âOkay.â I took a deep breath, trusting Cillian. âIâll go down and meet them.â
âGood girl,â he praised me, a soft smile curling on his lips.
âOnly if you promise to fuck me later,â I added, knowing Iâd need him to forget about it all later.
His eyes widened, his cock bulging at my words underneath me. âEmmaâ¦â
âYes Cillian?â
âYour brother asked me toââ
âOh, good idea!â I said, smiling brightly. âIf I attend the reading, you have to fuck me in the sex club.â
His eyes narrowed. âYou are nineteen.â
âAnd I have my own VIP card because itâs my brotherâs club.â
âHe will be mad if he knows and heâll fire me.â
I stiffened. No. I didnât want Cillian to get fired because of me. âThen we will keep it a secret⦠please?â
He put me on the bed and stood up, his bulge still prominent behind his sexy slacks. âWe canât have sex with each other, Emma. Youâre too fucking young and have a stalker who knows where you live. Itâs dangerous.â
âBut you said youâd protect me, Cillian,â I said. I didnât care that I was whining. âPlease.â
âGet ready and meet me outside. Go to the meeting first.â His voice was clipped when he stepped out of the room.
Sighing, I flopped on the bed, staring at the small chandelier hanging from the ceiling. It was so hard to tease him and get him to agree. If it was someone else, theyâd be on their knees pleasing me, but not Cillian.
He was right. Emma Moore never backs down from a challenge, and Iâll take him to bed tonight no matter what.
Even if the meeting goes bad, I will fuck Cillian tonight.
Wearing a white dress that was like a second skin on me, I donned a dark red lipstick on my lips. Leaving my hair down and wearing YSL heels, I was ready. I felt confident despite the nerves churning in my stomach.
âI can do this,â I said to myself, shaking off the disgusting memories from before. âI can do this. Cillian will keep me safe.â
Taking a deep breath, I opened the door to find Cillian leaning on the wall of the dim hallway. His eyes raked over my body as I stared at him shamelessly. He had taken a shower by the look of his damp hair that made his hair look darker and thicker, and his black shirt and pants that fit him like a glove. With revealing neck and forearm tattoos, he looked so fucking delicious. I wanted to have a quickie with him. Right now.
âCome on, Emma,â he drawled, running a hand through his hair. I licked my lips at the sight of very few gray hairs lining his dark hair. I wanted to cling to them when he eats me out.
I didnât utter a word as I followed him down the stairs to the main hallway. My heart was beating so loudly I could hear it hammering in my ears.
Just for a while. Keep it together, Emma.
I eyed Cillianâs broad back when he opened the double doors of one of the many study rooms, but it made my gut churn because it was the same studyâ¦
Stay calm. You are safe, Em. Cillian is here. Damon too, and even if he is an asshole, he wonât let anything happen to you.
âYou took your time,â my brother said, taking a seat on the couch. My eyes averted to the empty shelves and closed windows. The musty smell of dust and something dark clung to the air.
I took a deep breath, and it seeped into my body, slowly at first, then all at once. I couldnât walk. Couldnât move. I felt frozen and bound by invisible hands that had once, many years ago, touched me without my consent. Made me feel uncomfortable with their exploration and coaxing gnarly voice with and twisted laughter when I couldnât escape.
âDoll,â a soft whisper on my right made me snap out of my thoughts, and I blinked at Cillianâs piercing eyes. Unlike other times, they seemed soft and concerned.
âTake a seat, Emma,â the same gnarly voice, now deeper and more twisted, rang in my ears as I met his disgusting dull eyes. They were roving over my body, and I let him have his fill. He patted the empty seat beside him as his assistant, a young girl in her early twenties, shifted on the armchair. I noticed her lipstick was smudged and her stocking had a hole on one knee.
âStart the reading. I donât have much time,â I said, my voice cold as I sat on another armchair. No one had dared to sit at the desk and chair where our mother used to sit, looking out to the floor to ceiling French doors that led to a private garden.
âStill such a hasty child,â he laughed, his teeth, some yellow, gleaming in the dim light.
âSheâs nineteen,â Cillian said, sitting beside my brother. âNot a child.â
Damon flickered his gray eyes from him to our private, dirty lawyer and motioned him to go on.
My hand tightened on my dress, and I held my breath.
The lawyer, Lincoln, cleared his throat and said, âYou should leave. This is a private willââ
âCillian is staying,â I said, raising my voice a little. âJust tell us about the will.â
âHe is not a familyââ
Damon sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. âNeither is your assistant. We donât care. Iâve a meeting with an architect after this, so hurry.â
For once, I agreed with Damon. I didnât know why mom would give her will to such a lousy lawyer, anyway.
He opened the briefcase his assistant handed to him, and tension hovered in the air when he leafed out a paper and started speaking.
Each word rang through the study, echoing in my ears. As seconds passed, my breathing increased, and tears burned my eyes. Damonâs face was devoid of any emotion, but I could see his jaw tick as he flicked his eyes at me.
âLikewise, the manor in Coral Springs and all belongings therein I leave to my daughter, Emma Moore.â He finished reading the will and looked at me and Damon.
âA-are you sure itâsâ¦â I stood up, snatching the paper from him and reading it. âIt canât be.â
I felt another presence close to me and a hand on my back, making me stiffen. âBut it is.â The voice was scratchy, and I scrunched the paper in my hand. âYou own Dorothyâs entire makeup company, the royalties from all her films, her shares and all her properties, little Emma.â
Little Emmaâ¦
âOf course she does,â Damon chuckled, standing up. âI knew she wouldnât leave me anything.â
The hand on my back started lowering, and I wanted to move. Wanted to fight. But I stayed frozen. I couldnât do anything. Even though my eyes burned.
âTake your hand off of her before I fucking break it,â a deep, warm voice said, the hand on my back leaving and the sound of Lincoln yelping in pain flowing in my ears.
I watched with cold distant eyes when Cillian twisted it, the lawyerâs assistant scrambling away when his face turned red and he started screaming.
âWhat the fuck are you doing, Cillian?â Damon asked, his eyes wide with surprise and shock.
âWhat the fuck am I doing?â he asked, staring at my brother and pinning his eyes on me. âLook at your own fucking sister for a moment, you dumb fuck. She has been shaking since she saw this asshole. Her eyes are wet with tears, not because her mom left her everything, but because of this jerkâDid I tell you to move? No. I didnât.â I covered my mouth when Cillian kicked him, painfully twisting his hand over his back.
âWhere was I? Oh, yes, this perv has been trying to grope your sister and you want to throw a fit because your rich mommy didnât leave you any money.â His face was full of anger when he pulled away from Lincoln, his chest heaving and nose flaring. His hand closed around my wrist. âRich people like you disgust me, Damon. If this asshole comes near her again, Iâll do more than just break a few ribs or his hand.â
He dragged me out of the chaotic study room, his long strides making me stumble in my heels.
I had never seen Cillian so angry. Or seen anyone so angry for me.