ALEXANDER“Please, please don't!” The man from the bar warbled as he scooted back until his back slapped against the matte black BMW noisily.I strode to meet the man slowly, Fredrick’s noiseless football shuffling behind me quietly as the man’s frantic screeches grated my ear.“Help! Please help me! Somebody!” The socialite shrieked, struggling to open the door to his BMW before my hands laced around the starched collar of his suit shirt and I jerked him back, rather roughly, to the granite floor of the bar’s parking lot.“Shut it Cinderella, I don't have time to play guessing games.” I seethed, striking my foot on the hard washboard abs of his midriff as the man whooshed a ball of blood onto the crisp silk linen of his suit.“Good stuff. Must have been expensive,” I hummed grinding my feet into the uneven bumps of his abdomen and grinning when he struck his fist on my boot, barely denting the leather and groaning even more.“Now,” I hissed, throwing up the ace and catching it before

ALEXANDER“You little shit!” Darlene shrieked before she flew at me to bite me hard in the neck, shocking the sense out of me as I struggled to keep from promptly dropping the woman.“Ow! Goddammit, Darlene, how many times have I told you to drop your carnivorous tendencies around me, dammit,” I growled in the woman’s ear and she made a shivering noise, making me laugh despite myself before my eyes fastened on the attractive woman who had been watching us with a look of longing on her face.“Diego was it?” I mused and the dark-haired lady seemed to snap into a grin, rushing forward to nod excessively.I am about to cuddle the porcelain bean that had latched on to me tighter when I felt her stiffen in my hands and my heart dropped.Could she smell it on me?The stench of violence and blood? I felt pinpricks of fear pinch at my chest where her soft bosom had mashed into mine.“Where the hell have you been?” Darlene’s honeyed murmur had a strange lilt to it as I lowered her to the glassy

DARLENE”Come here.” Alexander said softly, but my husband needn’t have bothered. I didn’t mind the order that was laced around the words as I snuggled into his chest, the warmth of his breath fanning the hair from my face pleasantly.Shit! Laura! I’d forgotten all about her and abandoned her downstairs, with nothing but the strawberry-haired oaf for company.I chewed at my bottom lip anxiously, knowing deep down that I’d never been much of a good host before deciding I would make it up to her in the morning.I was with my husband after all. I thought, turning to stare at the bulk of male energy beside me but only being able to make out the chiseled line of his jaw and the black flutters in his long eyelashes as he scored softly behind me.I sighed heavily, remembering how my mother had told me that it was the way of men to die briefly after any sort of intimacy., a wrinkle formed on my face as I wondered fleetingly, whether she had cautioned me about her own experiences with Dad.Nas

ALEXANDERWe landed in Italy at night. She was fast asleep already. She had been going on and on about our trip while we were on the Jet, chatting on about it non-stop. It was cute. Heck, I could watch her talk all day and not get tired. After instructing the attendant to get our luggages to the car, I picked her up gently, carrying her in a bridal style. She stirred in my arms and I chuckled, heading out of the Jet.I was too exhausted to drive. I had a driver drive us to my Villa downtown. The drive to the Villa was unusually tiring. I could barely keep my eyes open. The driver drive into the quiet area, pulling the car to a stop. I got out of the Car and carried her carefully. Careful enough not to wake her up.I threw the maid a curt nod and headed straight to the room we'd be staying. Pushing the door open with my legs, I moved to the bed and dropped her on it.My breathe hitched softly at the sight of her sprawled on my bed, asleep. She looked too pure to be in here. Her lush bl

DARLENEHe stood at the other side of the door and his lips stretched into that contagious smile of his when his eyes fell on me.I wasn't sharing any of his excitement, not when his mere presence was already wreaking havoc on my body and his smile was already sending a wave of desire to the wrong parts of my body.Not when my heart was already beating faster.His eyes moved away from my face and it dipped lower to the excuse of a nightgown that I had on. I watched as his eyes became hooded at the sight of my exposed cleavage, how his eyes lingered on them with clear lust in them."What are you doing here?" I snapped at him, angry at him, angry at the fact that he was looking at me that way, and angry at myself for feeling a low fire getting rekindled in my lower abdomen because he was looking at me that way.He looked up at my angry tone, the smile disappearing from his face as he looked at me carefully as if he was trying to figure out something about me or my mood."I was retiring