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84. Like a woman owned
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CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 85. Beautiful and Edible
EricaIt took close to an hour when they finished with my makeup and hair. One of them held out the tube of red lipstick for final touch up.As I stood there taking in my reflection in the mirror, I tried to shrug off the tension coiling in my muscles. But it seemed that Antonio was hell bent on keeping me bare for the public eyes since he had brought me here. Before him, I had never worn anything like this. I preferred my full sleeved hoodies and loose pajamas, and if occasion called then something that would be socially acceptable but not these clothes that shouldn't be titled such. These looked something for someone who was proud of her body or confident in showing it off, I wasn’t either of those.There was a soft knock on the bedroom door, making me jerk. But my shoulders went down when I saw it was just Ephraim. The feeling that went through me was half relief and half disappointment like I was hoping to see someone else. I shrugged that thought off and turned to face him.Ephra
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 86. Accept it and stop fighting
EricaThe journey in the chopper had been silent with headphones on our heads and it continued to be so when we got in the limo to reach the venue of the party we were attending.As I sat on the opposite side of him, my mind flashed back to the time when he had picked me up from my dorm. That day felt so long ago. Almost like decades. That day I hadn't been nervous or clad in a dress that showed more skin than it hid. That day, he hadn't been such a brute or maybe he had been and I had refused to see because of my attraction. I should've learned since then but that attraction still plagued me and now it was accompanied with unwanted, foreign feelings that make me question my own sanity.Unable to take the silence anymore and feeling a little nervous after what he had shared with me about the kind of people that would be attending the party we were going to, I asked, “What will it be like?”He slipped his phone in his pocket and regarded me with his golden gaze. I curled my toes in my
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 87. I definitely enjoyed that
AntonioI have never brought a woman with me to any event I had attended until now. Never even entertained the idea. And even as I had ordered Ephraim to arrange for the makeup artist and then the dress that I had myself selected which she hadn't liked much, there was this niggling doubt at the back of my mind that if I really wanted to change that. Now looking at her in that dress, I wondered if I should've left her behind, caged in my castle instead of letting all the men inside the mansion look at her. But wasn't that the very reason to bring her here, to let the men know what I have. When Ephraim had asked me about the reason for bringing her here, I had told him that it was just a strategic move to let the people know what happens when they cross me and to let Erica know how not even a president was above me. But now as she stood beside me in that skimpy dress and I thought about the men waiting on the other side of those double doors, it made me pause a bit. If she had given me
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 88. His own darkness
EricaI could feel eyes on me from all around the room. Even when they weren’t looking, it felt like their eyes were stripping me off the non existent dress I was wearing. But then slowly that awareness disappeared with his heavy, warm hand at my back. His big palm was splayed across my naked back and all my senses were focused on that simple touch. I also noticed how men looked at me with blatant curious gazes mixed with lust but soon that would turn into disregard when those eyes would see the man standing beside me. As if they couldn’t insult him by looking at me for too long and yet there was interest in the quiet murmurs that followed us.I realised Antonio wasn’t lying when he had said that no one would dare to touch me with him by my side and this in itself felt like a power someone handed to me. I wasn’t a woman who got easily impressed but in this instance I felt a certain amount of appeal that this man held enough power that I could’ve been standing here in a set of lingerie
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 89. Fine. I was jealous.
EricaI took a sip of my drink, marvelling at the soothing burn of the scotch. I didn't say anything as I regarded the woman standing in front of me. With a huff, that wasn’t audible, but delicate like her, she said, “I don't know who you are and why you’re here with him. Maybe, you're a new thing he is interested in at the moment but..” Stepping closer, she said, “Don't entertain any idea of being any longer at his side. That spot is reserved for me.”“And yet you're not the one standing by his side tonight.” I remarked.Her nostrils flared. She smiled and said, “From where I’m standing, it isn't you either.” I followed her gaze and sure enough there was another woman now talking to him, touching his arm like a lost lover. “Do you know he has particular tastes?” Nicole’s voice was soft as she said that. “He likes his woman to submit to him in every way possible.”I snorted. “Yeah. And he can obviously have those.” I purposely looked down at her even though she was taller than me. She
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 90. The enemy of my enemy
Erica“Jeremiah Sokolov.” He introduced himself in his deep voice with a hint of accent that wasn’t there before.But it was not needed as his last name already registered in my mind and I stared at him for a moment, before stating. “You are a Russian.”He smiled, like he was proud of being recognised as one. “Please to meet you.”“Do these people know you are here? Because if you are Russian and you are in this party you can’t be an ordinary Russian. You must be someone important.”“I am starting to see why he brought you with him tonight.” He murmured, his grey eyes taking me in as if seeing me for the first time. “But to answer your questions. Yes, the hosts know I’m here. They invited me. And,” he leaned closer and whispered, “I am the head of the Sokolov family. The bratva.” If it was even possible his voice dropped even further to a caress as he said, “That makes me his enemy and you know what they say about the enemy of my enemy.”“A friend.” I finished on a whisper as a slithe
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 91. The astounding relief
Erica“Excuse me, this room is occupied.” I said, wanting him to leave, hoping that he had mistakenly entered but I knew it wasn’t a mistake. I should've listened to what my instincts were telling me. I shouldn't have come here. And when I made the mistake of following Jeremiah, I should've returned back immediately.The man entered further into the room. I couldn't see his face but I knew he was smiling. I shifted to the side, putting the sofa between him and myself. “The party is down the hall.”He shook his head as he kept coming toward me. With a nervous flutter, I rounded the sofa. He chuckled and I could hear the chill behind it. He said, “I am not here to attend the party, sweetheart. I am here for you.”I didn't stop to think as I ran.But he was fast. His hand wrapped around my hair as he pulled me back and in the next instant he snatched the mask off my face. “Ahh... Look at all that flawless face and body, not a mark in sight. You haven't been suffering like he said you wil
CAGED- A Dark Billionaire Captive Romance 92. Do you care for her?
Antonio(Fifteen minutes ago)Nicole was taking advantage of the party going around us as she clung to me. Her hand rested on my arm where Erica’s was not long ago. The last time I saw her she was walking toward the bar with Yuri. Her head held high and her shoulders back as if she was the guest of honor and people were here to look at her. Because that’s what was happening. I had noticed how men had turned to look at her. I didn’t want to admit it but now I hated having made her wear that dress. She was too tempting in it with her curves and legs that seemed to go on forever in those high heels.Now as I stood among a group of men with Nicole by my side all I wanted to do was go to the bar myself and slip my fingers around Erica’s neck. To remind her that she was mine and yes to get her where she belonged, in the cage of my arms. But the man standing in front of me was the president himself and with him was his son whose birthday was being celebrated tonight. So as much as I wanted t
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