Chapter 2

• I couldn’t help but sigh as the man with a handsome face and firm jaw touched me with gentle touches all over my body. Inside this luxurious limousine car, we continued the intimacy that had just been created between us. And strangely, I just fell under his spell. Call me stupid and too naive, but I couldn’t resist him. His warm hands began to undo the straps of the dress I was wearing so that the upper part of my body began to be visible to him. I sighed deliciously and trembled as his lips savored every inch of my skin until he was at the cleavage of my breasts, both my hands gripping the collar of the shirt he was currently wearing.
• “You smell so seductive, Natalia....”
• The way he says my name is like he’s caressing each letter, so sexy and full of the promise of pleasure. My common sense starts to sink in as I want to play a satisfying game between us. I seemed to be turning into another person at this moment. I ventured to take off the shirt he was wearing, and I felt his firm muscles in the palm of my hand. And his exotic skin was so sexy and mesmerizing. As his sharp black eyes of an eagle gazed at me, I seemed to sink deeply into a different dimension of time.
• “You shall be mine tonight by patent,” he said, to which I replied, “Do as you wish, my lord.”
• I don’t know what got into me that I quickly let myself and my virginity be taken by him tonight. His black eyes were so hot with passion that I was eager to follow his every play. I sat on his lap as he straddled me, and I felt him down there, ready to enter me.
• “Give me that satisfaction,” he said sensually in my ear. My breath came in short gasps as we fused perfectly down there. Until I reached the highest peak of our play, I exhaled as I felt my body being crushed by the release that, for the first time, felt so sweet but cruel simultaneously.
• We continued our play in one of the suites at another luxury hotel, on a wide, king-sized bed until early morning. I fell asleep from exhaustion and woke up to the faint sound of my cell phone alarm. I turned to my other side and found a man with a handsome face fast asleep beside me. My head throbbed with pain, making me grimace as I put my hand down to massage it gently. I saw our clothes scattered near the bed.
• I need to get out of here quickly.
• My mind said the order out loud. Enduring all the pain I felt in my body, I put my clothes back on. Since my dress last night was so revealing, I had to find other clothes to cover my overly exposed upper body, and there was only the man’s white shirt. Finally, I put it on and quickly left the room after picking up my clutch from the nightstand.
• It was seven a.m., and I was still in a daze, sitting on the edge of my bed.
• “What have I done?” I muttered in frustration. Making love to a man I didn’t know wasn’t part of my life plan. I rushed to shower slowly, and the memory of what I experienced a few hours ago returned. Under the warm water, I clearly remembered that the man who made love to me last night was the man who had bought me for a million dollars.
• After showering and getting dressed, I went to the office. In the afternoon, I was going to the hospital to pay off my mother’s treatment fees, which had been delayed for a month because I hadn’t been able to collect the money. When I arrived at the office, I looked around for Diva, but when I asked one of the staff, she had already resigned today.
• “What? Diva resigned today?” I asked incredulously. Liana, one of my seductive friends, nodded when I asked about Diva. I exhaled and collapsed into a heap. But at least she had paid me a lot of money.
• “Are you okay, Nat?” Liana snapped me out of thinking about Diva and the events I’d experienced in less than 24 hours. I nodded and tried to focus on work again. Luckily, a performance evaluation was today, so I was distracted.
• Liana invites me to take a lunch break together at the office cafeteria. Still, as we’re about to use the employee elevator, I’m surprised by my encounter with a familiar black-eyed man. I could only stand still momentarily as I stared at the man; my eyes widened in shock. The man was inside the elevator, and I was outside.
• “Got you!” the man said, waking me from my frozen state. I ran away before the man left the elevator, leaving Liana, who called out to me. I ran to the restroom and entered one of the cubicles.
• Oh my God, it’s the same guy who spent a hot night with me last night. I squeezed my shirt around my chest to neutralize my drastically increased heart rate.
• “Wait, I know that guy, he’s..., oh my god, he’s Lucas Cassano.”
• At the mention of his name, I was even more worried. Lucas Cassano was the CEO of the company I was currently working for. I sat on the closed toilet with both hands gripping my hair. I wish this fact weren’t actual, but I’m here now.
• I decided not to eat lunch because my mind was in turmoil. When Liana asked me why I ran away earlier, I replied with a clichéd excuse.
• “I had to pee. I’m sorry for suddenly leaving you alone,” I said earnestly. When it was time to go home, I hurriedly gathered my things and left for the hospital. However, as I passed through the main door of this office building, a black sedan stopped in front of me, and the windshield came down. I was surprised again.
• “Come up, we need to talk,” Lucas ordered, momentarily causing me to freeze in shock.
• “Do I need to carry you to get in here?”
• The question jolted me, and I immediately complied. While in the car, we kept quiet; I didn’t want to start any conversation with him either.
• “From now on you’re mine, Natalia,” Lucas said, breaking the silence between us. Suddenly, I turned to him with a look of protest.
• “No! You got what you wanted last night, didn’t you?! So the business between us is over,” I pointed out, not wanting to make any business happen between us. I turned back towards the highway outside the window.
• “You think so? Unfortunately, I am currently your owner and you already agreed to that before you went on stage last night, right?!”
• I swallowed dryly. This time, I gripped the skirt at the top of my thighs. Lucas was right again; that document was his receipt.
• Oh my God, how could I be this stupid?
• I’m cursing myself right now for losing my intelligence because of some money.
• “So, what do you want?” I asked without flinching.
• “I think we need to discuss this once more to clarify your duties and rights as well as my responsibilities as your owner.”
• I was silent and felt like I was throwing myself into the deep sea right now rather than being owned by any man in this way.
• “Where are you going?” asked Lucas, momentarily changing the subject.
• “To Vicenna Hospital,” I replied, remembering my original destination.
• “Are you sick?” asked Lucas as he placed his hand on my cheek and forehead. I tried to avoid him, but to no avail; his touch on my skin caused a strange feeling I had never felt before.
• “No, not me but my mom.”
• I had to be honest with him. If I lied, it would be even worse.
• “I’ll take you there.”
• I was grateful that Lucas didn’t want to know more. Arriving at the front yard of Vicenna Hospital, I was about to get out when I opened the car door. I was surprised by Lucas’ quickness in pulling my wrist, so I turned towards him and kissed him. His other hand locked my head at the back to press my lips deeper into his lips and tongue. The sensations I felt as we went through a night of passion last night returned. , this activity almost intoxicated me, but Lucas stopped me first.
• “I’ll see you at my house tonight. Come over. We need to talk about some things,” he said after the sensational, hot, passionate kiss ended. I didn’t say anything or agree; I just turned away and exited his car.
• Oh, shit! Why does he have to be so seductive and dangerous simultaneously?