Luca's Pov I drove to the Moreau villa. Alone this time. I wasn't in the mood to speak to Elias again and judging by the fact that I hadn't heard a word from him yet, he wasn't in the mood to speak with me either. Vincent's call had come in during the early hours of the morning. Urgent meeting, new mission incoming. I had a feeling Elias had been right and Operation Blue Wagon was out in the open again. Not particularly good news. It was a mission I'd rather not do or think about. But there was no avoiding it. Especially if Moreau had decided I was the man for the job. My mind constantly drifted to Alex and tried as I could, I couldn't stop it. Just like I couldn't help myself last night. I had to tend to him. To do something to make myself feel less guilty. His smooth skin was now marked by my hands. Previously, this would have sent my blood boiling in a fit of lust. The shot that grazed his cheek was a good example anyway. This time, it hadn't. It had sent me in
Alex's Pov I had angered him again. Or at least I thought I did. His mouth was set in a firm line as he grabbed his jacket off the floor. He was avoiding looking directly at me. He'd been doing that since he walked in. I couldn't say for certain though, seeing as I had been avoiding his eyes as well. I couldn't look at him. Not after what he'd done to me the previous day. I had gone around trembling like a kitten in the rain. Every sound spooked me, my skin felt too sensitive.Raw. And when I came back, at exactly a quarter to 6p.m, I'd almost cried as I took my bath to prepare for him. Because I knew he'd be back. And I didn't know what to expect this time. Was today the day I died? The day he finally killed me for disobedience? Or would it be another punishment? One more severe than the last. Now, I felt even more scared than before. There had been a brief moment of relief when he'd climbed on behind me. Relief that this was just going to be sex. Rough certainly as that
Luca's Pov The silence ticked for five seconds, "He needs to be punished." I replied. “That hasn't stopped a contract termination before. If anything, it usually precedes it.” Elias insisted. “I'm not terminating his contract. I'm not done with him!" I exclaimed in anger. Elias leaned against the counter, “Have you asked yourself why? You get tired after the first month. None of the others have lasted till the end of the contract. They either mess up or most of the time, you just decide you're done and toss them away. It's been just about a month, not only are you not tired of Alex yet, it seems like you haven't even started.” “I treated him the same way I would have treated any of the others… Alright. He got his punishment." I roared as I battled the urge to slam the bottle on the floor and watch it shatter into a hundred pieces. “I see. And how do you feel about that?" Elias asked gently. “What are you trying to shrink me? Is that what this is? You think I need therap
Luca's Pov I sighed, “Alive and…maybe not well but,” "Ah shit. What did you do to him, Luca.” Elias groaned in concern. “You know what, don't answer that.” "He disobeyed me.” I said through gritted teeth. "Yeah, no shit. The kid wanted to go back home for a bit. Can't blame him. He's had a rough couple of weeks.” Elias quipped in annoyance. “He didn't just go back. There was another guy in his apartment." I growled. “Oh." His eyes widened in shock, “Oh fuck." He mumbled with a sigh. “Yeah. Some fucker who drives a Harley. About six feet, no extra inches, brown hair, slim, muscular build obviously works out and is reasonably comfortable from the looks of his outfit." I rattled out, the image of Ryan storming out of Alex's apartment rolling in my head like a bad movie on loop. "You got a good look at him,” Elias nodded as he spoke."Not as good as I would have liked. Got his plate number though.” I Shrugged. "You're gonna track him, aren't you?” Elias asked in a matter
Luca's Pov I let myself into the apartment with my key. The house was quiet except for the sound of the running shower in the bathroom. I walked into the room and threw myself onto the bed. I really needed to talk to someone and if Elias didn't come out of the shower in the next five minutes I was going to go in there and drag him out. He came out a little over five minutes later, blue towel wrapped around his chest and a smaller white one around his hair? It wasn't him. Her scream of surprise blended with my gasp of amusement and she clasped her towel tighter. “Why…hey, there Sage." I chuckled with a brow raised in amusement. "Wasn't expecting to see you here.” She laughed nervously, "Uh…hey. Yeah, I…uh, I couldn't go back to my place because I um...fell asleep, so um…” She stuttered, wiping the water off her face with the back of her hand. “Really? That's weird. Elias didn't wake you?" I asked, laying on the sarcasm thick. At that moment, Elias walked in holding a
Alex's Pov My skin stung. My face hurts. My body ached. It kept aching long after he was gone. I huddled under the covers but they didn't provide much warmth. I shivered but not from the cold. For a brief second, I'd seen my life flash before my eyes. I'd seen Luca angry, enraged. But what I saw that day, the look in his eyes when he'd slapped my hands away from his legs... I'd seen a ruthless beast. The only time I'd seen a look close to it was the day he held a gun to my head about to shoot me for the unlucky coincidence of being there when he killed my landlord. And even then... Even then, it hadn't been like this. The worse thing was, he'd kept talking about disobedience, but it felt like I had done something far worse. I couldn't shake the feeling that he knew about Ryan. But if he did, then I should be dead by now. He'd held the promise of death over my head for as long as this contract had been standing.And somehow, I was still alive. I laid in bed for what