“What are you doing now?” I ask when I hear the loud background noise as Aviana picks up my call. I can hear people shouting in the background and it sounds like a big crowd. I smile as I think about how serious she was last time about protesting about French fries.This girl is seriously unlike anyone I've ever met!“Hey! I am not the one who got all these people here! It was Jared!” She says in a defensive tone.I can almost imagine the pout she must be sporting right at this moment. I chuckle and shake my head.“What is happening there?” I ask her. I hear some shuffling from the other end before the background voices become a little lesser. Aviana sighs tiredly on the other end before she replies.“Jared got a project in which he’s making a small movie with a friend. Half of the movie is completed so they had to gather a little crowd to see it. That idiot told everyone that our band will be singing live and now almost the whole college is here. Even a few teachers are here.” Sh
“Okay, don’t be angry but I kinda really need your help.” I hear Aviana’s sweet voice whispering as soon as I put the phone to my ear. Wow! This must be the first time that she has called me and to say that I’m not shocked would be a big fat lie. And she needs my help… At least that means that she trusts me to some extent. “Hello to you too! Where are you and what kind of help are you talking about?” I say as a smile instantly forms on my face. I cannot help but smile with her. Nowadays, just her voice or her face or even a thought about her is enough for a smile to form on my face. See ho
“So what? I don’t care if Jayden Knight was a coward. I just know that someone has to be there standing to marry my daughter! I will not be insulted in front of all the guests!” Adam Walker yells. I clench my fists, trying to control my anger. “Adam! Let’s not forget that your daughter ran away too! If both of them are gone, how can this marriage take place?” My dad, Alexander Knight, says in an angry tone. My brother did run away. But he was not a coward. He must have a valid reason for what he did. You see, I believe in my brother. He’s a good person. He would’ve thought about everything. Maybe whatever is happening is for the best… But what I don’t understand is what could’ve happened. My brother loved the girl he was going to marry. Though the girl’s father turned their love marriage into a business deal, neither of the two were forced to do this. So why did they run away? Both of them just left one note in their rooms. Both the notes had just one small string of word
I adjust my tie, walking out of my room, reading the day’s schedule that my assistant sent me this morning. I hear laughter when I reach the kitchen which makes me look up from my phone to see Aviana laughing at something with the chef who was a kind lady in her late forties. Aviana notices me standing there and waves at me with a huge grin on her face “Good morning!” Aviana says in a chirpy voice. Her smile is beautiful and contagious but I struggle to keep my face blank. Aviana’s medium length chocolate brown hair is in loose curls as they reach her waist. She looks young and carefree in her skinny light blue jeans, plain black top and a pair of black sneakers. “Morning.” I say with a slight nod of my head as I start eating the waffles that the chef places in front of me. I look at Aviana when I don’t hear her saying anything to find her frowning at me. “What?” I ask her, raising an eyebrow in question. “I wished you to have a good morning and in reply, you just wished me to
I am eating the heavenly pancakes made by Kayden Knight’s personal chef, Martha when I see him coming towards the kitchen. He was wearing a navy-blue suit with a white shirt and a blue tie. He looked so damn hot! His suit fitted him well, showing off his slightly lean and muscled torso. It wasn’t a secret that he had a delicious body. I have seen him in just a tank top and some sweatpants when he was going to the gym. And to say that he looked hot was an understatement. Besides his hot body, he had a handsome face which looked as if he was god’s masterpiece. His eyes are dark green and he has such inviting lips. I remember how it felt when he pecked my lips during our wedding. It wasn’t enough to quench the thirst of my curiosity. I wanted to feel his lips on mine. I shake my head to clear my thoughts. You can’t
“Vi, why are you being so.... Normal about everything?! He is ruining your life!” Sebastian shouts. Well, Tyler was right. Seb is not taking it well. “Seb, he was stuck just like me. It’s all unexpected to him too. We both are kinda in the same situation. And though you understand me the best, he understands the situation better than you because he’s stuck too. I just want to get to know him. He isn’t the bad guy here.” I explain. All my other friends left the room as soon as I told everyone about my plans. They knew how Seb was going to explode. So, they gave us some space. “What if he is a paedophile? Huh? What will you do then?” Sebastian asks as he pulls onto his dark, almost black hair. “He’s just 26! I am 21 for crying out loud! He’s just five years older than us! And he’s actually better than you think.” I
I am sitting in my chair for breakfast but Aviana is still not here. I don't know why I was expecting to see her here when I came here. Maybe because ever since she came to my house, she's always been here before me. Now that she is not here, I notice how I was getting used to her being around. It has been all but four days that she's been here and I was already getting used to her being around. I wouldn't ever admit this to anyone but I was kind of looking forward to seeing her around now. "Good Morning, Martha! Good Morning, Kayden. I'm sorry I'm late." Aviana says in a rushed tone as she settles down beside me. She has her hair up in a messy bun but a few strands are left to frame her sweet and delicate face. She is wearing light grey skinny jeans, a black tank top with her name written on the back and 'The Band' written on the front and black heeled-boots.
“Hello, whoever this is, that evil and scary Professor Wilson is locked up in his office so get your ass back to the ground! The protest is starting in T minus 10 minutes. If you have any other query, contact my assistant, Sebastian.” I hear Aviana yelling over a lot of noise as soon as she picks up the call. I guess she hasn’t saved my number or she didn’t look at the caller ID. But what surprises me is the fact that she wasn’t joking about the protest.“Hey! I am not your assistant!” I hear someone yelling behind her.“Seb! I’m talking to someone. It’s rude to yell or eavesdrop!” Aviana scolds the person who interrupted her. I hear the same voice mumbling something but I cannot make out what he is saying.“Who is this Professor Wilson?”
“Okay, don’t be angry but I kinda really need your help.” I hear Aviana’s sweet voice whispering as soon as I put the phone to my ear. Wow! This must be the first time that she has called me and to say that I’m not shocked would be a big fat lie. And she needs my help… At least that means that she trusts me to some extent. “Hello to you too! Where are you and what kind of help are you talking about?” I say as a smile instantly forms on my face. I cannot help but smile with her. Nowadays, just her voice or her face or even a thought about her is enough for a smile to form on my face. See ho
“What are you doing now?” I ask when I hear the loud background noise as Aviana picks up my call. I can hear people shouting in the background and it sounds like a big crowd. I smile as I think about how serious she was last time about protesting about French fries.This girl is seriously unlike anyone I've ever met!“Hey! I am not the one who got all these people here! It was Jared!” She says in a defensive tone.I can almost imagine the pout she must be sporting right at this moment. I chuckle and shake my head.“What is happening there?” I ask her. I hear some shuffling from the other end before the background voices become a little lesser. Aviana sighs tiredly on the other end before she replies.“Jared got a project in which he’s making a small movie with a friend. Half of the movie is completed so they had to gather a little crowd to see it. That idiot told everyone that our band will be singing live and now almost the whole college is here. Even a few teachers are here.” Sh
“I can’t believe it!” I suddenly speak up as I stare at my phone screen in shock. It is five minutes past midnight which means it is Monday already. “What happened?” Kayden asks as he looks at me with a frown. Kayden and I are sitting on the couch with his arm wrapped around my shoulder and my head placed on his chest as I lean on him while we watch the live drama. The live drama being Mason and Caroline arguing with each other on the floor in front of us about something I don't remember. I'm pretty sure that they themselves don't remember why they started arguing in the first place. After breakfast, the four of us decided to spend some time together so after we all got home, took our shower and got ready, we went to a fair. We enjoyed it a lot and we were tired but it wasn’t too late so we came back to Kayden’s penthouse to chill. We watched two movies before we started talking about random things. We were all laughing and joking around, having fun. I didn't even reali
I open my eyes to find my face resting on Kayden’s muscular chest, his arm wrapped tightly around my waist. I look up at his face to see a peaceful expression on his face. It is still a little too early in the morning, so there isn’t much light but I can still see his face clearly. I reach up to touch his cheek when I feel him stirring in his sleep. I pull my hand back and look down, pretending to be asleep.Did I wake him up?Darn it!If he finds out that I’ve been staring at him in his sleep, he’ll surely think that I’m a creep!“I know you are up.” I hear his deep husky voice which contains a hint of humour. I sheepishly look up into his deep green eyes, making him chuckle. “Good Morning, princess.” He says in a husky whisper. I feel the heat creeping up to my cheeks at the endearment but I maintain my composure as I look directly into his eyes.I am Aviana the great! I am not one who gets embarrassed easily. I am someone who embarrasses people with ease!And I’ll show that to h
As the doors of the lift open, I quickly press the buttons to take me back up to the penthouse. I can’t just leave Aviana like that. I have to prove to her that I am not a monster, that I am not a beast. I have to apologize for what I said when my brain wasn’t working. She was just trying to help! Why on earth did I shout at her like that? What might she be thinking about me now!? I have to make everything alright. I have to do something fast!I rush back into the house. Martha looks at me with a startled expression as I enter the kitchen in search of Aviana. She gives me a knowing smile as she recovers from her shock. Right. Aviana went to her room…I awkwardly nod at Martha, who is smirking at me now, before I walk towards Aviana’s room.“Aviana?” I call out as I knock on her door. I stand there patiently. The rooms in the house are soundproof so I am not able to hear anything happening inside the room. After a minute, I knock on the door again.The door opens to reveal a ver
I leave my room to go to work when I hear a familiar sweet laughter coming from the kitchen, making me frown. Wasn’t she supposed to be in college by now? I make my way to the kitchen to find her sitting at the breakfast bar on her chair, laughing at something with Martha. I’m awestruck as I take in her. She is wearing a plain black summer dress which comes to her mid-thigh with a pair of knee-length heeled boots. Dear good lord!When she looks at me, she waves at me with her usual grin."Good Morning, Kayden!" She says when I reach her. She stands up and wraps her arms around my neck, shocking me. I quickly recover from the shock and wrap my arms around her waist. "I missed you." she mumbles.Ever since the party almost two weeks ago, we haven't really seen each other. She was busy all week and so was I. I even worked on weekends to keep myself busy. I didn't even see her in the morning because she was either getting ready or she was at her rehearsals. And I won't lie, I really d
"Aviana!" I was laughing at what Ryan had said when I heard someone calling out for me. I turn to the direction of the voice to find Kayden and Mason coming towards us.Me and my friends had been standing here with Ryan Peterson himself. He claimed that we were the best group of people amongst all the others at the party.Now, if that isn’t flattering, I don’t know what is…"Mason!" Caroline exclaims before she rushes to Mason with a big smile on her face. Mason and Caroline both hug each other while me and my friends laugh.They’re just so cute!And it’s refreshing to see Caroline being like this, this happy and excited, with someone. And that too, someone nice like Mason.I’m so damn happy for them!"Mr. Knight! It's so nice to see you." Ryan says, extending his hand to Kayden for a handshake. Kayden shakes his hand with a slight, formal nod."Happy Birthday, Mr. Peterson." Kayden says in a business-like tone. I look at their exchange and frown.That was so… dry!"That's what you
"I am bored!" I whine, slumping in my seat in the cafeteria. I sigh as I place my head on Gabriel's shoulder. "And I am sleepy." I say, closing my eyes.Gabe huffs at my dramatic display."Were you watching a movie last night?" Jared asks. I open my eyes to find him eating fries from my tray.This monster!I slap his hand away, sitting up.Doesn’t this guy know that you should never steal Aviana’s food?!"I was but that's not the point. We haven't gone somewhere to hang out and just have fun for a long time!" I say before I start eating the fries.Ever since the protest, the food quality
"Aviana?" I call out, knocking lightly on her door. It's been about an hour since Caroline and Mason left. And I can't take it anymore. I have to see her face. I have to make sure that she's alright. Right now, my brain and my heart both are telling me to reach out to her.I just have to reach out to her…"Come in." She speaks up in her soft voice from inside the room. I hesitantly open the door and look around the room.The walls of the room are plain white in colour but she's made that look not so plain with a colourful feather drawn on one of the walls while the other had about a hundred picture frames of different size placed close to each other to make a heart shape. Her plain dark wooden desk is nicely arranged with a few folders on the side and a cute pencil-stand and her laptop. Her room looked clean and kind of lively. It felt like a fresh breath of air in front of my plain and dead room. Though it wasn't as big as my room, it looked a lot better. It was big but not lonely