Chapter One: The First Night

“L-Lucas...” I whispered as his muscular figure hovered over my limp body.

He stopped, then asked, “I thought you said you wanted help?”

“I-I know, but...” Shit, it takes real courage to stand up to a man of such power like Lucas Davidson. “Not like...this...”

Lucas sat down on the bundle of silk next to me.

“Is it because I don’t **** you the way your dear old ‘fiance’ does?” he questioned, and I recognized a hint of anger in his voice.

I twiddled my thumbs together, covering my bare chest with the thin blanket I managed to grab. “No, but this is wrong—”

I felt the cold air hit my body as Lucas took the blanket off of me.

Then he pushed his lips against mine, filling each and every crevice of it. He broke off and stared deep into my eyes.

“I don’t care if you don’t want me, because as long as I want you, I want you. I don’t give a shit if your fiance catches us together. Because what’s important to me is you satisfy me, tonight and the nights to come.”

My chestnut-brown eyes widened. Until this night, which was his twenty-fourth birthday, he had never said anything like that to me.

As a nineteen-year-old, I’m always expected to please people, to live up to their greatest expectations. Well, not Lucas.

I know all he cares about is his companies and me, but unlike me, he knows how to manage both with ease.

I looked up to his blue ocean eyes and said,

“Enjoy it while you can.”

The next morning, I rose up from the gigantic bed, rubbing my eyes. The pale yellow sunlight shining through the glass doors of the balcony made my eyesight blur a bit.

I checked beside me, but Lucas wasn’t there. Then I saw his note:

Ella, I had to leave early for a meeting today. If you have to go out, remember to call me first and tell me where you’re heading. I can get the chauffeur to drive you. If you’re visiting your fiance, well, figure that out on your own.

-Lucas

Aish, this guy.

I, or rather, my fiance had called me four times last night. Shit, what if he starts to suspect something is up?

My phone rang. It was him.

“Hello?” I said, nervous.

“Ella, where are you? I called you like four to five times last night! I’m really worried!” His anxious voice replaced with relief to hear my voice.

I retied the satin ribbon of my bathrobe. “I’m w-was Mair’s house. I stayed over.”

Charles, my fiance, sighed. “Good. I thought you were missing. Anyway, still up for the coffee date for lunch?”

I clutched at my waist, my lower body still hurting from last night. “S-Sure Charles, I’ll meet y—”

“Can’t I just pick you up?” Charles interrupted. “You said Mair’s is just near here, right?”

I bit my lower lip. “Um, I’m at the store right now. I wanted to get chips.”

Charles paused. “Okay then. See you at twelve. Love you babe.”

Then he hung up.

I sighed, feeling the weigh lift off of my lungs. That entire phone call felt like I was holding my breath the entire time.

****, I have to be more careful. Luckily, my closest friend Mair Evans knows about my relationship with Lucas and can keep a secret, so if ever Charles calls Mair to confirm my whereabouts, she’s up and running.

But, seriously, why did it have to be this way?

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