LOGINLila POVI did the little I could do and went to bed but couldn't sleep because Damian brought him back to the sitting room and I don't understand why he's scared of leaving us together.So instead of staying there in anxiety I walk back into the sitting room and found Damian passed out on the couch already, so I sit down on the sofa beside Nico.He’s sleeping, and at peace right now, even with his bruised and beaten face.He wasn't putting on glasses or suits rather he’s wearing a tee shirt and I didn’t notice it before, but I am now and have never seen him in a tee shirt. It makes him look younger more like his age.At Twenty-nine, he’s only six years older than me but he doesn’t carry himself that way.He’s like an old soul trapped in a young man’s body but then there are moments when I glance at him, like right now, when he seems so young too.I quietly squeeze my body into the gap between him and the back of the sofa and use the opportunity to soak in his handsome features.We’re
Lila POVNico has been gone for five days only but It feels like a year.It’s strange without his presence here and I'm on edge but I don't really know why. I'm lonely and bored and the last five days have left me wordless and anxious, I didn't even go out to see Jane and I wondered if she thought I left.Damian doesn't bother me rather he lounges around the house all day, eating apples and listening to music.Today I catch him looking at some of my painting and we haven't really spoken after he asked that question, I refused to answer.I sit down across from him and watch as he studies the painting. "What do you think they mean?"He rolls his eyes and laughs. "How can I know what in your head?"I don't reply because he's a smart ass and I don't know why I even thought to bother with him at all.I stand up but he stops me again. "You slept with him right?.""Who are you talking about?"He pulls up his sleeve and shows off his ink and raises his eyebrows at me like I'm a half-wit."I k
Nico POVI promised to be back soon and we were finally going out today, I know she was excited but I had to deal with something urgently and I can't stand having her only here so I made Damian come down to Paris.He was my first friend and only friend, he is the only person I would trust to look after Lila.I didn't need to call her out of the room because when she hears the door close, she comes on her ownHer face flashes with surprise and then fear when she sees that we have a visitor. Damian smiles at her, munching on an apple between his palms. "Hello, Lila Falcone.""You know my name?" she asks. Her eyes flicker to me and she bites her lip.She was stirring at me and trying to figure out what the fuck is going on with me. "Of course I do," he answers. "My friend Nico here has actually told me so much about you."My cheeks heat, and I want to tell her that's a lie.I have only told he very little about her but he is nosy and this is his way of getting information.I have no doub
Lila POVHe got home around seven o’clock that night and stopped short in the bedroom doorway.I was lying on his bed on my stomach, with my feet in the air and my ankles crossed.Naked, it was bold and it was scary because my palms were sweaty and my heart galloped at an inconsistent pace.I lifted a coy shoulder. “I wasn’t sure if this appointment was casual or black-tie, so I decided to come with a blank canvas.”Walking toward me, he stopped in front of me at the foot of the bed and ran a rough palm across my cheek. If I wasn’t mistaken, the smallest tremor ran through his hand.His voice was soft, but the finest threat wove through. “Somebody is becoming bold.”A thumb brushed my jawline. “My little pet is slowly acting like the queen, she is.”My heart went still. “Would you believe if I told you, I taught of you all day?.”His grip on my face tightened, like he was angry but didn't even know why. “Beauty, you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.”His thumb ran down my
Lila POVIt was extremely hot tonight and why did it feel like my blanket weighed more than the usual.I tried to roll over but couldn’t move, gighting through the heavy confusion and unconsciousness, I realized what was holding me down.There was a man in my room and in my bed soon panic bled into my veins, and my eyes shot open. But then I heard his voice “Go back to sleep, beauty.”I had a dream about my college life and I slowly coming back to my life now as Nico woman.My heart began to beat again. “Oh, my gosh,” I breathed heavily in relief. “I thought you were a serial killer.”A low chuckle came from him. “Not too far off.”The heavy blanket was only his arm around me, and the heat that was all him, pressed up against me. There was no single sunlight coming through the window, but the room was still lit and he actually left the bathroom door open and the light on, like I did every night ever since we confess our love to each other and the thoughtfulness made my heart feel heav
Nico POV“I'm done handling the guys and Mike is your problem now.”“Why?”“Because I don’t want him messing up again.”My gaze coasted over the bed wild, dark hair, smooth olive skin and twisted sheets. Lila slept on her stomach, both hands beneath her pillow. My chest felt heavy while I looked at her soft expression. I wanted to capture that look in a bottle and take it with me everywhere.Maybe then, I’d feel like I had some control over it. “The weapons?” Damian asked.It has been settled for now but you know Mike is a snake, you can never trust him fully but we need to manage him for now until we get a better option.My mind drifted back to the morning and I remembered her agreeing to follow that India woman without asking me first and I wondered what tomorrow will play out like.?Another reason I’d lost my cool was when I found her laughing with Oliver who had his hand in her hair, I heard he was the yoga instructor and I hated him already.How could I say every strand was mine
Lila POV A smile crept up at the corner of his mouth, and his gaze dropped to my neck. When he lifted his hand, touching the spot where his mother’s knife had nicked me, I shivered, never taking my eyes off him.“You like pain.” He kept on staring at the cut on my neck, his finger still softly tou
Lila POVThat alone was proof that the wetness I felt between my legs wasn’t because of the situation I was in, it was because of him Nico.If it wasn’t, my stomach wouldn’t have churned when Damon had his hands on me. I wouldn’t have felt the very unwelcome urge to vomit until Nico arrived.If I w
Nico POVMy hand inched over her jaw, down her neck. Her skin was soft beneath my fingertips, like silk. And when I felt the vein in her neck pulse to the rhythm of her heart against my palm, a lightning bolt of extreme, dangerous desire shot down my spine causing my cock to ache like a motherfucke
Nico POVHe turned to face me, and we both glared at each other. It was the mighty stare-off between brothers, one trying to intimidate the other without saying a word.From the corner of my eye I saw his thumb stroke the skin of her thigh and at that moment all I thought was if he moved that hand







