DAWN.
"You know him?" Kira questions besides me, but I give her no response as my gaze remains on a frowning Elijah who's trying to make her way past the security guard.
"Dawn! Fucking hell! Are you okay? You're fucking trembling!" Kira exclaims, pulling me away from the door, and I shake my head; so many troubled thoughts running through my mind.
He's here.
Elijah is here! He's fucking here!
How? How did he know here? How the hell... What the fuck is he doing here?!
Oh my God! Ryder!
"I need to call Ryder. I need to talk to him. " I tell Kira, not allowing her to utter another word as I stride towards the room with my echoes of my heart pounding against my chest, loud in my ears.
Grabbing my phone off the bed, I pace across the room as I bite down on my lips, the phone vibrating against
DAWN.I'm quick to raise to my feet as my frightened gaze meets with a smirking Elijah.He chuckles before walking himself inside, shutting the door behind him."How did you get in?" I question, peeking behind him in search of a security guard that might have followed him, but no one appears."So you knew of my coming?" He lifts his brows, crossing his arms against his chest, and I shake my head as my mind suddenly goes blank.I've got no idea what to say to him, and judging by that annoying smirk on his face; he enjoys seeing me this way."What do you want, Elijah? Why are you here?" I finally say, composing myself, and he shrugs, taking slow strides towards me, and my gaze moves down to each movement he takes."Common, kitty. Won't you introduce me to your friend?" He says, his gaze moving to a
DAWN.Elijah settles on the space beside me with his hands on his laps, and I give him a smile when he meets my gaze, but he's quick to look away."Elijah, " I sigh, moving closer to him. "I didn't mean to hurt you that way, Elijah. You should know that I would never hurt you unintentionally. ""But you did, Dawn. You left. You used me, got fed up of me, then you left. " He meets my gaze again, the pain in his voice too hard to miss, and my chest clenches at his words."That's not true, Elijah. You made me leave. You turned into someone else, someone that hurt a fellow being because of his selfish desires. ""When you put it that way, then you and I are both same, " he says gently, catching me by surprise, though I know he's saying the truth.I hurt him, because of my own personal reasons, and it's only reasonable that he thinks he's n
RYDER."Thank you for staying with her, Kira,"I smile at the woman that stands before me who shrugs me off with a wave of her hand as she grabs her purse from the couch."I'm just glad I was here with her. I don't know what would have happened if I wasn't. " She says with a sigh, referring to the earlier incident of Elijah, and I hum, trailing behind her as she walks towards the door.She steps out, and turn around in her stand with a smile on her face, "I don't know the full story of what went down between them, but they don't seem to be in a good place. " That's because he's fucking psychotic. I don't understand why the hell Dawn ever thought to be friends with him. Or why she ever liked him. I just don't understand that woman at times, and it fucking drives me insane. "But I trust you to keep her safe, Ryder. " She says, and I nod with s smile, grabbing onto the doorknob.
RYDER. "I didn't even ask how the company was, " Dawn says as I wrap my arms around her to bring her flushed against my chest, and I chuckle; nibbling my nose in the crook of her neck. "It's fine, baby. Something else was going on. " I assure her, and she hums slightly, pressing her ass against my dick, and oh fucking Hades; if that doesn't turn me on so fucking much. I don't think she has any idea of what she's doing right now, because all I want to do is to flip her around, trapping her beneath me— in my control— and fuck the living daylight out of her. But I'm not going to do that, because this isn't the time for me to fuck. There are more important things going on, and once they are solved; we will have more than enough time to fuck. "I feel so bad. I shouldn't be selfish any longer. " Here she goes again with those words. I need to speak with Elijah Stone as earli
ELIJAH.I toss the girl beside me to the side as I walk towards a certain man dressed in a suit with a scowl on my face."What the fuck do you think you're doing here?" I snap at a frowning Ryder who cocks his brows at me, crossing his arms against his chest, as he says, "I don't think that's any proper way to greet someone who travelled miles to see you. "A laugh rips through my throat as I clutch my helmet to my side, wondering what the fuck this man is talking about. What is he even doing here? How did he know this place? Did dawn tell him?I look behind him in search of a gorgeous face, but I'm met with nothing."She's not here, " Ryder answers my unsaid question, bringing my attention back to him. "I'm here, and I'm going to have a word, or two with you. ""I'm busy, " I scowl, trying to sidestep him, only for him to grab onto my arm.
RYDER. Talking to this man is harder than I expected. Especially when the said man proves to be a fucking dickhead. "Would have offered you something, but figured you will refuse. Plus, I don't want you to think I'm going to poison you or anything. " Elijah says as he takes a seat across me, and I chuckle. Nice sense of humour. "So you said you want to talk, " he says with a lift of his brows, spreading his arms around. "Talk. " And so damn rude. "You need to stop messing with hee. " I sigh, going straight to what I came here for, and he furrows his brows, looking confused, but we both know better than that. "I don't understand what you're talking about. Who is this her, and how am I missing with the said her?" Oh, you've got to be fucking kidding me. I don't have time for the games this guy is trying to play with me, and if I could have it
DAWN."Are you sure you're ready to do this?" I raise my brows at Ryder who leans against his seat with his head raised, and his hand over his forehead.He snaps his gaze to mine, with a small smile gracing his lips as he slowly bobs his head. "I think I deserve to know why my parents thought I was useless enough to be abandoned. " The pain is evident in his voice, and I shake my head, grabbing hold of his shoulder, and squeezing the skin slightly."I don't want you to ever think like that again, babe. You're not useless, and their answers will prove that. " I tell him with a wide smile, and he pulls me flush against his side; his lips melting against my forehead, and I shut my eyes at the warmth that spread over the skin."I love you, Dawn. Really fucking much. " He whispers, and I smile; raising my head to meet his gaze, before saying, "I love you too, Ryder. Really fucking
RYDER.I stare at the woman that walks inside the room; her eyes scanning across the room, till it lands on my gaze, and her eyes drink me in, moving down my length.I'm in awe, and my eyes are wide as I stare at the woman that stands before me. Damn! She could be mistaken as my twin. Who is this woman?"Ryder, " the man says, drawing my attention back to him, and I move my eyes from the lady back to the man, who calls for the lady with a smile on his face as he says, "This is Delilah. Your sister. " You've got to be fucking kidding me! My sister? I have a sister?"He's my brother? Ryder Smith is my brother?" Brother. That word. I've not known that word outside the Smith's family, and to be called that by a girl that's the other version of me makes my heart warm, as much as it aches.I move my gaze to the family before me. Am an old man, with a beautiful old wom