EMELIA I'm running to and fro around the house, looking for the boys in every room of the house with Aurora on my arm, looking for my fiancé in every room of the house. It takes a whole drink before we can go outside, Aurora and I both holding a wine beer in each hand. I'm eager for Aurora to meet my husband to be, something always comes up. With him and if not, then it comes up with Aurora. I've shown Aurora my engagement photos, and she must have seen pictures on my social media but most are always with his face hidden in the crook of my neck or under a hat. We do it to avoid the press attention, considering he is very well known, and the most eligible bachelor that hasn't sunk his dick in every female he meets. Ryker hasn't seen a picture of Aurora either, except maybe one or two but I want them to meet in person. I need my best friend to meet the man who makes my stomach flutter, the man who makes me feel like I'm floating and need not be brought down to earth. And for
CAELUM’s PovMy wife is making a scene beside me, complaining about what happened earlier this afternoon when I forbid Aurora from leaving Cassian's house. I didn't want her there, I was going to see her tonight, pick her up from Fantasy Elite and drag her to my sex club. But when I pissed her off, it not only got her mad, it got Emelia mad too. That was why I ordered Aurora to stay, if I had let her walk out that gate, Emelia wouldn't have let anyone see peace for the rest of the afternoon. How the dots never connected in my head is beyond me, Emelia always talks about her best friend, Ryker has also mentioned once or twice that he was jealous of the best friend Emelia gained herself. I never would have guessed it would be her, I was aware of the name of her friend but I let it slide, it's a pretty common name. Emelia left Cassian's house with Aurora, after they spent half of the afternoon in the pool, drinking and talking about something that seems to have made them both happ
(Caelum’s POV continues)“Wait, so this is her kid?!” Cassian gasps. “Rumor has a baby?”Buzzkill, that's what Cassian is. Sending a praising message to Scarlett, I dropped my phone once again. “Yes, she does.”“So she's married? Or at least in a relationship. You're looking to fuck another man's future wife?” he teases, a grin spread on his lips, eyes dancing with mischief.“Getting in her panties is not an objective, I've been in them, nothing special.” “Well, I want to get into her panties, I have no doubts it's special. But come on, seriously? She has a kid?” his grin fades. “I would not guess just by looking at her.” “Wouldn't guess she's a viper now would you?” “Viper?” he laughs. “That woman is harmless, except for when she's performing her act.” I roll my eyes, grabbing my phone once again, I text Aurora to come outside in exactly five minutes.Five minutes later, the car pulls up at Fantasy Elite but Aurora doesn't come out just yet. Fifteen minutes later, she's stil
AURORA I don't know if it's what I said or what I did but it surely got me into trouble. Instead of going to their club like he had informed me earlier tonight, we were driven back to that apartment he had kept me in the night he had kidnapped me. Maybe it was the name calling? Well, I didn't mean to call him a pervert, he could be one but he wasn't back then, if anything I was the perverted one back then and it's most likely what got me here. Cassian left ten minutes ago, leaving me in the lions den, where I now stand in nothing but my underwear with the lion that intends to consume every last bit of hope I have left staring at me from across the room. I'm nervous, he's quiet, too quiet for my taste. What is he thinking? Is he comparing me to Brielle, his other toys or something much more inappropriate, his wife?Caelum sits on the couch he sat on that night, still in his suit, with the tie now loosened.“Get on the bed.” Caelum orders a second time, and again, I hesitate to re
CAELUM I promised Scarlett I would be home tonight, and I am. But at what cost? Leaving Aurora passed out in my bed is haunting me, but I know she's safe there, my security team is discreet but efficient, they won't let her notice their presence but they'll not let anything harm her, even when a mosquito aims to bite on her, I'll be essentially notified.My phone lies on the side of the bed where I always keep it, but this time I'm more alert to any vibrations. Scarlett is asleep now, but I reckon when I walked in, she wasn't asleep but pretending to sleep. I could see her eyes fluttering, contemplating peeking at me and not.I'm glad she didn't, I'm wasted, intoxicated in the scent of Aurora's body perfume.Goddammit, Aurora.There's something about this woman, not only something alluring and captivating, but also something dark, and it calls to me, calls to the darkness inside me.I want to brighten it, it's clearly haunting her. Her patterns infuriate me, I hate how she spaces o
EMELIA Love should be easy.But it never is, even when everything appears to be moving in the right direction, some circumstances will smack it into the opposite direction. I hated love, but I also loved love and now, I live it, it's all I can breathe, thanks to Ryker. Ryker healed me from every trauma I didn't know existed within me, and he says I made the demons that lived rent free in his head tea and it quieted them. When I realised that I was falling for one of my brother's best friends, I knew he would have a rant about it. Ryker, Bishop, Caelum, and Cassian have been friends since before they could walk. Well, not in the literal sense but yes, they have and of course, Caelum would presume all his friends saw me like a sister, to which I somehow understood. They were–are a brotherhood, four most problematic men in the city, under the sun, they're simply perfect and when the night unravels, they truly come alive as the men that rule this city from the shadows, the da
(Emelia's POV continues) I laugh, “Yeah, Emilio is like that sometimes. But don't worry, you can still talk to me about it, pretend he isn't my brother.” Aurora laughs, her hand ruffling her hair. “Hmm, but he is.” “I know, and you're still my best friend so talk to me because you can't tell Olivia or your other friends about him.” “Actually,” she pauses, “I could.” My hand reaches behind me, grabbing a pillow and tossing it at her. “Aurora.” I whine, “Just tell me what happened because between Scarlett being bitchy, and your silent arguing, yes, I say silent because it's clear you're at war without any words said. I am losing it.” “Fine, I'll tell you.” “Go on.” I urge, laying down on the bed but I stay propped on my elbows to keep my face up. Aurora squeezes the sofa pillow, “The other night, he took me to his house again.” I arch an eyebrow, Caelum owns too many houses. “The very one?” She nods, “He picked me up from the club, and he was mad, I'm not a typical subm
AURORAIt's Monday night again, I love Monday nights. I have so much steam to blow over, with Caelum on my ass all weekend, I've developed a strong penchant for hurting men. My client tonight will have the worst night, or the best. I plan on fulfilling all the depravity I was taught tonight, and I hope the client has a degradation kink among other kinks. If he does not have one, that's fine too, he's going to have Aurora in the showroom tonight, Rumor won't be playing, I won't.“Aurora, so we're not talking about the man that dropped you off a few days ago?” Olivia asks from behind me.My gaze shifts from the mirror, to over my shoulder where Olivia sits with my daughter in her lap. “Not right now, I have to get to work.” “You are hiding something from me, why does it seem like nobody tells me shit anymore.” she frowns.“Oli, you know what I do for a living, he's a company driver, that's all there is.” I lie, my gaze shifting back to the mirror where I fix my makeup, heavy bright m