Sleeping with the Beast by Hamel B. B

Author:Hamel, B. B.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-05T00:00:00+00:00

12

Amber

I woke up before sunrise the next morning and found Ren sleeping on my couch again.

A strange thrill ran through me when I saw him sprawled out, one arm up over his head, breathing slow and steady. Blankets were tangled around his body and his shirt was half-pulled up, exposing his muscular abs and chest, and I stood there for a moment, admiring him, feeling grateful that he came back, knowing I didn’t deserve it. I was tempted to wake him up, but snuck past him instead and out into the hallway.

The house was silent. It was a few minutes past five in the morning and I was exhausted, but it felt good to walk through the hallways without anyone around. The mansion was normally a strange mixture of bustling employees and dead stillness. This morning though, it was all still, all dead, and exactly what I wanted.

I headed down the main staircase and lingered by the front door. I was tempted to leave, but I knew I wouldn’t get far. I’d noticed the cameras all over the place, and I figured there were people watching me right now, wondering if I was about to make a break for it or not. Ren had to be right, my father and the rest of them were probably sending money over to help fund Vincent’s war, despite the fact that they were in a war themselves. It was war all over, violence all over, and I was stuck in the middle, unable to break free.

I wandered for a while. I stuck my head in random doorways: a gaming room, a home theater, a gym. It took me a while before I finally found what I was looking for.

The indoor pool was humid and the taste of chlorine lingered on my tongue. I stripped off my outer clothes down to a slightly-too-small bikini I found shoved in the back corner of a closet, jumped in, and swam lazy laps under the bright lights. I wondered how much it cost to have a pool in the city, even a small pool like this one, but figured cost was no real object for the Leone family. Not where opulence and comfort was concerned.

As I swam, I thought about my future. I tried to picture what my life could be like after this, and found it hard to imagine doing anything but running away from the mob as far and as fast as I could. I wasn’t sure if my father would let me escape, but I had to hope that there was a chance—if Ren was willing to come with me. One day, at least.

I knew I had to apologize for what I said if I wanted to patch things up.

And I did. It was wrong of me to accuse him of anything, not after he’d saved my life and done nothing but prove himself, over and over again. I swam and swam until I climbed back out, dripping wet and exhausted. I collapsed onto

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