SCARLETT
I woke up to the best news the next morning.
I couldn't believe it, couldn't believe that my biggest dream had been handed over to me on a platter of gold like this.
After I lost my business to Logan Vaughn, I had to do anything I could lay my hands on which included working part-time at a convenience store and a cafe and that meant that I had to give up on my dream of running a beauty business.
At least for now. I just wanted to do anything that'd fetch me money to pay back my loans that wouldn't stop mounting. But that didn't stop me from searching for jobs that'd make me live out my dreams and I had almost given up because I couldn't get one.
And now, a job offer as an assistant makeup artist at one of the biggest talent agencies was sitting right in my mail.
I couldn't believe it.
“For the love of God, Scarlett, why are you screaming?” Emma, my best friend and roommate screamed back at me.
“Emma, you won't believe this, I... I...” I couldn't even get the words out so I settled for handing my phone over to her.
It took her less than two seconds to read the content and in no time, we were both screaming and hugging and dancing around our one-room apartment.
“My God! I can't believe this,” Emma told me when we were collapsed on the bed, exhausted, “but you deserve this, especially after what the bastard did to you,” she huffed, “I still can't believe he's going to be your step brother and that he wasn't even apologetic about it when he realized what he did.”
My mood dampened a little at the reminder but I didn't allow myself to feel bad for long because I was sure I would never be seeing him again, him and his brothers, even though the last one, Blake had managed to make me feel good, something that no one has been able to do in a long while.
“It doesn't matter, I'm not going to see him again.”
“Yeah, right? I'm just so happy for you, now get up and go kick some asses.”
A couple of hours later, I was in front of Creative Talent Agency, the number one leading agency in the country. I tipped my head backwards to take it to the building but I couldn't see it in its entirety because it was a fucking skyscraper and I was going to be working here from now on.
I wasn't resuming officially today, I was just asked to meet up with the professional makeup artist that I'd be assisting so I could get acquainted with my job and what is expected of me.
“6th floor, room 89, she's waiting for you,” the receptionist directed me after I told her what I was there for and I made my way to the elevator while trying not to stare so unabashedly at the beauty of the building.
But it was too beautiful, it looked like a palace, like a masterpiece that was unreal. It was rose gold and black themed and just like that, rose gold became my favorite color.
The elevator door dinged open on the 6th floor and I came face to face with the huge portrait of Maeve Taylor, the top model in the country and she was represented by CTA. She was a beauty to behold, a symbol of sex appeal and perfection and I knew most she-wolves would kill to be in her body.
I tore my eyes away from her body and started to make my way down to room 89.
82. 83. 84. 85.
Something stopped me in my tracks but there was nothing and I was about to continue walking when the sounds picked up again.
Gagging sounds.
It sounded like someone was gagging and choking on something. Guttural groans and low moans indicated that someone was getting pleasured or something.
The sounds were now so loud and so unhinged that I couldn't help it, my legs developed a mind of their own and they took me to the door where the sounds were coming out from.
The door was slightly opened and I found myself peeping in to see what was going on. What I saw made me gasp.
A lady was on her knees, hands tied behind her back, a male hand wrapped tightly around her blonde hair and when my eyes trailed upwards, I knew what she was gagging on.
A dick.
The hand holding her hand tightly was using that as a guide to fuck her mouth in the most ruthless and obscene way ever.
He didn't pause, didn't even give her time to get used to his relentless and savage thrusts.
I should move away, I should leave... This was a private moment and I shouldn't be watching them but my feet remained rooted to where I stood, I couldn't move away, couldn't tear my eyes off the erotic scene in front of me.
Each thrust, each gag, each groan, each moan... They made my pulse spike, made my heart beat faster, made my core throb, and made my panties stick to my core.
And because I couldn't help it, I trailed my eyes upwards to see the man that was delivering that kind of savage thrusts, to see the man that was that dark, yet sinfully hot.
I choked on a gasp when I saw who it was.
Alexander Vaughn. The second asshole that I met yesterday, the one that had acted so oblivious of my existence last night, the one that ended up calling me a gold digger and a slut.
The one that was going to become my stepbrother.
This was the more reason why I should walk away or even run away but my feet refused to move, my mouth was suddenly dry, the throbbing in my core had increased tenfold and I couldn't tear my eyes off his face.
He looked so regal, like a god, with his face contorting and twisting from pleasure as he made use of her mouth.
I couldn't look away.
Even when his legs started shaking and he let out the deepest guttural groan before pulling out of her mouth and cumming all over her face and bare chest.
“Clean that up,” he pointed his dick at her and I got a glimpse of it, a glimpse that made my mouth water shamelessly and my core to throb painfully.
The girl, whose face I couldn't see because her back was to me, quickly got into action. She practically gobbled his dick up, nearly swallowed it whole in the quest to lick his cum off.
It was the hottest shit I've ever witnessed.
All of a sudden, Alex started to look up and I quickly jumped back, with my heart beating wildly in my chest. I didn't wait at all and I practically sprinted to the nearest toilet to calm myself down.
I still couldn't believe that I just witnessed that, that Alex was...
I shook my head to rid myself of the thoughts plaguing my mind. That didn't happen. I didn't witness it and thankfully, he didn't see me.
I don't know what would have happened if he saw me.
*****
An hour or so later, I was done with the meeting with Anna Chen, my head makeup artist and I was to resume work the next week. The pay was a dream come true and the work hours were so flexible that I could still retain one of my part-time jobs and I've made a mental note to retain my job at the cafe.
All was going nice and well until the door of the elevator I was waiting for opened and I smelt him before I saw him.
Alexander Vaughn.
He was standing alone in the elevator, his two hands shoved in his pockets, a dark and unreadable look in his eyes. He didn't look in my direction at all, didn't even look like the elevator door had opened and someone was about to enter.
That someone being his step-sister to be.
My mouth suddenly dried up because I couldn't see him like this and not see him brutally fucking that blonde’s mouth.
And for a minute, I contemplated not taking the lift but why should I? It wasn't like I did nothing wrong so I stepped inside.
The doors closed and the temperature dimmed with it. The air suddenly felt static and the space seemed to be closing in on us. The elevator was suddenly too small and I was acutely aware of everything, each thump of my heart, each swallow, each blink, each... Just everything.
His Alpha aura was too small and too intimidating that I felt small and insignificant in his presence.
And the fact that he wasn't even saying anything! God! He was so unbearable.
I mentally started counting down to when the elevator would get to the ground floor but even that seemed to take forever. My palms were growing clammy, I could feel sweat pooling on my forehead and...
“Did you have a nice time watching?” his gruff voice shattered the silence and I swallowed harshly, a lump the size of a mountain growing in my throat.
What?
SCARLETT “What?” My voice sounded hollow even to my own eyes and I found myself turning slightly to look at him. He was still looking straight ahead, hands jammed into the pockets of his trousers and an unreadable expression on his face before he turned to look at me and the lump in my throat grew in size. He did not even make any move to move closer to me, yet I found myself staggering back a little. “I asked if you enjoy watching.” “What? I don’t… what are… I don’t understand what you’re talking about.” “You don’t,” his voice sounded like mockery and the corners of his lips lifted in a sardonic smirk, one that made my heart thump faster and made it almost impossible to breathe. “No, I don’t,” I said in a brave voice even though bravery was the last thing I was feeling right now, “and if you’ll excuse me,” I started for the elevator’s door, grateful that it had reached the ground floor and the door would slide open anytime soon. It was supposed to stop anytime soon but rig
SCARLETTFive days later and I still couldn’t get the mental image of his long fingers casually brushing over my wet folds out of my mind. I know it was crazy and obscene to even think of him that way, to relive those tortuous 50 seconds where my stepbrother-to-be had caressed my wet folds and shoved his hand into my face to show me how wet and aroused watching him fuck another girl’s mouth had made me. Heck, he had derided me while at it and made me feel like a dirty slut but still, his words aside, his fingers had been the best thing to ever touch me. And it had been just for a couple of seconds! I hated myself for reacting to him, hated myself for not being able to put him out of my mind. I’d have said I was never going to see him again but I wasn’t going to let go of a dream job just because of an asshole. A dream job that I got fair and square. But at least, I could say I wasn’t going to see him and his brothers again outside of a formal setting. That was until Mom forced me
SCARLETTHe took me to an Afropop event; a concert by an upcoming Nigerian artist and to say I had the time of my life would be an understatement. Immediately we entered the hall with loud music and swaying bodies and cheering voices, my worries dissipated and I became one with the music. I didn't want it to end but even when it did, I was in high spirits. Blake was extremely nice to me. He even got me ice cream and chicken on the drive to where I live and I couldn't help but wonder how someone as nice and amazing as him could be siblings to someone as rude as Alex and as vile as Logan. Thinking about Logan made my anger spike and my palm balled into a fist subconsciously. I still couldn't believe how nonchalant he had sounded when I brought what he did up at dinner. I just couldn't understand how someone could be as vile as that when he practically ruined my life. “We're here,” Blake’s voice jolted me out of my reverie and I looked around to see that we were packed in front of t
SCARLETT It was Alexander Vaughn and my heart skipped several beats as he walked in, dressed in a dashing black suit. Everybody bowed their respects before they started filling out and I followed them but not before daring a glance at Alex. He wasn't looking at my way. Instead, he was focused on Maeve who now wore a seductively proud smile and I instantly connected the dots just before I stepped out. The blonde hair and that smile. She was the one on her knees the other day. She was the one Alex had been fucking her mouth. The realization sent an alien feeling through my body. I couldn't name or describe it but it seemed so much like jealousy which was ridiculous because there was nothing to be jealous about. “How long do you think they'll spend today?” Ken, one of the stylists Anna Chen introduced to me earlier asked another girl whose name I had forgotten. “The shoot is in an hour so I'd say they'd be done before then.” “As if that has ever stopped them before.” From th
SCARLETT What happened was that our building collapsed, just like it has been threatening to for over a year now. It was a risk staying there and we could only be grateful that it happened during the day when almost all the occupants were at work. If it had happened during the night, a lot of casualties would have been recorded but now, nobody died and only a few people were injured. "This is fucked up, hmm?" Emma's voice came beside me, "What are we going to do now?" I knew she said we were just too polite. She was all sorted out. Her boyfriend has been bothering her to move in with him for months now and I knew he just called her a few minutes ago to tell her he was on her way to pick her up. And for me, I was lost. I had no one to turn to and nowhere to go to. I was completely stranded. It was five days to payday so I was completely broke right now. The money I had with me would not even pay for three nights at the cheapest hotel and I still have to get new clothes because I
SCARLETT Blake pulled me into a very big bear hug the minute I stepped into the house. “Welcome home, Scarlett, Maria told us that you’d be living with us now,” For now, I replied in my mind. Even though I had accepted Mom’s offer, I didn’t plan on staying here for more than 3 months. Because hopefully, in three months, I would have sorted myself out, would have paid off my loans, and be financially stable enough to get a decent apartment for myself. That seemed far-fetched but I was more than ready to work thrice as hard to make it a reality. “Yeah,” I replied to him and a very wide and cheery grin touched his lips. “That’s so nice, now I can properly take you under my wings and treat you like a baby sister.” His tone was harmless but there was something about the way he said it, about the way his eyes lingered on my face that made my heartbeat increase. Come on, Scarlett. What’s wrong with you? Everything was wrong with me! Everything! Less than an hour ago, I was feel
SCARLETTThe next morning, Alex and I stepped out of the house at the same time and immediately, his signature scent, the one that filled my nose last night greeted me. It brought back memories of what I've been up to last night and instant shame burnt through me. Alex walked to the car park, entered a blue car whose beauty and class I couldn't start to describe and he drove off. Without a backward glance at me, without offering me a ride even though he knew we were going to the same place. Such a jerk, I thought to myself just as warm breath fawned my neck. I startled but it was only Blake smiling at me and looking so fucking surreal while at it.How can someone look so cute and hot and handsome at the same time? And why wouldn't my heart stop fluttering? He's my stepbrother for fuck's sake! You had a wet dream and got yourself off to the thought of your other stepbrother. Feeling your heart flutter because of Blake is really mid, don't you think?"So you're already going to wor
SCARLETTI turned around slowly, my palms clammy and my heart racing in my chest. Whatever I was about to say died in my throat when I came face-to-face with him. He has his sleeves rolled up and the sight of his bare arms did something unexplainable to me. It made my brain zap, made my eyes linger on his fingers, the same ones that had been brushing and parting my folds with ease in the elevator just a couple of days ago. "What are you doing here?" his quiet voice interrupted my thoughts and it made me jump a little as I looked up at him again. His eyes were dark and unreadable and a smirk that looked darkly amused tugged at the corners of his lips."I... I came... Maeve asked me... She told me to drop a package for you and no one was here so I...""You could have just dropped it and left but what did you do? You waited. What were you waiting for, Scarlett?"The sound of my voice on his lips made my brain flip just as the absurdity of his sentence dawned on me."What? What do you.