ROMANCE: BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE: At His Request (Bad Boy Alpha Billionaire Romance) (New Adult Contemporary Alpha Male Romance)

by Carly White

  His dark blue eyes stopped me in my tracks and we just looked at each other for a moment. I pointed behind him as one of the bikers moved towards him. He turned around in time to hit him in the face, knocking him down into the ground. Looking back at me, I started to move towards the exit. I didn’t want to be anywhere near the chaos, especially when such a dangerous guy seemed to notice me. I didn’t want to be noticed from a man like him.

  It was then that I noticed the chaos in the room I was in. I wasn’t the only one trying to get out of there, but many more were screaming as there was a sound of a gun shot in the other room. The yoga room bursts into conflict everywhere and people were pushing each other out of the way to get out the small backdoor that led to the alleyway behind the building.

  The bald man covered in tattoos from before was walking towards me, moving to the now thin-looking piece of glass between us. His arms were showing, covered in some kind of tribal tattoos and as he got closer, I could see the differences in the wording and art on the vest.

  He pointed towards me and crooked his finger to come to him. I shook my head and took off in the other direction. That man was the last thing that I needed to get involved with and I knew I had to get away before he got to me. There was a moment, an insane moment where I didn’t want to leave, but stay and see what he wanted. The madness faded swiftly though and I was soon breathing in fresh air, thankful to be alive.

  Chapter 2

  I looked back at the last few men standing on the other side. The Dark Angels were not supposed to be there and since they had all came together, it was them making a point and it was one that the Black Riders couldn’t ignore. It was disrespectful for one, for as many as were there it was like a slap in the face.

  The woman had left. The woman that I had seen through the glass door that had caught my attention so completely had vanished. She had been scared, like most of the people not involved in the scuffle. The gunshot was to get the bystanders out of the way and now the gym was almost cleared out.

  She had been young and blonde, but there had been something in her hazel eyes that made me look twice. I thought of all the tales of love at first sight and I was sure that’s what it was. She was made for me, but when she vanished, I questioned if I had ever seen her at all. Was she just a figment of my imagination? Was I losing it?

  I looked around and saw the back door closing slowly. I started to make my way to the door to find her. I had forgotten that we had to leave. The cops would be coming. I had to get out of there, but all I wanted to do was find the pixie woman in the hot pink shirt.

  “Cass, we got to go.”

  “Don’t say my damn name.”

  Desmond nodded and started out the side door that we had come in. Taking the other bikes out front from the Dark Angels, we rode off towards our own bar. There was only two when we left, the other men knocked out and beaten up on the floor. It was just another Wednesday as far as I was concerned. There was always something going on and ever since they had come to town, I was finding them harder to deal with.

  I hit Desmond on the shoulder and he looked at me funny. “What the hell was that for?”

  We were back at Daniel’s house and everyone was getting a drink, reliving the fight to each other. I wasn’t feeling so good about the whole thing. I was still thinking about the blonde in the gym. There was something about her and I felt in such a way that I had never felt before. I wanted to know who she was and I wasn’t sure how now that I was not going to be able to go in there. It was never a good idea to go back to the scene of a crime.

  “Why did you say my name while we were in there?”

  Jeff shrugged like it was no big deal. “They know who we are anyways, so what does it really matter? I was trying to get your attention and you were just staring into that room. I hollered at you a couple of times and it was like you didn’t hear me or something.”

  “I saw someone in the other room and I don’t know, it was like time stopped or something. Everything else was blocked out. It was strange. That is all I can say. I don’t know who she was, but I was going to go to her, but she was gone.”

  Desmond looked at me strangely. It wasn’t like me. I was the king of being a dog. I never got attached, never cared more than what pleasure a woman could give me. But when I saw her, I wondered for the first time if I was meant for more. I wanted more and I wanted her.

  Shaking my head and smiling, I realized that I sounded crazy in my own head. Soul mates were about as real as destiny. But still… I wish I could have talked to her. I wanted to see her again.

  “Yeah I am fine. It was just a hot chick in yoga pants.”

  He laughed and took a drink from his bottle. The beer was cold and though it had been a messy way to take care of things, the Dark Angels would think twice before coming on our turf. We had to make a stand, I reminded myself. It had to be done and now it was. I needed to relax like Desmond did, but all I could think about was the woman at the gym and the way she had looked at me. When I had started towards her, it was clear that she feared me. Who wouldn’t? How could I blame her with what I was doing at the time?

  I went back to my place early that night. I wasn’t able to go to sleep for a while, thinking about the mystery woman and she was the first thing I thought of when I woke up. I was starting to become convinced that I had lost my mind.

  By around ten I couldn’t focus anymore and I made my way down to the gym. I knew that I shouldn’t be there. Not after what had happened yesterday and even without my vest and bike, I felt out of place and that at any moment I was going to be found out. As I looked around the room, I didn’t see her and I felt deflated. She was supposed to be there. If it was destiny or fate, whatever it was called, she would have been there for me like I needed. We would have met and she would have fallen for me.

  That’s not what happened.

  “Can I help you Sir?”

  I looked over at a short brunette with dark brown eyes staring at me, waiting for an answer. “I was looking for someone. I think she works here.”

  “We have about thirty employees, so you will have to be more specific.”

  I pointed towards the place where I had seen her. “She was in there, tall, blonde, fit.”

  “Ah, that is Eva. She won’t be here until her class at ten thirty.”

  “Thank you.”

  I walked out and sat behind the driver’s seat, trying to figure out what I should do. I didn’t want to wait there, but I wanted to see her. After doing a few errands in the area, I made my way back to the gym and saw her through the glass. She was wearing the same fare, tank top and leggings and she looked as good as I remembered. My heart beat hard in my chest, but I was finding it hard to move forward. I didn’t want to. I just wanted to watch her laughing with the woman next to her and remember that moment.

  Walking in, I ignored the offer of help from the person behind the counter. I went straight to where Eva was and waited for her to finish what she was saying to the other person. When she finally laid eyes on me, I knew immediately that she knew who I was. Her eyes widened as she looked at me. Excusing herself, she walked towards me. “What are you doing here? The police are looking for you guys. Asked us all kinds of questions yesterday.”

  “Do I know you?”

  I felt like I did. Maybe it wasn’t fate, but a girl I had known before. “I think I would remember a guy like you. I won’t tell anyone you are here, but other people seen you and they have cameras here. The feed is recorded and you don’t want to be caught here after the fact.”

  I knew she was right, but I had to see her. “Come get some coffee with me.”

  “Right now?”

  “Yes, why not?”

  “I can think of many reasons why not. Last time I seen you, you were beating a man in the face with your fist.”

  I shrugged and moved to take her arm. I don’t know why, but I wanted to touch her, just to make sure that she was real. She didn’t seem to be real when her eyes changed colors
in front of me. They were brown with a light green ring around them when I first saw her, but as I got closer it seemed the green had taken over completely. “Come with me.”

  “I have to work. I will be done around noon.”

  “I will be back then.”

  ‘Wait, no. That is not what I meant.”

  “But it is what I meant. See you soon. We’ll do lunch.”

  Chapter 3

  Eva

  I didn’t know what to do about the man that had showed up and basically forced me to go out on a date. I knew who he was, the man the police were looking for and I should have called them. It would make it pretty convenient if they could just come back at noon and pick him up. Several of the men him and his motorcycle gang attacked were hurt and in the hospital. No one was dead, but that did very little to assuage my guilt for not calling.

  I knew as soon as I thought about calling the police that it was not what I was going to do. I didn’t want him to get in trouble. Even though I didn’t know him, I was drawn to the bad boy type. After promising myself that I wouldn’t mess with his type again, I couldn’t help that they were the only ones that could make me weak at the knees. What was it about hard bodies and tattoos that made most women lose their mind?”

  Sighing to myself, I watched him walk away and waited till my heart rate had slowed down before I went back into do my first class. It was just the beginner’s class so it didn’t give me much time to think about Caspien or what we were supposed to do for lunch. While his mouth had said lunch, his eyes had said something all-together different. I wanted what his dark blue eyes promised.

  “Miss Eva?”

  “Yes?”

  “How long are we supposed to hold this pose?”

  I realized then that we had been in the same pose for several more minutes than usual. I could feel my face getting red and I was embarrassed that I had forgotten so quickly what I was doing. A man like Caspien was dangerous and I knew that I needed to stay away from him. One lunch and hopefully he would stop popping up and I could get back to the normal life that I was used to.

  I made the final pose for the class and while I was standing back up, I saw a lone bike in the parking lot and my heart started to race a little faster. While my mind told me that I didn’t want him, my body called to him from where he sat waiting.

  “Alright class. Thanks for coming and if you are interested in our later one in the afternoon, we will get into some of the more complicated poses as you get more comfortable with it all.”

  I watched the people starting to file out of the classroom and as I spoke to a few of them, I felt a burning gaze from the parking lot. I knew it was him, Caspien looking at me, but I didn’t know what to say or do. I had to go out there and see what it was that he wanted from me. I am sure he would want to make sure I didn’t tell anyone that I had seen him. It didn’t make sense though. If he was so worried about getting in trouble, then what was he doing here now?

  I couldn’t stay in the gym the whole day and I knew that I was going to go out there and see what it was that he wanted. As I walked out, he got off his bike and his head shined in the sunlight. He looked good in his regular attire. The leather vest let the tattooed biceps show and I bit my lip slightly from the look he gave me as I got closer. He looked to be slightly dazed when I walked up.

  “You came.”

  “Of course. Where else would I be?”

  I shrugged. “I don’t know. You don’t really want to go to lunch do you? I mean, I am not going to say anything to the police or anything if that is what you are worried about. I don’t know what you guys were fighting about, but I know that it isn’t any of my business. I am sure you had good reason to do what you did.”

  “We did, but I am not worried about the cops. I am worried about getting to know you. Have you ever felt like you were meant to meet someone?”

  “Not really.”

  “You don’t feel that between us?”

  I did, but I wasn’t going to admit it. “You are a very handsome man and I am sure there are many women out there that would love to be the one for you, but it’s not me. I am not into the whole bad boy thing.”

  “I don’t want someone else. I want you. Besides, I am not a boy.”

  It was a good answer. I have to give it to him. His words made me shiver inside and I found myself smiling.

  “Now come on. Let’s go to lunch and we can talk more about it. I am sure we have something in common.”

  I couldn’t think of anything that I would have in common with him. We seemed to be from two different sides of the tracks. I wished that he would tell me what it is he wanted, but he just kept saying how I was ‘the one’. “Fine, I will meet you somewhere. Where do you want to go?”

  If he didn’t name a public place that I knew of, the deal was off. The more I stood next to him, Caspien towering over me and the skulls on his arms, the more I realized it was a bad idea. Why didn’t I just say no and walk away? I could do that of course, but there was part of me that didn’t want to. I didn’t want to walk away from him, even though I should.

  “Just get on and I will take you there. You won’t even have to drive, just hold on.”

  I looked from him to the motorcycle and shook my head. “No, sorry, I don’t do that.”

  All I could think about was a wreck and flying off of it. I had always been afraid of motorcycles. They just seemed to take something as dangerous as driving and make it even more so. The idea of flying off is what made me shake my head again. “Come on. It’s not that bad. I will go slowly and you can hold on tight.”

  This was madness, I was convinced. I didn’t even know him and he was talking about taking me away on his bike. After what I had seen him do the day before, there was no way that I should have gotten on the back of the bike. I should have said no and called the cops. But I didn’t. I did what I told myself I was not going to do and got on the back of the bike after he got on first. I settled in up against him and I knew then, what trouble I was in.

  His body was hot against mine, everywhere our bodies touched, it felt like I was going to burn up. The engine hadn’t even started yet and I was lost in the moment and in the feel of him. The way our bodies fit together, it was hard not to notice every nuisance of his back as he told me to hold on. I leaned in further, my small breasts pressing against the back of him and all I could hope was that he could not feel the change in the small buds. My hands clasped around him barely and when he started the engine, there was a delicious vibration between my legs. It was my first time on one and it was not at all what I’d expected.

  The ride itself was tough at first. I was scared to death the whole time and I was clinging to him far too tightly. Eventually, I just laid my head on his back and closed my eyes. It was really awful the first few miles, but eventually I opened my eyes and started to like the way it felt to have the wind blowing in my hair. He was not the type for a helmet and I had this crazy urge to rub his head and feel if it was as smooth as it looked.

  I didn’t have time though. Sooner than I would have liked, we were stopping and he was pulling into a small bar that was blaring a loud rock and roll from inside. It was not the type of place that I would have ever gone to, but it seemed to be right up Caspien’s alley. There were several more men with the same gang name on the back of their jackets and I started to get even more nervous. It was one thing for him to know that I knew about them, but I wasn’t very comfortable with everyone there knowing that I had information that could get them arrested. It just didn’t seem to make much sense to take me back there, unless he had other plans than lunch.

  Chapter 4

  Eva

  In truth I didn’t even want to get off of the bike, but it became clear that was where we were going and I didn’t have much of a choice. He waited for me to get off first and I finally did, my legs feeling slightly funny from riding for so long. It was a strange feeling, but I felt rather exhilarated from the ride and I could see there was a pleasure i
n it, a freedom that was not felt in a car or truck.

  “So where are we?”

  “Just a bar that I come to a lot. I know it looks a bit run down from out here, but they have some of the best food around. You will like it, I am sure.”

  I nodded my head, not as sure as he was, but I was sure that the smile of his was very disarming and it made me smile back. All of the questions of why I was here died on my lips when he looked at me in such a way. I took his arm as he walked me into the swinging double doors that led into the dark interior. It was as I had expected it to be, so just being there made the hairs on the back of my neck go up. It was a place that I shouldn’t be.

  There were so many eyes on me and I knew that I stuck out like a sore thumb. I had on my black leggings and a tank top, with my hair still a mess from the session. Next to Caspien, I looked even more out of place. As I took in the stares and leers, I found myself getting closer to Caspien. While he may have been as rough looking as the rest, I knew that I was safe with him. I was sure that he wouldn’t let anything happen to me. I’m not sure why I felt that way, but with him, I felt safe.

  Caspien seemed to notice how close I was getting and why, so he put his arm around my shoulder. I felt like he was letting everyone know that I was with him and that somehow made me feel better, though his heavy hand was far too close to one of my breasts for my liking. I was too aware of him and everywhere that he touched me. Did he know what he was doing to my sense, or was he completely oblivious?

  There was no answer as I followed him to the bar and the bartender was quick to come by and get our order. Several people at tables were still waiting for service, but Caspien seemed to be pushed to the front of the line. I wondered then, where he stood in the gang. The people around us are acting like he was the leader. He ordered for me and I wasn’t sure if it was kind of presumptuous or sweet. I decided I would make that decision when I tried it.