LOGINLana's POV I hurriedly opened blue's message.I couldn't wait to tell her everything.That everything was a lie and all a plan.That he knew I'd sign that contract with him.Tears dropped down my eyes as I typed. Few minutes after I sent the message, my phone vibrated.Her call came in.“Lana, Lana calm down and explain to me what happened…. What truly happened”.“Blue I'm so stupid. I don't even know where to start from. I'm so stupid blue.” Fresh sobs fell out my mouth. “Then start talking. Tell me everything” she breathed out. “You don't have to remind me how stupid you are”.I laughed.I didn't if I was being insulted but I didn't know there was no lie in what she said.So I told her everything from the beginning. From the party down to the library and everything I found in it.And for the first time, Lana was quiet.Guess she couldn't believe it. Just like me. “So ... .so wh…wha…t are you going to do”.“I have no idea, truly,” I breathed out, the cold from the floor was grad
Lana's POV i was silent for a while.The silence in the room was so thick I could literally hear the drumming of my own heart against my ribs. I looked at the laptop in front of me, with the message, and then back at the man in front of me."You paid them," I whispered, in my cracked voice." So the hackers….. The viral leak. ….Was all you? So you didn't just find me in that bar, Adrian. You knew I'd be there."But he didn't flinch. He didn't even blink. Instead he stepped over the books on the floor, his Italian leather shoes crushed the books like they were nothing. Then stopped so close I could feel heat radiating from his chest."Lana," he said, his voice was a low, terrifying vibration. "I don't leave my desires to chance. I saw you a year ago at that gala. You looked golden. You seemed untouchable. And you were wasting your potential on a boy who didn't know how to keep you.""So you destroyed me?" I stepped back, my heels clicked sharply against the marble. "You let Mich
Adrian hadn't touched me since he’d dropped me into the leather seat. He quietly sat on the opposite side, with shadows of the passing streetlights moving over his sharp features. He was back to being the "Devil" He was back to being that composed and terrifying, and utterly unreachable man. But I didn't care. He could go silent for the whole day. He shouldn't feel like I'd forgotten about the way he'd spoken to me earlier this evening. What was the point?..... I could as well go silent on him. Because of him, my face is out there on the news again. Possibly being criticized by millions of writers and viewers. Immediately I used his discarded jacket and wrapped it tightly around my shoulders. I needed it. I'd been out in the cold for long. But it smelled like him. Making it harder makes it harder for me to still be mad at him. "You're quiet," Adrian's voice swept through the quiet car. He didn't turn his head as he spoke. He kept staring out of the window like I wa
Adrian didn’t just take me; he took me. From every angle possible. He left bold statements on me with every thrust he took. Trying to brand me for himself alone.He knew what he was doing.But I enjoyed it.I wanted him to kiss me like he loved me.Scratch that he never did love that's what he said.So I told him instead to fuck me like he hated me. He wouldn't deny me that would he?I had requested for that but now I wouldn't say I regretted it because it was fun. But I'd have my body to heal from the sores I've gotten for days.Because he listened. And had stripped away the Lana that the word had seen and rebranded me to a version that belonged to him— breathless and sore.He had pounded into me with a dark intensity and a rhythm that felt to me less like passion and more like he was reclaiming his territory.And when he had finished, I lost my balance. I couldn't find my footing. My knees were like water, and that "pink bud" in-between my legs kept throbbing hard.I'm glad it
Lana's POV "Adrian, the cameras..." I whispered, wanting to move a little away from him. I could hear the little tremble in my voice as the shutters continued to click. "You remember what you told me. You said….""I said many things, Lana," Adrian interrupted, his voice still very smooth, with a low rumble that didn't match the predatory look in his eyes. He didn't bother to look at the photographers or even the people who had stopped their brief conversation. He was still staring at his son with a look of satisfaction in his eyes."But plans changed when someone tried to piss me off. Forgetting I could destroy him with the tip of my fingers."He didn't wait for me to recover before he gripped my hand with his hot and calloused palm and led me toward the upper deck of the yacht. As we moved, the music from the lounge began to fade, replaced by the heavy thrum of the engine and the rhythmic slap of the dark waves against the hull."Adrian, wait!" Michael’s voice cracked behind us
Lana's POV I stared at the mirror for long straight minutes.Looking at the girl before me.Criticizing and applauding myself.Trying to take in deep breaths and calm this racing heart of mine.I washed my fingers, retouched my lip gloss, and straightened my shoulder ready to go back out there and face the silent scanning eyes that didn't seem like they saw but were definitely fixed on me.But it seems what you fear most comes looking for you.That particular figure, the one that had stirred emotions, was standing there.Talking with him, Adrian.Although he was slightly taller than Adrian, it was obvious who controlled the room.Adrian stood with his hands in his pockets, the suit accentuating the curves of his shoulders.Big and broad.The air in the restroom had been cool, but out here, it felt like every tiny bit of it had been sucked out of the room.I stood there at the side of the lounge feeling paralyzed.I couldn't feel any single bone in me again.Even the breath I worked s
Lana's POV I couldn’t stop staring at the note.8 pm.That was barely two hours away.“Open the other one!” she demanded.I reached for the navy-blue box, but this one was a little heavier.When I lifted the lid, I swear the room seemed to brighten.There was a jewelry case inside.Diamonds.Actua
Lana's POV The ride back home was quiet. I saw blue on a call, pacing back and forth in the living room, something serious had happened. God knew I couldn't take one more bad news. It was enough already! I mean… Can I just have a day out of all this? I sighed again, for like the millionth t
“I'll sign it.” I paused.“But under one condition”.His eyes narrowed…. Dangerous. Amused. Intrigued. He leaned forward slightly, then the stood up. His towering frame casting a shadow over me . Then a low chuckle rumbled in his chest. “You don't get to make conditions”. He reached out gripping
Lana's POV I felt like he had already known more than enough about what was going on in my life. I mean, I know we're now married, and he's the one helping out with everything, but it's still my life. And the fact remains that he's still a stranger to me. So I stepped away from him a little.







