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Mysterious Thief

The cab pulled up three blocks from the mansion. Inés paid the driver and stepped out into the dawn light.She walked quickly toward the mansion, slipped through the side entrance, and crept up the back staircase. When she reached her room, something felt wrong.The air felt disturbed, like someone had been here.Inés's heart started beating faster.She dropped to her knees beside her bed and reached underneath. Her fingers found the old shoebox she kept her savings. She pulled it out and her stomach dropped.The lid was off, and all of her money was gone.Eight thousand dollars. Two months of hard work gone.Her hands started shaking because she knew exactly who took it.♡♡♡Carmen sat in the garden with her morning coffee and a magazine. With her perfect silk robs, perfect hair and perfect makeup playing the perfect wife.Inés walked straight up to the table."Where is it?"Carmen looked up, her expression cool. "Good morning to you too, darling. Did you just get home? Another long

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Trapped In The Lion's Den

Inés stumbled out of the garden, her mother's words echoing in her head.*Bad luck. You ruin everything you touch.*She couldn't breathe. The air was too thick, pressing down on her chest. She needed to get away from Carmen. Away from the mansion. Away from everything.She walked faster, her vision blurring with tears she refused to let fall."Miss Inés?" The security guard at the gate stepped forward. "Are you alright? Do you need...""I'm fine," she choked out, pushing past him."Miss, you shouldn't leave the property without—"But she was already through the gate, walking down the tree-lined street where mansion after mansion sat behind iron gates and perfect lawns. Rich people problems hidden behind pretty facades.Just like her.She walked without direction, without purpose. Just walking. Trying to outrun the rage and fear clawing at her insides.Then her phone buzzed. It was a reminder of the visit to the company. She'd forgotten everything.She looked up, trying to orient herse

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A Parting Gift

Two of his men moved forward and grabbed her arms, hauling her to her feet. She struggled but they were too strong."Turn her around," Nacho ordered."No... Nacho, I'll get you the money! I swear! Please don't..."They spun her roughly, forcing her to face the concrete wall."I'm going to enjoy this," Nacho said.The first lash came without warning.Pain exploded across her back. It stole the breath from her lungs. She wanted to scream but bit down hard on her lip, tasting blood. She wouldn't give them the satisfaction to see her break."Still got that fire," Nacho observed. "Good."The second lash came harder, and the leather cut into her skin like a knife. Tears streamed down her face but she still didn't make a sound."You know, I'm actually impressed," Nacho said casually. "Most people would be crying by now, but you?" He whistled. "You're a fighter. That's what I've always liked about you."Through the haze of pain, Inés's eyes focused on the man holding her left arm. His jacket

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Eight Hours Gone.

*The number you have dialed is not available. Please try again later.*Miguel stood in the guest parlour of the Alvarez mansion, his jaw clenched so tight as he pressed his phone to his ear for the fifth time in the last hour.He ended the call and resisted the urge to throw his phone across the room."Still nothing?" Santiago's voice came from the sitting room. His father sat in his wheelchair, looking older and frailer than he had just yesterday. The stress was killing him."Nothing," Miguel bit out. "Her phone's been off since this morning.""Maybe the battery died," Carmen offered from where she stood near the window, wringing her hands. Playing the concerned mother. "You know how young people are. Always forgetting to charge their phones."Miguel turned to look at her perfectly styled hair, her designer dress and that practiced expression of worry that didn't quite reach her eyes.He'd never trusted this woman. Not when she was his father's mistress. Not when his mother died und

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The Investigation Begins

José wasn't one to question his boss. In the eight years he'd worked for Miguel Alvarez, he'd learned when to speak and when to stay silent. He'd learned to read the tension in Miguel's shoulders, the exhaustion in his voice, the way he rubbed his temples when the world was pressing down too hard.Tonight, all the signs were there and lately it was getting worse.José glanced in the rearview mirror. "It's windy tonight," José said carefully, breaking the silence."Mmm." Miguel didn't open his eyes."Looks like rain's coming. Heavy rain." José paused. "Good night to stay home and get some rest."Miguel's eyes opened. He sat up slowly and looked at José in the mirror. "If I wanted a doctor's advice, I'd have you drive me to the hospital.""I know, boss. I just…" José gripped the steering wheel tighter. "I see how hard you work. How you take care of everyone. Your father, the company, even that woman and her daughter. But nobody's taking care of you.""José…" Miguel warned."You don't ha

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Have You Been A Good Girl, Inés?

"Fuck."Inés stood in front of her bathroom mirror, twisted around to see her back. Three angry red marks ran across her shoulder blades. The skin was raised, still tender to touch. Nacho's parting gift."Fucking bastard," she muttered, carefully pulling her bathrobe back on. The fabric stung against the wounds but she had no choice. She couldn't walk around topless.She'd overslept again, three days in a row now. Her body was shutting down, demanding rest she couldn't afford to take. The clock on her nightstand said 11:47 AM. Breakfast had been over for hours.Good. Less chance of running into anyone, especially him.Inés ran her fingers through her wet blonde hair and stared at her reflection. Dark circles under her eyes. She looked like hell, she felt worse.A sharp knock on her door made her jump.Of course. Her mother had probably noticed she'd missed breakfast again and came to lecture her about appearances. About how the staff was talking, and about how Santiago was asking ques

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Risky Business

The intimacy in how he said her name made her breath catch.She looked up, and met his dark eyes burning with something she couldn't name.A terrible mistake.Because now she was drowning in them. Now she was close enough to smell his cologne, the same one that drove her crazy at the club. Now she was remembering how his hands felt on her waist when she was Red. How his voice sounded when he moaned. How his body felt beneath hers when she…“No. Stop!”Inés jerked away and crossed to her dresser on the other side of the room. Putting distance between whatever insane thing had just almost happened."If you have nothing else to say," she managed, "you should leave."Miguel stood there for a moment, looking confused and frustrated. Like he'd felt it too and didn't know what to do with it either.Then he sucked in a sharp breath and straightened as he switched back to being in control."There's something else. I'll be driving you to your classes from now on. José will pick you up when you'

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Bad Girls Get Punished

"Ouch! Ouch! Go easy on me, please!"Uncle Clifford paused mid-dab, makeup brush hovering in the air. He was wearing a stunning purple sequined gown tonight, his wig perfectly styled, his nails freshly done in hot pink. He stared at Red's reflection in the mirror of his private office, his perfectly drawn eyebrows rising in an arch."Baby girl, I am going easy." He gestured at the fading marks on her back, the ones she'd tried to cover with foundation. "These bruises don't look like no damn accident. What do you take me for, Red? A toddler?"He dropped the brush onto the vanity and crossed his arms, maintaining eye contact through the mirror.Red managed a fake smile. "Trust me, Uncle Clifford. I've got this under control. It's not what you think.""It's exactly what I think." Uncle Clifford sucked his teeth loudly. "Someone hurt you and you're keeping quiet about it." His voice softened slightly. "Baby, whoever did this needs to be dealt with. Are you being abused at home? You never

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The Night She Lost Control

♡♡♡Then his mouth crashed into hers.Red gasped against his lips and he took advantage, his tongue sliding against hers, hot and demanding and possessive. She should push him away. Should stop this. Should remember this was supposed to be a game, a distraction, part of her plan... but God help her, she kissed him back.Desperate and hungry like she'd been dying for this."Fuck," she breathed when they broke apart for air.Miguel's lips curved into a dark smile. "You like that, don't you?" His hand slid down her side, over her hip, gripping her thigh. "You like when I touch you.""I don't...""Admit it." His fingers trailed higher, teasing the edge of her G-string. "You've wanted this. You've been playing hard to get, but you want my hands on you.""You're so delusional."His fingers found her then, sliding beneath the thin fabric and pressed against her pussy.Red's head fell back against the brick wall. "Oh God!.""So wet," Miguel murmured against her ear. "All that fighting and you

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Getting Rid of All Evidences

"Come on," she muttered, smoke curling from her lips. "Don't make me wait all fucking night."She'd been waiting for forty-three minutes, smoking cigarettes in a car that sat in the shadows, tucked into a dark corner where the streetlight didn't quite reach.Her fingers drummed against the steering wheel impatient and restless.She took another drag and glanced at the clock on the dashboard. If he didn't come out in the next five minutes, she'd have to adjust and use the backup plan. And she hated the backup plan because it was too messy.Just then, the front door of the house across the street opened. A male figure emerged, he was middle-aged, and carrying a briefcase. He paused to lock the door behind him, then started walking down the sidewalk. Away from the streetlight into the darkness.Perfect.She flicked her cigarette out the window and watched it spark against the pavement. Then she pulled on black leather gloves, flexing her fingers twice. Her eyes tracked the man's movement

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