Chapter 34

**LUKE**
It wasn’t like me to confess something personal. She had utterly bewitched me and had me bound under her magic spell.
I wasn’t my usual self anymore. Normally, I would find another woman after a senseless fuck, but I just wanted to fuck her again. Seeing her enveloped in another man’s arms just made my blood boil.
Her lips parted. The only thing we heard was the sound of our breaths.
“Why aren’t you saying anything?” I asked.
“I’m not allowed to think?”
“I think what I said was clear.”
“You still don’t believe me. You only see what you want to see.”
“Can you blame me?” My eyebrow raised. “I think what I want is simple. I want you and don’t want to see you with any other man. What’s so hard with that?”
“I can say the same,” she uttered. “Is that so hard?”
I trailed a finger across her lips. “I can promise you that. Will you promise me?”
She heaved a sigh, and eventually, she nodded.
“Yes. I promise.”
“Good.” I set her back in the passenger seat and roared up the car. She sat there frozen. “I’m still taking you to my apartment. You won’t get away this time, witch. This time, you have to pay for your sins.”
Scarlet was silent the entire drive, and when we arrived at my penthouse, she followed me like a lost puppy. She kept looking and typing on her phone, and it kept on vibrating whenever she received a text. I didn’t want to bother myself with such trivial things, so I ignored it.
I pressed the key code on my door.
“Hey,” I called her attention. “Ladies first.”
“Oh,” She slipped the phone into her pocket and stepped inside the door first but stopped when a flash of light illuminated the whole floor.
What the—
Gene and Dad’s faces startled us by tugging out a cork of a champagne bottle in front of our faces.
“Surprise, surprise!”
“Mom?” Scarlet reacted in confusion.
“Dad, Gene. What are you doing here?”
“What kind of question is that?” Dad asked with a scowl. He gave Gene a glass and poured it with the champagne. “Aren’t you happy to see us?”
“No, I mean, of course. But why so sudden?” I crossed my arms around my chest. Well, wasn’t this bad timing? I apparently don’t remember any special occasion, and we just got here a week ago.
“I didn’t know Scarlet would be here,” Gene said, a little surprised. “We’re planning to surprise her tomorrow, but it seems we’re more astonished seeing you together.” She gazed back and forth between her daughter and me.
“I, um, we’ve been close since your birthday,” Scarlet reasoned, which sounded believable. “I’m so happy to see you!” She spread her arms wide and immediately embraced Gene.
I pinched the bridge of my nose. Great. My plan was completely fucked up.
“Come here, son! It’s great to see you together. We’re so worried for nothing.” Dad gave me the glass he was holding. “I know this brand is one of your favorites. Dom Perignon Rose.” He hooked an arm on my shoulder and walked with me to the living room, leaving Gene and Scarlet getting emotional.
“What exactly are you doing here, Dad?”
“Ah! We came because your mother misses Scarlet too much,” he paused and patted my shoulder. “If she can’t stay with us, then why not go follow her here?”
I looked at him and stopped. “That can’t be the only reason.”
“Right.” His mouth pressed into a hard line. “You know me too well.”
“Yes, well?”
“I think you know why.” Dad sat on the couch. “I want to meet our German partners. They’re here.”
“You should’ve thought of that before letting me meet them by myself,” I complained, settling at the seat across from him. “They’re hard to deal with. If I were you, I’d just break the deal.” Finally, I found myself sipping the taste of the drink.
“You can’t do that, Luke. It’s possible but not now. I’m going to go to the office tomorrow, have someone contact them, and see if they can meet with us in the next two days.”
I scowled in frustration. “Two days? Where are you staying tonight?”
“Here. Where else?”
“What?”
“Come on, son. It’s family time. But we’ll catch up again about that.” He grinned and patted my shoulder once more before he waltzed back towards his wife and the witch.
He’s got to be kidding me!


**SCARLET**
After the family dinner, I went straight to the bathroom to get a bath. I filled the bathtub with milk water and soaked my body.
I put my earphones on, scrolled through my list, and played Lovely by Billie Eilish. I then scrolled through my apps and clicked the Pro-Express app. I’d received messages from other users asking questions about programs and codes. I scrolled down and found Jax’s old messages.
I opened one of Jax’s messages. It was the first message he sent me. I knew he was different from the other users from the very start. He was smart. He knew everything I was asking. I giggled at the thought that he was just right outside the door. Fate could be a little playful.
I put my phone aside, then closed my eyes. I was still worried about my parents being here. At least the bath was soothing. It somehow relieves the tension.
I felt a movement in the water. I realized I had fallen asleep and forced my eyes to open.
“Luke,” I moaned his name when I saw his beautiful face and bare pectorals. He settled in the tub across from me.
“Shh, it’s okay,” he hushed, held my foot and started massaging it.
“Hmm…” I bit my lower lip with slight pleasure.
“Feel good?”
I nodded with a hum. “Our parents?”
“Sleeping? I don’t know.”
“We should be more careful.”
“I locked the door.”
I smirked. “Excuse me, you came into my bathroom. What if they saw you?”
He chuckled playfully. “Don’t worry. They’re not home anyway.”
“Is there trouble with AT?” I asked. Thomas wasn’t the kind of person who visited his children just because he wanted to. I realized that since he married Mom, unless there’s a business involved.
“Why do you ask?”
“Well, they are here.”
“You figured that out, huh?” He smirked sexily. “That’s Dad.”
“What do you think…” I paused. “What if Thomas found out about us? Do you think he will disown me? Or divorce, Mom?”
His eyes darkened. “I would never let it happen. He won’t find out.”
“I’m just saying, what if.”
He cleared his throat. “He’s going to disown me.”
I shook my head. “You’re his son. He won’t do that to you.”
“No, seriously. I’d never seen him so happy until he married Gene. He won’t do that to her, and he won’t find out.”
I guess I was just going to trust him for now.
“Let’s stop this conversation and enjoy the night.”
Luke emerged from the water and positioned himself on top of me, only for me to find he was almost completely undressed, displaying his thick, hard erection in his underwear. Then his hand moved and gripped my thigh.
I shut my eyes and sucked in a breath when he lowered himself and began kissing my neck.
“Ahh…”
His mouth trailed down my collarbone to my breast, and without warning, he sucked my nipple and swirled his tongue.
“Luke…” I gasped.
He went on relentlessly, driving me crazy when he stopped to move to my other crown. I held on to his head and clenched a fistful of his hair.
I’d imagine myself in this particular scenario with Luke multiple times over the past year – my gorgeous stepbrother spreading me, and I, the willing woman who catered to his needs. His gray eyes coaxed me to my deepest desire, our bodies entwined, but those fantasies could never compare to reality.
His hands gripped every inch of me as he made his way down. He parted my legs with his hands, his finger glided on my slit, and his thumb massaged my clit.
“Ohh, please,” I tried not to moan aloud, but I couldn’t help it. I tried to keep it all in, but he’s too expert on doing this. He knew my sensitive parts as if he owned my body. He slipped his two thick fingers inside me, pushing them deeper.
“Tight, baby. You’re so fucking tight,” he whispered.
“Ahh…” I cried out in pleasure. “Luke... Slow down… please.” He ignored me, plunging his fingers deeper and deeper, hitting my G-spot. I knew I was about to come; my knees were liquefying. I grabbed his shoulders as my cleft throbbed against his touch. I couldn’t describe the pleasure.
Luke’s eyes softened. He didn’t say anything and slipped down his boxers. I pressed a palm against his chest. I bit my lower lip. He’s so beautiful.
My hand reached for his cock. I knew he was huge; I’d felt him inside me once, but the sight of it still shocked me. He was thick.
He smirked. “It fit once. It will fit again. Are you on pills?”
I nodded.
“Good, because, this time, I want to feel you.”
He leaned forward and kissed my lips. He repositioned himself on top of me, between my thighs. He was going to make love with me in the water. I’d never experienced this before. But when I thought he was going to push himself inside, he sat down. He pulled my waist and let me sit on his lap.
“Ride me, Scarlet,” he whispered hoarsely.
I leaned forward to kiss him. He pushed me down by my shoulders as I sank myself into his cock. I closed my eyes and savored the feeling of his cock inside me, inch by inch.
When he was entirely inside me, he began to thrust deep into my cleft. He held my waist and helped me adjust to his length; I rocked against him. My insides were adjusting with every stroke. I tried to maintain a rhythm, but the pleasure was too much. The fullness was too much. It was driving me insane. Luke supported me by helping me find the right tempo. He met every thrust I made.
“You feel so good… so fucking good.”
“I can’t handle it anymore. I’m going to come.”
“No,” he groaned. He stopped. He turned me around and bent me over. He positioned himself at my back. He thrust his cock back inside. “Hold on to the tub.”
I did what he said.
I shut my eyes in pleasure. He pounded in and out of me. Now, he was in control. My muscles were clenching with every stroke. I was starting to give out.
“Don’t move,” he warned.
I clutched the edge of the bathtub as I felt my orgasm overtake me, my muscles tightening, my core clenching. Before I could fall forward on the water, he caught me. I shut my eyes and leaned back against him as we caught our breaths. His hands were around my waist. His lips gently kissed my shoulders.
After several minutes of silence, he spoke, “Are you going to tell me what happened with your friend at least?”