SKINSIDE | DARK TABOO ROMANCE

It didn't take me long to show Lucian that I was an independent girl and fully aware of my position. And yes, I understand that he's right; I understand that I'm better off under the protection of the Rotten Crown. But I will never again allow a man to boss me around. Even if it's for my own safety.

Mike's people weren't in a hurry to come visit us. So I had plenty of time to have some fun. First, I decided to tease Boogeyman a little and give him something to think about.

That very evening, I took immense pleasure in removing all my clothes and walking from one end of the barn to the other. I'm not kidding—I took off literally everything. There were about 25 men in the barn, and they made no attempt to hide their admiring glances. Naturally, Lucian emerged in a fury, attempting to shield me with his leather jacket.

"Are you completely out of your mind?"

"Well, you said I could do whatever I wanted in the barn, didn't you?" I smiled as he dragged me back into the room by my elbow. "I wanted to walk around naked."

"You're sick in the head. I'll lock you up if you don't learn how to behave."

"Whatever you want, because I'm definitely not going to do what you say." I pulled his hand away and laughed a little. Jealous?

But then it wasn't funny anymore, because Lucian really did lock me up. Okay, maybe I went too far. But that wasn't the end of it. The next day, right after my shower, I decided it would be fun to test everyone's hearing. The last time I masturbated, I tried to keep my moans down. But this time... I didn't even have to masturbate. Just moaning was enough.

I heard exclamations and encouraging cries coming from behind the wall, and God, how I loved it.

As soon as the keyhole started rustling, I quickly grabbed the book from the shelf.

"Are you fucking with me, motherfucker?" Lucian's bloodshot eyes scared me a little, but at the same time made me smile wildly.

"No, I'm just reading aloud." Is that forbidden? "Ludwig's hands slowly caressed Angelina's clitoris, causing her to moan his name so blissfully... "Can you feel the passion?

"Gloria, I'm serious." He started to get closer, which began to scare me. This man was clearly not one to joke around.

The closer he got, the further I crawled away from the bed. And when he tried to jump on it, I quickly moved aside and ran out of the room, laughing loudly. The shouts and laughter of the guys in the barn grew even louder. I ran even faster, looking back to see Lucian trying to catch up with me. Until I ran straight into Sean, who once again threw me over his shoulder.

"You shouldn't be running around in a closed room when you weigh as much as my fingernail.

"Damn it, let me go, you jerk!" I started yelling until I saw Lucian's feet approaching. "Boss, tag is fun, but we have a problem."

Lucian crouched down and pushed my hair away, forcing me to lift my head and look into his eyes. I had clearly gone too far, judging by the way his jaw was twitching and the veins in his temples were throbbing.

"What kind?" he asked calmly, still looking me straight in the eyes. I swear, I could feel him burning through me.

"A few unfamiliar guys have been sitting near the barn waiting for something in their cars for about three hours."

"So we're going to give them our headache, right?"

"I think our guys liked her too much, boss."

"Did you like her?" He turned to his men.

"Yes, boss!" the guys shouted in unison.

"Thanks, boys, you too!" I blew them all a kiss. "Listen, I don't mind sitting here, but I'm not going to sit here because YOU decided so. I have my own opinion, and even when it coincides with yours, if you force me to do something, I'll refuse."

«I don't give a fuck, Gloria. You'll do what I say. At least because you're my protégé at Rotten Crown.»

I clicked my tongue and rolled my eyes.

"Let her go, Sean."

Sean put me back in my place, and I stood up, adjusting my nightgown slightly. Crossing my arms over my chest, I looked at Lucian suspiciously.

"Go change into something comfortable and come to my office." Your little lady is in my drawer. Stay there and don't stick your nose out.

He was clearly up to something, and I didn't like it one bit. As I walked to my room to change, I heard him discussing something with Ray and Alex. They were already on standby. That scared me too.

When I entered Lucian's office, I immediately took my little lady out of his drawer. I missed my gun; that pink little thing had a place in my heart. While the boss was away, I happily took his chair and poured myself some wine from one of the barrels.

Taking the glass, I sat down in his chair and accidentally, I SWEAR, touched his computer mouse. The surveillance cameras appeared on the monitor almost immediately. There were quite a few of them. Different angles of the interior of the barn, Lucian's office where I saw myself, and completely around the perimeter of our place. Only two screens were turned off. It was my room.

He turned off the cameras in the room and bathroom where I was. He wasn't watching me like he usually did. That is, he watched me through the window from the closet, climbed into my house, and silently scared me, but here he decided to preserve my sense of security and boundaries. Okay, I'm just being dramatic. I'm glad to know that he gave me freedom.

I looked closely at what was happening on the street. Ten of our guys, including Lucian, Sean, Alex, and Ray, were already standing on the street wearing helmets and... body armor? Where the fuck did they get that?

Five people came out to meet them, only two of whom I recognized. Andrea, Mike's chief bodyguard, and Eugene. The other three were just armed and standing not far from these two imbeciles, pretending to be important, dangerous killers from some cheap, clichéd TV series.

Ten, twenty... Forty minutes passed. I lost count of how many glasses of wine I drank while watching them just stand there and talk. BUT at some point, everything escalated. I didn't have time to understand how it happened.

I saw Ray fall on the screen and started hearing gunshots. Fuck. I covered my mouth in shock and started to hear Alex screaming in the barn with Ray in his arms.

"Help, fucking help, Ray with gunshot!"

I didn't realize how quickly I got up and ran out of Lucian's office, running toward the guys to help them. Ray was breathing, but very weakly, and blood was pouring from his hip. The bastards had hit an artery, and he was getting weaker. The last thing I remember is Alex's face in front of me and someone hitting him on the head from behind. I didn't have time to say anything before someone knocked me out.