The Billionaire’s Lighthouse Series: A Billionaire, Bad Boy, Romance

by Michelle Love

  Like maybe we can go to the beach again or we can go dancing in a nightclub. Just something new, you know? I had every right to be a dreamer, and that's what I'm doing. I was always daydreaming. My head was always in the clouds.

  I just wanted to go out and spend time with him as much as I could. I know that he's a very busy man and that being a billionaire doesn't come easy but I couldn't see the picture my day without him. I started to become really lonely without him around. I craved for his energy. I knew that I needed to be around him more than usual because our bond was starting to become unbreakable.

  "Hey baby girl" I heard his voice from the doorway and jumped up instantly.

  "Hi!" I smiled. "I didn't know you were here"

  "Yeah, I'm sorry about that. When I got home I decided to take a quick nap but I think I fell asleep too deeply as you can see." he shook his head. "I missed a lot of phone calls and texts"

  He walked into the room and came and sat down next to me. He used his index finger and thumb brush my hair back behind my ear. Such an innocent gesture but it held so much passion within it. I leaned in and left a peck on his lips. This wasn't love but it was something very close to it.

  Arsen

  We both woke up in Lola’s bed. My arms were wrapped around her and her head was laying on my chest. This was a moment of pure bliss.

  “Good morning” I whispered as I placed a kiss on her forehead.

  "Morning" she yawned and sat up.

  "Let's go get some breakfast" I stood up from the bed scooped her up into my arms. I carried her all the way downstairs to the kitchen and sat her down on the counter.

  "Pancakes, please" she uttered out in a soft tone.

  "Pancakes it is, sweetheart" I smile and proceeded to take out all of the ingredients that I needed.

  I turned on the radio and opened up the curtains to the kitchen’s patio. When she laid eyes on the backyard so much excitement grew within her.

  “You have a pool and didn’t tell me??” she hopped off of the counter and ran over to the patio door. She unlocked it and went outside to look around.

  I laughed at her excitement and pulled a packet of maple bacon out of the freezer. Ms. Rose told me about how she loved this kind of bacon the most. I sat some out on a pan and put them in the oven. While I waited for them to cook, I began making my special apple cinnamon pancakes.

  She’s never had my cooking before so I wonder how she’d react. She came back in and walked over to me.

  “Can I make coffee, babe?” She looked up at me. “And your backyard is stunning, if I may say so myself.”

  “Thanks” I chuckled. “And of course you can make coffee, the machine is over there. Make a big pot for the both of us.

  “Got ya’” she nodded and started to make the coffee.

  The only sounds that were audible at the moment were the sizzling of the bacon in the oven, the coffee brewing, and the soft music coming from the radio. I finished up the pancakes and put some on plates for the both of us.

  I took the bacon out of the oven and I heard Lola gasp. I couldn’t help but burst out into laughter. Everything was just so exciting to her today.

  “Is that the maple kind?!” she asked.

  “Yes” I laughed out and shook my head. “Ms. Rose told me all about how you loved it so I had to make it.”

  “I love her. She’s so sweet” Lola smiled and poured some of the fresh pot of coffee into two cups for us. I watched as she put an equal amount of sugar and cream into her coffee. “Sugar and cream?”

  “Um, just about two tablespoons of sugar” I told her. “I like mine mostly black. For more energy and just a little sugar for flavor.”

  “I don’t know how you do it” she laughed. “It just tastes too bitter to me without any cream”

  “I used to feel that way about it too but it eventually grew on me.” I smiled and put the cooled down bacon on our plates. I grabbed us a few utensils and the bottle of syrup and sat it up to look nicely.

  I quickly cut up a couple of fresh fruits and laid the over the pancakes. “Breakfast is complete”

  Lola walked over to me with the two cups and placed one each in front of a plate. I smiled at the sight and sat down to begin eating. Lola did the same.

  “Mmm” I heard her moan as she took a bite of the pancakes. “They’re so fully and the aplles just melt in your mouth”

  I smirked. “Yeah, I’m pretty talented in the kitchen”

  “You’re talented everywhere, Arsen” she giggled.

  “Well.. yeah, you’re right” we both looked at each other and laughed.

  When we were both finished we headed back upstairs to get ready for our day. I was going to the clubhouse to talk business with the boys today but since we had awaken early I actually had time to go grocery shopping with Lola.

  We parted ways after going back upstairs for the sake of being able to spend more time with each other. We both took quick showers and got dressed in our rooms.

  I walked back in Lola’s room and watched as she put on very natural looking makeup. “Hey Lo, do you think you can check the bank to see if all of our money secure?”

  “Of course, babe” she said getting up and walking over to the computer. She put in all of the information carefully and read over the details. “Okay bae, everything looks pretty fine now it just says that someone took out $40”

  “That’s strange” I raised an eyebrow. “Maybe one of the guys needed cash really quick. I’ll ask when I meet up with them later on”

  She nodded and logged out of everything making sure to not leave anything open. I taught her well.

  “Ready?” I asked,

  “Yup!” She got up and wrapped her arms around my neck. She kissed me deeply and I kissed back, biting at her bottom lip.

  “You’re going to get yourself in trouble kissing me like that” I smirked.

  “I like trouble” she smiled and turned to leave out of the house. I smacked her ass and she squealed. It was the cutest thing ever. I followed her downstairs and outside to the driveway.

  “You can drive” I tossed her the keys. “We’re taking the corvette”

  “Sweet!” she yelled out and got into the front seat. I got in on the passenger side and we were off.

  She turned on the music and blasted it. They were playing all of the best classical rock songs again so you know we had to sing along at the top of our lungs. The morning air felt absolutely amazing against my skin and I felt like I was on top of the world. All because I was spending time with the girl of my dreams.

  Life was going great right now. When we pulled up to the grocery store, Lola found the perfect parking space right out front. We got out and went inside. I opened the list and we took our time walking around to get the items that we needed.

  Once we got everything that we needed, I paid and we left. That went faster than I expected and it made me kind of sad that we would be parting ways soon.

  “Hey, babe?”

  “Yes, my love?” she answered me.

  “Do you want to go with me to meet up with the guys?” I looked over at her as we pulled up to a red light.

  “Of course” she smiled.

  “Alright” I smiled. “We can go there now. Do you remember how to get there?”

  “Yup” she put emphasis on the ‘p’ and sped off as soon as the light turned green.

  Nearly a half later we were finally pulling up to the clubhouse. I saw all of the other cars, so like the usual, everyone was here waiting for me.

  I walked in with Lola and everyone exchanged greetings.

  “So, what’s new?” I asked sitting down and pulling Lola down on my lap.

  “Nothing much. Everything is pretty much going great” David spoke up.

  “Great” I spoke up. “Oh, whoever took $40 out of the bank yesterday we need you to put it back because it wasn’t time to distribute money yet.”

  All the guys looked around at each other confused.

  “No offense,
Arsen, but none of us took any money out of the bank” Pete spoke.

  I grabbed the laptop on the table and opened it. “Babe, show them” I whispered in Lola’s ear.

  She entered all of the information carefully and suddenly she felt tense.

  “What the fuck!” she yelled while dropping the laptop on the table.

  “What is it?!” I sat up in my seat.

  “Someone stole $20,000 dollars from the accounts all together! The transactions just happened about 15 minutes ago!”

  The room became loud. All of the boys were yelling about what was going on and I was absolutely furious.

  “Go take the groceries home” I said to Lola calmly. I walked her to the front door and kissed her on the forehead. “We have some business to take care of’

  “You sure you don’t need me here babe?” she asked, she was pleading me to stay with the look in her eyes.

  “Just go, baby” I sighed and kissed her. “I’ll see you when I get home. I love you”

  Lola

  “I-I love you too” I smiled and left out of the clubhouse. I was completely disturbed by the fact that someone was stealing money from Arsen but the way he kissed me and told me he loved me made me feel like I was floating on a cloud.

  I got in the car and began to drive back to Arsen's house. I wonder if it was something that I did or if it had something to do with Anabella's mom because of the way that she was watching me when I left the bank. I picked up the spare phone that Arsen gave to me and texted him that the crazy lady that attacked him the night of our first date was Anabella's mother and she was watching me as I left the last bank. The look on her face was so sinister. She looked as if she had just escaped a mental asylum.

  I decided to just listen to some classical music to calm my nerves on the way back home because just the thought of seeing Anabella's mother that way chills up my spine. I heard a pop and the car began to slow down. Great, a flat tire is exactly what I needed right now. I sighed deeply and got out of the car to see exactly what time it was. I went around to the side of the car and saw that it was the front right tire.

  I heard the sound of a car pulling up behind my car and stopping. Not there a man walked up behind me and asked if I needed any help. Me being the skeptic that I am, I lied and said that I'd be all right and I had already called the police and my boyfriend and they were both nearby and would be here in no time. Just when I thought he had actually walked away, he didn't.

  I felt a piece of cloth covering my mouth and my body being jerked back into somebody else's. I tried to scream at the top of my lungs thinking that someone would hear being yourself it is broad daylight but there was no one around. They pick me up and threw me in the back of a car. The cloth is now tied in the back of my head so that I couldn't make a sound. Tears stream down my face because I felt so hopeless.

  Why is this happening to me?

  I managed to push the cloth out of my mouth and yelled for help as loud as I could. Something hit me over the head and everything started going to black.

  Arsen

  I got a text from Lola saying that she saw Anabella's mom watching her at the bank when she went to deposit the money. This just put us at a major lead in finding out who exactly stole the money. You have this new gang in town who wants to I'm the biggest and the best around town but to become that they would have to take us down because that's our spot. Anabella and her mom were both out to get us because of the deaths of their horrible husband/father. There are two groups of people out to get us right now and either they're just trying to get what they want individually or they're working together.

  I'm sick of trying to play nice when it comes to these people who threaten my life and play with my money. I don’t take kindly to threats. If you threaten me or ruin any source of my income, you will lose your life.

  “Donnie, get their information now! We’re ending this tonight” I screamed angrily.

  “What do you want us to do, boss?” One of the members, Jacob, asked me.

  “What do you think? Start loading the guns and packing them up. We’re going on a man hunt tonight and we won’t rest until we find who stole from us”

  “Got ya’, boss!” Jacob nodded and went into the back with a couple of guys.

  “Pete, take the others to go fill up the trucks with gas” I instructed. “David, you stay with me”

  “Sure thing, boss” Pete said. The rest of the members followed him out of the back door.

  "David, why do people keep trying us? All we ask is that people stay out of our way and we'll stay out of theirs but some people are too dumb to even respect that. So, they deserve to lose their life." I started to pace around.

  "I'm not sure but what I do know is that they've messed with the wrong team and everyone can use this as an example of what not to do when it comes to messing with us," David responded.

  I picked up a glass and threw it against the wall. That's how frustrated I was. Hearing the glass shatter as it broke sort of calmed me down. It made me think clearly again. If we were going to take down the enemy we would have to be calm but also have an amazing plan. Rule #1 of our personal cartel business is to never let the enemy get away with anything.

  Lola

  I woke up in the back seat of a car, my hands attached to my head from the heavy pounding. My wrists were tied together and so were my ankles. I fully opened my eyes to see some random man driving at a slow pace, his face was very emotionless in the rear view mirror and his hand was gripping the steering wheel a little too tightly.

  “Why am I in here?” I asked lowly. He paid no attention, he kept his eyes on the empty road ahead. “WHY?!” I yelled.

  “WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP?” He screamed, gripping the steering wheel tighter than before. “God, you dumb bitch! You just woke up and the first thing you do is talk”

  “Well what do you expect me to do when I’ve been kidnapped?” I mumbled rolling my eyes. “Who the hell are you and why are you kidnapping me?!”

  “Shut….. up” His voice was very stern and demanding, intimidating as well.

  The car came to an abrupt stop and the next thing I know I was being snatched out of the car by multiple people and being dragged into some random house.

  I'm not sure where I am right now but I don't like it. I'm not safe here and all I want right now it's just to be with Arsen. Whoever kidnapped me brought me to a house, wake me up stairs, and made me sit in a room that has nothing but a rollaway bed and a window. It's cold and has very little light. I think they may have done the attic.

  What did I ever do to deserve this?

  Arsen

  It was finally dark outside so the plan was in full effect. My guys tracked down the new gang’s clubhouse. We also found out the computer that was used to steal money from our banks IP address linked back to that same clubhouse address. Not only was that new gang the one stealing from us, that house that have their clubhouse meetings in is in fact Anabella’s mother house. I guess Anabella and mother called in for backup when they realized I wasn’t afraid of them.

  It took two trucks to fit all of us. We drove about 5-10 minutes away from one another so no one would be too suspicious. When we all arrived we huddle. There was going to be a group of people going through the front door and another going through the back. We all drew our guns and got of the trucks. The backyard went around to the back door already, my group was now approaching the front door.

  “1... 2... 3…” I yelled and kicked the door in. We all ran in with our guns and demanding that everyone got on the ground. We went all around the house rounding everybody inside downstairs. Once we all had them backed into a corner and we all smiled.

  “Hi, Anabella” I chuckled as she tried to hide behind the others. “Bye, Anabella”

  Everyone just started shooting at the crowd of people and we didn’t stop until each and everyone of them were dead. I shook my head at the gruesome scene and ordered for everyone to start collecting the drugs and money.

/>   After we collected all of their things we ran out back towards the trucks. Just as we were driving away Anabella’s mother appeared on the scene. I shot at her through the window but didn’t look back to see I killed her or not.

  We got back to the clubhouse to discard of the clothes we were wearing and to clean the guns. After everyone was cleaned up and changed we opened the bags to see exactly how much we got from them. I gave David the pleasure of counting the money and Pete the honor of seeing how much drugs we took.