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Liam's pov
"Another shot, please." The bartender gave me a worried glance, maybe I was taking too much. But I didn't care, I needed to get wasted tonight. He poured another shot and added extra ice, it left a burning trail as I tipped it into my mouth. Tomorrow was my engagement, and my twenty-fifth birthday. I was to be engaged to the charming Avery Maddox. And shit, if I remembered correctly through all this alcohol. I've only met this woman once. And we didn't even hold out a proper conversation. "Another one." I requested, nudging the now empty glass to him. "It's your engagement sir, why aren't you happy about it.?" I scoffed internally, Maybe because I wasn't interested in women?Yes, they were luscious beings with luscious assets. But I ached to be used, to be dominated and pummelled into a mattress so hard that there would be a dent in the bed frame the morning after. I liked men, I wanted men. I gripped the cup in anger, I couldn't have them. Because that would mean my whole world tearing into little pieces and then burning up and receding into bright orange flames. "Just imagine....." I muttered amusingly, to my own hearing. "Liam Sinclair, heir to Mr. Astor Sinclair, coming out of the closet and identifying with the LGBT community." I could almost smell the headlines. My father would ruin me first, and I was honestly..... incapable of fighting his choices. The bartender turned to me, he was a big bulky man that had his hair roughed up with an apron on. A big muscle daddy capable of- "So you don't like her?" He asked, his squeaky nosy tone drowning out my desires. "It doesn't matter who I marry.....it's quite frankly all the same." He kept quiet after that and I kept on drinking, in fact....I started feeling the shots kicking in. I climbed on the table, hooted and announced that I would be buying drinks for everyone here. Their excited cheers erupted around me, their tongues gliding at the corner of their lips at the mention of free liquor. Through the blinding neon lights and loud phonk music, I noticed......him. He was seated at the VIP section, he was watching me.....his eyes held my stare and I could see him clamp down on his lip with his lower teeth. He was oozing dominance, I could taste his breath from across the room. Somehow, I knew that it would taste like mint and sugar. I would never dare to approach any man intimately in public, the fear for my reputation would not let them. But my body betrayed me for this stranger. I found myself getting off the table, walking towards him, liquid courage fueling my intentions. The crowd was thick, but I was quick on my feet. Within a fleet of a second, I was on his thighs, straddling him like a shameless slut, and kissing him, like I'd been starved of life itself. He kissed back, in fact......he kissed back with more vigour than I expected. His strong arms locked around my waist, his deep green eyes looked up at me, reminding me of a thick lush forest. "Tasty...." He muttered as he curled his tongue around mine, sucking on it lewdly as he moved around on the sofa. I could feel him getting an erection beneath me. God, what was I doing?. "Wanna take this elsewhere, a hotel, just us two?" He was a stranger to me, going with him alone would mean exactly what he was suggesting. My engagement was tomorrow, and.... He grabbed my neck and peppered kisses on my chin, fisting my growing bulge and marking my neck with his light bites. "Just one night...." I murmured out of breath. "Just one." He responded in agreement. We didn't need to exchange any other words, I signalled the bartender to deduct whatever bills from my card. He carried me out, still sucking on my throat and forcing submissive sounds out of me. "You'll be a good boy for me, won't you?" It sounded like something a serial killer would say, especially when he slid my drunk ass into the back of his tinted SUV. But I didn't mind, I was too far gone, lost in his scent of coffee and rain to care. For one night, I would be reckless and I'd let loose. ~ The hotel door clicked shut behind us, muffling the noise outside. He pressed me against the wall like he couldn’t wait, his mouth crashing into mine, hungry, lustful. I clung to him, fingers tangling in his shirt before yanking it open. Buttons popped, and he didn’t even flinch. He stripped me down with practiced ease, his gorgeous eyes scanning every inch of my exposed skin like I was something he’d been starving for. I’d never done this. I'd ever let a man touch me like this. But with him, that fear turned into heat. "You're smooth...." He trailed his hand across my bare chest, "soft....just how I like my pretty boys." He pushed me onto the bed, hands everywhere, down my chest, between my thighs, leaving wet trails with his tongue as I trembled beneath him. My breath hitched, my dick throbbed. Then he pulled my boxers off and settled between my legs. "Relax," he said. His fingers were slow at first, wetting themselves with cold lube and pressing into my hungry hole until I arched and whimpered, then he got rougher, crueler in the most beautiful way. "You’ve never been fucked, have you?" he murmured, pressing a kiss to my smooth ballsacs. I shook my head, too dazed to speak. He smirked, Then I felt him, long and hard, pushing in, stretching me open like his member was a beer bottle. I gasped, my nails digging into the sheets. "Breathe, pretty boy," he whispered, thrusting into me. The whole length, he slammed it in. It hurt. It burned. But by the gods, it was everything I craved. He didn’t stop until I was flushed and wrecked, begging for more. Until the room smelled of sex and sweat and desperation. He came with a growl, spilling deep inside me while I cried out a wordless gibberish plea. We hadn't even used a condom, I was careless, getting pummeled raw as his hands worked my own pitiful member. Making it spurt and wobble. We collapsed onto the sheets together, both of us breathless. He brushed his thumb over my bruised hip bone, "I've still got more loads to pour into you." He grinned, "let's see how well you do on top.”Third person's POV "Alright," Janet said, taking charge of the room the way she always did when business was happening. "Let me lay out what Elena and I have been working on while you were all in Mexico dealing with cartel leaders and kidnappings and newborn babies."She pulled up a presentation on her laptop screen, turning it so everyone could see. Maps of the city appeared, marked with colored zones indicating different types of properties and development opportunities."The real estate market is shifting. Commercial properties downtown are becoming available as older companies relocate or go bankrupt. There is a building boom happening in the west side neighborhoods that were considered too risky five years ago but are now gentrifying rapidly. And we have an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of several major developments if we move quickly." Janet clicked through slides showing specific properties, financial projections, risk assessments. "Elena has been doing the researc
Third Person's POVThe morning came wrapped in the kind of false peace that made you forget you were living through the aftermath of multiple disasters. Liam woke to sunlight streaming through curtains that actually blocked most of the light, a luxury he had not experienced in the hotel rooms of the past two weeks. The bed was comfortable in a way that made his entire body relax, muscles finally releasing tension they had been holding since the moment Avery disappeared.Jackson was already awake, sitting at the window with his phone, scrolling through messages that had piled up during their time in Mexico. His hair was uncombed, sticking up in directions that would have bothered him if he had the energy to care. He wore the hotel robe and nothing else, his bare feet propped on the windowsill, the posture of someone who was physically present but mentally somewhere else entirely."Morning," Liam said, his voice was rough with sleep.Jackson looked over, managing a small smile that did
Third Person's POVThe flight back to the States took nine hours with a layover in Houston that felt interminable. Avery sat between Jackson and Liam, Caroline sleeping in a carrier strapped to her chest, the baby's tiny face peaceful in a way that made everything they had survived feel worth it. Eve Dove sat across the aisle reviewing case files on her laptop, still working even though the immediate crisis had passed.When the plane finally touched down at the airport, Liam felt tension he had been carrying for days began to ease. Home. They were home. Back on familiar ground where the threats were known and the police actually answered their calls and hospitals did not require armed guards outside recovery rooms.Janet was waiting for them at arrivals, standing beside a luxury SUV she had rented specifically to transport them comfortably. She wore designer jeans and a silk blouse, her dark hair pulled back in a professional ponytail, radiating the particular energy of someone who ha
Third person's POV The location Elena Reyes chose for the meeting was a neutral ground in every sense that mattered. An old textile factory that had been converted into event space years ago, then abandoned when the economy shifted and people stopped renting warehouses for weddings and corporate gatherings. It sat in a neighborhood that belonged to neither Sinaloa nor Reyes territory, a demilitarized zone where both sides could claim equal footing.Victor Ruiz arrived thirty minutes early with Carlos beside him, both men unarmed as the agreement demanded but neither man was comfortable with the vulnerability that created. The building smelled like dust and old machinery and the particular emptiness of spaces that had been designed for crowds but now held only silence."Check the perimeter," Victor commanded. "Make sure we are alone. Make sure this is not a trap."Carlos moved through the building methodically, checking corners and rooms and potential ambush points. He returned fiftee
Third Person's POVThe hospital cafeteria at seven in the morning was a study in fluorescent exhaustion. Doctors finishing night shifts hunched over coffee that had been sitting in pots for too many hours. Families who had maintained bedside vigils wandered in looking for anything that might sustain them through another day of waiting. The smell of institutional breakfast food hung in the air, not quite appetizing but functional enough for people who had forgotten what real hunger felt like.Liam sat at a corner table with his second cup of coffee, watching the entrance. Jackson had gone up to see Avery and the baby an hour ago. Visiting hours started at six but the nurses had made an exception for the family, understanding that some reunions could not wait for posted schedules.The cafeteria door opened and Liam felt his stomach drop. Avery walked in, moving slowly, one hand pressed against her abdomen where the surgical incision was still healing. She wore a hospital gown and a robe
Third Person's POVVictor Ruiz sat in a cramped apartment three miles from the chemical plant where he had lost everything. The place belonged to a cousin who asked no questions and accepted cash payment for a temporary sanctuary. One room. A mattress on the floor. A bathroom with a sink that barely worked. The kind of place where men who were running from something came to hide until they figured out their next move.He had been watching the news on his phone for the past six hours. Every major outlet in Mexico City was covering the story. American woman rescued from Sinaloa kidnapping. Baby delivered safely after dramatic raid. Police searching for Victor Ruiz, wanted for kidnapping, assault, and a dozen other charges that would put him in prison for the rest of his life if they caught him.The bitch was alive. Avery Maddox had survived when she should have died. Had delivered her baby when both of them should have bled out in that contaminated building. Had been rescued by federal







