Larissa Maynard FLASHBACK - FIVE YEARS AGO~•~“Has your boyfriend not called you yet?” My roommate, Madeline, questioned when she saw me staring at my phone for the umpteenth time that afternoon.I shook my head, no. Caspian and I were supposed to go on a date last night, but he never showed up. For a while, I wondered if he had forgotten he was meant to pick me up and I went to the restaurant myself but he hadn’t checked in the reservation. Against all odds, I decided to wait for him but there was no point since he never came last night.At first, I was mad at him. Then, I got worried because Caspian was not the kind of guy to stand me up and not tell me beforehand. I left a ton of messages but none of them were opened.I was going to wait a few more hours. If I didn’t get a reply, I was going to go to his place. We had been dating for two years since my freshman year. He’d been a junior at the time and graduated some months ago, but we were still able to see each other regularly.
Larissa Maynard PRESENT TIME~•~I sighed as I looked at Caspian. “That’s not how things work. You can’t just forget about what happened in the past and move on. You claim you can’t tell me the reason yet you still want to be with me. Who’s to say that if we get back together, which we won’t, but if we do, this issue won’t come up again and you’ll leave like you did five years ago.”“It’s different this time.”“Humor me.” I hadn’t come here to argue with him but it just couldn’t be helped, especially when he kept telling me about how much he wanted me back. Even when he broke up with me five years ago, he repeated that he loved me which made me confused. I didn’t even know what to believe anymore.“I can protect you this time.”Even more baffled, I was about to ask him what he planned to protect me from when I heard the sound of thunder. I shrieked, automatically attaching myself to Caspian’s side.When I realized what I’d done, I disentangled myself from him, clearing my throat but
Larissa Maynard ~•~I didn’t know when I dozed off but when I woke up, the weight of Caspian’s leg was draped over mine and one of his hands enclosed my breast, holding me close to him as he slept.My breathing hitched at our bare bodies rubbing together. I couldn’t even justify what I was doing. I wondered what Alex would think if he saw me like this; naked and in Caspian’s arms.Slowly but surely, I removed his hand from my body and gently placed his leg away but before I could stand up. He pulled me back to him, resting my head on his chest, while his hand wrapped around my waist lazily, his fingers skimming my ass and dangerously close to my bare cunt.Peeking through my lashes to check if he was still sleeping, I sighed in relief when I saw that his eyes were closed, but my body didn’t consider that fact as it was excited by how close his fingers were to my pussy.I was too attracted to Caspian for my own good. I waited a few minutes before I tried to escape his hold again and o
Caspian Bianchi~•~I had never slept this well in years; to be precise, in five years. The only night I got to sleep this well was the last time I had sex with Larissa. I had fallen asleep beside her, but I’d woken up early so I could leave before she woke up.This time, the reason I woke up was because someone continuously poked me. I had the strongest urge to break the person’s finger, slam them on the wall, and teach them a lesson about not startling me when I was sleeping, but my mind was put at rest when I remembered that Larissa had stayed over last night.“What is it, Larissa?” I groaned, my eyes fluttering open to peak at the clock. It was already past seven but I did not feel like waking up just yet. Sleep was hard to come and whenever it did, I welcomed it with open arms.“I’ve got to go. I need my clothes.”“Go where?” I grumbled, rubbing my jaw as I sat up. She was covered in my shirt and it made me frown. I clearly remember snuggling up to her naked body last night. It fe
Larissa Maynard ~•~It had been three weeks since I saw Caspian last and he hasn’t tried to get in touch with me. I’d told him we were nothing presently but it was odd that he didn’t try to dispute that. Knowing Caspian, he didn’t take my words seriously.However, I couldn’t stop thinking about my time in his house. When I’d arrived, his friend had told him there was something in his basement and he had told his younger brother to take care of it. Was it the man hanging from the ceiling? And if Caspian was involved, was Antonio also involved? What the hell was his family into?Aside from that, I still hadn’t worked up the courage to break up with Alex. We were engaged and if I was calling it off, I needed to have a solid reason. I couldn’t tell him that I fucked my ex and felt guilty about it which was why I pushed everything about those two men to the back of my mind and focused on my pre-fashion show.It was like a showing where models wore samples of the new line in front of inves
Larissa Maynard~•~I wasn’t crying because I was heartbroken. I didn’t love Alex anyway.I was merely wondering how my life took such a turn that I was willing to settle down with a man I didn’t love and who obviously didn’t love me as well because what exactly were we doing in such a relationship? I wasn’t mad that he cheated on me. After all, I did cheat as well. What made me mad was him brazenly offering me to another man. ‘If you want her, you can fuck her. I don’t mind.’I didn’t think Alex was that good of a person but it was fucking obvious he didn’t respect women as well. Even if I wanted to settle with someone I didn’t like, he was the worst option I could have picked.And as for Caspian, he had one hell of an audacity. At that moment, I hated him as well. I hated him for knowing things about my relationship that I didn’t know myself. I hated him for making me want him despite our history. I hated him for demanding my fiancé to break off our engagement. Overall, I just wan
Larissa Maynard~•~“What are you talking about?”I focused on eating the cookies. “I think it’s pretty self-explanatory, mom.”My mother stared at me for a few minutes, most likely not knowing what to say. I wasn’t scared though. I knew she was going to support my decision. She would just try to make sure I wasn’t making the wrong one.“When did you guys decide on this?”“Oh, he doesn’t know yet.” I didn’t plan on telling him. That was his punishment. He was going to find out from his family anyway after my mother spilled it to them. Then he was going to call and call and I’d never pick up his calls.I didn’t care if it was too harsh as his words kept repeating in my head. ‘You can fuck her. I don’t mind.’ What an asshole.“Larissa. What is going on? You don’t just wake up one morning and call off your engagement. Did he do something bad? Did he cheat on you?”I wasn’t going to wash our dirty linen in public. “We don’t love each other. There’s no use in getting married.” I took a big
Caspian Bianchi~•~“I heard you’re chasing Larissa again.”My head snapped up at the sound of my sister’s voice. She was just like my brother, entering my office whenever she liked without knocking. One of these days, I planned to change the key lock to one with a password just like I did with my room.“Do you assume I’m idle so you can come in whenever you want and I’ll be at home?”“Don’t change the subject, Caspian. Are you chasing her again?”“What has that got to do with you, Sophia?”My sister glared at me but I never backed down from a stare-down. She was dressed elegantly in a blazer and suit pants, indicating that she was just coming back from the company. I owned it but she ran it. She was older, but I literally had to step in as the parent when our parents died.“It has everything to do with me when I’m the reason you left her in the first place.”My jaw clenched at the reminder of our past. It wasn’t something I wanted to think of, not to talk of speaking about it. I had