TWENTY EIGHT. From The Darkest Side
Logan had dozens of eyes scattered all over the place in his house. No one knew that their every move was being watched because Logan would make sure it was never discovered by anyone but himself. They all thought he was stupid, he turned a blind eye to the things they did in his house. But no. He never stood still to see a rat living under the roof of his mansion. Logan would make sure the rat died under his feet.
Switching to another monitor, Logan saw Riley daydreaming alone on the balcony. Her soft body leaned against the balcony railing. Logan gulped nervously as he watched what was gently pressing against the balcony railing. A pair of beautiful breasts, which were supple and plump. Something he had seen once by accident. And now he even wanted to see it again. He would never stop craving Riley if he hadn't tasted her and touched her beautiful body.
Shit!
Logan forced his dirty mind to stop imagining Riley. Any erotic image of Riley always disturbed his rationality. Riley's body poisoned his mind worse than he had imagined. Especially since Riley was hiding behind her deceptive, innocent face. Riley wasn't that innocent. She was a bitch.
He shifted his gaze from Riley's soft body to the brown strands of her hair that fluttered in the cold autumn wind. Her face looked very peaceful as the gentle breeze caressed her pretty face gently. Logan didn't want to admit that he admired Riley. The first time he saw Riley in the hospital, he had felt a strong attraction to her.
Too bad, Riley would only be a donor. A woman who lent her womb to give birth to his baby. He couldn't have Riley forever. It was too risky for him and Riley. But he was excited by the idea of touching Riley and tasting her hot body.
While Logan was admiring Riley with his dirty thoughts, he suddenly saw Riley moving restlessly near the balcony railing. Her body was no longer leaning against the balcony railing, but Riley was seen hiding behind the balcony railing. Her palms gripped the bar tightly, like she was scared and nervous.
Logan frowned. He was trying to find out what had been bothering Riley. What made Riley suddenly scared in his very safe house?
Logan searched for the person who was a threat to Riley all over the monitor screen. The living room was clean from anyone. The dining room had just been cleaned by Kaella. His maids were now gossiping near the kitchen door. Logan shrugged nonchalantly, seeing his maids gossiping. They were not dangerous people. Even if they gossiped about him, it wouldn't be a problem for him.
Logan scanned every room in his mansion. There was nothing suspicious. Everything was clean. Except for one point that might be the center of all Riley's attention right now. In his dark garden, there was a rat peeking under a maple tree. The speakers he installed around his garden caught the man's voice clearly. All his plans to betray him tomorrow night. He sounded like the smartest man in the world. Logan smirked. The rat didn't know that Logan Hatcher always had a thousand and one tricks to fool and catch him.
Logan let the rat continue to squeak in the shadow of the dark maple tree. His voice was arrogant and hoarse. Logan could imagine the joy that was welling up in the man's heart because he was going to get a bonus from his real boss for stealing a piece of information from him.
Now, he knew that the shooting incident at the bar wasn’t just a coincidence. A group of gunmen were sent to kill him. But the real mastermind was still out there, trying harder to get revenge on him for the death of his daughter.
“Tomorrow there will be a party at one of his casinos. Logan would take the woman with him. I think Logan will introduce her to all his business partners."
The rat squeaked again. This time his voice was lower and more dangerous. Every note of his voice contained a thick layer of confidence. Logan smirked slyly. He did have plans to take Riley out of the mansion tomorrow night. He would use Riley as his pawn to lure his enemies out of hiding.
Cigarette smoke billowed into the air along with his deep sigh. He slumped in his chair. His head tilted to the ceiling, his breathing getting heavier with the cigarette smoke billowing above his head.
"Tomorrow will be your last day, rat," Logan muttered hoarsely and viciously.
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In the middle of the silent night, the sound of Logan's footsteps echoed softly across the marble floor of his mansion. Logan moved very effectively down the dark halls of his house, then he turned right. A large painting, a portrait of his great-grandfather grinning viciously at him, stuck perfectly to the wall. Logan smirked back at his great-grandfather's portrait. He placed the gift he had brought for Riley on the floor and shifted the giant painting, so he could find a gap behind the painting. He pulled out an iron panel hidden behind his great-grandfather's painting. The wall in front of him suddenly split open, forming a small crack the size of his body.
Logan shifted the wall to the right and stepped inside. The sweet scent emitted by Riley wafted around his sense of smell. Logan smirked when he saw Riley curled up on the bed, looking so soft and fragile.
In the silence and darkness of the night, Logan walked around Riley's room. He crossed the marble floor covered with a thick fur carpet. His steps stopped right beside Riley's bed. His body towered, casting jet-black shadows over Riley's body, who was curled up like a baby on her bed. Logan looked like a scary beast. But he didn't care. He just wanted to give a rose and a box of chocolates to his precious pawn.
Logan lowered his face near Riley's ear and whispered, “Sweet dreams, Sweetheart. Hope you like my gift."
Riley's scent was poisoning Logan's mind again. His eyes were glassy, and his head was spinning with lust that was starting to surge inside him. He'd better finish his plan to kill the rat and move on to the next plan to impregnate Riley. He didn't want to wait any longer to touch Riley. When Riley was ready, he would claim her body as his. And he would plant his seed in Riley's womb.
One minute later, Logan managed to straighten his body without touching Riley at all. He managed to resist all the sweet temptations and walked out slowly through the same crack in Riley's bedroom wall. He then closed it again, tightly, as if it was just an ordinary wall with no cracks that could be used as a shortcut to infiltrate Riley's room.
Riley would be surprised to find the gifts in her room tomorrow. She would never know that he had been watching her from the darkest corner of his room.