CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora bumped into voices locked in a conversation, she didn't bother to look in the direction, she was in a hurry to get as far away from Tremont as possible. She exhaled loudly, wondering why her heart was beating too fast. How could he declare that he wanted her with such shamelessness? No wonder he and Georgina made a perfect pair! She was halfway through the stairs when she heard John's voice, he was calling and waving in her direction.Did he want something from her? She soon made her way to where he stood. "I've been calling you for quite some time, you seemed to be in a hurry, is everything alright?" His voice was laced in concern as his gaze scanned her over. "He's giving you a hard time again?" "Well, it's not, what I mean is that he is..." She fumbled with the words and John nodded his head in understanding. "Poor child, you don't need to defendCHAPTER FIFTY FOUR~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The atmosphere around dinner was calm, Tremont was lost in thought as he had all day long, he was in a foul mood. He couldn't keep a rein on the surfacing feelings that continued eating him up from the insides, this was the first period in his life when he lost total control, he didn't know how to deal with the new turn of things.She rejected him for the third time. He had never wanted something in his life and got rejected, she was but a mere woman, why couldn't he just forget about her? It wasn't just plain lust, he wanted to uncover every part of her, he wanted to listen to the secrets her alluring dark eyes had to tell.His eyes fell on Georgina who was sitting across from him at the dinner table and he knew for certain that he would not be able to spend the rest of his life with her.But he'd made that promise to his dead best friend.Steve had made that request on his
CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Georgina was pacing around the room when Tremont walked in. Her head shifted in his direction the moment he entered.Georgina couldn't help but feel nervous, after that night when she had tried to seduce him and failed, a thin barrier had been created between them. She had realized in the past few days that he always seemed uncomfortable each time he was around her. She was also ashamed, that night, she had acted on impulse because she had not been able to control her emotions, and even that had not been able to sway him, so how could she not feel embarrassed?"What's so urgent Tremont? Is everything fine?" She asked, swallowing hard when he didn't respond immediately.The concerned look in her eyes made the guilt in Tremont's heart weigh like heavy rocks. He took a moment to study Georgina, she was beautiful, elegant, and had the body of a goddess, she was also intelligent and was faithful t
CHAPTER FIFTY SIX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont massaged his temples slowly, he had not been able to get a wink of sleep last night. He had sent Georgina to the hospital last night and had left only when the doctor had assured him that she was in no great danger.He felt guilt towards her but it had to be done, he could only hope that she would soon move on with her life and find the happiness that she deserved.The sun was already bright outside was on his second cup of coffee when he decided to go check up on Ryan. He expected Ryan to still be fast asleep, he did not expect to find the room empty. He followed the sounds of laughter and found himself in the kitchen. Aurora seemed to be laughing at something Ryan said, she suddenly looked more youthful and enchanting, Tremont realized that this was the first time he'd seen her looking so carefree, she didn't look as though she had the burden of the world on her shoulders. The beautiful s
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 Aur
CHAPTER 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