Cassandra Salvatore~•~"Let's throw a party.""Get out of my room," I yelled out from my closet as soon as I heard Jules' voice. I was in the middle of getting ready for work.Instead of listening to me, she stuck her head inside my closet, strolling inside when she saw me putting on my pants. "Pleaseeee. A Halloween party.""We've had too many parties for the year.""We've had only one party!" She cried out."Yeah, a week ago and it's enough for the year. We'll have another one next year."Jules scowled at me. "I wasn't asking you. I was telling you." I arched an eyebrow at her. Technically, it was my house, so— "Fine. Please. If you don't want to attend the party, you can just stay at your other house.""What other house?" I frowned, fixing my earrings. She rolled her eyes. "Matteo and Rowan's, of course.""Shut up.""Anyway, real talk. Are we throwing the party or not?""We're not in college anymore, Jules.""Yeah, but we're still young. We are twenty-three, Cassie. Not fifty.""T

Cassandra Salvatore~•~I knew I said I wanted to keep the past in the past but there was something that sparked in me that day; the day I had that conversation with Matteo and Rowan about my mother.It got me wondering. Was she alive? Was she doing well? Was she married?She had been very young when she had me. It probably didn't help that my dad died shortly after. I didn't know if that was what propelled her bad decisions concerning her life.She didn't talk much about my father. All she said was that he was a Korean who came to America for college. His family was supposedly rich but when she reached out to them, they didn't believe she was impregnated by their late son.Thinking about it now, they were probably still grieving and couldn't process the thought of their son having offspring.That being said, I didn't know my father's name or anything else about him, but I did know my mother's name. It wasn't a wonder I still remembered it because she couldn't be bothered to give me a

Cassandra Salvatore~•~I woke up before my alarm could ring, unable to ignore the erection pressing against my ass.Matteo had ended up sleeping over while Rowan had called to make sure I was okay.Rowan and Matteo had brought out a sexual appetite in me I never knew I had because I found myself rubbing my ass against his dick.I could feel it stirring even if he wasn't awake. I wondered how he would feel if he woke up to a blow job. I opened my eyes, looking through the small gap in the curtains to see that it was still dark outside. My eyes drifted to the digital clock. It was only past five.Matteo and I had slept early last night. I wanted him to distract me with more sex but he refused. It was annoying but I couldn't force myself on him. I ended up thinking back to my mother and I found myself crying. Matteo was there to hold me until I finally fell asleep.I felt stupid but I couldn't help my emotions.It was dark inside the room so I turned on the lamp.Matteo was sleeping p

Rowan Valentino~•~"Are you sure we should be here without telling her first?" I asked my brother, halting his fist that was about to meet the door."We called her numerously and she didn't answer. We don't have another choice.""Who knows what she could be doing?""Exactly. Who knows?" He emphasized. When he came back home this morning, he told me that Cassie was pretty bummed out yesterday. It annoyed me to find out that she was feeling that way because of her excuse of a mother but there wasn't much we could do about it."Fine."As soon as the word left my lips, he knocked on the door before pressing the doorbell.It took seconds before the door was pulled open. It was Justina.She wrapped her arms around Matteo's waist and did the same to me. "We brought something for you," I told her and she grinned with enthusiasm."What is it?"I nodded to Rowan and he handed the wrapped box to her. I could see the curiosity on her face as she took the box from him. "Thank you so much!" Then,

Matteo Valentino~•~I was startled when I heard the door to my office open and for a second, I wondered if Cassie turned back. Then, I realized that was just silly.She had just left. How the hell was I missing her already?Expecting it to be Rowan, I didn't bother looking from my computer when I said, "How many times do I have to remind you to knock?""I can't say you've told me anything about knocking before."Eyes wide, I raised my gaze to see that it wasn't my twin brother, but the man I considered my best friend, Nathaniel."How long has it been?" He asked sarcastically, clad in his suit. He was probably visiting because he had work to do around the area. He was a workaholic, just like my brother and I. "Almost three months. You found a new pussy to chase and forgot all about your poor best friend."I narrowed my eyes at him. "She's not just some pussy.""Oh." His lips lifted in a smirk. "You love her already.""Shut up and sit down."Nathaniel was an interesting character. We'd