CHAPTER TWENTY - FIVE: THE MEETINGROSE AMARA POVI hang my phone over my shoulder while putting on my pearl earrings. I'm getting a security update from Zeth on the breakfast security measures we spent two weeks implementing. I dialled and invited other mafia bosses' wives, sisters, and female followers to participate.Even Raven and Nathan agreed that the strategy was sound. Not that I needed him to; Ethan didn't mention that he plotted it and let me take all the credit. Still, having the initiative this time was comforting, since I frequently attribute my ideas to others—whether on purpose or unwittingly.Perhaps he did it on purpose, Eya even suggested.The future? The only thing I can be certain of is that nothing will go wrong today.After Zeth is done, I say, "Get the car ready.""Belle and I will arrive shortly."My muscles are sore even though I ran a considerable distance with Zeth and Eya this morning. We frequently work together to stay in shape, but even physical exercise
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: LILY, A FRIENDROSE AMARA POVHades converses with her guards while Belle relaxes on a sofa in the entryway. She is dressed in a stylish floral dress. Her hair looks untidy, and her shoes are just a few days old. She stands and spins around, beaming, as soon as she sees me."What do I look like? ”I smiled at her and allowed her to put her arm around me as I spoke to Hades."Perfect, as usual."With the guards, we went through the security checks. His eyes moved from me to Belle, then back to me."There's no harm in repeating them.""Would you like me to accompany you? ”Ethan's voice entered from behind us, saying, "No need. I'm going with the ladies."Fighting with him about this is pointless. I don't have time for another verbal conflict between him and Hades. I simply nodded at Raven's second-in-command to let him know I was cool with it, and I walked outside after that.A hand is placed on my lower back by Ethan. I recognize the possessive gesture. To let Hade
CHAPTER TWENTY - SEVEN: MYSTERIESROSE AMARA POVI was completely covered from behind by a big body, and for a split second, I was too dazed to understand what had happened. I can't smell or hear anything. I feel as though I've just woken up in a white room because my vision is so hazy.The familiar voice says, "Stay low," and all my other senses begin to awaken.It is like being yanked out of the ocean and receiving your first breath of fresh air. I became aware that I wasn'tbeen breathing when my lungs begin to burn. My tongue clings to the roof of my mouth, and my ears buzz.The entrance to the coffee shop, the concrete underneath us, the shot on the door..."Do you hear me, Rose? Are you alright? ”Over the continual ringing in my ears, I mumble, "I'm okay."I try to move out from under him, but Ethan holds me there by wrapping his hand around my nape. "Stay still."He has a solid hold on me and won't let me move, which is impossible because his weight is crushing me. He has ever
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT: WHERE'S ETHAN?ROSE AMARA POVSerene seems to like me, unlike Emilia, as she talks to me the most out of all the women here. Serene came late and hoped she didn't know what was happening. Belle is the ideal co-host, since she is so endearing and lovely.She is superior to this world. Yet I don't know how I will make her the other side of the world. I check the messages in my group chat with my guards whenever I have a chance.No signs of Ethan. As of the moment."Where is Ethan? I asked calmly. Yet my heart beats faster."His guard must also learn where he went," Eya said."That boy with the bleached hair is useless."As Serene tells me about her grown sons and married life, I sneer before smiling. In the mafia, married people are typically treated with more respect. Only certain people are able to fulfill the task of starting a family.I quickly typed a message to Ethan."Ethan, where are you? Text me whenever you can."I put my phone in my pocket and focused on
CHAPTER TWENTY - NINE: I AM THE OWNER OF YOUROSE AMARA POVHe’s…back.As I turn around, my breathing gets slower.I look up at him, admiring how he has styled his hair back and how his shirt is still expertly tucked into his slacks just as it was when he left earlier. On his body, there are no obvious wounds, bruising, or even dirt. He comes across as perfect as always.Back he is.Those harsh, strong words spread through my body like wildfire. The impersonal communications I received from him in recent years were not the final communication I had with him today.As he moves his hand under my eye to remove moisture, his brow furrows. "What's wrong, you ask?"I want to stop the tears and the weakness, but I lack the ability to do so. They are stuck in my eyelids as a remembrance of the day I was left alone in this room because he failed to appear. He never approached me from behind and inquired as to whether I missed him.I mutter, "You left."He keeps wiping my tears as if, like me,
CHAPTER THIRTY: CAN'T RESIST HERROSE AMARA POVEthan removes his fingers from inside of me and lets me experience the euphoric feeling.He unbuckles his belt with one hand, sending waves of sound across the air. His boxer briefs and pants both fell to the ground in a whoosh. I can't help but stare down with heavy-lidded eyes. Even though I've seen his c*ck up close several times already, the thing continually surprises me.When Ethan mentioned he was gigantic, he wasn't joking. He is, and when he is completely erect, like he is now, the veins are evident from how hard he is working. It seems as though he is about to shatter something.Not me, please.One of my legs is raised and thereafter wrapped over his hip by him. Then, it dawns on me. I stutter against his fingers in an attempt to get him to let me speak, but he clamps his middle finger over my tongue.I nudged his shoulder while uttering incomprehensible sounds. I think I'm not breathing in enough oxygen because I'm feeling diz
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE: DESPERATE OBSESSIONETHAN POVI woke up early.Not that I slept at all.I spent the entire night thinking endlessly about how to take Rose, since I was on an adrenaline high. After the third round, she passed out in front of me. Her body lost the stamina struggle after pleading with me to stop, then requesting more when I was inside her, and she ultimately drifted off.She is sleeping naked, and I lean on my elbow to take it all in. When she is sleeping, she has such a body of a goddess, and her thin frame and petite features seem so very delicate that they could easily break.But I don't have any negative thoughts, all I want to do is keep that vulnerable aspect of her safe—the side she only lets me see. \I want to be the go-to person for her when she wants to express that aspect. Because despite her outward appearance of toughness, she still has compassion. She still hurts excessively and feels too much.When I first saw the red dot on her back during the sniper
CHAPTER THIRTY - TWO: NEVER ENDING REALIZATIONROSE AMARA POVI lean against the door as it closes and allow myself to let go. My core continues to pulse after my terrifyingly intense release, and my legs are struggling to keep me up. I'm breathing forcefully, just like a zoo animal that is unable to escape. I covered my face with both of my shaking hands, trying in vain to calm myself.I have to stop it right away. I have to stop it.How could I have let that brute, that idiot, to so blatantly own me? How could I feel as though I had been looking forward to that pleasure for years?I haven't, am I correct?I lean against the door as it closes and allow myself to let go.I freeze when I hear rustling on the other side of the door because I can sense him even though I can't see him or hear him speak. Inexplicable forces are attuned to him, and unseen cords are always drawing me in his direction."What did I say about not isolating yourself from me, Rose?"His command to open the door i