FAZER LOGINArlari's POVThe water from the shower did nothing to calm me, even after crying under it for an hour.After taking a warm bath, I laid on my bed, but I did not sleep.I tried, but every time I closed my eyes, I saw Danny, tied to a pole, bleeding. HelplessMy heart shattered into a thousand pieces, like something heavy was sitting on it. I turned on the bed again and again, pulling the blanket over me, then throwing it away. Nothing helped.Severiano was gone, gone to fix everything.I curled on my side and hugged the pillow tightly.“Please…” I whispered into the darkness. “Just bring him back…”. My voice broke, tears slipped quietly down my face.Then my phone buzzed.For a second, I didn’t want to look, maybe my heart already knew it wasn’t good news.The phone buzzed again.Slowly, with shaking hands, I reached for it.I unlocked it to see a message from an unknown number.My breath caught when I opened the message.>>You have seven days to steal the drive from Severiano and bri
Arlari's POVMy breath stopped.It was Danny, tied to a pole, blindfolded.His head hung forward, his arms pulled tight behind him, there was blood on his lip, and his shirt was torn. His body looked still, too still.For a second my mind refused to understand what I was looking at.“No…” I whispered, the word slipped out before I could stop it.My body went cold.“No. No, no…”I pushed myself up quickly, ignoring the soreness between my thighs. My heart started racing so fast it hurt.“That’s not real,” I said, my voice shaking. “That’s not real…”But it was, and I knew it was.Severiano didn’t move, he was still looking at the screen. Completely still.“Severiano,” I whispered, panic rising in my chest. “Say something.”He didn’t answer, his jaw tightened slightly.That was the only reaction from him, but I understood that his silence meant danger. Serious danger.My breathing became uneven.“We have to do something,” I said quickly. “We can’t just—”His phone buzzed again, and the
Arlari's POVI couldn’t sit still in the car, my heart was already racing before we even left the mansion. Severiano looked calm as always, one hand on the wheel, the other resting on my bare thigh under my short black dress he had chosen for me. It was tight, low-cut, no panties allowed.He drove a few poles away from the mansion, and pulled over.“Why are we stopping?" I asked, confused.He didn't respond, he just turned to me.“Open your legs,” he said quietly.I hesitated briefly and parted my legs, then he pulled out the kegel balls from his inner pocket."Why do you walk around with that?”"I don't,” he said, holding it up for me to see." Then why do you have that?”He scoffed." I told you, you need to clear your mind.”I swallowed hard, heat spread between my legs.My breath caught when I felt the cool metal of the kegel balls against my entrance. He pressed them in slowly, one after the other, the weight settled deep inside me right away. Heavy, and full. I clenched before I
Arlari's POVHe leaned forward and pulled me into a deep kiss, claiming my tongue and breath.I kissed him back, desperately.He pulled out of the kiss but kept his forehead on mine, nose brushing, lips an inch apart.“I’m keeping you forever with me," he breathed, voice hoarse. “You don't get to opt out on me."“Never," I whispered.He claimed my lips again, but just then, his phone buzzed with a call." This better be important,” he murmured.I chuckled as I watched him step out to take the call.He didn't return again for the night, and I soon fell asleep waiting for him to return.***When I woke up the next day, I stayed under the blanket for a few seconds, staring at the ceiling and thinking about last night. The way Severiano had looked at me when I asked if he would ever leave me, the long silence before he answered with a kiss, and the promise he made mid-kisses.Finally, I forced myself out of bed.After washing my face and getting dressed, I stepped out of my room and walk
Arlari's POV“I thought so,” I said, rolling my eyes.He paused.“You thought so?" He repeated.“I'm just a contract."“You keep lying to yourself about that.”“You keep avoiding commitment."His fingers brushed my cheek bone.“I'm not avoiding commitment, Arlari. I just don't want to make promises that'll be out of my control to keep."My heart sank.“Out of your control?" I asked, panic etched on my face.His smile broadened.“You worry too much. Go to bed, and don't forget that you're here because I want you to be."Without waiting for me to say anything further, he tugged me in, kissed my forehead and left.***When I opened my eyes the next day, the first thing I felt was the heaviness in my chest.For a moment I did not understand why I felt so tired, then the memory of last night returned. The crying, the way I had completely broken down in Severiano’s arms. Heat rushed to my face immediately.I sat up in bed and rubbed my forehead.“That was embarrassing,” I muttered quietly
Arlari's POVI didn’t know when the first sob escaped my throat.One moment I was trying to stay calm in his arms, the next moment my chest broke open and I began to cry.I wasn't just shedding tears, I was literally crying, the kind that makes your chest hurt and your breathing uneven.Severiano stiffened slightly, I felt it immediately.He pulled back just enough to look at my face.“Arlari.”I couldn’t answer, as I kept crying.His brows pulled together in confusion, then he pulled me closer again. His arms wrapped tightly around me.“Hey,” he said quietly, his voice was softer than I had ever heard it. “Talk to me, what happened?”I shook my head, nothing came out of my mouth except broken breaths.His hand moved slowly through my hair.“Talk to me.”I pressed my face into his chest again.If I looked at him, I might say something I shouldn’t. And I couldn’t do that.I couldn’t tell him about the voice on the phone, about the woman, or about the doubt that had been eating my
Severiano’s POVThe house was quiet that evening, but my mind was not.Quiet never meant peace. It meant something was waiting.Matteo.Dangerous. Calculated. Too careful.Men like him did not rush. They did not explode. They waited. They observed. They smiled. And when they struck, it was precise
Arlari’s POVSeveriano gave permission.That alone told me how dangerous this was.Danny would not be here if Severiano had not allowed it. My brother knew that. He felt it in the way the guards watched him. In the meantime, the house stayed too quiet when he moved.He still did not know why I was
Arlari's POV"I don't know. That's why I'm equally here to find out."Mr Esteban shakes his head."No can do. Wait somewhere else, this is a private conversation between I and my guest."His guest? Didn't he threaten to kidnap me if I didn't come? Wasn't captive the right word?Severiano is relucta
Arlari's POVI part my lips slowly, my breath shallow as his thumb presses against my bottom lip."Wider," he commands.I obey, feeling my jaw stretch as he slides two fingers into my mouth. The taste of his skin is salt and warmth, and I instinctively close my lips around them."Good girl," he mur







