Chapter 101
Chapter 101 Chapter One hundred and One
Sydney’s POV
I pulled back from the hug when I heard a p.
I looked at him, my face a few inches from his with my arms still woven around his neck, “Why’d you
p?” I asked with a small smile, my eyes searching his face curiously. There was a yful glint in
his eyes that made me wonder what he was up to.
He only smiled back. He didn’t need to answer my question because one of his men opened the
door to my room and walked in at that moment.
The man held a shopping bag in his hand. “Good evening, sir,” he politely inclined his head in
greet- ing, then he nodded at me, “Ma’am.” His stoic expression gave nothing away about the
contents of the bag.
I looked from him to Dn, keeping my arms looped around Dn’s neck.
“What’s that?” I arched a questioning brow, “Is that mine?” A tiny flutter of excitement stirred in my
chest at the thought that Dn may have actually gotten me a gift.
He nodded with a smile, his hands squeezing my cheeks possessively. “All yours.
Then I abruptly brightened up, my eyes alight with delight as I realized he really had gotten some-
thing for me.
“You got me something!” I eximed, unable to hide the pleased surprise in my tone. A part of me
still couldn’t quite believe he would do something like that.
He his head to a side with a mocking thinking face, ying it up.
“Hmm,” he hummed, dragging it out, “Something like that.” Then he turned to the man that still re-
mained there like a statue, awaiting further instructions.
“Leave,” Dn ordered the man out in a clipped tone that brooked no argument.
With a final nod, the man left the room, pulling the door closed quietly behind him.
Excitedly, of course it was mostly an act on my part, I jumped down from hisp and grabbed the
shopping bag the man had dropped on the floor. Part of me wondered if this gift was truly for my
benefit, or if it was simply a calcted move to keep me pliant and cooperative.
My eyes roved over the Italian name of the high–end clothing line printed on the bag and I could tell
that it was likely a dress that was inside. A rush of conflicting emotions swirled through me – plea-
sure at receiving such an expensive gift, curiosity about what it would look like, but also apprehen-
sion about the likely motive behind it.
Why? I found myself asking internally. To cate me? To keep me from getting too upset? I scoffed
Inwardly, wondering if he even truly cared about my feelings at all. I mean it would be nice for him to
be worried enough about me to think of getting me a gift just so that I wouldn’t get angry with him.
But it was obvious that Dn hadn’t gotten to that level of consideration with me, at least not yet,
seeing as he still intended to send me away to be with that vile Tavon.
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Oh? I suddenly realized, he probably got me this gift because of his own selfish and infuriating re-
quest for me to go willingly to meet with Lucas‘ despicable uncle Tavon. The gift was likely just his
way of buttering me up to be more cooperative about that n, I concluded bitterly.
“When you’re done squeezing the life out of the poor bag, hand it over,” he said with a small
chuckle, his eyes twinkling with amusement at my obvious curiosity.
I couldn’t help but pout at his teasing words, but I obediently handed the shopping bag to him any-
way. His muscr arms stretched out and he took it from me with a smug smirk, clearly enjoying
having me y along so far.
I stood before him like an obedient student and watched him with bated breath as he pulled out a
stunning red dress from the bag. Despite my reservations, I couldn’t deny the wave of excitement
felt at seeing such a beautiful and luxurious garment.
The material of the dress looked glossy and seductively pretty when he finally brought it fully out of
the concealing bag. He hooked his long fingers deliberately in the part of the dress that looked like.
thin straps and stretched it forward, putting it on disy without a word, his piercing eyes watching
me intently.
Tentatively, I took the dress from him when he made no move to actually hand it to me. With each of
my hands grasping one edge of the dress, I held it up before me and spread it out fully so I could
get a good look at the intricate design.
It was a long red dress that instantly took my breath away. On a closer look, the material of the
dress was smooth, luxurious silk, the sumptuous texture looking so fine that I could already tell |
would love the sensuous feel of it sliding over my bare skin. The length of the dress alone would
have made it sound elegant and ssy, but the daring design made it anything but demure. You just
needed toy eyes on it to know that.
Co–owning a clothing line with my best friend Grace meant that I had been exposed to lots of stun-
ning and beautiful fashion designs over the years. But I would not deny that the dress Dn had se-
lected was unique and exquisite in its own right–clearly meant to tantalize and seduce.
The front of the dress had a deep, deep V neckline that would be sure to show an ample amount of
my breasts, the sultry decolletage leaving little to the imagination. The back view was even more
au- dacious, with the entire expanse of skin from my shoulders all the way down to my lower back
com- pletely exposed, save for two thin, delicate ropes of crimson silk crisscrossing and intricately
tied at the base of my spine in an unusualttice design.
The waist and skirt portion below that exposed back was deceptively simple – a loose, flowing col-
umn of crimson silk that would no doubt feel veryfortable and soft against my legs as I moved.
But the plunging neckline andpletely bare back screamed undeniable, unabashed sensuality.
He smirked knowingly at the conflicted, almost dazed expression on my face as I studied the dar-
ing design, clearly pleased by my reaction.
“Tavon likes women in clothes that show off their assets,” he stated matter–of–factly, not even
trying to deny the overt intention behind such a dress.
*So?” He crossed his legs and intently looked at me, his eyes burning with fiery challenge and dark
promise.
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“What do you say? Think you can pull it off? Would you dare try that little number on for me?” He
wig- gled his brows yfully and I couldn’t help but be both amused and aroused by how swiftly his
de- meanor had transitioned from arrogant captor to seductive tempter.
I looked at the dress again, taking in the lush folds of delicate silk and shockingly provocative
cutouts. Yes, the dress was unquestionably and designed to tantalize, but it wasn’t something that
truly frightened me or that I would necessarily be afraid to try on in the right circumstances, I de-
cided. After all, since I had done asional modeling over the years for Grace’s fashion line, includ-
ing for her more risque lingerie and intimates collections, the slinky red number was really nothing.
too scandalouspared to some of the tiny scraps of silk andce I had pranced around in for
those shoots.
I scoffed, unable to hold my retort back at his clear implication that I might not have the guts or the
body confidence to try on such a bold look.
“You think I’d be afraid of trying this skimpy little dress on, huh?” I taunted him boldly, squaring my
shoulders and giving him a look that dripped disdain.
Clutching the silky material to my chest to keep it from slipping through my fingers, I turned on my
heel and headed towards the bathroom with every intention of changing into the ridiculous,-
pletely gratuitous dress just to prove him wrong.
I had not taken more than a couple of purposeful strides before Dn’s voice stopped me cold, the
sheermanding presence in that powerful timbre sending involuntary shivers racing down my
spine.
“Let me help you,” he said in an infuriatingly imperative voice that brooked no argument, no subtle
suggestion but a direct order that was impossible to ignore.
My hands wound tightly around the dress as I clenched my fists and grinded my teeth, seething at
his arrogance and entitled presumption. How dare he speak to me like I was just somemon
whore to dress up and parade around for his amusement? My nostrils red, my jaw clenching as a
scathing retort rose in my throat.
“I don’t need your help!” I wanted to spit in his face and show him all the resentment I felt towards
him but that would ruin everything, wouldn’t it? That might even make me lose my life.
So instead I stretched my lips into a tight smile and turned to face him. I fluttered myshes at him,
Aww,” I cooed, “Thank you.”
His lips widened into a sardonic smile as he rose from the chair and walked to me.
Suddenly, the lingerie I had on was in tatters around the room as he ripped it off my body and threw
them aside then snatched the dress from my hand.
I gasped and gaped at him but he said nothing. He wasn’t even looking at me and his smile was
gone. His brows were furrowed in concentration as he threw the dress over my head and dressed
1. me.
His hands moved so skillfully as though he was ustomed to the act.
When he was done, he took a step back and his eyes raked my body. With a satisfied smile on his
lips, he closed the space between us once again. He caressed my bare back then ced tender
kiss-
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es on each of my shoulders.
“Do you know why I chose this dress?” He murmured against my shoulders.
I hesitated but I asked and answered him anyway. “Why?”
“Because whether from the front or the back, it will be very convenient for Tavon to take off. Even if
he gets too hard and doesn’t have the patience to take it off, this big loose skirt can easily allow him
to enter you from any angle.”
I stiffened. This wasn’t an act. It wasn’t another pretense for effect. I literally froze.
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“Rx,” he said after he noticed my tense body. “It’s just a few before we’d get what you’ll b go- ing
there for.”
Those words hurt, for some reason. Even though it was just us in the room, I felt humiliated…
ashamed. Instinctively, I shrugged out of his hold.
He chuckled nastily as he looked at me. “Come on, Sydney, aren’t you excited in advance?”
“Stop it, Dn,” I said seriously, “I’m agreeing to do this only because I love you. You’re the only
one that is allowed to touch me or be intimate with me. No one else. So stop talking like I am some
you’re about to pass around a gang.”
Could
Moments like this were what made it clear that he really was Dn and not my Lucas. He have
mastered being Lucas for years, be able to imitate his behavior and his way of living but the dif-
ference was still there, it was ring if you looked hard enough. Dn was nothing but a crude
street thug with Lucas‘ face.
There was no way Lucas would treat me or any woman like this. Even Mark, who had been mad at
me for recing the woman he was in love with, hadn’t treated me so badly.
But he wasn’t them, he was Dn, the man who left his life and stole Lucas“, the man who spent
years being another man, he wouldn’t cherish me. What am I even thinking? He was ready to kill
me. just a few weeks ago.
So I shouldn’t be surprised. Instead I should be d that he was acting more like himself, hopefully,
the face will soon morph into his too.
“Rx, hmm? It’s just Tavon and at the end, I’ll be waiting…if you seed,” he added threateningly
but with a smile.
I gritted my teeth but I managed to force a smile on my face when I turned around and looked him.
I slid my fingers on his shirt–d chest and purred, “Don’t you want to try?” I suggestively pressed
my lower half to his and he groaned lowly.
His hands and eyes roamed my body and he said in a hoarse voice, “Of course, I want to but I
have. to control my desires, at least hot today.”
I pouted.
He gently stroked my cheeks and whispered, “Your mission today is to seduce Tavon, make him
crazy for you. As for me…” he paused, then smiled and said, “I will enjoy you at the right time.”
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