CHAPTER 23: CHAPTER 23 HER PERSONAL BODYGUARD

*CADEN*

I’m in my favorite bar again.

I took a slug of my drink and scanned the room.

Tonight, I especially wanted to fuck a skinny woman.

Her raucous laughter caught my attention and our eyes meet.

I winked at her, letting her know she was my sex mate for tonight.

I saw the appreciation and challenge in her gaze and my cock stirred in anticipation.

She has pretty hazel eyes, long brown glossy hair and she’s drinking shots.

What’s more, she looked sensational in the leather minidress and her thigh-high stiletto boots.

Yes...she’ll do.

*********

It’s two in the morning when I let us both into my house.

I took Mona’s coat and she turned immediately and wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Let’s go to bed"She whispered and kissed me.

Hard.

No preliminaries.

Her coat was still in my hands and I had to steady myself against the wall to stop us both from falling.

Her attack took me by surprise.

Perhaps, she was more aroused than I thought.

She tasted of lipstick and vodka.

I thread my fingers through her hair and tug, freeing my mouth.

“All good things, sweetheart" I chided against her lips."Let me put your coat down"

“Fuck my coat"She said and kissed me again all tongue.

I would rather fuck you.

"We’re not going to make it to the bedroom at this rate" I put my hands on her shoulders and gently push her away.

“Let me see your place then"She teased, her soft accent is in contrast to her direct manner.

I wonder if she’ll be as forthright in bed as I followed her down the hallway into the drawing room. Her heels clicking on the floor.

"Such a great view"She said and glanced through the wall of glass that looked over the city.

"Nice Piano"She added and turned to face me.

Her eyes alight with excitement.

"Have you fucked on it?"

Lord, she has a foul mouth.

It’s rare for me to meet women who talk like her.

"Not recently" I dumped her coat on the sofa." Not sure I want to right now.I’d rather bed you"

She smiled, her lipstick smudged and no doubt smeared over my mouth.

The thought displeases me and I run my fingers over my lips.

She sauntered toward me and tugged the lapels of my jacket, forcing me forward.

"Show me what you can do to me"She put her hands on my chest and raked her nails over my sternum to the edge of my jacket.

Shit!

It’s almost painful.

She has scarlet talons, not nails, talons that match her lipstick.

Jeez, I always saw myself as the dominant in bed, the one with all the power but this woman’s aggressiveness is scaring me shitless.

She slid my jacket off my shoulders, letting it fall to the floor and started undoing the buttons on my shirt.

With the mood she’s in, I’m relieved that she took her time and didn’t just rip my shirt open.

I like this shirt!

Slipping it off me, she let it fall to my feet and dug her nails into my shoulders, deliberately.

"Ah!" I hissed in pain.

"I love your tattoo.” She said as her hands travelled from my shoulders down my arms and toward the waistband of my trousers, her nails leaving tracks across my stomach.

Ow!Boy, she was too aggressive.

I grabbed her hand and tug her into my arms, kissing her roughly.

"Let’s go to bed"I said against her mouth and before she could answer.

I took her hand and haul her after me to the bedroom.

There, she pushed me toward the bed and again raked her nails over my belly as her fingers find the top button of my trousers.

Fuck!

She likes it rough.

I love rough sex too but her nails were too fucking sharp.

I flinched and caught her hands in front of her in a viselike grip but in reality, I’m avoiding her nails.

She really wants to play rough, huh?

I can too.

I released her and moved her away so I have a good view.

"Strip. Now!"I ordered.

Tossing her hair over her shoulder, she placed her hands on her hips, her mouth set in an amused challenge.

"Go on"I urged.

Mona’s eyes darkened and she paused.

"Say please" She whispered.

I smirked."Please"

She laughed.

"Keep your boots on"I added.

She returned my smirk, reached behind her and casually unzipped her tight leather dress.

Wriggling her hips from side to side,she shimmied out of the dress and let it slip down the length of her boots.

I smiled.

She looked incredible.

Slim, with small, firm breasts...

She was wearing black French knickers and a matching bra and the thigh-high boots.

Stepping out of her dress, she sashayed toward me with a beckoning, sexy smile and grabbed my hand.

With surprising force, she tugged me to the bed, then placed her hands on my chest, and pushed me hard so that I sprawl on top of the quilt.

"Take them off"She commanded, and pointed to my trousers as she stood over me, placing her feet wide apart.

"You do it"I mouthed.

She needed no further prompting and crawled up the bed to sit astride me, grinding down my crotch...

She dragged her nails down my abdomen toward my fly.

Ow!

Fuck this.

She’s dangerous.

I sat up, taking her by surprise and flipped her onto her back, straddling her and pinning her arms down on either side of her head.

She struggled beneath me, attempting to buck me off.

"Hey"She protested, glaring up at me.

"I think you need to be restrained...you’re dangerous."

My voice is soft as I gauge her reaction.

This could go either way.

Her eyes widened, and I’m not sure if it’s fear or excitement.

"Are you?"She whispered.

"Not nearly as much as you" Releasing her, I reached over to the bedside cabinet and from a drawer, I took out a long silk restraint and a pair of leather cuffs.

"Do you want to play?"I asked, holding up both implements.

She gazed up at me,pupils large with lust and anxiety.

"I won’t hurt you"I assured her."I’ll just keep you in line"

But the truth is, I was worried she’s going to hurt me.

My body was already singing in pain because of her nails.

A teasing seductive smile tugged at her mouth.

"The silk"She said.

I smiled and toss the cuffs onto the floor...

Tonight, I was playing dominant as a form of self defense.

"Pick a safe word"

"Red"

"Good choice"

I tied the silk around her left wrist and thread it through the slats of the bed’s headboard,and then, taking her right hand, I deftly tied her right wrist to the other end of the restraint.

With her arms outstretched, her nails are rendered harmless and she looked fantastic.

"If you really misbehave, I’ll blindfold you too"I murmured.

She squirmed."Will you spank me?"

Her voice is less than a whisper.

Oh this is going to be fun.

I got between her legs, eating her out.

She came quickly and loudly.

Screaming and straining against the silken straps.

I sat up between her thighs,my mouth slick and wet and I flipped her over and slapped her ass.

"Hang in there"I muttered and slipped on a condom.

"Hurry up!"

Fuck! she is demanding!

"As you wish"I growled and thrust inside her.

***********

I wake up with a start...

In my dream, I had been searching for something elusive, a vision that kept appearing and disappearing,an ethereal vision in blue.

Then just as I had a glimpse of it, I had fallen into a wide, deep abyss.

I shuddered.

What the hell was that about?

I slowly stretched out my muscles.

I was still feeling exhausted.

Mona.

Boy, she was an animal.

She wasn’t asleep beside me and I couldn’t hear anyone in the shower.

Perhaps she had left already.

I listened carefully for any noise within the house.

It was quiet.

I grinned, no awkward small talk.

She was gone.

I sighed in relief. Experiences like last night made me question my playboy life choices.

Was this really worth it?

I wasn’t enjoying this kind of life anymore.

But I didn’t know what to do about it.

How do people find contentment and happiness?

*************

I got to work and got busy as usual, burying myself in tons of document so I wouldn’t have the time to think about how empty my life felt.

A knock sounded on my door.

“Sir, Mr Graham is here...” Before Vance could complete that, Mason came in, bursting into my office.

“Yo, Caden!”He began.

I eyed him.”So you finally remembered that we’re still friends.”

He laughed.”C’mon, I already explained this to you. Gigi has been having a lot of stuff she wanted us to try out, I couldn’t say no to her, one of them...”

“I don’t want to hear about your relationship.” I made a puking gesture.

Mason shook his head.”Anyway, I couldn’t hold this in, bro. MG just landed the biggest client of all time.”

Mason and I had practically become like brothers now, so we talk about everything, including our work life.

“I thought you’ve been booked for the rest of the year?”I asked.

“I was. But I have some men to spare. I initially wasn’t accepting any clients’ offer for now but this man just kept begging and talking about my company’s success rate. He offered me times two of the normal pay. Bro, I couldn’t say no after that.”

I shrugged.”As far as you can handle it, successfully, it’s good news then.”

“Also, there’s an even more surprising news.”

I cocked an eyebrow at him.

I hated to be kept in suspense.

“What is it?”

“The client my men would be protecting is Alora.”

That was quite surprising and unexpected.

“Alora? Alora Harper? The actress?”

He nodded.”Yeah, the actress we went to college with at some point.”

It wasn’t as if I was going to see her but there was suddenly an uneasy feeling stirring up within me.

“What do you say? Should I help you get her autograph or something?”

I blinked.”Why would I want her autograph?”

“Because you’ve literally watched everything she’s been on.”He teased.

“I watch other actors’ shows too.”I argued.

“You don’t.”He laughed.”You only watch Alora.”

“Did you come here to mock me?”I snapped and then I thought of something.”Why would she need your security services? I know as an A-list actress, she already has security but if she wants to add to it, don’t you think there’s something wrong?”

He nodded.”This is absolutely confidential but it’s not as if you’d tell anyone. Well, her manager informed me that about two weeks ago, she was kidnapped. Before that, she had been getting death threats. So her life is literally in danger at the moment, that was why they needed to tighten security. I’m sending about three men to be around her 24/7 but Hanks would be her personal bodyguard.”

I stood up from my swivel chair.

Death threats?

She got kidnapped?

I had thought she had been living her life without any worries.

I wonder how she was doing right now.

Was she okay?

I knew Hanks, he was one of Mason’s most capable men so she’d be in safe hands.

But what if Hanks loses track of her one day?

The thought of Alora getting killed suddenly made my heart stop.

What was wrong with me?

I don’t even mean anything to her anymore and she isn’t supposed to mean anything to me either.

But I suddenly had the urge to see her, to the keep her safe.

The urge to see her made me feel excited.

Before I could even think twice, I turned to face Mason and announced.

“Let me be her personal bodyguard.”