Just Here for the Pain (gay rocker BDSM romance) (The Underdogs Book 2) by K.A. Merikan

Author:K.A. Merikan [Merikan, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Acerbi & Villani Ltd.
Published: 2018-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Asher hadn’t been lying when he’d told Sid and Abra that his house was huge. Even he believed so, and he’d actually grown up within its walls. The Italianate villa had eleven bedrooms, fifteen bathrooms, two kitchens, living and dining rooms, as well as a music studio, a fully equipped gym, a home cinema, and even a guest house with a further three rooms. After he’d turned eighteen, Asher had redecorated some of the interiors to fit his personal taste, replacing the glam chic preferred by his late mother with more minimalist decor, but he didn’t want to wipe away all traces of his family, so many of the rooms still remained intact.

Mage and Dusk’s arrest had, unsurprisingly, leaked into social media, but after three full days of an intense campaign to portray the events in a more positive light, the situation turned into a huge meme among fans of The Underdogs, with the shared pictures usually involving the guys in their costume robes photoshopped into film stills.

Asher was proud of the effects of his work, even though it stopped him from spending much time with Sid. Sid needed to reconnect with his sister anyway, which would have made Asher into a third wheel.

Now that the PR disaster had been averted and with the rest of the band safely home with their families, Asher was free to introduce his guests to the long driveway framed by palm trees. Asher’s dad used to call it his personal Sunset Boulevard. The house wasn’t one of those designed to pretend their owners were members of royalty, but it had a grand front with a sizeable balcony on the second floor and a large double door that led straight into a foyer with a ceiling that was open to the roof. Asher had replaced the crystal chandelier with a modern glass sculpture depicting life-sized doves emerging from the centre. When lit, it looked as if all the birds were fleeing an explosion in the middle.

After several weeks of absence, Asher was bound to exchange a few words with the housekeeper before she departed, leaving Asher and his guests alone within the grand walls. Knowing Sid’s opinion on grandeur and Abra’s recent release from confinement, Asher decided to treat them to food in the cozier and smaller of the living rooms, which he’d also had remodelled.

With textured white walls and a fireplace, it had furniture upholstered with cream leather, and a dark brown hardwood floor. Plants and a simple yet large circular lamp of cast iron, as well as several pieces of modern art made it into a pleasant space for lounging and listening to music. This time, the wooden coffee table was filled with sandwiches and salads to suit everyone’s needs, and he eagerly acted as a host, offering Sid and Abra drinks to kick-start their lunch.

Her eyes were now wider than when they’d first busted her out of that cell in the basement. “This is all yours?” she asked, accepting the freshly squeezed orange juice.

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