Thirty-Five

  Eric ran his tongue across his lips and tasted the bitterness of the vintage scotch he just had. ‘Shit.’ Sookie didn’t like it when he drinks. She had been nagging him about his unhealthy lifestyle and how his drinking habit would be the death of him. He huffed sharply in the inanity of it, she … More Thirty-Five

Thirty-Four

  Michael hopped off the bed and grabbed his trousers off the carpeted floor. He put them on before he marched into the bar in the adjacent room of his suite, leaving the naked blonde sprawled on his bed. “Baby, c’mon we can try it again,” the sweet syrupy voice of the blonde, who was … More Thirty-Four

Thirty-Three

“It’s the Count,” Pam announced in a conspiratorial tone before she even took her seat across Eric inside his office at the Luxor. He was browsing through his proposal for his meeting with Lawrence Ho, the heir of the Ho Empire that ruled the real estate business in Macau when Pam arrived. To say that … More Thirty-Three

Thirty-Two

‘Left over right… or is it right over left? Shit!’ “Eric! Stop!” Sookie pressed her knees together to halt Eric’s hands from grazing her thighs under her little black dress. “If I don’t do this properly Pam will make me wear five-inch heels tonight!” She had been wrestling with Eric’s bowtie for the last ten … More Thirty-Two

Thirty-One

“Miss Stackhouse?” the beautiful redhead with the blinding smile chirped behind Sookie, making her jump a little. “That’s me. Pam said she’d call to let you know I’m comin’?” Sookie asked, looking up from her cellphone. She was at the Ermenegildo Zegna boutique down at the Boulevard to pick up Eric’s tuxedo for the annual … More Thirty-One

Thirty

“Is this really necessary, Eric,” Sookie whined for the umpteenth time since the Viking had fetched her from the North’s control room. He took her by surprise when he wrapped a blindfold over her eyes as soon as she was strapped inside his silver Land Rover. Naturally, her first instinct was to gripe but Eric … More Thirty

Twenty-Nine

‘I want you more,’ he chanted in his head as his tongue speared into her mouth. ‘He can’t have you. No one can.’ “You’re late,” Nora hissed as she sat down opposite Eric in the Viking’s private booth at one of his restaurants at the Luxor. He was purposely late. He wanted to set the tone for … More Twenty-Nine

Twenty-Seven

It was past two in the morning when Eric came back to the North and immediately made his way into the casino to look for Pam. He would have been back sooner if he hadn’t made two trips to Sookie’s apartment only to turn back as soon as he got in front of her building. … More Twenty-Seven

Twenty-Six

  How someone who looked so breakable could be so terrifying. How she could command him with a stare or destroy him with a whimper. He kept his gaze on her, probing her for answers he knew she wouldn’t give him. Why couldn’t he just quit her, he thought for the nth time. “Good morning … More Twenty-Six