LOGINThe taxi stopped outside the building. A normal person would have looked out to see who was watching her go into this kind of establishment. But not me, maybe I wasn’t normal. I had come down here after work, because I couldn’t beat it anymore. The longer I waited the more horny I became. Which was what led me right here and I hoped Nathan was around, he was one of the workers here that I was comfortable having his cock in me.
I just waltzed right in I shouldn’t be this horny, I know. The thing was I couldn’t help it, I needed something, someone to fill up, I sighed and grabbed my phone and dialed Nathan. Nathan was one person who understood my body as well as myself. That’s before my ex boyfriend just killed whatever sex drive I had. The line rang but there was no response from the other end, maybe he was busy with something or didn’t want to pick my call I couldn’t tell but he sure as hell wasn’t picking my calls and I scowled. Damn you Nathan. I cursed under my breath and shoveled the phone into my back pocket. I didn’t want to seem like a slut but I wasn’t one to leave my needs hanging. I was a full grown woman who should satisfy her cravings whenever she wants. If Nathan wasn’t picking his phone he sure as hell was missing a lot and I wasn’t going to wait for him—at least not now. During the ride to the sex house, it had taken all my willpower not to seduce the driver. He’d sure looked like he was having a bad day and I didn’t want anyone to think I was sex-starved or crazy. The driver stopped in front of the sex house and he gave me a look, like he was surprised and disappointed, not at me, but at himself. Perhaps I should have gone for him after all. I came down from the cab and flashed a sexy grin at him which he responded to before driving off. “Your mon…..” I started but he was gone and I just stood there holding a wad of cash in my hand. Lucky me I stuffed the money back in my pink handbag and headed inside. The person at the counter grinned at me. “Hi there beautiful” he said and I gave him a small smile. He was quite aged but he was good looking enough and he seemed to be in pretty good shape. He muscled, ripped and strained against his shirt arms. He looked to be in his forties. Just like Mark, should I beg this man instead. “Looking for work?” He asked smiling and I scoffed. “A job? No” I said and he paused. He studied me curiously. “What are you here for then?” His voice held an edge and I smiled. “I need a man…..to spend the night with” I answered and his brow shot up. He nodded, trying to hide his surprise but I could see it on his face “Oh,” he seemed mortified. I was sure it wasn’t everyday that a young woman came into his establishment to look for a man to……I smiled, fuck. “Should I pick for you or you’ll like to see for yourself” he asked and I shot him a look tossing him a wad of cash. “I’ll look for myself,” I said, nodding to him and heading the other way. There were a lot of good looking men and women who caught my eye and for some reason I wouldn’t just pick them. My body wasn’t even responding to their appearance until….. There, standing on the far hand was a dude arms folded and looking like he didn't care. He was tall and handsome, too good looking to be in a place like this. What caught my attention was his dark hair, it was pitch black, naturally—no die, Just dark. I wondered what genes he had. “You” I said, approaching him and running a hand down his chest when I reached him. “I want you” He stared at me for a full minute, his green eyes bore into mine like he wanted to look into my soul before he grinned. “I like that. I……” “Can we go?” I interrupted, I had no patience for petty talks. His brow rose but he didn’t object, he led me to a room at the top floor and as soon as he opened the door. I kicked it close with my heel and grabbed his hair and pulled him down to my level for a kiss. I moaned as his hot lips captured mine in it, he let me take the lead at first then his rough calloused hand landed heavily on my waist and he growled in need. His tongue shoved their way past my lips and collided with mine. I groaned and clutched his hair tight, too tight that I was sure it was going to be painful. He didn’t even flinch, he pulled away and bit my neck—not hard but at the same time not so gentle either. “You taste…….” “Shut up and do your job please” I cut him off and his emerald eyes darted to mine in fascination. He nodded and in one big swoop I was in his arms and in seconds crashing onto the bed, his weight pressing against me. His mouth found mine again, hot and needy. His hands roamed my body until they found my breasts and he gave them a handful squeeze. I gasped and arched into his touch, that’s when he flicked the nipple and it’s his thumb and I cried out as pleasure wracked my body. That was my one sensitive spot and it seemed like he knew and was using it to his advantage. “Kiss me” I ordered and he ignored me. I scowled and glared at him. “Damn you. I said……” “Shut up” he said, imitating me and my eyes widened at his blatant dismissal. Before I could utter a sharp retort he lowered his head and licked the inside of my thigh. I shuddered and clutched his head. He moved higher up my skirt and I let out a wail. “Ahhh, oh God” I moaned and he chuckled. “God isn’t here ma’am” he said and suddenly I felt his mouth detach. I opened my mouth to retort when I felt it replaced by his fingers. I writhed under him as his fingers worked. “Fuck” “Yes” he said. “I will soon” he said. If I wasn’t so worked up I would have laughed. He took off his shirt and I followed suit. I sat up but he pushed back and crawled up to me. I spread my legs, pulsating, throbbing for him. When he pushed himself in I gasped in satisfaction and even almost let out a purr. “Yes, like that” I said as he moved in a steady rhythm. I stared right at him, not breaking eye contact and for the first time it seemed so hard. Most men I have been with would have looked away but he didn’t. Those green eyes stared right at me. I could feel him reaching his peak, because he started moving faster. I could feel him throbbing in me and soon I shivered as orgasm ran through me. He let out a loud groan and collapsed against me. I sighed. This wasn’t who I wanted still. And maybe my boyfriend was the problem after all.Beth POVThe inside of the armored sedan smelled faintly of stale coffee and desperation. We'd been driving for what felt like fifty years, the city lights blurring into long, meaningless streaks. The bass from my disastrous party still throbbed in my temples, but it was nothing compared to the cold dread sitting in my stomach.Mark and Sage were gone. Vanished. Taken out right from under our noses.I watched Hector, who was behind the wheel. Mark’s right-hand man, the silent shadow, the fixer. Right now, he looked less like a fixer and more like a man watching his entire life’s work disintegrate."We need a signal, Hector. Anything," I insisted, rubbing the fatigue from my eyes. "The last comm pulse we had from Mark was right after the Exchange floor chaos. After that, nothing. She used a scrambler, didn't she?"Hector gripped the steering wheel so tightly I could see the muscles straining in his arms. "Alice is not an amateur, Beth," he said, his voice a low, gravelly rumble. He ha
Mark POVThe return to consciousness was a brutal, jarring ascent. My head throbbed where the bastard hit me, and the paralyzing agent Alice had used on Sage still left a sluggish weight in my limbs. I groaned, testing my restraints. My wrists and ankles were secured to a hard gurney.The first thing I saw was the sterile white ceiling. The second was the terrifying machine standing beside me—a menacing collection of wires and industrial panels, confirming every threat Alice had just delivered to Sage."Welcome back, darling."Alice’s voice, smooth and falsely solicitous, came from somewhere to my right. I strained my neck, the muscle protesting the movement. She was sitting in a simple metal chair, perfectly composed in her dark jumpsuit, watching me with a chilling patience."Where is she?" I demanded, my voice raw."Oh, Sage is fine," Alice purred, crossing one long leg over the other. "She's in her viewing room, watching our little reunion. I made sure she has a front-row seat to
Sage PovThe world returned in dizzying, painful slow motion. One moment, I was laughing at some terrible joke about venture capital, the next, a white-hot flash consumed my vision, followed by a sensation of cold pressure.When my mind finally swam back to consciousness, the first thing I registered was the dull throb behind my eyes. The second thing was the chilling, metallic smell of disinfectants and fear.I wasn't in Beth's loud, sticky apartment anymore. I was lying on something hard—a concrete floor, I realized—in near-total darkness. I tried to sit up, but my limbs felt heavy, unresponsive, dragging through a thick, syrupy numbness. The syringe. Whatever Alice had injected me with was a paralyzing agent, designed for incapacitation, not instant death. A calculated cruelty."Mark," I choked out, the sound dry and thin, barely a whisper.My eyes slowly adjusted. I was in a small, cold room. No windows, just one heavy steel door and a bare, overhead light bulb casting harsh shado
Mark povThe scream tore through the music, a high, panicked sound that cut straight to my gut. Beth’s scream. It hit me with the force of a tidal wave, ripping away the last thread of control I had left.I saw her. Alice. She was closer than my security detail. Closer than my sightline. She was at the snack table, moving with that surgical grace I knew meant lethal intent.My eyes snapped to Sage. She was smiling, reaching for a pretzel, utterly oblivious.I started running. I moved with the blind, desperate speed of a man trying to outrun a bullet. The crowd was a thick, impossible barrier—too loud, too slow, too many bodies."ALICE! NO!" I roared, the sound swallowed by the bass.I saw the flash of silver in Alice’s hand—not a gun, but a syringe. She spun Sage around, and in that sickeningly fluid motion, she prickled Sage with a syringe. It was quick, clean, and utterly professional.Sage’s smile faltered. Her eyes went wide, reflecting a sudden, profound confusion. She didn't fig
Beth Pov The bass was loud enough to vibrate my teeth, which was exactly the volume I needed to drown out the low-level hum of existential dread. I grabbed another plastic cup of cheap champagne and surveyed the carnage. My apartment looked like a bomb hit it, but everyone was laughing, and that was the point. Distraction. Controlled chaos.It had been days since I'd talked to Sage, and frankly, I was worried. After the whole corporate takedown of Alistair Vance, the silence had been deafening. I was waiting for her to pop up on the news announcing her wedding to Mark, but instead, it was crickets. She'd gone dark again, which, in her world, usually meant either extreme danger or extreme dominance sex. Given the current circumstances, probably both.I finally spotted my target lurking near the doorway, looking exactly like a magnificent, expensive shadow. Mark Arthur. He was wearing jeans and a black t-shirt that screamed "don't touch me," even though he was probably just here to ens
Mark PovChapter 122The flight back to the penthouse felt like a lead weight dragging across the sky. The sheer noise of the Exchange floor was nothing compared to the ringing silence left by Alice’s escape. She had used my moment of victory, the chaos, and my damned guilt to vanish.I sat in the back of the SUV, holding Sage’s hand, the small comfort doing little to ease the cold certainty in my gut. Thorne was broken, facing federal charges, but the real architect of the destruction was free."She won't stop," Sage whispered, her voice tight. She knew Alice better than I did, having faced her calculated poison directly."I know," I said, my jaw clenched. "She got what she wanted—she broke Thorne, she humiliated me, and she exposed the truth about her involvement. Now she’s retreated to consolidate.""She's retreating to plot the final humiliation," Sage corrected. "She didn't just want the company, Mark. She wanted to prove she was better than me, that she still owned you."We got







