THE VENGEFUL HEIR

Sleeping With a Stranger

Mia Stevens woke up with a pounding headache that morning, her body feeling sore and heavy.

She blinked her eyes open, trying to shake off the discomfort as she sat up. 

As she sat up, her heart nearly stopped. She gasped in shock and scrambled back, seeing a naked stranger lying next to her.

Immediately her body froze in shock, panic surging through her. 

Immediately a thought crossed her mind and she glanced at herself, realizing she was naked. 

She yanked the sheets with one hand to cover herself, still trying to process what happened but just then, the man’s deep grey eyes blinked open, locking onto hers immediately. 

“Wow, I was right. You look even more beautiful in the morning.” He said, his voice smooth and deep, sitting up casually.

Subconsciously, Mia’s eyes drifted to the man’s toned abs and immediately she averted them, throwing a pillow at him.

“Cover yourself!”

The man smiled coyly, completely unfazed, and grabbed a bottle of water from the bedside table, handing it to her.

“Here, drink this. You must be feeling rough after last night.” He said, his lips curving into a smug grin.

“Maybe we can pick up where we left off?” 

As soon as those words escaped the man’s mouth, Mia swung her arm, slapping him hard across the face, unable to contain her anger.

“I assure you, we will not be doing anything together, ever!” She yelled, glaring at him with fire in her eyes.

Liam Moran crunched his jaw, stinking from the slap, and his eyes narrowed in anger.

“Start talking! Who the hell are you? What did you do to me, and how did I end up here?”

Liam looked at the woman in front of him, and slowly his anger melted away. 

She was a stunning beauty with long brown hair and blue eyes that faded his troubles into oblivion. How could he be angry at her? 

Just being so close to her made his desire stir again.

“Calm down.” He said softly, staring at her.

“You came to me and asked me to sleep with you. Don’t you remember?”

Mia scoffed in disgust, “Impossible,” then continued, “Why would I ever want to sleep with someone like you?”

“You must have done something to me.” She added, scanning her eyes frantically around the room.

Everything screamed cheap with a dingy atmosphere.

The thought that she had lost her virginity in a place like this, to a man she didn’t even know, one whom she presumed could barely make ends meet, made her skin crawl.

She shifted her gaze back to Liam and could not help but notice him smiling satisfactorily.

“Is something funny?” She snapped irritably, wanting so much to throw something at his smug face.

“Is the thought of defiling me something you enjoy?” She asked, sneering at him.

“Not at all,” Liam replied, his tone teasing, “But, yes, I did have a good time last night.”

Mia was on the verge of losing her temper. This douchebag had robbed her of her virginity and had the nerve to be smug about it. Did he know who she was or what she could do to him?

“You’re a f*cking ass.” She said, her face turning red with anger.

“Watch your tone,” Liam interjected calmly.

“I didn’t do anything to you. You’re the one that came up to me and started kissing me, then begged me to sleep with you.”

“Begged you?” Mia cut him off, her voice filled with disbelief. 

She was the eldest daughter of the prominent and famous Stevens family in Springfield, and one of the top beauties in the city with a rising and accelerating career as COO of their family’s company. 

The idea that she would ever beg anyone for anything, least of all, a man, especially one so poor, was laughable.

With the fleet of men lining up just to have a moment of her time, clearly, she could do better if she wanted to sleep with someone.

She was about to say something, when suddenly it felt as if a veil had been lifted off her eyes, and the previous night’s events flashed through her mind.

Immediately she froze, anger and fear surging through her.

She’d been at a party and someone slipped something into her drink. Everything after that became a blur, but she remembered stumbling into a restroom where she’d met him.

Liam had taken her to his hotel room, seeing the state of the mess that she was in. It was she who took the initiative, throwing herself at him.

The drugs that were slipped into her drink were a powerful aphrodisiac and when Liam saw her eyes, he could tell immediately that she was under the influence of a very potent drug and in danger of losing her life if she didn’t have sex with a man within the hour.

If there were any other way of saving her life, he would have done so.

A sudden sharp headache hit Mia as the memories reeled back, 

“Oh no.” She said weakly.

“This is not happening. This can’t be happening.” She muttered, running a hand through her hair in frustration.

Liam’s voice interrupted her thoughts, “Do you remember now? You were the one that came on to me.”

“Shut up!” Mia snapped, her face red with shame and fury.

Last night, under the influence of the drugs everything seemed to make sense, but right now, she could barely think about it without feeling humiliated.

But before she could say another word, a loud knock echoed through the room, followed by a voice yelling her name,

“Mia! Mia!”

“I know you’re in there!”