"My parents always wonder when they're going to meet you, so now you'll finally get the chance." Rian shouts over the music, and my heartbeat quickens.

I'm meeting his parents.

My heart beat thumps so hard that if it were going any faster, it would jump out of my chest. I take deep breaths in and out, trying to calm myself down.

Just breathe, Alex. The man you love is introducing you to his parents.

That's a big deal!

Don't fuck this up, Alex.

Shut up! You're only making yourself more nervous!

Am I sweating in my dress right now?

Shit, shit, shit!

My thoughts fight back and forth with each other, and I place a hand on my speeding heart. Just breathe.

In, out, in.

"Why am I so nervous?" I ask, wiping my palms on my dress.

"I don't know why, Alex. My parents will love you. You have no reason to be filled with disquietude." Rian reassures me, placing his strong hands on my shoulders.

I smile at him and take his hand as we walk up the stairs, and we aimlessly search for his parents.

"Rian?" A female voice calls out, and I see a smile split his face.

"Mom!" Rian exclaims, and he pulls her into his arms for an embrace.

I see a man walk up next to his mom, who Rian also hugs.

"Mom, Dad, this is my girlfriend Alexandrianna Hawkins. She's the girl I've been speaking to you guys about." Rian says, and I smile.

"It's nice to finally meet you, dear! You look wonderful." His mother says, and she wraps her little arms around me.

"Thank you, so do you. You look really beautiful. If I can recall, your name is Emmanuelle, right?" I ask politely, and she nods.

"Yes, that's my name. This is my husband, Daniel." She says, gesturing the man standing next to her.

I hold my hand out to shake, and he shakes it firmly. Kind of like how Rian shook my hand after we introduced ourselves to each other. I remember the tears in Rian's eyes as he talked to me about his father having cancer, and how he won't be able to get his life back because his condition is too severe.

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Peterson." I say amiably, and he smiles.

"No wonder you fell for the girl, Rian. You're quite easy on the eyes, Ms. Hawkins." His father says, and I smile before thanking him.

"I could say the same about your son." I reply, and they both laugh.

"How long have you been dating now?" Daniel asks.

"A few months," Rian and I reply in unison.

"You guys make a wonderful couple, and I'm happy for you guys. You look truly happy together. Does Rian treat you well?" Emmanuelle asks.

"Of course he does! Rian tells me all the time about how you guys would teach him how to have basic manners and chivalry, and he definitely lives up to what he's learned from you." I say, and I watch his parents nod approvingly.

"Good. We're very proud of you, son. Would you like to come down to the pier with us?" Daniel offers, and I see Rian shake his head.

"Not now, but later on we will. I want to introduce everyone to Alex first." Rian says, and I smile at him.

"Excuse me, I'm going to go get something to drink." I say politely, and they all nod.

I walk around his parents, and I sashay over to the refreshment table. I can feel Rian's burning gaze on my body, and I can tell which part of my body he's looking at because the heat travels down to my legs and my butt. I turn around with a glass in my hand, and I stare at Rian through the gap that his parents form. I slowly sip from the glass, licking my lips afterwards. I give him a smirk before continuing to drink, and after I swallow the last of it, I lick my lips again and I wink at him. I walk back over to him, looking him up and down as I slowly slide my hand around his waist.

"You seem like a really lovely girl, Alexandrianna. The four of us should have brunch together to get to know you more." Emmanuelle suggests, and Rian and Daniel nod together.

"Of—, of course! That'd be wonderful, Mrs. Peterson." I say, stumbling over my words.

"Emmanuelle, Daniel!" A man calls out, and they simultaneously turn their heads before walking over to him.

"Guess I wasn't interesting enough for them." I say, awkwardly looking down at my shoes.

"They've known him since they first got married and that was a long time ago. Don't think negatively, there's a lot of people here that know them so people are going to be pulling them left and right. At the pier we'll talk more. Okay?" Rian says, rubbing my shoulder.

"Of course." I say, nodding instantly while trying to perk up.

Rian protectively holds me at the waist as we walk back down the stairs. Once we reach the bottom, Rian's eyes light up for a split second.

"Jess, come here! I'd like you to meet my girlfriend." Rian calls out, and a petite woman turns around.

Jess, a pretty blonde woman with pale skin and icy blue eyes smiles at the both of us. She has curly hair, and she wears a pale pink dress with an ornate cut out design on the back, and glittery heels.

Jess walks hand in hand over to us with a tall, slender Asian man and they smile at each other before holding out their hands for me to shake.

"Hi, I'm Jessica. This is my husband, Mamoru." She says kindly, introducing us to him.

"Nice to meet you, Alexandrianna. Rian has told us wonderful things about you." Mamoru says, and I smile at the both of them.

"Nice to meet you, too. Just call me Alex." I say politely, shaking both of their hands.

"Jessica and I have been married for a little over a year now, and I couldn't be happier." Mamoru says, and Jessica smiles brightly at him before they kiss.

They're a really cute couple.

"Jessica and I are colleagues, and we've known each other for a little while now. She's kind of like another sister to me, in a way." Rian says, giving her a small grin.

Even though he just explained that she's like a sister to him, jealousy still courses through me because of how they smiled and looked at each other.

I straighten my posture, and I fake a grin before placing my hand on his shoulder. My hand slowly, involuntarily, traces his back slowly. I feel him shiver slightly against my fingertips, and I give him a small smirk. I glide my fingers down towards the small of his back, and I trace circles leisurely. I hear a low moan come from his throat, low enough for only me to hear.

"Alexandrianna and I need to go discuss something in private, so if you'll excuse us." Rian says politely, clearing his throat, and I look over at him with a confused look.

"Of course, we'll see you around." Jessica says kindly, and she walks off while holding Mamoru's hand.

Rian grabs my hand, and I'm following behind him as we walk through the countless amount of hallways, and down the stairs into a sequestered room. He opens the door for me, and I enter the room. I see two large couches facing each other, and grandiloquent chandeliers and paintings are all around the room. The room is a warm room, with only the colors of deep red, black, and gold. It reminds me of a 17th-century boudoir that only the most superior queen would inhabit.

"What is this?" I ask curiously, skimming my hand along the wall as I look at the paintings.

"A drawing room, people come here for entertainment." Rian says, and I stare in awe at the extravagance of the room.

I'm surprised nobody occupies the entertainment room, considering the fact that the night is all about entertainment. Ironic.

"It's beautiful," I say, gaping up at the detailing of the columns. "Why'd you bring me here?" I ask.

"To talk about what you were doing out there." He says, pointing towards the door.

"What are you talking about?" I ask coyly, arching an eyebrow at him.

"You know exactly what, Alex. Sneakily trying to seduce me around my colleagues and family, that's what." Rian says, stepping closer to me.

I bite my lip and look up at him, and I can tell that he's trying to hold back. He's trying so hard, but I know it'll fly out of the window within a matter of seconds.

"Were you intending to?" Rian asks, and his warm breath fans my face.

"Intending to what?" I ask, acting clueless.

"Intending to seduce me." Rian says, and I bite my lip before smirking at him.

"Maybe I wasn't, maybe I was. I guess you won't really know until you do something about it." I say, and my lips brush against his.

My body is pressed against his, and my lipstick leaves marks under his jaw as I kiss and suck on it gently.

"Fuck it." He growls, and he grabs my butt before backing me into a wall.

I smile at how easily tempted he is, and the effect I have on him. He sucks and bites on the sensitive skin on my neck, and my body combusts in his hands. I remove his tuxedo jacket, and he stares me directly in the eyes as he removes his tie.

"You drive me over the edge," He says quietly. "And I love it so fucking much."

"Good." I reply, and start unbuttoning his pants.

"Take out your phone," He says, and I pull back in confusion. "I want to try something."

I take my phone out of my bag, and I enter my passcode before handing it to him. I see him open up the clock application, and I smile.

A sex game.

"Ah, I see what this is." I say breathily, and he nods.

"How long should I set it?"

"Fifteen minutes, that's more than enough." I say, impatiently pulling down his pants.

"Are you sure?"

"A lot can happen in fifteen minutes with you, Rian." I say.

I smirk at him, and he does the same before I get to my knees and pull down his boxer briefs. He takes his hardness and puts it in my mouth for me, and my sucking is wild and frenzied, which I can tell Rian enjoys. He's at the back of my throat, and I look up at him as I slowly take his firmness out of my mouth and begin to caress it. My tongue swirls carefully, and Rian's breathing is becoming ragged.

"Keep going, baby. Jesus." He moans desperately, and I go slower to make him beg and his body shakes fiercely.

I do as he says, and my hand massages his length while my lips wrap around it. My eyes pierce into his as I do this, and he smirks before a light chuckle comes from him.

"Come here." He demands, and after a while, he grabs my head and pulls me up to his lips.

"Turn around." He instructs, and I do as he says.

His hands tug the zipper of my dress, and I eagerly wriggle it off of my body. My hands brace the fireplace that we're in front of, and I feel one of his hands travel to the front of my body and down in between my legs. I moan when his skilled fingers work the warmth in between my legs, and I try to stifle my moans so that I'm not too loud.

"Rian." I whimper, and he kisses my cheek.

"Louder, I want to hear you scream it. Be as loud as you want to, baby. Nobody can hear us down here." Rian says, and he begins suckling on my earlobe.

Just like that, my back arches and writhes against him, and punctuated gasps come loudly from me. I grab his hand, and I try forcing it off, but he keeps it there, going faster. I nearly fall to my knees because the sensation began to claim me. The orgasm becoming so intense that my eyes roll to the back of my head.

"Oh, shit." I say through a ragged sigh, and I place my hand on the wall to support myself.

"Yeah, you like that don't you?" Rian asks, and his breath tickles my earlobe.

I nod quickly, licking my lips, and Rian laughs into my ear. He turns me around and holds my hands above my head and begins to suck on my neck. I bite my lip, and a shaky moan comes from my throat. His warm lips travel from my neck to my breasts, and from my breasts to my inner thighs. Rian's eyes look up, and they pierce into mine. Rian slowly tortures me by just kissing on my thighs instead of where I most ached for fulfillment.

"Stop teasing me." I beg, and we both laugh.

"It's only fair that I do what you did to me." He replies in a low voice, and every nerve ending in my body vibrates.

His warm tongue whisks over the most sensitive part of the wetness in between my legs. I hold his head against my warmth and his tongue swirls wildly. My back arches off of the wall, and I watch him slip his finger slowly inside of me.

My eyes roll to the back of my head instantly, and his finger moves torturously slow inside of me. I beg for him to go faster, and both his tongue and his finger follow my command. My moans become erratic, and I have a desperate grip on his hair. Rian's eyes claim me as they pierce into mine as his tongue flicks up and down, and the pleasure is so strong that my vision blackens at the edges for a few seconds. My body feels like it's made out of nothing but silicone and lava as everything inside of me bursts.

Rian soon kisses up my body again, kissing every inch of bare skin that his lips are in the vicinity of before his lips reach mine.

I jump into his arms, and he slams us against the wall, which results in a picture falling off. He eases himself inside of me, and I rest my chin on his shoulder while he continues to plunge deeply into my core. I hold onto him as tight as I can, and we're both moaning expletives into each other's ears. He moves us away from the wall, and we crash onto one of the couches. He lifts my leg and rests it on his shoulder while he thrusts more slowly.

"Faster, please." I beg, and I moan into the cushion.

I begin to wiggle my hips, and my body is uncontrollably writhing underneath him. Rian lets out a loud moan, and stops thrusting, letting me have control of our motion.

"Yeah, work against me like that. Don't stop, that feels so damn good." Rian begs breathlessly, and I let out a giggle.

Rian throws his head back, and my body quivers and pulsates as I continue and all self control leaves my body as I groan in desperation. I lift my body, and he gives me a small smile before we kiss.

The timer on my phone goes off, and Rian is completely oblivious to it.

"Rian," I say through a laugh as he kisses my neck. "The timer."

"I don't care about the timer, Alexandrianna." He says through a moan, and I smile up at him.

"Neither do I." I reply.

I pick my phone off of the table to stop it. Rian lays my body down again, and is hovering over me as he drives himself deep, and hard. We move in perfect harmony.

"Yes! Yes!" I cry out, and Rian laughs against my neck.

"Yeah, that's it. Moan for me, Alex. Moan my name!" Rian demands, and he breathes raggedly.

"Rian! Oh, my God!" I grunt loudly, and I dig my nails into his back.

I hear the door open, and my eyes widen and my mouth closes.

"Hello? Is anybody in here?" The voice asks, and my body goes rigid and still.

Rian, on the other hand, keeps going. I'm trying my hardest not to moan, but the way Rian's thrusting into me hits the right spot each time. He presses his lips to mine, to keep me quiet. He takes his mouth off of mine suddenly, and begins to test me by using his fingers to stimulate my sensitivity, trying to drive me crazy. I clamp my hand over my mouth, and the look on Rian's face is proud, and boastful. A smile creeps up on his face in amusement.

The door closes again, and I take my hand off of my mouth and smack his sweat glistening abs. He laughs and lays on his side behind me, and I feel him enter me again. I undulate against him, and I whimper while holding his hand tightly. He kisses my neck and earlobe softly, and we both breathe in short, heated breaths. The rhythm of our motion becomes desperate, and slightly gentle as he forces himself to keep going.

"You're mine, all mine." He moans into my ear.

Uncontrollable, shuddering contractions overwhelm my body as I'm basically shaking like a leaf. Lightning bolts of pleasure strike. That final moment of ecstasy has us both moaning crazily, and Rian stiffens as I cause him to spill himself all over my torso.

"Holy fucking shit," Rian moans. "Damn."

I look over at him, batting my eyelashes innocently. I take my fingers and glide them on my torso, and I swallow what covers my fingertips as I look Rian directly in the eyes.

"I'm so glad that you have no self control, Rian. That was nice." I say, breathing heavily.

"That was more than nice, Alex." Rian says, and I smile.

"Okay, we need to get dressed and go back to the party. People will start to realize that we're not there and get suspicious." I say, getting off of the couch.

"So? Let them be suspicious." Rian says in a tempting voice.

My legs feel like they've been replaced with rubber, and I still have my heels on, so I'm probably walking like a newborn deer. I fan myself off and lean against the cool wall to try and remove some sweat off of my body.

He stands up and walks over to me, kissing my neck while he holds my shoulders. I turn around and we slowly kiss each other, and he pulls me against his body. Our lips brush together, and I hold his waist while our mouths collide together. Our kissing starts off sweet, soft and gentle. After a while, our kissing is audible again and desperate.

"Okay," I say after pulling away from him. "We need to stop before we lose our self control again."

"Self control is overrated, Alexandrianna." He says, biting his lip.

"Self control is basically non existent when we're together, Rian." I say through a laugh.

I pick up my bra, underwear, and my dress and put them all on again. Rian watches me while he buttons up his shirt, and I reapply my lipstick to my mouth because it's smudged. I stretch out my arms, and I let out a sigh when my body feels relaxed. I take out my rollerball of perfume and spray it on me so that I don't have the aroma of sex clinging onto my body.

"Why are you putting on perfume?" Rian asks, and I snicker.

"It's pretty self explanatory why I'm putting it on. I am around all of these people, and some of them being your family." I explain, and Rian raises his eyebrows.

"I don't care what people think, Alexandrianna." He says, and I smile.

"I thought you said that nobody would hear us, too, Rian." I say, and he laughs.

"I lied, I just love how you sound."

"So you basically wanted us to get caught because you love how I sound?" I ask, and he unashamedly nods.

"Are you complaining?" He teases, and I automatically shake my head.

"Hell no."

"Yes, I would've risked it. I love how you moan my name when you're close." Rian says, and I kiss him.

"I love you." I say, looking into his eyes.

"I love you, too." He says, and pulls me in for a final kiss.

We both sigh, and shake our bodies out before we hold hands and walk back upstairs to the party. The loud music isn't muffled anymore, and it almost hurts my ears at first.

"How did someone manage to hear us over this music?" I ask into Rian's ear, and he just snickers before shrugging.

I smack his shoulder playfully, causing us to both laugh. Rian wraps his arm around my shoulder, smiling brightly at me as we walk through the crowd of people to get to the refreshment table.

As I turn my head to the left, my heart stops, and white hot anger races through me.