Chapter 7

Grayson

I stretch every muscle that I possibly can as I yawn and grab myself a towel before starting the shower.

"Well, she's awful. I already hate her," I hear Ash grumble from my bedroom.

"Yeah, well I'm going to get rid of her soon," I scoff as I stand under the shower head.

I'm going to get rid of her and that little rat she carries everywhere.

I can't help but let my mind wander to those times. During those times that we spent together, her soft feet curled into my torso, and my arms wrapped around her waist, dragging my nose along her neck as I whispered into her ear how much I loved her.

I drown that memory in the hot flow of water before I instinctively open my eyes and I see Ash standing in front of me.

"Dude, a bit of privacy please."

Ash shakes his head and points to my dick. "You still fucking love her, don't you?"

"No, I don't."

"So why are you hard?"

I crease my forehead and look down, and when I do, I know what he's talking about.

My dick is rock hard.

I didn't even know.

Why?

"I hope your love for her doesn't get us all killed," Ash snarls before turning away.

"Wait, why were you even in the bathroom with me in the first place?"

He doesn't reply. Instead, he heads outside, slamming the door behind him.

Okay, let's not talk about what just happened.

After having a shower, I put on my trousers and jog to the staircase. We need to go in an hour and I really hope everything goes according to plan. My plan.

I put my collar right before heading down the stairs but before I know it, my legs slip from underneath me, as I try to hold the banister for support. I lose my balance and I tumble down the remaining stairs, trying to shield my head from injury.

I land hard on the tiled floor, and my knees and elbows sting from the pain. I groan, and as much as I want to shout out in pain right now, I don't.

"Dude, are you okay?" Ash comes to help me up but I shake my head and swat his hands away.

"What? You didn't wipe your feet dry before you came down the stairs?" Scarlett's voice mocks me and I grunt, using my strength to wake up.

I touch on my temple where I feel an ice liquid and when I look at my fingers, there is blood coating them.

The only thing I can do is snicker.

"Body wash, really?" I snicker again and shake my head.

RD looks at me confused while Scarlett knows exactly what I'm talking about.

"What are you babbling about?" Ash asks while he hands me a bag of ice.

"She," I start while pointing a finger at Scarlett, "purposely dropped body wash all over the staircase so I can trip and fall."

RD doesn't believe me so he runs up the staircase but quickly grabs on for support.

"He's not lying. It smells like lavender."

"Only the best," Scarlett smiles before walking away.

"That bitch," Ash laughs, he storms towards her but I stop him.

"Ash, stop. We have to go. Are you ready?" I ask while I hold the ice to my head.

"Always," he smirks.

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Scarlett

I put on my luxurious black, crystal-beaded mermaid dress and heavy eye makeup to complete the look. My lips are dark red and my hair is opened in loose long curls.

I hold my purse to my stomach as I walk and make my way to the black Ferrari, ignoring the gazes of these three men.

I jump into the vehicle with Ryker before he speeds off.

"You look, um, nice. Stunning actually," Ryker compliments and adds a small smile.

"Thank you. You look good yourself, Ryker."

He glances in my direction and back on the road.

Mumbling goes about in my earpiece. Oh right, I forgot about the earpiece.

"Well, if you both are done with your compliments, can we continue with the plan?"

"Right," Ryket starts before shifting in his seat," I will be in the vehicle, hacking the system as well as the cameras. You guys will go through the front, under the fake names which I will register under the VIP list."

Jayden aka Grayson, starts talking. "Good, then I will enter with my date, Scarlett," he drags my name out.

"And I will enter 10 minutes after you guys, I will get rid of the guards and whoever else comes in my way," Ash adds.

Ryker looks at me. "Do you know what you have to do?"

I nod. "Grab Luis Romano. Dance with him and get his fingerprints."

"Ah, so she does listen," I hear a comment coming from the earpiece.

What? It's going to be a piece of cake. We have to go inside, get his fingerprints, and get his retinal scan. It's also password-protected so we have to somehow get the code.

Okay...maybe not as easy as it sounds.

The car comes to a halt and I jump out. I swap and go to Jayden's side and Ryker jumps in the van that Ash was driving.

Okay. Let's do this.

I walk gracefully arm-in-arm with Jayden before we stop at the bodyguard.

We stop at the entrance of a mansion and I smile at the bodyguard.

"Names?" The bodyguard asks while he looks down at his tablet.

This is where I go blank. What are our names? Do we make it up or say the name that will be given through the earpiece, which is unknown at the moment?

"Oh, name. Name," Jayden starts.

"Yes, name."

"Make something up," I hear Ryker panic.

"My name is, uh..."

The bodyguard starts getting suspicious so I go for it.

"His name is Jayden Franco," I answer as I hold his chest. "He gets nervous, sorry about that. My name is Elaina Archer."

The bodyguard scrolls on his tablet and shakes his head. "You're not on here."

I start to panic but just then I hear Ryker say that he got it.

"Could you look again?"

The bodyguard nods and looks down at his screen and apologies and says that he must've missed it. He then lets us go inside.

So far, it's not going that great. I hope everything goes according to plan.

"So you decided to give my real name."

"Not real name anymore, you've changed it to Grayson, remember?" I whisper before stopping at a security guard who needs to check our bags.

Holy shit.

Grayson and I exchange worried looks before stepping closer. There are two ladies in front of us and when they get their belongings checked, it's us.

My gun sits inside my bag and I try to hold my breath.

Oh lord.