Aurora's POV
I'm in my bathroom getting ready for my date with Landon and Tallulah is sat on the side of the bath.
"Should we expect you home tonight?" she asks with a wink.
"I don't know," I reply honestly.
"I think you might need to visit the doctor."
Her comment surprises me, but after a second I catch on.
"Contraception?"
"Uh huh. Condoms are great, and all but you should really be on the pill."
I nod.
"Okay. I'll call the doctor tomorrow. Thanks, MUM for the sage advice."
Sarcasm has always been one of my mother's pet hates; another thing I've spent years avoiding or squashing down every time I was near her.
Tallulah chuckles before giving me the look over.
"You look beautiful."
"Thanks." I smile at her through the mirror. I'm wearing a blue dress that perfectly matches my eyes. It's shorter than my mother would ever condone but it makes my legs look fantastic, so I don't care.
"Are you okay?" Tallulah is asking. She'd heard the bulk of my argument with my mum earlier. "I can understand if you're not."
"I'm okay," I say before applying lip gloss. "It's all just been a bit of a shock."
"I bet. I'm here for you. You know that, right?"
"And I'm here for you too."
I hope that she realises just how much I mean that. It's more than just words. For a second, I consider telling Tallulah all about how Landon knows my parents, how he managed to get my address, telephone number and email all without asking me for it, much to my irritation might I add, but I don't want to. I know what she will say. She won't like it, and she'll encourage me to end it with him, but that is not what I want.
Maybe I am being naïve, but I don't think he's that bad now that I've gotten to know him a little bit better.
My phone buzzes to tell me that Landon is outside waiting for me.
"So, I look alright?"
"You look better than alright. You look..."
"Don't say perfect."
"You look beautiful. Now get out of here."
I grab my clutch and make my way towards the door.
"Don't wait up."
"We won't, you dirty little stop out," Cam calls from the living room.
"Love you too Cam," I say before closing the front door behind me. Living on the ground floor has its perks, and so I walk right out of the foyer onto the street where there is a black limo waiting for me.
"Miss Stone," Henry greets me with a polite smile. "Mr Peters is waiting for you in the limo."
"Great, thank you, Henry."
"You're welcome, Miss Stone."
He pulls open the door for me, and I shuffle in as best as I can in my dress. Landon grins at me as soon as I'm beside him.
"Hello, Miss Stone."
"Hello, Mr Peters."
I notice almost immediately that the privacy screen is up. We're alone.
Landon must have noticed the direction of my focus because he says, "last time Henry drove us I wanted to fuck you, but I couldn't. Now I can."
I laugh as he picks me up and places me on his lap.
"I've been thinking about you all day," he tells me as he pulls the hem of my dress up.
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"Can I have my panties back?" I ask him boldly.
"I don't think so," he replies. "I'm going to enjoy knowing that I can have you at any moment tonight."
I blush at his words, and I know for sure it's not from embarrassment. No, his words are turning me on. His words are making me wet, and that's not okay because I don't have any panties. He smirks as if he knows exactly what I'm thinking and then turns towards the bar.
"Glass of champagne?"
"Please."
I decide to let the panties thing go. I have a feeling he's baiting me; he wants me to react. He pours me a glass and hands it to me.
"I think we should make a toast," he says.
"To what?"
"To breaking the rules, of course." He grins. "Because we wouldn't have met each other if you hadn't been so adamant that you were going to be... less than perfect for once."
I grin back at him.
"To breaking the rules." I lift my glass, and he gently taps his against mine.
"Tonight, after dinner, I'm going to help you break another rule," he tells me.
"Are you going to tell me which rule?" I ask, intrigued.
"Definitely not," he laughs, "but I promise, you will love it."
I wonder to myself if I should be concerned with the way this man I barely know has managed to get my telephone number and address without me giving it to him, not to mention the fact that he did lie to me about knowing my family.
I'm uneasy, but I put it to the back of my head. The last thing I want to do tonight is to think about my family.
I'm pretty sure I should be worried that he's some sort of stalker or something; especially after he admitted that he recognised me at the bar.
He knew who I was before I even told him my name and that disconcerts me. I try to put it to the back of my mind so that I can enjoy our evening together, but I can't help but wonder where this is going.
I'm so completely out of control, something that I've never really experienced before and as much as I'm enjoying it, it doesn't stop me wondering if I can truly trust Landon Peters.
On some level, I know I do, but I don't think it's my wisest of decisions. In fact, I'm almost completely convinced it might be the worst decision of my life. He might prove not to be a stalker or a serial killer, but he still lied to me and I don't like that.
Not just that, he's powerful and completely in control, and that scares me.
I don't like surrendering, but with him, it comes so naturally. If I'm not careful, I may end up accidentally letting this man destroy me.
He's made it very clear that everything we're doing is against his own rules. This is a man who doesn't ever date the same woman twice. He doesn't even usually let them stay the night.
This relationship, whatever it is, almost certainly has an expiration date and I need to make sure I don't get too attached to the idea of having him around.
The problem is, I think I already am.
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