MasukCIARAAs soon as the call with Rowan ended, my phone buzzed, and I saw Austin’s message. He was greeting me good morning and told me that he was on his way here to bring me breakfast.“Fuck,” I sighed, feeling annoyed.It wasn’t that I didn’t appreciate having work handed to me on a silver platter, and dodging all the hurdles like interviews and resumes, but… Rowan’s secretary? That was my new beginning?Not only that, but Austin actually went along with it? Thinking about it, I already mentioned to him before how I got thrown off the company because of Yuri. I guess he didn’t realize that I meant I got kicked out permanently. That must be why he jumped at the chance to help me, even if it meant putting me under his older brother’s supervision.“This is such a mess,” I muttered, tapping out a quick reply to Austin before tossing my phone onto the bed. Then, I went to wash my face, the sting of cold water against my skin doing little to clear my head.Honestly, I didn’t like having Aus
CIARA“Haaah!” I couldn’t help but let out a sigh as soon as I got home. I knew there were things I needed to swallow for the sake of achieving my goals, but this was harder than I thought.As if dealing with my ex, who cheated on me, wasn’t enough, now I also had to deal with his brother’s obsessiveness. I already knew that Rowan possessed such behavior, that he tends to be possessive and controlling, but his earlier actions were crossing boundaries I wasn’t prepared for.“What did he even mean by that?” I muttered, the words replaying in my mind, each time more absurd.It was funny how he couldn’t stand the idea of Austin touching me when he was the very reason his brother was allowed near me again.“Unbelievable.” I pressed my fingertips to my temple, sinking down onto the couch like gravity was suddenly heavier just for me.I let my head fall back against the cushion and stared at the ceiling, its blankness doing nothing to untangle the mess of feelings knotted up in my chest. The
CIARAThat single word hung between us, fragile as glass. For a heartbeat, Austin didn’t move, like he wasn’t sure he’d heard me right. Then relief flooded his face, softening every sharp edge of his expression as his hand trembled on mine.“Really?” he asked, and I nodded, though the motion felt heavier than it should have.“Yeah… I forgive you.”The smile that spread across his lips was immediate, and he let out a breath he’d probably been holding for days.“Yuri actually bragged about seducing you,” I admitted, each word a thorn snagging in my throat, “And as much as it stung that you fell for it, I realized it wasn’t entirely your fault. People mess up, and I know you wouldn’t hurt me on purpose.”The words tasted strange, but I said them anyway. “So… let’s just start over. Slowly.”“I’m really sorry. I promise, it won’t ever happen again.” Austin pressed his lips to the back of my hand, his gaze locked on mine, earnest. “Even if she tries something, I won’t fall for it again.”“A
CIARAShit. Every muscle in my body ached, like I’d been worked over from the inside out, bruised in places I didn’t even know I had.I stared at my reflection, trying to find something to say, but the words caught in my throat, stuck there after Rowan had fucked me senseless last night.“Is he a beast?” I frowned, turning a little so I could take in the mess he’d left behind.My skin was littered with hickeys, blooming dark across my breasts, some trailing down to the tender skin inside my thighs. And on my shoulder, there was a bite mark, angry and swollen, glaring red against my skin.The sight of it made my hand twitch, like maybe if I smacked him, it would even the score, but I couldn’t do that. Not when he was already gone when I woke up.I just let out a sigh and shuffled to the bathroom, where the tub was already waiting for me.“Well, at least he had the conscience to ready a bath for me,” I muttered as I slid in and rested my head back, eyes tracing the ceiling.Honestly, la
ROWANI had my fair share of sexual encounters throughout my life, enough to think I’d known the shape of pleasure, the slow build, and the blinding rush, but nothing had ever come close to the way Ciara’s heat devoured me now and how she moved above me.I did say she could punish me. I suppose I half-meant it, some idle promise tossed out in the haze of wanting her to stay, but I never imagined it would come to this: blindfolded, hands kept strictly away, denied even the smallest touch unless she allowed it.Right now, I was nothing but her toy, her plaything, and there was something darkly satisfying in the way she used me.After all this time, I’d finally managed to have her. Ciara Villaflor, the woman I’d been eyeing ever since my brother brought her home and introduced her like a gift I wasn’t allowed to touch.The first time I saw her, it was like someone hit me in the chest with an iron. There was nothing else for it but to stare in awe as she sat across from me, a beautiful, a
CIARAThe sound of my moan filled Rowan’s room as his fingers and mouth worked me over. It hadn’t even been four minutes since we started; somehow, in that tiny sliver of time, he’d already stripped me completely, every inch of clothing gone like it was nothing.And now his mouth was at my breast, warm and relentless, while his fingers teased the sensitive folds between my legs, coaxing out a wetness I was helpless to hide.This man literally meant fucking business, and all I could do was let my hand tangled in his hair, desperate for something to hold onto when his teeth grazed my nipple.“Fuck, your voice alone can make me cum,” he murmured, and when our eyes met, I saw myself reflected there: dazed, hungry, lost to him.He pressed a kiss to my lips, slow and deliberate, then smiled like he was memorizing the way I looked when I was unraveling for him.“We’re only at the foreplay, but God, I love the look in your eyes whenever I touch you.”That pulled me back, just a little. I frown







