Chapter 66:Job hunting wasn't as easy as Aria had thought. She went through every newspaper in the city for a week now, yet nothing good came up. She wrote hundreds of Résumé and submitted applications in almost every company in the city, yet no one had called her."Shit!" She spat as she tore a piece of letter and threw it in the bin."Aria, relax. I am sure we will find something," Lisa told her."When? Lisa that was the fifth rejection letter have gotten in the last six days!" Aria cried out as she pulled her hair."I shouldn't be saying this but I think Alice had dropped a bad review about you. No one wants to employ you because of her. I still think we should give it some time until she forgets about you," Lisa suggested."Till when? Lisa I will starve if I keep waiting! I don't have money anymore!" Aria blurted out.How was she suppose to survive when her little savings was dwindling by the day!"Just relax. If worst comes to it, we can stay in the same house and share rent. Fo
Chapter 67The girl was still talking but Ariana had gone rigid. The Lawson's group!The fucking Lawson group had called her for a job!It took every power in her vein to make her remain calm and not scream at the top of her lungs. Zion had finally fulfilled his promise!"...I have forwarded your employment briefing to you via mail. Please go through it and let us know what you think," she concluded.Who needed a briefing! She would accept it even if they offered nothing working for the Lawson's was everybody's dream job!"Thank you very much," Ariana managed to reply. "Do have a nice day and I am hoping to have a cordial work relationship with you soon! Bye!"The line went dead before Aria could respond. She had gotten a job with the Lawson's group!"Argh!" She screamed jumping around like a lunatic. The fucking Lawson group called her personally! "Oh my God!" She yelled again as she tried to stay calm.She unlocked her phone and called Zion. she would have to thank him for the hug
Chapter 68Ariana sat up abruptly and snatched up her phone from her large bed once again to dial Zion's number. She needed to be sure, Alice had not gotten to them too."Hey, our latest member," Zion greeted and Aria smiled.Fear was already crawling into her and she found it hard to believe it as well. Nobody got employed by the great Lawson's Group just by a call. Could it be a lie?"Hello, Ariana?" Zion called and Aria fluttered her fears away."Hey, huh- I got the reply," she said weakly.Zion picked up the uncertainty in her voice and he frowned. "Ariana, what's wrong? You have been given a reply already, what else bothers you?" A few minutes ago she had been very excited about the job and now she sounded like a deflated balloon."The thing is... I wanted to know- huh, does the Lawson group work, Alice? I don't know but she has been preventing me from getting a job elsewhere, I am just scared that she might take this away too..." Aria trailed as she sniffed away the tears that w
Chapter 69Ethan remained quiet as he watched her. Hr simply wanted to show her how much he loved her. To him, it didn't matter that the entire world was taking videos of them. He could never be embarrassed about a video of him and his Aria."I have had enough Ethan! Enough!" Aria barked. "I am this close to throwing you out but do you know why I won't do it? Because I am the only one who is going to suffer from the consequences. It's just me!""Aria why do you talk like this? Why would you suffer because a video of us has been uploaded?" Ethan asked.Aria hissed in frustration as she passed a hand to her hair. What was wrong with Ethan?"I lost my job because of it! Sofia wants you by all means why not just go to her and leave me the hell alone!" She screamed at him.She didn't want to throw him out and then somehow the Lawson's group might see it and think she was a woman of questionable character. She didn't want to lose that job!"Aria please don't call that snake's name here," Et
Lisa was in Aria's living room and they were expecting her high school friend Zion to come so they could eat. "If Zion doesn't get here in the next five minutes, I am going to eat without him!" Aria groaned for the nth time. Lisa would normally roll her eyes and scold her about it but for some reason she was quiet and she gave no reaction. Ever since Aria told her about the job she got from the Lawson Group, Lisa had not been able to get herself. The letter she had sent to their official email still haunted her. How was she supposed to tell Aria that she would soon get a rejection when Aria was this excited about it? How? Ariana noticed that her friend wasn't very responsive despite her attempts at making her talk all day. Lisa had a meeting with Alice and she only got back a few minutes ago, yet she barely said two words. Maybe it would be best they sorted it before Zion came. It wouldn't make sense for Zion to come and meet them acting almost hostile to one another. "Lisa, are y
"Hmm, this is actually very good. Aria, I am proud of you," Lisa moaned as she shoved her spoon into her mouth. Aria wasn't really good in the kitchen but it seemed the days she spent at home, she used it wisely.Ariana glared at her from her end of the table while Zion struggled not to choke on his meal."Do you two act this way all the time?" Zion asked laughing. Aria passed him a glass of water and she smiled as well."No, we don't. Lisa is just being really annoying. To think she has been quiet all day and then you come in and she starts acting like a brat!" Aria said feigning anger."That is what happens when you work for the Brentwood for as long as I have," Lisa responded.They all started laughing at her response again and Zion raised his hand. "That means, you both met there?" He asked. He always thought Aria had an issue picking her friends back in high school but it seemed the jinx had finally been broken as soon as she met Lisa. He didn't know much about her yet, but he co
Chapter 72:Monday finally came and Ariana Brown didn't feel so confident anymore. She rolled on the bed waiting for her bedside clock to read six o'clock so she could go take a shower and prepare herself. She had gone back to the mail and it said she had to resume by nine o'clock that morning to await the CEO's arrival thirty minutes after that.What if he rejected her?What if he thought she was incompetent and that was why Alice fired her?So many questions came to her mind and her head became heavy on her shoulder. What would she do?She needed to read. He might ask her questions, she had to be prepared. she jumped off her bed and went to her reading table just a few feet from her bed. She pulled one of her management textbooks and started flipping through the pages.She squinted her eyes at the book trying to picture what she was seeing but nothing came to her mind. The letters looked jumbled and she couldn't read them. She was too anxious. Her heart was already beating at a very
Chapter 73:Mr. Lawson's chair was facing the large glass window behind him and as Zion spoke, he slowly turned the chair in their direction and Aria thought she had seen a ghost."You!"Zion turned to glare at me and I didn't even pay him any attention. The person I was seeing in that chair couldn't possibly be Mr. Lawson. It couldn't."Carl?" I asked just to be sure even if my eyes were looking at the devil smirk at me.He wasn't a tidbit surprised, he knew exactly what he was doing. He knew about this. Was this some kind of acting? Did he have a look-alike?My vision and my brain refused to correlate. I felt intense pain on the side of my head and I thought I would go mad. How could Carl, a sex worker be Mr. Lawson, owner, and CEO of the famous and powerful Lawson Group? How?I turned back to Zion, who remained by the door watching our reaction. While I acted like I had gone crazy, Carl had a satisfactory smirk on his face."Zion, is this your boss?" Aria squealed trying to lower h
(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