CHAPTER 28VALERIE'S POV"What the hell is this?" Stephano's voice booms in anger across the room.With sleepy eyes I sat upright on the bed trying to understand what the heck was going on. It was so early and I just wanted to go back to sleep but Stephano had other plans in mind since he was insisting I answer his question. He had a phone pointed right at my face, the phone screen was way too bright for me to understand with my very much sleepy eyes."Huh?" I grumbled."What sort of text are these? who the fuck is 'My forever babe♡' even??" he asked, his voice a tad bit too loud."I don't know," I replied, feeling completely clueless.My attention shifted to the phone he held facing me. It was my phone. I grabbed it from him and took a good look at what he was showing."Who the heck is this? I definitely didn't send these texts either!" I shouted, sleep immediately vanishing from my eyes as soon as I read all the texts displayed on the phone screen. I even looked at the phone numbers
CHAPTER 29VALERIE'S POV"I've found it!" Pat cheered."really? Was it Bianca?" I asked curiously."You bet! she did a good job at hiding it by using her brother's phone number but of course it can be easily traced to her" she replied."Good! I bet Stephano already found out it's all fake so I don't have to worry anymore" I said, exhaling deeply in relief."So what's going to happen now we know it's Bianca?" I asked."Probably nothing, she already ran away anyways and I bet Stephano wouldn't be interested in finding out her location. You see, she's unimportant now and completely in the past" Pat replied."Yeah that's true… I'm glad she's finally out of the picture" I said."Me too," she muttered.°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°~°I halted my tossing and turned on the bed immediately I heard the sound of the door opening. I looked up to see Stephano had arrived. No, I wasn't excited he was here, I was excited that I was going to get my phone back. Being stuck in the bedroom with
CHAPTER 30VALERIE'S POV"I don't want to stay in the mansion all day anymore" I started."You aren't thinking I would just allow you to leave now, right?" he asked, a blank look on his face."No it's not that" I said, chuckling a bit. I already accepted my fate so I knew there was no use repeatedly asking him to let me go."Then what exactly are you asking for?" he asked curiously."I would like to get a job, I'm tired of being stuck in the mansion all day" I complained."mph" he sighs."Why did you make this seem more serious than it should be? You are free to get a job if you want" he stated."Wow really??" I asked in shock.I had expected to be turned down immediately and be asked to stay at home all day. I'm glad this went easier than I had expected."Of course. Do you already have a job in mind? With my connections I could easily get you any job you want" he offered."Yes I do! I got a deal to model for a top agency (Gleam agency), so I wouldn't need your help here. I would lik
CHAPTER 31VALERIE'S POV"Pleasure to finally meet you! the top spot has been specifically reserved for you after we saw your application" she gushed.What just happened???"Huh? how did such a spot get reserved for me" I asked in confusion."I don't know about the details, I'm just following instructions" she replied curtly."Whoes instructions?" I questioned."Quit the multiple questions, no one has time to answer all this. Just take this top spot badge and kindly exit the room" she said, a tight smile on her face."Okay, thank you" I said and collected the golden badge. With that I exit her office, now in the waiting room where the rest of the girls were seated. I can't help their curious gaze watching me expectantly."Did you get the top role?" one of the girls questioned."Fat chance! why bother asking her, a big spot like that couldn't possibly be reserved for someone like her" Cherry said mockingly."Actually… you might want to see this" I said, a wide smirk plastered on my fa
CHAPTER 32VALERIE'S POVThe next face I saw seated at the front row also made me almost lose my posture during the runway, just barely escaping making an obvious stumble. I could feel myself boiling in anger.What was she even doing here???That was Lia, the most adored and loved model in the country…Aka my very own mother who abandoned me without a second thought. Now she was here watching me with a wide smile on her face which was really pissing me off.Keeping my calm facade, I continued my multiple turns until it was finally the end of the show. I was exhausted! but this was totally worth it considering I was going to get my name out there in the fashion industry community. That would help me in getting more jobs in the future."Valerie, someone wants to speak with you" Dia told me as soon as she entered the dressing room where I was currently seated. Since we were done with the show, me and the other girls were already changing to our original outfits preparing to go home. I ha
CHAPTER 33My heart flutters at his caring words, it truly meant a lot to me. Before I knew it, I leaned in closer to him and did the unthinkable…I smashed my lips against his, wanting more of his divine lips. it didn't take long for me to actually realize what I was doing. I parted my lips away from him and looked away in embarrassment.What the heck was I thinking?"I'm sorry, I don't know why I did that" I apologized, still too embarrassed to look his way."Don't apologize" he replied, softly caressing my cheeks and making sure I was staring at his eyes also.He captures my lips to an intense kiss, making me lose my ability to think right at the moment. I run my hands through his incredibly soft and silky hair, messing it up in the process.Stephano had such pretend hair it made me jealous. I had always imagined what his hair would feel like and had to fight the urge to run my fingers through his hair multiple times. Now I was doing it and damn! It felt good, that wasn't the only t
CHAPTER 34VALERIE'S POVI froze at the sight of a man's shadow running into hiding.What the hell was that?"What happened? why do you look like you just saw a ghost" Stephano asked."Did you really not see that?" I asked quizzically.Was I seeing things now? The shadow was so fast it was hard to make anything off it but I was pretty sure it was a man's shadow. But how did he get in here? it didn't seem like that could be one of the guards, because then he wouldn't have needed to hide from us."No, what did you see? was there someone there?" he asked, his countenance becoming more serious immediately."I'm not really sure, I guess I'm too tired so I imagined it. I thought I saw someone but your security is too tight for an intruder to be roaming around" I explained.I honestly wanted to believe no one was there because the thought of someone watching me made me feel uneasy, that felt scary… what if I get attacked in my sleep?? No! that can't happen, it's very unlikely for someone to
CHAPTER 35VALERIE'S POVWhat are you doing?" he asked, his morning voice deep and husky.His sudden waking up and grabbing my hands took me by surprise, making my flustered self lose my balance from kneeling beside him and fall flat on his naked chest.Ouch!"Nothing" I mumbled, trying to get up from his chest."Doesn't seem like nothing to me, you were clearly undressing me, someone's getting thirsty" He smirked."That's not it! your temperature keeps increasing so I was just trying to help" I grumbled."ohh" he said, after looking around to see the bowl of water and the chicken soup beside him."What's that for?" he asked while frowning."For your fever" I replied."I don't have a fever," he pouted.Ahhha! he looked so freaking cute, who would have thought sick Stephano would be this cute!!"Then explain your high temperature? By the way, how are you feeling?" I asked."Just a slight headache, and extremely tired" he replied, his voice sounding a bit strained."Do you want me to ca