“Sir Romare!” I heard the firefighters screaming for me to step back, but I couldn’t. Confusion gripped my chest and I couldn’t tear my eyes away from my company that was being reduced to nothing but ashes. What had happened? What has gone wrong? I had no idea who set the fire, my workers who’d been called weren’t saying anything coherent either, each of them claiming they had no idea what happened. Not even the management field could give me any damn explanation. Did they leave something flammable on?“Romare,” a familiar voice called and I turned to see my younger brother who’d stepped down from the car approaching me. “Are you okay? I heard what happened and had to rush over here.” “I’m fine, Adam, what are you doing here?” I asked, focusing on the company that was being watered down. I could see him frown from my peripheral vision and glanced at him. “Why are you here? Weren’t you going to travel today?” He grumbled under his breath and cleared his throat. “I was. But I coul
“Sir Romare!” I heard the firefighters screaming for me to step back, but I couldn’t. Confusion gripped my chest and I couldn’t tear my eyes away from my company that was being reduced to nothing but ashes. What had happened? What has gone wrong? I had no idea who set the fire, my workers who’d been called weren’t saying anything coherent either, each of them claiming they had no idea what happened. Not even the management field could give me any damn explanation. Did they leave something flammable on?“Romare,” a familiar voice called and I turned to see my younger brother who’d stepped down from the car approaching me. “Are you okay? I heard what happened and had to rush over here.” “I’m fine, Adam, what are you doing here?” I asked, focusing on the company that was being watered down. I could see him frown from my peripheral vision and glanced at him. “Why are you here? Weren’t you going to travel today?” He grumbled under his breath and cleared his throat. “I was. But I coul
By the time I woke up, it was completely dark and I knew immediately that it was the middle of the night. Though I didn’t feel like I was going to die anymore, I still felt pretty weak, my mouth dry and my head banging. I needed water so I forced myself off the floor to sit up. My gaze swept to the door and I was about to call for the two maids when I paused and furrowed my brows. Is something burning?A loud beeping filled the air and it was ringing so loudly I had to cover my ears with my palm. “What’s going on?” I sniffed the air. It was the smell of smoke as if the entire place was engulfed in flame. I quickly rushed to the door and grabbed the door handle, however, the immediate burn made me shove away from the floor, falling on my butt, my heart thumping heavily. What the hell?The handle was incredibly hot. It burned and I lowered my gaze to my palm which was a painful red. It couldn’t be what I was thinking right? The house wasn’t on fire, was it? Fear crept up my spine a
Romare’s nostrils flared. He was mad, more than angry, but I wasn't going to let him go, not until he handed the suppressants over to me.“Herlo,” he said at last. “Take your hand off me.” I shook my head at him, my eyes lowered to avoid his soul-crushing gaze. “Give me the suppressants and I will.” “You’re being very daring and you don’t know—“ “I don’t care.” I met his eyes. “Just give me what I want.”Silence. Seconds ticked by. “Let go,” Romare said. “Or I’ll break your little fingers.” He stared at my fingers which twitched at his threats. Still, I stood my ground, grasping him much tighter. “I don’t really want to stand here, holding you. It’s not helping me at all and it’s making my heat worse.” My stomach lurched, my legs unsteady. “Just give me the pills.” “Why should I do that? Giving it to you or not is up to me,” Romare said softly. My eyes widened. “So, you’re going to let me die?” “No.” “You’ll help me with my heat then?” Disgust crossed his face immediately a
Herlo didn’t answer me, her baby blue eyes just staring at me warily. My lips twitched and I raised a brow. “You enjoy making me repeat my words, don’t you?” ”Give me the suppressants,” she said, her breath shuddering. “I feel dizzy.””And I said, answer my damn question and get it,” I growled, my patience wearing thin. “You are wasting my time. Do you want them or—“ “Urgh, just shut up!” The next thing I knew, Herlo was on top of me, trying to claw my eyes out. “Shut up, shut up! Just shut up! If you’re not going to give me the stupid pills, then I’m going to take what’s in front of me.” She pushed, tackling me to the floor before I could even register what was happening. “This is all your fault!” she groaned at me, straddling my waist and dropping her hands on either side of my head. Her breathing was heavy, her curls falling in a fringe over her forehead. Blue eyes bored into mine and her breathing, hot, and fanning my face. “Get off,” I grunted, stifling a groan at the feel
I didn’t answer him, I couldn’t. It was hard thinking rationally when I felt hot all over, my mind clouded with his pheromones. I could plead to have him scent-mark me, but I wouldn’t. Not a jerk like him. All I needed were suppressants, I would survive on them alone. I didn’t need him. Romare’s inscrutable expression changed a bit. He continued looking at me in silence, his gaze sharp. it was a hundred times more unnerving than any words. But suddenly. “Don’t even think about it! Because I won’t.” “I didn’t ask,” I said calmly—or at least I tried to. “You know it would be better for you to just kill me.” His lips thinned. “Why do that, when I can punish you for what you’ve done? You’re only alive because killing you would be me giving you the easy way out. Did you think I was going to let you go scot-free after trapping me?” “I didn’t trap you. Your actions were your own fault!” I fought the urge to squirm under his cruel stare, my breathing ragged. “And you refusing to simply