Chapter 10: Chapter 10
DEMI
I smiled when I felt the dip in the bed. Seconds later, his manly smell engulfed me. The heat from his body caressed my back. Draping his arm across my body, he pulled me closer to his naked chest. Smiling, I turned to stare into his cobalt blue eyes. My fingers streaked over the angles of his pretty face, traced his biceps. With a mischievous smile, he slipped off the thins straps of my night shirt and pulled it all the way down. Then he proceeded to cup my breasts. They weighed gloriously in his palms. A soft moan escaped my quivering lips when his tongue fastened on my hardened nipples, sucking. My body raged with unbridled passion.
"Ash" I moaned, shuddering with delight.
He nibbled my ear and nuzzled my pulsating throat. "SAY MY NAME."
'Ash."
His eyes were dark and feral when he looked at me. In a flash, he vaulted my hips, splayed my legs apart and positioned himself between my wet center. His lips brushed teasingly over my lips, fogging my brain.
"SAY MY FULL NAME."
Twining my arms around his neck, I stared into the gorgeous face of the man who was numbing my senses.
"I..."
Why couldn't I recall? Which brother was on top of me right now?
A bright light suddenly washes into the dim room. I squint awake at the sound of hurried movement. Ashely is standing by the window, fiddling with the remote as he watches the curtains parting. His face is bland when he glances at me.
"What are you doing? It's barely 7am." Why is he in my room anyway?
"Ha. I'm impressed you know the time. Care to rejoin society?" He tosses the remote aside. I pull the duvet over my head and try to go back to sleep but suddenly, it is wrenched from my grasp. I stare wide-eyed at Ashely who also tosses the duvet to the floor and stands with hands in his pocket.
"Breakfast. Downstairs. Ten minutes," He reels out curtly.
I can't believe how rude he is being right now. He has barely comforted me since the whole spinsters in Danvarr have been trolling me online for two days now. I guess he is enjoying the attention he and Nicola have been getting. I throw a pillow at him and grit my teeth when I miss.
"Get out of my room Ashely."
He turns to me after catching the pillow. His outfit looks hurriedly put together and visibly lacks his usual 'extra' touch. How am I even noticing this while my head is steaming with anger over his blatant rudeness.
To my utter shock, he throws the pillow back at me.
by the
cross my arms around my chest. Ashton sneers at my misplaced sense of dignity. I guess we are thinking the same thing right now. Why is it okay for Ashely to see
the door behind him. I bury my face in my hands and muffle a scream. Why the hell did he come to wake
and tie. Ashton is in a long-term relationship with leather jackets and pants. Black seems to be the only color that appeals to him. With Ashely, even his casual wears have to be artfully styled. He can't help himself.
Mr. Rollins barely spares me a glance when I say a greeting.
join us again,
at my direction. Mother smiles and winks at me. Mr. Rollins let's his
expected of a member of this household and would not be tolerated in the future. In this family, we don't hide from
swallow hard. "I
a rock
have nothing to worry about. It will all blow over soon and something else will take their attention off
at the brothers, I can't help but sense
untouched. With deft strokes on his iPad, he pulls up accounts and studies them. Ashely eats at a normal pace, only that his phone endlessly vibrates. When he glances at the caller, he ignores it and sets
hard time figuring out. Little flicks of fear always twine my gut whenever I meet the cold pools of his eyes. His eyes, they usually look at me in a way that makes my skin tingle with fear and my thigh muscles sing with lust at the same time. I avert my gaze from Ashton only to find Mr. Rollins quietly watching me with a suspicious glint in his eyes. I dip my eyes to my
I follow Ashely to his
giving my cropped
me to work with him but I don't think I am up for it
takes off his amber tinted glasses. Silver winks along the shell of his ear as he inclines his
wring my hands nervously as I collect my thoughts. "I-I am incredibly grateful for your consideration but I don't think I can cope in the fashion business. I know next
shut and comes around to the front steps where I am standing. We are toe to toe now. He removes his glasses and those powerful blue eyes
about your competence or about the incident that happened days
"Both?"
haven't said it enough but I am sorry you had to go through that. Being bashed online is almost a norm around here. We make the news for ugly reasons more often than good ones. My family has grown numb to online trolling. I was genuinely surprised you shut everyone out to deal with it
owe
do. My fans had no right comparing you to my ex." He sighs. "Nicola
does it have to be your ex? I query him in my mind but
no apologies necessary." I turn to leave when he
"Say my name."
a deep blush to
quick flare
Ash around here and you can't tell them apart. You wouldn't like the awkwardness of name clashes,
deeply. "Thank you,
guess working with me is off the table. The wardrobe makeover is still on though. There's no getting out of that
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