LOGINDominic's POV The office still smelled like her.That faint but intoxicating scent. Jasmine and something sweet. Something that got under my skin and stayed there. The faint traces of her perfume clung to the leather, to my skin, to the memory of her on her knees—no. I shut that thought down before it took root. But fuck if my brain didn’t keep circling back to it anyway.The way her dark hair had fallen across her face. The defiant glint in her eyes even as she’d tried to mask it with feigned submission. The fragile column of her throat as she looked up, taking me in and out of her mouth. She was everywhere. In my head. In my blood. In places she shouldn’t fucking be.From my glass-walled perch, I watched my kingdom sprawl beneath me, moving exactly the way I wanted. Control wasn’t a luxury for me. It was oxygen. And this place was the only thing that had ever listened when I demanded it.I had designed this place the way other men designed alibis; carefully, obsessively, with no
Dominic finally looked down at me, a ghost of that dark smirk playing on his lips. He reached down, and for a wild second, I thought he would offer me a hand up. Instead, his fingers hooked under my chin, tilting my face up to the unforgiving light."For someone who has never sucked a dick, you’re dangerously good at this." He murmured, his thumb stroking over my damp bottom lip. His touch was possessive, branding.I said nothing. I couldn’t. Shame and a treacherous, unwanted thrill warred inside me.He released my chin and I finally found the strength to push myself up, my legs trembling violently beneath me. I couldn’t meet his eyes anymore, focusing instead on the stark lines of his desk."The driver is out front," he stated, his voice all business now. He walked to his desk, picked up a phone, and pressed a button. "Ivan. My guest is coming down. You will drive her back to the estate." A pause. "Yeah. She waits for me. No one else touches her. No one else speaks to her. Do I make
"Tell me, did you miss me? You didn’t answer me when I asked earlier." Missed killing you? Oh yeah… more than I’d like to admit, asshole. Every damn second I didn’t shove a blade in your chest, I thought about how much I wanted to. That is how much I missed you."You left me alone in that house," I found myself saying instead.Dominic moved closer and his fingers threaded through my hair before closing into a firm grip, tugging just enough to tilt my head back and pull a sharp gasp from my lips."I’m here now, aren’t I?" His lips grazed the shell of my ear, the warmth of his breath setting every single nerve ending I possessed on fire. "So, did you miss me?""I… missed you," I whispered. The lie felt necessary. It was a survival instinct.A dark, triumphant smirk curved his lips. His hand snaked around my waist and he hooked my thigh over his hip. The hard ridge of his cock pressed against me through our clothes and he ground against me slowly making my head spin. "Good. Now that we
The air in the VVIP room was thick with the scent of expensive cigar smoke, expensive perfume, and pure, undiluted lust. I had seen a lot working at Lust & Lace, but this… this was a different stratosphere.On the central stage, two women who were completely naked, moved with a primal grace around polished chrome poles. They weren’t just dancing; it was a raw display of flesh and fantasy, a transaction of temptation happening right before my eyes. One arched her back, offering her breasts to the hazy air, while the other slowly trailed her fingers down her own stomach, her eyes locked on the men who watched.And they watched, mesmerized. Two of Dominic’s associates had already vanished into the shadowy recesses of the club with their chosen companions and the remaining three were deep in a low, rumbling conversation with the man whose lap I was trapped on.I was barely processing the words, the laughter, the clink of crystal glasses. My entire universe had narrowed to a single, devas
They say murderers start with strangers, practicing on someone they don’t know because they’re easily disposable, replaceable, and their absence barely leaves a mark.I didn’t get that luxury because my first victim wasn’t a stranger at all. It was my father.Honestly, the only regret I carry about that night is that I was too kind. That piece of shit didn't deserve kindness. He deserved a worse ending that would haunt him straight to hell where he belonged. I'd planned to erase him from existence brutally and unforgettably, but I let my emotions get in the way. I was too rushed, too angry, and he didn't suffer nearly enough for his sins.The bastard was a tough one, though. He wouldn’t just die like a normal person. He clung to life like the cockroach he was, writhing and whining like a bitch as if his pathetic pleas would change anything. I had to stab him forty-seven times right in that shriveled thing he called a heart. By the time he stopped begging and slumped over, I felt mo
I’d made my share of dumb decisions but this one took the fucking trophy.Lying was always a gamble, but lying to Dominic Sokolov? That wasn’t a gamble. That was sticking a gun between your teeth and pulling the trigger just to see if the chamber was empty. It was suicidal.Men like him didn’t forgive mistakes; let alone deception. They slit throats for being looked at wrong, burned men alive for breathing too loud. And here I was, feeding him the clumsiest, most see-through lie in the history of lies.A stripper who’d never been touched. Jesus fucking Christ. What was I thinking?The words had sounded insane even as they’d left my mouth. It was a lie too stupid to work on anyone with two brain cells, let alone a man like him.And I was good at lying—fuck that, I was great at it. I could cry on cue, bat my lashes until some poor bastard swore I was head over heels. I could lie about anything, everything, and men would eat it up. Every. Single. Time. But Dominic wasn’t supposed to fal







