LOGINEdwin Reed did what he had to do to survive selling his body to pay his mother’s medical bills and keep his younger sister safe. When his mother dies, Edwin walks away from that life for good, determined to start over. One last mistake changes everything. The man from his past turns out to be Daniel Ashcroft the billionaire CEO of the company where Edwin has just landed a life-changing internship. In the boardroom, Daniel is cold and untouchable. Behind closed doors, the connection between them is dangerous, secret, and impossible to ignore. As buried secrets resurface and enemies from Daniel's past close in, Edwin discovers he may have been pulled into a corporate war far bigger than either of them. Trust shatters. Loyalties are tested. And love becomes the most dangerous risk of all. Because when power, sacrifice, and desire collide, someone always pays the price.
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"Yeah, baby, just like that keep going, fuck me harder," she moaned loudly, her fingers clutching the edge of the sink, "that's the spot, yeah, right there."
I grimaced as I watched sweat bead down her arched back. Why did she keep calling me "baby"?
"Oh God, I’m about to blow…"
Finally,
"Yes, baby, yes don’t stop.."
Her whole body tensed, her moans turning into desperate whimpers. Her hips jerked erratically, and I decided to push her harder, faster. Her voice grew raw, uninformed of my name, so in a broken, awkward voice, she screamed,
"Come on, bartender…fuck me even harder!"
A loud cry tore from her throat as she climaxed, spilling her release all over me. I slowly withdrew, disgust curling in my stomach at the sight of the creamy mess splattered on my skin and hips. I backed away, grabbing a tissue to clean myself.
She turned around, flashing a grin as I zipped up my trousers and buckled my belt.
"Tuck, boy," she chuckled, "That dick of yours is fire. You almost wrecked my pussy with it. Nearly an hour, huh?"
"That’ll be three hundred dollars," I said, voice cold.
Sha gasped, eyes wide with surprise. "Damn, boy. Looks like you’re not much for small talk, huh? Just do your thing and walk away, huh?"
I glanced at the door impatiently. "I gotta get back to the bar. This is the restroom anyone could walk in. Can I get my money?"
She reached into her purse, retrieved the bills, and handed them over. I slipped the cash into my pocket and headed for the door.
"Next time, I’ll make you suck my pussy longer, cutie," she called after me.
My stomach twisted at her words. I muttered to myself, "Next time." The familiar wave of self-loathing washed over me again.
How long would I have to keep doing this? Since dropping out of college, I hadn’t done anything else. My mother was still sick at home. That was the only thing worse than this life. Going back to her, knowing I was barely scraping by, tore me apart.
Then there was Ruby. My little sister, someone I’d always looked after through high school. Working at the bar was never enough to support us, but when my manager mentioned this "side hustle," I leapt at it. That was about six months ago.
Now, I’d lost count of how many women I’d been with. Ridiculous.
"Yo, Edwin," Mark’s voice came from behind, with his arm draped over my shoulder.
He’s my manager a man in his mid-forties who always tried to justify pushing his clients onto me:
“I’ve lost my mojo, kid. These women need more energy, you get me?”
That was BS. Mark only fucked the wealthy women wives of politicians and businessmen those whose husbands were too preoccupied to care. He had a penthouse for them upstairs. The less fortunate women and most of the men he handed off to me.
There was a hotel nearby, its receptionist used to be familiar with my visits.
"Hey, Edwin," she’d say, with a slight smirk.
That changed the night I fucked her in a broken-down cab on our way home. Now she called me “monster dick” not that I cared, but she wouldn’t stop teasing me.
Other clients loved risky spots asking me to fuck them in bathroom stalls or the VIP lounge, which was always thick with cigarette smoke and haze. Mostly women in their mid-thirties craving that reckless thrill of youthful rebellion.
Honestly, I was sick of it all. But what I earned in a night at the bar easily paid for the nightmares I endured.
"You were standing here the entire time?" I asked Mark.
He grinned mischievously. "You’re a real freak, huh?"
"Are you kidding? She was singing like a canary the whole time. Had to keep people from walking in on us," he said, then nudged me. "So, how much did you make?"
"Two hundred dollars."
He held out his hand. I hesitated, then shoved the money into his palm. He snatched a fifty-dollar bill and chuckled.
"Good job, kid," he said, patting my shoulder, then walked away.
The rest of the night, I stood behind the bar, serving drinks and avoiding eye contact with any woman who looked my way. I couldn’t wait to get out of there once Mark gave the signal.
I hurried home on a rickety bike, my mind drifting blank along the ride.
Sneaking into my mother’s room, I kept the lights off so as not to wake her. She was deep in sleep. I kissed her forehead gently, then tiptoed upstairs to my room.
I collapsed onto the bed, staring at the ceiling. After a deep breath, I dragged myself up and headed toward the bathroom. But then I noticed movement behind the curtains.
I froze. A pair of tiny feet peeked out from underneath.
"Ruby. What are you doing there?" I asked, voice low.
She hesitated before stepping out, clutching something in her hand. My eyes widened instantly. I looked at my wardrobe open and saw what she was holding: one of my biggest dildos.
Her face was filled with shock, and before I could speak, she asked in a trembling voice,
"Are you a sex worker, Edwin?"
Edwin’s POVThe house by the water had become the quiet miracle I returned to every night, the place where the fractures in my soul were slowly knitting back together, one sunrise at a time. One hundred and fifty-two chapters into our story, and some mornings still felt like the first page of something brand new fragile, hopeful, and entirely ours.I woke slowly that morning, cocooned in the steady warmth of Daniel’s body. His chest was pressed firmly against my back, one strong arm draped over my waist with his palm spread possessively across my stomach. His breath was warm and even against the nape of my neck. Sunlight filtered through the sheer curtains, casting soft golden patterns across the rumpled sheets. The distant rhythm of waves rolling onto the shore below provided the constant, soothing soundtrack that had become part of my nervous system — proof that peace could exist after chaos.For several long minutes I simply lay there, breathing it all in. No racing heart. No imme
Edwin’s POVThe house by the water had become the quiet miracle I returned to every night, the place where the fractures in my soul were slowly knitting back together, one sunrise at a time. One hundred and fifty-one chapters into our story, and some mornings still felt like the first page of something brand new.I woke slowly that morning, cocooned in the steady warmth of Daniel’s body. His chest was pressed firmly against my back, one strong arm draped over my waist with his palm spread possessively across my stomach. His breath was warm and even against the nape of my neck. Sunlight filtered through the sheer curtains, casting soft golden patterns across the rumpled sheets. The distant rhythm of waves rolling onto the shore below provided the constant, soothing soundtrack that had become part of my nervous system — proof that peace could exist after chaos.For several long minutes I simply lay there, breathing it all in. No racing heart. No immediate dread. Just the quiet certainty
Edwin’s POVThe house by the water had become the quiet miracle I returned to every night, the place where the fractures in my soul were slowly knitting back together, one sunrise at a time. One hundred and fifty chapters of our story, and yet some mornings still felt like the first page of something brand new.I woke slowly that morning, cocooned in the steady warmth of Daniel’s body. His chest was pressed firmly against my back, one strong arm draped over my waist with his palm spread possessively across my stomach. His breath was warm and even against the nape of my neck. Sunlight filtered through the sheer curtains, casting soft golden patterns across the rumpled sheets. The distant rhythm of waves rolling onto the shore below provided the constant, soothing soundtrack that had become part of my nervous system — proof that peace could exist after chaos.For several long minutes I simply lay there, breathing it all in. No racing heart. No immediate dread. Just the quiet certainty t
Edwin’s POVThe house by the water had become the quiet center of everything that mattered. It was no longer just Daniel’s beautiful property it was the place where Ruby laughed the loudest, where Daniel’s guarded edges softened completely, and where I had finally stopped waiting for the next disaster to arrive.I woke slowly that morning, cocooned in the steady warmth of Daniel’s body. His chest was pressed firmly against my back, one strong arm draped over my waist with his palm spread possessively across my stomach. His breath was warm and even against the nape of my neck. Sunlight filtered through the sheer curtains, casting soft golden patterns across the rumpled sheets. The distant rhythm of waves rolling onto the shore below provided the constant, soothing soundtrack that had become part of my nervous system proof that peace could exist after chaos.For several long minutes I simply lay there, breathing it all in. No racing heart. No immediate dread. Just the quiet certainty
Edwin’s POVThe office was quiet, the hum of the fluorescent lights a dull background to the storm raging inside me. I sat at my desk, staring at the document in front of me, a simple printout from the company archive. It was a file I’d stumbled upon purely by accident, or so I’d told myself. Now,
Edwin’s POVThe key turned in the lock at 2:17 a.m., and the apartment door opened with a soft click that sounded louder than it should have in the silence. I stepped inside, shoes in hand, trying not to wake Ruby. The hallway light was off, but the faint glow from the streetlamp outside painted ev
Edwin’s POVThe morning after felt like waking up inside someone else’s skin.I lay in my own bed, staring at the ceiling cracks I’d memorized as a kid, the same ones I used to count when Mom’s coughing kept me awake. The apartment smelled like burnt toast from Ruby’s attempt at breakfast and the
Edwin’s POVThe envelope burned a hole in my pocket all the way up to the forty-fifth floor.I hadn’t opened it again after tearing the business card inside. I didn’t need to. Victor’s words were already branded behind my eyes: *A clean slate. A job where your past stays buried.* The way he’d said
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