CHAPTER 4
SERAPHINA
I couldn’t stop smiling.
I literally could not stop smiling.
I just had sex with Professor Lucien Vale. On his desk. In his office. With the door locked and my panties somewhere under his chair. My legs were still trembling.
My phone buzzed as I entered my apartment. I kicked the door shut, leaning against it for a second just to catch my breath.
It was real.
I actually fucked my professor.
“Holy shit,” I whispered to no one, laughing under my breath.
I ran straight to the bathroom, peeled off my dress, and stepped into the shower. The water hit my skin like fire. I winced at the sensitivity between my legs.
Worth it.
Every single ache was worth it.
His voice still echoed in my head.
You’re mine.
Say it.
I bit my lip and leaned against the wall as the water cascaded over me.
“goddamn,” I whispered. “What the hell is happening?”
I wrapped myself in a towel and padded into my room. Too lazy to do anything else, I threw on an oversized t-shirt—one of those college tees that hit mid-thigh—and didn’t bother with panties.
I flopped onto my bed, grabbed my phone, and ordered a pizza.
Extra cheese. Extra regret. Maybe.
I kept replaying everything that happened, heat crawling up my neck. His hands on my throat. His voice. His fingers. The way he kept going like he didn’t care who was knocking.
A knock.
I blinked.
Wait—
A real knock. On my door.
The pizza.
I scrambled up and ran barefoot to the door. I yanked it open—
“Hi—”
And froze.
It wasn’t just the delivery guy standing there. No. He was further down the hall.
Right at my keypad.
Lucien.
My professor.
My very recent fuck.
He turned slowly, his hand resting against the wall where the apartment numbers were listed.
His eyes scanned me.
Then paused.
At my bare thighs.
At the fact that I was wearing literally nothing but an oversized shirt.
“Oh,” I breathed. “Um. Professor?”
He blinked once. His lips twitched.
“Seraphina.”
I snatched the pizza from the confused delivery guy and awkwardly came out.
Lucien raised an eyebrow. “I—uh—I didn’t realize you lived here.”
“You live here?” I asked.
He nodded slowly. “I moved in last week.”
I stared.
He stared back.
The hallway was quiet. The delivery guy had already retreated down the stairs.
“I—wow,” I muttered. “What are the odds?”
He stepped closer, hands in his pockets.
“I guess they’re higher than we thought.”
My heartbeat was a little too loud.
Lucien looked around, then nodded toward his door—right across from mine.
“I’m just... unpacking. Want to come in?”
My throat dried. “Right now?”
“Yeah. You already look comfortable.”
I blushed. “I didn’t know you were going to be—here.”
He smirked. “You still hungry?”
I held up the pizza box weakly. “A little.”
“Bring it.”
I followed him across the hallway, barefoot and slightly dazed. His apartment was nearly identical to mine, just reversed. It was clean, neat, already arranged with books on shelves and soft lighting. His jacket was tossed across a chair.
“Sorry,” he said, motioning vaguely. “Still getting used to the space.”
“No, it’s fine,” I said quickly, stepping inside.
He turned to me. “Make yourself at home.”
Then, like it was nothing, he walked into the bedroom and shut the door behind him.
I stood there for a second after the door closed, staring at the spot where Professor Lucien had just disappeared.
His bedroom door.
He was showering.
Showering.
Right after telling me to “make myself at home.”
And I was standing here with no bra, no panties, no common sense.
My heart pounded like I’d run a marathon.
Don’t do it, Seraphina.
I turned toward his bedroom.
I was already doing it.
My feet moved on their own, soft against his wooden floor. I pushed open the bedroom door quietly. It wasn’t locked. Why wasn’t it locked?
His bed was made. His scent was everywhere.
I heard the water running behind the bathroom door.
Steam curled under it.
I stared.
Then bit my lip.
And pulled my shirt off over my head.
I was already wet again.
My whole body buzzed. I reached for the bathroom door and opened it slowly.
The glass shower was fogged, but I could make out the shape of him — tall, broad shoulders, wet hair slicked back, muscles flexing as he ran his hand down his chest.
Holy shit.
I stepped in and shut the door behind me.
Then I opened the glass shower door.
He turned around.
And froze.
“What the fuck—” he breathed.
I stepped in. “Hi.”
His eyes raked down my body.
“Seraphina.” His voice dropped. “You shouldn’t—”
“Then tell me to leave.”
He didn’t.
He just stared.
I moved closer, water splashing between us. “Do you want me to leave, Professor?”
His jaw clenched. “Don’t call me that.”
I smiled. “Why not?”
“Because I’m two seconds from fucking you against this wall again.”
“I was hoping you'd say that.”
He growled, low and dark, and the next second, his hands were on me.
He slammed me back against the shower tiles, water pouring over us as he kissed me — no, devoured me — lips crashing into mine like he was trying to erase every thought that wasn’t him.
His hands roamed everywhere — my breasts, my waist, my thighs — and then he yanked my leg up, wrapping it around his hip.
“Been thinking about this since you walked in with that damn shirt,” he hissed.
“I wasn’t wearing anything under it,” I whispered.
“I know.”
His mouth found my neck, biting down hard enough to make me gasp.
“You just let me invite you in like that?” he muttered against my skin. “Bare under your shirt? Were you hoping I’d lose control?”
“I was praying you would.”
“Fuck.”
He grabbed my ass with both hands, lifting me like I weighed nothing, and I wrapped both legs around him.
Then he pushed in.
I cried out — not just from the stretch, but the sudden, brutal pressure of it. He didn’t go slow.
Didn’t ask.
Didn’t warn.
He just gave it to me.
“You feel that?” he grunted against my shoulder.
“Y-Yes—god—”
He pounded into me, water streaming down our bodies, his muscles flexing with every brutal thrust.
“You came over here dressed like that for this, didn’t you?”
“Yes—fuck—Lucien—”
“You’re gonna take everything I give you.”
“Yes—please—”
He slammed into me again, harder.
“You’re so fucking tight.”
“Don’t stop—don’t stop—”
“Wasn’t planning on it.”
I was clinging to him, nails digging into his back, eyes rolling back. His grunts were low, ragged, like he couldn’t hold himself back anymore.
“Beg for it,” he muttered into my neck.
“Please—fuck me—harder—Lucien, I want it so bad—”
He let out a guttural sound and obeyed.
Then his hand slid between us and rubbed my clit.
“No mercy,” he whispered.
“Lucien—I—I’m gonna—”
“Come on my cock, Seraphina. Right now.”
I shattered.
My whole body clenched around him, eyes shut tight as I cried out his name. The orgasm hit like a wave — relentless and hot — and he didn’t stop thrusting through it.
I gasped, panting. “You’re still—fuck—you’re still hard—”
“Didn’t come yet,” he said, grinding in deeper. “You think I’m done with you?”
I whimpered.
He pulled out suddenly, and I whined at the loss.
“Turn around.”
“What?”
“Face the wall. Hands up. Now.”
I obeyed, pressing my palms to the tile as he lined himself up behind me again.
Then he slammed back in.
“Lucien—fuck—”
“You said make myself at home,” he growled in my ear. “So I’m making you mine.”
He wrapped a hand around my throat, choking me lightly as he rammed into me from behind.
I moaned louder than I meant to. “Lucien—harder—don’t stop—please—”
“You like this, huh?” he whispered, biting my shoulder. “You like being fucked in the shower like a slut?”
“Yes—yes—”
“Then take it.”
He gave it to me. Over and over.
And I took it like it was the only thing I’d ever been made for.
CHAPTER 2EVELINA“On your knees.”“What?”His gaze sharpens. “Now.”My mouth opens to protest—then snaps shut again. I don’t know why I obey.I sink slowly to the floor, silk pooling around me. My pulse drums in my ears.He steps forward.He unbuckles his belt.My breath catches.“You were given to us,” he says, undoing the button of his slacks.He grips my chin.“Open your mouth.”“Lucien…”“Don’t make me repeat myself.”Shaking, I part my lips.He feeds himself to me — slowly — and I flinch. He doesn’t let me pull away. One hand cups the back of my head, fingers threading into my hair, holding me in place.“Eyes up.”I look up.His face is stone. Sharp jaw clenched, nostrils flaring. Dominance leaks from every inch of him like smoke.“That’s it,” he murmurs. “Good girl.”I hate how those words make my thighs press together.He guides my movements, controlling the pace. My throat fights, eyes sting, but he doesn’t stop. Doesn’t let me.“You’ll learn to take what I give you,” he says
CHAPTER 1EVELINA“It’s time.” I don’t move.“Evelina,” my mother hisses behind me, her voice tight. “Don’t make this harder than it has to be.”Harder for who?I stare at myself in the mirror. The gown clings to my skin like it wants to suffocate me.I’m twenty-two. I should be graduating. Falling in love. Living.Instead, I’m being handed over like an envelope full of cash — traded by my family to settle old debts with the Moretti mafia.They call it a wedding. I call it a sale.Four.They never told me there’d be four.I thought I was marrying one Moretti heir. But when I step down the aisle, trembling, every man looks at me like he already owns me.Lucien. Dante. Caelum. Rafe.One by one, they approach.Lucien goes first — the eldest, the Don. His kiss is cold and brief, his gloved fingers brushing my cheek like he’s tasting something he bought.“Obedience,” he murmurs against my mouth. “Is the most beautiful kind of loyalty.”Next is Dante. He grabs my chin roughly, smirks, and
CHAPTER 3CADENShe looked wrecked.Kneeling on the floor, blindfold secure, wrists tied behind her back, and spit glistening on her chin. Her lips were bruised from sucking me off, and her chest was rising like she’d just run for her life.But she hadn’t run.She’d knelt.She’d begged.And she’d let me use her mouth like she was made for it.I didn’t walk away.How could I?I dropped in front of her again and gripped her face with both hands.“Still think this is a game, Valentina?” I growled.She shook her head slowly, lips parted.“You like being down here? Tied up? Nothing but a pretty little mouth and a soaking wet cunt?”“Yes,” she whispered.I growled deep in my throat.“You’re lucky I’m still holding back,” I muttered, dragging her forward by the ropes. “Because if I didn’t care whether you broke, I’d already be inside you.”Her breath caught. “Then don’t hold back.”That was it.That was the last fucking thread snapping.I shoved her down gently but firmly onto all fours, her
CHAPTER 2CADENI pulled her into a kneel at the foot of the bed.She swayed, nearly fell.I caught her chin in my hand. “You listen to my voice. You breathe when I tell you. You beg when I make you.”She bit her lip.I slapped it lightly. “Words, Valentina.”“Yes, sir.”That was better.My fingers tangled in her hair. I tugged her head back slowly until her mouth parted on instinct.I didn’t kiss her.She was already trembling, already shifting on her knees, thighs clenching together.“Spread your legs.”“Caden—”I slapped her inner thigh.She gasped.“Do it.”Her knees widened. Back straight. Mouth open. Blindfolded and roped like a pretty little gift waiting to be unwrapped.I crouched in front of her.“Now tell me,” I murmured, breath ghosting over her lips. “Was dancing with those men worth this?”“No,” she whispered.“Louder.”“No, sir.”“Good girl.”Her breath caught at that.god, she liked praise. I filed that away.I let my hand trail down her neck, over her chest, brushing l
Her Bodyguard CHAPTER 1CADENI knew exactly where to find her.The second I stepped into the club, the bass hit and somewhere in the mess of sweat—there she was.Valentina.Dancing between two men like she was born to make me homicidal.Tiny black dress. Heels that could slit a man’s throat. And a fucking smile that dared me to lose control.One of them touched her waist. The other leaned in like he owned her.My fists clenched.I didn’t stop to think.I stormed through the crowd, shoved the guy on her left so hard he stumbled back into a table, then grabbed her by the arm.Her eyes lit up.“Oh look,” she purred. “Daddy sent the babysitter.”I didn’t say a word. Just lifted her—literally threw her over my shoulder like she weighed nothing—and stalked out of the club while she kicked and shouted every curse word she could summon.“Put me down! You’re insane—Caden! This is kidnapping!”I pushed the door open with my back, walked straight to the car, and tossed her into the passenger s
CHAPTER 4SERAPHINAI couldn’t stop smiling.I literally could not stop smiling.I just had sex with Professor Lucien Vale. On his desk. In his office. With the door locked and my panties somewhere under his chair. My legs were still trembling.My phone buzzed as I entered my apartment. I kicked the door shut, leaning against it for a second just to catch my breath.It was real.I actually fucked my professor.“Holy shit,” I whispered to no one, laughing under my breath.I ran straight to the bathroom, peeled off my dress, and stepped into the shower. The water hit my skin like fire. I winced at the sensitivity between my legs.Worth it.Every single ache was worth it.His voice still echoed in my head.You’re mine.Say it.I bit my lip and leaned against the wall as the water cascaded over me.“goddamn,” I whispered. “What the hell is happening?”I wrapped myself in a towel and padded into my room. Too lazy to do anything else, I threw on an oversized t-shirt—one of those college tee