Third Person's POV; Aleena was drowning in jealousy even as she stalked their pages. A luxury car for a Christmas present? Let's not forget the surprise birthday party and exotic honeymoon all for that wretch. And, what's more annoying than the fact that her insider who let her in on what she needed to know from Damien's villa had been fired. Tracy and her had not talked ever since the contract fiasco and her so called friend whom she found out was pregnant had not even bothered to reach out to her. Damien. Oh her Damien had not even reached out ever since their night of passion in London few months back. It was sad that that wife of his was getting in the way of their love story but it was only a matter of time until she dropped her Trump card. She may have made the mistake of drugging him back in London when her informant had told her of his presence there. She had followed him all through his stay up until he went to the club. There, she had bribed a bartender and had him spike
Ariana's POV; It was Valentine's day. I could not think of anything to give dad so I opted for a love filled valentine card. I read it out to him. "Thank you for raising me with love, supporting me with pride and encouraging me to grow into the person I am today. I love you Dad. Happy Valentine's day." I said with a watery smile. "Thank you Miel. You really never cease to put a smile on my face." He said lovingly even as he gradually raised his hand and caressed my cheek. "You always make me so proud of you every day. I truly believe I did something good in my past life to be given a daughter like you." A few tears dropped from my eyes as he said so and he wiped them. "I love you." He said. "I love you too." I mouthed back, placing my palm on his own palm placed on my cheek. Like he had an epiphany, he said out of the blue that he wanted me to get him pickles. "Dad you don't even like pickles." I pointed out but he vehemently disagreed. To let peace reign, I trudged out of th
"Billionaire business mogul, Damien Kingston is not only a cold businessman after all. He's turned out to be a really sweet husband too. Amid all the speculations of a separation because he and his spouse had been apart since the year began, he has once again proved us wrong with a sweet gesture for Valentine's day." The blonde entertainment news anchor said with a wide grin and turned to her partner. "Here's the tea guys. He surprised his wife at her father's hospital room in New York where she had been since the beginning of the year due to her father's unfortunate illness. He had flowers, balloons and all, just for her and you could see the love radiating from both of them." The melanin dripping co host added with a saccharine tone. I snorted. "Recall that just about two months ago, he planned a similar surprise for her birthday as well as took her on a trip to the beautiful Island of Bora Bora and gave her a sleek Lamborghini Urus for Christmas. Truly, Mr Kingston spoils his wife
I woke up at my usual time and found Damien awake but was checking stocks on his phone like a typical businessman. "Good morning." I bade and sat up. "Morning babe. How was your sleep?" "It was good." I answered groggily and glanced at my father who seemed to be sleeping peacefully before I went to the bathroom. Minutes into doing my business, I heard a ruckus and I rushed out to see what was going on. Medical personnel had crowded the once empty room, surrounding my father and even when I asked what was going on, no one answered me. They usherred me outside to meet with Damien who mirrored the concerned look on my face. "What's going on? Damien, what happened?" I asked frantically looking back and forth between him and whatever was going on in the room via the window. "I don't know a lot about medicine but I think his heart failed." He said slowly. I clasped my hand over my mouth trying to hold myself together. 'He's fine. Everything's fine.' I told myself over and over whil
Third Person's POV; Loss. It's one of the most difficult things to deal with. It's proof of how ephemeral this world really is. It slices into your heart and takes a piece that can never be recovered. It creates a vacuum that never actually gets filled. It is said that people never get over the loss of a loved one, they just adapt to the pain over time. The consequences of loss are lasting especially when there is a constant reminder of that loved one. But, life must go on. A week had passed since the unfortunate happening in Ariana's life and she had been pulling the strong front even when everyone saw through her. Her husband and his family had been blessings indeed. They came through for her in more ways than she expected. The last few days, she did not have to lift a finger and everything was set up for her father's funeral. She was grateful that she did not have to go through the stress of taking decisions in such a trying time. It was so hard to come to terms with the fact
Ariana's POV; "Babe, let's not argue over this." Damien said with a frustrated sigh. "My mind's made up." I said, propping my feet up on the bedstead. "Why don't you want to come back with us?" I glanced at him who was seated on the stool in front of my vanity mirror. "I just need some more time here." "How long?" He asked. "I don't know." I shrugged. "You've been here for close to two months." He pointed out like I didn't already know that. "Yes. And now I don't feel like going back to LA anymore." He stood up and placed his arms across his broad chest, posing like he was thinking of how to put his words properly so they wouldn't sound offensive. "Ariana, we're married." He began."Yeah, so?" "We've been away from each other since the year began." He pointed out."Uh huh?" Where's this going? I found myself thinking. "We didn't agree on a long distance marriage and it's raising lots of questions." He said."Questions like?" I asked. "Questions like, 'are things okay bet
Damien's POV; I sat still on my seat pondering on what my wife had just said. Did she just threaten me with a possible divorce? I shook my head. She had got to be kidding if she thought I'd let her go just like that. We still had over six months to remain married and I believed that everything would be back to normal long before then. Or, so I thought. Anyways, I gave her some space and by that I mean, I let her be until our flight landed in LA. As usual, she had her face to the car window and did not utter a word to me until we arrived at the villa. Everyone else had arrived before us and were most probably resting in their various rooms so we went ahead to do same. I heaved a sigh, happy that I was finally back home after nearly two months of being away. I had not been here since the year began because even when I left Italy, I went straight to New York to surprise Ariana on Valentine's day. I looked around and saw that everything was spick-and-span just as expected. Barely
It was a pretty long flight and as usual I just wanted to sleep for a really long time after we touched down.Rome truly is a beautiful place. I saw that when we drove far down into the city headed straight for Damien's resort.The place was a jaw dropping sight. I expected no less for a man who went all out on everything.The large expanse of land that had been finely crafted and sculpted to perfection had me wondering how they pulled it off in a space of six months. This should have taken years to set up."You like what you see?" He asked, placing his hands on my shoulders as we walked around the place after we were well rested."I don't know how to express it in words." I said breathlessly as I looked up at the glittery ceilings."It's amazing." I said for lack of a better word to describe it."I love the effect it has on you." He smirked. I smiled up at him."This project is a huge success. I'm happy for you."