LOGIN⚠️ READER WARNING This book contains extremely explicit, uncensored sexual content including graphic scenes of dominance and submission, BDSM, spanking, and raw, filthy language. It is intended for mature readers aged 18+ only. If explicit content offends you, this is not the book for you. For everyone else ,enjoy the ride. Harlow Vance has spent twenty four years feeling invisible. Her younger brother is the success story, the one her father brags about, the one who can do no wrong. Desperate to feel something, to feel wanted, she decides to lose her virginity. Not to some boy her age who will fumble and forget her by morning, but to a man. A dominant she has been chatting with online for weeks, someone who calls her a brat and makes her pulse race with every message. She agrees to meet him at Radiant, an exclusive BDSM club in Pittsburgh. She uses a fake name. She plans for one night, nothing more. But when the door opens, it is not a stranger staring down at her. It is Kael Hawthorne. Her father's best friend. Her father's business partner. The man she has been secretly aching for since she was old enough to notice the way his gaze lingered on her a moment too long. Kael should push her away. He should call Julian and tell him his daughter is in a place she does not belong. Instead, he pulls her into the room and shuts the door. But secrets have a way of slithering out. And when Julian walks into Radiant and finds his daughter on her knees for his best friend, everything Harlow has built with Kael threatens to shatter. What do you think will happen? Read to find out!
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The vanilla and leather hit my nose the second I stepped through the black glass doors of Ember. Pittsburgh’s most exclusive BDSM club hummed around me, all red velvet and dim light and bodies pressed together in ways that made my cheeks burn. Half naked women twisted around silver poles near the back. A couple on a black suede couch traded spit like it was going out of style. I pulled down my skirt and kept walking. Not many newbies like me came here. Except my best friend Sage, who was probably already upstairs with her professor. But I was only here for one thing tonight anyway. To lose my virginity. “Can I help you?” A waiter with honey brown eyes appeared at my elbow. “You look lost.” My face went hot. “I’m new here.” He chuckled. “I can see that. Anything I can help you find?” “The owner.” His eyes went wide. “The owner?” “Yes.” I scanned the crowd, heart hammering. “I have an arrangement with him tonight.” “Are you Miss Raquelle Chambers?” “Yes.” No. That was just the fake name I had been using for weeks with the man on the other end of those messages. The one who called me a brat and made me press my thighs together at three in the morning. I had not told him my real name. He had not asked. This was a one time thing. Lose my virginity. Thank the man for his time. Get the hell out. “Right this way.” The waiter set down his tray and led me past the bar, past the VIP sections where men in suits watched me with hungry eyes. I pulled my skirt down again. Up a set of stairs, past private rooms with numbers in gold, until we stopped in front of a large black door with the number four in the center. The waiter knocked twice. “Come in,” a voice called from inside. He gave me a small smile and the key, then disappeared down the hall. I gnawed on my cheek and stepped closer to the door. A group of women in lace stumbled out of the room next to me, giggling. “Come on, Harlow,” I whispered. “One night.” I pushed the key into the knob. The door swung open before I could turn it. Kael Hawthorne stared down at me through wide eyes. Kael Hawthorne was a lot of things. The owner of the most popular BDSM club in the city. The sexiest fifty six year old man I had ever laid eyes on. A dominant playboy who made women beg. And worst of all, my father’s best friend. Tonight I was supposed to lose my virginity to him. “Harlow.” His voice was low, rough. His gaze moved down my body. From my lips to my chest to my hips. He stayed there a moment too long, then dragged his eyes back to my face. “What are you doing here?” “You’re the owner?” My heart pounded so hard I thought he could hear it. “One of them.” He glanced down the hall. The women from earlier waved at him. I glared at their retreating backs, jealousy burning in my chest like a stupid child. He looked back at me. “You did not answer my question.” This was it. Time to come clean. Tell him I was the one who had been chatting with him online. The one who had put up such a bratty front for three weeks. The one who had lied about knowing anything about BDSM. “Nothing,” I said instead. Confusion washed over his face. Then his eyes turned dark. “Do not tell me you are the woman I have been speaking with online.” I pursed my lips and shifted from foot to foot. He stepped closer. Wrapped one large hand around the front of my throat. Not tight, just there. A warning. “You will answer me, Harlow.” “And if I do not?” I did not know what I was getting myself into. But I had come here for a reason. I was not backing away. My friends always talked about how good it felt. My vibrator was not doing it for me anymore. Kael chuckled darkly and shook his head. “Fuck. I am going to get myself into so much trouble because of you.” Instead of pushing me away, he pulled me into the room, shut the door, and pressed my chest flush against it. I inhaled sharply. His body pressed against my back. His belt buckle dug into my lower spine. “You should not be in a club like this,” he said. “You should not stare at me every chance you get.” He tensed behind me. His fingers strummed against my throat. It was true. The past few weeks, I had caught him looking at me during dinner with my father. It was not one of those innocent looks either. It was the kind of look that said he knew exactly what he wanted to do to me. “Your father can never know,” he growled into my ear. My breath hitched. “What happens if I tell him?” Instead of answering, he pulled me off the door and thrust me onto the large black bed in the center of the room. I landed on my back, nipples pressing hard against my lace bra. He stalked toward me, pulling off his belt. “Take off your clothes.” I pressed my thighs together. This was it. Tonight I would lose my virginity to my father’s best friend. “Take them off,” he said, voice harsher. “Now.” --- Kael I watched her scramble to obey. Harlow pulled off her shirt, shimmied out of her skirt, until she sat in nothing but a skimpy lingerie set. Her curves spilled over the lace. Her fair skin looked almost translucent under the dim light. Freckles scattered across her chest like someone had painted them there on purpose. I had wanted her for years. Every Christmas party. Every family dinner. Every time she walked into a room wearing something that made my mouth water. I had looked. I had imagined. I had fucked other women while pretending they were her. And now she was here. In my club. On my bed. Looking up at me with those big eyes that said she had no idea what she had walked into. I let my shirt fall off my shoulders. Then my pants. My briefs. My hard cock hung between my legs, and I watched her eyes go wide. Good. She should be nervous. She should be terrified. Because I was not going to let her leave. “You have no idea what you have done,” I said, crawling onto the bed and pushing her back against the mattress. “Coming here. Lying to me. Pretending to be someone you are not.” She opened her mouth to speak. I shoved two fingers between her lips. “Shut up.” I pushed my fingers deeper, watching spit roll down her chin. “You wanted to play games with me. Fine. We will play.” Her pussy was already wet. I could smell it. I could feel it through her thin thong. I pulled my fingers out of her mouth and shoved them between her legs, rubbing her through the lace. She whimpered. “You are going to regret every bratty message you sent me,” I said, pushing her underwear aside and sinking one finger inside her. She was tight. So tight. “By the time I am done with you, you will be begging me to stop. And I will not.” “I do not beg,” she gasped. I pushed another finger inside her. “We will see about that.” Her legs spread wider. Her hips lifted off the bed. She was already close, already trembling, already falling apart on my fingers. A virgin. I could feel it in the way her body clenched around me, uncertain and desperate all at once. I did not know yet. But I would. And when I did, everything would change.HARLOW'S POV The night before the party, I could not sleep.Kael was beside me, his breathing slow and even. His arm was draped over my waist. His face was relaxed in sleep.I slipped out of bed and walked to the window.The city was still awake. Lights flickered in buildings across the skyline. Cars moved along the bridges. Somewhere out there, my father was probably awake too. Thinking about tomorrow.My phone was on the nightstand. I grabbed it and walked to the living room.One new message. From my mother.Mom: Your father called me tonight. He wants to make a toast at the party.I stared at the screen.Me: A toast to what?Mom: To you. To your future. He did not say.My stomach churned. A toast from Julian Vance could go anywhere. He might welcome Kael. He might humiliate him. He might do something in between.I heard footsteps behind me. Kael appeared in the doorway, shirtless, his hair mussed."You are awake," he said."I cannot sleep."He walked to me and wrapped his arms aro
HARLOW'S POV The email came at noon.Professor Chen: Your final project has been graded. Please see the attached file.I opened the attachment with trembling fingers. A plus. Again. The third one in a row.I stared at the screen. My chest felt tight. My eyes burned.I had done that. Me. Not Kael. Not my father. Not some professor who took pity on me.I had earned it.Kael was at work. I wanted to call him. But I wanted to tell him in person more.So I waited.The hours crawled. I cleaned the kitchen. I organized the books on the shelf. I folded the laundry that had been sitting in the basket for three days.At six, the front door opened.Kael walked in. His tie was loose. His hair was messy. He looked tired.But he smiled when he saw me."You are wearing my shirt," he said."Your shirts are comfortable.""I know." He set his briefcase down. "What is that smile for?"I held up my phone. "A plus. On my final project."His tired face transformed. He crossed the room in three strides and
HARLOW'S POV Kael's brother lived in a high rise on the other side of Pittsburgh.The building was newer than Kael's. Glass and steel and sharp angles. The lobby smelled like lilies. A doorman in a gray uniform nodded as we walked past."You have never been here before," Kael said."You have never brought me."He took my hand. "I am bringing you now."We rode the elevator to the top floor. The doors opened into a private foyer. A single door stood in front of us. Kael knocked.The door opened. A man stood in the doorway. He looked like Kael but softer. Same dark eyes. Same sharp jaw. But his hair was shorter. His face was smoother. No tattoos that I could see."You must be Harlow," he said."You must be Silas."He smiled. "Come in."We walked into the penthouse. It was different from Kael's. Brighter. More modern. White walls and colorful art and plants everywhere.A woman stood by the window. Her back was to us. Long dark hair. A simple black dress."Harlow, this is Sierra," Silas s
HARLOW'S POV The exam grade stared back at me from my phone screen. F. Again.I had studied for weeks. I had stayed up until two in the morning reading the textbook. I had answered every question on the practice test correctly.And still. F.The tears came before I could stop them. Hot and fast. I wiped my cheeks with the back of my hand and shoved my phone into my pocket.The bus stop bench was cold. The Pittsburgh wind cut through my coat. I should have called Sage. Should have gone home. Should have done anything but sit here in the dark, watching the headlights blur past.But I could not move.My phone buzzed. Kael. Again. He had been texting me all night. Where are you? Are you okay? Answer me, Harlow.I had ignored every message.The bus came. I did not get on. The bus left. I stayed on the bench.Another buzz.Kael: I am going to find you.I typed back.Me: Leave me alone.Kael: No.I turned off my phone.The wind picked up. Snow started to fall. I pulled my coat tighter and w






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