Chapter 16: Chapter 16

KIAN

"Kian?" Estrela whispers into the silence. The room is dark, only the light of the city from outside gives the room some light. I'm guessing we're close to midnight.

"Yes?" I sit up on the cold leather couch.

"Come here and lie down on this bed. I saw that couch doesn't look comfortable," she murmured. I bite back a grin even if she wouldn't see it. I'm surprised that she cares about my wellness, despite the fact that I haven't been very nice to her for the last few hours.

"It's okay," I reply, although the big, certainly a lot more comfortable bed would be better than that overpriced white leather couch.

"No, Kian. Nothing is okay." Her suddenly desperate voice makes me pause for a moment. I sighed deeply, got up and went to her bed. She lies on her right side, legs bent and her gaze fixed on the city. When she notices that I'm standing on the edge of the bed, her gaze wanders to me and briefly wanders over my naked upper body. "Why does my father work for him?" The subject still won't leave her alone.

"Estrela, I can't tell you much about that because I don't know myself why he's doing it. I never asked him about it," I answer truthfully. She sits up in bed and leans against the headboard. The movement causes the blanket to slide off her torso. The shirt she's wearing doesn't hide much. And the little light that falls on the fabric reveals more than it should and... fuck! Isn't she wearing a bra? I quickly turn my back to her, but take a seat on the bed. Now my view is also on the city, where life is just awakening.

"But you work for him, don't you?"

"I don't work for him!" I growl.

"It looked a little different down there." Without having to look at her, I know that her lips have just formed into a pucker.

"Yeah, but only because he was right and you really need a night's sleep to think about it. Gabriel isn't a mafia boss for fun. If you don't follow his lead, he gets pretty uncomfortable. And trust me, you don't want him experience like that," I explain. "Gabriel isn't my boss, even if it seemed like it. I'm not anyone's stooge. I hate working for someone. He knows that too, and he respects it - sort of."

"And what are you doing there then?" she asks curiously.

"Let's put it this way, I still owe Gabriel something." I turn to her.

"And what are you doing for him?" She asks further. I smile.

"You don't want to know, kitty." I slowly lie down in bed with her, noticing how nervous she is getting as I get closer to her.

"Otherwise I wouldn't ask," she breathes.

"I know." She smiles slightly and I have to grin a little too. "But I won't tell you." She looks at me seriously for a while.

"OK."

"Okay? You don't keep probing until I spit it out?" She shook her head.

"No. I don't want to talk about it anymore," she says.

"And what do you want to talk about then?"

"I have no idea..." she says and thinks about it. "Maybe about you."

"About me?" I laugh.

"Yes, for example, where were you born?" My alarm bells go off when she utters this question, which everyone takes for granted.

"Here in Nevada," I reply quickly.

"And your parents, do they live here?" I tense imperceptibly. I knew this questioning about me didn't bode well.

"No," I reply, a little too harshly. She frowns in confusion.

"Oh, okay... and do you have siblings?" I laugh, which catches another worried look from her.

"No idea." There is silence for a long time and I try to ignore the anger and the emptiness inside me, but unfortunately this is not so easy when it has been with me all my life.

"I'm sorry Kian if I offended you." She sounds very sincere, which is why I turn to her.

"It's not that. I just don't... like to talk about it." She nods understandably. And like is putting it very mildly - I hate it.

"I think we should sleep," she murmured, slipping under the covers. I agree and lie down too. The bed is big and there is still enough distance between us, but I can still feel her warmth all too clearly. It's the first time I've laid in bed with a woman without shagging her. And even though I'm not touching her - and god how I'd like to - I stay to my side and just look at her. Her eyes are open and she is looking at me too. "I'm sorry," she breathes suddenly and I immediately wonder what she means by that. But she closes her eyes and buries her face further into the pillows. Her breathing is becoming more even, which is why I assume she fell asleep. I run my hand over my face and review the day. Think about what I've dragged Estrela into. On the one hand, she probably would have figured it out herself, or her father would have told her, although he didn't exactly look like he ever intended to do it.

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ESTRELA

An unbelievable heat wakes me up. i open my eyes The room is flooded with light. I notice a body pressed against me from behind and an arm wrapped around my stomach. The blanket I was wrapped in is tucked between my legs and... his. I know exactly whose body is pressed against me, and I wonder if it was intentional or unconscious. I didn't even notice him snuggling up to me that night. And if I'm honest, apart from the warmth, it's incredibly nice to be so close to him. I enjoy it more than I should, feeling his body so close to mine, the warmth and his scent. Everything about him!

"Hm," he growls, still half asleep, and tightens his grip on my stomach, rubbing his pelvis against my buttocks and I feel something there that makes me gasp for air. When I want to pull away from him for a bit since his thing is getting me pretty confused and I'm on the verge of freaking out, I mean the opposite, and rub against him as I try to pull away from him. However, his grip, which is quite tight for being asleep, prevents this. Suddenly he groans as I try again, always aware that he's getting even harder between us. "What's this?" he growls suddenly, his voice still heavy with sleep. God, he sounds so incredibly sexy!

"I'm trying to get up," I whisper.

"Oh yes?" He sounds a little amused, but there's also desire in his voice. "You're rubbing against my..."

"It wasn't on purpose!" I quickly cut him off. He laughs and as soon as I know it, I land on my back, he on top of me. My breath catches as I meet his dark gaze. The way he scrutinizes me, starting with my hair, which certainly looks like a bird's nest, down to my eyes, my nose and my lips, which are slightly parted, further down my body, which is only covered in this thin shirt. And I know that Kian noticed that I'm not wearing anything underneath besides panties. "Kian, I..." I falter as he lowers his lips to my neck and begins kissing lightly there. My breathing quickens and I can't think straight. I feel his hand on my hip moving down the fabric,

"I can't help it, baby. I need to touch you," he breathes, and I immediately get goosebumps. His hand, resting on my thigh, travels further up, this time under my shirt. I look into his eyes, which blaze with desire. My breathing quickens as I feel his hand barely brush past my panties.

"Kian," I breathe. My head is empty. I only feel. I grab his hair and pull him down to me, close enough that his lips are over mine and just an inch away from fully touching.

"What do you want, baby?" he breathes. His hot breath hits my lips. I squirm as he places his hand over my covered midsection. In response, I close the final distance between us. I groan as I place my lips on his and he immediately kisses back. Slowly, but with full desire, he penetrates my mouth with his tongue. He presses his chest against mine and his hand more firmly on my middle as I bite his lip. His other hand begins to undo the buttons on the shirt. I allow it, even as he pushes the shirt aside and I lay it in front of him, now shirtless. His gaze wanders to my bare breasts. The cool air that sweeps over me makes my nipples harden. "They are even more beautiful than I remember them", he moans and I blush again. He notices and smirks before lowering his lips to my nipples. Arching my back, I gasp.

"God!" I moan. He circles and caresses her before doing the same to the other. I claw my hands into his hair, which is completely disheveled from sleep, which only makes him hotter.

"What do you want?" he breathes again, right above my belly button. "My fingers?" I look down at him as he lingers over my panties. "Or rather my lips?" He looks up at me so sexy that I start nodding uncontrollably. It doesn't matter what he does. I just want to feel his divine touch. "My lips, well." He begins to pull my panties down with his teeth, I can feel his breath and his lips on my privates as he strokes them and brushes them up to my thigh. Like a beast of prey, his gaze wanders to my center. I want to clench my legs because I'm suddenly ashamed. But as if noticing it, he pushes them further apart and places himself directly between them. "You're beautiful," he breathes, before I feel his lips on my throbbing core and I have to groan uncontrollably. It's unbelievable what he does to me! "So wet for me!" he growls. First he teases me with tongue thrusts on my clit before he goes deeper, tasting me and raising my pelvis again and again so that he doesn't stop. He licks and tastes me. I can't help but moan out loud. Letting out what I'm feeling right now. than to moan loudly. Letting out what I'm feeling right now. than to moan loudly. Letting out what I'm feeling right now.

"Yaaaaa... Kian. God!" He looks up briefly and gives me a satisfied grin before continuing and I feel my coming orgasm looming. When he actually tongues me, I can't contain myself much longer and dig my nails into his shoulder.

"That's good, baby. Come for me," she growls, thrusting two fingers into me, throwing me completely off balance and cumming in a loud scream that owns his name. I let my head fall into the pillows and close my eyes until I feel his lips on mine again. I taste myself a little bit. But I don't mind, his lips are on mine, just way too pretty. "It's so sexy when you cum," he grins, kissing me deeply again until a loud knock makes us both flinch. Groaning, Kian falls onto his side. While I put my panties back on and frantically button my shirt.

"Who is that?" I ask Kian, who groans in frustration and closes his eyes.