LOGINElena’s POV
“You’re not listening…” My shaky fingers grip Riley’s hand before I can steady myself. “I have to go!” Her left brow arches and she flashes a naughty grin. “Oh… You’re on fire, huh?” She cackles and chews on her bottom lip. “I knew somewhere deep down, you were a firecracker.” Jeez! I puff, arguing with drunk Rey is as useless as arguing with a potato. But I know for sure that I don't have much time left before my body caves in. I feel the heat in my belly slowly rise, engulfing me more than I can handle. I’m trembling, in a bit to anchor myself, my hand squeezes Rey’s hand a bit too tightly, and she winces. “Easy!” She tries to outdo the loud music. “You’re gonna break my wrist!” “Sorry,” I mumble and pull back. The first few seconds have me trying to stand on my own two feet that suddenly feel foreign. I don't wait to be all stable when I turn to leave. My trembling legs clap whenever I try to double my pace. “Remember the rules!” Riley yells after me. ‘Play safe.’ I respond in my head, but I’m not about to play ‘hunting the prince charming’ game so I keep rushing for the exit. “Lena?” I hear her faint voice in the background. By now, I’m guessing she already knows I’m not banging the stranger. It's already dark, but the street is well-lit, thanks to the bright street light. The night wind is cold, the kind that brings goosebumps to your skin, and clearly, it's not what I need right now. “Not here, Elena,” I mumble to myself. My legs are firmly pressed, and the tight denim is slowly eating into my skin. Oh, god. I don't wait for the cab to fully pull over when I slip in. “Rodeo Drive,” I tell the driver who seems shocked at how I got in. “It's cold.” I lie. “Oh,” he gives a ‘I get you’ face, then turns on the warmer. I fake a smile and mumble thanks, but no amount of heat is getting me out of this madness. My hands wrap around my body, fingers beat as I count each second, legs remain locked against my body. All for one man I should never play close to. Dominic Mercer isn't just my dad’s best friend. He’s my mum’s idol. He had stepped in to save our house after my dad’s embezzlement scandal. The allegations weren't wrong, so when the media came for us, our lives didn't just crash, we also lost our dignity. First, my dad was impeached. In a twinkle of an eye, everything was gone; the private jet, luxury cars, impromptu shopping spree, undeserved vacation… everything. And the last two years, on my eighteenth birthday, the day my dad’s creditors came for our house, Dominic Mercer had stepped in, cleared the debt, the mortgages, and bought the house in my name as my birthday gift. Excited, I baked a small blueberry cake, broke my savings to get a bottle of Hennessy, the only thing he drank whenever he visited, and happily bounced to his office to thank him, only to meet the shock of my life… “Ah-ah, I knew you’d get used to the warmer.” The driver’s voice startles me. “Passengers always do.” He laughs. “You could rent the car for an extra hour.” “Thanks.” I reciprocate his weird laughter, pay his f*e, and get out. My art studio is perched at the end of the quiet street. I open the rusty iron door, turn on the switch, before shutting the door. My small place comes to life. A part of it is like a gallery for my display, and the other is where I do the magic… a fake setup to cover what truly goes on behind closed doors. A tall sunset painting lines the wall, concealing the cracks and secret door to my private studio, the exact room in which all of my dark fantasies are given breath. The door gives way and I step in. The strong smell of paint, oil, and sin, hits me. Sin so thick like the darkness itself. I can feel it reach for me, daring me to step in, and bury my morality… The promise of pleasure, forbidden pleasure, is too alluring to resist, not when I literally feel my wetness soak through my panties and damp my jeans. The light comes on, so do the sultry images of my faceless muse. He’s half-naked in the first portrait, powerful limbs widely spread open as he sits in his office chair. His necktie is loose around his neck, his shirt is rumpled with marks of a lady’s fingers… the kind that rips you apart when they’re extremely horny. His buttons are broken, revealing his firm muscles, and the start of his sword tattoo on his left torso. My fingers twitch, wishing to run along the tattoo, and in my fucked-up mind, I imagine tugging his shirt down a bit to get a good view of the mark. A skinny model kneels before him in nothing but a pair of lingerie, the strap of her thong is shamelessly lost in her butt crack, and her body hunches over as she blows the faceless man. Another has him completely naked this time, as he bangs a thick ebony slut in a ‘69’ position. “Oh…” I stagger before I can hold myself together. Like a beast in heat, I take off my shirt, and everything beneath till I’m bare, then reach to do the same for my jeans. The area where my pussy lies is warm and has a darker shade. I toss it aside and slip off my underwear, watching as my wetness thins out in a form of a fragile creamy thread that links my cunt to my cotton panties, until it breaks and sticks to my thighs. “Fuck.” I let my underwear drop and I stand in the middle of my dirty, never-should-have-been studio, and in front of a portrait. It's a close-up shot that features only my faceless obsession, from the start of his collarbone, down to his torso, and stops an inch below his knee. He’s naked. Feral. Still, as if waiting for me to kneel. To submit. Erect veined cock, muscular limbs, muscles hard with years of discipline. Too lust in my head, I pick up a paint brush and dip it in Linseed oil, rubbing until it's fully coated. I pause, heart beating, mind telling me to think twice before I unlock this next level madness. Too lust to be found, I have the brush kiss the tip of his cock, replacing the dark shade of his precum with the sloppy oil, this time, signifying semen. It’s like a motion picture, waiting to heap his spunk on his filthy good girl… to reward me for being Daddy’s little slut. And damn it, I want all of it. ALL. The oil clings for a moment, before it comes rolling down. I have roughly thirty seconds to show Daddy that I deserve his reward. To give myself away like a whore and be ripped apart by my bare hands while I fantasize about him jerking in front of me while he watches me with pity. In submission, I kneel under the portrait, right beneath the rolling cum, as if begging for air itself. “This will be my last…” I mumble a weak promise, just to feel good.SEBASTAINI was pacing a path into the hardwood floor of the penthouse, the pain in my hand entirely white-hot and blinding. But the physical pain didn't mean anything compared to the absolute panic turning my stomach inside out.Elena was sitting on the very edge of the leather sofa. Her face was completely white, all the color drained from her cheeks, and her eyes were totally blank as she stared down at the floorboards. She hadn't moved a single muscle since we ran out of the school into the freezing rain. She looked like a ghost waiting for the floor to drop out from under her."We have to go right now, Elena," I said. My voice sounded tight, scraping against my throat as I stopped right in front of her. I reached down with my good hand and grabbed her shoulder, my fingers digging into her denim jacket to try and force her to look up at me."My father's people can have a car here in five minutes. We can head up north to the cabin. Dominic doesn't own every single highway out of Ne
DOMINICThe rain outside the fine arts building was heavy. Marco stepped out into the pour, opening my door and holding a black umbrella over my head mThe main lobby was very bright. Cameras were flashing everywhere and the rich donors were talking loudly. The moment I walked through the glass doors, the whole room went quiet. People stopped talking. They looked at the way my suit fit my shoulders, and they started whispering. They looked at me with fear and want. That is what money always buys.The university president almost tripped over his own feet as he ran toward me. He had a big, sweating smile on his face and held his hands out."Mr. Moretti," the older man said, shaking my hand with a weak, shaking grip."We are so glad you are here tonight. The money you gave completely changed our gallery space.""The pleasure is mine, Mr. President," I said. My voice was smooth, low, and polite. "I like raw talent."He kept talking and talking about the school, but I stopped listening. I
ELENAJulian was standing at the counter. He was typing fast on his laptop with his phone pressed between his shoulder and his ear. His voice sounded flat and tight as he argued with his father’s lead campaign aide about the guest list for the VIP hour. He looked totally exhausted. His hair was messy and his green eyes were bloodshot because he spent the whole night looking at the gallery maps.My phone buzzed on the coffee table. I picked it up right away to see a text from maya asking me to meet her behind the gallery loading dock in ten minutes.I didn't interrupt Julian's call. I knew if I told him I was leaving the apartment alone, he would drop everything to follow me down to the street. He was too protective right now. I grabbed my denim jacket, slipped my phone into my pocket, and took the elevator down to the lobby.I walked to the back of the fine arts building. I kept my head down, pulling my collar up over my cheeks. I kept looking at the parked cars along the street to
ELENAMy conversation with Riley kept looping in my head. For an hour, I had gotten to pretend I was just a normal twenty-one-year-old girl with a normal life. A familiar dark sedan pulled up to the curb right in front of me, its brakes squeaking softly.Through the tinted glass, I saw Julian behind the wheel. He must have gotten my text the second his university lecture ended. He reached over and unlocked the passenger door from the inside."Hey baby, was your dinner okay with your friend? Had fun catching up?" Julian asked softly."She's exactly the same. She has no idea what's happening..."Julian let out a low, breathy laugh, trying to ease the tension. He reached up, his thumb gently smoothing over my cheek to wipe the wet tear away. His touch was incredibly warm against my cold skin.I reached across the console, my fingers tangling into the collar of his shirt. I pulled him toward me, my lips meeting his in a sudden, deep, and completely desperate kiss.Julian let out a sharp
ELENAI didn't tell Julian where I was going.I waited until the heavy front door of the penthouse clicked shut behind him as he left for his afternoon lecture.My chest felt tight as I walked down the sidewalk, because I was finally going to see Riley.The diner on 4th Street was loud and cramped. It was the exact same place we used to go every single Friday during our freshman year.I walked past the front cash register, my eyes scanning thebooths Riley was sitting there alone, aggressively tearing a paper napkin into tiny, neat little pieces. A half-eaten plate of cold French fries sat right in front of her."Riley," I said quietly, my voice cracking a little bit as I reached the edge of the table.She looked up instantly. The second her sharp eyes hit my face, she stood up so fast her knees banged hard against the bottom of the table, making her water glass rattle. She didn't say a single word. She just stepped right out of the booth, threw her arms tightly around my neck, and squ
ELENAThe back seat of the yellow taxi cab felt really small. Julian sat right next to me, his long legs bent in an awkward way as he held the massive, six-foot canvas steady against his knees. We had spent the last two hours in the penthouse carefully wrapping the wet oil painting in thick brown paper so the edges wouldn't smudge on our way down to the campus.Every single time the taxi hit a bump on Broadway, my heart did a scary little flip inside my chest."Hey," Julian said softly, breaking the long quiet inside the cab. He let go of the canvas with one of his hands and reached over, sliding his warm fingers right into my cold palm."Stop biting your lower lip like that, Elena. You're going to make it bleed.""I'm just really nervous, Julian," I said, looking out the window at the busy city sidewalk."What if the gallery committee rejects the piece at the front door? What if the art professors think it's just a messy bunch of lines?""They are not going to reject it," Julian said
ELENA Riley showed up at my apartment in a skirt so short it should have been illegal, she was grinning ear to ear a fucking sinister smile on her face. I knew she missed me."Paycheck?" she said, eyeing me up and down."You look like you got fucked sideways and left for dead.""Thanks. You look
ELENA"It's you," I said.The words came out breathless and too fucking excited but I couldn't help it I didn’t understand how my heart kept thrumming, I could feel knots tying in the pits of my belly.The stranger smiled with his eyes searched my face like he was checking I was real as well,"It's
ELENAThe plane hummed around us. We were in first class and had a private cabin.Dominic sat with his laptop open, reading something that made his jaw tight.He closed the laptop. Reached into his jacket. Pulled out a black card. Then he held it between two fingers."Take it. Elena, it’s a gift fo
DOMINICElena’s tongue slid against mine. Her hands grabbed my shoulders. Her nails dug into the muscle. She tasted too good. Like the taboo she was, I let her kiss me for ten seconds. Felt her try to pull me toward the bed. Felt her hand start to reach for the towel.Then I pulled back."Breakfast







