*AURORA*The following day, I gave Ava a call and asked her out to meet.She sounded arrogant on the phone.”Oh sorry, the CEO of another TV station invited me for an interview today. I’m afraid I don’t have as much free time as you do.”I scoffed.Of course she already knew that I lost the prime-time host position and was made to take a one week break.She could feel that she has won now but I wasn’t letting anyone trample over me anymore.They won’t go scot-free for messing with me.I remain calm with her.”I don’t have time during the day as well, so how about we meet at night. At Roka restaurant, my treat.”Roka restaurant was one of the top upscale restaurant in this town.And I wasn’t surprised when she agreed few seconds later.She was so shameless, after trying to ruin my reputation, she still wants to come dine at a grand restaurant on my treat.She truly disgust me and I wished I had put her in her place sooner.***************That night, I waited almost an hour for Ava.I kn
Everyone’s jaws almost dropped in shock.Most of the people in the room had grew up with Damon in Madrid.And for the past six years since he had been back home, they knew he didn’t entertain talks about marriage or relationship.He had no interest in both.Part of the reason why he left Madrid to come here was because his father kept setting him up on different blind dates and the other reason was because of the resort project.But now, he had a girlfriend?!“Girlfriend? how can you have a girlfriend? How can you do that to me?!”Milena, the girl who had ran up to him yelled.The corner of Damon’s mouth hooked, but his eyes were clear and cold: "What does me having a girlfriend have to do with you?”"Manuel, I'm your fiancée."“My fiancée? I had no idea.”“You know very well that your father thinks the most highly of me, and has already proposed marriage to my family in private, just without announcing it to the public."The corner of Damon’s mouth hooked up coldly: "I can’t remember
Although Ximena looked like a beggar, she had a lot of strength.She fiercely grabbed Carla’s hair and began to beat her up.“Everyone! Come see this ungrateful daughter of mine, I worked hard to raise her, for her to go to college, but she abandoned her parents! She ran away with a man. She had a good life with a man while her father is crippled and unable to leave the bed, she ignored my calls and my texts. She cut off her family for no reason.”People around were attracted to the scene.Someone recognized Carla and hurriedly pulled the two apart.Ximena then sat on the ground and wailed.“What did I ever do to you, Carla? Was my crime birthing you? I worked multiple jobs to send you to school. How could you abandon me because you found a rich man? And now what? You’re a TV host! You do not deserve to be! You’re an evil person!”Carla fell to the ground shivering.Her fear of Ximena had gone deep into her bones, and she could not say a word, but her eyes wrapped in fear, showed a st
*AURORA*I laid on the deck chair in front of the pool in a robe.I had been doing all I could to enjoy my break for the past few days.And so far, I was feeling well rested.Having gotten Carla humiliated as well, I was a bit satisfied. But I didn’t want to think about her again during this one week.I didn’t know being away from work would be so relaxing. I felt calmer, less agitated and I just did everything I wanted to do with my free time.I had just finished swimming and I was currently resting until I felt the sun go down.I opened my eyes and was startled to see Damon sitting on the deck chair beside me and staring at me.I looked around.”When did you get here? You startled me.”How did he move so quietly, I didn’t notice.Or maybe I was too lost in my thoughts to notice.“Sorry. How was your day?”I could tell that he just got back from work. He was still in his suit.“Calm.”I replied, honestly and then stared at him.“I don’t think I’ve ever taken time to thank you.”He grim
*AURORA*The next morning, I slept until sunrise. And when I woke up, Damon had already gone to work.I thought about using the remaining of my break to start designing jewelry.I've been getting a lot of requests for designs lately, so l made time to design two sets and send them off.At noon, I received a message from Damon asking me to join him for lunch at his office.I felt bored at home so I decided to go.*********I drove straight into the underneath parking lot of the Mont building.Then I headed into his exclusive elevator.After the elevator opened, I walked towards his office.Just as I opened the door, I bumped into his personal secretary, Sergio.The atmosphere was instantly awkward.Sergio didn’t look surprise.He pushed the rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose and spoke in a gentlemanly manner, "Miss Diaz, the president went out for a meeting but he will arrive in about ten minutes."I nodded, "Okay." I sat on his office chair.There was a stack of papers on the t
“You were going to hit me! Haven’t I been through a lot too? Haven’t I?!” Aurora thundered.Isobel’s back was hurting so much and as she recalled the way Aurora grabbed her wrist and pushed her back as if she was such a weakling, her fist clenched.She wasn’t a weakling!The weakling here should be Aurora.She pushed herself up to her feet and as she ran to fight Aurora.She heard her father’s voice.“Stop! Isobel, what are you doing?!”As soon as Isobel turned around, she saw that both Hannah and Alberto were standing at the landing of the second floor, and were currently staring at the two ladies.Isobel reacted instantly."Dad, Mom, she started it, she hurt me.”Alberto walked down.“We clearly saw you trying to start a fight with her. I’ve told you many times, Isobel. Aurora would always be family. She’s your sister. You two should get along.”Isobel was furious in her heart, furious that she didn’t get to hit Aurora and she was still taking the blame.Hannah walked over and held
Damon didn't say anything. He wasn’t even connected with his surrounding, the only thing on his mind was the hug.The others thought that since he didn’t react to Gary’s words, it was okay to talk about Aurora like that.They laughed and one man said to Gary.“Deal with her? You punk! You just want to have a taste of her!”They laughed again.Gary continued.”She is a promiscuous woman and hence, she needs to be tamed. I can tame her.”“Let’s bet on it, give me three days and I’ll fuck the heck out of Aurora. I can even bring you guys video recording if you want.”And her name snapped Damon back to reality.He heard the last thing Gary had said.In the next second, he suddenly turned around.A blow landed on Gary’s cheek.Gary was punched to the ground in a daze.Damon stepped forward and grabbed Gary’s collar, "What did you say?! What did you just say about her?”“Nothing! Nothing! I’m sorry.”Gary panicked.“Aurora isn’t that kind of woman. Whatever you all saw today doesn’t matter! S
At night, Aurora tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.What did Lucien words mean?She wrote all that in her diary?When?Aurora got up early in the morning.When she went to the dinning room for breakfast, she ran into Lucien.Lucien’s eyes seemed to flash with a hint of an unknown emotion when he saw Aurora.“You were the one who drove me home yesterday?"Aurora nodded, sat down and started eating breakfast, "You were drunk, Caden called me."Lucien was silent for a moment, "Next time I'll tell them that we're separated so that they won’t bother you."Aurora’s expression was faint, "As you wish."Lucien stared at her face.She had just gotten up, no make up, and looked nothing like her usual sophisticated self.When she put on makeup brightly, she looked like a seductive vixen.But without makeup, she looked pure and innocent like the girl he had grew up with.After shaking his head for a moment, he said, "The post on the internet, you were right, it was Carla who leaked the news. I
Just as his lips were about to touch Aurora’s lips.He heard footsteps.Lucien was shocked and his spine tensed.Perhaps because he was so flustered, he forgot to stand up. He was frozen on the spot.And at that moment, Aurora stirred and opened her eyes.Her eyes widened to see Lucien’s face so close to hers.Their lips were mere inches away from each other’s.And the footsteps couldn’t be heard at the moment because the person had stopped walking in shock for what she had witness.It was Carla.She had seen everything.She had seen Lucien about to kiss Aurora!She moved closer to them.“What the hell?!”She was flaring with anger.A hint of shame flashed under Lucien’s eyes.At this time, he and Aurora were looking at each other, and for a while, they didn't know what to say.Aurora frowned, she had barely slept all night last night and had just fallen into a deep sleep.He had the nerves to disturb her!Lucien’s face was red, and he actually looked like a thief who had just been cau
When they were abroad, Lucien always assured her that she’d be Mrs Sullivan soon.Now, he seemed unwilling to get separated from Aurora.Carla could feel that he was beginning to change, things were changing!She could sense that Lucien wasn’t all over her like before.Carla panicked.She had literally done everything she could to make Lucien hate Aurora!How can he still get swayed by her?!If he were to learn that all that had happened between them was her doing.She would be done for.She couldn't give them a chance to clear up their misunderstanding.She had to get them permanently separated as soon as possible.She had to make Lucien hate Aurora even more and if she doesn’t succeed in doing that, then she had to do something to Aurora.Carla smiled as she began to hatch up a plan in her mind.**********************AURORA*After I got into Damon’s car.I leaned back against the seat and stared out the window.It was irritating and amusing about how shameless Lucien was.Was he se
Lucien looked up at the man.The fury in his eyes converted into shock when he saw the face clearly.He couldn’t believe his eyes."Mr…Mr Dumont?”Damon had already wrapped his hand around Aurora’s waist in a smooth manner.Looking at her, he asked, "We made plans to have dinner together. Should we go now?"Aurora thought for a moment, “Let’s not eat out tonight. I’m craving for smoky albondigas, the ones made by you.”“Okay, then let’s stop by the grocery store, I need to get my special ingredient for it.”Lucien was still in disbelief when he saw the intimate and natural conversation between the two.Manuel Dumont was going to cook for Aurora?!And it seemed to be something he has been doing.Lucien was one of those men who were of the belief that the kitchen was meant for the kitchen staff or a woman.Not a man and definitely not a great man like Mr Dumont.But with the smile on Damon’s face as he stared at Aurora, Lucien could see that he was practically happy to cook for her.Thi
When Lucien hung up, he was still fuming, still finding it hard to believe that Aurora was in a relationship with someone else now.He furiously slammed the phone against the floor.Carla just happened to see him lose his temper like that.Her eyes widened in shock.She walked over and took his arm, "Lucien, what's wrong?"Lucien glanced at her, his eyes clear and cold.Carla felt startled.Lucien had never looked at her with such eyes before.Ever since that day when Aurora played that recording at the hospital, Lucien seemed to have changed.Was he really suspicious of her?No, she had laid out her plans years ago, and it had been hard for her to get to this point, so she mustn't lose the battle.Her eyes pooled with tears in an aggravated manner."Did I do something to upset you?"Lucien’s heart was filled with contradictions as he looked at Carla’s pitiful appearance.For the first time, he knew that Carla might be pretentious.He didn’t know how to feel about the things he found
Isobel watched the scene in total disbelief and her jaw dropped when she saw Aurora placed her palm on her cheek and shyly looked at the man, she looked like a teenage girl who had just gotten her first kiss from her crush.When the man sat back down, Isobel looked closely wanting to figure out who he was.She hid by a pillar not wanting Aurora to notice her, she continued to spy on them, straining her neck to catch a glimpse of the man’s face but his back was to her.He didn’t turn around but Isobel could tell that he wasn’t Lucien.Even if Isobel taunted Aurora about Lucien leaving her, she didn’t think their marriage had really ended.She only thought they were having marital crisis for now and so, she felt Aurora was cheating on Lucien!Isobel smirked when he saw the man reached out and held Aurora’s hand.She wondered how Aurora’s husband was going to take this.Isobel quickly brought out her cellphone and took a picture.She then sent the picture to Lucien.****************Luci
*DAMON*I was fucked.This woman will be the death of me.And I could ruefully admit now that she was the only person that could ruin me.I realized that when I stood in front of the Sullivans mansion that night.I had wanted to go in. I just had to get my men to take care of the security guards. I desperately wanted to go in and get my Aurora out of that house.And it took everything in me not to go in. Because I knew she wouldn’t like that. Because I felt she would find me psychotic. I had second thought because I didn’t want her to hate me. She literally values the Sullivan’s opinion of her so much and they certainly would not think of her in a good light if I should drag her out of their house.I didn’t want her to think of me as a psycho, I just wanted her away from him. She should not be around him anymore and I feared that she might sleep with him especially because she spent the fucking night there.Even if I believed her when she said she didn’t sleep with him, still, it pain
Later that day, Aurora was still feeling bothered, she was still unable to reach him but suddenly, her phone rang.She jumped seeing that he was the one calling.She looked at her cell phone for a few seconds in deep thought.When she picked up, she didn't speak first.After a few minutes of silence, a low voice came from the other end of the phone, "So if I don’t come to you, you won’t come to me? Is that so?”Aurora ignored that question.”The posts on the internet. The videos, pictures. Was it your doing?”She had lost hope with the public seeing anything good in her.She had just wanted the news to pass on its own.But now, she could host the news again?She was very happy.“Yes.”He confirmed.“Thank you so much,”She murmured.“What I did cost me a lot of money and resources. And as usual, you’re going to want to pay me back so how will you thank me?”She smiled.”I'll buy you dinner tonight."“Okay.”He agreed.She jumped off the bed and started to get dressed, excitedly.She felt s
“I don’t want to be with him. Nothing happened between us last night. I only took him home.”Aurora clarified.After all, it was part of the rules that they wouldn’t share each other with other people.The corner of Damon’s mouth hooked out with a touch of sarcasm.“You really know your way around men.” He tilted up her chin.“What? Lucien couldn’t satisfy you last night so you came back to me?!”Aurora’s eyes quickly went cold.”Do not insult me! I told you, nothing happened.”Damon’s handsome brows furrowed, his eyes deep and dark, hiding storm clouds.Aurora was still in her signature surly smile, and her voice was soulful and enticing, "Also, my relationship with you is not enough for me to explain everything I do to you. As long as I abide by the rules, you have no reason to interrogate me like this. We’re just sex buddies! I did not break any rule and you have no right to be so upset!”“Of course, if you’re tired of this, you can end this relationship at any time and I'll move out
At night, Aurora tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.What did Lucien words mean?She wrote all that in her diary?When?Aurora got up early in the morning.When she went to the dinning room for breakfast, she ran into Lucien.Lucien’s eyes seemed to flash with a hint of an unknown emotion when he saw Aurora.“You were the one who drove me home yesterday?"Aurora nodded, sat down and started eating breakfast, "You were drunk, Caden called me."Lucien was silent for a moment, "Next time I'll tell them that we're separated so that they won’t bother you."Aurora’s expression was faint, "As you wish."Lucien stared at her face.She had just gotten up, no make up, and looked nothing like her usual sophisticated self.When she put on makeup brightly, she looked like a seductive vixen.But without makeup, she looked pure and innocent like the girl he had grew up with.After shaking his head for a moment, he said, "The post on the internet, you were right, it was Carla who leaked the news. I