A young psychologist, Maria Reyes, fresh out of college, decides to take her first freelance case to build her résumé. Feeling bold and free on her graduation night, she let herself loose after getting charmed by an alluring mysterious man. One drink leads to another and another, and she finds herself drowning in passion in his bed. She reads him like a map and falls for his scars before she even asks for his name. But the morning brings the brutal truth, Darian Wolfe is her father's enemy, a ruthless businessman, an heir to the empire sworn to destroy her father's legacy. She vanishes before he wakes, unable to face what has been done. Weeks later after being able to set up her new office, the past begins to blur until her first patient walks through the door. It's him, Darian Wolfe. Her expression freezes when she sees him. He walks around her office uninvited. He takes a seat without a word. The silence between them is thick with everything unsaid. And then, he looks unblinking in her eyes. "I have a lot to... unpack, Dr Reyes," he says, with a dark smile. "Let's start with a woman I met two weeks ago at a bar," he says, pulling out a red panty from his pocket.
View MoreI stepped out of a black SUV. It was close to midnight, and a drizzle painted the air. I opened my umbrella, inhaling the fresh smell of rain on the asphalt stinging my nose, and headed toward Naomi.
Tonight was our graduation gala night, and I was ready to let loose; my whole life has been a script written by my father, Hector Reyes, and today I chose to embrace the spontaneity that life has to offer. Earlier, I graduated at the top of my class in psychology. The honors degree my father had demanded since I spoke my first word. Everyone said I should soar, but I was a hollow shell, a void where joy should be. There was more to life than playing the perfect girl at an expensive family dinner, where everyone pretended to be someone they were not. So, when Naomi talked me into something exciting and reckless, I let her pull me along. "Come on, Reyes," she teased, shoving open the bar's back door. "Tonight, you get to be wild. Doctor Wild." I bit my lower lip in excitement as she dragged me inside the bar. The lounge hummed with low jazz and the clink of glasses. Naomi disappeared into the crowd, leaving me alone. I ordered something strong—I didn’t even bother to find out what it was; I just needed the burn to steady my nerves. I turned around, observing the room until my eyes locked onto his. He looked straight into my eyes. He must have had his gaze fixed on me ever since I entered the bar. He leaned against the far end of the bar, swirling a glass of something expensive. The dim light played across his jawline, sharp and clean as if it had been carved from glass. His eyelids were dark and predatory. He didn’t smile, nor did he look at anyone else; his gaze was solely focused on me. No one had ever looked at me with such intensity; it was unsettling and exciting. He approached slowly and deliberately, his eyes still locked onto mine. He didn’t blink, and neither did I. At that moment, I felt an unexpected throbbing inside my panties. I was embarrassed by what was happening but had to face the truth—this stranger got me exactly where I wanted to be. He came closer, his voice low, soft, and deliberate. "Celebrating something?" "My future," I responded nervously, trying not to flinch under his gaze. "Or maybe… trying to forget it," I added, adopting a more relaxed posture. He tilted his head, with a smirk. "Dangerous either way." "I love Dangerous," I replied. His gaze sharpened on one side. "You have no idea." We downed a few glasses. The room began to spin, but I forced myself to stay cool. "You know, I love reading people," I tested him. He leaned closer and murmured, "I don’t like being seen." With his hands placed on mine, he added, "People read what they want to see. They never look deep enough to see what’s broken." I had never wanted to prove someone wrong so badly in my life. "Try me," I challenged. He took a sip of his drink, looking away as if he hadn’t heard me. By 2 AM, he led me to the Wolfe's Hotel Penthouse. I didn't bother to read the sign, and I should have asked for his name or questioned the scars on his knuckles, but not tonight. I wasn’t curious; I just wanted to be led by someone else besides my father. The elevator opened into a world dipped in midnight and gold. Everything in the room was elegant, just like him. I can only remember the details retrospectively because his presence filled the space and was overwhelming. "You still haven’t told me your name," I whispered as I stepped off my heels. "Names complicate things," he said, stepping forward. "Do you want this to be complicated?" Our lips brushed, and the tension between us ignited. We were both breathing heavily; I could feel his heartbeat, and he could feel my pulse. His kiss wasn’t gentle the second time around; it was filled with hunger, his lips crashing against mine as if he tasted something that had been denied him for a long time. I relaxed against him, my body surrendering to the pull. He kept his eyes fixed on mine while his hand explored my thighs with purpose, pushing the hem of my dress higher. He unzipped my dress and pulled the straps down. With a deliberate motion, he lifted me up, and my dress fell away. He took his time stepping back, his eyes roaming all over me as if he were memorizing my body. The hunger in his gaze made me tremble; I was so aroused, yet I had never felt so powerful. "You’re trembling," he murmured softly. "I’m not afraid," I lied with a shaky voice. He took off his pants, closed the space between us. "You should be." He led me to his bed and buried his face in my neck, sniffing it intensely. I dug my nails into his skin while he gently moved his finger towards my inner thigh, and he made a circular turn on my clit, which was as wet as a drowned rat. Carefully, he ran his tongue towards my nipple in a circular motion. At this time, I completely surrendered because no one had ever touched me this way. It was as though he knew where I wanted to be touched and exactly how I wanted to be touched. I started moaning while he locked his eyes on mine. I moved my hands towards his dick and grabbed a handful of it. The surrounding veins were killing me, and my hand felt like a baby grabbing its father's finger. My eyes were filled with lust. He looked at me while I held his dick towards my pussy, and he entered throbbing slowly. It wasn't just physical-it was an emotional warfare, a collision of fire and restraint. He fucked me like a man trying to forget something but couldn't stop remembering. I felt his pain, his loss, his anger, everything written on his face. With every thrust, every push and pull, he pressed his pain into me, and I took it willingly, offering something softer in return. "I see your grief," I said. He kept thrusting, taking his eyes away from me. "I see your scars." This time, he was more emotional, and he pushed harder, like he wanted me to stop talking. I kept my teary eyes gazing into his. I felt every bit of him, the anger, loneliness, and hatred that tormented his soul. It was like for that moment I was one with him. He kept thrusting harder and harder. I arched into him, my hands tangled in his hair, and I was moaning. Our body moved in rhythm, a dance of ruin and redemption of a pleasure so raw that it burned. I loved everything about this man; for the first time, I felt alive and free. My past and my future meant nothing to me at that moment. I forgot where I came from, I forgot Naomi, I forgot everyone and everything. It's morning, and he was asleep, his arms heavy on me. My phone buzzed, 12 missed calls from Naomi. She was probably wondering where I'd been. I slipped out of bed, grabbed my dress, and then I noticed a letter on the nightstand. It’s addressed to "Darian Wolfe." My heart skipped a beat. Wolfe? My father’s rival, I had not thought about the hotel the previous night. The man whose family has been at war with the Reyes name for decades. I scanned the room, spotting a photo of Darian, younger, with a man I recognized but not clearly. I was nauseous. Did I just sleep with Darian Wolfe? My father’s enemy. If my family finds out, it’ll be a scandal, a stain on the Reyes name that is bad for our business. My father built his empire on a solid reputation. Would this crumble because of me? I dressed quickly, my hands shaking. The Reyes name is our power, our business, our everything. I can’t let one night ruin it. I left quickly back on the street. Naomi’s texts almost blew my phone up, but I ignored them. I needed to make up a story before I talked to her. What if he knew who I was? What if it was all his plan? And that makes him dangerous. He could use this against us, against me. But his touches lingered—I was feeling something real, I was forgetting who I was. I shook it off. He’s a Wolfe, my father’s enemy. There’s no room for weakness. I hailed a cab, and my hands were still trembling. I have to keep this secret, bury it deep. No one can know about this, not Naomi, not my father. I’ll avoid him, cut him out, and protect Reyes' name at all costs. But as the cab pulled away, his face flashed in my mind—those eyes, that hunger, that pain. And a small, traitorous part of me wonders if I could truly let him go.I gestured to Naomi. "Take it. Put it on speaker."She hesitated, then pressed the button. The line hissed. A voice came through, sharp and mocking."How do you like that, Darian? Did you think you could protect her?"Naomi’s eyes widened. Her lips trembled as she realized the voice was talking about her.The voice laughed coldly. "How many people have you lost tonight because of your choices? Should I list them?"I snatched the phone from her hand and ended the call. I couldn’t risk them saying Viper’s name out loud. Not now. Not here. Naomi didn’t know. She couldn’t know. Not yet.Her head snapped toward me. "What was that? You knew I was targeted, and you still wanted to leave me in the penthouse?"I kept my eyes on the road. Silence was safer than lies.Her voice rose, sharp. "Mark is probably dead, Darian! Are you listening to me? You need to stop making decisions that ruin everyone’s lives!"I snapped, my voice cutting through the car loudly."You were the one who got involved i
I was halfway down the stretch of road when I heard a faint sound from the backseat. My eyes snapped to the rear view mirror. A dark shape moved. My gut tightened. Someone was inside my SUV. My mind raced. An assassin? One of Sombra’s men? My jaw locked. I slammed my foot on the brakes. The SUV screeched, tires howling as I swerved hard to the shoulder. Neon light from a billboard flickered across the windshield in harsh flashes. My hand went straight to the pistol at my side. I spun in my seat, weapon raised. "Don’t move." The figure sat up. For a second, I braced to fire—then a voice broke the silence. "Darian, it’s me." Naomi. Relief hit me like a wave. But just as fast, anger took over. "What the hell are you doing here?" I snapped, my voice sharp and rough. She leaned forward, her face pale but calm. "Believe me or not you need me now than ever. Maria is in danger and I cannot sit and watch." I cursed under my breath and turned the key, turning the SUV on. The engine grow
I pushed back from the desk, my eyes stinging from staring at the screen too long. The glow of the files still burned into my vision. Reyes’s empire was exposed—Sombra’s weapons shipments, their secret bank accounts, the blueprints and contracts for Project Phoenix. Everything Viper had died for. Everything Reyes had buried in the dark. And now it was all in my hands.My chest felt heavy. This was proof strong enough to bring them all down. But it also puts a target on anyone who touches it.I yanked the SSD from the laptop and turned to Mark. Without hesitation, I slapped it into his palm. The small drive looked harmless, but we both knew it carried blood and power. Mark’s lawyer mask cracked for the first time, replaced with grim focus. His fingers closed around it like he was holding a weapon."This is the evidence," I said, my voice low and sharp. "Everything that can destroy Sombra. Everything that ties Reyes to them. It’s yours now."Mark looked me in the eye. "What do you want
Darian Wolfe The phone call made me even angrier as I drove out of the hospital. Viper is dead. Naomi is next. Their words stayed in my head. My grip on the wheel was so tight it hurt. I still couldn’t believe it. Viper was gone. My closest ally—gone. The picture of him lying on that table wouldn’t leave me. But I wasn’t going to let his death be the end. His death was the spark, and I was going to make them pay for it. I pushed the car harder, the engine loud as I raced through the streets. I ignored the red lights. Horns blasted. Tires screamed as I cut between cars. My chest burned with rage, every turn pushing me faster toward the only place that mattered—the penthouse. Naomi was there. Mark was there. If Sombra wanted Naomi, they would have to go through me. I swung the car into the underground garage, tires sliding before I stopped. The engine went quiet, but the smell of blood and gunpowder still filled the SUV. I stepped out. My boots hit the concrete hard, the sound shar
Maria ReyesEarlier, they had dragged me out of the mansion in the dead of night. I’d always thought the Reyes estate was a cage, but now I understood it had been something worse: a staging ground for control. Hector didn’t say a word as his men pushed me toward the waiting car. His eyes stayed ahead, cold, determined, as if I were nothing more than another piece of cargo.They had a blindfold on me and the ride was long and wordless. I pressed my wrists against the ropes until they burned, but I couldn’t break free. When the car finally stopped, we weren’t at another estate or safehouse. Hector had chosen something different.He led me up the stairs himself. I could sense that there was no one around me, it was only Hector and I. Hector Reyes, stripped of his throne, dragging me deeper into his desperation. Hector wasn’t bringing me to safety. He was bringing me into his last hiding place, the hollow space where his empire had already started to die.The blindfold was yanked off, a
The doctor’s eyes didn’t blink. His face was pale under the fluorescent lights. His hands hung heavy at his sides, gloves smeared dark, the smell of iron and antiseptic clinging to him like a second skin. "Mr. Wolfe…" His voice came out low and flat. "We did everything we could, but he didn’t make it." I stared at him momentarily, waiting for the rest of the sentence. Waiting for a correction. Waiting for the but—the miracle, the hope. But there was nothing. "No," I whispered. It cracked out of me, broken and weak. The doctor’s eyes lowered. He didn’t argue. He didn’t have to. His silence was the confirmation. Something in me snapped. I shoved past him, my shoulder crashing into his chest, and stormed into the emergency room. The blinds were up again. The storm of chaos was gone. The sharp commands, the beeping machines, the scramble of bodies—all of it had ended. Now there was only silence and the smell of bleach. Nurses moved slowly, already cleaning up, packing away instrume
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