LOGIN~~Rain~~It has been over an hour since I left the villa with one goal in mind. To confront Ethan Anderson.Selene is still asleep. I woke up to her curled on her side, hair ruffled from the journey my fingers went in it last night. Last night was… unexpected. Necessary, even. But that was all it was. A physical activity we both had to engage in to clear our heads.It changed nothing. Selene and I are two consenting adults who needed the sex to get rid of all the tension between us, and that’s it. This marriage is still nothing but a contract that will be void once the time is up. The tension had been building up for weeks, and it finally snapped. That doesn’t mean anything.Yet, I find myself outside this early morning, desperate to know everything there is to know about her.I pull up in front of an uncompleted building where my private investigator is waiting for me. Damon Cross leans against the wall, his forehead knotted in a frown.“You look refreshed,” he notes.“I slept well,”
~~Selene~~For several seconds, I can't move. Vivvienne sashays to the table, her eyes crinkling as the triumph in her expression increases. Her smile is infuriating, a testament of how she has managed to kick me to the curb and steal everything I have worked for.She is behind this scandal. Why did she do this? I never got back at her for making me take her place in marrying Rain, yet she decided to attack the one thing I hold dear.“What the hell do you think you’re doing, Vivienne?" I whisper in a bitter tone. “Are you insane?”“No, honey,” she replies in a honeyed tone. Her hand comes up to my shoulder to brush it. “This isn’t personal, Selene. The company needs stability at a time like this, and unfortunately, your name has become inseparable from the scandal.”“Did you pay those people to slander our products?"She shrugs. “Did I?”“Vivienne!” my voice rises. Vivienne chuckles, taking a step closer.“This is business, Selene. We are all working hard to prove ourselves to Grandp
~~Selene~~The next morning, I wake up smiling, heat in my cheeks, sheets pulled up to my face. My eyes remain closed as I stretch beneath the sheets, a familiar warmth and soreness beneath my legs. Last night’s memories rush into my head, and it only causes my smile to widen.Rain and I had gone at it over and over countless times. We fucked everywhere in the room. By the wall, on the floor, under the shower… Everywhere. I can still smell his cologne, feel his hands all over me.But at the back of my mind, there’s an unaddressed cause for anxiety. He knows the truth now. He knows I wasn't the cause of the scandal. How will he handle this discovery?I open my eyes. Rain’s side of the bed is empty and cold. A small knot forms in my stomach. I shouldn’t read too deeply into the fact that he’s nowhere to be found after we had such a magical night together, but I can't help it. Getting out of bed, I pick up the robe we had discarded yesterday and throw it over my shoulders, reaching for m
~~Selene~~It’s the first time I want someone this much. My body is alive, my clit throbs in anticipation of him. I wonder what it would feel like, having his length inside me. I can feel him growing even harder against me, but rain is taking way too much time than I prefer.Just when I am about to take matters into my own hands, he spins and walks to the bed, dropping me to it gently. My hands find the buttons on his shirt, yanking them off as fast as I can. In seconds, his torso is bare, giving me a full view of how sculpted he looks for the first time.“Oh good lord!” I whistle, my eyes wide. He’s ripped, toned abs causing pleasure filled ripples to run down my spine. I trace my fingers over it, going black for a moment.But that’s not the best surprise of the night. My hand travels lower, right to his hard cock. Even though his trousers are still on, I can feel how full he is.“Undress!” he orders swiftly. As if controlled by a remote, I lean back and reach for the clasp of my
~~Rain~~I do not remember anything that happened on the night of the scandal, but it seems Selene is no different from me. My haze lingers on her face, searching for any sign that my hunch is right. Ethan’s words have caused millions of thoughts to erupt in my head, and Selene's actions are making things even more complicated.She averts her gaze, thin lines appearing on her forehead. “Why does that matter right now, Rain?”“I want the truth, Selene. That night was such an important night of your life. You drugged me and arranged for it to be leaked to the public. There’s no way you don’t remember a detail as small as that.”“Why should I remember the color of my underwear?”“Selene.”She wiggles out of my grip, walking away from me. I try not to be distracted by the way her ass moves in that red lace that leaves little to the imagination. “You weren’t there that night?”She goes quiet, shrugging a dressing robe on. “Selene, you weren’t the one in the video, right?”I know the answ
~~Selene~~“May I have this dance, Mrs Manchester?” For a moment, I wonder if I heard him wrong. I stare at Rain’s outstretched hand blankly, wondering what is going on in his head. His gaze is soft, with a strange unfamiliarity that I can't make sense of. He’s looking at me as though he’s seeing me for the first time.“Where’s Noah?"“He’s gone.”“But–”“I’ll be your dance partner for the night, Selene.” His tone softens. “If you wish, of course. Noah forfeited his card to me.”I narrow my eyes at him, unsure if there’s truth in his words. He looked really furious when they left the hall after exchanging signatures.Slowly, I place my hand in his. Rain pulls me up, snaking an arm around my waist. I can feel the heat of his palm through the velvet of my dress, and it only makes me hyper aware of him. As if on cue, the dancing couples make way for Rain and I. We move to the center of the floor, where he guides my hand to his neck. It’s a good thing the lights in the hall are dim becau
~~Selene~~“Five percent!” Vivienne exclaims. “That’s enough to get Selene a seat on the Manchester group’s board. It should belong to me, grandpa. Will you let her take it all for herself?"It’s the evening after the engagement. We’re all seated in the large living room of the Vaughn villa after re
~~Rain~~ Until an hour before the engagement, I had contemplated ending everything. I almost made the engagement called off, ready to face the consequences. But when I saw Selene Vaughn, I changed my mind without further ado.One would think that a woman who stays off social media like it’s a plag
~~Selene~~It’s been two days since the scandal happened. Two days since I signed away my future to marry a guy I have only seen in business magazines. Today is my engagement, an event organized by the two families to fool the press that Rain Manchester and I had planned to get married a long time
~~Selene~~Ethan hasn’t replied to my texts. It’s been hours, and he hasn’t even read them. This is a first. He always has his phone right by him just so he can hear from me all day. My knuckles clench around the steering wheel, maneuvering my car away from the Vaughn estate. Grandfather had locke







