His arms slipped from around my torso. He could have just been going to the toilet it would have been easier to go back to sleep then I heard him shifting around for his packs. I opened my eyes as fragments of the morning sun were seeping into my room.“Are you leaving already?” I said, sleep thick in my voice.I caught his smirk as he pulled his belt around his pants. “I didn’t think I would actually fall asleep.”“Were you going to run away after I fell asleep?”He walked to my side of the bed. He bent over and kissed my forehead.“I thought your father wouldn’t be happy with me spending the night in his house.”He was probably fuming about it if Nora let him know that is.“Get some sleep. We have a busy day ahead of us.”“What? What do you mean?”“We have a family picnic. My house.”I sat up. Sadie. Again?“Please tell me your mistress—”“I already told you I don’t have a mistress. Brea won’t be there. I spoke to Sadie.”I swallowed the lump in my throat. That didn’t mean she wasn’
I pulled out a fistful of tissue and used it to wipe off the chocolate cake on my dress. How could she be so childish? I should have worn black, now this stain would never come off. Everyone would think a horse pooped on me. I couldn’t go to lunch like this.“Gianna.” Brad hammer on the door.“Leave me alone Brad. I’m kind of busy.”“Mind explaining why you took a bath in mud?”Bryan snickered on the other side. I fumed and opened the tap. Tissue wasn’t going to work.“You should know the answer.”He was silent. I thought he left. That’s what I should have done left. Left the Wolfe mansion.“Alright, let me in.” He said.“Get your own bathroom.”“Technically it is my bathroom.”“No, you don’t live here.”“You’re going to make me beg? I’ll break the door down Gianna.”I doubted he would. Brad was a massive man. He could lift me with one arm. I could sit in his arms like a swing. It was one of my fantasies to do it. Among other things. Stupid fantasies sent butterflies in my tummy. I c
I pulled away from our intimate position. It frightened me how romantic he was being and how easily I was giving in to him.“So… what are we going to do to pass the time.”He adjusted his cufflinks. “I can think of a few things.”He pulled of his jacket and my heart sank. “Don’t worry. I don’t plan on bending you over… yet.”He threw himself on the bed.“And when will that be?” I asked.He patted the space next to him. I reluctantly climbed on the bed and lay like a log beside him. We’d been intimate before, why was it scaring me now? Brad was a terrifying person. He would rip my heart out the second he knew I was handing it over to him. He was capable of cheating and lying and disappearing for days just for work. I bet he would stop in the middle of sex just to answer a work call.He raised his brow at me. I kept my hands on my stomach and kept a healthy distance between us.“After we get married.” Brad said.“What? Are you scared I’ll figure out you’re not good in bed and run?”He r
I left the tailoring store and walked into the street. It was late now. I couldn’t go see my mom. I caught a cab and went home. I wasn’t sure how to think about this whole trust fund issue. Could I even trust Luke? I couldn’t be sure there even was a trust fund.I could see the house ahead and a black car behind us.“What now?” I whispered.I paid the taxi and he drove out. The black SUV idled in the parking lot. I stared at it like a lion about to pounce. No one got out of the car. I probably had ten seconds head start.I didn’t reach the front steps when the front door slammed shut.“Miss Glass.” A male voice said.“Yeah?”He held the back door open. “I need you to come with me.”“You know how suspicious this looks right?”He shrugged. The man was tall with dark sunglasses and a black business suit.“Mr. Wolfe wants to see you.”“Couldn’t he come on his own?” Did I do something wrong that he couldn’t come see me?I was nervous.“You should come with me.”I had half a mind to tell hi
“Brad.” Gianna reached for me and I backed up. Luke would never in his miserable life touch a woman I was involved with. All I wanted to know was why she was meeting him for coffee. “You can’t possibly believe I did anything with him!” “What happened?” She opened and closed her mouth. She was trying to lie to me. “Uh—” “Let’s not go around this Gianna. The fucking truth. Now.” “He… He! Found me and made me have coffee with him.” “Why?” I deadpanned. Gianna wolf was a witch, a temptress that I couldn’t resist. Her full pink lips just beckoned to me sucked. Damn, she wasn’t even wearing lipstick. I was trying to be stern with her yet I was getting. What had this woman done to me? “He… told me some stuff and I have to think about it.” “Is that all you’re going to say? You’re not going to tell me what he told you?” She lifted her chin and I struggled not to grab it and kiss her. I should have run the minute I saw her standing on the balcony the day of our engagement. “I don’t
I set down the fifty KG weight and grabbed the towel off the rack and whipped my face. I remembered the first time I fell asleep with Gianna in my arms. I woke up with a boner. It wasn’t different this time. I left her to take a cold shower.I had no choice but to flee when I slept over at her house or I would have woken her up and fucked the hell out of her. I wonder what I was thinking when I told her I would only sleep with her after we were married. I can only guess I was trying to torture her, but it’s killing me instead.Gianna had been a virgin for twenty one years, how could I not know she would survive anything I threw at her? I had things to do in underground which was the world I needed Gianna to never find out about. Odd how I didn’t care what Sydney knew because she was born into this world, but Gianna it was different. Fuck, the woman was getting under my skin.Speaking of skin, I needed another shower. Sweat dripped down my back and sucked the fabric of my shirt to my
“I don’t have much time okay. I’m not sure what time Brad’s coming home.”“Uh, you too are moving quickly.”“Well, we are engaged. What do you have?”“The information on your trusts and properties. Did you ask your father?”I shook my head. My heart was pounding. None of this felt an ounce real. I was an heiress.“I haven’t had the time.”He pulled out a file and placed it flat on the table. It felt like touching a hot rock.“What is this?”“Open it.”I flipped it open. It was the details of an account. I shook my head. That was my name. Gianna Amelia Glass. I had an account with over five million dollars. Tears stung my eyes. Had I known earlier I wouldn’t have had to marry Brad or drop out of community college before I got my degree to help mom out.“It’s for real?”Luke nodded. “Keep looking.”The next document was a will. My grandfather’s will.“How did you get this? Are you supposed to have it?”“Money talks sweetheart. Read it. You’ll be surprised.”I scanned through the paper a
“A bachelorette?” I asked.“Of course, your wedding is in less than two weeks!” Nora appeared from the kitchen with a cup tea between her hands.“Your step-mom called us. We got this amazing place booked for tomorrow night.” Lilly said. I’d never seen my best friend so excited.“Tomorrow night?” I needed to make an important phone call.“Are you sure about this Nora?” I asked.“Of course I am sure. Every girl needs a bachelorette and don’t worry I won’t be there. I have a hot date.”“You mean dad?” I asked, mortified.She winked, “Ronald can be romantic too.”I shuddered. I didn’t want to imagine that. Nora left and my friends ushered me into the living room.“Gia! Why didn’t anyone know you’re engaged?” Grace asked.I glanced at Lilly who smiled too brightly to be believable.“Uh, well it happened so fast you know whirlwind romance.”“I heard he’s a billionaire too. How lucky can someone get?”She had no idea how stressful Bradley Wolfe could be.“What do you guys have planned? Nothi