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."
Guests trooped in from all over the place and from our room in the penthouse suite, I saw the huge crowd that waited for us outside, they looked so small from up here. I stared at myself in the mirror. I couldn't believe it was me because I looked so fierce and feisty with the smokey eyeshadow and red lipstick, my cheeks were well highlighted. My sleek ponytail stood tightly behind my head even as my finely laid edges crowned my creamy face. I stared at the form hugging black V-neck sequin dress and rubbed my hands over the material. It shone so brightly in the dark. Damien had it picked out for me because he was going to wear something similar. Speaking of him, he had been away since the fall out that afternoon. The make over team had been doing their magic on me and I did not have time to think about him up until now. I knew after tonight it was going to be a rollercoaster of emotions for all of us. But I didn't want that to bother me. "Don't let anybody see through you." I said
"When are we going back to LA?" I heard her speak to me for the first time that morning.I paused for a second and stared at her. She was seated in a lotus position on the bed. "We'll be leaving tonight." I said. I wanted everything to die down before we went back home. The news of Aleena's pregnancy must have been heard by everyone back home because Aiden was calling to confirm.That woman had some nerve though! She went live on I*******m and announced her pregnancy and when someone asked about the child's father, she casually spewed out that it was me. She had not told me beforehand because she knew I would not let her say anything to anyone if I heard it first so she put me in a tight position. My PR team was working on cleaning up the mess the scandal had made but it was going to be difficult because Aleena was a famous model and she had been linked to me on several occasions so her story was believable. But no matter what, I was going to get the truth out of her. "Okay." She
Our altercation was far from over and we had successfully created a scene that everyone around had gathered to see. "Well, if you weren't depriving him of his marital rights, he wouldn't have come to me." She yelled from the terrace where mom held her to keep her away from me. Lucky for her because she would be crying her eyes out due to pain if she was next to me."My sex life with my husband is none of your business!" I got even more agitated at the thought of what she insinuated.My non-existent sex life with him, that is. I thought."Yeah right. You're unable to satisfy him, your curves are useless!" She spewed."That's it!" I snapped.I forced myself out of Ma Rosa's arms and marched towards the terrace to give the slut a much deserved beating. I was almost there but someone's strong arms pulled me back. I thrashed around, hoping he would let me go but he held on tighter."Damien let me go!" I screamed while my legs were fluttering up in the air."Ariana calm down!" He yelled ba
I marveled at the beautiful house Brianna owned. It was so chic and classy just like her. Her call came in the nick of time. She had just returned from rounding up a shoot in England and reached out when she heard the news. I got emotional and let her know about my new living situation and she sent me her address. And here I was, staring at the drool worthy sight she called home. "Welcome Ariana." She said, majestically strutting down the stairs. My gaze followed her until she stood in front of me and gave me a hug. She ushered me to a seat and had my suitcase taken by one of her helps up to her guestroom. "Thanks for letting me stay here for a while Brianna. This means a lot to me." I said, expressing my gratitude profusely. "Oh it's alright." She said with a dismissive wave. "How are you? Really?" She asked knowingly, holding on to my hand. I let out a shaky breath. "I feel like my whole world is crumbling into pieces and I don't even understand anything going on anymore."
Damien's POV; I downed another glass of whiskey. It burned my throat bringing tears that stung at my eyeballs. I felt miserable, utterly useless, despicable in fact. I had pulled the last straw and Ariana had finally left me. I couldn't count the number of times I thought it was a dream or a prank but each time I looked around my eeriely quiet bedroom, it painfully dawned on me that my wife was gone. As usual, my coping mechanism was to drown myself in work and not think about anything or anyone else. I had called and called and called. She did not pick up. She never did. I threw a fit the day I came home and saw that a lot more of her stuff were missing from the closet we shared and when I asked, I was informed that she had come to take more of her stuff and no one cared to let me know about it. I yelled at my mom who confessed that she was aware of Ariana's visit before hand and had promised to not let me know about it. Everyone in the house bore a brunt of my anger that day.