CHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora laughed nervously and prayed desperately that the panic did not show on her face. She couldn't help but think about how very close to the truth that Tremont was. "I adore Ryan, a lot, there's no question about that, ...sometimes I even wish I could be his mother for real, but I can't take over Georgina's place as the woman who gave birth to him." She spoke, watching Tremont closely. "She's not Ryan's mother!" Tremont was surprised by his admission, except for close family members, everyone else including the media had always assumed that his child's mother was Georgina. He wasn't sure why he'd so easily admitted that to Aurora. "She's not his mother?" Aurora faked being surprised. "Who is Ryan's mother then, what happened to her? Is she no longer in your life" "That's none of your business." Tremont stated neither was his voice harsh nor friendly. He didn't want to tell AurCHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Georgina sat on the sofa, giving her mother a doubtful look. Vera Stanford seemed calm and composed as she elegantly sipped her tea."Are you sure this is going to work?" Georgina finally spoke, breaking the silence in the room.Her mother sighed exasperatedly, her daughter was very much like her in every aspect, except that she wasn't vicious enough, especially in claiming things that were supposed to belong to her."You can't hesitate. I know you don't want to lose Tremont, and you also want to make him pay for betraying you."Georgina nodded affirmatively, her heart still swelled with anger and hurt each time she recalled the scene she had seen. How did a man like Tremont allow himself to be seduced by that scheming bitch? That Aurora had appeared out of nowhere and ruined her lifelong dream.Who did she think she was?Georgina was about to say something when Miles
CHAPTER FIFTY NINE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The car slowed down to a halt and Aurora stepped out. Seeing her old friend had sprung tears to her eyes. Tina looked sicker and malnourished than the last time Aurora had seen her. This was the exact reason she needed Ian's help as fast as she could. "You've seen her, whatever your payment, I'll give you every amount, she can't stay there for much longer, or she might die!" She said to Ian who walked towards her. "You can quit talking about the money, you're my friend, so of course, I'm going to help you." Ian said and Aurora heaved out a sigh, she wouldn't be completely relieved until Tina was free. "How about that? Am I not a good friend?" Ian wriggled his brows and put a casual hand across Aurora's shoulders. Aurora wriggled away from his clasp, she had never thought anything of Ian's clinginess before until Tremont had mentioned if she intended to make him jealous. That was the most ridiculous th
CHAPTER SIXTY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont read through the paper one more time and swallowed hard at the feeling of disappointment. His mother didn't leave even a single word for him. Absolutely nothing.She only wrote about one thing, her death wish was for him to marry Georgina! Tremont's brows were drawn together, he had only just ended things with Georgina, the thought of him spending his life with a woman who wasn't Aurora gave him a weird feeling. One thing that left him confused was that he knew his mother and Georgina had never fully gotten along, why would his mother make such a request?Tremont closed the book when he saw John heading towards him. "I've seen all the guests off, you must be tired as well, you need to retire for the night, I'll take care of all your calls." John's eyes flashed with sympathy as well as a trace of unease, he seemed as though he wanted to say something but didn't know how to go ahead with it.
CHAPTER SIXTY ONE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont met the housekeeper, Mrs. Matilda doing the dishes, he had a few questions that needed to be answered, even if he dreaded what the answer would be. The woman turned around when she realized Tremont's presence."Is there something that I can help with?" She offered a small smile. Even though Tremont had given all the workers some days off, she wanted to ensure that everything he might need was already prepared."I need you to explain to me exactly how you got this."Matilda stared at the small book in Tremont's hand and a crease appeared on her forehead, she had never seen Tremont wearing such a serious look."Isn't that your mother's....I'm so...sorry" She averted as though she was afraid of offending him. "I was cleaning up the room when I found it, I didn't know what it was and had almost stored it with the rest of the other items, but thankfully Mi
CHAPTER SIXTY TWO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora had put Ryan to sleep some hours ago but sleep evaded her. She couldn't help thinking about Tremont, today must have been very difficult for him. She pushed aside the covers, thinking about him just wouldn't help, she thought as she slipped her feet into the flip-flop, she might as well check up on him. She walked past the dimly lit hallway until she stood in front of the door of his bedroom. She continued to stare at the closed door, unknowing of what to do. For some reason, her heart rate increased and the hand which she raised to knock was trembling with nervousness. What was wrong with her? It wasn't as though she had other intentions but to make sure that he was fine. She inhaled deeply before allowing herself to knock softly. There was no response. She tried again, this time calling out his name but still, she got no response. She suddenly thought that perhaps he was asle
CHAPTER SIXTY THREE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Didn't you hear me!? He said he doesn't want to see me ever again! You told me the plan would work!" Georgina screamed, mascara ran down her cheeks, her hair was in disarray, one look at her, one would think that she was deranged.Vera stared at her daughter, she had no idea how such a perfect plan could have failed, Tremont wasn't supposed to know that the will was faked, he was meant to believe that his mother's wish was for him to marry Georgina, Vera couldn't worry about that for now, seeing the current state of her daughter."First, you have to calm dow..." Vera started when the next shattering of glass echoed the air."He wants nothing to do with me! He said we will be strangers, how can I calm down!? Why must he treat me so cruelly?" Georgina screamed even more agitated."What's going on here!" Mr. Stanford bellowed from the doorway. He stared at Georgina for a moment then at
CHAPTER SIXTY FOUR~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora's eyes fluttered open slowly, the first thing she realized was the sensuous warmth that bathed her back. She recalled the last night and a sigh escaped her mouth as the feelings rushed back to her. Tremont's breathing was deep and even, his arms lying across her waist as they shared the same pillow.Slowly, she turned around so that she would face him, they had been so intimate, so connected in ways she had never imagined possible.She started to trail his features with her finger but stopped just in time because she didn't want to wake him.She loved him!Her chest squeezed lightly at the thought, Then she realized that she ought to leave. It was about time for Ryan to wake up. A soft smile formed on her lips as she eased Tremont's hands off her waist, she slowly moved towards the very edge of the bed where her eyes fell on her clothes. She slipped the t-shirt over
CHAPTER SIXTY FIVE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont turned around, the first glimpse at the man, he recognized him. All Tremont could remember was how the man had been too close to Aurora at the last charity function and how he had also driven Aurora. It didn't go past Tremont's notice how the man's attention seemed to be focused on Aurora, and was it just him, or did she seem afraid? He could feel his protective instinct swell up as he stepped forward."Thanks for your concern..." He spoke, realizing that he had forgotten the man's name but he couldn't be concerned about that.George didn't seem to detect the hostility in Tremont's expression, he was staring at Aurora, she looked even more beautiful than the last time he had seen her, all he could do was regret the mistake that separated them. And now, he wanted her back. Meeting her today had not been a coincidence, he had been stalking her silently for quite some time, waiting for the op