Third person's POV-
As Hades started driving, both of them got lost in their thoughts. Anastasia was confused with her feelings towards Hades. She knew she liked spending time with him, felt safe and peaceful, but the scar from her previous life had left a great impact on her. While Hades on the other hand was trying to find a way to ask her on another date. After all this time he was still hesitant and feared her rejection. He cleared his throat mustered up the courage and spoke "Love! Do you have any work to do once you reach home?"
he hoped she wasn't busy.
"No, I was just planning to go read and relax maybe as I'll be busy from
After dinner, Anastasia went to the balcony as the view was breathtaking while Hades prepared a glass of wine for the both of them. When he came back he saw her leaning on the railing of the balcony. The wind blew her hair, and he couldn't take his eyes off her. He slowly made his way towards her taking in all her beauty, "You wake up to this view every day?" She couldn't help but ask, as he gave her the glass of wine. Her gaze was still taking in the view. "Yes, I guess, but you could wake up to this view too, you know!" He said smirking. Anastasia looked at him confused, so he continued "I mean you can marry me so you can start living here with me and enjoy the view every day" he said nonchalantly as if he didn't just ask her to marry her again. She blushed, looking away at his comment, a smile tugging at her lips "That was a nice try Mr. Arrogant, but no thanks....I can just buy an apartment on another floor and live there. Why would I want to marry you just to enjoy the view
Anastasia walked inside looking lost, she didn't want to hurt him but this was best for both of them, she thought. She had hesitated to walk out the door but then her death played in front of her eyes like a movie, so she walked out. Cordelia saw her walking towards her room and approached her "Ana? What's wrong? Why are you crying?" She asked as if she was genuinely concerned about her but was marveling at the fact that Anastasia was crying. She didn't ask her out of concern but out of curiosity. Anastasia just looked at her with furrowed eyebrows and touched her cheek. She didn't realize that she was crying and wiped her face "Nothing! I'm tired.... I'll catch up with you later" she said blanblankly, started walking, but Cordelia had something else in mind. She grabbed her arm to stop her "Ana I'm just concerned about you. You know you can share anything with me right? I'm here for you" Ana scoffed at her, and pulled her hand out of her grip but didn't say anything. She wasn't in
Anastasia's POV-I woke up with my head pounding badly. I remember crying myself to sleep while thinking about my decisions. "Urgh! Ana get over it. You decided to walk away so deal with it" and slapped both my hands on my cheeks 'ouch! that hurt'. I had to get ready for my first day with Mr. Fabian. I have to stop sulking now, what's done is done! After an hour spent getting ready I made my way towards the breakfast table "Good Morning everyone" I said to no one in particular.I don't know why but I couldn't stop sulking, all I could think about was Hades and the hurt look on his face. The worst part is that I couldn't get over our kiss too. "Ana!" Father called out my nudging my shoulder. I looked
After the meeting, we went to our respective workspaces. I like the theme that we chose, kind of fun since I've faced most of it. The seven deadly sins that are wrath, envy, greed, sloth, lust, pride, and gluttony are associated with different colors. I was busy sketching when Claire walked up to me and informed me that I was called in the CEO's office. Claire could see the perplexed expression on my face and she just shrugged not knowing the reason. It suddenly hit me that Lucian was the CEO, Hades had warned me about, but what does he want with me. 'Should I call Hades?' The thought crossed my mind but I ignored it completely 'No I shouldn't! I was the one who asked him to stay away...I shouldn't be bothering him with trivial matters, I thought sighing. As soon as I reached the elevator I heard someone calling me. I looked in the direction of the voice only to find Arthur running towards me "Anastasia darling where are you going? Have you started your designs?" He asked while catc
Anastasia was just glaring at the overbearing man in front of her 'What's with these men wanting to marry her.... Don't they know that the girl has to consent' thinking she scoffed out loud. Both Arthur and Lucian looked at her immediately"Just because you are the CEO of the company I'm working in doesn't mean you can scare me with your words. Leave me out of your messed-up situation and be man enough to sort out your problems with Hades head on rather than using these tricks. You are delusional if you think I'll marry you and help you get your revenge against him" she turned around to leave and just as she reached the door she looked at him again" And one more thing..... This is the first and the last time you touch me, next time I won't let you off so easily" saying she walked out absolutely livid.Arthur was gaping and looked proud. He turned to Lucian "Well you heard the girl" and he too left the room. Lucian was infuriated but his face looked calm, and he smirk
Hades and Anastasia met at a nearby café after work. Hades looked tired, as if he hadn't slept at all. Anastasia on the other hand was extremely conscious and didn’t know where to start the conversation from, all she could think was the kiss and how her heart was pounding against her chest. Hades, however, decided to break the silence eventually. He reached out to take her hand in his that was placed on the table ''I'm sorry Love…. I really am.''Anastasia was immediately disheartened because she assumed that he regretted to kiss her, but before she could respond he stopped her "Please let me finish'' she decided to hear him out first.''I appologize for lashing out on you yesterday and giving you an ultimatum. I shouldn't have done that… I could have handled the situation differently'' Ana was dumbfounded with his reason. 'I should be the one apologizing to him, he has nothing to feel sorry for. I was irrational and overreacted after the kis
Arthur asked again ''Okay hold on….What's going on here? Why didn't you tell us anything about it? And when did you guys even start dating?" He looked frantically between me, Lucian, and Mia. I was still processing all the information he threw on us and if all of it was true then why did Mia behave the way that she usually did around me. I wouldn't have looked her way, if I knew she was in a relationship with Lucian. ''Lucian …..'' I called out, but he just glared at me as if everything was my fault that I'm sure it wasn't ''Look I'm sorry if I knew you were together I would have avoided this….." but I couldn't finish ''Oh save your fake appologizies….you knew I was in love with her and now you've ruined it…ruined everything for me. I was supposed to propose her to marry me by the end of next week.." He finished in a low voice. He sounded devastated and I felt guilty. I could have, No! I should have avoided this. However, even if I wasn't aware why would Mia do this? I turned to loo
Anastasia reached home absent minded. All she could think about was the mess she was in 'All I want to do is focus on myself and my career…. But No! All these scheming asses won't let me live in peace. As if Cordelia wasn't enough to make my life miserable, now I also have Lucian to deal with. URGH!' She thought to herself.As soon as she entered her house, her step mother greeted her with her usual enthusiasm "Oh My dear Ana! How was your day?" Her smile was infectious. "It was good mom. I've got an assignment I have to work on and if my work is good then it will be used in the upcoming show" she stated excitedly. It was always like this, Ana coming home, and sharing her day with her stepmother. She was happy that there was someone who wanted to listen to her. Her father was always busy with looking after the company so it was extremely difficult for them to spend time with each other except for dinners or maybe on the weekends if he wasn't on a business trip. "That s