Ariana was happy, disappointed and confused at the same time.She was happy he ignored her, confused on why he ignored her and went ahead to see Alice and she was disappointed she didn't get to say a word before he walked past her.Ariana locked the door and walked back to Alice. A million thoughts started to revolve around her head. Why would Ethan come to her work place. She had been fine without him. He was memory she wanted to Erase from her head completely. Why wouldn't he let her be? But if he was here for her he would have spoken to her, what could Ethan probably be planning this time?"Ethan it's nice seeing you after such a long time," Alice said as she opened her arms for a hug."You aren't as happy as I am seeing you trust me!" Ethan replied before he hugged her.Even Ariana could notice that the smile on her face was fake. It was the one she wore when she was on the press conference it was almost as if she went to fake smile class. She had never seen Alice genuinely smile.
It was Saturday and Aria was rushing out of the house when Alice sent her a message. It said she should come to a hall just near their office."It's a freaking Saturday!" Aria groaned. Saturdays were supposed to be her free days but she needed money for her father's treatment. Maybe Alice would lend her some.She got to the hall and she was met with the shock of her life."Will you marry me Ariana?" Ethan asked as he stood on the cold Pavement.The hall was beautifully decorated with lights and love balloons with a little bit of roses spread around the hall.She couldn't believe him.Ethan stared at her surprised face, he tried to decipher her emotions, it seemed chocked and confused at the same time, he searched for something else. He searched for happiness in her eyes but found none, maybe the other emotions masked them. It had always been hard to read her emotions.Ariana looked at him as she moved back, the crowd had already gathered outside ready to congratulate them in the hall.
Alice knew she had made a mistake the moment she broke the news to her. She knew she wouldn't take the news well. Sofia had never been the one to take bad news well. Just like when her father died it wasn't easy to calm down Sofia. She locked herself up in a room for three days without food nor water."Argh!" Sofia screamed as she tossed her table upside down."This can't be real! It can't be true! I hate you Ariana I hate you forever!" She yelled as she threw everything on her bed unto thee floor."Sofia stop acting like a kid and get out of that freaking room!" Alice said from the other side of the room.Alice had just told her what had happened yesterday, the conversation between she and Ethan. At this moment Ethan was already proposing to Ariana. She might have said yes already."I'll kill her, I'll kill her with my bare hands!" Sofia said. "Sofia please just listen to me before you do something reckless." Alice begged.Sofia walked towards the door and opened it. Alice stared a
Chapter 52:Ariana clutched Lisa as they drove back home. She had not expected Ethan to do something as stupid as proposing to her. When he had offered to help her she thought it was too good to be true. All she wanted was to help her dad, Ethan gave her hope that was why she rushed to the venue. She thought she was going to help her. What was she even thinking about asking Ethan for help? How could she blindly trust him? What pissed Ariana more was the fact that he said To help her she had to marry him first, and he placed a condition. Even a child would not accept such an offer. It was as if she was trading herself for money. Lisa ran her hands through Ariana's hair as they stayed in silence, Lisa felt the urge to tell her that she said so, but this was not the moment to reproach her about the huge mistake she just made. She wasn't really aware of what happened in there but the way she looked when she arrives was enough to ask questions. Lisa had warned her not to go and meet
Chapter 53:Ariana woke up with an ache on the back from dozing off on the chair with Lisa. By the time they had realized that they had slept in the parlor, it was already eight in the morning. It was more of a waste of sleep. It felt as if their night flew away. Luckily for them today was Sunday. They barely had anywhere to go. So they continued to sleep in until noon. Lisa was the first person to wake up she said she had to get home because she needed to do her laundry. Basically the only day on which they were both free was on Sunday. Saturdays were not considered a free day because most of the time they worked in the morning till one-thirty in the afternoon when Alice decided to release them."Visit me soon," Ariana said as yawned by the door. "I'll definitely love to watch crappy romance movies with you again," Lisa said with a smile before she hugged Ariana. "Bye!" Ariana waved as she walked out of the house. The house was back to silence and empty once more it was she bad h
Chapter 54She was dressed as elegant as ever, her beautiful skin glowed like luxury itself. If one told you she was the daughter of the queen herself you would Believe. She looked like she had just come out of a hole that consisted of the finest and the freshest leaves.Ariana stood up to greet the woman in front of her. Her smile was never leaving. She had the face of a goddess. Ariana found it hard to believe the woman that stared at her was currently human. She was going to make the best pageant queen."Tara, have you been to any pageantry before?" Ariana asked out of curiosity."You are very funny Ariana," She said before she laughed out loud. "Well, you are not wrong about that, I was once Miss Kaluna," She said as she placed her bag on the table."The only beauty pageant I participated in, trust me, I hated beauty pageants a lot back when I was still in school," Tara said. "What would you like to have," The waiter asked as he stood close to the table that separated Tara and
Chapter 55:Sofia had woken up with a certain glow on her face, After all, she had Ethan to herself. She almost had everything she wanted. She almost had Ethan. She left his house Sunday in the afternoon. She only had one more thing to do, get Ariana out of the picture. Sofia smiled to herself as she walked out of her room. Today was another Monday. In some way, she ended up liking Mondays. They always came with something new to it.Today someone was definitely going to lose something, Alice had promised to take care of that but now she had the urge to go to work and see everything with her own eyes.She checked the time on her phone, it was still eight in the morning. She still had time. She could make it to see her get defeated. She walked back inside her house to get her hair done and shower. She had to look appealing for such an important day. Sofia ran her hands through her variety of clothes. Then her eye fell on the breath catcher outfits she got from her favorite designer.
Chapter 56:Ariana longed for the day where she woke up without any problems. She had to come to work late because of this. The water pipe of the house had broken after the heavy rain last night. Their was one way water could come up. They had to find a plumber early this morning by six. "I have a friend that would come to our aid this morning," one of the neighbors from the other side said. "Honey get me my phone," He told his wide from the inside and she handed him his phone."Hello and Good morning to you mister Sherman, we have a situation this morning." He said."Yes yes it has happened again, we need your help," The irony something like this had already happened before. It was definitely when Ariana had not moved in."Ok thank please we also have people that are living for work early this morning," He said before he caught the call. "He said he would be here in five give him some time to pack his kits," He reassured them as some of the neighborhoods stood beside him. The midd
(EPILOGUE)A soft knock resonated against Lim and Laura's bedroom door. Laura was in the bathroom and she had left Lim still sprawled on the bed with their handsome son.She expected him to have answered the door but when the knock resonated again, she hurriedly rinsed off the soap from her body and hurried out of the bathroom with a towel sparsely tied around her body."Lim, didn't you hear the door?" She hissed as she made her way to the door."I pay them to handle things in the house not bring every little thing to me... I am tired..." He mumbled softly against his son's head.Laura couldn't help but roll her eyes. Lim was a changed person but sometimes he couldn't help but be cruel at the smallest of things.She ignored him and went to pull the door open. There was her maid standing with her head lowered to the floor."I am sorry for disturbing your afternoon ma'am but the driver taking you to the venue is here... You said I should let you know..."Laura smiled. "Oh, thank you so
LOST IN YOUR ARMS: (NEW)"Laura, you need to eat more," Jasmine said as she kept filling the plate with more beef meatballs. But Laura never paid her any attention. Her advice was like extra water to an ocean.For the past three days, she had become a food monster. She couldn't do anything without eating. She even woke up early in the morning to get food from the kitchen. Was that how pregnancy changed women? To night thieves?"Don't you think you'll turn her into a fatty?" Charles asked. He was sitting on the other side of the dining table with Dennis."That's none of your business! She is pregnant and she needs to eat more!" Jasmine retorted."Whatever..." Charles rolled his eyes and turned to Dennis, who was busy biting off his meatballs with both hands like a hungry lion. When he noticed that his hands were stained with the stew from the food, he dropped the fork in his hands and started licking his fingers.Charles got irritated by this and made pulled up a scowl that said exact
Marcus opened his eyes and the first thing that welcomed him was darkness. He looked around, desperate to see the surrounding he was in but it was difficult to see through the darkness. He should have known that Lim had a mind of his own. As far as he could remember, back in the abandoned house, he heard the sirens of the police cars outside. Wondering if Lim was ready to damage the family's reputation name by exposing them to the public as kidnappers. At first, that was what he thought but to his disappointment, the little boy had another plan.After the police left and they got moved, he became deeply concerned with what Lim was going to do to him and Thomas. Maybe being exposed to the police was going to be a better option.Fear suddenly cupped him. He became edgy like a psychopath. He had to free himself at all costs before the devil laid a hand on him.Just as he was about to move, he found out he was cuffed against a chair. "Fuck! I'm tied!" He grumbled in frustration. Then,
The police officer's eyes were strained on Lim's injured arm. He was eager to help in any way that he could but Lim waved him off."Don't worry, it is just a mere scratch. My woman is more important now. I need to leave.""Alright, sir!" The police officer saluted again.Lim turned to Charles and gestured to him, using an eye look that only the two of them understood."Don't worry, I can handle the situation here. You need to get Laura to the hospital. Go!" Charles said.Lim nodded and made to move but Steve shouted behind him."I'm coming too!"Lim glared over his shoulder. "Suit yourself!" he said and got into the car that had just parked in front of him. Steve ran the rest of the distance and also jumped into the car before the driver pulled off.The atmosphere in the car was thick as the two of them faced opposite sides, never saying a word to the other.Steve could not stop blaming himself. He wanted to speak out but he didn't want to anger the devil that was beside him.Soon, t
Her hands were covered in blood.The world went silent as her eyes scanned the man in her arms. Her heart was dragging painfully down her throat and she thought she would pass out from the pain."Lim!" Laura screamed in horror.Instantly, the men pushed Marcus down on the floor with great force. They were red with anger, both at themselves for letting this happen and at Marcus. How dare a rat like him shoot at their boss in their presence!?Marcus couldn't believe he blocked the shot. The bullet wasn't aimed at Lim but at Laura. She was the target Marcus had planned to shoot but stupid Lim took the hit instead. Marcus was so stunned that, his body became numb. Even as Lim's men continued beating him, he couldn't feel a thing.Their plan was completely messed up!Thomas, on the other hand, couldn't do a thing but stare at his brother with pitiful eyes. Lim's men were kicking and punching Marcus. Blood seeped out of him yet no sound came out.Thomas couldn't do anything to help him. H
"Why don't you take a seat?" Marcus stated, motioning to the couch in the corner of the room, just across the bed.Thomas moved briskly to the side and took Lim's gun.Lim gritted his teeth as his eyes shifted to Laura. She was so scared, he could feel it in his bones. He knew she wanted to say something due to the movement of her eyes but she couldn't, because of the gag in her mouth.Lim's heart squeezed in pain. He felt like an erupting volcano, but he couldn't bring himself to that state, he had to stay calm for the safety of Laura.He composed himself and sat on the couch with his legs crossed. Trying to be in a character that would not show his anger."So, where should we start?" He asked them with a smirk.Marcus smiled and gestured to Thomas to handle the files. As Thomas messed with the papers, Lim's eyes moved over the room, that was when he noticed Brent, tied up and left sprawled on the bed. "Hmm..." Lim sighed and raised an eyebrow. His brothers must have had another pl
As soon as the call ended, a grin of excitement appeared on Marcus's lips. He was happy that everything was going according to plan.A few minutes from now, he would become the rightful CEO of Walter's occupation all thanks to the little dove he kidnapped.Speaking of the dove, he turned to look at the other side of the room where Laura was tied up on the bed hopelessly like a lamb.There was now a light in the room, enough for Laura to picture the faces of her kidnappers. She should have known that not all of Lim's family members liked him. But now it was too late, they had her.The smile on Marcus's face expanded. It was just amazing to watch fear and all crawl into the girl.He was grateful that she had come into Lim's life when she did because if it wasn't for her, they wouldn't have known how to get the mighty Lim to surrender."So what did he say?" Thomas, who was sitting on a couch with Brent by his side, asked his brother. Marcus turned to them with his hands in his pockets.
Lim got down from his car in a hurry and rushed into the mansion, ignoring the servant's greetings at the doorway. Charles strode behind him trying to keep up with his speed. "Laura!" Lim called as soon as he entered the living room.His heart was thumping and panic was already flowing in his veins. He didn't want to think the worst, but at this point it was inevitable."Laura!" He called again. Not caring that he was being extremely loud."Lau—" Before he could complete his words, his father stepped out of his room into the living room looking wild."Lim, what's going on?" Old Walter asked from the stairs. He was walking down with the support of his butler, Mr May."Where is my wife?" Lim snarled like a wounded snake. His voice was filled with authority and anger so thick it was like a volcano.Old Walter looked at him quizzically. What was he saying? Wasn't the girl home yet?"Laura took her leave in the morning. Isn't she home yet?" Old Walter asked as he went down to the last st
Lim tried almost ten times and yet, it still said the same thing. At this point, he couldn't put the feeling away, something was wrong."The line still says the same thing," Lim said worriedly. He had sweat all over his face from the pressure.Charles was having the same thoughts and as much as he tried to calm his friend, he couldn't bring up the right words. "Isn't Laura coming already?" Jasmine asked as she walked closer to them. Lim sighed and returned his phone to his trousers pocket. There was no time to waste, he needed to go to Walter's mansion and find out for himself what was happening."We're going to Walter's mansion!" Lim stated coldly and walked out of the room. His expression had changed to something so dark and scary that even Jasmine could feel the change in the atmosphere on her skin.Everywhere suddenly turned cold and it wasn't the good kind.She turned to Charles with a worried look. "Is everything okay? Why is Mr. Ice so cold?" She stared at Lim's retreating w