LOGINElena’s POV
I stood at the door, my heart pounding like a drum. Damien kept thrusting into the woman on the bed. His eyes stayed locked on mine. That dangerous smile never left his face. My legs felt weak. I knew I should run back to my room, but his silent “Stay” held me there. He turned his attention back to the woman for a moment. “You did well tonight,” he said in a low, rough voice. “Now leave.” The woman moaned softly as he pulled out of her. She looked dazed and satisfied. She grabbed her clothes quickly and hurried past me without a word. Her eyes avoided mine. The door clicked shut behind her, leaving me alone with him. Damien stood there completely naked. His body was strong and covered in sweat. His thick cock still hard and shining. He walked toward me slowly. I could not move. “What are you doing here, Elena?” he asked. His voice was calm but carried power. “I warned you not to wander at night.” “I… I heard sounds,” I replied, my cheeks burning hot. “I didn’t mean to watch. I’m sorry, Damien. Please don’t be angry.” He stopped right in front of me. His height made me feel small. He lifted my chin with one finger so I had to look into his dark eyes. “You liked what you saw, didn’t you? I could tell from the way you stared.” My breath caught. I wanted to deny it, but my body betrayed me. Heat gathered between my thighs. “It surprised me,” I said softly. “I should have gone back to bed. I won’t do it again.” Damien chuckled quietly. The sound sent shivers down my spine. “Too late for that. You saw everything. Now tell me the truth, did watching me fuck her make your pussy wet?” His dirty words shocked me. I shifted on my feet. “I… yes,” I admitted in a whisper. “It did. I don’t know why.” “Good girl,” he said. His finger traced my jaw. “Honesty gets rewarded here. But disobedience has consequences. Do you understand?” I nodded fast. My nightgown felt too thin under his gaze. “I understand. I’ll follow your rules from now on.” He stepped even closer. His hard cock brushed against my stomach through the fabric. I gasped softly. “Words are easy, Elena. I need to see if you can obey. Take off your nightgown, let me see what belongs to me now.” My hands trembled as I pulled the thin material over my head. Cool air touched my bare skin. I stood naked before him. My nipples hardened from the mix of fear and excitement. “Like this?” I asked, my voice shaky. “Exactly like that,” Damien replied. He looked at my body slowly, from my breasts down to my smooth pussy. “Beautiful, younger and tighter than the last one. Turn around and bend over slightly.” I obeyed without thinking. I turned and bent a little, showing him my ass. My face felt flushed with shame and desire. “What are you going to do to me?” I asked quietly. He placed one big hand on my ass cheek and squeezed. “First, I’m going to punish you for spying. Then we’ll see how well you beg.” His palm came down in a firm spank. The sound echoed in the room. It stung but sent sparks of pleasure through me. “Ah!” I cried out. “That hurts… but it feels strange too.” “Strange in a good way?” he asked, spanking the other cheek harder. “Tell me how it makes you feel, Elena. Don’t hide anything.” “It makes me wetter,” I confessed between breaths. “My body is aching for something. I feel embarrassed but I can’t stop.” Damien rubbed the sore spots gently after each slap. “That’s because your body knows what it needs. It needs a firm hand, It needs Daddy to take control.” He slid his fingers between my thighs and found my soaked folds. “So fucking wet already. Good.” I moaned softly at his touch. “Damien… please. This is moving too fast. I’m just here to paint.” “Yet here you are, naked and dripping for me,” he said. His fingers circled my clit slowly. “Painting can wait. Tonight you learn the real rules of this house. Spread your legs wider.” I did as he said. My mind spun with emotions. Fear mixed with strong desire. No man had ever spoken to me like this. “What if I can’t handle it?” I asked, my voice breaking a little. “You can,” he assured me. “And you will. Because deep down you want this. Say it. Say you want Daddy to touch you more.” “I want it,” I whispered. “I want Daddy to touch me more.” His fingers pushed inside me suddenly. Two thick digits stretching my tight pussy. I gasped loudly and grabbed the door frame for support. “Oh God… that feels intense.” “Relax and take it,” Damien commanded. He moved his fingers in and out while his other hand played with my breast. “You’re going to cum for me right here. Then we’ll continue this lesson properly.” I rocked against his hand without meaning to. Pleasure built fast inside me. “I’m close already,” I admitted. “Don’t stop… please.” Just as the waves started to crash over me, he pulled his fingers away completely. I whimpered in frustration. “Why did you stop?” Damien turned me around to face him. His eyes burned with hunger. “Because good girls earn their orgasms. And yours is far from earned yet.” He held his wet fingers to my lips. “Clean them. Taste how much you want this.” I opened my mouth and sucked his fingers. The taste of my own juices made me feel dirty and excited. “Like this?” I asked after. “Perfect,” he said with a dark smile. “Now go back to your room. Leave the door unlocked. I’ll come for you when I’m ready.” I picked up my nightgown with shaky hands. “What will you do when you come?” I asked, both scared and eager. Damien leaned close to my ear. “Everything I want. And you’ll beg me for more.” I walked back down the dark hallway on trembling legs. My body throbbed with need. The storm still raged outside. I left my door unlocked like he ordered and climbed into bed. My mind raced with questions and dirty thoughts. Minutes passed. Then I heard heavy footsteps approaching my room. The door creaked open slowly. Damien stood there in the doorway, still naked and hard. His eyes promised things I had never experienced. “Ready to begin your real training, little artist?” he asked.Sorenna’s POVThe messages kept coming. My phone vibrated again and again in my hand. I stood on the steps of Mara’s building with Kael beside me and watched the group chat fill with laughing emojis and sharp comments.Kael read the screen over my shoulder. His voice stayed quiet. “He took that picture without asking.”“Yes.”“Do you want me to say something in the chat?”“No. That will only make it worse.” I locked the phone and pushed it into my pocket. “I need to go inside and talk to Mara first.”Kael nodded. “I will wait out here if you want. Or I can leave. Your choice.”I looked at him under the porch light. The anger from the photo still sat in my chest, but it was not aimed at him. “Wait. Please.”He stepped back onto the sidewalk and leaned against the low wall. I went inside.Mara met me in the hallway. Her face told me she had already seen everything. “I tried to shut it down. Jett is being an idiot.”“He has been an idiot for months.” I walked past her into the living roo
Sorenna’s POVJett’s car idled at the curb. He kept his arm on the open window and stared at Kael like he owned the whole block.Kael did not move closer to me or step back. He simply looked at Jett and spoke in a calm voice. “I did not see any signs that said she was off limits.”Jett’s mouth tightened. “Everyone in the group knows. She says no for a reason. You do not get to show up and act special.”I stepped forward so I stood between them. “Stop talking about me like I am not here. I decide who walks with me. Not you. Not the group.”Jett’s eyes shifted to my face. “I am looking out for you. This guy is new. Cassian said he is only around for a while. Do not let him waste your time.”Kael’s voice stayed even. “She can decide that for herself.”The air felt thick. A car passed on the main road and the sound faded fast. I kept my arms at my sides and spoke clearly. “Go home, Jett. This is not your business.”He stared at me for another long second. Then he looked at Kael one more t
Sorenna’s POVI stood in the kitchen of Mara’s apartment with a half empty cup of soda and watched another guy from the group try his luck. His name was Jett. He leaned against the counter too close and smiled like he already knew the answer.“Come on, Sorenna. One date. Just dinner. I will not even try to hold your hand if you do not want.”I kept my voice even. “No, Jett. Same answer as last month.”He laughed like it was a joke. “You say that to everyone. One day someone is going to change your mind.”I turned away and rinsed my cup. Behind me the others talked and laughed. The group had been the same for two years. Mara, Tamsin, the guys who floated in and out, and me. Pretty much every guy in the circle had asked me out at some point. I said no each time. Not because I hated them. I just never felt the spark that made the risk worth it.Mara appeared at my side and bumped my shoulder. “You are going to run out of polite ways to turn them down.”“I still have a few left.”She grin
Mira’s POVMorning light slipped through the wide windows and landed across the bed. I woke to the steady sound of Rhys breathing beside me. His arm rested heavy over my waist. For a few quiet seconds I let myself stay still and feel the warmth of him.Then the memory of the last message returned. Watch the morning news. Your restaurant will not survive what comes next.I reached for my phone on the nightstand. Rhys stirred as soon as I moved. His eyes opened. He did not ask what I was doing. He simply sat up with me and waited while I unlocked the screen.No new messages. I opened a local news site and scrolled. Nothing about the restaurant. Nothing about me. Relief loosened the tight place in my chest, but only a little.Rhys took the phone from my hand and set it aside. “We handle this today. Together.”“How?”“I already sent a message to my lawyer last night after you fell asleep. Ethan made a threat. That photo was taken without consent on private property. We have ground to stan
Mira’s POVRhys pulled the car to the side of the road under a broken streetlight. The engine kept running. Soft heat came from the vents. I still held the phone like it might burn my hand.“Show me,” he said.I turned the screen toward him. The photo was clear. My open shirt. His hand on my waist. The kitchen light behind us. The message underneath left no room for doubt.Rhys read it once. His fingers tightened on the steering wheel until the leather creaked. “Ethan.”“It has to be.” My voice sounded thin. “He was right there. He must have taken it before I closed the door all the way.”Rhys stared at the photo for another long second. Then he looked at me. “He wants you to leave me.”“Yes.”“Are you going to?”The question hung between us. I shook my head. “No. But if that picture goes public the restaurant will suffer. Reviews. Customers. Everything I built.”Rhys reached over and took the phone from my hand. He locked the screen and set it in the cup holder. “Then we deal with it
Mira’s POVThe pounding on the front door kept going. Each hit made the glass rattle. I sat frozen on the prep counter with my shirt half open and Rhys still standing between my knees. His hands rested on my bare waist. Heat from his palms soaked into my skin.“Mira, open the damn door,” the voice called again. “I can see the light in the kitchen.”Rhys’s jaw flexed. He did not step back. “That is him.”“Yes.” My fingers shook as I started buttoning my shirt. The fabric felt too thin all of a sudden. “Ethan.”Rhys helped me with the last two buttons, his knuckles brushing my collarbone. The touch was careful but it still sent a shiver straight down my spine. “You do not have to open it.”“If I do not he will keep yelling until someone on the street calls the police.”Rhys gave a short nod and finally moved away. The space he left felt cold. I slid off the counter. My legs were unsteady. I smoothed my hair and walked toward the front of the restaurant. Rhys stayed two steps behind me,
Elena’s POVI followed Damien down the narrow stairs to the lower levels of the mansion, my heart beating fast in my chest. The air grew cooler and heavier as we descended. My short black dress barely covered my thighs, and I felt exposed already. Damien’s hand stayed firm on my lower back, guiding
Elena’s POVSunlight streamed through the big studio windows the next morning. My body still ached from last night. Damien’s cum had dried on my thighs. I stood in front of the blank canvas with shaky hands, trying to focus on work.The door opened suddenly. Damien walked in wearing a fitted black
Elena’s POVDamien’s hand covered my mouth quickly. His eyes warned me to stay silent. My heart raced as the woman’s voice came again from behind the door.“Damien? I know you’re in there. The Velvet Board needs you downstairs now,” she called. She sounded impatient.He leaned close to my ear. “Not
Elena’s POV I paid the taxi driver with the last of my cash and stepped out onto the gravel driveway, my paint bag slung over one shoulder. The mansion loomed in front of me, huge and old, with lights glowing in some of the windows. My stomach was doing that nervous flip it always does before som







