LOGINThey were my brother’s best friends—the HawkThorne brothers. Wealthy, ruthless, and filthy enough to make the whole city drop to its knees. I was the good girl once. The perfect wife. Until my husband had sex with half my office and shoved me into an open marriage I never asked for. One night at a bar was supposed to be my rebellion—a dirty little secret to make me forget. I never expected to run into them. Six years had made them look harder, darker, and so much hotter. I shouldn’t have let them touch me. Shouldn’t have let them ruin me against a bathroom sink with their filthy mouths and rough hands. Three men. One night. No promises. But the eldest HawkThorne pressed a card into my palm before I could slip away. I thought I could handle them. Thought I could survive their obsession. Now I’m learning there’s no such thing as just sex with the HawkThorne brothers. They don’t share. They claim. They corrupt. And they’re coming for every last filthy piece of me.
View MoreSARAH
“I want an open marriage, Sarah.”
My eyes drift from Aaron to the sly bitch sprawled on the bed behind him. I hope she knows she’s fired. I hope she knows I’ll do anything to make sure she’s never hired by any of the big 40s in our country. I am not a petty woman, but I trusted my personal assistant enough not to crawl into my husband’s bed.
Apparently, that was a mistake.
I swallow hard and return my gaze to my husband of six years. He stands tall, wearing nothing but a pair of black Calvin Klein briefs. Bile forms in my throat when I realize that I bought that for him.
“Why?” I ask, fighting my tears.
“I told you I want a divorce, Aaron. Not an open marriage. I refuse to bring myself down to your level.”
He throws his head back and laughs. I recognize the sound. There was a time it made me blush and look away, but that was so many years ago. Now, I just want to stick my heel in his throat and stop that laughter forever.
I don’t do that. I stand still and look straight into those menacing green eyes of his.
“You must be joking, Sarah. If you do that, I’ll walk away with all of Wellspring. I’ll reduce you to nothing, woman. You know me.” He begins walking in circles around me.
“We built that company from the ground up together. Six years of my sweat, money, and brain are in Wellspring. You are only the face. If you dare to threaten me with divorce again,” he places his hand on my shoulder, and I contemplate my chances of a “not guilty” verdict for involuntary…or voluntary manslaughter.
I tilt my head to look at him. His lips spread into a thin smile.
“I’ll take it all, Sarah. Every single bit of it, and toss you into the streets. Let’s see if your darling brother will be able to save you from the ruins.”
My jaw clenches at the mention of my brother. If Kevin knew what Aaron had done to me, to the sacred bond of our marriage, my darling husband would have been in a body bag on his way to his own funeral.
I take another look at the blonde bitch on my bed and force a smile.
“Fine then. You want an open marriage,” I turn to Aaron. The man whom I have spent six years of my life loving, supporting, encouraging. The only man I have ever trusted enough to give my heart and body too. None of it means anything to him.
Why should I fight for the respect of someone who has done nothing but disrespect me? Sleeping with more than half of my female staff? Lord.
“I’ll give you an open marriage. But I promise I’ll make you regret it.”
“Regret?” He asks as amusement lights up in his eyes.
That annoying laughter slips out of his throat again.
“What do you think you are? Why would I regret this decision? I have been craving for this day all through our marriage. You…” he points right his index finger at me.
“…are a lame vanilla pillow loving fuck. What am I supposed to regret? The back shots you can’t give? The positions you’re too fucking lazy to stay in? My dick you’re too dumb to suck properly?”
I can’t stop it now. The tears flow from my eyes and run down my cheeks. I grip the sides of my suit pants, digging my manicured fingers into my skin.
“No man will want you. I only did because you looked so hot six years ago, and I thought you were going to be a menace in bed. Me, a commoner, got to fuck the little sister of Kevin Wellspring? My friends worshipped the ground I walked on. But you turned out to be so…”
“Leave her, darling.” His mistress cuts in. For a brief moment, I wonder if she feels sorry listening to the man she has just fucked address his wife like that.
He scoffs and turns his back to me.
“You’re lucky I’m in a good mood, Sarah. Now leave. Find someone else to bother with your sorry face.”
Right in front of me, he returns to the bed and continues kissing her. I quickly look away and drag myself out of the room. At least he has the decency not to take her to our bedroom…right?
Damn it.
I stomp up the stairs to the master bedroom and find my way to my walk in closet. There is no way I’m staying in this house tonight with Aaron and his little miss downstairs. My chances of going to prison are too high.
Frantically, I search for a dress “sexy” enough to wear to a club, or a bar, or anywhere I was guaranteed to get looked at.
NO MAN WILL LOOK AT YOU.
Aaron’s words echo in my ears, but I shake my head hard enough to force it out. I pick out a red dress I haven’t worn in quite a while, and put it against my body.
I look up at the mirror. It’s barely covering my thighs. I stopped dressing so slutty after I got married because Aaron didn’t like it. Yet, he’s cheating on me with girls who wear worse. I laugh at the irony of it all and move into the room.
In an hour, I am dressed in a thigh high red body con mesh dress with a V-shaped neckline that accentuates the fullness of my breast. I put on my pearl necklace and matching studs, and black heeled sandals. I let my red hair fall in full waves down to my shoulders, and adorn my lips with red lipstick.
I look hot. I feel hot. But not hot enough to keep my husband.
Then again, could you ever keep a man that didn’t want to be kept?
It’s a thirty minute drive to Vincent’s. A club that was rumored to host the one percent of the one percent. If I was going to get a good revenge fuck, it had to be here.
I sit across a table of three girls and find them smiling and pointing in my direction. Confused, I look around me. Down at my dress, at my makeup. I don’t look like a clown, do I?
It’s only when the brunette winks that I know they aren’t looking at me. I turn to the table behind me and find what…no, WHO they’re looking at.
Three men on a table, exuding wealth, power, and class.
I narrow my eyes on the first man. A deep familiar feeling crawls into the pit of my stomach. Dressed in a navy blue suit and a white undershirt, his dark brown hair is slicked back, and he has a little scar on his jaw I can make out even in the poor light. When electric blue eyes suddenly locate mine, my breath hitches in my throat.
He raises a brow on seeing me, while my eyes widen. I look at the two men beside him. The next wears a grey shirt with three buttons undone, and a pair of matching grey pants. The clothes match the grey hue of his eyes. The last is in a black leather jacket and ripped blue jeans. He waves at me.
My heart skips a million beats at once.
Ronan, Malachi, and Jaxon HawkThorne. My brother’s best friends, and the most brutal, feared, and successful businessmen in the city are here! In the same club as me!
Heat rises to my cheeks when Malachi smiles.
Fuck. When did they get so hot?
SARAH Hours. I’m not certain how many, but that’s how long I predict Nel stays glued beside me, tapping my back to award me some type of comfort while I bawl my eyes out—heart constricting painfully in my chest, seizing my breath, my very life’s essence. “I don’t understand, Nel.” I burst out at regular intervals. It’s only one sentence among a host of other things I want to say, questions I need to ask. Of what use will it be to ask him? The poor young man only shakes his head, saying nothing. What could he possibly say? He knows close to nothing about the type of man Aaron Connor truly is, the things he’s done to me. The knock on the door is the only thing that pulls my head from the warmth of my palms. “Who is it?” I try to scream, but my throat throbs in pain. Nel seems to notice this. He gets up and walks towards the door. My eyes are on him for as long as they can be. He peeks out of the small corridor, into the living room where I’m seated. “It’s the HawkThornes.” He s
MALACHI The room is silent for a few minutes—seconds. My brothers and I stare at the boy in the photo, at a complete loss for words. I, for one, have nothing reasonable to say about what my uncle has just told us. However, when I think about the self righteous nose scrunch the detective wore on her face throughout her visit—not to forget when we were brought in for questioning—I’m overcome by a dire need to puke and laugh at the same time. In true Malachi HawkThorne fashion, I choose the latter. I’m unable to cease my laughter. It’s only a matter of time before my brothers join me, even when I can tell they do not understand why all of this is so funny to me. “Can you believe it?” I finally say, when my words come back to me. “I could have sworn she’s never gotten a parking ticket in her entire laugh, and she has a whole murderer and rapist for a son! Humans…” I shake my head, my laughter slowly dying at the base of my throat. “We’re impossible, really.”“Is there strong proof of
JAXON “Unfortunately, he is still in his bedroom and will be with you shortly.” Barnes looks away from us almost as quickly as the words leave his lips. That’s how I know that my uncle will not—in fact—be joining us shortly. “That’s strange,” Ronan strokes his chin as he settles into one of the many lounge chairs in uncle Abel’s meeting room. “He knew we were coming. He asked us to.”“And he’s never late.” I add.Barnes clears his throat—which would make it the third time he’s done that in the ten minutes we’ve been speaking to him—lean fingers adjust the hold of his necktie. Strange. It looks free enough. “Well, your uncle has taken to new…interests nowadays. And these…”I cock a brow.“Interests?”“Yes. These interests now take up a lot of his time. I’ll have you know he has had every meal of the day in his bedroom since last night.”“Oh.” Malachi echoes. We nod in understanding, and I can’t help the smile that creeps up to my cheek. Only one thing can keep my uncle confined
SARAH “You might need to have brunch without me.”Jaxon looks up from the road to the rear view mirror, fingers flexing against the steering wheel. He’s not the only one who stops to look at me. Off topic, and there’s no way to tell if any of them noticed or if it’s a deliberate act, but there hasn’t been any driver since I scared the last one—Hosea, was it?—and Ronan made me cum on his face in the car. A lazy smile tugs at the corners of my lips. Good times. “You’re not hungry?”Pulling myself out of the naughty range of thoughts, I slowly tilt my neck to Malachi. “I am. There should be some food at home. Kevin did spend a lot of time in the kitchen yesterday.”Ronan doesn’t seem convinced. “I don’t understand. Did something happen?”“Well,” I heave a sigh.“Luke just texted me. You know my P.A. He’s at my door right now.”“From work?”I nod. “Yeah.”Ronan’s furrowed brows slowly relax. There’s a frown plastered along the lines of his handsome face, and I stroke the stubble on
RONANSarah stiffens at Jaxon’s words. It’s palpable—her shock. That’s how I know she never intended to tell us about the loss of her child. It’s how I realize, how I see…truly see, the extent to which she’s been hurt. One breath, a long one, and I squeeze her hand tighter in mine until I’m certain a vein won’t pop from my forehead. “It must have been a lot for you to handle alone.”Smile, Ronan. There must be a reason she didn’t say anything. Don’t overreact. Keep it calm. Be as cool and collected as she needs you to be right now. You can do this. You’re as chill as ice. This should be a walk in the park for you. Sarah’s facial muscles relax as she stares at me. Surprise. That’s the look that flashes in those sweet eyes. I don’t know what she expected, but I’m glad she’s relieved. Now, I just need to be here for her. We can…tackle the rest later. She parts her lips to speak, but the doctor cuts in. “If you two need time…” she looks above our head. “It’s okay.” Sarah replies.
MALACHI What does ethereal bliss mean to you? For me, it’s every minute we spend with Sarah over the next two weeks. Most of it is in her house, in both Kevin’s absence and presence, seeing as her injury temporarily inhibits her mobility. We take turns keeping her company whenever any of us has a meeting to attend or some work to do. It’s always torture to tear ourselves away from her when she falls asleep at night. The drive back to the Hawk estate leaves us tired and with aching bones at the end of each day, but it’s worth it. More than, even. After exactly fifteen days, the love of our lives is able to walk for relatively long distances without the need for her wheelchair or anyone’s support. In true Sarah fashion, she insists on beginning her antenatal journey immediately. Kevin offers to drive her to and fro, but it doesn’t stop us from showing up to her house. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” She mutters underneath her breath as she takes in the sight of us. Try as she might






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