DAX ASHTON SULLIVAN (Wild Men Series #33)

The beautiful brunette arched her body against him when he moved to her other breast. Two fingers worked inside her, a little uncomfortable but nothing she couldn’t handle. He kept his mouth on her, lavishing her breasts with attention. His thumb rubbed around a sweet spot and her eyes rolled back into her head. So close. The strength of what was building was staggering. Mind-blowing. If he stopped, She'd cry. Cry, and beg. He drove his tongue inside her, setting off another shattering moan that was music to his ears. She was quite an instrument to play, so finely tuned, and if he touched her right, she made the most glorious sounds — raw, intense, absolutely delicious noises of pleasure as he plundered her with his tongue. She grabbed his hair, yanked and pulled him closer as he’d told her to do. He thrust one finger inside her, crooking it and hitting her in the spot that turned her moans into one long, high-pitched orgasm. She shuddered against him, her legs quaking, and when he finally slowed to look up at her, he saw her hair was a wild tumble, and her face was glowing. A lopsided smile creeped into his lips and claimed her parted lips. Before she knew, she was already mounted on him. She adjusted his long and thick shaft into her wet folds but faltered when she heard his message alert tone. Ash reached for it and uttered expletives one after another when he saw the message. “Who’s that?” the girl asked, a bit irritated. Ashton lifted her away from above him despite of her refusal. “What are you doing?” “I need to go, Anne.” Bumangon siya at hinagilap ang mga damit na nagkalat sa sahig. “But…But…we’re not done yet.” Bumaba sa kama ang babae at nilapat ang dalawang palad sa hubad na dibdib ni Ash. She pressed her body against him and tried to caught his lips with hers but to no avail. Ash was so tall she almost just a little above his shoulders. “I did made you come, right?” tanong niya habang isinusuot ang damit. “Y-Yes…but, oh, Ash I could kill you!” Ash chuckled and give her lips a quick kiss. “I’m sorry, babe. It’s a matter of life and death.” “What do you mean?” The girl frowned in annoyance. Walang pakialam kung hubo’t hubad na nakatayo sa harap ni Ash. “I can’t delay someone like him, babe.” “Who was that anyway?” she asked with curiosity. “Someone you wouldn’t wish to meet in this lifetime. I’ll see you again.” “When?” her eyes full of hope. “I don’t know. I’ll see you when I see you…” nakita niyang yumuko ang babae dahil sa disappointment at lungkot. “I’ll make it up to you next time, okay? You know you’re the only woman I trust.” Lumiwanag ang mukha ng babae at ngumiti. “I’ll wait for you then.” “That’s my girl,” aniya at muling hinalikan ito sa pisngi bago nagmadaling umalis. Anne was his long time bed partner. Almost a year but never did he heard her complained about their relationship status. f**k buddies, that's what they are. ASHTON'S eyes were fixed on the black envelope that the underboss tossed on top of the wooden table. Nagtataka ang mga matang tiningnan niya ito ngunit nanatiling nakatayo sa harap ni Lenard. Tanging mamahaling table lamang ang nakapagitan sa kanilang dalawa. Lenard was staring intently at him, emphasizing his authority as the second powerful person in the family. Ash used to received orders directly from the boss since he entered the De Luca Family—an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American Mafia. They have generally maintained a varying degree of influence over many of the smaller mob families outside New York, including ties with the Philadelphia, Gambino, and Buffalo crime families. In 1995, a bloody power struggle also known as Castella War broke out between two New York City’s biggest Italian-American Mafia families. In the late 1999, after the faction led by the Sicilian-born crime boss Maranzano De Luca came out on top, he crowned himself as the “capo de tutti capi” or “the boss of all bosses” in New York. He then masterminded the formation of a central organization called the Constellation to serve as a sort of national board of directors for the American Mafia. Ash joined the family in 2007 when he was just fifteen years old. He met with the boss on the streets of New York and he let him in, protected him, help him and especially trained him to be a number one assassin in the United States. “Look at it,” Lenard commanded. He was sitting prominently on his swivel chair. His elbows resting on top of the table while his fingers crossed. They were at the main house where their boss Don Maranzano live and Lenard’s office was located on the second floor of the four-storey mansion. Kumilos ang mga kamay ni Ash at kinuha ang itim na envelope sa ibabaw ng mesa. Tiningnan niya ang laman niyon at hindi na bago sa kaniya ang nakita. Mabilis na ibinalik niya ang mga iyon sa loob ng envelope at muling inilagay ang mga kamay sa kaniyang likuran. “I wish to see Don Maranzano before I left, Lenard.” Lenard nodded. Lenard was already in his mid-forties but looked like he was younger than his age. With his good looks and well built body, anyone would assume that Lenard was just Ashton's age. “You can drop by his room, Ash. You know how much Maranzano favors you. He won’t like it when you leave without notice.” Ash nodded and turned his way to the door. Tinungo niya ang daan patungo sa ikaapat na palapag ng mansion. Villa del Maranzano was the finest in Texas and offers incredible waterfront views from the south shore of Lake Travis. From the cascading hillside waterfalls to the impeccable fifteen thousand four hundred square-foot home, there’s no other luxury home like it in that area. Ash has been used in that kind of lifestyle. He was born with a silver spoon on his mouth until that tragedy happened. But then, he was lucky to be adopted by Don Maranzano De Luca. But, still nothing is free in this world. Bago niya naabot ang kinalalagyan niya ngayon ay dumanas din siya ng maraming paghihirap. Yes, he was fed, sheltered and protected but he also suffered from initiations and days and nights of trainings. He almost gave up but he later then realized how much the boss trusted him. How much he wanted to keep him alive. On top of that, the urge of finding the mastermind of his parent's deaths fueled the fire of vengeance in his heart. Hindi lang iyon, nawalay sa kaniya ang kapatid niyang babae at kailangan niya itong mahanap. Ash took the gorgeous double stairways of the main house to Don Maranzano’s room. One of the boss’s bodyguards greeted him before opening the door for him. Naabutan niya ang matanda na nakaupo sa kama nito at nagbabasa ng libro. Nang makita siya ay agad na lumiwanag ang mukha nito. He saw how the old man’s eyes sparkled upon seeing him. “Ash, you’re finally here,” masiglang wika ng Don. “Lenard handed me my assignment. I just drop by to see how you’re doing.” Umupo siya sa paanan ng kama ng Don. Don Maranzano favors him so much. The reason why the capos or the captains envied him. Namatay ang asawa ng Don limang buwan pa lamang matapos ang kasal ng mga ito kung kaya hindi na ito nagkaanak. Don Maranzano didn’t paid much attention of having another woman in his life anymore because he vowed to love only his wife for this lifetime. That is why he treated him like his own child because he had none. “I am totally fine, son. How about you? You barely visit me here.” “You know why, Boss.” Don Maranzano heaved a deep sigh. “If there’s something I can help you with, Ash. Don’t hesitate to tell me. I can send someone to track down all your enemies.” “I’m fine, Boss. I want all of them to die in my hands. Also, your plate is already full with the family’s concern. I don’t want to trouble you with my own problems.” “How about your sister?” “Don’t worry, Boss. I’m getting closer to finding the whereabouts of my sister.” “I hope you find her as soon as possible, son. I know you’re tired...it’s just that I cannot give this assignment to anyone other than you.” “Do you trust me that much, huh?” he teased with the old man. Don Maranzano chuckled. “Yes. No doubts about that. This is a big assignment, Ash. That’s why I would never trust this to anyone.” Ash nodded. “I will be leaving tonight.” “Take care. Call me if anything turned against the plan,” the Don said before Ash left. NASAPO ni Ash ang noo nang makita ang kabuuan ng detalye ng ibinigay sa kaniyang trabaho. The person he needed to kill was not just an ordinary person. Kinuha niya ang larawang kasama ng mga impormasyong nasa loob ng black envelope. She was the daughter of one of the richest business man in the state. It will be hard for him to assassinate the woman not because she has a battalion of bodyguards with her but because the woman’s death will serve just as a ‘warning’ to her father. Walang pakialam si Ash sa kahit sinong ibibigay na assignment sa kaniya. He will kill anyone, anywhere. Ang mahalaga lamang sa kaniya ay magawa niya ang ibinibigay na trabaho sa kaniya. She is no exception. And how unfortunate that woman because she will be his new target.