All Chapters of Playing with the Enemy: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

The next time my eyes opened, I was in a dark place. I wanted to jump up, but my body was too heavy. I blinked, trying to remember who I was and where I was.The former came fast enough, for the latter, I had to first still the pounding in my head and chest. Then, when I could feel my fingers and toes, I turned my face to the side.It took a while.I stared at a wall. It wasn’t familiar. It was too close and didn’t feel like the right weight, if that made any sense.The room I was supposed to be in had a dense-looking wall, and it was at least twenty feet from the bed.I turned the other way and a back was to me.I stared. The back was bare, wide, smooth.My eyes had long since adjusted to the dimness, and I knew I didn’t know that back.I tried to raise my head. The pounding returned in full force. I lay back, breathing deeply. After a moment, I tried again.I made it to a sitting position and glanced down at myself. My

Jayden Malroy consumed me.This man, on the contrary, was moving with me. Staying in step.I shivered.Dexter’s brow furrowed.I swallowed.“Faster?” I breathed.His face swelled. He turned away, but I didn’t let him make it.I gave him what he wanted, and his head snapped back to me.“Ah! Ah! Ha! Nngh! Ah! Ahhh!”I was riding him like he was the last bull on the farm. Still staying quiet, enjoying his pleasure even more than I was enjoying mine.Pushing everything and everyone that was not him out of my mind.“Ah! HA! AAHHH! Adrian!”I couldn’t stop. I couldn’t slow. I wanted more from him. I wanted everything he had to give.I tightened on him.“Oh! Ha! Nnnnngh! Adrian! Oh! Slow… Slow down! Loosen up. Ah! Sorry! I’m sorry! Slow down! Ah! Adrian! Ah –”I silenced him. I made him swallow his cries. I didn’t know who was outside his door. Who was in the next room, on the other flo

Bash laughed lightly. “Wait till you see what we’re building for them. Our man here,” he threw a large arm over my shoulders, shaking me heartily while slapping my chest, “did the building design. Me, I’m working with him on the interior for the Africa section.”His tiny eyes danced as he faced our guests.“This is a man-made island,” I remarked. “One of twenty. The owners want only the best to give them the best structures and ambience money can buy.”“The others you saw are engineers, landscapers, interior decorators, and inspectors, all here for the same thing we are: to check the structures and automated devices used to run everything from the room temperatures to the timer for watering the grass.”“For real?” Dexter gasped.I pushed Bash’s arm off gently, while smiling at Dexter. “Yes. Your father wanted me to show you what his rival is up to. Please take notes.”I turned to Adiran. “Your father let you join me on this trip. Come have a look at the other projects I’m running. If y

“He was sent to rehab, Rina.”“Even then,” she pressed, her voice tight, “he contacted a few dealers in his first year of treatment. But never him. Never anybody associated with him. Except one.”“When I told him – I didn’t know his history with that bastard then, but I knew it with you, and so did Kyle – he cut the guy off. Didn’t even complete the pick up after paying for the goods.”“Are you trying to say he cared?” I asked. My voice was stable; it did not rise. No single inflection.“Are you implying that he felt bad or something?” I pushed, still neutral in my tone.“I’m saying that Kyle is a fuck up. He fucked up. You are a fighter. A winner. Don’t get sidelined now. I shared this with you so that fucker can’t use it against us. I can’t wipe it. He will know, and that will stir a hornet’s nest.”“These files were accessed recently; that’s why they popped up so fast. I’m sharing with you, my sweet. Do you hear me?”“I hear you, m

So, here they were. Without incident.Shaw was behind me. The door was open. Twenty of my people filled the doorway and beyond.Barry was in the room behind us.Shaw had pushed him in seconds before the door had been opened. The fuckers had actually knocked first. That, more than anything, had surprised me.Until the vampire laid down his request.He was staring at me as if he were reading my mind. His smile did not waver.I almost glanced at Shaw again.“What do you think I have with Jayden Malroy?”He blinked.He was sitting upright, legs crossed. His hands were placed, one on top of the other, on his knee.“You’re fucking him. No?”I didn’t miss a beat.“Jayden Malroy fucks a whole bunch of people. Are you doing rounds?” I replied evenly.“No rounds. Just you, Mr. Sullivan.”“Why?”“Because you came to me, Mr. Sullivan. You left your city. Left your country. And came to…,” he