My body swayed to the music.
Cheering and shouting echoed off the walls, bouncing back at me until the whole room felt like it was vibrating.
I moved my body in slow, deliberate circles, dancing with deliberate heat on the pole.
The mask hid half my face.
The midnight lingerie left almost nothing to the imagination.
I was performing in front of business tycoons and Mafias.
And it was all because of Inferno.
He had my team as a collateral.
If I failed tonight, they died.
The deal was just the same the only difference was I have to get close by him by having his attention and taking him with me.
The target was supposed to be here.
In this red auction house.
For his new toy to warm his nights.
He came her every after two months but there was no sign of him.
No shadow nor his unwavering presence and it drives me insane.
Damn it.
My heart pounded as the bidding started.
A dozen eyes crawled over me.
“10 Million for a night, baby!” a man in his forties barked from the front row.
The thought of ending up with him made my stomach turn.
“30 Million!” another shouted, licking his lower lip and winking.
“100 Million! Satisfy me, sweetheart!” An Italian-American mafia laughed along with his men, cigarette smoke curling from his mouth.
I swallowed hard.
Panic clawed up my throat.
My gaze turned into the second floor where that Inferno was watching and the bastard just shrugged his shoulder.
“Going once? Going twice? Sold to Mr. Giovanni on the right—”
The gavel was about to drop when a tall, masculine figure cut through the crowd and shoved Giovanni aside before he could reach the stage.
The room went dead silent.
Our eyes locked his gaze was cold, heavy and calculating.
“1 Billion. I’ll take her,” he announced.
A murmur ripped through the room.
Giovanni’s face went red.
“The fuck, Keegan! You can have any woman! I bought her first!” he exclaimed but Keegan doesn’t even looked at his way and keep staring at me.
Giovanni lunged.
A man behind Keegan immediately drew a gun and pressed it to Giovanni’s temple.
“What I want… is what I get” Keegan’s voice was low, graveled and final that anyone could never manipulate to change.
A large hand closed around me.
Before I could react, he hauled me over his shoulder like I weighed nothing and carried me out.
At the edge of the stage, Inferno was watching.
That wicked smile.
That slight tilt of his eyebrow.
Do your job, or they die.
His mouth said that made me want to kill him along with this bastard.
A black limousine waited outside.
The door closed and the world outside vanished.
He set me down and he removed the mask on my face.
His piercing gaze made me look away from him then his palm immediately landed on my thigh.
I was caught off guard and my face flushed with nervousness.
“U-umm, I-is this necessary?” I tried to push his hand away.
“Don’t tell me what to do. I bought you. You obey.” He demanded.
His voice rolled through me and my body went rigid.
His fingers drew slow circles higher on my inner thigh, and heat bloomed under my skin.
I bit my lip and forced myself not to react.
To stay still.
To be the agent and not some kind of comfort woman he bought me for.
His head tipped back against the seat.
Exhaustion was carved into him his skin was even paler than what I’ve seen in his file, dark circles curved under his eyes.
For a second I wanted to ask if he was okay.
The thought of it terrified me as I pulled myself together.
He’s an enemy and I’ll be his death end.
Cold air hit me when we got out.
I was still in lingerie and he didn’t offer a coat.
The windows were blacked out.
I couldn’t tell where we were.
As I tried to keep my composure.
My eyes grew heavy and I drifted off against the glass.
╰┈➤
I woke to the warmth pressed against my neck.
I jerked awake.
I tried to stop him but only to found out that I was handcuffed to the headboard.
Keegan’s face buried in my neck.
I tried kicking him but he caught my ankle and his hand slid upwards.
I pressed my lips together as tears burned.
“Damn it,” he groaned and pulled back.
He was half-undressed, and his chest were breathing hard as it goes up and down.
“Stop crying,” he snapped and got off me.
He crossed the room.
The door slammed.
When he came back his jaw was tight, and his eyes were furiously looking at me.
He cupped my jaw, hard.
“Let me remind you, woman. I own you. You obey.”
He leaned in.
“Before you start shaking that ass up that freackin stage, you should know why you’re doing it.”
Then he was on top of me.
His mouth pressed kissing, nibbling and sucking my neck, down to my collarbone, and to my chest.
I can’t stop making some small provoking sound.
As I was under his overwhelming presence his hand slid beneath my lingerie and tore my undergarment away.
My chest rose and fell.
“W-wait!” I stopped him.
He paused and lifted one of his thick eyebrows.
“W-why don’t you take the cuffs off? So I can… satisfy you.”
I hated how my voice came out.
Low,seductive and provocative.
A smirk cut across his face.
“You finally come to your senses?” I nodded, brushing my leg against his.
He unlocked the cuffs.
The second I was free I dropped to my knees, kissing his jaw, his neck,and his bulging chest.
A rough sound escaped him.
Too fast.
He flipped our position and he was now on top of me again.
He pinned my wrists above my head with his one hand.
“You can’t outsmart me,” he murmured.
“And you startes it even further, there’s no turning back now.”
He unzipped his pants.
“N-no, please!” He didn’t stop.
“This is my first time, sir!” I spat.
He laughed under his breath.
“And? What do I care?”
“Then at least use protection!” His eyes went dead cold.
“What do you think I am? I carried some sort of sexual diseased?” annoyance etched into his face.
His hand slammed beside my head.
“You were bought for a billion. You don’t get to talk back from me. Do you want to die?” He retorted, and his gaze was ready to devour me alive.
He shoved off me, breathing hard.
Stood there in just boxers, furious and barely contained.
Then he left, slamming the door so hard the walls shook.
I took out a deep breath.
My heart wouldn’t slow down.
I reached for the torn fabric on the bed.
And my body froze as my face went flushed of embarrassment.
A blood was on my undergarment.
I immediately went to the bathroom and confirmed that I was on my monthly period.
Shit.
Did he see it?
I clapped a hand over my mouth to muffle the sound that wanted to come out.
Humiliation burned.
I locked the door behind me and sank to the floor.
Damn it!
Why does it have to happen now?
I-In front of him?
For all people?
Oops, Did you experience the same thing ladies?