TWO YEARS EARLIER
Avery POV
“How could you do this to me?” I ask Fred as he sits in front of me, not shedding a tear.
“I am not doing anything to you, Avery, and this is why I can’t be with you anymore; everything is about you”, he says, and I shake my head as a tear spills down my cheek.
“You cheated on me, Fred, and you are the problem, not me”, I let out as I feel like I can’t breathe while he looks at me unfazed.
“I loved you, Fred”, I let out, and he laughed.
“I don’t love you. How could I? You’ve let yourself go. You don’t make an effort anymore”, he says, and I can’t help but feel my heart shattering into a thousand pieces, “At least Bella still knows how to please me”, he says, and I slap him across the face. My hand starts burning at the contact, and he stands up, holding me by my throat and pushing me against the wall.
“You are so ridiculous. Look at you”, he says, spitting in my face. As his hand falls, I cough, trying to get some air into my lungs, and I fall on my knees. Fred walks out of the room, leaving me on the floor crying and coughing for air.
Bella was my best friend, I’ve always known she had a fling for Fred, but I never thought she would ever act on it. She was always shy about boys and kept herself away from them, but lately, she changed and seduced him.
I don’t blame her entirely for what happened. It takes two to tango, and Fred allowed her to seduce him, and he chose her over me. After years together, he thinks I let myself go. I am not going to lie, I don’t wear as much makeup as I sued to, and I don’t dress up as much. I put on some weight but not enough to make a lot of difference, but apparently, it was enough to make Fred hate my body and feel ashamed to be seen with me.
I have always been confident about my curvy figure, and that will never change. I thought I didn’t have to make an effort anymore as I already had the person I loved next to me. But boy, how wrong I was.
I sit on the bed, grabbing my phone and messaging Eliana, she is one of my best friends, and I always said she is on my crazy side. We complement each other. She is the rebel, the flashy one, while I am the most responsible. Once I tell her what Bella did, she starts cursing under her breath and decides that I will mourn my relationship. She tells me she will be bringing some ice cream and alcohol over while we watch some chick flicks on Netflix. I can’t help but smile at how good of a friend she is.
A couple of hours later, she walks into my room and gives me a big hug while I cry on her shoulder. Eliana opens the bottle of wine and passes it to me, we skip the glasses, and we drink from the bottle as she opens two pints of ice cream and hands one to me.
After a couple of films and pints of ice cream, I fall asleep as she strokes my hair; not long after, I wake up to Eliana shouting at someone.
“How could you be such a bitch?” I hear her shouting, and I run out of the room to find Bella standing in front of Eliana with her arms crossed in front of her chest.
“I didn’t mean to hurt her”, Bella says, and Eliana tells her to fuck off, to pack her bags and leave the fuck out of my house. I stand still, resting my shoulder against the door frame as I see Bella walking in my direction.
“You can’t do this Avery, I don’t have where to go”, she pleas and I shrug my shoulders.
“You should’ve thought about that before banging my boyfriend”, I let out, and Eliana nodded her head.
“Why are you being such a bitch?”, Bella asks and Eliana grabs her by the arm, pulling her into her room and slamming the door behind her.
“Pack your shit and get out. You better be gone before we come back”, Eliana shouts and walks to me, pulling me into my room.
“We’re going out”, she says, and I blink my eyes a couple of times, trying to process what she just said.
“What? I don’t feel like going out. I just want to stay in bed”, I let out, and Eliana shook her head.
“Nope, my sister is going to a party today, and we are crashing that party”, Eliana says, and I shake my head.
“I’m not in the mood for parties”, I let out.
“Tough, get dressed”, she says, throwing my little black dress at me as she pulls my black doc Martens out of my shoe wrack.
“Get ready”, she says as she pulls a red dress out of my dresser for her. I shrug my shoulders and walk into the bathroom to get myself ready. Once I am done, Eliana does my make-up. She opts for a heavy black eyeliner and red lipstick. This dress leaves nothing to the imagination, but I guess she is right. We both leave the house as soon as her sister tells her where the party is. It is at one of the most famous nightclubs in New York, and we would never be able to get in if we were not invited to the party. It is such an exclusive clientele that it’s almost a dream to go there.
As we arrive, we give our names to the bouncer that allow us to get in straight away without even asking for our ID. I am twenty-six but I get asked for my ID all the time. I smile as we get into the club. I am hit by the smell of sweat and alcohol straight away.
“Come on, they are in the VIP area”, Eliana says, and we walk towards the cord of bouncers, and we give our names, and they allow us to pass the double doors. Eliana pulls me towards her sister and her friends.
“Hey”, Eliana says as we approach them.
‘Hey sis, this is Amber, the birthday girl”, Eliana’s sister says, and we both congratulate her before walking to the bar grabbing our free drinks. I am liking this party.
Matteo POV“Happy birthday”, Amber says as she walks into my office without knocking on the door.“How many times do I need to tell you to knock before you come in?”, I ask and she laughs. She walks to me and I push the chair away from the desk as she sits on my lap and wraps her arms around my neck.“Happy birthday sis”, I whisper and she smiles looking at me.“Are we going to celebrate?”, she asks and I shake my head. I can’t be fucked to go out one more night and have one more drunker mistake. I am not going to lie, I enjoy sex very much, but today I just want to stay home and be a normal person, watch a film in bed while I have hot coco and some popcorn.“Come on, it’s my twenty first birthday. You can’t not go”, she says and I take a deep breath.“I am getting old for the kind of parties you throw Amber”, I say and she starts pouti
Avery POVEliana pulls me to the middle of the dance floor after we had some shots and we started dancing around each other. I can’t believe I am doing this. I can’t remember the last time I danced like this. Eliana smiles at the same time I feel two big hands rest on my hips as I get pulled back as someone starts rubbing their junk against my ass.“Keep away from me you creep”, I say stepping away from him and pulling Eliana away towards the corridor where the VIP bathroom is. Eliana keeps asking what is going on and as soon as we get into the bathroom I close the door and lock it. She looks at me a little in shock and I shake my head.“What is going on?”, she asks again and I start pacing around like a maniac. I only really seen people doing this in films and now look at me, pacing like them, as if it would help me with anything.
Matteo POV “You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen”, I tell Avery before I crash my life against her, I can taste the alcohol and her sweet taste mixed with it. I can’t help but hold on to her ass keeping her closer to me while my lips to the dirty work. I feel her arms around my neck as she kisses me as if her life depended on it. I press her body against the wall that is behind her on the corridor for the VIP section and I feel one of her legs wrapping around mine and I take it as a signal to lift her from the floor as she wraps both legs around my waist. Her legs on that position lifts her dress up exposing even more her legs and we only have my jeans and a thin layer of underwear between us right now. Avery moans on my mouth while my tongue plays with hers. I hear someone coughing behind me and I break the kiss to see one of my guys with his arms crossed in front of his chest with his eyes on the
Avery POV This is so out of character for me, but I really can’t even think straight. Matteo smells and tastes amazing and I think that all the alcohol I had to drink made me a little more outgoing, but hey, I am not complaining as Matteo makes me straddle him and he pulls my dress up exposing my ass with my little thong. I like how sexy he makes me feel as I feel him growing underneath me. Between kisses and moans I ask him where he is taking me but honestly I don’t care anymore, I am in heaven and I love how his hands feel touching my body, I can only imagine the damage a man like this can do to my body with his. My eyes roll back in pleasure as he pulls my hair back offering him better access to my neck. I arch my back with the pleasure that his soft lips cause on my body. I can tell he is starting to lose his self control because he pulls my dress down exposing my breasts and the cold air make them harder, as if it
Matteo POV Avery is the most amazing woman I have ever had in my life, and she was the only one I have ever brought home, I usually have them in my office or in their houses, never on mine and I never have the driver take us anywhere. I don’t need them to know how to find me, how to contact me, they are just links to me that I don’t need. Don’t get me wrong. I respect woman, I think they are the most amazing God creation, but I don’t want them chasing around me. I like my freedom, but if Avery wants to find me again, wants to be around me and have some fun in my bed again I am game. I never repeat sex with a woman because they will get clingy, I made that mistake before and lived to tell the tale and I don’t recommend. But Avery is different. Sex with her was perfection, she allowed me to dominate our interaction and she played along, her curves made me realise that top models are not as good. I think I am addicted to
Avery POVI know I am awake, but I don’t want to open my eyes. It feels like I have just fallen asleep, and I am too tired. My entire body is aching, I move my legs, and I touch something. What the hell? I open my eyes, pulling the sheet to cover my breasts as I sit-ups on the bed. I look at my side, and there he is. The most beautiful man I have ever seen. His long dark lashes cover his eyes as he sleeps. He’s resting on his back with the sheet hanging dangerously low on his waist, his left-hand rests on his stomach while his right hand is behind his head. He is breathing deeply in sleep. I can’t help but stare at him for a couple of seconds.I take a deep breath getting out of bed, and recover my clothes from the floor. They are all scattered, and I need them to get out of here. I get dressed quickly, so he doesn’t wake up. I have never done this before, having a one night stand, but I know the rules, you leave as soon as you can, you don&rsqu
Matteo POV“Boss”, I hear Leo say as he enters my bedroom. Does he have a fucking death wish?“Fuck you”, I let out through greeted teeth.“I wish, but come on, you need to get up”, Leo says and I roll my eyes that are covered by my arms. I absolutely hate him. I don’t even know what time it is, but I know its too early. Why is he even awake?“What the fuck are you doing in Here?”, I bark at him as I sit on the edge of the bed. I pass both my hands through my hair and I look up to see Leo standing at the end of the bed holding his iPad, he is looking down at it as if his life depended on it.“What is it? Spit it out”, I say and he clears his throat resting the iPad on his side.“We have a message from the Chinese, they want to meet up, they contacted one of our corner boys”, Leo says and I stand up offering him a smirk.“Finally, took them long enough&
Matteo POV “Why are you here so early?” she asks when I put her back down on her feet. “We have to talk about your little boyfriend”, I say, and she rolls her eyes walking towards her bed and sitting in the middle of it. That is exactly as she used to sit when she was younger, and I was giving her grief for some trouble she’s gotten herself into. “What about him?”, she asks now crossing her arms in front of her chest. “He is not good enough for you, and you need to break up with him”, I blurt it out straight to the point. “Why would I do that? You always sleep around with the most random girls. Why do I have to break up with James?”, She asks looking me dead in the eyes. “He is from the Irish Mafia Amber”, I let out in frustration. Amber starts to laugh and falls back on her bed, holding her stomach while she laughs. What the fuck