsal dinner on Saturday? You are the best man after all.”
“Yeah, see you then.” Drake said ending the call.
He walked over to the China hutch and pulled out a decanter of scotch. Not even bothering to grab ice, he poured himself a glass, and swallowed it in one gulp, enjoying the stinging sensation at the back of his throat. He went to the kitchen and put some ice in his glass and refilled it with scotch. This time taking gentle sips to calm his nerves. He picked up his phone and dialed the number for Mia Novella’s escort service. The front desk receptionist answered after the first ring.
“Thank you for calling Mia Novella’s dating services, this is Mindy, how can I help you?”
“Hi,” Drake said, lowering his voice to a more seductive pitch, “I’d like to speak with the owner of this establishment.”
“Sorry,” purred Mindy. “Mia’s not in right now, can I take a message.”
“Yeah, tell her Drake called. Drake Whittennerg.”
“Will do Mr. Whittenberg.” Mindy responded hanging up the phone.
Not even a minute later Drake’s phone started to ring again. He smiled, he knew dropping his full name would get the Madame to call him back quicker.
“Hello.”
“Hello Mr. Whittenberg, this is Mia Novella. How can I help you today?”
“I’d like to rent one of your girls on a monthly basis. As of right now I need her for a month, but that could end up being longer.”
“Hmm,” was Mia’s only response.
“I am willing to pay $100,000 a week for her. All expenses will be paid for. She just needs to show up. I will take care of everything else.”
“And do you have a girl in mind Mr.Whittenberg?”
“Yes, I want Lydia.”
“Are you sure? Lydia is one of our newer girls. She’s not as experienced as our platinums. I wouldn’t want you to be disappointed in your investment.
That explains the innocent look in Lydia’s eye, Drake thought to himself.
“I am not looking for experienced. Lydia is perfect for this job.”
“You have a deal, Mr. Whittneberg. I’ll draw up the contract and email it to you, when does Lydia need to be ready by?”
“Thursday night, and She’ll be staying with me, oh and she’ll need a passport.”
“Perfect, she will be there, and she has the required documentation, please send me back the signed contract ASAP, and your health forms from your doctor. I don’t want my girls contracting anything, and I know how you men like to fuck with no rubber.”
Mia ended the call, leaving Drake to his own thoughts. His phone pinged indicating that he’d received an email. Pulling up the email, Drake looked over the contract and signed in. He also sent over an NDA for all the workers at Mia Novella’s to sign.
Drake downed the rest of his scotch and then paged his driver to meet him out front. “Damn”, he thought, “He really was going to be late to his board meeting.”
“Hey mom.” Lydia smiled down at her mom, tears in her eyes. “I paid your bill in full.” That means another month in this facility. I did my part. Now it’s your turn to do yours. You need to get better for me okay.” Tears started to slowly fall down Lydia’s face and unto her mom’s. “The doctor told me, there’s no reason for you not to be waking up. She said all of the internal damage has been healed and according to all the charts you’re as healthy as a horse. The neurologist is considering taking you into to check your brain activity again. They’re worried that the internal damage was just too much on your brain waves.” At this point into the conversation both Lydia and her mom
When Lydia was first hired on at Mia Novella’s escort services she was a bit intimated by Theo. He was 6ft3 and had short brown wavy locks, and piercing blue eyes, and he looked to be about 250 lbs of pure muscle. He was also covered from head to toe in tattoos. But underneath his rough exterior, Theo was a teddy bear. He was every girl’s dream gay guy. He loved to shop, talk gossip, and he knew how to make a woman feel good about herself. Theo was one of Lydia’s friends and she was happy that Mia had selected him to chauffeur her today. They’d spent most of the afternoon chattering away about Lydia’s newest assignment in between Lydia’s appointment, and Lydia could feel her excitement start to grow, even though she knew nothing about Drake, she was looking forward to an all inclusive vacation, even if she did have to pretend to be the girlfriend of som
Drake was sitting in his office reading his daily reports on his realty property estate, when his secretary paged him over his office intercom. “Mr. Whitman?” “Yes Grace.” “There’s someone in the lobby who’d like to see you, she says she’s your mother?” ‘What the fuck?’ Drake thought to himself. ‘What would my mom be doing here.’‘Umm Mr. Whitman,” Grace said skeptically. “Did you hear me?” “Yes, sorry Grace, please show her in.”
I walked into Mia Novella’s at the building was eerily quiet. Mindy had already gone home for the night and all the lights were turned off except one. Lydia could see the light was on in Mia’s office through the gap in the door. She inhaled deeply before walking to the door, and knocking softly. “Mia,” Lydia called out, “I’m here as requested.” “About time woman,” Mia said pulling Lydia inside her office quickly and shutting the door behind them. Lydia gulped, her breath getting caught in her throat. Standing in front of her was a God of a Man. He was easily 6 ft 4. His fiery red hair was cut into a military style fade, and he had piercing green eyes that a girl could get lost in. His beard which was a
Lydia was stunning. Drake had a hard time concentrating on anything when she was near. He also had the urge to give her anything and everything she wanted. He chuckled at how in awe she was at everything in his own. It was all meaningless and replaceable to Drake, but to Lydia, she seemed captivated by every detail.“Anything you want, it’s yours.” Drake finds himself telling Lydia. Why did I just say that? He ponders to himself.This is suppose to be a business arrangement only. After the tour Drake walks Lydia back into the main living room and goes to the bar grabbing two wine glasses and a bottle of Merlot. Red wines were his favorite and he knew he’d need a glass or two to calm his nerves.
“Tell me about your family? I think it’s important that I know something about them before meeting them, don’t you think?” Lydia asked glancing up at Drake.Drake hesitated and for a moment Lydia didn’t think he was going to open up to her, but to her shock he did. “I have a little brother Sampson, he’s five years younger than me. I remember the day my mother and father brought him home. I was so excited. Mother and father were really busy while I was growing up. Father with the family business and mother with her shopping and luncheons so it was just me and maid Amelia growing up. Amelia tried her best to keep me entertained but she could only do so much. The moment mother and father brought Sampson home I knew I would have a best friend for life.”&
Drake pins Lydia up against the wall, slamming his hands on down besides her arms, pinning her in place. He leans into her and crashes his lips into hers. He slides his knee in between her legs spreading them wider, pushing himself against her. Their tongues battle for dominance, Drake coming out the winner. Drake mouth enters Lydia’s and she sucks on his tongue biting ever so gently. Drake hisses. “Sss, you vixen.” He smiles seductively at her, grinding his hips into her causing her to release a small moan. Drake leans forward again and starts to kiss and suckle on Lydia’s neck, leaving bite marks along the way. Lydia’s hands leave the wall and start roaming over Drake’s body. Her hands trace down his muscular arms and She grabs his hand and brings it up to her mouth and sucks on one of his fingers causing him to let out a low groan. Drake continues to
Lydia awoke the next morning feeling sore and throughly used. As she rose to go to the bathroom Drake pulled her back down into the bed. “Ahhh!” Lydia squealed not expecting Drake to yank her down. “Just a few more minutes,” he yawned sleepily. “Drake, if I stay in this bed any longer I’m going to pee myself.” Lydia pouted trying to wiggle free of his grasps. Reluctantly Drake let her go, and Lydia booked it to the bathroom to use the facilities. ‘What a perfect way to start your morning.’ Lydia thought to herself smiling. Her smile quickly turned to a frown though as
“How did you get that recording?” Drake asked as he stared down at Lydia. He wasn’t sure if he was feeling jealous at the thought of Lydia contacting one of her own clients, or proud that she finally got the best of Dianne. “I had Martin gather a list of your father’s supporters. Daniels was one of the biggest supporters; knowing what I do about his… err sexual appetite, and what I know of your parents, I knew there was something there. I had Martin contact him and blackmail him into giving me information on Dianne. I was just luckily their little err… quid pro quo happened in his office.” Lydia replied. Drake felt a sense of relief flood through him when he realized Lydia hadn’t in fact contacted Daniels herself, “What were you blackmailing him with?” Drake asked suddenly curious on the dirty deets Lydia had on Daniels. “Well I figured since the world already knows I use to be an escort, I might as well use it to my benefit. I had some rather
“What the hell do you think you’re doing Drake!” Dianne yelled pinning Drake under her glare, not even bothering to acknowledge Lydia’s presence.“A pleasure to see you, as always Dianne.” Lydia responded to Dianne’s hysterics. The hallway stirred to life as Drake’s employees started to leave the conference room, each one pausing as they saw Dianne standing in front of their boss and his fiancée with her arms crossed and a scowl on her face. Drake’s employees knew he had an estranged relationship with his family as Drake had never felt the need to lie to his employees about his life. Aside from his relationship with Lydia, which everyone now knew about, Drake had pretty much been an open book. The lowest paid of the employees, a male named Issac, who worked as a recorder, slid his phone out of his pocket, slyly turning on the video recorder, before positioning his phone in his hand, where the camera could see Dianne, Drake, and Lydia, but no one could se
“DRAKE!” Lydia squealed as he began to kiss down her neck.“What do you say Lyd? Do you want to act out one of my fantasies?” Drake asked his voice taking on a husky tone. “Do we have time?” Lydia asked, clenching her thighs to ease the sudden ache. “If we hurry.” Drake replied, as he began to suck and nip at Lydia’s neck. As Drake’s kisses trailed down to Lydia’s breast, he covered her mouth with his hand, silencing her cries of pleasure. “Shh, we can’t have the staff here us now. They might get jealous, of the extra attention, I’m showing the new employee.” Drake whispered in her ear. “And what is my salary Mr.Whittenberg?” Lydia asked her voice breathless. “That depends on your performance Ms. Hunt.” Drake responded. “And how would you like me to perform?” Lydia asked feigning an innocent expression. “Turn around, lean over the desk and lift your skirt up.” Drake order.“Yes sir.” Ly
“Are you sure you want me to publish this?” Julian asked one more time. “Yes.” Drake and Lydia responded in unison. “It’s a story that will make your career Julian, and it’s a story that needs to be shared. It’s our story, and it’s time the world new the truth.” Lydia responded. “Okay,” Julian said with a sigh, “How about I let you read the draft, and then you can tell me what you think.” Julian responded, still hesitant on posting the article. “I’m sure whatever you’ve written will be fine,” Drake replied, as he handed Julian the original contract that he signed with Lydia, “And here, you can use this a proof that your allegations are true.” Drake had blacked out some parts of the contract, like the amount of money he’d bought Lydia for, and the minor stuff, like Lydia’s body was free use to him, etc. etc. HE didn’t want their story to seem raunchy, but he did want to be as truthful as possible, he didn’t want to leave any wiggle ro
“My mother was loved by many, she was looked up to by many. Her neighbors, her coworkers, the few enough to be called friends, they all could tell what kind of woman my mother was. She was the type of person who would give you the food off of her plate, even though her pantry is bare too. She was the person who would put all of her needs last just to make sure no one else went without.When my mother found out she was pregnant with me, she was given two choices. To get an abortion or to become disowned. Seeing as how I am here today to give this speech at her funeral, we all know my mother chose. Even when her boyfriend abandoned her too. My mother gave up her comfortable lifestyle to protect me, an innocent baby who didn’t have a choice.My mother never once regretted her choice in choosing me. From the minute she opened her eyes until the minute she closed her eyes, my mother brought nothing but happiness and joy into my life. It wasn’t until I was taking care of
It had been a week since Dianne’s phone call and Drake and Lydia still hadn’t found any new information in regards to Amelia’s disappearance. Martin had ran an inquiry on Amelia Kirkpatrick, but nothing came up except a sealed record from right before she’d come to the Whittenberg Manor. Martin was working on getting the record unsealed to see if it would give them a new lead, but unsealing records was a long process and time wasn’t on their hands. Samuel had already called Drake twice inquiring on when he was coming back, he was insistent upon Drake’s return stating he couldn’t get married without his brother beside him. While Samuel sympathized about Drake’s fallout with Lydia, he still felt like Drake should attend his wedding. Drake hated keeping secrets from his brother, but he’d agreed with Lydia that they should keep their reconnection a secret as well as their investigation. Lydia didn’t want the wrong information getting into the wrong hands. She was still positiv
The very next morning after a long night spent making up with Lydia, Drake awoke to a very long very aggressive voicemail from Dianne. “Drake, I found out some very interesting information about your dearest fiancé. I hope this information comes to you as a surprise. I would hate to think that you’d be willing to tarnish the Whittenberg name like this, as well as bring financial burden upon yourself. If you do not meet us in the Bahamas by yourself at the end of the month, then I’ll be forced to play the cards that that slut dealt. There’s no escaping your destiny Drake, you are a Whittenberg, you are heir to the Whittenberg foundation it is time you played the part. I expect once you arrive at the Bahamas that you will go through with your nuptials and marry Jessica. She is willing to dirty her name a little to help with the scandal your little toy is going to cause this family. That’s right Drake, Mommy Dearest found out your dirt
Lydia couldn’t hide the grimace on her face as she read through the report, pushing the papers back towards Drake. “This doesn’t look good for Amelia.” Lydia finally responds after she gets a minute to gather her thoughts. “Marvin has gone to find more evidence. It wasn’t until he was discussing your name change making it easier to hide your identity that I remembered that Amelia had also changed her name. She use to go by Amelia Kirkpatrick. Marvin is following that lead in hopes we can either find where Amelia has been finding out, or find more information on her disappearance.” Drake responds looking down at the papers before him, shuffling through them until he gets to the father’s interview. “Do you believe Amelia killed her mother and possibly her sister?” Lydia asks staring at Drake who’d taken the seat opposite her at his desk. “I…I’m not sure what I believe anymore. I’ve only read the Aunt’s interview. She said the father had more inf
Drake couldn’t control his laughter when he entered into his office. Somehow Grace had managed to cuff Lydia to his off chair and she’d shoved a sock in her mouth. If looks could kill Drake would be a dead man. Lydia looked like she wanted to bury him ten feet under. “Grace,” Drake bellowed between laughter, “Why is Lydia tied up like this?” “Well,” Grace replied looking as innocent as a newborn child, “She kept trying to leave. Obviously she’s someone very important to you if you’re willing to go through all this trouble, so I called in Antonio and he and some of his friends helped me with the situation.” Drake turned his head away from Lydia and starred at Grace, she’d called in a favor with her son. He knew that Antonio ran with a rough crowd and that Grace had had a falling out with her son because of it. But it seemed like their issues had been resolved if he was willing to come and assist her. “Thank you for your assistance today Grace,