Matt’s POV

“Hey, boss,” Jimmy called, lightly jogging down the small hallway as I stepped out of my office. He was wearing a blazer, shirt, and tie like he had just finished up with one of our clients, but what caught my eye was the black backpack in his right hand. “Got everything you asked for, plus a few other necessities,” he said, rocking back and forth on his heels as he passed it over to me.

“I thought they might feel more comfortable if they had a some more girly items…keep them from trying to escape,” he explained and I nodded my head in agreement. That was a good point. Though deep down I wanted Jo to feel safe and comfortable with me so I would supply her with what she needed within reason. “So shampoo, conditioner, razor, soap, toothbrush, brush, makeup… pretty much anything I could think of.”

With a small smile I opened the bag and looked inside. There was everything I asked for and more. “Perfect, this looks great Rev, thanks,” I said, patting him on the shoulder. “Did you get stuff for the other girl too?”

“Yeah, I just gave it to Gates,” Jimmy said with a frown. What was that about? Was Gates not treating Emery well? I would have to stop in later to check on her but right now all I wanted to do was deliver these items to Jo.

With a nod I put the bag over my shoulder and headed back into my office. I couldn’t wait give these to Jo, knowing how happy they would make her. Hell, maybe she would even trust me a little bit more knowing I followed through on her request. But why did I want to please her so much?

If I was being honest, Jo had been in my thoughts all morning. I just couldn’t stop thinking about how perfect her body felt pressed against mine, or her hauntingly beautiful blue eyes. Damn she was gorgeous and I wished that I could get a better look at her body. I mean, I felt her curves this morning in bed but I’m sure they looked and felt even better with out a layer of fabric as a barrier.

“Hey, are we going to switch up guard duties on the girls?” Jimmy asked, pulling me from my thoughts of Jo again. He was still following me? Didn’t he have to go back out to collect service fees from district four?

I turned back around and looked up at him with a raised brow. “What?” Did he have a problem with Gates and I watching the girls?

“You know,” he said, looking everywhere but at me. “Maybe rotate them through the guys so they get too attached to one person,” he explained like it was the simplest concept in the world.

I sucked in a breath as a wave of jealousy hit me like a brick wall. I didn’t want Jo with any of my asshole friends knowing how they acted, and especially not with Zacky. They apparently had a history and just the thought of him looking at her pissed me off. Wait where the hell did that thought come from? No, Zack was one of my best friends and she was just a prisoner and that was it! Okay so maybe she was a really attractive prisoner but still! Jo and Emery were both off limits!

“Maybe Gates and Vengeance take the day shift while you, myself, and Christ work and we take the night shift while they are on patrol? Just to share the duty since we each have our own job to do as well…” Jimmy suggested and I slowly nodded my head. Fuck he had a point. Not to mention that I had a meeting with some very important clients tomorrow. Damn it, I guess I was going to have to leave Jo with one of the other guys! But who?

“Yes, we will divide the duties,” I sighed, sitting back down at my desk and running my hands over my head. I didn’t want to say it but I had to. I couldn’t watch over Jo 24-7 by myself and either could Gates. Like Jimmy said, we each had a job to do. “We’ll sit down and make a schedule tomorrow morning to guarantee that each girl has a one-on-one guard at all times. We cant risk one of them escaping.” We couldn’t do all this work for nothing.

“Do you want me spread the word to the others when they come back?” Jimmy asked, inching closer and closer to the door. His anxious fingers strummed the doorframe in a sporadic rhythm, showing me just how much energy he had pent up in his body. That guy needed to go do a few laps or something to calm down, especially if he was going back out to meet with clients.

“No we’ll discuss it at dinner,” I said firmly, my thoughts drift back to Jo. “Now go finish the rest of your collections and bring me a list of anyone who decides not to use our services. We’ll send Vengeance and Gates in for a round of questioning.”

With a nod, Jimmy fled out of my office, leaving me to my thoughts. Finally I was alone and I could go check on Jo. I hoped she hadn’t done anything stupid, like tried to escape. There was no way out and she would only hurt herself trying, especially if she tired to break the bullet proof glass in the windows.

I quickly padded down the hallway to my room and typed in the passcode. “Jo?” I called as I opened the door and didn’t immediately see her. My heart pounded in my chest as I scanned the room. Where the hell did she go?

As soon as her name sounded in the room, Jo popped up from under the covers on the bed and I let out a sigh of relieve. Thank god she was still here, though where would she have gone? “Are you okay?” I asked with a frown.

“I’m okay,” she replied softly as I shut the door behind me. I carefully scanned the room again to see multiple items out of place. So someone liked to snoop did they? Interesting.

“You wanted to get to know me better, huh?” I asked with a smirk, leaning back against the door and earning a frown and a look of confusion from Jo. “I know where all my stuff was and it’s not where it was before so… I guess you wanted to get to know me better…” I explained. To my surprise she returned my smile and rolled her eyes at me. Okay, so that was a step in the right direction. At least she didn’t seem to be afraid of me anymore.

“I was bored… anything would have done the trick,” she shot back and now it was my turn to frown. What did she mean by that? Did she not like it here? I would have to change that. Shit, no, Shadows fucking no! She. Is. A. Prisoner!

“I got something for you,” I continued, pushing the thought away as I held out the backpack for her.

Jo looked skeptically between the backpack and myself before she finally got off the bed and came toward me. Her big blue eyes locked on mine; almost like she was sizing me up to make sure I wasn’t going to pull a trick on her. But trust me, if I wanted something form her, I wouldn’t beat around the bush with petty tricks. I always took what belonged to me with no questions asked.

She carefully took the backpack from me and set it down on the floor to investigate the contents. As soon as she opened the bag, her eyes lit up and a large smile spread over her face, causing my heart to stop in my chest. If was possible, she looked even more breathtakingly beautiful. Damn. I smiled down at her as she looked at each item with joy, making my heart swell. It felt good to see her so happy and something inside of me longed to see her like this everyday.

Before I could even blink, Jo jumped up into my arms, slinging her arms around my neck and pulling me in for hug. Her body pressed firmly into mine and without thinking, I pulled her even closer. My hands moved to her hips and I held her close, enjoying her floral scent and feeling of her body against mine. Something about this just felt right—so natural—even though…shit she was my prisoner! I was breaking my own rules! I couldn’t do this! Hell, I wasn’t allowed to like her like this! Fuck!

I quickly took a step back and ran my hand over the back of my neck. My body was screaming for her but I pushed that thought and desire away, knowing that it couldn’t happen. She was a Pagano for Christ sake! But damn, I couldn’t deny the fact that I wanted her and the proof was in the boner that was growing in my pants. Shit! I had to get out here before I did something I knew I shouldn’t.

“You’re welcome,” I grumbled, my voice full of lust as I turned towards the door. I just needed to clear my head. Yeah that was it. I was just sexually deprived and maybe it was time to give April a call… “I-I will come back in a bit and take you to the bathroom so you can use the shower and redress, okay?”

I made the mistake of looking into her eyes and I instantly regretted it. Those blue orbs were full of exact same thing that I was feeling—lust. Fuck! That was the last thing I needed because now all wanted to do was grab her, throw her on the bed, and have my way with her. Damn it to hell! And now it was even harder to walk away because I could see that she wanted it too! I had to get out of here before I did something stupid…

“Jo?” I asked when she didn’t respond. She looked just as dazed and confused as I felt. She shook her head and looked back up at me. “Okay?

“Yes and thanks,” she said, motioning toward the bag. I gave her a small smile and quickly vanished out the door before my dick won the battle.

What the hell was that? Why did I want her so badly? I mean, I didn’t even know the girl! Not to mention that she was our fucking hostage! I shouldn’t have these feelings for her let alone want to fuck her senseless. Yes, she was hot but that shouldn’t matter. I was a professional and the fucking leader of my group. I couldn’t just have a piece of her because I wanted to—I had a standard to uphold. Shit, if I broke the rules then the guys would break them too and that was the last thing I needed.

I shook my head and walked back down the hallway toward my office. There had to be something that could distract me from that gorgeous brunette with the long legs and succulent curves. Damn it, there I go again! I needed a distraction—someone completely different, but what? The sister! That was it! I would go check up on Gates and Emery to make sure he was treating her properly. Yeah, that would distract me.

Unfortunately, that distraction was short lived, especially since everything looked good there. Though, I didn’t really understand why the little blonde looked beyond terrified when she saw me. Had Gates told her something or her father? I would have to get to the bottom of that later, but right now I had work to do.

“I don’t fucking care who’s men they were,” I raged into the phone about an hour later. “If they are on our territory, get them the fuck out or kill them! It’s as simple as that Christ!” I hissed, staring down at the guard duty schedule that I was working on.

“I fucking told you, Christ! Now let me take care of business,” Zacky scolded Johnny on the other end of the call and I couldn’t help but smirk. Now I remembered why I put Johnny on desk work. He was a fucking pansy and always had to check in before he fired his gun. There was a name for people like that in our line of work—Dead.

“Finish up and get back here. I want a full report,” I said before hanging up the phone. So it seemed that Pagano’s men or the Gold Vipers gang were trespassing on our territory. Screw those bastards; they knew the regions and what happened when they got caught crossing into them. We’d been screwed over too many times before and I was sick of it. We were going to take action! This was our territory!

With a sigh, I looked back down at the schedule in front of me. Shit, who the hell was I going to get to watch Jolie for me tomorrow while I was at the meeting? Jimmy would be out collecting from district one and Johnny was coming with me. Fuck, so that left Vengeance. “He better keep his hands to himself,” I muttered to myself as I wrote it down. I would just have to hurry though the meeting to make sure he didn’t try to pull something. But why did I care? Fuck this was the whole thing I was trying to avoid.

Maybe leaving Jolie with one of the other guys for a day was for the best. It would help me clear my mind and give me time to get laid. I’m sure that’s all it was that I was feeling anyway, or at least that’s what I was trying to convince myself.

“Hey boss,” Jimmy said, frantically knocking on my door. His eyes looked slightly panicked as he came into my office and started pacing around. Shit, this was never a good sign.

“What happened, Rev? Spit it out!” I said looking up at him. There was no beating around the bush when he was this worked up. Something major was going on and I needed to know. “Tell me!” I raged, standing up when he didn’t say anything.

Jimmy stopped and turned towards me, running his hands over his face before he sat down in one of the plush leather chairs. It was then that I noticed that his blazer had a few rips in it like he had been running. “You better fucking tell me what’s going on, Rev or I swear I will…”

“They are fucking everywhere!” he burst, throwing his hands up in the air. Wait what was he talking about?

“Who’s everywhere? Paganos men?” I could feel my heart start to palpitate in my chest. If they were out there in district four then we had a big problem. That was our most profitable district because it bordered both Pagano and Gold Viper territory. If we lost it, we were screwed!

Jimmy nodded and I slammed my fist down on the desk. “Fuck! What happened?”

“Well, I was collecting and then out of nowhere the green coats appeared with guns. It was almost like they were searching homes looking for the girls,” Jimmy explained and froze. So Pagano was looking for his precious treasures? Well he wasn’t going to find them anywhere around the districts, that was for damn sure. “People were running and screaming as they barged into house after house. One of those bastards even tried to arrest me so I took care of business and got the hell out. But the customers are freaking out…”

I pinched my eyes shut and sunk back into my chair. Shit, because Gates was injured, we were down on manpower. And without that manpower to enforce our territory, we would lose customers. Fuck I had to do something. “Go get Gates and start making calls to our men on the outer banks. We’ve got to push those bastards out and quickly.”

Without a word, Jimmy got up and raced down the hall, leaving me to make my next move. Fuck, I needed to call Pagano. If we were going to pretend like we were still in the treaty for right now, I needed to play this card. But damn it, I didn’t want to. With a loud groan, I picked up the phone and dialed Danny’s direct extension.

“Shadows my good man, what do I owe this unexpected pleasure,” Danny’s voice boomed into the phone after three rings. Typical Pagano, blow sunshine up your ass and then ruthlessly stab you in the back.

I ran my hand over my face and took in a deep breath, trying to control the anger that was rising inside of me. “Why the fuck are your men swarming my territory?” I said bluntly, cutting right to the chase. I swear if this bastard lied to my face, there was going to be hell to pay.

Danny chuckled humorlessly and whispered something to someone on the other line before he came back. “Well, you see Shadows, there has been an incident.”

“What kind of incident? You only have permission to be in district three in four blocks. That’s fucking it!” I raged, squeezing the arms of my chair in anger. God just hearing this guy’s voice pissed me off.

“I know but desperate times call for desperate measures,” Pagano sighed and I couldn’t miss the sadness in his voice.

“Look you either tell me what the hell you’re up to or I’m going to send in a group to take our your men. It’s as simple as that. I’ve got my best marksmen waiting and all I’ve got to do is say the word. If you want a battle, you’ve got one, Pagano!” I fumed, even though I was bluffing a little bit. Oh and the really kicker to this would be when we sent out a hostage message with his daughters in a few days. That would really get him.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, easy now!” Danny laughed, pissing me off even more. “They will be out as soon as the job is done.”

“No they are out now,” I hissed and Pagano sighed. “I don’t care what the hell you are doing, you are trespassing on Avenged territory!”

Danny let out a loud sigh on the other end of the line before he continued. “This has nothing to do with business,” he snapped. “Some bastards kidnapped my daughters from my home a few nights ago and I want them back!” He raged. Now it was my turn to smirk but I wouldn’t give away the secret just yet. That bastard needed to suffer.

“I’m sorry to hear that but no one in our districts has them. We have eyes and ears everywhere,” I warned, trying to drop that hint that we were onto his backhanded dealings. “So if someone had your girls we would know about it. But there is nothing so get your men out of our territory!” I finished, my volume growing higher and higher.

“Fine…but if I find out that you’re double crossing me, Shadows. You’re whole clan will be dead. Any sign of my girls and I want a call, do I make myself clear,” Pagano hissed and I had hold back the laughter that wanted to escape. Oh, this bastard really couldn’t be thinking he made the rules.

“Just get your men out and let me do my fucking job,” and with that I hung up the phone.

After a quick meeting with Gates and the Rev about sending out troops to escort those slimy Pagano bastards out, my head was racing with thoughts. We were so close to getting in a war with Pagano that it wasn’t even funny. But maybe that’s what needed to happen in order to straighten things up around here. Maybe we needed to show him whose boss in this situation, and it certainly wasn’t him.

I played strategies over and over in my head as I grabbed my things and headed to the shower. I had to come up with some kind of plan if everything came down to a point. I mean, we definitely had he gear and weaponry to take on the Paganos, but we were missing the manpower. I guess it was time to start sending the Berrys out to recruit some new member of our gang.

By the time I finished showering and got back to my room, I had a plan set in place. We would play the good neighbor card with Pagano until the very last second before we turned around and double-crossed him, just as he had done for us. Yes, that was the perfect plan. Hell, we could even help him ‘search’ for his daughters and work to find out who sent the video in…that was perfect. That way he wouldn’t know it was us until it was to late!

I smirked to myself at the idea as I bend down to pull up a pair of boxers, only to hear a soft moan behind me. “Oh fuck!” I cursed, quickly pulling them up. “I forgot… shit.” Looked over at her with wide eyes, mentally kicking myself for being so careless. But to my surprise, Jo looked at me with a small blush and couldn’t stop the small smirk on my face. She stayed quiet when she could have told me she was there. That sneaky little devil…

“I didn’t mean to… I just don’t usual have someone around, fuck…” I continued to explain even though it seemed that I didn’t really need to. I was just pissed at myself for being so careless around her, especially when I was trying to earn her trust. But then again, I liked that she watched me undress—she must have liked what she saw.

“Let me grab pants and a shirt and then I bring you to the bathroom, it’s your turn to shower. You gather the things you need and when we are back here I can give you another of my shirts… and maybe boxers… I don’t know, we don’t have any girl clothes around here, so that must do for now, I guess” I said with a shrug, still feeling flustered from my absentmindedness.

I quickly got dressed and escorted Jo down to the bathroom, telling her the rules and her time limit. I just hoped she wouldn’t try anything stupid, especially since I was going to be standing guard outside the door. I set the timer on my phone and slowly paced up and down the hallway, my mind in a disarray of thoughts. It seemed like my world was falling apart in more ways then one but I wouldn’t let it. I would win in the Pagano battle and I would forget about his daughter that kept haunting my thoughts.

“Will you just shut up…” I turned just in time to see Johnny and Zack returning from their patrol. They both looked exhausted and from the small blood splatters on their clothing, I knew they must have had one hell of a day. Well, at least maybe Zack would shut up now about not seeing any action.

Just as I was about to ask them for a report, the timer on my phone went off. Shit, well I guess I would have to get that information in the morning, since it was getting late as it was. “I want a full report in the morning,” I told them before disappearing into the bathroom.

The room was full of hot steam and I could still hear the shower running as I stepped around the corner. My eyes instantly went to the glass shower and I bit down on my knuckle. There in front of me was one of the hottest fucking sights I had ever seen.

Jo’s hands were running over her body, slowly caressing her breast as the water pour over her. She let out a light moan and threw her head back as she squeezed one of her perfect erect nipples. Damn that sound was hot and all I could think about was making her scream my name. Fuck I bet that would sound amazing coming from those lips. My dick sprang to life in my gym sorts and I couldn’t help but groan.

Suddenly Jo let out a small shriek and covered herself up, obviously seeing me standing there for the first time. Shit, now this really looked back. “Erm…your-your time is up. You’ve got two minutes to get out and get dressed,” I stammered, passing her one of my towels. “There’s a clean shirt on the back of door,” I said and quickly made my exit.

As soon as I shut the door behind me, I banged my head on the wall. God I was a fucking idiot! What the hell was I thinking going into the bathroom without knocking or saying anything? But damn, that little look right there had me thinking all kinds of things. I just couldn’t get over those perfectly round tits, or her flat abs. I knew she had a nice ass too…Fuck! I really needed to get a hold of myself because these thoughts weren’t making my raging boner go away. I just had to keep reminding myself that she was off limits.

Just then Jo came out of the bathroom with a deep blush on her face and her eyes directed at the floor. She was wearing my old Pantera shirt and her hair was wrapped up in the towel on her head. Damn she even looked good like that but I quickly shook that thought away.

We made our way back to my room in silence and after the door locked behind me, I headed straight for bed. I needed to hide the boner that refused to go away and stop thinking about the beautiful creature beside me.

I rolled over onto my side and pulled the covers up over me just as I felt the bed sink lightly next to me. Maybe I could just go to sleep and when I woke up, all my ‘feelings’ toward her would be gone and I could get back to business. From now on, it was only going to be professional between Jo and I.


Emery’s POV

Before I could even process what was going on, Brian grabbed me around the waist and threw me down onto the bed, his body now inches away from mine. I took in a shaky breath, my nose filling with his mouthwatering aroma that drove me crazy. Not to mention that his body was pressing dangerously close to mine, gaining an unsolicited response to him. Why did I want a man that terrified me and tormented me? Now that was just sick!

“Don’t and I mean it, Blondie,” Brian growled, his eyes narrow as he looked down at me. “Don’t ever try something like this again… If you think that you can escape from me, you will fucking pay for it.”

I narrowed my eyes at him as the anger rose inside of me. I was tired of this bullshit! “Pay how? Would you cage me into a room all alone?” I hissed, letting the sarcasm drip with each word. “Keep me away from my sister? From my family? Kidnap me?” I asked with a humorous laugh. “Congrats, you already did all that.”

Apparently Brian didn’t like my answer because he quickly grabbed both of my hands and pinned them above my head, prevent any movement from my end. The look in his eyes was ravenous as he pushed down hard against my body, squeezing my wrists as I tried to pull away.

“I have ways to make you scream, little princess,” He sneered, his free hand grabbing my face and forcing me to look at him. “Didn’t your father tell you any stories about us?”
My eyes grew wide with his words as his hand moved from my cheeks down to my throat. He was right, father had told us some pretty twisted stories about the Avenged Sevenfold guys and how they ruthlessly beat and rapped women. My heart started to pound in my chest as my chest rose and fell a little faster but why did I fee more aroused than scared right now? There was definitely something wrong with me.

Brian must have felt the heat between us too because he pushed his lower body further into me, causing my legs to part. I licked my lips as felt his need pressing into me. My mind instantly went back to the night at the club where he had be pressed against the wall, practically begging him to take me. But this was different and I would be damned if I was going to give into him. I refused to give into him! I may be his prisoner, but I was not his personal plaything too!

“You need me,” I said as a thought came into my head. He couldn’t do shit to me!

“I don’t need—” he started but I interrupted him, showing him that I was indeed in charge here. “You need me and my sister unharmed, or you won’t get whatever you want from our dad,” I sneered but that only seemed to set him off even more.

“Oh princess… you have no fucking idea of what I can or cannot do with you,” he hissed before firmly pressing his need against my core. I couldn’t help but let out moan, that motion in itself making me dripping wet. I closed my eyes and bit down on my bottom lip, trying to collect myself. I couldn’t do this! I refused to give him the upper hand here…but damn that felt so good.

He must have thought the same thing because he repeated the movement and I groaned. I didn’t know how strong my resolve would be if he kept that up. I mean it had been way too long since I had screamed anyone’s name in ecstasy. Especially since my guard Christopher told me we couldn’t play anymore because he was afraid my father would find out. He didn’t understand that the rebellion in what we were doing was all part of the fun.

Brian looked down at me with a smirk, his hand slowly siding down my body just as a loud voice boomed outside the door. “Gates open up!”

I instantly froze, fear taking over as I looked up at Brian. Who the hell was that at the door? Was that the ruthless M. Shadows? “You stay the fuck quiet, you will receive your punishment later, believe me,” Brian hissed at me before he pulled away and went to answer the door.

I slowly sat up on the bed, backing up to the wall as Brian answered the door, revealing a very large brute like man with aviator sunglasses on. Just seeing his form in the doorway made my heart race. Lucky, Brian stepped outside with him for a minute.

I let out a sigh as the door shut and pulled my legs up to my chest. What the hell just happed between Brian and I? I mean, what the hell was he trying to do? I wasn’t his plaything and he couldn’t scare me into taking off my close for him, though the though of having him buried deep inside me was driving me crazy. I couldn’t stop thinking about how good he tasted that night at the club or how he made me feel like I was on some kind of drug from his touch. I wanted to feel that again, but I didn’t want it to give him he upper hand.

Suddenly the door was open again and my eyes shifted to Brian, giving him a daring smirk. But that was short lived because at that moment I saw the tall brute of a man standing in the doorway with him. “Because I said so,” the brut replied to whatever Brian had asked and stepped toward me.

I sucked in a breath and pushed myself back against the wall even though I couldn’t go back anymore. What did he want with me? Had Brian called him in to teach me a lesson for breaking the rules? I really didn’t mean to, I just wanted to find out where my sister was…

“Are you okay, Emery? As okay as you can be I mean?” he asked and I slowly nodded my head. He took another step closer, his eyes scanning my body and I averted my eyes to the floor. God, I hoped he wasn’t about to do what I think he was… It was just then that I saw the collection of hygiene product that littered the floor. Did Brian get these for me?

“If you need something, tell Gates about it, we will discuss it then,” the big guys said before he turned and headed out the door. I let out a small sigh of relief and got off the bed to examine the stash of goodies on the floor.

“Did you get this for me?” I asked Brian with a frown as I turned around to face him. It was so thoughtful of him and so…unexpected. What was he trying to play at here? Was this some kind of trick?

“I thought you might need some of these… even though you don’t deserve it, princess,” he said and I blushed lightly. He really went though all the trouble to get these for me? I looked down at the items with a small smile, my resolve toward Brian resolving a little.

“And now don’t think I forgot about the incident before, you will get your punishment for that, princess… I promise you,” Brian said with a smirk as he took a step towards me. I looked at him wide eyed and took a step back but he just kept getting closer and closer.

“I-I…” I stammered, looking at the lustful look in those dark brown eyes. He just chuckled as he backed me against the brick wall, caging me in with his arms. I saw him wince lightly and I knew were to hit him if I needed a fast escape.

“You broke the rules and it’s time to suffer the consequences,” Brian growled in my ear. “You blondie are mine,” he said, his warm breath sending shivers down my spine. No, come one Emery stay strong! Don’t give into him!

Brian took another step towards me, pressing his body against mine and showing me exactly what he meant. I swallowed thickly and he smirked. “You’re-you’re going to hurt your arm…” I said breathlessly. “I-I should probably take a look at it to-to see how it’s healing…” I gasped as he moved his hips against mine. I felt weak in the knees as my hands moved to his bare chest underneath the open button down shirt.

“Well, why don’t you take off my shirt and we can start there…” he breathed just before his lips connected with my neck. I couldn’t help the light moan that escaped my lips, his kiss on my neck feeling like an explosion of pleasure. I had never experienced anything like it in my life.

With a shaky breath and hands, I carefully pushed off the blue button down shirt, letting it land on the floor without a care. All I could focus on was he pure sex in front of me with that gorgeous ink and ripped muscles. Damn he was hot and my mouth was watering just from looking at him. “Now, help me with my pants…” he ordered, nibbling at the nape of my neck.

“I-I…” I shuddered, my brain screaming at me to stop by my hands were already moving on the button. Brian let out a moan when my hands ran down his flat abs, to free his throbbing member that seemed to be painfully trapped in the tent of fabric.

As his pants fell to the floor, Brian moved his good arm down over my curves and stopped at the hem of Jimmy’s t-shirt, tickling the skin on my thigh. “I-I…” I stammered again, trying to think of a way out of this but my resolve was failing miserably. This was against everything I planned! I couldn’t give into him but he was like a bad drug that I wanted more of. No! Be strong!

“I-I need to go to the bathroom…” I finally got out and Brian chuckled, his hand moving to cup my ass.

“Hold it, princess…I’ve got another job for you at the moment…” he chuckled and I gasped when he squeezed the tight flesh on my butt. I was dripping wet and I knew I had to get out now or there was no turning back.

“I cant…it’s an emergency,” I said, looking at his lust filled eyes with my pleading ones. “Please…I really really need to go!”

“Fucking hell,” Brian hissed, pushing away from me and I couldn’t hide the smirk on my face. Who was in charge now? He ran his hands over his face before he moved over to his dresser and pulled out a pair of gym shorts. “Help me,” he snapped irritably.

Really? He needed help putting his pants on too? With a sigh I moved over in front of him and held the shorts open for him to step into them, my face level with his huge boner. “You like what you see, princess?” he taunted, pushing his hips towards me and making me blush. “What’s the matter, you know you can’t handle this?” He teased, grabbing a hand full of my hair and forcing me to look up at him. “Well this isn’t over, princess…you still need your punishment for disobeying my orders…so when we get back you better be ready.” He hissed, stepping into his shorts.

No, I had to find another distraction. I couldn’t let him seduce me into bed with him, no matter how much I wanted it. “Can I take a shower while I’m in the bathroom too?” I begged. Brian frowned before a smirk came over his face.

“I think that could be arranged, grab you shit and lets go,” he said, grabbing my arm after I had picked up the items and dragging me out the door. “You’ve got five minutes for the bathroom,” he said, watching me carefully as we moved down the dimly lit hallway.

As we walked, I could see some other rooms but most of them were empty. Well that was until we passed what looked like a living room. “And then you have fifteen minutes for the shower, but since I can’t trust you by yourself, I will in bathroom with you.” Brian said just as I saw Jimmy.

“What?” I yelped, stopping and looking at Brian in the hallway. I must have heard him incorrectly.

“You heard me, Princess,” Brian smirked, his eyes traveling over my body like he was imagining me naked. I blushed and looked away. “I will be supervising your shower to make sure you don’t get any brilliant ideas like you did this morning. That’s bulletproof glass by the way,” he added and I shook my head.

“No way! I am not showing with you in the room!” I snapped, stomping my foot. “I refuse!”

“Well suit yourself because that’s the only way you’re getting a shower,” he said dragging me along just as Jimmy started toward us. Maybe he could talk some sense into Brian.

“That big guy said tell you what I want and he’d discuss it. I don’t think me not showering would please anyone!” I shot back.

“Hey, I didn’t say you couldn’t take a shower,” and he was laughing now? Just fucking great!

“Well fine I’ll just leave my underwear on!” I shot back and he laughed harder. That son of a bitch! I crossed my arms over my chest in frustration just as Jimmy joined us at what appeared to be the bathroom door.

“What’s going on, guys?” Jimmy asked, his blue eyes meeting mine with concern.

I narrowed my eyes and looked back and forth between the two men, a brilliant idea coming into my head. “Fine I’ll take a shower but only if Jimmy is my guard,” I said, looking at Brian with a smirk. I knew he would be a gentleman and at least turn the other way and there wasn’t any sexual tension between us. I just felt safer with Jimmy.

“What?” Jimmy asked as Brian yelled. “No fucking way, princess. You get me or no one!”

“We’ll see about that!” I snapped before going into the bathroom and closing the door behind me. We’ll see how he liked that!

Notes

So do you think big boss man Shadows will stick to his guns and stay away from Jo, or will he cave in to his budding feelings?

And what do you think about Emery wanting Jimmy in the bathroom with her instead of Brian? Is she just trying to avoid the inevitable?