LOGIN~Elena~
“I’m not your fucking roommate.” “Oh, but you are. Until you run screaming out that door and even then, I’ll still be here when you come crawling back.” I took a shaky step back, blood boiling, thighs tensing like I had to physically stop my body from reacting to the sound of his voice. “You’re out of your damn mind.” “Probably.” His eyes dragged over me again, slower this time, like he was unwrapping me with his gaze. “But you make insanity look worth it.” “You’re impossible.” “You’re adorable when you’re mad.” “You’re…” He took a step toward me. Fuck. “Tell me more. I love when your mouth gets all fast and angry. Makes me wonder how fast it gets when it’s wrapped around…” “Don’t. You. Dare.” His grin was wicked. “Relax, roomie. Just teasing.” I could barely breathe. My heartbeat was out of control. My chest rose and fell like I’d just run a mile, and the worst part? He saw it. He fucking thrived on it. “You need help,” I muttered. He tilted his head. “Nah. I need you underneath me.” “I’ll report this.” “Do it. Maybe they’ll move you. Maybe they won’t. But either way…” He leaned close, voice brushing the shell of my ear. “I’ll still smell you in the sheets.” My breath caught. He pulled back slowly, drinking in my reaction like it was a glass of something expensive. “What’s wrong, sweetheart? No quick comeback for that one?” “I hate you.” “No you don’t.” “Yes I do.” “Then why are you still standing here?” “I…” “You want me to stop teasing?” he asked, stepping even closer, until I had to tilt my head to look up at him. “Then stop giving me so many reasons to start.” His fingers brushed the bedpost beside my hand. Not me…not yet. But close enough that the heat of him made my skin tighten. “I can’t stay here,” I whispered. “You can,” he said softly. “And you will.” I turned away, shaking, humiliated by my own traitorous pulse. “Get out of my space,” I said. “You’re in my space, bunny.” “Stop calling me names! My name is Elena,” I snapped. Lucian’s eyes didn’t flicker. Not even a little. He just tilted his head like a predator hearing something interesting. “Bunny,” he repeated..slower this time.Fuck… Thicker. Like he was tasting the word just to punish me. I backed up one step. He followed with two. “Stop,” I breathed, hating the way it came out. Weak. Needy. Already too late. He didn’t stop. His voice dropped so low I felt it in my spine before I heard it in my ears. “I’ll call you that until you’re crawling across the floor to beg for my knot.” I froze. Blood gone. Mind gone. Whole reality spinning. Because he meant it. He fucking meant it. His jaw clenched once. His nostrils flared. He looked at me like I was already stripped bare, already under him, already ruined. “You don’t even know what you are yet,” he said, eyes darkening. “But your scent is changing, and my wolf wants it all over his mouth. So yeah, I’ll keep calling you Omega. Because I’m the one who’s gonna pull your heat out with my fucking tongue.” I forgot how to breathe. He didn’t even touch me. Didn’t need to. He just stood there with that fucking voice, and watched me crumble from across the room like he was already inside my skin. Then he licked his bottom lip. Smiled. “I’m going out with some friends,” he said casually. He moved toward the door, one hand already on the handle. Then he turned his head just slightly. “Unless you want to come with me.” Pause. “Or we can stay here and fuck.” “I would rather eat fucking dust than sleep with you,” I snapped. “Do you hear me? Dust. Dirt.” He didn’t flinch. Not even a little. He just smiled. That kind of smile that says we both know you’re lying, sweetheart. “Mm,” he hummed, eyes dragging down to my lips like he was already tasting them. “We’ll see about that.” And then he turned. Again. This time even slower. Reached for the door. Opened it without a word. But just before stepping out, he paused. Looked over his shoulder. “Dust, huh? I hope it tastes as good as my cock.” Then he stepped out. Closed the door gently. Click. And I screamed. “FUCK!!!” ~~ I can see you didn’t stop and you read till this end. You read every filthy word, let it drip into you like sin..slow, hot, and exactly what your body craved. Don’t even try to lie. You’re hot, aren’t you? Good. So here’s your only warning. Run while you still can cause this story will fuck with your soul… And if you’re still here, still reading? Don’t stop now. You started this. So take it. Let’s see how long you last before you break.“Because I’m going to take you home and fuck this attitude out of you.” For approximately three full seconds, I forgot I was crying. I forgot about Sarah. I forgot about the garden, the eight years of marriage, the extra forty-minute commute, and every other piece of information that had been slowly stabbing me in the chest for the last twenty minutes. I just stared at Adrian. “You’re going to do what?” “You heard me.” “Oh, I heard you. I am simply giving you an opportunity to reconsider the absolute bullshit that just came out of your mouth.” “I don’t need one.” My mouth fell open. This fucking man. “So that is your solution? I’m upset, therefore you’re going to take me home and fuck me until I magically forget that you spent eight years deeply in love with another woman?” “No.” “That is literally what you just said!” “I said I’m going to fuck the attitude out of you. I didn’t say I was going to fuck your feelings out of you.” I stared at him. “What the
“She was my mate, Elena, so of course I loved her. I loved her so much.” Something about the way Adrian said it made me stop moving entirely. There was no hesitation in his voice and no attempt to make the truth smaller because I was sitting beside him. He did not rush to reassure me that Sarah had meant nothing or pretend that eight years of marriage could somehow be erased simply because it had ended badly. He just kept his eyes on the road and gave me the truth, even though I was beginning to realize it was a truth I might not particularly enjoy hearing. I swallowed and forced myself to ask, “How much?” Adrian was quiet for a moment. Then he released a breath. “Enough that there was a time when I genuinely believed there was nothing she could do that would make me stop loving her.” I had expected something simple. Maybe he would tell me they had been happy once, that they had loved each other, that things had eventually fallen apart, and then we could move on to one o
Fuck. I had asked too many questions. I knew I had asked too many questions because Adrian had gone completely silent, and unfortunately, silence gave me enough time to hear every single ridiculous thing that had just flown out of my mouth. I slowly turned back toward the windshield and cleared my throat. “Before you say anything, I would like it officially noted that the last question was included accidentally.” “Which one?” “You know which one.” “I’m afraid I don’t.” I looked at him and immediately caught the amusement sitting at the corner of his mouth. “You absolutely do.” “Was it the question about whether Sarah still loves me?” “No.” “Whether she wants me back?” “No.” “Whether I want her back?” “No.” His mouth curved. “Then perhaps you mean the one where you asked if she was beautiful.” “I specifically said not to answer that.” “You did.” “Which means the question technically no longer exists.” “That isn’t how questions work.” “It is how mine work.” “Interes
~Elena~By the time my last class ended, I had approximately seventeen new questions about Sarah, three completely different theories about why Adrian had never mentioned her, and one very strong desire to shake that man until every secret he had ever kept fell out of his ridiculously handsome head.I walked out of the building with my bag hanging from my shoulder and immediately spotted Adrian’s car waiting across the street.Of course I did.There was absolutely no missing it. His car looked exactly like him: black, expensive, intimidating, unnecessarily attractive for something that was supposed to get a person from one place to another, and probably worth more money than I wanted to think about.I stopped on the sidewalk and pulled out my phone.Are you stalking me now?His reply came almost immediately.Get in the car, princess.I rolled my eyes so hard I almost gave myself a headache.That wasn’t my question.Three dots appeared before another message came through.You have thir
“You know your ex-wife is fucking crazy, Adrian.” I stopped smiling. Daniel continued before I could answer. “I am not saying that as your lawyer right now. I am saying it as someone who was there during that divorce and saw exactly what Sarah was capable of whenever she felt like she was losing control of you. If she finds out who Elena is, trust me, she is going to do some crazy shit, and that girl is the easiest person for her to hurt.” My fingers tightened around the phone. “She will not touch Elena.” “You cannot guarantee that.” “I just did.” “Adrian, listen to yourself. You cannot control Sarah simply because you growl into a phone and decide she is forbidden from going near someone. That might work with half the pack because everyone is terrified of pissing you off, but Sarah was married to you. She knows exactly how you operate, she knows what gets under your skin, and more importantly, she knows how to make you react.” I pushed away from the desk and stood, irritation
~Adrian ~I should have been preparing for my meeting.Instead, I was sitting behind my desk thinking about Elena.Again.More specifically, I was thinking about what she had looked like on this desk less than an hour ago, with her hair completely ruined, her cheeks burning red, and that smart little mouth of hers finally too overwhelmed to argue with me properly.Fuck.I leaned back in my chair and loosened my tie.The office still smelled faintly like her perfume, which was doing absolutely nothing to help me forget what had happened in here.Not that I particularly wanted to forget.My eyes dropped to the edge of the desk, and I could almost see her there again, turning that pretty face toward me when my phone started ringing.She had looked so offended when I answered it.Even more offended when I refused to stop what I was doing.The memory pulled a slow smile from me.My princess could glare all she wanted.I knew her.I knew exactly how quickly that attitude disappeared when I







