Amelia POV:He is insane. And so hot. Christ, so fucking hot. This side of him is like something out of my wild eighteen year old fantasies. I used to fantasize what it would feel like to be wanted by Linc Dmitri. The reality is way better than anything I could have thought up. The dark intensity in his eyes when he looks at me makes me fucking dizzy. I become aware of how young I am compared to him. How inexperienced. How unseasoned. Linc has lived lives I know nothing about.That thought pulls me in and makes me want to run away at the same time."Did you even care about whoever it was that walked in that day?" I jut my chin up at him. Bad mistake. His eyes draw down to my lips and he smirks, bringing his hand to my face, his thumb grazes my lower lip, pulling it down with gentle pressure and all I feel is heat. Hot fiery lust coursing through my bloodstream. I surrender to him without conscious effort. It just comes to me.Linc leans forward, closing the distance between us till o

Linc Dmitri POV:"We finally got his location. He has been moving around a lot because he got involved with some bad elements, gambling away his earnings from his last art sale. He should move again in a few days, so we need to act now. What should we do, sir?"I love you."Mr. Dmitri? Are you there?" Abbie's hard voice intrudes into my thoughts, I haven't been actively listening to the call. My mind is rarely focused these days. It is impossible to be focused or fully present with those three words echoing in my head at every single chance.I haven't been able to be present since Amelia whispered those three little heavy words and drifted to sleep on my chest three days ago. She woke up and left in a hurry, I couldn't tell if she knew she said those words or it was just one of those things a sleepy person mutters and forgets about. I don't know why, but I want it to be the second option. Because if it is the first, then that would just be another reason to hide away from me. And I a

"Amelia. I was just teasing, you don't have to answer, I have got an imagination, you know. Wait, why do you look like you are about to start hyperventilating?...oh shit."Ashley rushes to my side and starts massaging my back with gentle strokes and asking me to take deep breaths.I told my stepfather I loved him. I have been fucking my mother's husband. My mother who is dead. My mother who never once treated me like a daughter because she didn't want to be a mother. He said they were separated before she died but what difference does that make?I told him I loved him! Oh God. This is bad. I shouldn't have agreed to come back. What was I thinking? I don't even remember how he convinced me. I should have stood my ground knowing I had more to lose. I had something precious to protect. Myself. For fuck's sake, I have loved that man since I laid eyes on him.I dismissed it at first as a silly teenage crush. Then it was a rebellion against my mother whom I was never enough for. I felt good

Tyler's laugh is something that will haunt me forever. He looks down at the pieces of the phone on the ground and then he looks up at me, his mouth opens slowly as he lets out the ugliest laugh I have ever heard, echoing off the walls of the parking space."You stupid fucking bitch." He cackles more. I step further away from him, feeling reckless that I even followed him down here alone. I have no idea what he is capable of."You really think smashing my phone solves your problem? You have only worsened the situation. You would pay for that. I will make sure of it." He takes a step forward toward me and every single muscle of my body screams for me to run. But I plant my feet down and stay rooted. He can't hurt me fatally. Somehow, his cold calculating eyes assure me of that."I have so many copies of that video across different devices, it would spread across the fucking planet if I want it to. It is actually insulting to think that I would be dumb enough to have it on just one devic

Linc Dmitri POV::Amelia didn't show up yesterday. I didn't call Marcus to check. I felt she still didn't feel ready to see me yet. And then I got busy. She stayed on my mind all throughout, but I didn't reach out to find her. She needs space, I will give her space."Hello, boss." Marcus's voice comes on the call.There is only so much space I can give her. I miss her. I don't mind brushing that whole situation aside if that is what she wants. It is probably just something she said without meaning to. She was in the throes of an orgasm I gave her, of course she slipped up. I can excuse it."Marcus. I didn't see Amelia yesterday." I say sternly. I know he told her about my request but she refused."Oh! I told her to see you and she left. I thought she left with you. She didn't come back after." Marcus says, sounding as puzzled as I am feeling."She left the firm after coming back from lunch and didn't return?" I ask just to be sure."Yes. All three of them actually. Ashley and Tyler. I