DarleneMy body was fully rested by the time I got up. The sun was going down and the day was coming to an end. I sprawled on my bed and stared at the ceiling while trying to find my will to live another moment. The clock beside my bed stand said it was almost six PM. Despite having slept, my body aches from exhaustion so I laid down a little longer to allow my brain and body to boot. I picked up my phone next and replied texts from my mother and my sister. My mum was wondering how I was doing and my sister texted to tell me about one of her escapades with her friends from high school.I remembered when I was in high school with Laura. Laura used to convince me to sneak out at night and go to frat parties with her. I never liked those frat parties but Laura was a fan, plus, she had a crush on one of the frat brothers back then. She’d promise to say yes to anything I ask for within an hour if I went to the party with her. That was about nine years ago. I found it unbelievable how far I

I nodded. He lifted my chin with his index finger and leaned into me. I could smell his mint breath. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the proximity.“I love you,” he said.I pried my eyes open and looked into his. I couldn’t believe my ears but at the same time I clearly believed and understood what he meant. Yet, I wasn’t sure I did. Because I wasn’t sure if it was possible to feel that way for more than one person. I wasn’t even sure what I felt for Fredrick but I knew I felt something. In the very least, I knew my heart would jump and squeeze whenever he smiled.Alex brushed his lips against mine, drawing me away from from my thoughts. He leaned back in and gave me a slight kiss and when I parted my lips, he slipped his tongue in. I moaned and he groaned. I sucked on his tongue and he held onto me like he was holding on for his dear life.“I can’t wait to get inside of you,” he told me. I felt the same way. I couldn’t wait to feel his length grinding inside of me but I didn’t tell him

DarleneWe got into the house tangled in each other. I was drunk, I wasn’t sure if he was. The wine from the restaurant was one of the best wine I had ever had, unlucky I’m lightheaded so Alex had to get me home to keep me away from the wine.“Wanna go shopping tomorrow?” he asked. I didn’t care what he said or what he meant I just wanted to get fucked. He carried me to the room, throwing my shoes and dress away on the way. When we got to the room, he threw me on the bed, kissed my lower stomach then my bellybutton, the swell of my breasts, my collarbone, my neck and then my ear. He was on top of me so I could feel his erection prodding into my thigh so I tried to rub it with my thigh.“You don’t want to do that, Darlene,” he told me. He kissed me below my ear and I lost it. He began biting it softly then licking it when it stung. I thought I was going to orgasm. He rubbed my nipple like he was scratching the surface, it felt amazing but I wanted more. I was moaning and writhing, almo

ALEXANDERI took the steps two at a time, a mechanical grinding springing between my teeth, my hands clenched into fists damn near the size of soccer balls by my side.Whatever my father wanted from me, I had no doubts in my mind we weren't going to be drinking morning tea under the rising sun in our crepe silk-leather suits, tea cups raised with dignity, and our pinky fingers shooting out.I rounded the corner, breathing heavily until I was face-to-face with the red pine wood door of my father’s study, bracing myself before I rapped my balled-up knuckles on the wood’s bark.“Who’s there?” Mr. McKenzie’s gruff voice thundered from inside, barely muffled by the thicket.“Who the fuck else could it be?” I grumbled under my breath, instead yelling out my name brusquely before turning the knob and swinging the door open.The double room study was lined by mahogany bookshelves filled with books I didn't care to read, and the Kenzie safe hidden between the paperbacks was all the relevance I

ALEXANDERI couldn't seem to get my father’s words out of my head as I jogged down the stairs from the manor’s upper rooms.‘You've changed son, ever since you married that little wife of yours.’Could it be? Had Darlene really?I'd always known being with her made me want to be a better person, but having my father confirm it gave me mixed feelings I didn't know how to unpack yet.I sighed, gritting my teeth and nodding my head slightly as one of the bright-faced manor maids curtseyed past, her tarp-covered pixie-length hair bobbing dramatically.My eyes blurred for a moment as tears of frustration sprung to my eyelids before I swallowed past the bile, the rustic red wallpaper jeering me out of my musings right before I felt my chest slap heavily against what must have been a tree trunk.“Dammit Xander, what the fuck’s wrong with you? Watch where you're going!” Fredrick’s frenzied voice screeched and I reared back to frown at him, catching the crazed look of rage in his eyes before t