Corey POV

Corey POV

I felt tired and stressed but I was unwilling to let it deter me from what I had to do, I strode into the bar that my cousin with his brother. He didn't like me much not many people from my mother's side of the family did but tolerated me at best. Jackson like money and as long as I bought the drinks and didn't cause any problems he let me be.

I drew a stool and got on

" Day drinking" Jackson muttered

" Shut up" I hissed as he poured me a drink, I knocked it back and gestured for him to pour me another and he did

" Why are you here" he asked and I sighed

" To drink in peace" I replied

" Is this about the girl," he asked and I sighed this is not about the girl

It definitely wasn't about the girl. No Julienne wasn't something that bothered me. I was furious yes but not extremely bothered.

I could still remember my exchange with Alex Cross that morning after the news had reached me of his arrival from his honeymoon vacation which meant that Julienne was back. I just had to find a way to meet her and that would happen but I couldn't totally believe that sweet soft Julienne would agree to marry that man.

I had walked into the Donahue industry with it's glass walks and pleasing esthetics but that wasn't the only thing they were good at that one I knew. They ran one of the most successful place in the industry and raked in billions of dollars in fact there was no disregarding the fact that they were wealthy or the fact that to catch up to them would require serious effort on my part and I was ready to give that.

The thing was I could not let her leave me that easily, she was mine and mine alone.

His secretary rose with a pretty smile and I ignored her

" I'm here to see Cross" I muttered and she hissed

" He's seeing someone " she mumbled and I brushed past her pushing her away from me and badging into the room

" I'm so sorry Mr Cross I tried–" the girl muttered and he rose

" It's alright Allison" he mumbled. There was someone else in the room with him a man I recognized slightly but could not put a name to the face.

He rose from the chair with a slight smirk

" I'll see you around"

They closed the door and all that was left was me and Alexsander Cross.

" Are you lost " he asked and I stilled, my hands folding into a fist as I glared at him.

He was poking at me and enjoying it, I knew it but yet I couldn't help but feel furious about it too

" Your offices are too far from here so I can't understand why you're here" he replied as he sat down on his desk folding his arms to watch me. He seemed to be making some sort of decision or coming to terms with something because his eyes hardened. I swallowed and glanced over his shoulder and strolled to meet him at his desk.

" I see your vacation did you well" I muttered sitting opposite him my hands folded over my knees.

" Of course we were at a beach, there was sunlight, good air , better food and a beautiful woman in my villa so yes " Alex replied with a slight smirk, my glaring must have increased because a little smirk formed at the corner of his cheeks as he watched me.

" You must have a lot of beautiful women around you. There are little whispers of a beautiful woman with brown hair was spotted at the Donahue estate "I muttered softly watching his face, there was a slight change and he stilled a little, trying to relax his features and stop me from noticing what was really going on. So there had been a woman, likely the ex girlfriend I had heard so much about.

" I am not sure what you're getting at, but yes there was a guest" Alex offered. I gulped pulled away with a smile

" Of course it was a guest"

" What did you think would happen when you took her from me " I asked and Alex shrugged

"I expected to marry a good woman" I jerked banging the desk as rage filled my body with madness

" you can't tell me that you didn't want her, that you didn't wish to posses the things she could offer " I roared and Alex laughed.

"Did you want differently" Alex rose from the chair

" Did you not want what she had to offer " he asked me leaning over my shoulder, i shoved him off and stood face to face looking him dead in the eye.

"Juliette is mine, her soul her body every part of her is mine and if you think for one minute that im going to let you take her frim me then you've got another thing coming " i muttered and Alex smiled crowding me

" you see the difference between me and you I Montgomery is that Alex don't seek to posses her."

" If Julienne wants to be be mine she will be and I will welcome her"

He moved away from me and sighed,

" Now, I would like you out of my office" he hissed and I laughed

" Of course, I wouldn't be caught dead in here anyway" I tossed the door open, almost knocking the assistant over...

Now I sat here nursing my fury and annoyance and trying to figure out what to do about both, the bar was getting crowded, hot and frankly too oppressive. I downed a drink and raised my hand for another one.

Women were dancing to the music, one of them looked to me and smiled softly at me, I raised my drink to her to acknowledge her gaze and she grinned.

I watched her as she walked towards me.

She was beautiful, there was no doubt about it and in any circumstances it wouldn't have been such a hardships to pick her up bu that was not what I wanted to do right now, she could out in the effort.

The more I looked at her the more she looked like that secretary and it made me even more furious.

No. She was a means to an end, and when the time came for that to end I'd do so.

"Hello baby" I said to her, as she leaned at the counter and she blushed

"How do you know this place, I heard it's the hottest club" I asked and she froze a little bit

"I came with some friends" she muttered, I tucked her hair behind her ears and she flushed

" How do you know this place "

" I know the manager" I said softly gesturing to the chair besides her and she sat down

" You're an idiot" my cousin Adam muttered to me, I scoffed.

" Of course" I looked to her

" This is the manager and my cousin Adam, his brother is at the back somewhere"

" You should go home" he muttered and I stilled

" You okay" I asked dragging her to my side

" I'm fine" she hummed leaning into me, I kissed her

" You both are disgusting" Adam grimaced and I laughed

" Go get your own girl" he wrinkled his nose,

" Oh leave them alone, they're cute" Josie his girlfriend cooed joining him at the bar and she blushed tucking her face into my arm

" Don't mind them" I huffed and she nodded giving me a small smile.

She really was cute, it's a shame keeping her was not an option.

" Do you want to go somewhere with me " I asked and she nodded

" Let's do as they say and get out of here" I mumbled

I led her to my apartment in the down side of town, an isolated place where no one could hear anything for miles.

"Come in " i ordered

I stripped down to my underwear, poured myself a glass of wine, and sipped it this time. I was so closer to achieving my dream and i would let that Cross brat ruin it he was nothing special and I would deal with him when the time came.

" Here have a sip" I said, she looked wary, and shook her head I smiled this was new, she wasn't used to this I took the glass and sipped the wine, this was going to be good.

I ran my hand over her hair, she stilled but looked me in the eye her green gaze piercing mine filled with defiance, I reached for the dark eye patch and handed it to her, she looked at it a little confused,

" Cover your eyes " I instructed, she didn't take it she just cringed I crowded her

" Take the fold" I hissed and she did gulping I didn't need squirming for what would happen next and I didn't need witnesses either, she looked at it as if she was going to say no again,but then she tied the band around her head blocking her eyes from the light, I took her hand and led her to my inner sanctuary

The girl stiffened and I smiled, I kissed her soft at first, coaxing her into the act, running my hands over her waist to her chest, then into her dress to play with her nipples,she moaned and I sighed the pleasure suffusing my skin,so I felt like I was riding a wave.

I tugged at her dress and bra pulling it off her shoulder she gripped my shoulders her voice thinning with each thrust as we rolled on the bed, I rolled back over her taking her hips and thrusting into her, she cried out in pain,no pleasure , I was ecstatic and then not all at once , I pulled in and out of her over and over.I pressed my fingers against her neck

Yes, that was what I was looking for, I hissed in impatient.

She was close, very close, I reached for her neck wrapping my hand around her neck, it was a soft grip nothing to get frightened about, she tightened around me, her pussy milking the pleasure out of me, but I stilled waiting for her pleasure to be over, I needed her to go through phases for this, as her body settled I leaned into her and tightened my grip around her neck, she spluttered, her hands moving up to tap my hand, I laughed pulling out of her and thrusting back in again, she was thrashing on the bed like a banshee, her screams cut off by my hand making me smile

"Take it easy" I whispered kissing her cheeks as I squeezed even tighter, tears leaked from her eyes running down a straight line over the mask, I smiled as the statue lightened, fear filled her now permeating the room her hands reached for my face, scratching at me. I could feel the life draining out of her her legs wriggling against the sheets,they weren't still first, then her hand followed, crashing to the bed, the first one, then the next, fingers going limp, she lay down there as I stiffened,coming inside her, my back arched and I shivered. This never got old.

I took my hand away for her neck and pulled off her, I stood from her still warm body,as the pleasure faded I looked to the body, the mess I had to clean up.

It didn't matter though, my head felt calmer now the plotting could continue.