No Promises: A Bad Boy Billionaire Romance

by Michelle Love

  I hold my phone out to him. “He wants me.”

  Lyle stands up quickly, coming to wrap his arm around me, and pulling me to sit down on the sofa with him. He holds me tightly to his side. I sink into his chest, feeling very drained. The reality that I could end up dead, and very soon, has hit me like a brick wall.

  “Alyssa, you’re white as a ghost. Who wants you?” Lyle asks me.

  “Press the voice mail button, Daddy.”

  My father pushes the button. He and Lyle listen to the man’s message. My father’s face pales, then he stands up.

  “I’ll call the police. I’m getting your mother, Alyssa. Stay with Lyle,” Dad tells me, then leaves the room hastily.

  I find I’m suddenly sobbing. Eden’s father holds me close to him as he says, “Alyssa, we won’t let anything happen to you. You’re safe. You have to believe me. You are safe.”

  I feel a tug on my shoulder. “Alyssa,” I hear my mother’s voice say.

  I turn away from Lyle to grab onto my mother. “Oh, Mom, what’s happening?”

  Mom has me in a protective hold. “I’m taking her to her room.”

  She sits me down on the bed, then walks over to the one window in the bedroom, making sure it’s locked, pulling the curtains together, and closing them. “Things change so fast around here, don’t they darling?”

  She goes into the bathroom, coming out with a wet wash cloth, and blotting my face with it. The coolness of it makes me feel better and I start to calm down.

  “Mom, why are there such bad people in the world?” I ask as if I’m a child.

  Her arm slides around my shoulders. “I don’t know. I guess only God knows that. You’ll be fine, Alyssa. That man can’t get to you. There are too many people here to protect you for him to be able to get to you. He’s just trying to upset you. Don’t let him do that to you. You’re not a victim, Ally.”

  The bedroom door flies open as Eden rushes to me, grabbing me up into his arms and wrapping himself around me. “I’m so sorry, Alyssa. I can’t believe I brought this down on you. I was a fool.”

  I hear the door close as my mother leaves the room. I hate that Eden thinks this is his fault. I can’t stand it. I pull back from him, wiping my eyes.

  “Eden, nothing is your fault. The man is crazy. You didn’t make him that way. You just did a nice thing for his poor daughter. I’ll be fine. I just got freaked out. I’m okay now. I have faith that all the people around me will make sure I stay safe. I’m done crying about it.”

  His hands go to either side of my face, holding it gently. “Alyssa, it is my fault. I should’ve had our people do a background check on her and her family before I agreed to do anything with her. I didn’t do that and now look where we are.”

  “Eden, if you would’ve done that, then you would have never taken her to the prom,” I say as I run my hands over his arms. “Or let her come over to your house and given her a few moments of happiness. Her life must have been horrible. I’m happy she got to go to her prom. I’m happy you did that for her. Don’t second guess it now. It doesn’t help the situation any.”

  He looks away from me, then sits down on the edge of the bed. He drops his head down, looking at the floor and shaking his head back and forth slowly. Then he stops. “I’ll try harder not to blame myself for this. You’re right, I suppose. If anything happens to you, though, I’ll never forgive myself for all of eternity.”

  I move his hands from my face and hold them in my lap as I giggle. “Eden, don’t say that. I have to spend eternity with you. I can’t spend it with a spirit who resents itself.”

  I see a weak smile begin to form on his face and he says, “You giggled. I love it when you giggle.”

  “I know you do, my prince. Now show me some of that faith you have so much of and that I sorely lack. You’re supposed to be the strong one who never shows fear.”

  The touch of his hand running through my hair makes chills run through me. “Princess, I’m weak as a kitten when it comes to you.”

  My heart pounds in my chest as I feel his fear for me. It takes everything in me to stop myself from freaking out.

  If he’s this afraid for me, then I’m really in a lot of danger!

  ‘Take my mind off this,’ I send to my mate.

  His strong hands move over my neck and back, massaging them as he sends back, ‘Your wish is my command, princess.’

  Lips as soft as downy feathers cover my shoulder as he moves the thin strap of my sundress off. I stretch my neck and he moves his mouth to it. A quick nip at the nape of my neck, then he softly sucks at it. My body flashes with a fire which runs from the tip of my toes to the top of my head.

  I want him now!

  I stand and drop my dress, then pull his shirt over his head. His tattoos are beautiful and I run my hands over them. All have meaning, and the cross in the middle of his chest shows exactly who it is he works for.

  Though he’s made fun of me for it, I say my prayer in hopes of staying us for a while longer, rather than adding a child, and kiss the cross on his chest.

  Lifting me by my chin, he looks into my eyes. Putting his arms around me, he unhooks my bra, then pulls it off. My stomach flutters as he bends down and places his warm mouth over my breast.

  I hear the button on his shorts pop and feel them drop past my legs to the floor. His mouth travels between my breasts up to my neck, then finally to my mouth.

  The sweet taste of cinnamon fills my mouth as Eden’s tongue roves over mine in a tangle of wet desire. My hands flow over his shoulders and down his back until they find his muscular butt where I hold him, pressing him to me.

  He picks me up and tosses me onto the bed. I smile at him as he leans over me to rid me of my panties, kissing my leg as he moves back up. ‘I’m about to make you forget everything but me, princess,’ he sends me.

  I close my eyes and prepare to think only about my mate and how he makes me glow inside. My body shakes as his lips touch the little pearl, which pulses with desire. His tongue runs over it and my hands tangle up in his luscious locks as I hold him to me and groan in ecstasy.

  ‘You taste like heaven, precious,’ he sends me.

  My tongue flows over my lips as I send him what I want, ‘Let me taste you while you taste me.’

  His mouth leaves me as he looks up. “Really?” he asks with a smile on his face.

  I smile and nod, and he moves so I can get on top of him. When my mouth slides over his hard erection, his moan vibrates my clit as his tongue runs over it. I shudder with exhilaration.

  The touch of his mouth on me spurs me on to slide my mouth over his hot, silky, throbbing member. My hand strokes as I run my tongue over the tip and down the shaft.

  With no indication, Eden rolls me over. I end up on my knees as he pulls me back by my waist. One hand grabs a fistful of my hair as he fills me from behind, jerking me back to him. He pounds into me and I quiver with how hard he’s breathing and how wild I feel with him. “You like it, princess?”

  I moan my answer as I quake inside, about to lose it. An orgasm rips through me, sending me into a loud shriek. I drop my face into the mattress to stifle the noise and Eden pounds me harder and faster.

  My legs shake with weakness, but he doesn’t ease up, and I feel it welling up in me again.

  How the hell can it happen again so quickly!

  Eden pulls at my hair as he hammers me and my face is pulled away from the mattress. My insides erupt and I scream Eden’s name as I come undone.

  He stiffens behind me and groans loudly, “Alyssa!”

  Slowly, he falls on my back and I lay out on the bed, barely able to draw air into my lungs.

  Yep, that worked. I can’t think about anything but him!

  Once we’re able to catch our breath, Eden pulls me to spoon with him as he runs his hands along my side. In no time, I find I’m falling asleep, and just before I do, I find Eden must’ve fallen asleep and his dream starts in my head. I shudder as I watch myself die in his arms
again.

  Will we be able to stop this from happening?

  CHAPTER 48

  ALYSSA

  I wait semi- patiently in the living room for their arrival. Laura texted me nearly twenty minutes ago, letting me know they were in the car and on the way here. I just hope our secret doesn’t show itself in front of her somehow.

  The doorbell finally rings. I jump and run to the door, flinging it open. There stand my two best friends in the world. They both have beaming smiles on their faces. Their presence makes me realize I missed them even more than I thought I had.

  “Ahhh,” I scream and jump up and down.

  Laura does the same as Kyle shakes his head. “Girls … they’re so over the top. It’s only been a month.”

  Laura and I grab each other up into a hug as we hop around. “Well, hello, Kyle. I’m glad to see you again,” the ever polite and eloquent Eden greets Kyle.

  I stop jumping, trying to act more like a lady. I hold Laura close to me though, not ready to let her go. Her shoulder-length blonde hair is so shiny and soft. I have to touch it. Her sparkling blue eyes are lit up with excitement.

  I see Eden shake Kyle’s hand and think to myself he needs to stop being so freaking formal. I let go of Laura so Eden can shake her hand, or whatever he’s going to do to welcome her, and then turn to Kyle.

  Crap! My heart’s beating so damn hard and he and Eden both know it.

  “You better get over here and hug me, boy,” I say with a smile.

  He smiles sheepishly at me and holds his arms out for me. I almost jump into them, hugging him tight. I have to fight the urge to wrap my legs around his waist as he holds me off the ground. I release my grip on him, standing back to take a look at him. His blonde curls fall across his forehead, almost touching his eyes.

  ‘I missed you too, Ally,’ Kyle sends to me.

  My heart aches as I just want to cuddle up with him and let him make me feel safe and secure. “God, am I glad to see the two of you!” I say as I move away from him, going to hang on my husband’s arm.

  Remember who it is you’re made for, girl!

  Laura smiles as she looks around the room. “This place, Ally! It’s beyond anything I could’ve imagined your parents living in.”

  “Our guests might like to freshen up after their long ride, Alyssa,” Eden says. “You should show them to their rooms and give them a chance to do that before lunch is served. I hope you both like alligator and shrimp, as our chef and his staff came to prepare that for us this afternoon in honor of your visit. We know you had a light breakfast on the jet. You have to be famished.”

  Kyle looks at Eden and surprises the complete hell out of me. “Hell, yeah, guy, that’s completely cool. Thanks Eden,” Kyle tells him, then holds his fist up. Again to my surprise, Eden holds his fist up and they bump their fists together.

  I try to hide the surprise, but Eden catches it and smiles at me. He’s so full of surprises. My heart skips a beat as I feel so much love for him at this moment. This can’t be easy for him to have Kyle here.

  Gesturing for them to follow me, I lead them upstairs. “Come on, guys. Follow me.”

  I hold Laura’s hand as Kyle follows close behind us. “Al, this place is beautiful. I can’t believe any of this. It’s like a dream. Your mom must be over the moon with this.”

  I smile at her. “She sure is.”

  We walk down the hall and then come to the bedroom door I picked for her. It’s at the end of the hallway and Kyle’s is right across from it. I open her door, showing her to her room first. The room is beautiful, with a large bed in the middle of it. The bedspread is her favorite shade of dark green, as are the curtains.

  “Go ahead, check it all out, and don’t forget to look in the dressers and the closet. Those are all yours, Laura,” I tell her.

  She turns to look at me in astonishment, “You know you didn’t have to do all this, Ally.” I just smile at her. Then I turn to Kyle.

  I hope he likes his room as much as Laura seems to like hers.

  “Right across the hall is you. Just like I told Laura, Kyle, check it all out. Everything is yours,” I tell him as I walk the short distance to open the door to his room.

  He walks past me into the room, then turns around to look at me. “This feels right, doesn’t it, Al?”

  I smile at him. “Right as rain, Kyle. Now once you’ve done whatever you need to do, grab Laura and make your way back downstairs so we can start eating. I’ll be waiting in the living room for you two,” I tell him as I turn to walk away, trying my best to lighten up what flows between us.

  I turn back to look at him as he sends me, ‘We’ll get through this, Al.’

  I send back, ‘We have to, don’t we?’

  I find Eden waiting in the living room, as well as my little brother, Scotty. “Come, Alyssa,” Eden tells me, as he pats the open space on the sofa next to him.

  I smile as I walk down the stairs, still feeling uneasy with Kyle’s presence. I sit down next to my husband. Eden puts his arm around my shoulders, then kisses my cheek. I look up at him to see he’s smiling widely at me. His emerald eyes have a sparkle to them that they only get when he’s happy about something.

  “Laura looks happy, princess. They must be getting along well,” he says.

  My wedding ring catches my eye as a light in the chandelier makes it sparkle. “You think?” I ask, not really wanting to talk about how my Kyle and my best friend are getting on.

  Kyle and Laura come down the staircase, hand in hand. My heart thumps hard against my chest, and Eden gives me a squeeze and a kiss on the side of my head. Scotty jumps up, almost running over to Kyle. Scotty is still such a little kid at fifteen.

  I suddenly realize he’s had to leave all of his friends. He’s been thrown into this completely different life just like I have. Only I have Eden and Kyle. Scotty has no one. The thought makes me a little sad.

  “Hey, creep,” Scotty teases Kyle as he mock-punches him in the arm.

  Kyle mock punches him back and says, “Hey there, small fry. I’ve been told you have your own game room.”

  Scotty is pumped with Kyle here to play with him and nearly yells, “You wanna see it?”

  I stand up quickly. “Not yet, Scotty. We need to eat first.”

  “What a party pooper!” My brother mopes as he heads off to the dining room.

  I immediately feel sorry for him. “After dinner we’ll see about it, Scotty,” I say and see his face light up again.

  We follow Scotty’s lead, going to the dining room. Terri, the head maid from our home, has outdone herself on glamorizing it. The dining room looked good before, but now it looks grand. Large bouquets of fresh flowers are everywhere. The table is set with gorgeous crystal glasses and beautiful china.

  Laura lets out a gasp. “Ally, this is beautiful. So elegant.”

  “Sit here, right across from us,” I tell them.

  Kyle pulls the chair out for Laura. I smile at her as I follow Eden to the other side of the enormous table. He pulls out a chair for me and I sit down. I notice Scotty has taken the chair next to Kyle. I can tell he’s glad Kyle’s here.

  He and Eden get along well, but I’m pretty stingy with Eden’s attention. We’ve seen very little of my brother since we came here. I’ll have to make sure we change that.

  My parents enter the dining room and Eden stands up, as is the custom when a lady enters the room, I found out. Kyle surprises me yet again as he stands up too and taps Scotty on the shoulder to get him to stand as well.

  Laura looks over at me. “How formal,” she mouths to me.

  My father walks to Kyle and shakes his hand. “It’s good to see you again, son.”

  Kyle smiles. “Good to see you too, sir.”

  Dad leans down to give Laura a hug and says, “Nice to see you too, Laura. We’ve missed seeing you.”

  “Your new home is beyond gorgeous, Mr. Devlin,” she says.

  My mother approaches Kyle and he takes her hand to shake i
t, but she pulls him into a hug instead. “It’s so good to see you, Kyle.”

  Kyle hugs her back and says, “You too, Mrs. Devlin.”

  Mom kisses Laura on top of the head. “We’ve missed you both so much. It’s been a month since the wedding.”

  My parents go to the end of the table, taking their seats. The boys sit back down, but are forced to stand back up as Eden’s parents come in. Lyle walks up to Kyle and shakes his hand, beginning the lengthy hellos between my friends and Eden’s parents.

  They go to take their seats at the other end of the table. Everything is going so well. Terri comes in with a bottle of white wine, pouring everyone a glass. After she leaves, Scotty holds up his glass.

  “So, we’re sophisticated again, Dad?” Scotty asks our father.

  Dad looks at him. “If it’s in front of you, drink it, boy. No need for comments.”

  We all laugh a little and I look at Laura. “It’s not always this formal, but I wanted to give you guys the five-star treatment. I’m so glad you’re here.”

  Laura smiles back. “This is really nice of you, Ally. Nice of all of you,” she says as she looks at Eden and then our parents. “Thank you all so much for inviting us.”

  Eden looks at her and smiles. “We love having you here.”

  Terri arrives again with our salads, placing them in front of us. Laura leans in a bit. “Ally, the clothes are to die for. I can’t thank you enough. I’m so lucky to have you as my best friend.”

  “Having a personal shopper is the best.”

  “So after dinner, Al, can Kyle and Eden play games?” Scotty asks.

  “I’m not their boss, Scotty. They can do whatever they want to,” I answer him.

  “So do you want to?” he asks, looking back and forth between Kyle and Eden.

  “If Kyle wants to, then, yeah,” Eden answers him.

  “Of course I do, Scott,” Kyle tells him, then leans close to him to whisper something in his ear I can’t make out, and then they both laugh.

  “I don’t know about that Kyle. I’ve been playing like nonstop since we got here,” Scotty informs him.

  Kyle looks over at Eden. “Should I be afraid, Eden? Is he that good?”