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
CHAPTER 36VALERIE'S POV"What do you want?" I asked, loud enough for the stalker guy to hear me.He didn't reply and quickly turned to the other aisle, trying to get away from us."I'm going to follow him," I say to Pat."I don't think that's a good Idea" she replied worriedly.I ignored her words and quickly ran towards the direction the man went too. Loud sound from my hurried steps resonating. luckily I saw the weird guy immediately."You were the one watching the other day right? what do you want?" I asked again.He halted his quick steps and turned to look at me."Are you one of Stephano's rivals?" I asked, I knew if he actually was then talking to him like this could be very risky for me. But to my advantage we were in public so I doubt he would do anything here."No I'm not, I'm not here to hurt you" he replied curtly."Then who are you! Why are you stalking me?" I asked in annoyance."I'm just doing my job," he responded."Someone is paying you to watch me?" I asked in shock.
CHAPTER 37VALERIE'S POVStephano's eyes made contact with mine and eyes moved further down, slowly checking me out from up to down. He's eyes with clear lust in them, making his desire for me obvious.Incredibly flustered, I rushed for my towel so I could cover myself up. By now my face was already completely red in embarrassment, the intensity his eyes held was doing a good job in making me ten times more flustered."Don't cover yourself from me" He ordered, his voice deep and portraying his dominance in the perfect way possible. Effortlessly making me weak on my knees.He brought his fingers to my face and his thumb slowly caressed my face."I want you" he's husky voice.I knew then I wasn't going to hold back, I wanted him just as much as he did. The sexual tension between us was intense and it was no surprise that it was going to overwhelm us soon.We both watched as his finger left my mouth and trailed its way down to my stomach between my thighs. He smoothed a finger over my nip
CHAPTER 38VALERIE'S POVMy eyes flutter open, blinded by its bright sunlight I shut it back almost immediately. I turned sideways, facing Stephano just to see him already looking at me."Good morning" I said shyly, memories of last night still playing repeatedly in my head."Happy birthday darling" he says, slowly brushing the stray hair strands on my cheeks."What-" I sputtered in shock.How did he know it was my birthday? I didn't tell him because I didn't want to make a big deal about it, I also didn't think he would give two fucks about my birthday."You didn't think I wouldn't know about such an important day in my wife's life" he asked, while smirking.Of course he had done a background check on me, that explains why he was aware."Thank you" I muttered shyly."What do you want to do for your birthday?" he asked, staring at me intensely."Nothing much, probably just hang out with Gabe and have a much needed talk with my mom" I replied.I honestly had no plans for my birthday, I
CHAPTER 39VALERIE'S POV"What the hell is this Gabe?!" I exclaimed in shock."A gift" he replied, making a goofy face."why do fuck would you get me a lingerie??" I asked quizzically."To get you to finally have sex with your sexy hubby" he replied cheekly."And who said I haven't?" I smirked."Wait actually?" he asked in shock."I was really just joking about the lingerie thing and having sex with Stephano, I guess my plan to piss you off failed now" he grumbled."But for real! no wonder you look like you were suddenly glowing!!! must be nice banging such a beautiful specimen" he gushed."Can you stop?" I grumbled."Umm no! My baby is finally growing up. Gosh we need to celebrate this. let me get some wine!" he exclaimed."Stop it. I'm going to be meeting up with my mom later on so drinking might not be the best idea for now"."Sorry?" he asked in confusion."Since when did you suddenly start visiting your mom? last I checked you guys don't have any sort of relationship. How nice to