DAWN.
The offer is too tempting.
Too fucking tempting than I can handle, and I imagine the both of us naked in his bathroom. Oh, the many things that could and will happen because I have only less willpower to refuse this tempting offer. Safe to say, I don't want to.
"Yes, "
I let out a moan as Ryder pinches my clit again, and he chuckles, placing a kiss to my neck before moving away from me. The breeze hitting me hard without his warm embrace to take it away.
"I will wait in there, Princess. "
He whispers before his frame disappears into where I assume should be the bedroom.
I let out a sigh, staring around before following down the path he went through; heart thumping harder with each step I take.
I push the door to the room open, and once again, I'm in awe. I think it's safe to say this is a fucking palace!
The king sized bed is at the center of the room dressed beaut
Sweethearts, A long chapter as promised! Thank you for reading! Today's a Sunday but I might update by 9pm, Singapore time depending on how busy I get.
DAWN. I wake up to the obnoxious sound of my phone booming loudly beside me. A hiss slips through my lips as my eyelids flutters open, my eyes trained on the white ceiling with the chandelier hanging off it as I take a few seconds to come out of sleepy form. Turning beside me, the small device is still vibrating on the mattress. I left this in my bag in the living room, so this must be Ryder's doing. Speaking of Ryder, my heart flutters at the thought of him on my mind and my eyes do a look over across the room, finding him nowhere in sight. He did said he has work to do but how long did I slept for? The loud shrill of my phone distracts me from my thoughts, and I groan internally before sitting up against the headboard, dragging the sheets to cover my naked chest as Kira's name glares at me from the screen. She really likes calling at inappropriate times of the day. "Bitch, you dropped your phone down the sink or somet
DAWN.Silence descends in the air with Ryder saying nothing for minutes, but I can feel his breathing heavy in my ear and the pounding of his heart against my chest.When he pulls me away from his embrace; a guilty expression covers his face, and the earlier glint in his eyes is nowhere to be found. I never meant for him to react this way, but somehow, he has."Why do you ask, Dawn? "He says in a voice barely a whisper that if I wasn't pressed against him; I wouldn't have heard.Gulping down the sudden bile in my throat, I speak in a voice nearly the same as his, "I think I deserve to know and its sort has been bugging at me these past few days. I think I've come to terms with that fact that the shit happened, and I think I am now ready to accept the truth. "Ryder stares at me for a long minute of silence, and I'm regretting my words until he says, "Okay. I think you deserve to know, anyway. "He brings my bo
DAWN."Ryder, I have to go back—Ouch, that hurts, you idiot!"Despite my somehow harsh words, I can't help the laugh that slips through my parted lips as Ryder cages me against his hard chest, his mouth nibbling on my ear. I was right when I said he's got a new fucking obsession for that part of me."I don't want you to go just yet, Princess. Stay one more day, Uh?"He asks again for the thousandth time today. And I, once again, decline his request/offer. "I can't stay, Ryder. I've got classes to attend and some papers to present on campus, considering the fact that I'll be busy with my internship. "I let out a sigh, closing my eyes to the feel of his warmth against my skin. He feels good."I know. I've just been away from you for too long and now that I've got you back, I don't want to let go. I want to keep you there forever—just like before. "He presses a kiss to my neck and I nod before turning in h
WASHINGTON DC, THE QUEEN'S MANSION. Lady Sarah barges into her living room with a frown on her face and anger coursing through her veins. No, you wouldn't call it anger. The more appropriate one is Fury... Rage. Ire and resentment as her eyes searches through the large space of the living before finally settling on her husband, Matthew Queen and she marches towards him with heavy steps. Snatching the newspaper from his grip, she glares at the man with eyes angry enough to have any lesser man cowering away. "What did you do, Matthew?!" She raises her voice, dropping her bag on the couch and placing her hands against her hips, waiting for the answer she demanded. "What's going on, Honey? Are you okay?" The man tries to bring his wife closer to him but she moves out of his embrace, holding her hand out to stop him from moving closer with her glare never softening. "This is not the time for you to question me, Matthew. I
THE DAY BEFORE. [BOSTON] Elijah stares at the man before him, the smirk that's been etched to his face ever since he spilled their plans. Never disappearing. Shuffling in his seat, he leans forward with his glare hard. "So you mean to tell me that your plan is to track where this man is and carry out your job?" He raises his brows at him and Jagger leans back against his own seat, crossing his arms against his chest with a small grin covering his face. He seems obviously proud of this plan. "And what you need me to do is to give you Dawn's number because you think somehow she will be with him?" He continues, and Jagger nods again before moving closer, folding his hands on the table between them. "Either track him using her contact or we hack her phone and get his number off there. " "And how do you suppose you'll do that? How do you even know about Dawn Meek in the first place? Have you been following her?" Elijah's jaw tig
DAWN. I raise my gaze to the direction of the voice; my body instantly relaxing along with my racing heart at the sight of Ryder. Alive and breathing. However, my heart clenches when I take in his appearance and the state he's in. His face is bruised and his lower lip appears cut, looking fucking bloody. Blood drips from inside the upper arm of the black suit he's putting on and down onto the floor. He looks damn messy. In a way it reminds of me of his bad days and that makes my heart aches. Who the fuck did him this way? Glancing between me and Ryder, the security slowly removes his hand from before and I splint across the room to get to where Ryder is standing; not caring of the many watchful gazes in the room or the fact that he's injured — I jump into his arms, throwing myself into his embrace and burying my face in the crook of his hair to muffle my sobs. "I'm fine, Princess. I promise, I'm fine. " No, you'
EARLIER. [ELIJAH] "What the fuck is wrong with you guys?! One man! One damn motherfucker! You couldn't get hold of one man and do your job fucking properly?!" I cross my arms against my chest, leaning against the door as I watch Jagger yell at the bunch of bruised men with spiked interest. "We tried but it was almost as if he knew we were coming. The suite security was so damn tight and the man wasn't an easy target himself. I expected someone we could take care of easily but it seem like the man's experienced in the field himself. He was able to hold Laser and Theo off before the securities arrived and it was too late when we went in. We barely made it out. " Hunter, next in line to Jagger says and Jagger watch him with a disgusted look; almost like he's ready to kill him with his bare hands. "Can you hear the nonsense you just spurt out? You underestimated the man by sending two men in? And keeping eight out? From the many operations we
DAWN. I let out a yawn, removing my glasses to rub the mist under my eyes before pushing my chair back; eyes trained on the ceiling. My phone vibrates against the desk and I'm quick to grab it, eager eyes running across the screen, and a frown stretches over my lips when I realize it's just a text from Bryan. 'Hey, how's you doing? You think I should come over for lunch?' Not the one I was kind of expecting. Rubbing my eyes, I type back a reply. 'I still got a whole shitload of work to do. Thanks for asking by the way, maybe another time though. ' Once it shows sent and delivered, I move to my message inbox, staring at a certain name I left hundreds of messages for, but not for once did I get replied, and I'm getting both worried and so fucking angry. 'Hey, I just got to work. Sending your support from here, I know you can do this. ' 'Hey, lunch time. Know you're busy but felt like