STELLAS POV.I feel a throbbing pain in my head as I pop my eyes open, the icy cold feeling from beneath pinches at my skin, I rub my palms against my forehead as the previous occurrences come dawning on me."she's awake" I hear a voice call up from behind me, masculine and harsh, I Try standing to my feet but I've been tied up with no means of escape "Good, even better" the other man with a scar, running from his left ear to his lips and chin answers, he proceeds closer to me and squats before me, with his index finger he raises my chin."You STELLAS POV.I feel a throbbing pain in my head as I pop my eyes open, the icy cold feeling from beneath pinched at my skin, I rubbed my palms against my forehead as the previous occurrences come dawning on me.Hospital then the alley with three strange men.I groaned as I tried to get up when o heard a voice call from behind me and although we haven't been together for long, I recognize the raspiness in it. "She's awake" the voice said, he wa
Stella's POV"Finally, you're awake," the voice that taunted my dreams and turned them into nightmares from my guilt and desires said and I nodded. "Yes and I've missed you," I gulped. This was a dream, so I might as well rant and let all the stress go. My body ached when I tried to move and my eyelashes remained heavy, so I stayed still. "Really? I thought you hated me, I'd have come sooner if I knew," he said and I nodded. "I know I have that impression, but I just felt," I paused as a sudden brightness flashed in my eyes as it made me squint, despite the fact that they were closed. "Keep her talking if you can, we have to make sure she's conscious before we go through with this test," I heard an unfamiliar voice and I frowned. This was the first time we were having a third party in our discussion, so I paused. Was someone trying to eavesdrop on our conversation even in my dream? "How rude!" It angered me. "What do you mean, Stella?" his voice came to my hearing again, confu
Stella's POV"We can't possibly be talking about the same person. Are you sure you are not referring to Lawrence's twin?" I asked wide eyed after listening to all Kitty had to say about Lawrence. "Nope, I'm damn sure. My source was the one that told me about the way to win president Camila's heart for the Milan contract," she said and I relaxed. I had to put my doubts to a pause as I remembered how competitive that contract had been for A class and even supermodels all over the world two years ago.The cold hearted female in charge of the top Milan fashion company that only offered the best bonuses, even better than my company and needed a model to fill in as replacement for her top model who suddenly required. It would have been easy to know who qualified, except she didn't have any criteria and usually reached out to her models herself. Rumours had it that president Camila was secretive and also a perfectionist so there was a high reward for whoever won the contract in each compan
STELLAS POV.The drive home was longer than usual and no matter how many times I asked Kitty what it was about, she always avoided the question. "Just where is this home that you're taking me. This route is the opposite direction to the villa," I groaned as I finally turned my attention to Lawrence. In my own attempt to uphold my pride, I had ignored him and pestered kitty instead, but my bestfriend appears to have been bribed by her boss' big boss and now she wouldn't tell me. "I told you, didn't I?""When?" I was frustrated and very close to pulling my own hairs out. "In the note, I'm sure you read it," he winked at me though the rearview mirror. "Of course I did, but there was no address in it. You guys are making me go crazy." "Calm down, I said it's gonna be a surprise and you'd love it in the card, didn't I?" he asked and kept his gaze on me through the mirror that I desperately wanted to shatter to pass my agreesion. "Lawrence! You're making me lose my mind," I groaned as
Stella's POV"I can't believe you're making me stay here with you just because you paid my medicals," I whined and dragged my duvet further up to my neck. "It's a win win anyways, I get to see you everyday and you just enjoy my company and more free vacation days, at least until the culprits are found," he said. "I want to return to work. That's what I came here for," I whined. I had returned so quickly with hopes that I could distract myself from everything with work, but I only ended up having a part of that past catch up with me. "Plus that's not all I paid for," he leaned in even closer and I found myself shifting even closer towards the head board until my back was firmly pressed on it. "Why are you moving away, I'm not going to bite, after all, we had something going on before you decided to disappear on me," he said and I frowned. "I thought we agreed to not go there," I didn't want to address what we had, neither did I want to talk about why I left or what mess he had with
STELLAS POVI needed an escape! That mansion was too hot for me to live in. Just the two of us, yet it felt like a lot more. He was literally everywhere I went and I loved everything about that. However, I wasn't sure I could take it in. I needed fresh air, I needed to breath and today just felt like the best day for it. I had an appointment with the doctor to remove the birth control implant, but telling him that would bring up more sensual questions I wasn't ready to answer. Not with the the way our hormones kept flying around and I could barely go half s day without feeling hot and blushing from either a conversation or even his mere presence. He was either in suits for work meetings, wearing sexy shirts or moving without tops at all, just like now. "It's not an option, if you don't want the guards to come with you, then I'm driving you there. It's really unsafe And I would only feel restless until those bastards are caught," he said, but I shook my head. The mere thought of
Stella's POV"Look, I came here to remove the birth control implant, so be careful," I said as I moved to the other side of the car and rolled down the heat. It was a preventive measure so I wouldn't be too caught up in the heat that would build up later. "Ohhh, I see. Is that why you were so embarassed? I thought we were closer than that," he whined as he stared back at me, poker face on, I could not fathom what was up in his mind at that moment, he seemed rather strange for a while, slowly a frown curved up on his face and he smacked his lips together in a stern manner."What are you thinking of? Whatever it is, just get it off your mind," I said as I watched him seductively lick his lips. His eyes remained on me as he continued to draw closer to me until I could only see the bridge of his nose and I had to instinctively arch my back while his hand found my waist and pulled me close. 'Damn it!' I couldn't cuss aloud as despite my words of not wanting him to get any close, I wante
Stella's POVThere was a plane crash! It was tragic, but that wasn't all, it was also personal. I watched in horror as the list of passengers were called continued and I froze at the sound of her name. It felt like I had been stabbed in the throat and all my strength washed away. I lost all sense and felt numb as I made my way up the stairs. My stomach rumbled, but it sounded from afar and the moment I got in the room, I laid my back on my bed and stared up ahead at the ceiling, trying to force my eyes open so the tears did not spill.I wanted to cry, but I still felt like I had to hold it in. And I was like that until night after rejecting lunch and dinner because with the excuse of being tired. Somewhere at the back of my mind, I felt like seeing Lawrence would help lessen this burden, but it seemed like he wasn't coming home. I have into my exhaustion a few minutes after the clock struck twelve midnight. I had barely closed my eyes when I felt another presence in the room with