Alpha Billionaire 3 (7 page)

Chapter Six

Tyler’s body froze as we heard Grant’s voice.

“Why are you here?” Tyler’s voice sounded deadly.

“I knew you were here.” Grant laughed and stopped in front of us. “You always loved this field.”

“You’ve been here before?” I looked at Tyler with hurt eyes, but he didn’t answer me.

“This is not the first time this has gone down.” Grant answered and he looked at my naked breasts. “But I’m here to take care of you.” He licked his lips and stepped forward. “Let me take care of you like I took care of you on that first night.”

“That was a mistake.” I took a step back and held my arms over my breasts.

“It was a mistake, Sleeping Beauty?” Grant’s voice sounded strange in the field and I stared at his dark face, illuminated by the moon. It looked like he hadn’t shaved in a few days and there was a lot of facial hair and scruff covering his face. I shivered as I realized just how alpha and wolflike he looked.

“Don’t call me that!” I shouted at him and looked over at Tyler who was just watching the two of us,

“You like to pretend you’re all prim and proper, but this isn’t your first foray into the world of crazy sex, is it?” Grant’s voice echoed as he took a step towards me. Tyler grabbed his arm and stopped him.

“Don’t move a step closer.” His eyes narrowed at Grant. “Or I’ll hurt you.”

“You’d hurt your own cousin?” Grant looked at him for a few seconds and then he looked back at me with a snarl. “What have you done to him?”

“Did Hailey tell you to proposition me?” I changed the subject, needing to know exactly how I’d gotten myself into this situation.

“She gives the best lap dances, you know.” Grant laughed and stepped back as Tyler glared at him. “Much better than you.” He laughed and I could feel myself growing sick. “She has no problems fucking me while she dances.” He rubbed his crotch through his pants. “I wanted her to come back with me initially, but that would have been a bit awkward, wouldn’t it have been, Tyler?” He looked and Tyler and smirked.

“That’s enough, Grant.” Tyler’s voice was low and I could see and feel his chest moving up and down, even though I wasn’t next to him. He was angry and I wasn’t sure what he was going to do.

“What’s gotten into you? This is what we’ve been waiting for.” Grant looked at him.

“This is different.” Tyler looked at me then, a light in his eyes I’d never seen before.

“How is this different?”

“She’s different.”

“You’re joking?” Grant shook his head. “She’s not different, Tyler.”

“Different from who?”

“Remember what happened to Eugenie?” Grant looked at Tyler. “You don’t want another Eugenie.”

Tyler looked at him and then at me and it suddenly struck me that maybe Tyler didn’t realize that Eugenie was alive. Grant was twisting everything. He was somehow in Tyler’s head.

“Eugenie is still alive.” I blurted out and I watched the expression on Tyler’s face as I spoke. “She’s not dead, Tyler. She’s alive and maybe your sister is as well.” I moved closer to him and looked at Grant. “I think Grant has been lying to you.”

“Stupid bitch.” Grant’s eyes narrowed as Tyler pulled me towards him, his arm around my waist. “You stupid, stupid bitch.” Grant stared at me and shook his head slowly.

“What’s she saying, Grant?” Tyler’s voice was lethal and I could feel the power coursing through his body as his fingers gripped my skin. “Eugenie’s alive?”

“She’s in the house.” I spoke up again. “Grant did something to her. He won’t let her leave. I think he’s been keeping her as his slave or something. I think he’s been drugging her. That’s what her letters said.”

Tyler turned to me, his eyes surveying my face for a few seconds. “Put your clothes on. We need to go.”

I nodded and grabbed my clothes and pulled them on quickly. Tyler and Grant stood there staring at each other wordlessly. I could see that Grant looked scared. I wondered what Tyler was going to do to him.

“You have to let Eugenie go.” Tyler said softly. “And you have to leave.”

“But Tyler...” Grant’s voice trailed off as Tyler glared at him.

“It’s over, Grant.”

“Where am I supposed to go?”

“You’ll find someplace.”

“Can I come back?” Grant looked at me for a split second and then back at Tyler. “I can be your driver, like before, I don’t mind.”

“No. It’s over for you and me Grant.” Tyler stepped forward and grabbed his shirt. “You’ve failed me. You nearly made me lose the one girl I’ve always wanted.”

“Tyler.” Grant’s voice sounded whiny and I watched the man before me turn into a little boy.

“It’s over, Grant. It should have been over a long time ago.” Tyler turned to me. “Thank you for telling me about Eugenie.” He said softly and I smiled at him awkwardly. How had he just accepted what I had to say without questioning me? It was almost as if he had guessed that something wasn’t right. Maybe he’d even heard the slight creaks and noises in the night and wondered what was going on. Maybe he was finally ready to move on from the pain and the heartache he suffered. Now he knew the truth. And now we could be together.

“So you won.” Grant’s voice was a monotone. “Once again you won.”

“Go now, let Eugenie go and leave.” Tyler had a small smirk on his face and I shivered in the night air.

“Shouldn’t we go and make sure that he lets her go?” I grabbed his arm. “Do you really trust him?”

“Grant knows that if he doesn’t let her go, he will find himself in a very bad place.” Tyler’s voice held a lightly veiled threat.

“I’ll go now.” Grant nodded and looked at me one last time. “I wish you would have chosen me, Evie. I wish you would have chosen me.”

Chapter Seven

I watched as Tyler ran into a store and walked over to a fruit stall in the market to buy some fresh oranges and apples. The last couple of days had been magnificent without Grant and Eugenie in the house. I felt like I was really getting to know Tyler well. It felt odd that I still hadn’t gone back home yet. And even odder to be starting a relationship with him under these circumstances, but it just felt right. He had already paid off all of my student loans and while it made me feel slightly guilty, I knew that he could afford to and wanted to help me out. I didn’t see it as anything wrong. He wanted to take care of me because he was falling in love with me. He was my Prince Charming. All of these years I’d waited for him and he’d finally come along.

“You’re the new girl?” An older lady with dark hair stared at me from under her hat as I looked at the fruit in the stall in front of her. “You should leave.”

“Sorry, what?” I frowned at her, wondering what she was talking about.

“You’re the new girl up at Slate Manor?” Her eyes narrowed as she surveyed me. “That’s a scary place. It’s almost like it’s haunted.” Her eyes never left my face.

“Uhm yeah, but Grant Slate is no longer there.” I almost whispered. “It’s just me and Tyler now.” As I spoke to her I realized I didn’t even know his last name.

“Tyler is a Slate as well.” She paused. “They’re cousins.”

“I know.” I stared back at her fearlessly.

She grabbed my hand. “Stand still, let me read your palms.”

“Uh okay.” I gazed at her and looked around, hoping that Tyler would hurry up in the shop and come back and get me. I was uncomfortable being with this lady.

“The game has begun again.” She dropped my hand and looked up at me, her eyes alert.

“Grant and Tyler have been playing this game for a long time now.”

“They did.” I sighed, not wanting to explain myself to her. “But it’s over now. Grant is gone. And the last girl, Eugenie, well she’s gone to safety now.”

“I know that.” She shook her head. “I warned her as well.”

“Warned her of what?”

“They’ll tell you anything. Do anything. Each new girl is the old girls salvation. You lose your head when you’re at the manor. They count on that. Every girl loses her mind or thinks she does. They hear things. See things.”

“What?” I frowned. “I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

“It’s not a ghost.” She shook her head and she dropped her voice to a whisper. “It’s in the water.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Eugenie wasn’t your friend, Evie. And the Slate boys, well, the Slate boys have more games than they do condoms.”

“What?” My jaw dropped open. “What are you talking about?”

“The apples are two for a dollar.” She said sweetly and I frowned at the change of subject.

“Are you ready, Evie?” I felt Tyler’s arm on my back and I looked up at his beaming face and nodded.

“Yes, I don’t think I’ll get any fruit today.” I looked back at the lady, but she was looking away from me. What had she been talking about?

“You must be tired after everything. Let’s go home and get some rest.”

“Yeah.” I nodded. “And then tomorrow, we do need to go into town. I need to tell Hailey that I’m okay and pick up some of my stuff.”

“Let’s go home now and we’ll discuss everything else later.” He grabbed my hand and we walked to the car. “Right now, it just needs to be you and me.” He said softly. “We just need to live in the magic of the moment.”

***

“I have some presents for you.” Tyler grinned as he led me into the master bedroom after we got home.

“You didn’t have to get me anything.” I shook my head and squeezed his hand. “Just being with you is enough.”

“I’m so lucky to have you, Evie. I never thought I’d meet someone like you.”

“Neither did I.” I leaned forward and kissed him softly.

“Come.” He grabbed my hand. “Sit on the bed.”

“What did you get me?” I asked eagerly awaiting my presents.

“Roses for my rose.” He handed me a bouquet of red roses. “To represent my love and passion for you.”

“Thank you.” I smiled. “How sweet of you.”

“That’s not all.” He handed me a small box and my heart started racing.

“What’s this?”

“Open it.” He sat next to me and watched my face.

“A ring?” I gasped at the platinum band with the huge carat diamond.

“It’s a promise ring.” He rubbed my back. “I promise to take care of you and all of your needs. I promise to always be the man you need me to be. I promise to always take care of you.”

“Oh Tyler.” I took the ring out of the box. “Thank you.”

“Just say you’ll never leave me.” His eyebrows furrowed. “I couldn’t stand it if you left me.”

“Oh Tyler, I’ll never leave you.”

“Good.” He smiled. “Two more presents.”

“You’re spoiling me.” I laughed.

“Good, you deserve to be spoiled.” He grinned and reached into a bag on the stand. “This is for you.” He handed me another jewelry case. I opened it slowly and saw a beautiful silver ROLEX watch.

“Oh my God, Tyler. This is too much.”

“Nothing is too much for you.” He took the watch and placed it on my wrist. “Perfect, it fits perfectly.”

“You’re too generous.”

“Nothing is too much for the lady that I love.” He kissed me hard and then jumped up. “One final gift.”

“Ooh, what is it?” I giggled.

“This one is the most special.” His blue eyes were warm as he handed me a larger box.

“What is this? Sexy underwear?” I laughed and opened the box eagerly. I frowned as I saw a small notebook and a pen. “What’s this?”

“It’s a journal.” He smiled happily. “And a pen for you to write in it.”

“Oh, I don’t keep a journal.”

“Oh, but you must.” He continued to smile, but he looked firm. “You must write in your journal.”

“I mean if you really want me to.” I agreed, too happy to think much of it.

“I’m hiring a new chauffeur tomorrow.” He smiled at me. “He’ll be able to take care of all of our needs, so we don’t have to leave too often.”

“Oh, I don’t mind doing the small things. I can shop and cook and—“

“No, there is no need for that.” He shook his head and played with my right breast. “I don’t want you to do that.”

“I don’t mind.” I was surprised at how firm he sounded. “I like to cook.”

“I just want to spend my days with you. I want us to be together and I want to know you’re safe. Always.”

“I’ll be safe, Tyler. Nothing will happen to me.” But then his mouth covered mine and he kissed me so passionately that I forgot about everything other than his tongue in my mouth and his cock pressed up against my stomach.

***

I stared at Tyler’s sleeping body and rolled over and stared at the journal on the side of the bed, my heart suddenly racing as I remembered Eugenie asking me what I was going to write in my journal. My body felt cold as I lay back and stared at the ceiling. I sat up again, jumped out of bed and walked to the door.

“Where are you going?” Tyler’s voice was soft behind me.

“I wanted to get some water from the kitchen.” I paused, my hand on the door handle, anxiously wanting to exit the room. My heart was racing and my face was hot.

“I have water on the nightstand.”

“Oh okay.” I turned around slowly and walked back to the bed. “I didn’t realize.”

“It’s okay.” He smiled indulgently. “Back to bed and I’ll pour you some.”

“Thank you.” I lay back and waited for him to pass me the glass of water. I took it from him and drank it slowly. He watched me with careful eyes and the only sound in the room was the sounds of me drinking thirstily. I handed him back the glass and he placed it on the nightstand and we both lay back.

“Good night, Evie.”

“Good night, Tyler.”

We both lay back, our shoulders rubbing against each other and I closed my eyes and tried to breathe slowly. The nerves in my stomach were rumbling and I scratched an itch on my face. Then I heard the ticking of the watch next to my ear and froze as I listened to the tick tock of the second hand. All I could think about was Eugenie’s rambling. “Tick Tock goes the clock, Tick Tock goes the clock.” My body started trembling then.

“You’re different, Evie.” Tyler whispered in my ear as his fingers lazily played with my nipples as I lay there in shock. Had I been taken all along? Had I been fooled? Was Tyler the one that I should have been scared of all of this time? Had the lady in the market been right? Had I made the wrong decision? “I know that you’re different Evie. This time will be different. Trust me, Evie. All you have to do is trust me.” He kissed my cheek softly and as I stared into his deep blue eyes, I realized that it didn’t matter if I trusted him or not. He had me. And there was nothing I could do about it. He rolled over on-top of me again and I spread my legs wide, waiting for him to enter me. He did so quickly and the only sounds in the room were his deep breathing and the ticking of my new watch. My legs clung to him as I orgasmed and I scratched his back as I called out his name. I waited for him to fall asleep before I got out of bed again, this time I was very slow and calculated with my movements. I knew as soon as I tried to open the door that it wouldn’t actually open. I stood there for what seemed like hours before Tyler came up behind me, his arms sliding around my waist and pulling me back into him.

“Why me?” I whispered as I leaned back into him and closed my eyes.

“I knew from the first time I saw you with my sister.” His fingers squeezed my breasts together and I cried out as he pinched my nipples.

“Your sister is alive?”

“Of course.” His right hand crept down and played with me. “Grant found her a few years ago. I did think she was dead at first. That wasn’t a lie. And she’s still dead to me. She choose a life I don’t approve of. I failed her, but I won’t fail you. I’ve been waiting for you to be mine for a long time.”

“Hailey is your sister, isn’t she?” My jaw dropped open. “All this time, she was your sister? You played me.”

“You knew this was a game, Evie.”

“The photos were yours weren’t they?” I asked, but I already knew the answer.

“You wanted a man that wanted you and only you. You wanted a man that would take you from your mundane existence. You wanted a man that could excite you. You wanted me, Evie, before you even knew it, you wanted me.” His finger dipped inside of me and I whimpered as he pulled it out. “Isn’t that what you wanted?” He asked me softly as he faced me, his eyes blazing.

“Yes.” I nodded softly. “This is what I wanted.”

“I’m your wolf, Evie. I’ll do everything for you. Absolutely anything.” He gripped my shoulders. “You can just never leave.”

I didn’t say anything, but just stared into his eyes.

“If this were the last second of the last minute of the last hour of the day, all I would want is to see your face, Evie. All I would need is to feel your soft, delicate touch. All I would crave was one smile from your pink luscious lips. If this were my very last breath, all I would want would be to tell you that I love you. With every piece of my stretched out, barely beating sick heart. Every step that I took was to find you. Every move that I made was to be near you. Everything that I did was to have you. I’m sorry it came to this. I’m sorry that I’m the man that did everything that I could to trick and fool you. I’m sorry that I had to play these games. But, if this were the last second of the last minute of the last hour of the day, I’d be happy Evie. I’d be happy because I’m here with you. I’m here with you and you’re here with me. And that’s how it should be.” He held me tightly towards him and stroked my hair. “This is how it should be Evie, I did warn you before, once you know all my secrets you can’t leave.”