INICIAR SESIĂNBELİNDAThe fire between us had already been ignited once.And this time, I had zero intention of putting it out.As he continued to devour my lips as if they were burning him, he pulled back for a split second."If you're going to stop, you'd better do it now."I did something much better than answering and crashed back onto the lips heâd just pulled away."Kiss me!"The first time, the thought of stopping him hadn't even crossed my mind until the door knocked. Now, I wasn't sure I could control myself at all."With pleasure," he murmured, biting and tugging at my lower lip with his teeth. My hands quickly reached for the buttons of his shirt.Ugh! Stripping him wasn't exactly easy while my legs were wrapped tightly around his waist, refusing to let go. My body and my brain were still at war. I managed to bypass my entire brain and let my body take the lead.I unclasped my locked legs and nudged him to put me down."What!" he gasped against my mouth. "If you're backing out, I'm going
DARİANONE MONTH LATER"I think your problem is that you just can't find a middle ground," Amanda said.I reached out and grabbed a handful of peanuts from the bowl. I sipped my strong black coffee and nodded."To hell with the middle ground!""Even if they don't come together on purpose, when they do, they're like a fireball ready to explode," Julia said.We were gathered in the part of the villa that belonged to Luke and Rose. Taking advantage of the fact that the men weren't around, we were enjoying the pool and the terrace.After messing around in the water enough, weâd prepared some snacks and coffee and moved on to gossip hour.If even two women coming together can start "gossip time," you can guess what happens when four women get together.The agenda was us, of course. The fleeing rabbit and the chasing hound...Good news! I was the hound.The rabbit was, well, you know who."Do us a favor," Amanda said. "My brotherâs ner
DARIAN I wanted him found as soon as possible too, but when Belinda said it, it felt like she was pushing all my buttons. "I just want everyone to go back to their own lives. And honestly, the urge to spit in that manâs face is weighing pretty heavy. Itâs not about you," she said, placing her hand on my arm. She slid her fingers down slowly, almost stroking me. "So, don't get all tense!" A sly little smirk spread across her face. "Anyway," she said, breaking the contact. "If thereâs nothing else you want to talk about, Iâm heading to the table. I shouldn't hover in your radar too much!" "There isn't," I said through gritted teeth. "Fine then." She winked and headed for the terrace. If sheâd made that move while we were alone, Iâd have shown her exactly what my radar could do! What was this womanâs deal? Where did this sudden flirting and coquetry come from? And she was winking at me like she wanted it! She acts like she doesn't want to be on my radar, but then she makes
DARIAN"Open an account in Belindaâs name. Deposit this into it.""Whatâs this?" Luke asked, looking at the check and the cash Iâd handed him."The debt Belinda paid me.""I knew you wouldnât keep it. But why the complicated runaround? Just tell her, âYou don't owe me anything, keep your money,â and be done with it. Why do we have to open the account, man?"If she thought she didn't owe me anything, the chances of her taking off were pretty high. I couldn't let her leave until we found the crew. After all, Belinda was the only one who knew the face of the prick who took my place."It has to be this way. Just do what I told you! And speed this shit up already. What happened to that genius brain of yours? You got married and lost your edge! You shouldâve found a lead by now.""Iâm looking. Nothing came out of the camera footage. Thereâs no trace of the guy to even start a trail. Iâm going to dig back into the files of the women who gave statements to the police. Letâs see if something p
BELİNDA After changing my clothes, I studied myself in the mirror. Should I go? Should I not? One part of me said, "Youâve come this far, itâd be wrong not to go." The other part said, "Let him rot for all I care." And there I was, a pathetic mess, bouncing back and forth between the two thoughts like a pinball. I coded the right mirror in front of me as "go" and the left as "don't go," and started swinging my hand between them while reciting a nursery rhyme. âSee? It came up âdon't goâ!â I pouted. I wasn't sure about the result. To confirm, I started a different rhyme this time. âIt came up âdon't goâ again!â I said to myself. âWhat the hell are you doing?â I jumped at the sound of the voice. Spinning around sharply, I locked eyes with Darian, who was leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed in that impossibly charismatic way.
DARİAN âHeâs still talking!â My furious gaze snapped back to Michael. âAre you going to take your brat, or do you just not give a fuck if this place gets trashed?â Michaelâs bodyguards had already surrounded us. At that moment, a slender hand gripped my arm. âStop it! What are you doing?â My eyes found Belinda, who was holding my arm. I hadn't even realized when sheâd climbed down from the stage and rushed over to us. âGirl, why are you jumping in? Why the hell did you leave the stage!â My God! I swear, she was pulling trouble toward herself on purpose. âWas I supposed to just watch?â âYes,â I said shortly. Meanwhile, Reene, held upright by the guards, said in a dazed and admiring voice, âDamn, sheâs even more beautiful up close!â âGet this dog out of here!â I said, looking at Michael. âOr heâs going to die by my hands!â He straightened up from the pillar he was leaning aga
BELINDA Iâd never been the type to pull off being a "proper young lady." With a look like mine, that was never going to happen anyway. Thanks to the environments Iâd worked in, Iâd learned how to keep my guard up and play word games pretty damn well. Seein
DARIAN"I've got two hours. Get ready, weâre sorting out the clothes today."She was sprawled on the sofa, one leg over the other, looking way too comfortable. My eyes slid from her reddish-black hair down her body. She was wearing a tank top with wide straps and shorts.Even though she was tiny, s
DARIAN "Are you ready?" Iâd changed and headed downstairs. Belinda had gone to the venue early for rehearsal. Since the whole family wanted to be there for her first night, we were all going together. The moment I stepped in, my cousin Amanda threw herself
BELİNDAAll my limbs were frozen. Clay let out a laugh. âI was going to have a taste anyway, but I didnât expect it to be this soon,â he said, just as the door was kicked open and the room was suddenly flooded with police.Shouts of âDrop it! Drop it!â filled the air. In that split s







