A/N: The start of the following chapter is dark and can come across as gruesome. Discretion is advised.

Bound and gagged, the woman of my dreams looked like a dream come true. Beads of sweat glistening on her forehead like a crown of pearls, half- open eyes peeping and fluttering with every jolt my car made, her pink pajamas soiled with all the dragging it had to experience when I captured her.

It took every ounce of my restraint to not rip her clothes open like the promised Christmas presents I always asked for but never got. Her erratic breath was driving me mad with lust. I wanted her to be screaming my name and going wild with passion everytime I filled her up with me.

Few more minutes and we'll both get what's waiting for us, just few more minutes.

O Roseyyyy!!

I wanted to call her that every second so she'll look at me with those smiling eyes with love, anger, frustration, glee, indifference, any emotion you name it, but I wanted her to look at me and me only.

Was that too much to ask for?! Huh?!

I was made for you and you were made only for me.

Why doesn't anyone get it?!

Why did you have to go and burn the photos I put up at our school, Rosey?! I decorated it's walls with your photos, so that everyone could see how pretty you are. Even the ones of you showering, smelling those pink roses you like, playing with yourself, those were from my personal collection, even you didn't know those pictures existed.

I did it so you would shun the world, the world would leave you alone and you would have to be with me.

Minutes are over and we're at my palace, ignore the damp and dank walls, my love!! Your new lover's dogs have been chasing me and this is the best I could come up with.

Her eyes flick open as I put her down on the used mattress atop the rickety bed, oh, it'll creak everytime I thrust and you moan, you'll like it won't you!!

Recognition seeps into her eyes as they focus on me after taking in the environment, you remember me don't you!!

Like the Queen my babe is, she doesn't scream or struggle against the gag but keeps staring at me. "Do you want me to open the gag?" I ask her sweetly to which she nods obediently.

My dirty hands free her mouth.

"Why are you doing this?

Why are you making me wait?

Won't you take me?

Don't you love me?"

Every word out of her lips spurs my libido. Ripping her pajamas and panties off, I drive myself hard into her. The contact of my skin against hers drives me insane. She thrashes around like a fish without water. My thrusts and her moans take me over the edge.

When my panting subsides and my eyes open, I realise you're enjoying coffee at your new lover's balcony with his parents and am looking at you from my beat-up car with the broken-up sex-doll that has been tolerating my fantasies lying on the car floor.

Very soon, I'll have the only christmas present I ever wanted, to have and to hold, to use and abuse, to wreck and wreck again!!

Very soon!!

I wish I could look at you longer but I don't want those idiots to know am here and I need to prep for our meeting tomorrow. I'll get to touch your skin which will momentarily sate this thirst and burn I feel for you.

 
The moment Ryan asked Arthur, "Do I know you?" my breath soundlessly hitched. Ryan didn't have the chance to come across my brother ever when we studied together in Modern High. Am sure of this since my brother was a geek three years junior to us and hung out with just one skinny lad named Pete. This combination made both of them almost invisible and irrelevant.

Arthur nodded a no to Ryan's question maintaining a stoic expression.

With my hand still in his hand from the handshake, Ryan insisted, "Your face seems very familiar like I've seen it more than a couple of times."

Arthur still nodded no.

"A politician sure does have photographic memory when it comes to his constituency and it's people", Matt joked slapping Ryan's back and freeing my hand with the other hand.

"Bleh! He has such common features am sure you saw some look-alike of his." Matt tried covering up his new security consultant, "I mean who isn't tattooed these days." He needed him to be faceless till this matter resolved itself.

"Boston's Mayor is too memorable a face to forget!", Arthur responded plainly.

The answer seemed to please Ryan's invisible vanity for he gave a very faint smile, looking at Matt he enquired, "More security?!" Matt gave an exasperated sigh, "More the merrier, since none of them is able to fix this so far."

Over a sumptuous spread of lemon chicken, mashed potatoes, steamed fish, green salad and apple meringue, it looked like Ryan was in his true-work form for he only wanted to know details and more details. Funnily though none were about Regalia or how far we were prepped with our proposal, the questions were all about the incidents that have happened so far.

"Explain to me in detail what happened when you guys visited Regalia."

Matt started while Arthur and I quietly looked as he spoke, "We had hardly reached Regalia when my team spotted an ex-employee of mine, Pete trying to get close to where Rose and I were surveying the place. My team asked him to return back to work since he had absconded without explanations, as I wanted to speak with him personally, but he seemed bent on getting close and talking to Rose. The team tried to stop him, things got physical and he fired on one of my people, thankfully he didn't suffer more than a shoulder injury but Pete escaped unscathed."

"Any incidents concerning the guy prior to this? I mean how did you know that you'll need your men when you visited Regalia? Usually Robert is the only one who accompanies you," Ryan asked as if he were an investigative journalist.

Matt stole a glance at me before continuing which I hoped he would with limited details. Unbeknownst to him, my brother and schoolmate were present here. Ryan followed Matt's line of sight and seeing my face color a bit asked me directly, "Does it involve you, Rose?"

Before I could open my mouth to answer, Matt started again drawing Ryan's attention away, "Indirectly yes and directly no. Since I'm new to Boston, I asked Pete who was a new intern then and a local as to who the frontrunner was for the Regalia project, he offered exaggerated details about Helena Developers and so Rose and I paid each other a visit to talk about it." Matt said clearing his throat and scratching an invisible itch on his neck. Arthur's jaw flexed at hearing this cause he clearly had all details from Dad.

"Pete had been absconding since he saw Rose's visit at my office." Matt completed carefully hiding the fact that I maybe knew Pete.

"An absconding employee who's embellished details should hardly be a cause of concern, I mean, people do all sorts of stuff to try and hold a job." Ryan voiced empathetically, "Was he too scared of your invisible dark cloud to maybe run off scared and wanted to clear the air at Regalia?" Ryan joked trying to pull Matt's leg at which Matt looked stoically and answered, "My team found questionable stuff at his place so I don't think of him as a harmless boot-licker."

It seemed like Matt was avoiding looking at me that moment.

"Care to share what questionable items were found, cause I don't think you reported any of it to the Police when you spoke? I have their report and it only has details about last night's break-in."

Matt said a pointed, "No."

"I'll apprise Police about that once he's caught and gets what he deserves for chasing what doesn't belong to him." Matt's eyes had a storm brewing in them which threatened to uproot anything that dared to face him. Arthur smirked his "now-you're-talking" smirk.

Ryan's eyes lost his geniality for a moment and he looked serious. "Matt, I don't want you to act all judge and jury in this matter. It's my election year and I don't want to bear the brunt of being friends with an international playboy acting Mafia here."

Ryan had a point and momentarily Matt looked hurt by his playboy jab maybe cause it was in my presence but he quickly recovered with a,"That's why last night's incident has been reported and I look forward to the local Police to solve it."

"Am sure they'll do a stellar job." Matt said looking at Ryan with a "balls-in-your-court" look.

That exact moment there were sounds of a scuffle from the servant's wing. Since it was connected to the kitchen and dining area which were simultaneously connected to the living area the sounds carried to us clearly.

Matt and Arthur looked at each other and as if a silent agreement passed between them via a nod Matt stood and rushed in the direction of the sounds but Arthur moved and stood next to where I was seated.

"Aren't you going to check it too?!" Ryan questioned Arthur incredulously to which Arthur stoically responded,

"Miss Tyler is my only responsibility here and I'm not to trust anyone."

Ryan stood up with a huff, "I'll alert the police and speak with Matt when he's willing to listen."

Looking at me and taking my hand, Ryan responded,"Keep me informed of how things turn out and don't hesitate to call if you need anything. Anything at all!!" Ryan turned and left with that.

Coming and sitting next to me chewing his gum, Arthur commented looking at Ryan's receding back, "Don't remember him as the running away kind!!"

"Spare him!! It's his election year. Any politician worth his salt would be avoiding controversies like the plague." I explained matter-of-factly at which Arthur chuckled.

A/N: How do you like the explanations so far and do you think this Pete-guy is skirting twin trouble(Matt and Arthur)??

Till next chapter, stay safe!!

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