LOGINALEKSANDRShe will bear the mark of Astraios. The fortune teller.She’d said those exact words to me decades ago but I’d laughed in her face and tossed cash at her, thinking one of my exes at the time had put her up to it.Out of curiosity, or perhaps it was the eerie look in the woman’s eyes that did it, I’d looked up Astraios on google and found out he was the titan god of stars.The same star that sat just under the dimple on her back.She said it’s a scar, but I’ve never seen a scar shaped that way. Ever.I could be overthinking it but something tells me I’m not. It’s too much of a coincidence to be totally unrelated. Not when every other thing the woman said seems to add up.The unexpected discovery has triggered this unwanted memory and I hate that it’s affected my mood so much. It’s so bad that Natalia, who would usually call me out on it, has curled into her side of the car, sitting as far away from me as she physically can.My chest tightens with an emotion that makes me fee
NATALIA I can’t resist the urge to rub up against him, pushing my ass into his crotch where his hard on pokes me. He hisses, the dark look on his face a warning. A warning I don’t yield as I go ahead to roll my hips into his cock. “And if I said yes?” “Then I’d ask you to be merciful and make it quick,” he growls, tightening his grip around my neck. “There is no such thing as a body like yours, Natalia. You drive me out of my mind.” Liquid heat pools in my stomach and coalesces, consuming me with a driving urge to get myself off. If I were home, my hands would already be finding their way between my legs, or I’d be reaching for my vibrator. But with him here… Aleks’s second hand cups my ass and squeezes. A soft groan falls from his lips and he curves over my frame, sinking his teeth into my shoulder. “Fuck,” he whispers. The hand at my ass circles me until it’s resting on my hipbone. He hooks his thumb into the waistband of my panties and tugs, leaving it to snap agains
NATALIAI can tell Aleks is in one of his shit moods but he’s doing a better job of trying to hide it, so props to him for that.When he follows me into the store, I half expect it’s to grab my hand and drag me back to the car, while saying something annoying like ‘he doesn’t have the time for this’ or ‘that’s not the reason we’re here’, so imagine my surprise when he merely comes over to stand a few feet away from me with his hands in his slacks as he takes in the store.“If it’s the red dress you have your eyes on,” comes a feminine voice, making me startle with surprise. “I think it would look absolutely splendid on you.”It’s a blonde woman who can’t be much older than me, wearing a long sheath gown that molds to her lithe frame. I assume she is the sales attendant, judging from her approach, posture and the small polite small she wears.“Right?” I return her smile, nodding to the gown. “Can I try it?”“Of course.” She moves to take it off the display mannequin. “The dressing room
ALEKSANDR“Did he seriously just make up an excuse to get out of going ring shopping with me?” Natalia’s tone is incredulous as she slides into the backseat of my SUV.“Apparently,” I murmur distracted.I want to hold the door open for her if only to have the pleasure of watching her as she gets in but I can’t exactly do that with my men around so I have no other choice than to stand there and let my driver do it.Yuri catches my eye from where he stands on the porch. I frown at the look he’s giving me.Be careful, he seems to say with that look.So I return his look with one that says mind your fucking business. His eyes harden even as the corner of his lips tip up in a near smile. He’s seen her. If he knew half the things she said to me, he’d give me more credit for not taking a bite from the deliciously tempting fruit she’s been dangling in front of me--herself.Giving him a tight nod, I join Natalia in the backseat“How has he somehow managed to successfully dodge every single re
ALEKSANDR“Are you going to just sit there and stare at me like you’re not the same person who sent me a picture of his dick?” I choke on my drink, damn near spraying it over the couch. Taking a deep breath and struggling to calm my burning lungs, I aim a look of disbelief at Natalia.She merely lifts a brow, that signature sly smile tugging at her lips. Dmitri only just stepped out of the living room to take a call and she isn’t even the slightest bit worried that he could very well still be within earshot. “I didn’t send you a picture of my cock.”The words make her eyes roll. “You sent me a picture of your covered, hard as a rock giant cock,” she rephrases.A startling bolt of lust slams into me, heat building low in my gut. The beast in question stirs and hardens to a full, raging cockstand in mere seconds.The sudden rush of blood almost makes me dizzy. “Shit.” I whisper faintly. My fingers dig into my palm where they curl into fists and I have to look away from her momentar
ALEKSANDR“Have you decided to finally come out of hiding?”The words are directed at the man standing near the door, holding himself so stiffly, he could pass for a potted plant.Dmitri sighs. “I wasn’t hiding, da--” I cut him a glare that silences him. His jaw bulges and he glances away momentarily. “I’m sorry.”I laugh and it’s a dark sound. “And I suppose an apology is going to undo the pile of mess you’ve left for me to take care of?”Tugging the flash drive containing the project with Wilson Cross free off my laptop, I stow it in my drawer, shoving back my chair so I can stretch my legs under the desk. I’ve been sitting here for so long, they’re beginning to cramp.“Cut me some slack, dad.” He huffs, shuffling his feet. “I know jack shit about running a business. You left an entire chain for me.”“Don’t give me that crap. You were there with me every step of the way. I prepared you for this and you still did a horrible job.”“Well, maybe I’m not cut out for it,” he argues. “Have







