Chapter 1
🔥 CHAPTER ONE
Chapter 1 — The Wrong Night
Rain hammered violently against Elena’s windshield as her car crawled through the empty road.
Her hands tightened around the steering wheel.
11:47 PM.
She should have stayed home.
But her editor’s endless calls about unfinished photography work had dragged her out into the stormy night, and now she was stuck in the middle of nowhere with weak network and failing headlights.
“Perfect,” she muttered under her breath.
A sudden flash of movement appeared ahead.
Elena gasped and slammed her brakes.
Her tires screeched violently against the wet road.
Three black SUVs blocked the street.
Her heartbeat slowed for one terrifying second.
Then she saw him.
A man in a dark suit knelt on the ground between the vehicles, blood running from his mouth as two armed men held him down.
“Elena… drive,” she whispered shakily to herself.
But she couldn’t move.
Another man stepped out of the largest SUV.
Tall.
Cold.
Terrifying.
Even from a distance, power radiated from him like danger itself.
The rain soaked through his black shirt as he walked calmly toward the bleeding man.
One of the armed men lowered his head respectfully.
“Eliminate the traitor, boss?”
Boss?
Elena’s stomach tightened.
The tall man said nothing immediately.
Instead, he crouched slowly in front of the injured man and grabbed his jaw violently.
“You sold information to my enemies,” he said quietly.
His voice was calm.
Too calm.
The bleeding man shook uncontrollably.
“Please… please, Xander… I swear—”
Gunshot.
Elena screamed softly.
Her phone slipped from her trembling hands—but not before the camera accidentally started recording.
Her breathing became uneven.
Oh God.
Oh God.
The man—Xander—slowly turned his head.
Straight toward her car.
Elena froze.
Even through the heavy rain and distance, she felt it.
Those eyes.
Cold.
Sharp.
Deadly.
He had seen her.
“Shit.”
Panic exploded through her chest.
She threw the car into reverse, but her trembling hands lost control of the steering wheel.
The car slammed violently into a roadside pole.
Pain shot through her shoulder.
“No, no, no—”
The SUV engines roared to life.
Coming toward her.
Elena grabbed her phone quickly and stumbled out of the damaged car into the rain.
Her lungs burned as she ran blindly into the darkness.
Footsteps followed behind her.
Fast.
Heavy.
Getting closer.
She nearly slipped on the wet road before strong arms suddenly grabbed her violently from behind.
Elena screamed and fought desperately.
“Let me go!”
A hand covered her mouth instantly.
Her body slammed against a hard chest.
“Quiet,” a deep voice warned near her ear.
Fear paralyzed her.
Slowly… painfully slowly… Elena looked up.
And came face-to-face with the man from the road.
Xander De Luca.
Rain dripped from his dark hair as his emotionless eyes locked onto hers.
Then his gaze dropped briefly to the phone still clutched tightly in her shaking hand.
The recording was still running.
A dangerous silence followed.
Then he spoke quietly.
“You just witnessed something that should have gotten you killed.”
And somehow…
That sounded less terrifying than the look in his eyes.
Then suddenly he stopped and looked at her so seriously…she was confused but she dare not move or run ..
He came closer then he licked her lower lips ..she staggered and struggled away from his grasp…his hands move slowly on my laps…I felt something move in my belly and my heart fluttered…goosebumps followed after…and I felt warm in my panties…he kissed my neck and kisses me so intensely…I moaned a lot bit .. confused on how I was feeling whether to struggle or to kiss back..in less than 20 secs ..I found myself holding his head and kissing him so good ..he grabbed my breast,unzip my dress and suck my left n****e…I moaned and held his head in accordance . He played with my n*****s with his tongue. He rubbed the other one ..I moaned so hardly ..he let his hand inside my dress went in my p***y and played with my c******s…I screamed ..he thrust his fingers in and out while still sucking my n*****s ..I felt so good…I have never felt so good like that in my life…he bend down,opened my cloth placed his mouth there and use his tongue to go places in my p***y ..he removed his hands and rub my n*****s while doing so…in less than 30 mins I squirted on his face…he stood up and looked at me…at that moment I realized Wat had happened…I was so shy ..he smirked…I felt so ashamed of myself..
Xander stared at her silently.
Rain continued pouring around them, but Elena could barely feel it anymore.
Her chest rose and fell rapidly as shame burned through her body.
What had just happened?
Moments ago, she had been terrified for her life.
Now she could still feel the heat of his touch lingering on her skin.
Xander’s dark eyes remained fixed on her face, unreadable and dangerous.
Then suddenly—
A loud gunshot echoed through the forest.
Elena flinched violently.
Several armed men rushed toward them from the road.
“Boss!” one of them shouted breathlessly. “We found another car approaching the scene.”
Xander’s expression changed instantly.
Cold again.
Deadly again.
He grabbed Elena’s wrist roughly and pulled her against him.
“Listen carefully,” he said quietly near her ear. “From this moment forward, your life belongs to me.”
Elena’s breathing stopped.
“What—”
“If my enemies discover you witnessed tonight’s murder, they’ll hunt you until you’re dead.”
Fear crashed into her chest again.
“I—I won’t say anything,” she whispered desperately.
Xander gave a low, humorless laugh.
“That phone in your hand says otherwise.”
Elena looked down in horror.
The recording was still running.
Every second.
Every gunshot.
Every face.
Captured.
One of the armed men suddenly stepped closer.
“Boss…” he said carefully. “There’s a problem.”
Xander’s jaw tightened.
“The dead man…” the guard continued nervously, “…he wasn’t working alone.”
Elena frowned in confusion.
Then the guard looked directly at her.
And said the words that made her blood run cold.
“She’s the traitor’s fiancée.”