De'Andre

I've gotten sick and tired of this, but as of right now it's up to my brother to quit.

He thinks I'm oblivious to everything that has been going on, but I'm not.

I'm actually smarter than he thinks, but I've been playing the "player irresponsible brother" because I was scared to fully take over the company.

Yes this building is under my name and I get to make decisions and be apart of projects, but when it comes to Xavier and I, he's been the one who has really kept this building going.

I've just been here to secretly sleep with assistants and take my mind off of the thing I wanted most.

California

California was the place Xavier's and I were born, but we ran because of someone named Mark Olson.

He was a family friend back in the day, but because of Xavier's idiotic actions, it costed us a friend and a potential partner.

Xavier doesn't know that I know what happened, but when he told me that we had to up and leave to Arkansas, I knew that something was wrong.

And everytime I mentioned Mark, he instantly tensed, which also made me suspect something.

But what really made it obvious was all of the threats we started receiving.

Thousands of men wanted our heads, and even Mark had sent Xavier a letter telling him how much he hated him and could never forgive him for what he had did.

I don't know what exactly Xavier did, but it most have been something that furiated him.

The only time I saw him that mad was when he had an argument with his baby mother...

But back to what I was saying, Mark Olson works as a Mafia leader in Russia and he's the best of the best.

Just like us, he specializes in drugs and could've been a potential partner in the gun dealing business, but Xavier's prior mistakes fucked that up.

In fact, because of Mark's position in this world, I'm honestly surprised because I don't know how he hasn't found us yet.

He has personal connections that could've found us in a heartbeat, but we aren't dead yet.

I mean, to be honest, I'm not complaining because I very much like the life I'm living, but it just doesn't make sense.

Maybe he just wants us to think we've escaped him so he can kill us when our guards are down.

But thanks to Xavier, that'll never happen.

This place is packed with security and we have hired personal bounty hunters that could kill someone within seconds.

But just because we have the secondary protection that Xavier put up around this company, doesn't mean it can protect us when we're home.

Or when we leave to check on Tori

We picked Los Angeles because our original plan was to go there after the negotiation with the Michael's, but their idea was too ridiculous and unexplainable.

We didn't need that energy in this building, and I'll be damned if I share this company with another stuck up person other than my brother.

But what made me even more furious was that they wanted part ownership of something that my brother and I have put our blood, sweat, and tears in.

And let's just be honest here, if this situation was turned around, we'd be killed before we could've presented this idea, but they were determined to make us see their point of view.

Which made my blood boil

I know that Xavier isn't the one to give up, but now it's as if we've gotten ourselves into another situation that could have us killed.

We kidnapped Tori, her parents are now on their way to Los Angeles to find her, and we've just got informed that the Michael's are her grandparents.

Plus we just found out that Tori's actual name is Alyssa...

Which angered me, because she gave us a fake name that night we met her at the club.

But to be honest, if I were in that predicament, I would've gave someone a fake name too.

But at first it was like she didn't even know who we were.

She wasn't afraid, but she kneed me in the dick and slipped away from Xavier within minutes.

Any other girl would've fell to our feet and praised us like we were kings.

But maybe that was where Xavier and I went wrong.

Now that I think about it, ever since we kidnapped her, she proved something to me...

She isn't like most girls

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Xavier

"Why the fuck didn't you tell us?!" I screamed at her angrily

Currently I was questioning Tori and there were so many fucking questions that I had.

"Why would I tell you about my grandparents?! They're dead!" She screamed back

I stopped dead in my tracks and looked at her completely confused.

But before I could accuse her of playing stupid, I remembered how shock Mrs. Henderson was when she saw Mrs. Michael's, so Tori probably doesn't even know that her grandparents are even alive.

"Look..." I said then paused to look at her closely

But before I could continue, I saw something sticking out of her back pocket.

It was a picture and it looked like the one I had in my old bedroom.

This cabin was my father's, and we used to stay here every time we came down here.

Since our grandparents lived down here, we always came down here on the holidays.

But that picture that Tori had in her back pocket was my ex girlfriend and I kissing.

Her head was scratched out because she betrayed me a few months later by trying to sleep with De'Andre.

But the part that got me was that the picture was in my old bedroom in my drawers, which could only mean one thing...

She's been snooping around

I angrily walked up to her and pulled her hair backwards making her stumble back and hiss in pain.

I took the picture from her pocket then threw it to the side of the room.

"What the fuck Xavier, let me go!" She demanded

I turned her around and then growled making her gulp, then grabbed her by her knees and brought her over my shoulder.

She began to beat and pound on my back, but I didn't let her down because this was about to get settled.

I brought her to the room where she had stole the picture from and sat her on the bed.

She instantly tried to get back up, so I pushed her back down and got on top of her then pinned her arms down.

She continued to wiggle and squirm under me, but I kept a firm grip.

"Oh my God Xavier, you're so fucking childish!" She grunted still trying to get from under me

I looked down at her plump lips that were tempting me then sighed and laid my head on her breasts.

They were extremely comfortable and that wanted me to make this the permanent spot I wanted to lay my head at.

Other than in her pussy of course

I closed my eyes and began to breathe in and out slowly making her body still under me.

As time went on I asked the one question that I been wanting.

"Will you ever leave me?"

I felt her tense and in an instant I heard her sigh.

"Xavier, you practically kidnapped me, my parents are crazy and you know that. I doubt they'd let me stay with you even if you do let me go." She replied hesitantly

Her claim made me frown because I knew she was right, but I couldn't give her the satisfaction of knowing I was close to letting her go.

"What's your real name?" I asked looking up at her

"Alyssa." She replied instantly making me raise my head to look at her

"I mean, my parents probably already told you so there's no reason to lie." She added while shrugging

I nodded slowly then laid back down on her plump and comfy breasts making me sigh in content.

"Xavier..." She called then paused to run her fingers through my hair

The action made my body calm even more and in that moment, I knew that she was a weakness that I wasn't willing to control yet.

I've always had to be strong in front of people because I wanted the respect and I demanded it, but in all honestly, I didn't know what in the hell I was doing.

Uncle Carlos been out of the picture because the cops caught him selling drugs to a minor who was actually a cop in disguise, so I've just been winging it.

But I'm so close to giving up, and I can literally see the end of the marathon that I've been pathetically running for these past few years, and it would be incredible to sit and rest until the next one happens.

But I knew life was too cruel to work in my favor...

I hummed softly letting Alyssa know that I heard her and she took a second to reply but when she did, it was as if a knife was just shoved into my heart causing it to shatter in thousands of pieces.

"Who was that girl in the picture?"

I sighed then buried my face deeper into her breasts making her gasp quietly.

I smirked softly then softly bit the patch of skin that was exposed which made her moan quietly.

"Stop distracting me and answer the question." She demanded pulling the strands of my hair tightly

I groaned then sighed once more and raised myself up to look at her.

"That girl is my ex and she betrayed me by trying to sleep with De'Andre, and then a few weeks later she left California without uttering an "I'm sorry" or a "goodbye"." I replied softly not wanting her to hear the hurt that was deeply laced in my words

This was the first time I had opened up about her in a long time, and it felt good to finally get it off my chest.

After all these years, all I wanted to know was why she left and why she tried to cheat on me.

I didn't know if it was because I was boring or unattractive or just not what she wanted.

But she could've broke up with me and we could've at least tried to stay in touch, yet she still tried to sleep with my brother then left once I found out.

The pain I felt within those months was indescribable and I never knew that the definition of lonely had an extreme level until she left me.

Until I had no one left...

I looked up at her and she was chewing her bottom lip while her eyes were closed which made me place my hand on her neck gently.

"Will you ever leave me?" I asked once more looking up at her hopefully

I already knew the answer would be yes, but I couldn't help but ask again after I had told her who was the girl in the photo.

After the last syllable left my lips, her eyes fluttered open and she leaned down to kiss my lips softly then muttered the word that made my heart start to slowly attach itself back together.

"No."