Out of exhaustion from what they had put me through, I lost half of my consciousness as well as my energy. I, however, did hear and see them clothe me before Ilay volunteered to take me home, leaving Dario at the office by himself.

He stroked my hair, my head on his chest listening to the calmness of his heartbeats.
I felt safe. Warm. Protected. Loved(?). Appreciated. And wanted.
"Is there anything specific you want to eat?" Ilay asked with his hand now massaging my scalp without loosening his hold around my waist. "You held out longer than I expected."

I shook my head gently before turning it up to study his face.
Those damn sexy eyes were smiling at me like I was the most unique thing they had ever seen. "Do you, love me?"

"Oh Kelly, why do you ask such a stupid question? Am I not doing enough? Do you prefer going back to the way things were?"

I shook my head again. "I...I was just curious. Forget I asked," I brushed it off and laid my head back on his chest. For a brief moment, I felt the change in his heartbeats from collected to a little disturbed and then back to calm.
Weird.

The embarrassment swirling inside my abdomen made me all nervous as butterflies and moths began bumping into its walls.
What the fuck had gotten into me? Ilay was possessive and took whatever pleased him for himself. But love...? An absurd thing to think would come from him after all the betrayals he had experienced.

It was a quiet ride for the rest of the way.

When we arrived at the mansion, a maid quickly ran out with a heavy duvet in her arms. It was Leah.
She rushed to hand it over to Ilay the second he opened the door before informing him, "Sir, your guest has already arrived."

"Let them wait a little longer," Ilay said dismissively while wrapping the cover around my half-naked body before stepping out in the cold evening air.
He then leaned back in, picked up my cocooned body, and carried me gently in his arms like a bride being carried to enjoy her wedding night.

"You have a guest at night?" I asked curiously not wanting to sound jealous or clingy.

"Mhm. She's a young blood like you. Not so pretty but she looks like she'd be down for anything."

His words instantly popped the mature bubble I had tried making around me and I started wriggling like a worm. "Put me down! I can walk by myself," I snapped, hiding not my frustration.
How could he say that about another woman while he had openly confessed to me not too long ago? Not forgetting the gunshot test which had left my arm wounded to now.

Ilay chuckled tightening his grip while I continued twisting and kicking. But it was useless. He had wrapped the cover around me and fully bound my hands with it. I could helplessly fight a losing war just to let him know that I was mad at him.

"If you're so impatient, then I'll take you to meet her. I have a feeling you will be quite..." He moved his lips down to my ear and whispered, "Surprised."

"Who, who is it?" I had ceased struggling and accepted defeat.

Ilay licked my cheek. "Let's go and meet her. Telling you will spoil the surprise, won't it?"

I pouted my lip looking away, but was kicking and thrashing in my mind for taking me to this guest while being held lovingly in his arms like a bride.

With my head against Ilay's chest to assert dominance over whoever this female was, he entered the living room.
The long wavy black hair flowing from her head slightly matched mine, making me frown.
Did Ilay invite my double or what?

Upon hearing footsteps, she turned her head and her eyes met mine. In a split second, my heart almost ceased beating from the intense surprise. So this is what Ilay meant?

"Kally!" Hailey squeaked jumping on her feet and running over to us before we could even get to the couches. "Oh my gawd Kally, you- um..." She eyed Ilay weirdly while I got lost studying her hair and face in general.
Why were her eyes hazel like mine? Why was her hair now black?
She had always been proud of her brown hair, so, what had changed?

"Hello, Haley," Ilay said, intentionally mispronouncing her name with his tone flat.

"He-hello, Ilay."

She then turned her flushed face at me. "Are you okay? Why is he carrying you? Here, lemme help y-"
Hailey pushed her hand between my shoulder and Ilay's chest without waiting for my permission, but Ilay stepped back.

"You don't need to bother, Haley. I can take care of my wife," Ilay broke the news lifting me an inch higher to nuzzle my forehead before kissing it. "She insisted on coming to greet you before heading to bathe. You see, she's had a really long day and would love nothing but to be held to sleep."
What was with his tone?
It sounded as if he wanted to make her jealous from his actions to his words.

"Wi...wife?" Hailey echoed taken aback. Her eyes had bulged in sheer confusion before they fell on me. "You...you're married to, him? Is he not your brother-"

"You didn't tell her?" Ilay interrupted Hailey with his naughty eyes on me and a teasing smirk on his lips.

'Fuck you!' I said with my glare.
"I didn't have the chance to. That's why I invited her over, remember?"

Ilay gave me a little devilish grin. "Then you two can catch up tomorrow. Right now, I need to wash-" his lips once more found their way against my ear, "-your cum from your soft thighs before I fuck you real good until you pass out completely," he whispered intensely in his deep and seductive voice that instantly weakened my knees and warmed my hole.

Argh, this damn hot sexy tall devil of mine.
Why did it feel so freaking arousing hearing that I'd be fucked till I fainted in front of the person I considered my closest friend?

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3RD POV
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While the two shared some PDA, Hailey was secretly glaring at them to death.
Why? She questioned.
Why had Ilay not noticed her? She had gone to great lengths just to change her looks to match Kally's, even if it was just the hair and the eyes.

When the invitation hit her mail, she instantly realized that it wasn't Kally who had sent it because Kally hated mail. She thought that maybe Ilay had grown interested in her and wanted to finally date her.
That was why she had sought the permanent dye to turn her brown hair to black and gotten her lenses to match Kally's natural hazel eyes.

She did all this just to try and have something Ilay could have liked if he had liked Kally the way she was.
So why the fuck was he ignoring her now,?
Why was he being affectionate with Kally right in front of her?

'He wants to test me. He wants to keep our relationship a secret. He'll come to find me later on. Yes. Ilay loves me. He's just using this little slut and will kill her when he's bored.'