I was silent throughout our drive back to our penthouse but my heart was beating so fast, I was afraid that he could hear it. So many different thoughts ran through my mind. I remember vividly how I felt being held against his hard body. I could feel my hands trembling as I thought about it.
I stole a glance at Daniel and his face was hard, as if he was angry and while he brooded in his anger, I took the time to admire his features. The man was handsome. The kind of beauty that would make any woman wet just at the sight and smell of him and he smelled like oak wood mixed with vanilla. He smelled delicious.
My eyes moved to his lips and I yearned to touch it with mine. Unconsciously, I licked my lips as I thought of what it would feel like to kiss his and what it would taste like.
'No Olivia, this is not right,' I whispered under my breathe as he drove to our home and I tried to fight the feelings that were rising in me because just being so close to him was torture.
"Someone's following us," suddenly the words of Daniel broke through my subconscious and brought me back to reality.
"What?"
"Go down and hold on to something," was all Daniel said before swerving the car and taking a sharp cut to his left.
I looked behind me and the car was still following us.
"Fuck, we are going to die," I muttered under my breath but Daniel was an excellent driver and somehow, he lost the car and drove us home safely.
Daniel stopped at our driveway and sat down in silence. His silence scared me and I finally asked.
"What is it?"
He turned to look at me, brought out his phone and opened a text message that read
"The past is closer than you think."
I trembled as I read the message and asked with a shaking voice
"Can you please just stop with the pretense!"
"Olivia, I am not the one behind this. Why would I take naked pictures of us having sex? What would that do for me?"
"So if you are not the one behind it, then who is?" I asked.
"I don't know but what I know is that soon they will contact us to tell us what they want."
"Of course they will," I said angrily and walked out.
As soon as we got inside, I felt an eerie feeling and when I looked around, I saw a shadow standing by our kitchen.
"Who's there?" My voice came out as a whisper, causing Daniel to stare in the direction I was looking at and from his gasp, I knew he could see the shadow as well.
Speedily, Daniel reached for the light and I saw the shadow scramble away and jump out of the window.
Daniel and I ran to the window but before we could tell who it was, we saw a group of three people running away and our bodies were filled with goosebumps.
***
We call the police but they did not believe a bunch of teenagers who claimed to see a shadow in their kitchen.
After trying and trying to no avail, we sat in silence for what felt like forever. Finally, Daniel decided to break the ice with his words.
"Aren't you going to thank me for saving you?" I heard Daniel say with a smut look on his face as soon as we got into the house.
I hissed, picking up on what he was trying to do and following suit. "okay fine. Thank you. But I think it's better if you stay away from me from now on." As the words left my mouth, I could feel my heart breaking. I could not be away from him but I knew that if I stayed with him for long, I might eventually do something that I will regret.
I looked at Daniel and I saw the happy look he had fallen. It was another thing that broke my heart.
"What do you mean by that? I don't want to stay away from you," he said calmly.
"Well you have to. Your reputation is at stake if you continue being seen around me."
"Okay, so what?" He said nonchalantly and I raised an eyebrow at his words. "Look, Olivia, I don't care about any of that," he said and moved closer to me. Unconsciously, my legs moved back out of fear of being so close to him and he moved in on me, finally backing me up against a walk.
"I only care about you," he said as he reached out to touch my cheeks and I couldn't tell if he could feel the red blush that appeared on my face but the was a strange look in his face but he stood so close to me that I ignored any another feeling.
"Only you," he whispered and he stood so close to me that I was sure that he could hear my heart beating
Slowly, I watched him close the remaining distance between us and I could not move.
Enchanted by his looks and the smell of him, my entire body became numb as he moved in to me and finally closed my open and gasping mouth with his.
As soon as our lips collided, I felt my heart burst out of joy. I stood still for a few seconds till my entire body was eager for more and I moved my lips against his, allowing our lips to dance to a tune played by our heart. My mind went numb and all I could think about was the moment and the kiss that left tingles all over my body.
In the euphoria, I did not know where I summoned the courage to push him away but I did and my body immediately missed his touch when I did.
Angry at my body for feeling such emotions towards my step brother, I took out the frustration on him. My heart was still pounding, I still had goose bumps on my skin and if not that he was holding me, my legs would have fallen because of how weak I was after the kiss. But in the midst of all this, I summoned up the strength and slapped him across the face.
"How dare you?!" I said spitefully. "How dare you take advantage of me at my lowest? You are just like those bullies, aren't you? You saw that I was weak and tired and you took advantage of that to kiss me!" I accused him and ignored the little voice in me that told me that I was wrong.
"No, don't make me out to be the bad guy here. You kissed me back and besides, I could see you yearning for my touch since after our one night stand. So do me a favour and stop acting like you don't want this."
He moved with so much speed that I did not have the time to say a thing. All I felt was his lips on mine with so much passion, igniting feelings that I thought were dead. I pulled into him, hungry for more and desperate to take in all I could from the kiss.
His lips were soft and I suddenly became thankful that he was kissing me. As he was about to deepen the kiss, we heard a knock on the door and immediately broke off from each other. It was one of the most painful things I had to experience.
My entire body immediately missed him badly as he moved away from me.
"We will finish this kiss later," he promised me with a smile on his face before he moved to the door and I took that opportunity to run to my room as fast as my heels could carry me.
Immediately I shut the door, I threw my back pack to the floor cursing myself for allowing myself to be kissed by my step brother. I knew that it was wrong but my heart felt so joyful and happy that I immediately started doubting if it was truly wrong. I smiled as I touched my lips, remembering the kiss and I fell into my bed to day dream and yet all I dreamt of was the shadow in my kitchen but this time, he was in my room and the dream felt real.
DANIEL'S POVI was oozing with so much joy. Finally, Olivia was mine. I could not believe it. She was finally falling for my tricks and soon, when I was done with my plans, she will be at my mercy. My plan was simple.Make her suffer for all the pains her mom had caused mine. I was going to make sure that she did not escape my wrath. Because of her and what her mother did, my father left my mother and made the woman very sad. I could still remember promising my mom that I will do everything in my power to ensure that that woman suffered the same pains as my mother and I was not joking about it.Immediately I saw Olivia being introduced to me at that dinner as my step sister, the perfect idea came to my mind. I would make her fall head over heels in love with me and then when she least expected it, I would leave her just the same way my father left my mom because of her mother. I was so sure that seeing her daughter in so much pain would ruin the woman and may even make her leave
"Olivia, come on open up!" I could hear him banging on my door but my heart was already too broken to care. I squeezed my eyes some more as I thought of how foolish I actually was. Of course he was playing with my emotions. Of course he was not going to love me. Of course I was just a stupid girl who wanted more than she could have."Stupid and weak," I muttered to myself as I buried my face in my pillow and screamed, hoping that my screams will be muffled out.And they were. But Daniel did not stop knocking"Olivia, please let me explain. It's just an expensive joke between me and Stacy. You can't take this personally.""Daniel just fucking leave me alone!" I screamed at him hoping that he would leave and maybe then I would be able to steady my breathing. All I needed was to time to myself, some time to convince myself that I was not losing my mind even though it seemed like I was. The banging on my door stopped but I could still feel him there. Leaning on it. I imagined he had
Daniel's POV"What are you waiting for?" I growled at her but she still did not move. For a moment, I felt she was drowning in fear, maybe I had taken it too far with her.But I was still too mad to allow regrets to fill my eyes. I still could not stomach the fact that everything I was working on was about to be ruined because of her silly mistake. "Stacy!" I said as I shook her, trying to jolt her back to reality but the girl was already too far gone. Or so I thought. Suddenly, I felt her legs inbetween my thighs and she aimed it directly to my balls. "Ah!" I said as I winched in pains and suddenly let go of her. My sight was blurry from the pain I felt down there and she used that opportunity to run away. I could not see how far she had gone because I collapsed on the floor still groaning from pains.The pains shot up to my brain and I immediately felt like I may die. I had heard of how mind numbing this pain is but I never thought I would testify to it. I could not think,
"If I were you, I would stay very still." The low growl of the man who held my hands tightly resonated through my entire body and I froze. Even the scream that was about to come out of my mouth somehow found its way back into my throat. "Very good," he whispered into my ears as he gently stroked my hair and I shivered in fear. "Olivia!" Suddenly Ivy's voice rang out from my laptop and I could sense that she was worried. "Now princess, this is what you are going to do. You will put on a brave face, go to that laptop and you will tell your friend that you thought you saw a mouse and that was why you screamed. You will also tell her that you will get back to her later that you have something very important to do. Is that clear?" His voice was calm and I would have easily concluded that he meant no harm to me but the coldness of the knife tracing the outline of my neck reminded me that he was not my friend. "Okay," I said softly but that was not enough for him because suddenly he pla
I could not help the smile that laced my face as I saw the man who threatened to kill me few seconds ago, running around my room trying to find a way to escape. I know that he must have known Daniel and how ruthless he could be and it was obvious that he was very much afraid of him. Because if he wasn't, why didn't he still stand behind me and try to threaten Daniel using my life as hostage?It was either that or he knew who Daniel was and Daniel knew who he was as well. Using my eyes, I tried to find the key in my room. I would not be able to explain to Daniel who this man was but if Daniel knew who he was already, it would be easier for us to capture him and ensure that he did not come anywhere close to me again. All that would only be possible if I was able to find the key and open the door before he dashed out. Fortunately for me, Daniel opened the door just in time."Oh Daniel, thank God you are here." I sighed in relief as I ran to hug him His chest offered the comfort and
"Let's get this over with," I muttered under my breath and followed my girls to a booth, while trying desperately to ignore the turning in my stomach. If I had a choice, I wouldn't be sitting in the midst of these girls who had dared me to find a stranger and make out with him. But I lived a boring life and my best friend, Ivory, had suggested that this could be the fun I had always been looking for. As soon as we sat down, I immediately regretted listening to her. We had barely sat down when my girls started looking around the room, trying to pick the best guy for me to make out with. I stared at them in disgust. How could they be excited by the idea of making out with a stranger? I prayed silently for the alcohol to arrive and as soon as it did, I down every drop of mine and even drank Ivory's own. If I was going to do this, I was not going to do it with sober eyes. Still, the alcohol did not stop my feelings of anxiety from going on a rampage and at a point I felt like hurling
"No," I muttered under my breath as I watched the man that had me screaming in pleasure a few hours ago stand in front of me with a smile on his face. "Olivia, don't just stand there, greet them," my mom said violently and I immediately greeted."Good morning sir." "Oh no, call me Xavier and one day, I hope you will be comfortable enough to call me dad." I could see why my mom had agreed to marry a man she had just met five months ago. Just like Daniel, his father was a sight to behold. He had gray hair, a sharp and admirable face and a muscular body. Everything about him looked dream worthy and it all made sense to me. "Olivia, why don't you go bring the food from the kitchen? I am sure our guest must be starving." Mom asked and all I could do was nod. I was still shocked that I had slept with my step brother. This had to be an abomination and I was sure mom would never forgive me if she found out.Rushing to the kitchen, I heaved a sigh of relief and I stood there to decide tha
The next morning, as soon as I entered the kitchen, I saw Daniel sitting at the counter with a serious look on his face and I immediately felt stupid. "Of course, he is the one who did all this. And I was stupid enough to believe that he was a good person." I said to myself and angrily walked up to him. "Daniel!" I screamed while walking towards him. "Oh Olivia, thank God you are awake." He said before I could even get close to him. "Look at what I found lying on my bed when you left." He said and showed me a note.It was the same as the one I saw last night as well and it had the same picture as well. "Do not think for one second that I believe this act you are trying to put together. You did all these, didn't you?" I accused him. "What?" "I don't want to hear it but if you know what is good for you, then stay far away from me and delete these pictures." I said angrily and walked out of the house. ***We decided to go to school and ignore the eerie events of this morning and w