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2024-10-29 19:42:56Jayden worked him hard, relentlessly torturing his muscles systematically one at a time until he was ready to quit, but Mark made it through his workout, emerging on the other side of it as a sweaty, quivering mess. He took a few minutes to recover and then slowly walked back up to the house.
He entered the suite as Jasmine emerged from the shower, gave her a kiss and laughed weakly as she shooed him away, calling him 'sweaty and sticky and not in a good way'.Mark slid into the blue-green hot water in the bath, groaning in pleasure. The coloured water and the mixture of salts that Jasmine sorted out always seemed to ease him after each workout, even if it was only for a short time."You getting in?" He asked, hearing her re-enter the bathroom. He opened his eyes and saw she was dressed in a charcoal business suit, a matching skirt and jacket with a white top underneath."Nope. Not this morning," She replied as sheRelated chapters
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"Right, first off, I want to see this list," Marksaid bluntly as he sat on the balcony. Jasmineraised her eyebrow and handed him the sheet of paper."It's just a first pass, remember."Mark's eyes widened as read the names on the page. It was like an FHM top twenty women list, every guys fantasy."You're serious?" He asked, looking up."Why not?" Jasminereplied. "We're looking for someone high profile, someone that will give you credibility and instant recognition, as well as get you in the papers.""And how the hell am I supposed to do this? Just send a fan email to their website asking them on a date?" Markasked, shaking his head. It wasn't that he objected to the thought of a date with anyone on the list. They were all stunning and he'd love to meet any of them, but they were so far out his league it was unbelievable.Jasminerolled her eyes, but Lakshmi sat down opposite him. "We arran
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"Hey, how did it go?" Jasmineasked, reappearing from her phone call."Got it down to four names.""That's a start," She grinned."So I threw a... what was it?""Mini-diva moment," She told him. "And you know you did.""You don't think it's a bit weird that you of all people are picking out a list of people for me to date?" He asked."Why?" I know you're going to have to go out on dates. It's no big deal.""Even though we're...." He wasn't sure how to finish the sentence. He didn't know if they were dating, seeing each other, just friends or if it was something more serious."We're..." She grinned. "What?""I don't know," Marksaid, shaking his head. "We should probably talk about it.""So we can put a label on it and use it to define us?" She asked. "Let's not worry about it just now, okay?""So right now we're just friends and colleagues who fuck each
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"You wanted to see me, George?""Glad you're here, Mark. Let's get going for our boat ride round the Island, shall we?" The lawyer replied, giving Markan intense look. "If you could just unfasten those ropes, please?"Marknodded, wondering what the old man had to say that he wanted to go out on a boat to do it, and he unfastened the two mooring ropes from the cleats on the pier. He took a seat as George revved the engine up and then the long sleek boat pulled away from the pier, heading out to sea."So what's going on then, George? What did you find?""There's something going on here, Mark," The old man said as he turned the boat a couple of hundred metres out from the Island. "I've been through Benjamin's private banking and had my people pull out any one-off payments to construction companies between when the Island was bought and the main house was built, and they found one, an Indian company that specialises in home securit
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The pier came in sight as they completed their circuit of the Island and Markfrowned, thinking about everything the old lawyer had briefed him on. It seemed certain that Henrywas setting him up for something. Either that or he was getting paranoid. Maybe the man who'd run BenjaminMooreprivate Island had some unknown valuables stashed away, and didn't want to let the new kids know about them.Either way, he knew something was going on, and he felt a little comforted that George Yousefwas helping him. He knew he had to get to Connor at some point today though, and somehow get him up to speed.As the old man maneuvered the boat back to it's mooring, Markmoved to stand up and tie it off, but he wobbled and nearly fell over."Mark?""Sorry, my legs have tightened up," Markexplained. "I came here straight from my work out, so my muscles are really stiff." He rubbed at his thighs and slowly began to stret
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Markhad to work hard to keep the grin off his face as he walked down towards the clubhouse. As George Yousefsuspected, Markwas now sure Sarah's nocturnal visit was definitely linked to whatever Henrywas up to. He was sure of it just from Henry's reaction alone, and if he could get some information out of Sarah, then that would help figure out what he was up to.He entered the clubhouse, looking around for Connor, but he wasn't there, so Markapproached the barman."Yes, Master Mark, he was here a short time ago, sir, but he left with one of the maids."Markgrinned. "Connor getting himself into mischief, is he?""It certainly appears to be a recurring habit of his, Master Mark. Do you want me to call his room for you, sir?""No," Marksaid shaking his head. "Although if you could tell me where it is, that would be great.""Turn right as you leave, then left up the hill and it's t
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Markchuckled, and led them inside.He showed them through the ground floor of the main house and then out to the pool area where Maddy, Sage, Louisa and Myrawere all sunbathing, all in black bikini's. Markstifled impure thoughts at seeing the four of them lying there, tanning themselves.Samcalmly strolled up and started introducing himself with handshakes and more coolness than James Bond, while Antintroduced himself simply as,"I'm Ant, Mark's buddy. I'm spoken for so don't be trying to tap this fine ass."Marksimply shook his head and showed them to their rooms above the bar, then suggested they chill out at the pool for the afternoon, have a few drinks and he'd see them in a couple of hours at dinner as he work still to do.He got back to his suite, flopped down on the balcony and lit up. The chaotic, noisy and overwhelming arrival of his friends had restored his good mood and temporarily set back his
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He chuckled, then moved on. "So what else about recruitment?""Well, I've got a ton of interviews set up for when we get you to San Antonio for a couple of days, before we head out to LA," Jasmineexplained. "That's for a support team for me and Shmi.""Are either of you guys going to have a heart attack if I call you Jasor Shmi?" Markasked suddenly. "I've heard you call each other that. Just wondering?""It's probably better if you stick with our full names for the time being," Jasminereplied. "To encourage others to do the same, but I'm not going to collapse or faint if you call me Jaswhen it's just us."Lakshmi nodded. "Yes, Lakshmi when there's people around, then whatever when it's just us.""Alright," Markreplied. "So what posts are you looking to fill?""Two correspondence secretaries, a financialassistant, a press assistant, information assistant, publicist and media spokesperson," Jasmine&nbs
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His workout with Jaydenproved to be a disaster. The impending confrontation with Sarah distracted him so much that he wasn't able to focus properly on his workout, and despite Jayden's unending enthusiasm, he didn't beat any of his own records from the previous days.A few minutes before five o'clock Markemerged from the gym. Henrywas waiting for him on the path and joined him immediately as he took the path up to the helipad."Everything is arranged, Master Mark, and if you don't mind me saying so, I do believe that young Miss Sarah is rather enthusiastic to spend some time alone with you," Henrysaid, winking with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.Markforced a grin. "Excellent, Henry. You're a true friend."Henryseemed almost gleeful. "Anything I can do, Master Mark. Now, Miss Sarah is already on board, the flight crew will take off and leave you undisturbed. Simply knock on the door to the cockpit when y
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True to her suggestions, Myraknocked, waited for a few seconds and then slowly opened the door to see a flushed Maddystraightening her clothing and looking a little flushed. Markand Myraexchanged a knowing look, and then suggested the three of them go back upstairs. Maddydidn't say much, but followed them up the stairs, with both Markand Myranoticing her obvious reluctance."I'm off to my room to get changed," Maddysaid as soon as they closed the hatch. Markand Myramanaged to keep a straight face until she was out of sight, but the second she was gone they broke into broad grins."Who knew both my sisters were raging perverts," Markmuttered, earning a punch on the arm from Myra."From the guy who's fucked both of us and is banging his secretary too."Markgrinned. "I like to keep busy."Their last afternoon on the Island passed very quickly, between the vario
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"So what did she say?""She got a fright, so I told her to sit down and we talked for a bit. Then she told me that she'd made a bet with some friends that she would have sex with you, and she had to follow through with it. Well, I didn' t know if you'd hooked up with Jasmine, so I tell her that she can't and that she should just tell her friends that she did.""So Sarah turned up and you stopped her coming in?" Markasked."Yeah. Bear in mind that at this point, you're the only person I've ever met before, I know you're my brother, but I'm all horny and attracted to you, right? I'm tired and I'm not exactly thinking straight, plus this slut has just shown up and I'm feeling jealous. Pretty much an emotional mess, right?""Okay. So what happened with Sarah?""She wouldn't leave, even tried to get back into the suite, so I gave her two choices. She could be fired if she kept trying to get inside, or she could leave and I'd te
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"Fuck my life," Markmurmured."What?" Jasminemuttered."Nothing. Sorry. Didn't mean to wake you," He said softly, slipping in behind her.She pulled his arm around her, nestling her body into him. "It's okay. Can't you sleep?""No, went down to the bunker."Jasminerolled onto her back, propping her legs over his and turned to look at him, all sleepy and cute. "What did you find?""You don't want to know," Marksaid unhappily.She watched him carefully for a moment, then said softly, "Was it footage of me?"Markshook his head. "No, not exactly, just, em.... there was footage stored of me and you. All week long."She looked away and took a deep breath. "Did you delete it?""Not yet, but I will later.""You have to. Promise me, Mark, please?" She said, her expression intense."I will. I promise. There's just something I have to
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It was eerie walking down the stairs completely on his own, and he felt a little trepidation as he punched in the code and held his hand against the palm-scanner. He stepped back as the door opened and entered the silent bunker, his eyes automatically going to the spot where Henryhad lay.He took a deep breath and headed for the control room, sliding into a seat before the console, seeing Jasminesleeping on one of the large screens in front of him. He smiled, seeing how natural and relaxed she seemed while asleep.Markturned to look at the wall to his left, a large map of the Island about eight feet across with numbered pins stuck in it showing the location of each camera. It took him a minute, but he counted one hundred and thirty eight."Holy fuck that's a lot of cameras."It took him another ten minutes to find the guide on how to use the system, and his eyes widened more than once at how it was set up. Each camera fed back to a serve
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As the staff were all wandering out the door, chatting over the revelations they'd just been hit with, Marklooked at Mister Yousef. "You kept that brief.""I'm a big fan of letting people do the work they're employed to do," The old man smiled. "You nearly gave me a heart-attack when you stepped forward there. Nicely done."Markshrugged. "No biggie. So can we head back to the house now?""The boat got away?"Marknodded. "No problems.""Good. I'll see you at lunch," George replied, turning to leave. "Brian, let's go.""Work calls," The Security chief said, nodding at Markon his way past."Brian," Marksaid, grabbing his hand. "Thanks for this. All of it.""No problem, sir, and if you don't mind me saying, Henrywas a bastard. I'm glad he's... off the Island."It was two hours and forty minutes later when Connor finally appeared. A nervous Markgree
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"Let's do it," Connor said. "I'll take the feet, you take the upper body and I'll go in front. Take your time, alright."Marknodded and moved to the corpse, wrapped into a neat cylinder with the rugs and trash bags. On Connors signal they lifted the body and Markgrunted as they carried it up the steps and into the bar.It felt really bizarre to be carrying a wrapped up body in broad daylight through a place he'd come to love, but with short steps, Connor and Markmade their way through the main house, took the right onto the path past the kitchens, and then a few minutes later onto the beach.Captain Wales was waiting for them with the gangplank ready and engines running, his crew sent to the clubhouse like everyone else.They carried Henry'sbody along the pier, feeling exposed in the open, but Connor kept feeding Markadvice to keep him calm and all too soon they were placing the body out of sight in the lounge of the catamara
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They lay there for another ten minutes until Myracalled through to let them know Mister Yousefhad returned with Brian Kane in tow, along with a yawning Captain Wales. Markand Jasminequickly dried and dressed, then went out to meet them in the lounge of Mark's suite, with the doors securely closed. To their surprise, Brian greeted them with warm handshakes, admitting a moment later that he suspected for a long time that there was something off about Henry, and that when Mister Youseftold him what had happened, he wasn't really that surprised.Mister Yousefthen briefed them on Brian's suggestion on how to deal with the situation. It seemed very simple, so much so that Markkept looking for holes in it.Over the next couple of hours, Henry's body was to be wrapped in the bloodstained rugs, taped up and secured in trash bags and brought to the top of the hidden staircase. At seven o'clock in the morning, Brian and his team would gat
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"So does that mean I can get a shower now?" Markasked, knowing Myrahad washed him clean but still convincedhe had the old mans blood on him."As soon as you've sorted out the access protocols," George nodded."What about him?" Connor asked, jerking his thumb at the corpse on the far side of the room."We'll deal with that after we've spoken to Mister Kane." At that the old man nodded and stood up. "And no alcohol for the time being please.""Okay," Marksaid. "Connor?"The Scotsman nodded and led them to the Control room. Markwas still a little unsteady on his feet, but with Jasmineholding his hand, he was able to cross the room with little difficulty.The control room was astonishing to each of them, as they saw the images on the array of monitors, with one of the large screens showing a picture of Mark's room from above his bed, another showing footage from a camera in the corner o
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"Hello?" They heard Connor call, and by some unspoken signal, both Maddyand Myrarolled out the bed, leaving Markunder the covers. Maddysat down on the bed and Myrawalked towards the door."In here," She said.Connor appeared in the doorway with a bundle of clothes in his arms and handed them to Myra."Give us a minute. We've just cleaned him up, and we'll get him dressed."The Scotsman nodded and turned away, closing the door behind him."Right, you," Maddysaid firmly, hauling back the covers. Myratossed a pair of dark blue jeans to Maddyand dropped a hooded jersey and sneakers on the foot of the bed. She came around to the other side of it."Sorry about this," Marksaid softly, now feeling a little embarassed at his nudity."Shut up, Mark," Myrasaid briskly as she helped Maddymaneuvre the trousers round his feet. Markhad to roll onto hi
