All Chapters of HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION(An Erotic Billionaire Romance): Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Alaric’s POV: “If I did, then there would be no reason for this meeting, would there?” she continued. “Because Meadow would’ve already left you by now.”My jaw flexed, my grip still around her throat. I didn’t loosen it. Not yet. If anything, I squeezed even harder just to watch the color in her cheeks darken. But she wasn’t scared. She knew I wouldn’t hurt her.I leaned in close, my nose brushing hers as I let my voice drop to a dangerous whisper. “You will not tell her.”“Or what, Ric?” she whispered back. “Are you gonna lock me up in that same facility you held my niece? Wait.” She pulled back as if something just struck her. “Meadow knew about Juni being in there, didn’t she?”I released Clarissa’s neck, examining my knuckles. It was easy to forget that I was injured. Before I left the house, I had Mel bandage my wrists up. It was the least I could do to cover just a little bit of the shame I felt about Meadow finding me down in the gym, seeking pain like a fucking lunatic.Clari

Meadow’s POV: “Ah, fick mich,” Nolan groaned. “Was I not supposed to tell you that? You’re going to get me into some damn trouble…”But I wasn’t listening any longer. Juniper was out.Alaric had let her out of the facility, and that was why he had men stationed around the house. He thought that if I found out, I was going to find her.But I wasn’t. If anything, she was going to be the one to try to draw me out. But my sister hadn’t contacted me yet. A lot of questions rose with that revelation. If he was going to let her out, why didn’t he tell me?And with the way he was cruel to me the other night, I thought that he wasn’t going to have her released anytime soon.“Are you alright?” Nolan’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts.I looked out the window again. “Uh, yeah, I’m fine.”“Well, you don’t look fine,” he muttered under his breath.I rolled my eyes. “Whatever I look like shouldn’t matter to you, Nolan. You don’t even like me.”I wasn’t sure why it surprised me that Nolan didn’t

Meadow’s POV: The water was quiet enough for me to hear my own thoughts. Unfortunately.I pushed off the wall and let the pool swallow me, the weight of the water pressing against my body from all sides. I used to be scared of pools once, scared to the point where I avoided bathtubs like the plague. My sister pushed me into our pool when we were eight years old. I couldn’t swim. All Juniper did was watch me flail while she stood over me, giggling. I would’ve drowned had the housekeeper not heard the splashing and the gurgling sounds. When my mother found out about it, she was furious. Not at Juniper for pushing me, but at the housekeeper for saving me. She fired her.“You should’ve let her fucking drown!” She wasn’t even discreet about it. My mother never hid the fact that she hated me.And Juniper hated me because my mother made sure she did.The knowledge that someone could watch me drown and do nothing terrified me. So I avoided large waterbodies, until Nova made me face it year

Meadow’s POV: My hand inched toward the strings slowly. I hated that I was doing this. But even more, I hated the way he was looking at me right now.Like he wanted to eat me up. Or maybe strangle me.The rough hand on my jaw reached down toward my breasts, and Alaric cupped it gently, rolling my nipple with his thumb. I bit down hard on my bottom lip, swallowing the moan that threatened to come out. I couldn’t let him know that I was enjoying this too much. Although it looked as if he already knew.My chest rose and fell in shallow breaths. “You’re disgusting,” I spat.“And you’re stalling,” he said, eyes glinting dangerously. “Don’t make me decide for you, baby. You won’t like how thorough I can be.” He paused. “Or maybe you’d like it too much.”“You called me a slut for opening my legs to you, Alaric,” I said, recalling the night before he left for Vegas. “Why should I do that now?” Alaric’s smirk didn’t falter, but his jaw ticked. “I didn’t call you a slut that night because y

Alaric’s POV: Watching Meadow in that pool fucking did it for me.The way her hair floated around her like she was a goddess, the way her body had jerked in tune to her fingers, the way she had looked over at me right as her orgasm was impending.The words she had said to me: ‘I want you to show me how intense things can get.’She wanted me to stop holding back on her and stop telling her she wasn’t ready.And I was going to grant her request. I walked out of that pool room in hopes that she would follow me angrily. And she did. But by the time she burst into my room, I already got what I needed. And my mind was made up.I was going to give her a chance to prove herself.“U-under your terms?” she stuttered, clearing her throat. Her face flushed, the streaks of blood on her cheek causing my cock to stir.Meadow was innocent, and this proved it. She didn’t deserve to have my blood tainting her, but something told me she wanted it.Craved it, even.My mouth curved as I tossed the bar on