"Remember what I told you?" Father asked me as he turned to me. I look away from the white oak door to him and nod.
"Stay quiet and smile?" He gives me a slight grin.
"As soon as we walk through that door the deal is done. Dex is free to deal with you as he pleases. I would try to listen as best as you can because his temper is almost as bad as mine." I swallowed harshly as I glanced at Mom who looked at me with a smile and nodded. I look back at Father and nod.
"Okay," I breathe. He nods and turns to the door. It opens and I get a heavy wave over my chest. I knew this was it. I was going to get married at the age of 24 to a man I'd never met. Father stepped inside and was greeted by a man who looked a few years older than me. He had black hair and brown eyes. He looked very fit as if he worked out every day. He dressed in designer clothes that a rich man would wear. He spoke with a Mexican accent as he shook father's hand. I glanced at the guy standing next to him who listened to what they were saying. He glances at me and smiles. His eyes were neon green and his dark brown hair looked freshly cut as did Dex's hair. This guy stood like he were a soldier or a bodyguard. But he dressed in the same designer clothes as Dex. I put my eyes back to Dex as he and his father turned to me.
"I hope I didn't do terribly?" Father said. Dex smirked as he tucks his hands in his pockets while his eyes raped over my body. I put on a small smile.
"You did wonderfully. She is beautiful." I glance at Dad and back at him. He takes his hand out of his pocket to motion me to him. I take a few steps and stop a few feet in front of him. "What is your name?"
"Grace," He hums.
"Your voice is very attractive."
"Thank you," He walks around me a few times and hums.
"Grace Wilson?" He said as he stopped in front of me. "Has a ring to it doesn't it?"
"It does," said the guy behind him. I glanced at him as he looked at me. I gulped and looked back at Dex.
"When is the wedding?" I asked. He chuckles.
"Don't worry, Grace. We will get to the details later. But for now, your father and I have other details to discuss." He snaps his fingers. "Luca, take her to her room." The guy behind him moves around him and walks up to me. I look at him as he motions me towards the stairs. I looked down and took a step and another one. We get to the top of the stairs and I glance down to see Dex watching me from a couch while father sat next to him. He sipped on a drink as he talked to Father. I look back at Luca who was walking next to me.
"Why do you look calm?" He asked. His accent sounded like a melody in my ears. I had a thing for accents and both of them were winning me over. They were both already attractive but the accent made them even more attractive.
"Excuse me?" I asked quietly as I looked at Luca. He lets out a soft chuckle.
"Your father sold you for money and you don't seem the least bit scared." I nodded.
"It makes no sense to be scared about something you don't have control over. I come from a long list of women who were sold by their fathers. I guess you can I wasn't surprised when my father told me it was time." He nods.
"If you ask me, it seems a little cruel to sell your daughters to men you know nothing about but in the line of work, it's expected to get what you need. You can always have more children." I look away from him and look at the ground. I mentally prayed that I couldn't have children. "This is your room."
I looked up and saw the room was huge. I take a step in to see a huge bed, two dressers, there were two walk-in closets, and a bathroom. There was a bay window with an amazing view. I looked around the room to see it was bare. The only color was the dark grey color that covered the walls and bedsheets. I take a deep breath.
"It's a huge room," I mumble.
"Well you are sharing it with Dex and he likes his space." I nod and look back at him.
"Good to know." He looks at me for a while and tucks his hands in his pockets.
"How many boyfriends have you had?" I give him a confused look.
"What makes you think I have had any?" He shrugs.
"You didn't even bat an eye when I said you sharing it with Dex?" I nodded.
"We are to be married. I expected it." He nods slowly.
"I've never seen someone so calm before." I shrug.
"I'm calm now but that's because he's down there." He smiles.
"So you are calm around me then?" I shrug.
"I suppose so. Is that a problem?" He shakes his head.
"I guess it's a good thing you find one thing that keeps you sane." I giggle.
"I didn't say you make me sane. I said you make me calm. There is a big difference." He nods.
"True."
"If you don't mind me asking who are you to Dex?" He smiles.
"I am his best friend and for the time being I am your bodyguard."
"Oh goody," He shakes his head.
"I will let you make yourself comfortable. I will be right outside if you need me." I nod and watch him walk out. As soon as the door closes I take a deep breath. I walk up to the closet by the door to see if filled with men's clothes kind of like what Dex was wearing. I close it and walk over to the other side. I open the closet to see it filled with women's clothing. I take a step inside and look at the clothing. The clothes were beautiful. Whoever picked them out had great taste and knew my size.
"Feel free to try on anything you like." I hear behind me. I let out a small smile as I turned to Dex.
"They are beautiful. Did you pick them out?" He nods.
"I didn't know what you liked so I chose what I liked." I let out a small laugh. He smiles as he looks at me. He takes a step towards me. I watch him with amusement. "You are calm for a woman who didn't have much of a say in this?" I nodded.
"I guess it helps that you are very attractive." He chuckles.
"You are honest? I like that." I smile. "Come here." I take a few steps towards him and he wraps his arm around me. The dress I was wearing picked up a little and raised on my thighs. I placed my hand on his chest to stop myself from going face-first into his chest. I let out a small gasp and looked up at him. He smirks. His gorgeous Hershey's eyes look into mine. "I am a respectful man when it comes to women but if you push me I can be disgraceful. If you respect me enough to listen, you won't have anything to worry about. Understand?" I nod.
"I do." He chuckles.
"Save those words for the wedding." I roll my eyes and look away. He uses his free to force me to look back at him. "I will be a great husband if you give me a chance."
"You say that like I have a choice." He shakes his head.
"Your father sold you to me which means you are mine. If you do not wish to marry me, you do not have to but you will be here to fulfill my needs anyway. The only difference is you won't be the only woman in my bed."
"So either I share you with any woman who you desire or I marry you and no other woman can touch?" He nods.
"Exactly," I smile.
"As I said, it helps that you are very attractive."
"I'm taking that as a yes for my proposal?"
"Well I don't see no ring but yes it was." He nods.
"Tomorrow you will go ring shopping with Luca if you wish. You do not have to wear the ring if you don't want people to know. But I will have you wear it when I have company over for dinner." I nod.
"Okay," He sucks in a deep breath as he looks down at my exposed shoulders.
"If until the wedding you wish to have a room of your own, you may. I do not blame you for not wanting to share a bed with a stranger just yet." I nod.
"Maybe for a night or two if you don't mind." He looks into my eyes.
"As you wish." He looks into my eyes for a little while longer. "I will have Luca show you to a room." He said dropping his hands. He walks to the door and opens it. "Luca?" Luca pops his head and looks at me than him. "Please show Grace to one of the guest rooms." Luca looks at me and nods. Dex looks at me.
"Thank you," He nods.
"I have a business trip I have to take in an hour but I will be back for dinner. Luca is cooking." I nod.
"Okay,"
"Luca will follow me down the stairs to get a cell phone from me and give it to you. It is the only one you will use." I nod.
"Okay," He holds out his hand. I look down pull out my old one from my purse and hand it to him.
"Any of these numbers worth remembering?" He asked. I look at the phone and back at him.
"A few." He nods.
"I will add them to your new phone." I shallow harshly and nod. I walk past him up to Luca. He waits for me to walk out. Luca walks next to me as we walk in silence.
"From where I stood you seem comfortable with him as well." I look at him.
"He's not what I expected." He nods.
"Dex is a respectful guy when it comes to women but if you provoke him, he is everything but." I nod. He stops and opens a door. I look at it and walk in. It has everything Dex's did but not two walking-in closets or two dressers. I sit down on the bed and look around. Luca leans on the door and looks at me. "What is the real reason you are okay with everything?" I look at him and look away.
"It's a long story." He nods.
"I get that."
I walked out of my room wearing a looser dress that hugged me on the top but was loose on the bottom. I didn't bother wearing shoes because I was inside and didn't plan on going anywhere. I was halfway down the steps when Luca peeked around the corner and smiled. "I was just about to go get you. Food is done." I nod. I opened my mouth to reply when a pair of hands placed on my waist. "You look beautiful." Dex breathes in my ear. I smile and look at him. "When did you get back?" He smiles. "Half an hour ago." I gave him a sad look. "You didn't tell me." His smile deepens. "I didn't think you wanted to be bothered." I nodded. "With Luca cooking, I was bored watching tv." "I will remember to check in with you next time." I smile. "Good." He chuckles. I turn as his hands drop. I finish walking down the steps and get to the kitchen to smell the rich scent of the spaghetti sauce. I hum as I walk up to the table. Luca looks at me. "I'm guessing you like spaghetti?" I nod. "It's one
I sigh as I finish reading a chapter in The Notebook. I close the book to the sound of the front door opening up. My father and Dex walk in. I stand up from the couch as Luca sits up from the other couch where he was watching TV. Dex looks back at me and I look at him with a small smile. My eyes went to my father as he turned to me. I gulp as he narrows his eyes. I look down. "Grace?" Dex said. I look up at him to see him watching me. "Yes?" He holds out his hand. "Come here beautiful." I walk over to him and he wraps his arm around me. He places a kiss on my cheek and I let out a small smile. "How did your shopping go?" He asked. I clear my throat as I lift up my hand to show him the shiny 18-karat diamond ring with three diamonds. One big diamond and two small diamonds. It was very beautiful but extremely expensive. I look up at his face to see him smile. "I hope you didn't pick it based on the price?" I shake my head. "I wouldn't let her," Luca said as he walked in. Dex looks at
I roll over to my side only to lay on someone's chest. I scrunch up my face and open my eyes a little to see it was Dex. I picked up my hand from his chest and sit up. I look around the room and sighed. "Lay back down and get some more sleep." I hear a husky voice say. I look at Dex and shake my head. "No, I'm up now." He smiles and pulls me back down to him. I fall on him and groan. I look up at him. He smiles. "I want more sleep." I roll my eyes. "Don't you have to go to work?" He shakes his head. "Not unless I want to. It's nice to be the boss." A knock comes from his door and he groans. "Go away, Luca!" He yells. The door opens and Luca walks in. "I wish I could but Olivia is here and Grant." I look at Luca. He looks at me with a smile. "Good morning sunshine." I smile back at him. "Good morning, Luca." Dex groans again causing me to look at him. He looks at me and stops. "You have to get up." He shakes his head. "No, Luca can deal with them." I shake my head and try to sit
I look away from Olivia and turn to Dex. He looks at me curiously and motions me over. I walk over to him. "Sit, beautiful." I sit beside him, and he places his hand on my thigh. "What were you saying?" He spoke loudly, and I was a bit confused as to why, if I was sitting next to him, his head turned in Olivia's direction. She smiled as she walked over to us and sat on the empty couch. "I was asking her what made her so special that you chose her over me?" Dex lets out a hum. "Olivia, why don't you sit there and look pretty." She lets out a giggle. "What's the matter, Dex? Trying to hide the fact that you don't have an answer for me and you aren't trying to say the obvious?" "Please do tell." "You only wanted me until you got me in your bed; then you didn't want me anymore. That's the only reason you wanted to make a deal with my father." He smiles as he lets out a long sigh. "You don't get it, do you?" He said with his eyes back on hers. "If I wanted to sleep with you, I didn't
A Week LaterI walk out of my room and downstairs to hear Olivia and Luca arguing. I walk into the kitchen minding my own business as they just argued. I heard Olivia stop what she was about to say which caused me to look at them for a moment. "Speaking of the bitch." I rolled my eyes at her and went to grab a soda out of the fridge when she stepped in my way. I looked at her bored of her games."Olivia, I highly suggest you try not to get on Dex's bad side today. You've almost got him to his snapping point." Luca said. She holds up her hand at him. "How about you shut up Luca." She said with her eyes still on me. I fold my arms a bit surprised. She took a step towards me. "You think you are something special because you are here? Because you're not. I mean I was the first girl he chose. I was what he wanted. You are just his second choice. Do you really think he is going to marry you? I mean look at you. You are just easy." I let out a dry laugh. I had had enough of her bullshit this
I sit next to Dex quietly with my eyes down on the ground as he speaks to Father and Grant. At that moment Grant and Father were arguing which is what they have been doing for the last five minutes. Dex sat up and cleared his throat which caused everyone's eyes on him even mine. He was looking at the wall. "You are the ones who requested a meeting with me. You are wasting my time. I highly suggest you talk very fast." "I asked for a meeting with you. Not with William." Dex looks at Grant. "Get to the point of you being here, Grant." Grant opens his mouth to say something, but Dex shakes his head. He huffs. "I am here because I think Olivia is worth more." Luca snorts, causing Olivia and me to look at him. He smiles and leans on the couch behind me. "Olivia used to be worth more, but now she isn't." Grant scuffs. "I disagree." Dex sighs. "Olivia has been a huge pain in my ass. If you are asking for more for her, than you aren't getting it. I suggest you walk out with what you have
"Your friend didn't seem to like that you are getting married to me," Dex says as he gets down the steps. I look at him, surprised. "Ken just wants what's best for me." He nods as he slides on his jacket. "If that were the case, then why didn't he make an offer to William for you?" I sighed and looked down. "He did, but my father didn't take his offer because he wanted to get to you," he scuffs, causing me to look up at him. "So Kenneth made an offer that your father refused because of me?" I nod slowly. He lets out a dry smile. "He came into my house telling me things he can offer because he knew exactly what I would want." He pauses as he looks at me for a minute. "Well, there's something he didn't realize." He said, walking past me to the mirror "What is that?" I asked. He looked at me. "I want you more." I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face as I heard footsteps behind me. I turn around to see Olivia folding her arms and Luca walking behind her. "Do I really h
I walk downstairs in a baby-blue jumpsuit that consists of shorts and a tank top. I was barefoot because I didn't care about how I looked in the house. I made sure that I took off my makeup from earlier and put my hair in a messy bun. Luca smiles as I meet him at the bottom of the steps. "You look beautiful," I roll my eyes. "I do not. I just took a shower." He nods. "You look beautiful just being you," I smile. "Thanks," He nods. We walked to the dining room, and Dex was nowhere to be seen. I turn to Luca. "Where is he?" He shrugs. "I got here, and he wasn't here, so I have no idea." I nod slowly. I hear clicking behind me to see Olivia. She looks at me and gives me a small smile. "Thank you for sticking up for me with Dex." I nod. "He lets his temper get out of control sometimes." She nods in agreement. The bell rings, and I look back at the door. "Ignore it. Hunter, the butler, will get it." Luca says. I turn to him with crossed arms. "When did we get a butler?" He looks at
I pour myself a shot of Vodka and down it. I turn to him. He scans me before looking at the alcohol. "I don't need your protection. I can handle myself. You trained me to do so." He gives me a small nod while walking into the kitchen. "But having to defend yourself to someone you love or loved is different than defending yourself to a stranger." My eyes start to burn as I look away from him. I take a few deep breaths. "I'm here because I want to be. Not out of pity or regret. You are my family, and I will protect you until my last breath." A few tears slip out as I look back at him. His eyes drop to my tears before he looks back into my eyes. "I can't have you here, Kenneth." He swallows roughly. "Don't ask me to leave, Lee. I want to be here for you." I shake my head as I take a few steps toward him. "Can you please leave?" Hurt flashes in his eyes. He takes a step closer and grabs my chin. "Bailey, I'm begging you. Don't push me away." "I have to." A few more tears slide down
Walking around the huge library Dex had in his home, I admired his collection of books. I ran my fingers over the first-edition Shakespeare books. I held my breath, scared to breathe on them. "You don't have to be afraid to touch them. They're yours." I look over my shoulder at him quickly while giving him a shocked look. "Mine?" He cackles as he strolls up to me. He places his hands on my waist, sliding them down. His hands slip under my summer dress to corress my ass. I gasp as he picks me up. His lips go onto my neck roughly as he wraps one arm around me. I release a soft moan as my eyes flutter closed. "When are you going to accept everything I owe belongs to you now?" Running my hands through his hair, I tug his head up so he is looking into my eyes. Lust burning in his eyes. "I'm still learning to deal with having time to myself. Being rich isn't something I will ever get used to." He chuckles. "You are so fucking beautiful," I tug his head towards mine so I could kiss him.
Dex's P.O.VJogging up to the door with peeling white paint, I peek through the living room window to see the man of the hour. He was in pissed stained boxers and a food stained white tank-top. He looked as if he were molded into the couch. Food containers, empty chip bags, beer cans, and piles of dirty dishes surrounded him. I scrunch up my face in disgust as I look away. I walk over to the door and kick it in. He looks away from the cheap TV to me. His eyes widen as he struggles to stand. I roll my eyes while walking into the living room. "There is no point in trying to run. You and I both know you aren't capable of getting off that damn couch in time," He lets out a heavy sigh before looking away from me. "What do you want, Dex?" "It's not what I want," I say as I look at the small hallway leading to the kitchen where the back door was. Hunter and Luca walk into the living room, and he looks at Hunter. "Hello, Victor," Hunter says bitterly. Victor releases a snarky chuckle. "
PresentGrace's P.O.VI swallow roughly as I watch Ken and Dex have a stare-off as if they were trying to figure out who was going to go first into explaining their tragic past. Dex sits forward while letting out a long-awaited sigh. "You told Falco to kill Uri as an act of war against me and my family." Ken scuffs as he shakes his head. "I would never intentionally go to war with you, Dex. You were like a brother to me. I wouldn't give you any reason to doubt my intentions. But you didn't want to ask me and wait for an answer before you tried to kill me." Dex lets out a dry laugh. "You attacked me and Luca in my apartment. You threw the first punch before I could even ask you." Ken tilts his head a little while anger grows in his eyes. "I threw the first punch? You lied to me about the manhunt and ambused me in my garage. Or did you forget the fact that you were the one who killed Falco?" Dex shakes his head quickly. "I would never do that." Ken's gaze goes to the coffee table lo
18 Years Ago Dex's P.O.V"I'm trusting you to handle this, Dex," Father says sharply, as if he wanted me to fear him if I disobeyed him. I look away from the photo of him that sits on the way behind his desk in his office."I know." His eyes narrow as he takes in the tone of my voice. "If you can't, I will be forced to ask Jax to step in, and something tells me that you don't want that." I swallow roughly while looking at Jax, who smiles as he sits in Father's chair. "No need. I got this," Jax lets out a low chuckle. I look at Father. "Am I free to leave? I do have a life to live outside of your abandoned tin can." "Yes," "Great," I turn on my heels and look at Luca as he awaits by the door. I roll my eyes at the conversation I was forced to have with my sad excuse for a father. "Well, that went great," Luca mumbled as we walked down the hall to the front door. "That went just as I expected it to and no doubt was Jax's doing," He hums. "Someone seriously needs to knock him off
I walk downstairs as Hunter opens the door. Kenneth walks. He thanks him before looking up at me. He takes a deep breath before looking towards the kitchen. Grace walks out of it, looking at him with a smile. I get to the bottom step as she walks up to us. She goes to hug him, but I curl my arm around her waist, pulling her to me. She looks up at me, surprised. I look down at her. "I need you to go upstairs." She gives me a nervous look. "Why?" I tilt my head while glancing at her lips. "Because I said so." She glances at Kenneth before looking back at me. "Are you two fighting again?" I lick my lips while bringing my hand to her cheek. I place my lips on hers, and she melts to me. I pull back, and she looks up at me. "Go on." "Dex," She whispers. "Grace," She folds her arms causing her tits to pop out more. I glance at her cleavage before looking back into her eyes."You said that you wouldn't keep anything from me. Why are you trying to get me to go upstairs?" I sigh. "Fine,
"Baby girl?" I hear. I shift in my seat. I hear a car door open and I open my eyes. I looked out the window to see we were back at the huge mansion. I let out a heavy puff as I rubbed my eyes. My door opens and I look over to see Dex. He smiles. He picks me up. "We are home," I nod. "I see that," I mumble. He chuckles. I lay my head on his chest and he kisses my head. I close my eyes."Hunter, will you get the bags out of the trunk?" "Yes, sir," Dex walks us up the steps and opens the front door. "What are you doing here? I thought you weren't going to be until seven?" I hear Luca whisper. "Grace didn't want to have to wake up early to leave. So we left early so she can sleep in," "Oh," I open my heavy eyes to look at Luca who was standing on the steps. "Hey," He smiles as he sees me. "Hey, sleepy head," I close my eyes once again. "Do you want me to take her upstairs?" "No, I'm heading up to my office," I open my eyes and look at Dex. "We just got home. I'm tired," I say whi
WARNING SEXUAL SCENEShe stands up and walks into the bathroom. She goes to close the door but looks at me. I close my eyes. I hear the toilet flush and her footsteps in the room. I open my eyes to see her looking at me from the bottom of the bed. "Are you going to stand there the whole time?""I figured I would give you a chance to leave if you wanted to," I shake my head."I'm only going to leave if I don't get sleep," She nods and walks back over to me. She goes to cuddle me but I pull her on top of me. She looks up at me with a blush."I thought you weren't going to force me to?" I roll my eyes as I pull her up a little so she couldn't feel me under her. I wrap my arms around her and she lays her head down on me. I hum with satisfaction."Why did you tell Dex?" I ask. She looks up at me. She looks away from me and sighs."I was angry when I hear that you kissed her," She says honestly. I think about her answer before flipping us. She squeals. I hover over her and she looks up at m
Luca's P.O.VI look up from my laptop as I hear Olivia's bedroom door open. She goes to walk down the hall but stops when she sees me. She swallows harshly before walking down the steps. I look back at my laptop to watch the surveillance of the warehouse. "What are you doing up at three in the morning?" She asks as she walks into the living room. I switch rooms to look at. "Working," I mumble. She walks up to one of the chairs and leans on it. "You are always working. Why aren't you trying to sleep?" I sigh loudly and look up at her. "Did you need something from me or did you just want to bother me?" She looks away from me. "I just came down to get a glass of water," She mumbles while turning around. I look back at the computer. I hear her footsteps going toward the kitchen. My phone rings and I pick it up off of the table next to me. Dex's number pops up. "Yeah?" I ask as I answer it. "I took a look at the information you sent me earlier and I think we can agree that when I get