Chapter 49
Chapter Forty-Nine
Alexei
Watching Audrey come undone under my mouth and my fingers was enough to give me wet dreams for the rest of my life. I should have known better than playing with fire. I was already burned and sex hadn’t happened yet. All I knew was that I would never be able to get the look of her under me out of my head. I would die with the vision of her still in my mind. She was everything and more. She was divine. She was a slice of heaven I never deserved.
It didn’t matter. I would spend the rest of my days pleasuring her. That was all that mattered. She needed it after she’d wasted the last five years on such a bitch. I would do everything I could to erase him from her mind. If it took me the rest of my life, I didn’t care. Nothing else mattered and it felt weird. It was great, but it was strange. I’d never felt this way before. I’d never cuddled a woman before and I’d definitely never put someone else’s pleasure over my own before. Yes, I always made sure my partner finished, but I’d never cared to do it before me or to make sure she went over the edge. I’d gone home harder than I’d ever been in my entire life.
Audrey told me all about the possibility of working in publishing and I vowed to myself I’d do what I could to get her there. I wouldn’t be as dirty as Ace when he’d gone to her school board to pay off the superintendent but I would pull strings if I needed to.
The next day I went into every club I owned. I made sure they were all up in running order, everything was clean, the girls had recent health checks, and we were up to code. Once a month I did a walk-through of every one of my establishments to make sure I wouldn’t get shut down, my father wouldn’t get wind of it, and we would continue to be the best in the city.
By the end of the day, I was exhausted but I still couldn’t stop thinking of Audrey. It was even worse now that I’d tasted her. There was zero escape now. I’d dug my own grave.
Ace
Next time, go to your own apartment. Carina is going to have questions if she sees you in and out and I would rather them come from the source. I do have cameras that cover almost every inch of this place and if she sees those, I can’t prevent what will happen next.
I rolled my eyes down at my phone. He was trying to meddle without meddling.
Tell her to mind her own business.
Ace
Fine, mind your own house.
He was onto something. Audrey hadn’t ever been to my home before. It was sterile and didn’t have much personality, but it was where I slept and stayed most of the time. Maybe it needed a feminine touch.
Ace
Also, watch how you talk to my future wife. I know you had it out for Audrey the other night but if you ever speak to Carina like that again, you will regret it greatly.
Noted.
I’d been waiting for him to bring it up. I hadn’t meant to be such a dick but all I could think about was Audrey and her kissing Axel and my brain short-circuited. All I could think about was claiming what was mine, the consequences be damned. Well, here were the consequences knocking on my door.
I leaned against the counter in my kitchen and surveyed the area. My home was a lot like Ace’s. When he closed on his, there was a pissing contest in the works. He couldn’t have something bigger than me when he hadn’t even built his empire from the ground up. Ace only knew so much about my business dealings, but for my own self-worth and gratification, I couldn’t let him have better. All he did was follow our father around. I was the one that built something from nothing. I was the one who went against the grain.
But I wasn’t naive either. My father had his dirty hands in too many operations to not have a little inkling that I was doing something on my own, he just didn’t know what and I planned to keep it that way.
With a steady hand, I ran my finger down the edge of the counter. Maybe I could hire someone to come in and decorate, make it feel more homey. Or I could take Audrey on a date to go shopping and have her pick everything out. I wasn’t sure yet. I also didn’t want to scare her off because as far as she knew, it was only physical.