All Chapters of The devil you know: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

After lunch, Emma and Simon headed back and found the salon. They were greeted by a small woman that had energy rolling off her. She was happy and sparkly, and Emma found it contagious. She introduced herself as Tammy, Jill’s friend.“I love your hair colour. The honey blond is so right for you. We will make it into your signature look. We’ll just have to work a little on the style. When was the last time you went to the hairdresser?” Tammy asked Emma as Emma sat down in her chair.“Oh, let me see. Five years ago?” Emma said hesitantly.“No, I dragged you into one when Joan got married. That is like three years ago,” Simon corrected her. “That’s true.” Emma nodded.“Oh my. Well, that explains it.” Tammy said.“Is it that bad?” Emma asked.“No, not at all. It just has no shape. I would love to just put in some layers and freshen it up a little. Would that be okay?”“You’re the professional. I trust you,” Emma said.Emma spent a couple of hours being pampered, getting her hair and nail

The grip at the base of Emma’s neck wasn’t painful. In a way, it was comforting, and to her own horror, Emma found herself liking it. She knew Bane was claiming her as his own. She would rather be his than being left exposed to the two men across the table that were both drooling over her.She still wasn’t entirely comfortable in her dress; it drew far too much attention to her. But at least Bane seemed satisfied with it. And it had the desired effect on the two men. They were definitely distracted as they started talking business. Emma listened to the conversation while sipping her cocktail. It tasted okay, better than most of the ones she had tried before. She had a hard time keeping up with the discussion around the table. They seemed to use codewords. She guessed that would be wise since they were in public discussing what Emma presumed to be illegal things. After listening for a while, Emma understood the jest of what they were saying. The two men were trying to sell something,

Bane was standing at the bar, talking to the club’s manager and Jax. Emma’s revelation that there had been an increase in the number of overdoses from unpure drugs had made Bane inform his manager to keep an eye out. As they were talking, Bane had a clear view of where Emma sat. She had turned her back towards them, looking out over the crowd. She was showing off her almost naked back and Bane found the view tantalising.He also enjoyed all the men, and some women, that were also looking at his angel. She didn’t seem to notice how much attention she was attracting, how natural and easy her sensuality was. He lost track of the conversation he was having when a man approached her. Bane could see her tense up. He was ready to stride over to her when Luke handled the issue. Bane looked on as Luke took up post next to Emma. He was now free to go back to the conversation with Jax and the manager, but found that he was irritated.“Bane?” Jax asked.“What?” He sounded harsh and irritated ev

Pressed up against the glass with her dress hiked up around her waist and her panties god knows where, Emma should have felt self-conscious. But all she could focus on was the kiss and Bane’s body that was pressed up against her. Her brain was still a little foggy from her orgasm. She had never felt anything close to the earth shattering orgasm that Bane had given her. A small part of her brain was telling her she needed to have a thing about why that was. But the rest of her brain was telling her to focus on the tall, dark and dangerous god that pressed up against her. She was more than happy to listen to that part.Bane ended the kiss and took half a step back from her. Emma felt the loss of his body heat like a physical pain. What was her body doing to her? “On your knees,” he told her in a dark and rough voice.Emma didn’t hesitate to bend her knees and fall on them in front of him, looking up to meet his eyes. Shouldn’t she be struggling against this? She briefly wondered. But

It had almost been a week since Emma had accepted Bane’s offer. She was surprised at how quickly she had got accustomed to her new life. She had started to think of the room in the mansion as home, got to know other people of Banes organisation besides Bane, Jax, Tom and Luke. Everyone had treated her with respect and had been mindful of not invading her space. That was the one thing that Emma still had an issue with. She tensed up as soon as men got too close to her. Well, not Bane. For some reason, he was the exception to the rule. She even had a hard time if Luke or Tom got too close. But her body didn’t see Bane as a threat. Instead, it seemed to crave his touch. And boy, did he touch her. They had developed a routine that had them eating breakfast together, then they would go to Bane’s office where he would work and she read or texted with Simon or surfed around looking for a hobby she could occupy her mind and hands with. Anna brought them lunch and lunch always ended up with