Twins: CEO's Dual Pleasure

Twins: CEO's Dual Pleasure

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Introduction

I was drugged with an aphrodisiac, and by a twist of fate, I ended up in bed with the man I loved. He thought I had schemed against him and hated me deeply!
My mother was also burned to death in an arson attack!
I hated the world and left this city in deep sorrow.
Unexpectedly, I became pregnant. I gave birth to a pair of twins and raised them on my own.
Three years later, I returned to this city. I wanted revenge. The people who had plotted against me and caused my mother’s death — I would make them pay!
However, just as I was carrying out my plan for revenge, the father of my children found me…

Chapter 1

3:30 AM, Emerald City, the city of the Mafia.

In the distance, a mansion.

Flames roared, as if to burn away all the world's sins.

Faintly, the sounds of gunfire, smashing, crying, and roaring engines could be heard.

Father Roy Murphy gazed from afar, his expression heavy, silent for a long time.

This time, Mia Moore and her family were truly gone.

After a while, he made the sign of the cross over his chest, closed his eyes, and offered a silent prayer.

His face was solemn, showing a kind of compassionate pity for the world.

The wind blew, the door creaked.

Roy turned sharply, a cold sweat breaking out.

A woman appeared at the door. Roy recognized her, her stunning face, her black and red dress. She was beautiful.

Elsie Thomas—the only daughter of Kai Thomas and Mia.

At this moment, her black and red dress was torn to shreds, like a decayed rose.

She was drenched in sweat, her wavy hair clinging to her face, breathing heavily, her chest exposed, revealing a deadly allure.

Blood stained her dress, but instead of being repulsive, it made her even more enticing, like an irresistible iris.

Anyone could see she had just been through a sexual encounter, most likely raped.

Her consciousness was still hazy, her eyes teary, instinctively leaning against the church door.

"My poor child, what happened to you to end up like this?"

Roy hurried over, his eyes unconsciously drawn to Elsie's exposed chest and the hint of her nipples...

And that intoxicating scent... it was like a hungry lion in the dead of night, finding a delicious prey lying obediently beside it.

In the past, because of the Thomas family's power, he had to be respectful. Now that this line of the Thomas family was gone, that fear had vanished.

A heat rose in his chest, his mouth dry, he reached out, gently supporting Elsie's shoulder, feeling her smooth skin.

"I want to talk to God."

Elsie ignored Roy, walked forward, looking at the empty church, at the cross, her eyes hollow, her face sorrowful.

Roy stared at her perfect figure, the large expanse of bare skin on her back, swallowing hard, he said in a deep voice, "Speak, child, God is listening to your confession."

Elsie said, "Almighty God, you once told me the world should be black and white, that good should be rewarded and evil punished."

Roy stepped closer, shamelessly inhaling her scent, sighing, "Indeed."

Elsie paused, looking back at Roy's burning gaze, "It's so late, God should be asleep. I want to tell you first, for you to pass it on to God, Roy, will you?"

Roy, completely controlled by lust, his mind ablaze, didn't think Elsie would say something so strange. Staring at her chest, he nodded, "Alright, my child."

"As you can see, tonight my family was destroyed, my mother, nanny, and butler all died in the fire, but I... wasn't home."

Elsie said sorrowfully.

Roy nodded, as if he knew, "Indeed, good people always escape disaster; it's God's blessing."

"Tonight I was at my father Kai's other wife, Yara's, house, attending my sister Uma Thomas and Daniel Wilson's meeting. A few hours ago, I had sex with Daniel. Kai was furious and completely kicked me out of the Thomas family."

Elsie spoke as if it were someone else's story, a smile of self-mockery on her lips.

Roy sighed, "Ms. Thomas, you came here every day to confess your feelings for Mr. Wilson. God must have heard."

Elsie didn't respond, and Roy felt a chill.

His gaze moved from Elsie's chest to her cold face, staring at him with a sneer.

"Whether God heard, I don't know, but you definitely did, right?"

Roy suddenly remembered the Thomas family's background and shivered.

"I liked Daniel, only you knew. Every time I prayed, you stood by my side. My mother didn't even know. I didn't talk to her much; it was mostly you talking to me. You were like my mentor, teaching me many things."

"Maybe I carry the Thomas name, but my father had divorced my mother long ago; everyone in town knows that, you know, too."

"Father Roy, have I ever treated you badly?"

Elsie tilted her head, staring at the priest.

Roy shook his head, "Ms. Thomas, you are exceptionally wise. I don't feel worthy to be your mentor. Over the years, Ms. Moore and you have given the church a lot of support; otherwise, I wouldn't be here today."

Though he said this, he stepped closer to Elsie, his hand already moving to her waist, slowly slipping under her clothes...

Elsie didn't stop him.

"The other night, when you were with my father's other woman, Veda Garcia, did you also start from the waist?" Elsie asked out of the sudden.

The hand about to reach her chest jerked back as if electrocuted. Roy stared at Elsie like he'd seen a ghost.

"That night, I was about to find you when I heard Veda's cries outside the door."

"Her daughter isn't as good as me, afraid I'd outshine her daughter, she framed me, making me leave the Thomas Villa, causing my family's ruin, making me unable to rise again..."

Elsie looked at Roy with a mocking smile, "Veda's waist is really good; she rode freely on top. For her daughter's sake, she even sacrificed herself... No, I heard Veda had someone she liked when she married my father, it must be you..."

"But she didn't expect Daniel to be drugged too. He raped me, but it was described as me seducing Daniel. The funniest thing is, Daniel also thought I drugged him to seduce him..."

Roy looked at Elsie now as if seeing a ghost, shaking his head.

"No, no... it has nothing to do with Veda..."

He knew very well that if Kai found out, he and Veda would be dead, chopped up, and fed to the dogs.

In Emerald City, who didn't know Kai...

"When you touched me just now, did you think of... Veda? Whose touch is better, hers or mine?"

Elsie leaned close to Roy, hugging him.

She blew gently in his ear, but Roy was ice-cold, no longer having any lustful thoughts.

"Father Roy, tell God for me, from today on, I leave the Thomas family willingly. I no longer bear the name Thomas; I take my mother's name, Moore."

"Tell God for me, I will avenge my mother. I will deal with everyone who caused my family's ruin, one by one, even if God himself comes before me, it won't matter!"

Roy's eyes widened in shock as he took several steps back, staring in disbelief at the usually gentle and devout Elsie, who had just uttered such blasphemous words.

But with their secret exposed and Elsie's family completely ruined, he needed to play it cool and find a chance to silence her later.

"Alright, Elsie, I'll tell the Lord."

Elsie pulled a handgun from her dress and aimed it at Roy.

"Then go ahead and tell the Lord, and confess your sins while you're at it..."

A gunshot rang out, and a bloody hole appeared in Roy's forehead. His eyes remained wide open, unable to believe that the usually weak and timid Elsie had suddenly become this way.

His pupils lost their light, reflecting Elsie's figure.

She slowly undressed, revealing her stunningly beautiful body. She sniffed her skin lightly, as if still catching a whiff of Daniel's scent, and was lost in thought for a moment.

She took Roy's black coat, wrapped it around herself, and quietly left the church.

It was 4 AM.

Nearby, the church was engulfed in flames, as if Hephaestus himself had descended to burn away the world's sins.

The surroundings were silent, and a shadowy figure gradually disappeared into the moonlit night.

Three years later.

In a house in Emerald City.

A woman wearing sunglasses was sunbathing in the yard, lazily lying on a lounge chair with a blanket draped over her, exuding an effortless femininity.

In the three years since, the youthful innocence had faded from Elsie. To be precise, it had vanished the night she parted ways with her former "Lord."

Who would have thought that this woman was only twenty-three years old?

"This isn't the beach in Silverlight City, wake up!"

Kenna Moore touched her forehead.

Kenna was her aunt, though she was only two years older than Elsie.

As they spoke, two small children, a boy and a girl, wobbled towards Elsie, adorably calling out, "Mommy, milk..."

They were Elsie's two children.

After that night with Daniel, she soon found herself pregnant.

God had taken away her only family, but now had blessed her with two children.

She left Emerald City, went to Silverlight City to find Kenna, and returned to the Moore family, where she was welcomed and gave birth to her children.

As for the pair of twins, the boy was named Jasper Moore and the girl named Faye Moore.

"You're so big now and still want mommy's milk, aren't you embarrassed?"

Kenna scolded playfully as she held the two children.

"No, no... want milk."

The children started to cry and wriggled out of Kenna's arms, climbing up Elsie's legs and tugging at her clothes.

"Just let them have it. Breastfeeding until three is best for the kids..."

Elsie took out two bottles from behind her. The children's eyes lit up, and they eagerly grabbed the bottles, drinking the sweet milk.

Elsie watched the scene with a smile, took off her sunglasses, and looked at the clear blue sky, sighing deeply.

"Finally, we're back..."

"You've been saying that for a month now. What's so memorable about this godforsaken place, Emerald City?"

Kenna picked up Jasper and sat beside Elsie, placing Jasper on her lap.

"For the past three years, I've thought about coming back every day, to seek revenge on Veda, to avenge my mother. Day and night, even in my dreams..." Elsie said, lifting the thin blanket to reveal her nearly perfect body in a tight black outfit.

Her alluring curves could drive any man wild, and even more irresistible was the fact that her bust had grown larger after childbirth, without any sign of sagging.

Because she was breastfeeding, she always had a faint scent of milk, which she masked with perfume. This mixed scent, combined with her perfect curves and stunning face, made her even more attractive than a naked woman.

Kenna playfully groped Elsie's chest, sniffing lightly, and laughed.

"With your breasts this big, how many men are you going to drive crazy? Does pregnancy really make them bigger?"

Elsie retaliated by squeezing Kenna's chest.

"It does work. Want me to introduce you to some strong men when I start working? The Silverlight City mafia can't go without some nourishment."

"Oh my God, what mafia? Don't talk nonsense. I've been out of the mafia for ages. I've already decided to rent the storefront next to the yard and open a café, doing honest business."

Kenna puffed out her chest proudly.

"Yeah, right, Kenna, you're a law-abiding citizen who never breaks the rules. By the way, who changed our flight last month, half an hour before boarding, and disappeared from the airport for a few hours? Was it to cut off an arm or a leg?"

Elsie looked at Kenna with disdain.

To her, as long as it wasn't murder or arson, it counted as leaving the mafia. So, had it been a month since she left the mafia?

Was that a long time?

"It was my useless brothers. They couldn't get any information, so they forced me, a woman, to cut off those two arms. It was so simple, and the guy spilled everything."

Kenna clapped her hands, looking at Elsie with a "what's the big deal" expression. "Don't pretend. You didn't even blink when you killed Roy that night."

Thinking back to that night three years ago, Elsie's expression turned serious, and she hesitated to speak.

"Everything at the scene was burned to ashes, leaving no evidence of you being there. The gun is in your possession, so don't worry."

Kenna reassured her.

"Did Grandpa find out anything? Was the fire that night connected to Veda?" Elsie asked gravely.

She couldn't think of anyone else who would want to silence them.

When Kai married Veda, Mia strongly opposed it, and that was when the two families became enemies.

Later, Veda's daughter, Jada Thomas, was neither as beautiful nor as talented as Elsie, which might have driven Veda and Jada to lose their minds out of jealousy.

Kenna shook her head. "It doesn't seem like it. Veda and Kai have a good relationship, but she comes from an ordinary family and doesn't have that kind of power."

"Besides, that night, Kai was reportedly furious and interrogated Veda, but got nothing. It probably wasn't related."

Elsie's eyes turned cold, and she sneered. "He interrogated Veda because he was worried people would mock him for not being able to control his own woman. It was also to give our fallen Moore family an explanation."

She stood up, lifting her head slightly.

"No matter. Now that I'm back, the revenge has just begun."

Kenna squinted her eyes and chuckled dryly. "Although the Moore family isn't as powerful as before, my sister Mia's death at the Thomas Villa isn't something that can be settled with a few words."

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