After the Morettis left, Jonathan had asked Ana to meet him in his study. She helped Kiara with clearing out the table and made her way to the study. "Is everything alright father? You look stressed. Is grandma alright?" She asked as soon as she entered. He waved his hand around and asked her to sit. There was complete silence and Anastasia didn't understand what her father was thinking. He looked stressed and that made her anxious, but before she could speak he said: "If I ask you something will you tell me the truth, Anastasia?" He looked serious and all the usual playfulness he had was absent. She gulped already anticipating the question he might ask. She nodded not being able to answer, her throat felt dry all of a sudden. "Then tell me the real reason for agreeing to be with Lucian Moretti! I know for a fact that you don't love him and you have absolutely no reason to be with him. I don't understand why did you agree so easily?" HE probed genuinely confused about the reason. Sh
Cordelia had seen Anastasia and Hades meet. As usual, she panicked and called Mia, but she didn't answer. She became even more frustrated "Where the hell is she at such a crucial time? If this keeps going on I bet that we'll fail again." For the next 20 minutes, she tried contacting Mia but to no avail. She gave up and decided she'll handle it in the morning.The next day everyone except Anastasia was surprised when they heard the news of Hades breaking off his engagement. Ana was calm and collected as the matter didn't concern her. Cordelia on the other hand had the opposite reaction 'What the hell is going on? They broke off their engagement! Where is Mia?' She became restless thinking about everything. 'If Hades is not tied up with her now he will definitely try and stop Ana's engagement with Lucian and that won't work…..But now since Mia is not responding, will Lucian help her against Ana? He seems to be interested in her now. Urgh! Where did the bitch run off so s
Anastasia got ready half-heartedly and the Kimberly went to the venue. All the preparations were taken care of by Lucian himself. The dress for the party was selected by him too 'Maybe he knows how I feel and wouldn't have out in any efforts' she thought. Kiara was unaware of the tension so she was the only person who looked excited whereas Jonathan looked gloomy and Cordelia looked agitated. Once they entered they were greeted by a lot of people, some close family friends, some business partners, and to Anastasia's relief she found Ashley among the crowd so she excused herself and went to greet her. Ashley had already been waiting for her, she knew her best friend needed her support now more than ever. They hugged each other and Ana could feel her silent support and encouragement. They stood there chatting with each other when suddenly her attention was grabbed by the man walking towards her. "Sorry to say t
Anastasia's POV-I feel as my heart is being ripped out of my chest. He's injured because of me, after everything I'd done to him, broke his heart, again and again, he still put his life in danger for me. I don't know how I will repay him in this life. I can't lose him now, not after everything we went through. He took care of Lucian too. I'm not sure if the evidence will be enough to put him away for good, or not but at least now we don't have to deal with him. I had not expected to fall in love again in this life. I tried so hard to keep myself from falling for him but I guess he's more stubborn than me. 'Please come back to me Hades. I'm sorry, I won't trouble you anymore I won't be stubborn I promise.' I covered my face and wiped my tears but they seemed unstoppable. The last time I felt this way was when I was dying. Father sat beside me wrapping his arms around my shoulder and directed my head towards his shoulder. He always knew how to comfort me but I couldn't r
Hades's POV-I opened my eyes slowly and shut them again because of the intensity of the light in the room. Where was I? Everything seems to be a blur. After a minute or so I tried opening them again. Once I could adjust, I looked around the room realizing that I was in the hospital and Ana was sleeping with her head on my bed and holding my hand. Suddenly everything came back in a flash. Lucian getting arrested and that man trying to shoot Ana. I looked down at her peaceful sleeping face. I sighed with relief that I was able to save her in time. But seeing her like this near me I can't help but feel happy. She must be worried about me, I know she is in denial but I know she feels for me too. I squeezed her hand to feel her warmth but accidentally woke her up. She looked up in a daze, and I swear to god she looked like an innocent angel in her sleepy form. She rubbed her eyes trying to pry off her sleepiness. She must have been really tired since she's still in her dress from
Third Person's Pov-Anastasia had never felt so embarrassed in her life. She couldn't help but blush at the comments of the Shaw family. If she thought Hades was domineering, his mother was a whole new story. However, she enjoyed the warmth she felt from the three of them. In her last life, Liam's family never treated her well. She had always tried to bring it to his notice, but he always brushed it away. Seeing how Hades's parents treated her, she couldn't help but compare her previous life, and this again. So much has changed for her. She's not only pursuing her dream job but also excelling in it. She helped her father out, who by the grace of God is healthy and happy. She had never imagined that she would fall in love again, but she did. Now she only had to figure out how to go about it. But before all that, she had to take care of her attacker. This was the second time someone wanted to harm her. She again tried to summarize the list of her enemies. 'Lucian had always had
Ana looked at him wide-eyed and felt that now he was taking advantage of the situation now. "Aren't you willing to feed the person who took a bullet for you?" He asked, purposely making her feel guilty. She agreed instantly not wanting to act ungrateful. She knew he was trying to manipulate her, but she did feel guilty so she didn't argue further. She sat beside him and fed him the whole bowl of oats. He felt content 'I hope our future turns out to be as sweet as this. Waking every morning by her side and seeing her beautiful face, making breakfast together and feeding each other just like she did right now' he thought. Mrs. Shaw had seen how Ana was feeding Hades with care and how he seemed mesmerized by her. She smiled to herself and decide to come back later and not disturb them. "I need to go now. I'll stop by later after work. If you need anything give me a call" She said and stood up. "Wait, give me 5 minutes," He said and called someone asking the person to come to his
Anastasia felt that the atmosphere at Moretti & Co. was tense. The whole city by now knew how Lucian was involved with the underworld. She could see officers coming in and going out frequently trying to investigate his case. Her colleagues looked at her with pity as the news also involved their engagement. She didn't bother to respond and walked hastily to her workspace. She wouldn't be able to explain to them how she was relieved with the outcome. When she reached the designing department, everyone went silent. She sighed, knowing very well what those looks meant. After a while, Arthur called her up to his office. She entered and saw the entire team was waiting there already."Since everyone is already here I'll start. As you know the situation of the company now, the other companies have taken the advantage of this situati
Anastasia asked Jonathan to go home rather than going with her to the police station. He didn't know that she had already received threats and she didn't want him to worry. As she reached she saw Hjades waiting for her. He had a plaster on his hand to support his shoulder and looked weak. She grimaced and wanted to scold him for being so irresponsible. Hades knew what she was thinking and before she could reprimand him he smiled "You are here finally. Let's go" Acting as if he didn't notice her scrutinizing gaze on him. She shook her head and walked behind him."We've tried to get information from the man. He said that he was paid to shoot you Ms. Kimberly and Mr. shaw informed us that someone has already attempted to harm you earlier as well, Am I right?" The officer asked."Yes, I've received a message as well" She informed. The officer nodded, "Do you have any suspects, any grudges with anyone or enemies you have a doubt on" He inquired. "Well, there is one person I