ARLO’S POV
The screaming of a woman’s voice caused me to jump up in shock.
“Oh my goodness, oh my goodness,” she said frantically as tears gathered in her eyes.
She was obviously in shock at what happened the night before, which made me confused.
Why was she acting weird and strange? I thought this was what she wanted?
Women would always act in a certain way that amused me, which is why I never take them seriously. Worse, after what happened to my mum and the betrayal she got from my dad, I swore never to give into any woman.
Love wasn’t worth it.
It was a freaking façade.
There was never anyone who had given themselves deeply into love that had ever ended happily ever after, so what was the damn point? I vowed never to fall in love, and for years now, I had maintained that without falling for any woman, but that didn’t mean that I didn’t allow myself to enjoy the bliss of being with a woman.
Sex was magical, but love is a farce.
Since I couldn’t love any woman, I have mastered the act of possession and dominance. Any woman I take must be dominated by me. During sex, I always took the lead. Rarely many women had the capacity to handle what I could give, and it always gave me an edge over them.
As for me, women were built to be conquered and domineered.
The shock on her face wasn’t what I had obviously expected. Every woman I have been with before now always woke up with an intense craving for more. They always wanted more because they couldn’t get enough of me, and that was how I liked it.
But she was different.
She was different when I touched her last night.
She was soft, delicate, and downright innocent.
From the moment my finger located her vagina, I knew that she was innocent, and more, she was the first virgin I was ever going to be with. I had often felt that women weren’t innocent, just like men. The world was filled with men and women always craving intimacy with the opposite sex, so it was always more of a bargain.
A business.
I pay for the hotel room, dominate and give her orgasm, while in return, she allowed me to have unlimited access to her body.
At the end of the game, both parties were satisfied, but that wasn’t what happened between me and her last night.
When I realized that she was a virgin, I knew that I should have stopped, but I couldn’t. I was far too aroused to stop, and also, she didn’t make it easy for me. She kept urging me on with her tender and feminine voice. Every time she begged me to fuck her, my cock responded rapidly.
It had taken me every will power in me not to take her all at once last night.
I wanted to learn her body, make her ready for me, and see her reach her climax.
A huge part of me wanted to make her first sexual experience a memorable and lasting one. I thought that it would be the need to conquer her as well, just like I had done to so many women, but I knew that that wasn’t the case.
I simply didn’t want her to forget a man like me.
Although, what a virgin was doing in my hotel room should have made me question the authenticity of Hawk’s pick.
Hawk was my secret personal pimp.
He knew exactly how I liked my women, and he always ensured that he brought them to me with ease.
“You know the story about me, Hawk,” I always tell him. “Don’t bring a woman to me who is going to cause me more scandals than I already suffered,” I would always add.
The last thing I needed was a dramatic or selfish woman.
I always ensured that not only would they have a good time with me, but they would also leave with a fat check; something they would never get from anyone else. Even though they were mere women arranged for my sexual pleasures, I never treated them like whores, which was exactly what most men did.
The fact that I don’t believe in love does not mean that I women should be treated harshly, so I always warned Hawk not to give me a woman that would force me to treat her badly.
I always warned him to do a proper research, because it would be worse to add a sexual scandal to the one of being illegitimate already.
Keeping my sexual business private was something that I always prided myself in doing.
“Don’t worry about it, Arlo, I got you covered,” he would always said and I have continued to trust him.
But last night, he had had a different thing to say.
“This one I am bringing to you is a little different,” Hawk had said.
“What do you mean?” I had asked him.
“You don’t have to be worried about a scandal, because I am certain that she will not bring you one, but she is very different from the others you have had. Just make sure that you both have a nice time,” Hawk had said.
I hadn’t understood what he meant, but because we have been on this for some years now and he had proven how trustworthy he could be, I simply let him.
So when she had come into the room last night a little tipsy and calling another’s man while I touched her, I had thought that it was the ‘different’ that Hawk was talking to me about.
Usually, that would have been a turn off for me instantly, because being with another man’s woman wasn’t part of my conquest, but something about her couldn’t make me stop.
And looking at her now, I could not tell if I was regretful of last night or not.
She seemed frightened to her bones.
“Who the heck are you?” She asked as fresh tears streamed down her eyes.
I clenched my teeth, deeply annoyed with Hawk; how could he bring me a woman that wasn’t ready?
It wasn’t even as though she wasn’t ready, she seemed like someone who didn’t know what happened to her, and it broke my heart.
“Who are you?!” She demanded hotly
I opened my mouth to explain myself, and probably tender an apology even though I wasn’t that kind of man, but she beat me to it.
“Oh, lord, you are Arlo Bronson, the illegitimate abandoned child of the Branson family!” She said as realization dawned on her.
Those words alone, which I detested hearing from anyone, ripped my ego into shreds.
ARLO’S POVHow on earth did this person come up with all these? The card was not in the package, or maybe I just wasn’t informed, but being that I have always been a sharp man who took initiative, I knew what to do without being told.“You are beautiful, my love,” I said as I reached out gently and touched Aurora’s hair.I gently pulled it away from her vision, and I ensured that I didn’t touch her skin. There was no skin contact. Holding her hand was the most I could go, and I only did it because I saw those people.Aurora couldn’t speak, or maybe she didn’t have any words to say.“Congratulations, man,” a man, tired of standing by and watching, walked up to us and said.Then he opened his palm for a handshake.I simply nodded and shook him, unable to utter the “thank you” word.Then everyone else surrounded us. What I noticed was that they weren’t locals. They were foreigners who came to have a good time at the love resort, which quite explains why they are not being reserved around
AURORA’S POV“We should leave now.”I heard Arlo say gently and my eyes flew open. A second ago, I was carried away by deep lust, and when I closed my eyes, I had thought that he was going to kiss me, but he didn’t.Arlo’s nearness and the huskiness of his voice had sent my whole body reeling with arousal, and it took every ounce of self-control not to attempt to kiss him again.“Lead the way,” I managed to say.I was flushed.Embarrassed.Ashamed.This was the second time now that I was fooling myself around Arlo Bronson. Clearly, coming close to me and saying those sweet and reassuring words in a deep and husky voice was nothing to him, but it did a lot of tingling things to my entire body, especially in between my legs.As Arlo and I left the room, I could not stop thinking that he did that on purpose! It had to be on purpose, because he could have said those words right where he was standing, but he had to walk so close to me that I could feel his breath on my face as he spoke,
ARLO’S POV “Do you want to have a change of clothes?” I asked Aurora after we were done with breakfast.I had already taken the breakfast trolley out and returned.“Are you the one taking back the trolley? Shouldn’t there be a waitress for this?” Aurora had asked me.“I just want to make sure that my surprise is coming out well, and so I will just use the opportunity to return this,” I had responded.I did see the waitress and she assured me that everything was already set.“That fast?” I had asked her.“We run a fast service here, sir, and we are dedicated to ensuring that all our guests get the best love service they would ever desire,” she had explained. “The picnic has been set up in our love garden, sir. You definitely cannot miss it,” she had added.“Thank you for this,” I had told her.I rarely thanked anyone, because I always felt that whatever they were doing for me was needed. I had become so stiff and cold-hearted that gestures like that no longer fazed me. I have had to w
ARLO’S POV“Breakfast is here,” I cleared my throat and said.Seeing Aurora definitely made me honey. Did she not come with anything that would help my game of self-control or was this a deliberate attempt to make me lose it completely.Aurora didn’t respond, and it wasn’t until I looked at her that I realized that she was in shock and she was finding it difficult to mask it.“We should eat,” I said.If she was already finding it hard to say something, it meant that my self-control game was working. I could only imagine what her reaction would be when she sees the picnic and everything I set up.I drew out the chair for Aurora, but careful enough not to touch her even in the slightest way even though that was what I really wanted to do badly.Who would see Aurora Blaire and not want her?Maverick Casimir was a dickhead, but a small part of me understood why he was trying to get Aurora back, even though he was going about it the wrong way. I would cross the deepest ocean and climb the
ARLO’S POVAfter I heard the shower go off, Aurora didn’t make any attempt to come out, and I guessed that she was clueless as to how to get her towel, knowing that I was still in the room.“Your game starts now, Arlo,” I told myself.Gently, I knocked at the door.“Don’t you dare open the door!” Aurora yelled from inside the bathroom.I smiled inwardly again, because that was all I knew how to do. We both know that she locked the door, as though at some point, she felt that I would try to get into the bathroom with her. This was another reason why I really needed to play this game. Regardless of the fact that this whole thing was fake, I wanted Aurora to leave with the right perception about me.And I would achieve it.There is nothing I have set my mind to do that I haven’t achieved it, and this will not be an exception.“I have no intentions of opening the door, Aurora,” I said calmly, not bothering to mention the fact that it was locked.I would not be able to get in unless I bro
ARLO’S POVThere was something about Aurora Blaire, because right after she rushed into the bathroom, I smiled.Me, Arlo Bronson, crack a smile without struggling to. I could barely believe it!If anyone would have told me that a smile would ever come from my lips, I would never have believed it. I have no idea what it feels like to smile, because I cannot remember the last time I did. My growing up was filled with so many tears and turbulence that I forgot what it felt like to actually hold a smile.Now that Aurora has hurried into the bathroom, I had the feeling that she would take some time like the previous day, so I took the opportunity to quickly call Gideon.“Really?” Gideon asked, visibly exasperated. “If you are going to keep calling me every freaking second, then you might as well come back already, Arlo,” he stated.I was too overjoyed to even be upset with him.“I need you to handle something quickly for me,” I told Gideon.“What’s that?” Gideon asked, but before I could e