He stood there staring at me, eyes narrowed. I could smell a faint scent of alcohol. It wasn't too strong, and mixed with his cologne, it was actually…intoxicating."Mr. Peterson?" I gently called him. But he didn't answer, and shoved me away. "Mr. Peterson!"I stood by the door, and was stunned watching him find his way directly to my bed and collapsed on it.My eyes widened. Now what?Then I realized that I was in my pajamas. It was a lavender button down silk top, and a pair of matching silk bottoms with my initials hand-stitched into them–a gift from Bethany. I didn't want him to see me in my eveningwear, nor did I want him inebriated in my bed.He could have chosen to sit or lay anywhere. The Peterson vacation home had so many rooms, yet he chose mine to take over and claim.My guest room wasn't too far away from his. Did he think this was his room, somehow? Well, I meant, technically, every room in this mansion was his…I figured I should call for some help
Hearing Carl's name from Ellis' lips and tongue brought me back to reality and I realized this wasn't okay. This was wrong and against everything that I believed in. This wasn't faithful to Carl, despite what he might or might not have done to me. My parents would be disappointed at me, but even more so, I was disappointed in myself.Tears fell down my cheeks as I began to struggle beneath him, "Mr. Peterson… please stop!" I grabbed at any part of him to stop him from going further. I didn't want this. I couldn't want this. Ellis quickly came to his senses and moved away from me with a fast movement, sitting beside me on the bed and raising his hands in the air to show he was listening to me. "I'm sorry."His apology shot from his mouth like I had stung him. I stared at him and my brain was in a haze. How could this have happened?How could he have kissed me knowing I was his son's fiancee?! I grabbed the pillow from behind me and in anger, smacking him on the side
Carl's words made me freeze. "Carl, I didn't—"He pointed at me, "I love you, Olivia! I love you so much that I worked hard to give you a better future! I've worked hard to be a worthy fiance to you and your family, but you betrayed me!"He shouted and placed his hands on his hips, shaking his head and taking a deep breath.I swallowed hard and tried to keep my tears from falling. My eyes widened in panic, and I felt the need to grab my throat as my chest tightened. My stomach flipped and twisted and I felt filthy and immoral. "That's not," my voice came out small. "That's not what happened—"He swung around and glared at me. "Tell me what happened then?" he scoffed. "He didn't enter your room or you guys didn't kiss? Olivia, tell me the truth!" My lips opened and closed but I couldn't make out a word. How was I going to explain what had happened in reality to Carl after that accusation? I didn't know what to tell him.I realized that whatever I said would sound lik
**Ellis POVI hadn't been in the best mood the last couple of nights. At least, not since I had kissed Olivia. Damn, I couldn't get the way her soft lips felt on mine off my mind, or the way her body felt beneath my fingertips. The way she had given me the gift of her kiss and touch made me feel more spoiled than I had in a long time. Not to mention the memory of that night wouldn't stop haunting me, teasing me, and making me crave more.I needed to get my head on straight and the best remedy for trying to solve that was walking through my garden. I had paid good money to make it look as gorgeous as it did.The shouts and hushed whispers from nearby echoed in my ears and drew my interest. I had no f*cking clue who was meeting in secret in my garden to shoot sh*t, but clearly someone was.Turning a corner around a wall of roses, I found Carl and Bethany talking about something that seemed unimportant. Honestly, I had no f*cking interest in what Carl was doing. That was unt
**Olivia POVA few days after I had gotten back to New York, Jenny came over to visit me at my parents' house. I needed a friend after the vacation that I had, if I could even call it that. I had spent most of it upset or worried.We sat in the living room, going over a school project for one of our design courses. She was majoring in fashion, and I was majoring in business with the intention of going into jewelry design.She picked one of the colored pencils up to work on her design drawing for a gown, while I was working on an elaborate necklace. "So… how was your vacation? What did you do?""Carl invited me over to the Peterson's vacation home in Long Island." I wanted to ease her into the news of our break-up. I put the red pencil back to pick up a black one to shade a few diamonds."Oh? How was that? Did you have some good sex?" Jenny teased me, and I gasped.I shoved her in the arm, making her nearly mess up her sketch, "No, I didn't!""I'm picking on you, Olivia. I
My heart was pounding in my chest as I peered around the club and got lost in the ocean of greedy, lascivious faces. It was even more disorienting with the way that everyone was hiding behind a different mask, concealing their identity from me.I didn't know where I was, and I never thought my night would have ended like this. I swallowed hard and tried keeping my composure, flicking my hair and standing straight. I couldn't let them know that I was terrified. Suddenly, bursting from the crowd of rambling numbers came a high bid in the form of a creepy looking, overweight man in his fifties, wearing a suit that was ill-fit for his stature. "One hundred thousand!"I could tell that his lips were chapped from here and he fondled a cigar in between his fingers, licking the end of it in a salacious way. A shiver ran through me at the sight of him flirting with me through his cigar and drink.The crowd went silent and only a cough was heard to break it for a second. "One hundred
Ellis stepped into the room and shut the door behind himself. Something about the way he relaxed and strutted into the room like he owned the place made me feel calmer.At least he wasn't some stranger that I didn't know, but I was still nervous about whether he would really make me play with him.My heart began to race at the thought of what he had planned.Everything in this room was foreign to me as I looked around, making me feel a bit more unsettled.I watched him sit on the foot of the bed with his legs spread. He scanned my body up and down, taking in my lingerie, and chuckled."What's so funny?" I uttered, not able to meet his eyes.Ellis didn't answer me. He slipped off his suit coat and neatly folded it, setting it on the bed beside him. I could feel that his eyes were locked on mine, burning into my soul and settling into the pit of my stomach. I swallowed hard, as he reached up to loosen his crimson silk tie with one hand.Although I'd seen him a few times before, ev
I looked over at Ellis, who was driving through the streets of Manhattan. Going out to dinner with him seemed a bit unusual, but I was starving."Okay, I'll let you take me to dinner." I agreed with a flat tone and ever-so-slightly noticed the corner of his lips curl up as if he was pleased."Great, I know the perfect place."My phone went off and I pulled it from my clutch to see my mother's name. They must have stayed up waiting for me to return home.I brought the phone to my ear. "Hello?""Hello, dear. Is the concert over?" My mother's voice came through the phone laced with concern. "It's a bit late. Your father and I were worried about you."I completely forgot my parents would have been worrying about me. I quickly scrambled for a reply. "The concert was great! It was nice to have the night out."I knew lying to my parents was wrong. They'd be extremely disappointed if they ever found out. I chewed on my bottom lip, and noticed a smirk coming from Ellis' lips. He was focused on