The Mafia's Obsession: Love Me, Love Me Not

Claire

When this day started, it started with joy. It was my birthday, I'd expected laughter, celebration, not betrayal.

I found myself standing inside my boyfriend's apartment, listening to pounding sounds and lewd moans from his bedroom. My bag fell to the floor and I staggered on my feet.

'No, this isn't happening. It must be a silly nightmare.'

Two days ago my boyfriend Nolan had gone on a business trip, he'd called me just this morning to wish me.

'Happy birthday Baby, I'm sorry I can't come back for your birthday. The meetings have been hectic but I promise I'll make it up to you when I get back next week. Enjoy your day.'

Those sweet words had been lingering in my mind throughout the entire day, how could they be lies?

By coincidence I'd left the dress I'd had custom made for my birthday in his apartment the day I'd come to wear it to get his approval, he'd probably forgotten about it. He'd even praised me on how sexy I looked in the dress and had tried to get me in bed but I stopped him.

The vow I'd made to follow my family legacy of keeping my virginity till twenty one still remained, I'd urged him to be a little patient till my birthday and he'd have my whole body all to himself.

Tonight I'd made plans with my friends to go on a special night out to celebrate my birthday and I had no backup outfit to wear, luckily I had Nolan's spare apartment keys with me so I came to his place right away only to be greeted by sounds of crazy sex from the bedroom.

I took a deep breath.

Maybe I was overthinking, maybe it wasn't him.

What if he'd given his keys to one of his friends and the person brought in a girl to have fun.

Regardless of those thoughts, I had to see for myself.

I walked hesitantly to the door, slowly turning the knob till I could see inside the room. At that moment Nolan grunted his release inside her, I knew that voice.

My heart clenched painfully.

"Babe, you shouldn't have come inside me. What if I get pregnant?"

"It doesn't matter Baby, we're getting married in a few months anyway. It'll be great to start a family early."

He was getting married?

"Bastard!" The curse came out of my throat angrily.

"Shit! What the hell?"

Nolan jumped off the bed hastily grabbing his pants and wearing them.

When I saw the girl's face I was taken aback.

I'd seen him with her several times, but anytime I asked he always told me she was his friend's fiance.

"You liar!" I cried hearing my voice break.

"Babe, isn't she your brother's girlfriend? How dare she break in here like that?" The girl on the bed yelled.

"I should have known. So this is the reason you told me I couldn't come to your apartment unless you invited me. You told me that your Mom frequently comes here and you didn't want her asking questions, you only used to bring me here occasionally. I should have suspected something you bastard!"

"What the hell is she talking about?" The girl looked from me to Nolan.

"Claire, don't talk nonsense. Who the hell gave you the right to break into my apartment? Did you come here deliberately to cause a feud between my fiancee and I?"

The jerk had the guts to play pretend in front of me.

Tears welled in my eyes blurring my vision through the glasses I wore.

The girl on the bed stared at me viciously.

"Oh, so this is what you intend to do. I know girls like you, you're coveting my fiance so you came here to create a lie? Let me tell you something, Nolan and I love each other deeply, nothing you say can ruin our relationship. Disgusting slut, get out of here!"

I swallowed the tears in my throat and scoffed.

How easily I'd fallen for this jerk's words a year ago when he courted me, turns out I was nothing but his other woman.

No wonder he tried to get in my pants impatiently and got angry whenever I denied due to the vow I'd made. My mom had always told me about our family legacy, women in our family always kept their virginity till the age of twenty one, after losing my mom years ago, in memory of her I wanted to keep this legacy so I never allowed any man to touch me.

Whenever Nolan tried to get me to bed I always pleaded with him to wait, I'd planned our special moment for tonight but thinking he was out of town, I rescheduled it to whenever he got back. To think I was actually eager to give my virginity to the lying jerk.

That was probably all I was to him. Another girl he would have fun and sleep with before his wedding.

I felt immense pain in my heart, but I realized that a bastard like Nolan wasn't worth any effort.

"I pity you." I said to the girl covering her nakedness with the sheets, "This bastard cheated on you once, he'll cheat on you again and again. Go ahead and marry him, but expect a lifetime of misery."

Nolan couldn't bear to hear me say another word seeing how the girls' eyes narrowed.

"Shut up!" He yelled at me. "Sorry Baby, I'll get this crazy girl out of here."

Before I could say another word he grabbed my arm and dragged me out of his apartment.

"Let go of me you bastard!" I tried to get his hands off me but he was stronger.

"Now that you know the truth don't you dare try to sabotage my relationship with Fiona, she's way above you and she's the daughter of a very important person. We're getting married, I initially planned to have fun with you after your birthday before breaking it off but what to do, you already found out so don't ever come back here again." He said while dragging me out of the building like some trash he could get rid of.

The anger rose in my chest and I furiously stomped my heel in his leg.

"Argh!"

I didn't stop there, I raised my knee to his groin and felt him recoil in pain.

"A jerk like you deserves that and more. Be happy with your dumb fiancee if she never finds out the cheating bastard you are!"

With that, I turned around and walked out of the building.

Tonight was my twenty first birthday and it started very sour and bitter leaving a wrenching pain in my heart, but I certainly won't let it end this way.

***

"Oh Claire, I can't believe Nolan is a cheating bastard! You were just his other woman?" Leanne, my best friend muttered sympathetically as she pulled me in a hug while I was sulking in my apartment wearing pajamas and covering myself in a thick blanket to drown out my sorrows by wallowing on my couch.

I sighed, leaning into her hug.

"Listen, you were too good for him anyway. Me and the girls thought so but since you loved him so much, we didn't want to ruin your happiness."

"Thank you Lea, I know he's the asshole for lying and cheating but I can't help but feel hurt." I said softly pushing back tears threatening to spill.

"Aww, don't cry." Leanne hugged me again, tighter this time then pulled away again as I sniffed.

"This won't do, today is your birthday. We can't just have you dwelling in heartbreak. I'm going to prove to you that you can do way better. Come on get up."

Leanne tried to pull me up and I didn't move, still sitting weakly.

"I can't do anything today, can we do it tomorrow instead?" I whined.

"No way. I'm calling Jessy and May, we're still having our nights out but only the location will change."

I stared at her weirdly, "What are you planning to do?"

The glint in her eyes told me she was planning something wild.

"Your family legacy ends today right? Now that you're twenty one, you can finally let loose and lose your virginity."

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with...?" Before I could finish my question, Leanne had disappeared into my room searching through my closet, I was certain she would find nothing in there but baggy jeans and plain white tops, my go to outfits.

"Don't you have anything other than casual wear in here?" She asked and I finally got off the couch following her into the room.

"Why buy clothes I won't wear, the only thing I wear Is casual." I shrugged.

She grumbled still searching before her eyes lit up, "What about the present I sent you this morning?"

"It's down there near the dresser. But why...?" She bolted past me again and grabbed the still wrapped box shoving it in my arms.

"Happy birthday bestie, now open it."

I scoffed playfully and began to unwrap the box, a thin fabric was sitting inside. I pulled it up trying to fathom what it was.

"That's a dress, you'll be wearing that tonight since the princess dress you had made is still with that asshole."

"This is a dress? Where's the rest of it?" I joked.

It was tiny and scandalous.

"I got that for you because I thought you'd need something to wear when you lose your virginity to your boyfriend good thing that sucker never got to touch you. Wear that and we're going to a club tonight, you're going to get laid."

I opened my mouth to speak but Lea didn't even let me talk, she pushed me here and there, dressing me up by herself and dabbing makeup to my puffy face.

I looked so different from my usual self. My eyes were laced deep in dark smoky shadows that brought out the light blue in my orbs, my lips deep red like a sultry vixen, the mistress of seduction.

I couldn't believe that I actually looked hot.

Lea watched me in satisfaction, "Guys will be all over you tonight sexy mama." She joked, "Now let's go!"

Before I knew it, we were out of the apartment and in her car.

"I'm not losing my virginity to a stranger Lea." I said as she pulled me into a bustling singles club.

"Yes you are. All your life you've stuffed yourself into this conservative ball, now that you're twenty one it's time to get wild. Don't let yourself miss out on the crazy things in life. Let loose, I promise you after tonight, you won't even remember a jerk like Nolan exists."

It was tempting.

I sighed and then nodded. Leanne squealed and dragged me into the club. We entered a separate booth where Jessy and May were already waiting for us.

"Hi girls." Leanne greeted.

"Hey!!" They cooed.

"Oh my, you look hot!" Jessy commented, eyes flowing over my body.

"Girl, who's Nolan, that bastard is dead, and this hot goddess came out of it. Don't worry about a bastard like him, have fun tonight and get over his sorry ass."

They deliberately didn't show too much sympathy in order not to ruin the mood of the night.

"Thanks girls." I took my seat, pulling down the tiny black dress on my body that barely covered my thighs. It made my boobs and butt stick out, something I wasn't used to.

They sang a happy birthday song making me blow out candles on the cake.

We ordered drinks and chatted for a while before Leanne pulled me to the dance floor.

"Come on, you're not going to attract anyone sitting stiffly in that booth."

She swayed to the booming music winking at me as she twirled her hips.

"Can you beat that?"

I rolled my eyes laughing.

"You asked for it."

With the few glasses of wine I'd had and the music in my ears, my body moved in a sultry way I'd usually keep to the privacy of my apartment, dancing sexily with no one watching.

This time there were eyes watching but I didn't care.

I let the ache in my heart drown away as I danced when a prickling feeling rose on my neck.

I felt eyes watching me, but it didn't feel like ordinary eyes.

I felt a strange chill in my body.

Stopping my movements, I slowly turned to the direction the gaze came from.

Above in the VIP booth sat a man with the aura of a king. His legs crossed as he watched me.

His eyes fixated on me made me feel like my body was melting under his heated gaze.

Deep eyes that looked golden from the distance.

His lips tilted up in a smirk and he stared at me in utter fascination, I felt my heart stop.

Who is he?

Vincent.

"You mad fucker! You can't get any information out of me!"

I smirked watching the man I held captive. He was tied to a chair, missing several limbs from the interrogation, but he still didn't budge.

I played with the gun in my hands, twirling it here and there.

"You're a stubborn one huh?" I stood up from my seat crossing over to the chair the captive was tied.

"I admire loyalty, it's the one thing I seek in all the people around me. So before I send you to hell, know that your loyalty has my infinite admiration."

The man's eyes quivered, blood dripping from the side of his face into his mouth. I could hear his teeth chattering from cold, he'd been dunked in ice, burned, lost several fingers but he still refused to budge.

I placed the tip of the gun to his forehead, chuckling at the stubbornness in his eyes before I lowered the gun to his chest at his heart, his eyes were still hard. I lowered it towards his stomach and he glared at me.

"I'll have you know that I love eyes that stare at me with hate. Do you know what hatred does to me?" I taunted, "It gives me power." I said in a sick tone that made the man curl.

I lowered the tip of the gun to the spot between his legs right at his manhood, his eyes went wide this time.

"How do you think it would feel to send a bullet into this little friend of yours down there? I heard the pain is gut wrenching. You'll suffer immensely but it won't kill you. Of course you won't have to worry about your reproductive ability anymore because you'll suffer pain beyond imagination, lose blood and go straight to Lucifer. Say hi to him when you get there huh."

My hand unhesitatingly made to press the trigger when he suddenly howled.

"No, don't!!!" He was trembling, staring at me like the lord of hell himself.

"Have something to say?" I queried.

Turns out a man wasn't afraid to lose his limbs, but the little friend below was a fatal one, it generates both pleasure and pain.

"I'll... I'll talk!"

With a satisfied grin I slapped his face softly, "Good dog. Now speak."

"Before I say anything I need your word first. If you swear that you won't kill me I'll tell you everything."

I cocked my head to the side.

"Such a simple request. Alright I agree, tell me everything I want to know."

"Donatello's right hand man will be bringing the item to a club tonight. They're meeting someone from the Russian mob. The club they'll be meeting at is an unsuspicious shingles club in uptown LA."

I'd gotten my information.

"You should have said this earlier before you lost half your body parts." I tutted, "Nevertheless, you've been very helpful."

"Boom!"

With his eyes wide in disbelief I shot the man in the head.

Rocco walked up to me bringing over a handkerchief to wipe the blood that splashed on my face.

"I thought you promised not to kill him."

"Promised?" I laughed, "I never make promises."

Leaving the rest of my men to clean up the mess I turned around to leave the torture chamber.

"Call Simon to ready the jet, we're flying to LA."

Hours later Rocco and I arrived at the bustling singles club.

"Vince, I just asked around. Donatello's man is a frequent guest of this club, they use this to perform transactions as it is the most unsuspecting place. The bouncer seems loyal, he looked at me suspiciously when I asked. Even after slipping him a hundred he won't say anything."

I hummed.

"Do you know what the man looks like?"

"Donatello's people are very secretive but we should stay low and watch, I think after the last encounter, I'll recognize him if I see him."

"Stay alert." I instructed and we walked up to a VIP booth at the higher floor in the club.

"Natalia called earlier, she wanted to know where you are." Rocco informed.

"And what did you tell her?"

"That she should stop stalking you."

Natalia was my ex girlfriend, broke up with her merely a few days ago and she was constantly on my tail.

It wasn't my fault I got sick of women easily. Natalia had been no different.

I watched every new arrival at the club keenly, waiting for my enemy's man to walk in but even after half an hour of watching, he still didn't show up.

Bored, my eyes lazily fell to the dance floor.

Women of different shapes and sizes swayed to music. But one stood out like a sore thumb.

With slight interest I kept my eyes on her.

She moved like no one was watching. Slightly goofy yet unbelievable alluring at the same time.

My interest grew and I watched her keenly.

Her body was captivating, nice rounded curves beautifully tucked into a short black dress. I enjoyed watching her sway on the dance floor.

She suddenly stopped as if feeling my gaze on her. I waited for her to turn and look up in my direction before I sent her a smug smirk.

Lovely brows furrowed in slight confusion as she cocked her head curiously.

Most girls who caught me staring would walk up to me to try to initiate a conversation.

I was fully confident in my looks to be able to pull any girl without making too much effort, but this one merely stared at me for a few seconds before she turned away seeming uncomfortable as if I were some creep.

"Unbelievable." I scoffed.

She whispered something to another girl dancing beside her then I saw her walk away from the dance floor however some guy stopped her half way.

The guy talked to her for a few minutes and I could tell he was hitting on her.

It appeared she rejected him and made to walk away but he was persistent, he followed her everywhere apparently trying to convince her before she relented going with him to the bar as her friends urged her on.

I didn't take my eyes off her.

Her appearance had certainly distracted me from my agenda here tonight.

The guy ordered a drink for her and I watched them conversing for sometime.

Something about the guy didn't seem right. He slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled something out when she was unaware.

With a knowing smile on my face I leaned towards the railing to watch closely.

I saw him slip a tiny white drug into her drink without the girl knowing.

"That fucker." I suddenly found myself standing up.

I wasn't one to intervene in situations that didn't concern me, but this one caught my interest.

The girl with sparkling blue eyes.

I definitely wouldn't watch this slide.

"Where are you going?" Rocco asked as I suddenly stood up.

"Stay here and watch for our target, I'm going to butt into something that doesn't concern me." I flashed him a grin and walked down the steps but before I could reach the bar, the girl had tipped the glass up downing the entire glass of wine.

That little idiot! Couldn't she tell the guy beside her must have bad intentions?

Claire

"He's cute." Jessy whispered eyeing the strange guy following me around.

"Girl go, it's not as if you're already going to open your legs for him. He asked for a drink, go chat with him and have fun."

With their encouragement, I sighed in resignation and followed the guy to the bar.

"I'm Henry by the way. You?"

"Claire." I replied succinctly.

He pulled out a bar stool for me and when I was seated, he sat right across from me.

"My usual please." He said to the bartender then turned to me, "What would you like to have?"

"Red wine please."

He smiled at me then turned to the bartender, "A glass of red wine."

"So, why was a beautiful lady like you dancing on her own at a bar like this? You're too beautiful to be alone."

"Is there anything wrong with a woman being alone?" I said ignoring his compliment.

"Of course there's nothing wrong with it, it only means that you're single, and lucky for a guy like me that a beauty like you is single."

He said with a strange smile on his face, his hand daringly trailing down my arm.

I glanced at his fingers touching my skin with a frown.

"I agreed to come have a drink with you Mr. Henry, but you're making me uncomfortable so I'll just leave."

He grabbed me before I could stand up.

"Wait, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to move too fast. Please stay, we can just talk." The pleading look in his eyes made me sigh and I sat back down on the stool.

I looked over at the booth and Lea had gone back to join the girls. They all secretly sent me a thumbs up.

If I went back this quickly, the girls would scold me for blowing it by leaving so soon.

I knew that they had good intentions for me and wanted the best for me, I didn't want to disappoint them by not at least giving this a chance and trying to have fun.

The bartender kept two drinks in front of us.

Feeling slightly annoyed that I had to at least try to put up with this, I quickly downed the full glass of wine when Henry handed it to me.

He asked me a few casual questions to which I replied with plain casual answers.

Merely a few minutes later I began to feel light headed.

I looked over to the dance floor where lights were buzzing ahead, the lights began to look blurry in my view.

"Claire, Claire?" I was suddenly pulled back to Henry's face, he was staring at me with concern in his eyes.

"Huh?" I answered a few seconds too late after he'd called my name.

"Are you okay? You look tired." He placed a hand on my arm again.

I didn't know why I was feeling weak, but as I moved to push his hand away from my arm, it took way more effort than it was supposed to.

"I'm fine. I need to get back to my friends." I said standing up but staggering.

Henry held me steady, "Whoa, whoa, easy. Let me help."

A buzzing headache hit me like a hammer jammed into my skull. I raised my hand to massage my head.

"You're looking so tired. I have a room upstairs, would you like to take some rest?"

I couldn't fully hear his words, they echoed in and out of my ears. But I understood what he asked.

"No, I... I'll go to my friends."

I tried to move away but I could barely move, I was completely reliant on his support.

My body was heating up by the second, and a strange feeling of arousal began to hit me. As Henry held onto my shoulders to support me, I had to suppress the urge to lean into him and cling my body to him.

I wasn't thinking, I just wanted the feeling to disappear.

"You don't look well Claire, I insist. Let me take you to my room upstairs. You just need to rest and you'll be fine."

I had no energy to protest anymore. I wanted to keep insisting to return to my friends but he was already taking me away towards a set of stairs.

"No..." My voice was barely a low whisper.

I was battling a headache and extreme weakness that overcame me, to top that off I was growing even more aroused every second.

What the hell was happening to me?

The only thing I could feel was Henry's arms around me as he led me up each step, and then we were in a dark room.

The lights came on and I saw a bed in the middle of the room. It looked like a room in an expensive hotel room.

Henry led me to the bed and lowered me on it.

I laid on the bed mumbling some things I also couldn't make out myself.

I was exhausted and aroused at the same time.

With the blood pumping in my veins rapidly, I felt like touching myself or grinding my core against something.

Feeling movements in the room, I opened my eyes a crack weakly and saw Henry hastily taking off his shirt and working on taking off his belt.

"What... what are you doing?" I whispered.

Through my blurry gaze I saw the dirty smirk on his face.

"I have no time to keep convincing you. You're the one I want to have for tonight so there's no need for you to keep playing hard to get. With the drugs in your body you'll be begging me to fuck you and I'll be more than happy to oblige."

Heaving, I realized that he was the cause of what I was feeling.

"You drugged me."

"Yes baby, and I'll give you the time of your life."

Panic alarms began to buzz in my head, I tried to push up on the bed mustering all the strength I could gather to stand up but he pushed me back onto the bed as he took down his trouser.

I could hear my phone buzzing in my bag, when I tried to reach for it he grabbed my bag and flung it away laying on top of me.

"Come on baby, beg me to fuck you. I know you're already feeling it."

"No!" I muttered trying to fight despite my body wanting to submit.

My core was throbbing badly I wanted to grind against something desperately.

Swinging my head from left to right just to avoid his lips trying to kiss me, I tried to fight back.

"Stop fighting this you slut! Submit yourself to me now!" He said grabbing my face.

His mouth was merely a single inch away from kissing me when a loud thump sounded against the door.

Henry was off me in an instant.

"What the fuck! Who are you? How dare you break into my room like that?"

A sinful voice which made my core throb harder sounded and I tried to focus my gaze and look at the person who broke the door and walked in.

"Are you a man or a fucking loser?" The person was wearing a black suit with the coat hanging loosely on his body, the top buttons on his shirt were open which revealed a chiseled body.

He walked with his hand tucked in his pocket as he slowly approached Henry.

"What the fuck are you talking about, get the hell out of my..."

A hard punch sounded and Henry fell flat on the floor.

"Shit...you!" Henry wasn't given a chance to speak before he was kicked across the room.

The man was brutal, delivering one hit after another.

My eyes could focus fairly now, I would have thought that the drug's effects were wearing off if it weren't for the intense throbbing of my core and the need to be touched, that need grew desperate with each second.

Henry now looked like a mangled mess, blood dripping out of his nose and lips. He could barely stand on his own but the handsome guy grabbed him by his foot, dragging his body on the floor leaving a long trail of blood as he tossed him out of the room and shut the door.

A stinging feeling shot through my pussy, I had to press a hand down my clit before the pain disappeared, but the moment I touched down there the arousal blasted me ten times harder.

With a strangled moan I was forced to begin running my finger around my clit. A sweet pleasurable feeling hummed through my body and I couldn't stop.

The guy who'd beaten Henry and thrown him out of the room was watching me but I couldn't stop no matter how much I wanted to.

"Go away... please." If I had to touch myself to ease this pain and arousal, I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of a mere stranger.

But instead of doing as I said, the guy began to approach me on the bed as I writhed and moaned desperately touching myself.

When his face came closer I realized that he looked familiar. His deep eyes set on a handsome face that made my pussy throb harder.

"Mhm..." My moan came out in a sultry drawl.

He was that guy I'd seen watching me as I danced. The one with eyes like gold.

He leaned over me on the bed and I could see the flecks of green in his orbs.

"You naive little thing." He muttered in that deep voice that made my pussy water, trailing a finger on the side of my face after pushing off a damp strand of hair away from my cheeks.

His touch seemed to carry bolts of electricity and I couldn't help but lean into his touch even though my mind screamed at me that he was just another stranger.

But at least this one didn't drug me, he even saved me. And his presence didn't make me feel uncomfortable, in fact it made me feel even more aroused.

My body was reacting along with the drug and this handsome man in front of me.

After massaging my core rapidly for a while I slid my panties aside and slipped a single finger into my pussy.

I arched, moaning but I didn't break my gaze from the stranger leaning over me.

"Beautiful eyes..." He muttered with a hint of awe in his voice.

"You truly are hypnotizing, Blue." He said, eyes drinking in my face and my body laying sprawled in the bed, my finger seeking my pussy.

I licked my lips as I stared at his own.

Though some part of me was burning with embarrassment, another part of me wanted this stranger to kiss me.

"A pity I don't know you." He said, watching as I fingered myself even harder. Something dark flashed past his eyes and he suddenly pulled away as if electrocuted, he looked ensnared, just like I was feeling by his presence too.

After taking a deep dragging breath he declared. "Have fun."

Sending a flying salute sign before turning around as if to leave.

My body moved quickly and I grabbed his hand.

He tilted his head down to look at me.

"Please..." What was I begging for? I had no idea, but I hated the thought of this person leaving me here to myself.

My hand that held his fingers were coated with my juices.

Staring at me with those golden orbs he lowered himself to sit on the bed.

I was heaving as I watched him take my fingers up to his face, his lips parted and he took my fingers into his mouth.

A guttural groan rumbled deep in his chest.

"Alright Blue, I'll make you feel better."

And then he leaned down towards my face, his hot breath hitting me.

Impatiently, with my heart thumping, I pushed myself up wrapping my hand around his neck to bring him closer then I crashed my mouth against his, kissing him with an unstoppable desperation.