CHAPTER FORTY THREE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Water." Her mouth felt all dry and swollen. She opened her mouth and managed to repeat the words, this time her eyes fluttered open. The first thing she realized was that the walls were different from those of her prison cell. She suddenly remembered she had been released! After that...The thought was shoved aside when a glass of water was presented in front of her, she grabbed the glass greedily and dragged it to her lips. At that moment, she gazed at the person who had handed the water and her shaky fingers gave way. The glass fell to the tiled floor with a loud shattering sound. She was barely conscious of the sound. Her body was left frozen in shock, she couldn't tear her eyes away from the man in front of her. Dressed in a charcoal grey suit, his dark hair thoroughly combed was none other than the very person who had sent her to jail. Her husband. TremCHAPTER FORTY FOUR~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' Make yourself presentable ' Tremont had spoken before leaving the room. Was it an hour ago that he had mentioned the charity function?Aurora stared from the expensive-looking clothes to the jewelry that appeared to be very valuable, Aurora decided one thing. She wasn't going to attend. She paced around the room, deeply lost in thoughts. First, he had taken care of her expenses and had brought her home from the hospital. Now, he wanted her to attend a charity event with him? A sigh escaped her mouth when a knock sounded on the door. She walked towards it to pull it open. She met Tremont's familiar gaze. He seemed to access her every feature with an emotion she didn't recognize. Her heart skipped hard when his gaze found hers again. She noticed that he was dressed in a flawlessly ironed black tuxedo, his dark hair had been brushed to perfection. He was strikingly handsome, Aurora thought i
CHAPTER FORTY FIVE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The questions started to pour like rain.' They were rumors that you sent your wife to jail, how true is that? 'Aurora couldn't breathe, she was feeling light-headed, most of all, she wanted to disappear from their midst, but that was something impossible."Mrs. Tremont, a source spoke that you tried to kill your mother-in-law, was that the reason you were imprisoned?" A faceless voice from the crowd yelled.Aurora's heart was thumping too fast, she was going to suffer from a panic attack. Suddenly, her fingers were enclosed in warm larger ones. She lifted her head sideways to stare at Tremont, her heart missing a beat when she found him studying her closely.Confusion raced through her mind, didn't he bring her here to humiliate her? Why was he clasping her hand?Tremont turned towards the crowd of reporters and spoke for the first time."Those are plain rumors, my wife and I ar
CHAPTER FORTY SIX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Georgina couldn't get enough drinks. She wanted to forget her argument with Tremont but couldn't.How could he treat her so? Didn't he know how much he meant to her?He had publicly denied her!Since he found out that she had framed Aurora, he had spoken less and less to her, and now this.Was she starting to lose him to that whore? No... She couldn't!Not after all her years of waiting for him!"Did he really say that you guys are over?" Audrey spoke sympathetically while Nicole poured the wine for her friend.Georgina blinked back tears. Her eyes suddenly caught sight of Aurora who was sitting only a few tables away.A few women were surrounding Aurora, all of them probably trying to curry favor with her.That used to be her spot! Georgina fumed inwardly, she had never hated anyone so deeply as she did this woman."It's all because of his new wife! I'
CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora was yet to recover from her shock."Not even a hello?" George smirked, taking a step closer towards her.His step was unsteady, which made Aurora realize that he must have had a few drinks."Not really, I have nothing to say to you." Aurora started to leave when George suddenly reached out to her, his hand encircling hers.All Aurora felt from the touch was disgust but George was adamant about not letting go."Do you have to pretend that you don't know me? After all, we were once husband and wife." His breath reeked of alcohol as he assessed her with a leery expression that spread an uncomfortable feeling through Aurora."You have to let me go this instant! Or I will have to help!" Aurora gritted but George merely scoffed."It seems to be true, it was all over the news that you married a rich man, you are now the wife of Tremont Stone." There was a
CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~He bit down on her lips when she denied him entrance.Aurora gasped at the pain and his tongue was in. Dominating, conquering, and claiming her every breath. One of his hands grabbed a fist full of her hair as he sought to deepen the kiss. She pounded hard against his shoulders and he punished her by biting harder against her lips. A whimper escaped her mouth as she finally surrendered against him. She closed her eyes, willing herself not to feel anything, but didn't manage to succeed.She sensed the sudden change in him moments after she stopped fighting him. His grip on her loosened slightly and he was kissing her more gently, allowing his tongue to drink and savor every flavor as he had long to do for a long time. She tasted like perfection and fit perfectly in his arms.Tremont was surprised when she started to respond to his kisses, shyly at first as her fingers groped at his shirt. She
CHAPTER FORTY NINE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont emptied his fourth glass of whiskey, maybe it was his fifth...or sixth...maybe seventh. He didn't keep count.Alone in the dim lights of his living room, he couldn't seem to get rid of the turmoil in his chest. He had never felt so irritable, he wanted to rest or sleep, but he could do neither.Why wasn't she arriving? He thought.When he had instructed the driver and had gone back in search of Aurora, he hadn't seen her there. He wondered where she could have gone. Worry if anything bad had happened gnawed at his heart. She also barely had recovered from the illness.He should never have allowed her to leave the car but he'd been so furious and confused.She had been nothing but trouble from the very first moment she stepped into his life. He'd meant to punish her with that kiss, but it was he who was currently being tormented. He couldn't stop thinking how good
CHAPTER FIFTY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora walked into the quiet house.Damn George! She thought.Why did she have to meet him at such crucial times?She had been left with no choice but as he had driven her back, it had taken even much longer because the path he had followed had been flooded by the heavy rain. He had kept mentioning his failing marriage with Cassandra.Aurora scoffed inwardly. As if she cared! What had been his aim? Some sympathy from her?If not for them, her Sammie would never have to suffer so much before his painful end, that was a grievance that she would never forgive neither would she forget, not even in her death!She had vowed to make them pay, maybe George had stepped into her life for exactly that purpose.But revenge wouldn't bring Sammie back to life, maybe instead of hating on worthless people, she should spend all her time giving love to those who deserved it. Bu
CHAPTER FIFTY ONE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont knew he made a huge mistake from the first moment he touched her, but he had been too angry, undeniable jealousy made his blood pump faster and faster. The emotion was foreign to him, yet intense. He shouldn't have kissed her, because now he couldn't stop. Her taste assaulted his senses and he just wanted to lose himself in her.One minute she had been cold from the rain, the next moment was warm and burning all over the places his hands touched.A small breathless whimper escaped from her throat, all of her struggles did not seem to have an effect on him.Her fear grew intense."Listen to me Tremont, if you don't stop, I'm going to scream!" She spoke with urgency, trying vainly to fix her dress to give her some decency."Then, by all means, go ahead." He spoke in a tauntingly mesmerizing voice, using his free hand to pull the shirt from his trousers."You have a fia