Chapter: Dropping a bombMaddy’s POVThe room was dark and smelt of blood. Max’s blood. I was covered in it. His head was on my thigh as I tried to steady him, to make him breathe. The sound of his grunts made my skin crawl.I was angry and afraid. Afraid that I would lose him, angry at Mandy for what she did to him.By the time they brought me here, Max had been thoroughly beaten to within an inch of his life. I could still hear them torturing him. His stifled screams terrified me. Mandy was screaming at him, asking questions about Bones’ death, convinced that Bones had been murdered.Max refused to admit to murder. And the more he resisted, the angrier Mandy got. They tortured him. Pulled his nails, pounded his face until it bloated.Now, he laid on the ground while I tried to keep him as steady as possible so he wouldn’t pass out again.The silence in the room was broken intermittently by Max’s groans. I listened out, waiting. Occasionally, I’d hear footsteps out there.In my mind, I was afraid we’d die ou
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Chapter: I died for youAston’s POV I backed away slowly as I was surrounded by Devils. My heart gave a painful squeeze seeing them marking me. They seemed to come out of nowhere filling up the tavern. Some of them were heavily scarred. Their tattoos, the devil as a pied pier, was branded on different parts of their bodies. This was my first time seeing them up close, and I won’t even lie, it was terrifying. They usually just rode through town on their travels. The mayor had been real strict against them forming roots in this town but now, here they were. I turned slowly to Mandy who had a bright, cocky smile on her face. What the fuck did she do? The Devils were nothing like the small bike clubs we had in Pine Creek. They were not even as tough as the Vandals. They were real hardcore. Brutal, ruthless murderers. How could she bring them across our shores? “Man, you should see the look on your face right now,” Mandy teased, laughing. I backed away a little, trying not to show any fear. “Mandy, you ca
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Chapter: The Devils come to play!CHAPTER 113 – The Devils Aston’s POV I tracked Maddy’s phone to the trailer park, my heart racing furiously as I pulled up. She was no longer answering my calls. I was worried something had gone horribly wrong. I could feel it. I could sense it. As soon as I got the park, I switched off the bike and started to run. For Mandy’s trailer. I was in such a hurry, I wasn’t even paying attention to the road ahead of me. Suddenly, something tripped me. I fell. Taking a closer look, I saw my legs entangled around a purse. I recognized that purse. It was Maddy’s purse. So, she was here. But why would she abandon her purse here? Her phone, too. I grabbed the purse and made a run for Mandy’s trailer. She wouldn’t dare hurt Maddy, right? The slashers or whatever they called themselves would never hurt Maddy. I don’t give a fuck what they do to Max.Their beef was with Max, not Maddy and as long as she was okay, Ryders would not have a problem with them! I banged on Mandy’s trailer door. It
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Chapter: Looking for Mandy?Maddy’s POV “You are getting married?” Julie asked, her voice reeked of disbelief. I stared at the couple in shock too. Wasn’t it just a few weeks ago that Aaron made me believe he could rescue me from Aston? Wasn’t it just a few weeks ago that Ian was stringing Giselle along? None of it had been real. “You can’t get married, Ian,” Julie spat out bitterly. “Why not?” Ian asked, pulling Aaron closer. Julie’s eyes widened. She looked as if she couldn’t believe she needed to spell it out for him. “You can’t get married because it’s too soon. You just met this guy. Are you seriously going to marry him after, what? Two weeks of dating?” Julie went off in tangent. While they argued loudly, I slipped off. I didn’t have time to engage with them right now. I still needed to find Max. None of them noticed me leave. I got into my car and drove as quickly as I could, heading for Mandy’s house. While driving, I realized I didn’t really know Mandy’s house. I lost my way and had to call Gisel
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Chapter: No one says ‘no’ to the Chadwicks.Maddy’s POV Julie pushed open a spare bedroom door for me. “Sweetie, are you sure you wanna do this? He’s your father! You can’t just move out of the house without talking to him about it first!” I slammed the bags I had hastily packed on the small, narrow bed in the guestroom. “He’s been lying to me ever since we got here. Just lies upon lies. He hasn’t told me the truth a single time. From the basic fact that he was actually a Pine Creeker to the big lie about his gambling. And now, I find out he’s implicated in the death of Miriam’s brother? I can’t even stand to look at him right now. I don’t want to talk to him. I am so disgusted by him!” Julie sighed. She folded her arms across her chest. “One thing you need to understand about this town is that… no one says ‘no’ to the Chadwicks. They are so influential, so central in this town that everyone wanted to be their friends. All the generations of Chadwick have been central to more traumas in this town than I can count and it all
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Chapter: The prankMaddy’s POVThe blue-and-red lights flashed from police cars loitering around as the sheriff’s deputies flanked out in the surrounding hilltop woods, screaming Max’s name. I sat on the hood of one of the cars, shivering in cold. Sheriff Wayne came over carrying a weighted blanket. “Here you go, honey. It’s cold out here. I’ve called your father to take you home,” he said. I sprang up immediately. “I can’t leave. My boyfriend is out there. I need to find him!” Sheriff Wayne caught my arm, settling me back down on the hood of the police car. “Listen, honey, I know you want to race out there and find him. But you have to leave it to the professionals, okay? It’s real cold out here. You need to go home so we don’t have to stay out here, worrying about you. We need to know where to find you if we have more questions for you!” I groaned impatiently because I knew he was right. Besides, I knew exactly who did this. “Have you talked to Mandy? She would know what happened to him. She was
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Chapter: Coming in ErosCandy“Yes, darling, a sex shop. You’ve been to one of those before, right?” Axel replies in a teasing voice as he unbuckles his seatbelt to get out of the car.I follow suit. “I can’t be seen here with you,” I say, looking around for any signs of someone watching us.Ansel’s got eyes all over this city. He has once caught me while I was out with my new male polo teacher after a session because someone at the restaurant texted him.Being as sick-minded as he is, with all his sexual gadgets, I’m pretty sure he patronizes half of the sex shops in this city. I can’t take the risks.“Why not?” Axel replies, amused. I want to slap that stupid smile off his face. He doesn’t know the kind of danger he’s putting me in!“You did this on purpose, didn’t you? You said we were shopping for a new Dior bag. This does not look like Dior!” I rant, my voice rising higher and higher.Axel leans against the car, watching me closely, bemusedly. “Honey, we are shopping for something. We’ll stop by Dior as
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Chapter: Playing gamesCandy My breath hitches. I almost go limp from his touch, breathless. How does he know exactly what to say at every single moment? And why do they have such an immediate effect on me? He is holding my gaze, tilting his head to observe me. He is aggravatingly attractive; it’s distracting and annoying. Mostly because there’s a small voice in the back of my mind telling me to fall on my knees, bury my face between his thighs and suck his dick. The gardener’s working tools make a rattling sound that forces me out of my own head, suddenly. The image of being on my knees sucking his dick dissipates quickly. I return to the present where he is still holding my hand, still gazing into my eyes, still holding me prisoner. I snatch my hand away. “Just so we are clear, I am only going to help you shop for a gift, right? That’s it. And then, we are done. All this tits-for-tats nonsense ends?” I ask. Axel laughs. A benevolent sound that splits out of his guts. “You make it sound like a di
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Chapter: Deals with the devilCandy When Vivi and Irina leaves at the end of the garden session, I am left alone with Axel. I would run away back to the safety of my room, but I need to talk to him about Irina’s debt. I rack my head, thinking of ways to convince him to part with a 100k. It’s a lot of money. How in the world did Irina get herself into this hole? “Alone at last,” Axel’s voice break through my reverie. He is staring at me shamelessly, hungrily. Like he wants to pounce on me here. The gardener has resumed work, cutting the flowers a few steps away from us. I doubt Axel even sees him. He is that shameless. He’ll do whatever he wants in public. I am the one who has to worry about our secret affair not getting out. “Something’s wrong. You look glum. Are you feeling better?” Axel asks, rushing over to me. I take some steps back, turning in the exit direction to leave the garden. Axel pursues me. He is still shirtless. His body is shining in the sun, distracting me from my mission. I clear
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Chapter: Equations and solutionsCandy I fluster, my chest tightening at the sound of that. His voice is so attractive, so sexy, it’s pulling me back into his web. “Where have you been? Have you been avoiding me?” he continues. My heart hums a fast-speeding beat. He makes me feel like I’m walking on a tightrope. And if I don’t concentrate with all my might, I might tumble off the rope and crash to my doom. In the afternoon sun, he is glistening. Tiny beads of water sparkle off his body. It takes everything in me not to lick them off him. An image of my long tongue running along his tight abs invade my mind. Shit, I shouldn't let such things in my mind! I shake my head to dispel it. I can’t afford to have dangerous images like that in my head. “Hey, doll? Are you listening to me?” he says, snapping his fingers in the air near my face. “I’ve told you…Stop calling me that. I am not your doll,” I snap at him. He relaxes, smiling. “Ah, there she is, the Candy I remember.” Behind us, Vivi is staring with her mou
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Chapter: SwimmingCandy I stand near the front door, waiting for Vivi to park her car. For an event planner, she is surprisingly well-off. Her expensive Mercedes goes off. She rattles a bit in the car, before climbing out slowly. In her arms, there are a bunch of files. “Hey, Vivi, it’s so good to see you,” I say, putting on my best hostess voice. I am covered from head-to-toe protectively to hide my scars. The fact that Ansel’s putting me through hell does not stop me from carrying out the responsibilities I committed to. Besides, it’s been two days and most of the scars are healed now. “Hi, Candy, it’s so good you made time to show me the garden,” Vivi says, stretching out her hand as she approaches me. I glance behind her. “Where’s Irina? I was hoping she’d come with you?” I ask. I had not seen Irina in two days, not since we were thoroughly pounded by her bookie. “I thought she was here. She told she was coming in. Isn’t her fiancée still living here?” Vivi asks. “Yes, Axel’s still
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Chapter: Nowhere to run toCandy By dawn, I am frigid and nearly catatonic with hypothermia. My scarred body was coated with thick blobs of goosebumps caused by the cold. The torture room is reinforced with thick walls and steel door. There are no windows so I had no way of telling time. All I know is that I laid there for hours and hours shivering through chattering teeth until finally, the door swings open. Bright lights flood the room, momentarily blinding me. It’s morning. I see my husband standing in the doorway. He is dressed for work. He enters the room, working on his sleeves. I didn’t react to his presence. I’d become so used to spending nights in here that it didn’t really matter how long he’d leave me here. Without a word, he unshackles me. I collapse to the floor, near his feet. “Look at you, a fucking mess! Clean up yourself!” he spits out. I can almost taste the vitriol in his voice. He struts off, his boots leaving scuffed marks on the hard floor. I sit on the floor for a few mi
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Chapter: To crash a dateLolly’s POVRue slapped the door hard. “Stop feeling sorry for yourself and start doing something to take back your life. Are you seriously going to stand here, moaning and crying, while they win again?”Rue’s voice snapped me out of my misery and self-pity. “Yeah, you’re right. You are right. I can’t let them win again! But how am I supposed to stop them? Cindy’s going out on a date with Stone. Knowing my stepmother, she’s going to try relentlessly to marry the girls off to Stone.”Rue tapped the door again. “We can’t let that happen. You were the girl he danced with. He came all this way to find you. You need to let him know, at least.”I bobbed my head in agreement. “Okay, so what do we do?”At first silence. Then came Rue’s excited voice. “We are going to crash their date!”I nearly combust with shock. Rue was always the brave one. She was always full of ideas, but this might be the worst one yet.“Crash their date? In case you forgot, I am not allowed to leave the house.”“Okay,
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Chapter: FateLolly’s POV“Why did it have to be you? It could’ve been me! I should’ve been the one. She beat me to it before I could say anything,” Mindy started to whine as soon as Mr. Stone left the house.Cindy threw her head back, laughing. “You snooze; you lose. Did you really think I was going to just stand there and let you have him? He’s a fucking billionaire! He’s mine now!”Mindy charged at her sister. “You conniving, sneaky bitch!”Their mother had to step in to stop them. “Girls, girls, it doesn’t matter who gets him. The fact is…we are in! We have a golden opportunity here and we cannot lose it. I don’t care who he chooses. Hell, you can both share him when the matter is settled. The only thing I care about is...securing his partnership. Do you understand?”The girls nodded obediently. Mindy lit up with excitement at the prospect of sharing another man with her sister. Their weird twin bond always freaked me out. Since they were kids, they had always shared everything: from clothes do
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Chapter: A fraudulent matchLolly’s POVHe stalked across the room slowly, each step carrying his magnanimous aura. He walked with purpose, like a man used to paths opening up for him.All eyes were on him.My stepsisters crooning with barely-contained excitement. My stepmother stood straighter, dignifying themselves.I hid behind them, waiting for the right moment to sneak out. He cannot see me like this. Not like he would recognize me in my maid’s outfit anyway.His scent grew stronger as he drew closer and closer. I was practically jelly in the knees. That powerful, familiar scent paralyzed me.He stopped right in front of my stepfamily merely a few inches away from my stepsisters.“Mr. Stone, what a pleasure it is to host you in our home,” said my stepmother, Lizzy.“Yes, Mr. Stone, it is an honor to have you here,” Mindy chirped in her ultra-soft voice.“Mr. Stone, I am delighted to welcome to our home,” added the second stepsister, Cindy.I sensed the competition rising between them right away. Despite the
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Chapter: The masquerade ballLolly’s POV I nearly gasped when I stepped into the ball. The beautiful interior design, lighting, the enchanting music, the guests all dressed flamboyantly made me feel like I’d just stepped into heaven. I was breathless at the beauty of it all, and thankful to Rue for forcing me here. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Some of the guests were dancing. I moved through the crowd, keeping a low profile. Even though everyone wore a mask, I was still afraid I’d run into my stepfamily. “Who do you think is Mr. Stone?” I heard some ladies behind me muster. “Do you think that’s him?” another pointed out a broad-chested man on the dance floor. “No, he is not…charming enough. I don’t think Mr. Stone’s at his own party?” Ah, I thought, the elusive Mr. Stone continues to be elusive? I meandered through the crowd, taking note of everything. Mr. Stone’s mansion was bigger than everything I’d ever seen. The walls were covered with expensive art. I stalked the li
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Chapter: A year laterLolly’s POV ~ONE YEAR LATER~ “I can’t believe we were invited to the party of the decade!” Cindy cooed excitedly. She turned over the exclusive invitation. I saw the invitation clearly from my position on the ladder where I stood dusting the chandelier. It was gold-embossed. The name ROMAN STONE jumped out to me. “I’m more surprised he finally opened up that home of his to the public,” my stepmother, Lizzy, said. Lizzy sat on the couch, watching her daughters tussle over the card. “Give it here!” Mindy said, snatching it from Cindy. “I’m not done with it!” Cindy retorted. They fought over it, their bodies hitting the ladder in the middle of the living room, and almost throwing me off. I held onto the shaking ladder as firmly as I could so I wouldn’t fall. My cleaning towel fell to the floor. I climbed down the ladder slowly, avoiding my sisters to pick it up. “Urgh, you are still here? How long does it take to actually clean a simple chandelier?” Lizzy snapped
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Chapter: A wild night with a strangerLolly’s POV I clutched the card firmly as the elevator took me up to the penthouse. My heartbeat was irregular. My legs were nearly shaking. What the fuck am I doing? I’m not usually the kind of girl who accepts invitation from a total stranger. Granted he was a hunk I’d like to mount, but this was not me! I don’t spend nights with strangers. I was still a virgin for God’s sake. This was not the way I planned to lose my virginity. I’d blame the alcohol if I was totally wasted, but I was not. Maybe a little tipsy, but my head was clear as I rode the elevator. This recklessness must be a side effect of my breakup. Who am I keeping myself for anyway? I was finally free. I deserved a wild night after the disaster today. The elevator finally stopped and pinged. The doors opened into a long hallway. A white door stood at the end of the hallway. I walked unsteadily. I had one last chance to back away from this. I willed my legs to turn around and walk away, but they
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