I find myself standing at the brink of an abyss. Ready to drop in and let the darkness consume me. Do I want to find myself here? Well, at this very moment, I can say that I honestly want to. Yet, I remind myself who I am.
I am Colton Cruz.
The heir to the Venditti Crime Family, the best damn bodyguard in the business. Whichever I choose to be today, I am not letting a bunch of Vic Stone’s thugs come and ruin my engagement party. Now is the man sour that he was not invited, guess he has not forgiven me for that little fact that I took his daughter.
Trinity Stone is mine, and I will protect her with my life.
So, ya, the shit is about to come down…and my princess is not happy.
“Colton, do you seriously have to kill them now?”
I only but chuckle at her as I slip my gun firmly into the grip of my hands, “Princess, it is not like they will agree to come back later.”
She only but grunts at me as she drops back into her chair, “Fair, just get it over quickly.”
Though one thing seems rather peculiar, they only seem to be standing there as if they are waiting for something. Six rather buff tattooed men, all dressed in black, with eyes that can pierce through your soul, have surrounded our table. They have, unlike us, drawn their guns; well, I am not about to wait for them. While I have the upper hand, I shall need to make clear, in my own way, that they have not been invited.
But then I see him coming through the door; he walks as elegantly as he demands his presence. In his designer suit, he is making his way over to our table. He seems to have grown one very brave pair, for I can remember telling the man that he is not allowed to come near Trinity. It does seem that I am not only going to have my fun with the six assholes but with the biggest one of them.
Ya, Vic Stone has decided to crash my party.
So as he so casually decides to stroll over, I watch as he edges closer and closer to Trinity. Well, not on my fucking life, “I suggest that you stop it right their Stone.”
I watch as amusement starts to play around the corners of that goddamn filthy mouth, “I will do whatever I please, Cruz. Now, can I congratulate my daughter on her forbidden engagement?”
“Ha!” I burst out in a fit of uncontrollable laughter, “Your ass does not have me fooled for one minute. You think you can come here with your little boys and take Trinity.”
“It seems that you are not as dumb as you look. Now, let us play fairly and hand over what is mine.”
As I now slide my gun to the front of my pants, I look Vic in the eyes, and as I frown from frustration, I lower my voice one pitch lower, “I dare you to come to try. I have been wanting to waste your ass the day when you told me about Alexa.” I then pause for a brief moment, “Has she made her way back to your bed?”
“You have always been a man that…”
I immediately interrupt him, “If you call me ‘A man like you,’ then I am fucking blowing your brains out.”
He only but ignores me as he then continues, “What I was going to say is you have always been a man that does not take things seriously.”
“Oh. Do you want me to show you how serious I take your intrusion?”
I watch as Trinity is losing her patience, so from completely nowhere, the goddamn girl slips a Ruger from that tiny little handbag that she was carrying. I am truly shocked to my core; it is hard to say whose eyes have grown the biggest.
Fuck.
“Trinity, where did you get that.”
She only shows for me to shut the fuck up.
If this were not so damn scary, I would have thought it is fucking hot.
But let me not say a word, for this girl seems to mean business as she is pointing…ya…
“Princess, why the fuck are you pointing your gun at me?”
“Don’t worry; daddy is next.”
Vic’s face turns whiter than all fifty shades as white as she next points it at him, then she calmly speaks, “You two are ruining my day. Now put that fucking guns away.”
“But, princess…”
“No buts here, Colton, now he…” she points to Vic. “He has five minutes before I tell Mason to whack his ass.”
Well, I do not understand what the fuck is going on, but I am not yet going to agree with a girl who has her gun pointed at her dad, then every time she turns, she has it so casually on me.
What the fuck has just happened?
Now what is happening is that I allow Vic to come closer, with my piece firmly resting under a napkin on the table; I watch him as he makes every move while keeping his six idiots in mine that has now moved to the back.
I listen to Vic, and my body cringe, as he tries to convince Trinity to come back home, “My little princess, please come back home. I promise I will let Colton visit.”
Bullshit.
The man will pump a bullet into me the first foot I set on his doorstep.
Yet, Trinity listens, and god, I can see a part of her even considering. I have said this before, I cannot, and I will not lose Trinity. She would not leave here even if she wanted. What she needs to understand is that she is mine; I will not allow her to go anywhere, least of all with her father.
I have taken my place as the head of the Venditti Crime Family as of only but a day ago, Vic Stone has become my biggest rival, the man that I have grown to hate. If I let her go, then I will never see her again. So it is with somewhat burning ears that I continue to listen to their conversation.
But the skies have just burst open, and the rain is pounding hard on the roof, and the deafening sounds of thunder are filling the air.
I cannot hear a word that Trinity is saying.
Then next…
She pulls her father into a warm hug, and all of my fears come tumbling down and consume every moving cell in my body. Do I dare even want to know?
Something that I can say for certain is that life will knock you when you least expect it. It is not kind; it is brutally unfair; it has created such a thing called fate that will take your life in twists and turns and throw whatever it can at you in an instant.
Does it trouble me that Trinity is standing with Vic in her arms, and they are smiling for what seems way too much for me to handle?
Do I feel insecure?
Fuck yes.
Do I feel somewhat jealous?
Fuck yes.
I am, after all, just a man; it does not matter how powerful and ruthless I will get; I still have that tiny little nagging thing called a heart. And it is that little heart that is experiencing this suffocating feeling for every second that Trinity is in Vic’s arms.
Now can I tell the man to leave?
“I think it is time for you to leave Stone. I need to remind you that you have set your foot on my turf.”
He only but looks at me with much surprise on his face, “So you have…”
“Yes, I have. Now can you please leave, and let me remind you, do not ever fucking pull shit like this again.”
With that, I watch as a slightly defeated yet fuming Vic Stone turns around and leaves. I am pretty convinced that this will not be the last time that I will see him. We still have a rather big score to settle. I am preparing myself for that day, for only one of us will be walking out alive.
Once Trinity takes her seat, the room finally relaxes to the jovial atmosphere we had before the intrusion. So I pull Trinity close.
“Come here, princess.”
I stare into her deep brown eyes; I cup her cheek, which is now slowly turning red. I smile at her before I slowly lean into her. My hand is shaking slightly; my heart is beating so loud that I cannot concentrate. It feels like I am going to explode. I so desperately want to claim those lips.
"Can I kiss you, princess?"
I start moving my lips, breath by breath, closer to hers.
"Colton,” she can barely utter.
“Ssshhh, princess. Just a minute.”
I move my lips wink by wink, closer in slow agony.
She closes her eyes, and I can see she is getting as much pleasure as I do from it. She leans her head back and lets me roam her neck. I cannot keep it in anymore. I crave her; I want to take her body to a height of pleasure.
As my lips run slowly down from the tip of her ear down the bare of her neck to the edge of her shoulder, I can see her body slightly shiver. I know it's not from the cold of the night but the intensity of my touch.
My lips roll down her shoulder to her collarbone; I stop and take a deep breath. I part my lips and slightly let my tongue out to lick her. I gasp as her sweetness fills my mouth; my god, how good she tastes. I can hear her moan as I do it again.
"What are you doing, Colton?"
"Kissing you, princess."
I slowly move in and press my lips against her plump, velvety ones. The moment our lips touch, the world vanishes in an instant. Her lips are softer than I can remember, and she tastes even sweeter than heaven. My lips are firm against hers, but the kiss remains soft, gentle, and slow. We hold it for a few seconds before our lips begin to move in perfect sync. My eyes fall closed, and all I can feel is her. Her warmth, her touch, her being.
I place my hand at the small of her back and pull her closer.
The kiss goes on, our lips moving in perfect sync. The kiss is becoming more passionate by the second. Her right hand flows onto the open skin of my sculpted chest. My hand slides smoothly onto her arm. I can feel the heat flowing throughout her body.
The kiss is growing greedier; our mouths are locked together tightly. It feels like I am walking on air. Nothing around us matters; it is as if the world has fallen away.
Unable to contain myself anymore, I pull her into a fiery and passionate kiss. All my thoughts are obliterated. I can feel the hunger grow inside me, the pleasure building towards a peak. I pull her even tighter into my body.
For a brief moment, I pull away; with a shaky breath, I whisper, "Trinity." Prolonging each letter as to savor it. "What did you say to your dad?”
They say that love is blind; I say it is bullshit. Love is all-seeing and accepting. Love is seeing all the flaws and blemishes of your partner and accepting them. Love is accepting their bad habits and working around them. Love is recognizing the fear and insecurities you might have. Love is fragile and will shatter when it is not perfect. Love is strong and should strengthen each day.What is blind?Well, wait one fucking minute, and I will tell you.Now Vic Stone has just crashed my engagement party; then, while having a, what I can only call as one too long hug with Trinity, she did then whisper something in his ear. What I am now trying to establish, by asking as politely as an irritated man can be, is what she said.But what seems to make this so much more difficult is that she is now upset.I hate seeing her like this; clearly, by the expression on her face, I can see how much pain she is feeling. Whatever she is going through at the present
I have been kicked in the gut by Trinity Stone once again; I would love to say that I have never felt pain like this, where in fact, she has made me feel this way one too many times.Trinity is, well, the woman does not think half of the time. One would think that she would have outgrown her tantrums by now, yet she still manages to prove me wrong. There truly is no dull moment when I am around her. But I wish that she would just pick the right type of moments to get excited about.But no, Vic Stone waltzes into my engagement party, and with one whisper, my fiancé is just gone; just like that, and I find myself single once again. Am I just doomed to be alone for the rest of this goddamn confusing life of mine? Well, it appears that it might be the future that I am looking at.Though…I have a fucking great idea.Now, I am going to run this one past Mason here; I am sure he is going…well; let us see how it is going to take this.
I am standing next to Trinity’s bed; it is far into the evening; she is fast asleep and has not even noticed a presence next to her. The woman can sleep like a rock, but if I am going to grab her, she will most certainly wake up screaming. And that is the very last thing I want, is for Vic and his men to come storming in here.So, I will abandon my attempt tonight; I will be back tomorrow evening again with a plan in mind. For now, I need to return back home and make preparations to, well, very most, unfortunately, keep Trinity from ever leaving my home.Ya, I have gone fucking crazy.But I have no idea how to keep her from running away from me. If she comes willingly, she will only stay what is a few days before she makes her way back home again.Now, before I slip out of the room, I leave a little something, just to scared the shit in her that I was in her room while she was sleeping.As I finally sneak out of the room again, I have a very
Fuck.Trinity is not in her bed.Where can the woman be?So I spin on my heels and slowly creep my way up to her bathroom. As I turn the corner and creak the door open, it is completely empty. In fact, it is so empty; none of her things are in here anymore.Fuck.They have changed her room.I knew I should not have left that goddamn rose on her bedside table.With nothing but disappointment, I move back to the center of the room. Glancing at my watch briefly, I see that I am fast approaching ten minutes. I cannot be here longer than the time I have allowed. But there is no way that I am leaving without Trinity tonight.And that is when I make my next decision which I might regret.But this is a great time to reflect back a moment. I have said this before; I shall say this again. I need to step back and remind myself why I am doing all this crazy shit. I need to allow myself to remember that it is all for Trinity. What ma
I have just stepped over the line of what one can only describe as insanity. Perhaps even one can call it as an obsession. Whichever you want to call me while I have Trinity slumped over my shoulder shall define what my actions will lead to today.So it is with her elegant body, which is yet so light as a feather, that we slip back through the door at the terrace. After handing her gently over to Jax, we make haste to get our fucking dumb asses back into the car. I need to get back home before she comes too again. And god, I am dreading that moment when she does.Now I am fully expecting a tantrum, yet I want to believe that she will be relieved and perhaps even a slight bit excited. But as far as for Vic, the man is now truly going to come and kill me. Well, he needs to find me first.I cannot fucking believe I did this!Have I gone completely mad?Trinity Stone is truly, no matter which way you look at it, but this woman has been my undoing. Not
Ya…All I can say is…DUCK.My princess has just flung a glass towards my head.“Whoa, princess. Do you want to kill me?”“Yes,” her voice comes through as nothing but an angry rumble from her chest. “That would be a good place to start.”“Princess, please, you need to…”She immediately stops me dead, “I need to go home. You cannot keep me locked up.”Well, I can, and I will.And yes, I am still sounding very fucking crazy.So I take the risk and move closer to where she is sitting on the edge of the bed. Much to my own horror, she immediately moves away. She surely does not think that I will hurt her. I am only trying…What the fuck am I actually trying to do?I don’t think I thought this through past taking her and locking her up in a room. Perhaps I should let her go for what I am doing is somewhat cruel. The Colton I kn
Revenge is sweet. Guilt is a bitter pill to swallow. A man scorned is a lethal dose of chaos waiting to erupt.I will lay waste to all that crosses my path; my plan set in motion is not yet done, for I have one true wish I want to achieve as I stare at myself in the tall mirror on the far side of my room.This is what my life has come to, a ruthless man that shall do anything he sees fit to reap justice and reward.And who else wants justice, or should I say revenge, is Vic Stone. He only had but four words for me.YOU. ARE. FUCKING. DEAD.Well, I think we did determine that a while ago already. We have just cemented that it will not become a true reality. I do not think there is any man that hates me as much as Vic. To think that I once looked up to the man does bring a slight sting to a heart that has grown completely cold.After it takes a cold heart to lock up the woman you love. Now do not get me wrong, I do feel remorse, and I know wha
It is with somewhat of a heavy heart that I make my way back to the kitchen. I know that what I have done might have ruined my relationship with Trinity for good this time. I wish I can say that I am in my right mind, where in fact, all I have done is gone fucking crazy. The Colton I knew before would have never done such a thing. I guess I was foolish to think that love does not change a man. Well, perhaps it has only turned me into this way.And with this in mind, I start to consider what the right thing from here on will be. Am I going to let Trinity go, or am I keeping her here with me until she comes to her senses? But as things stand now, she will never want to come close to me again.While I enter the kitchen is see Mason standing there with somewhat of an amused look on his face, though he does seem too concerned as he turns to me while I grab a bottle of water from the fridge and stand opposite him.Ya, the man is about to say something clever.&