THIRD PERSON'S POV : After Camilla gave Rudy his coffee, she asked about the earlier incident but Rudy being Rudy, didn't say anything. She lost her patience and left him there. She didn't take him to his room. Instead, she took him to their favourite place where they interact mostly and have fun.After that Shane and Nate came to Rudy's room to check on him and talk some sense into him but they saw Camilla muttering something when she came across them. "Where is Rudy?" Shane asked Camilla. Camilla stopped in her tracks and said, "Our place." She said and left. Well, they call that place like that. "She looks irritated," Nate said. "Again Rudy," Shane replied and left with Nate to give Rudy a visit. "What the hell is that Rudy?" Shane shouted going towards his brother. Rudy was startled for a second and looked behind him. "Seriously brother, stop startling people like that. And for your information it's a coffee", Rudy replied nonchalantly. Shane Eyerolled and went to sit on the
SAME DAY...LATER IN THE EVENING... Camilla, Marie, Alina and Jessica all are in the living room discussing the theme of their wedding. They were so busy talking when someone came from behind screaming, "WE ARE BACK...", which scares the hell out of them. Only Alina and Camilla were able to compose themselves not to be scared by that scream. "Stop with your deafening screams, Tess." Another voice was heard. "Buzz kill." The one who screamed before shouted. They entered the living room where the girls are talking followed by two other girls. They look absolutely beautiful. "OMG, you girls came. I missed you a lot." Camilla screamed and pulled them into a group hug. "We missed you too." Those girls squealed and hugged her back. They pulled themselves back after a minute and looked at the other people who were present there. "Oh hi there Marie." One of the girls said to Marie while others smiled and waved at her. Marie said hi and smiled back. "And you...?" another girl asked see
SHANE'S POV : "What the hell is going on here?" I shouted in anger after seeing the position of the girls standing and dancing on the bar counter.I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Alina there dancing like a drunken queen in a sexy dress getting all the attention to her. Damn, she is too hot to be out there, every fu*king idiot is now gawking at her drooling over her.I don't know why, but my blood boiled when people saw her like this, like what's mine. I couldn't put my mind to it because my first priority now is to get her and the other girls out of here. I tried many ways to get her down but she didn't listen at all. Even my men are trying to get the girls down. But they are not listening at all. They are testing my patience levels. "COME DOWN RIGHT NOW," I commanded them to come down. Tess startled and jumped down after listening to my command, luckily, Greyson caught her so she wouldn't fall on the floor. But Jessica and Alina are still there dancing and shouting like ther
NEXT DAY MORNING…ALINA'S POV : Rolling to my left side of the bed getting comfortable after a long and deep sleep. I slept like a baby, after a very long time which is really rare. No nightmares, no screaming and no waking up in the middle of the night with cold sweat, just a comfortable sleep.I opened my eyes slowly as a soft smile formed on my lips after a refreshing sleep but something caught my eyes next to me, I got confused and rubbed my eyes to see clearly and when I saw it, my smile faded immediately and my eyes were wide open in shock.No, it's not something, but someone sleeping so peacefully without a shirt on and messy hair covering his face. 'What the f*ck?' I got up with a quick thud and looked around to see my surroundings.No, this is not my bedroom. Where the hell am I? My lips began to tremble as my heartbeat started racing like it was going to explode, any minute. I checked under the covers to see whether I'm in last night's dress or not."Noooo…." I screamed aft
ALINA'S POV : I left his room after wearing his goddamn pants. What the hell is going on with me? I never felt this way with anyone. If any man even tries to come near me I would kick them without thinking twice. But with him, ahhhh I don't even understand why I'm feeling better around him. Why the hell my lips quivered when he said he will kiss me hard? Damn, If I don't drink coffee right now then I don't know what would happen to my freaking brain with all these new feelings. When I entered the kitchen Omar was already there preparing breakfast and it smelled so nice. I walked towards him to see what he was making and by the smell of it, he was making pancakes, a bagel sandwich, eggs and juice and my guess is right. "It smells great." I said standing beside him to take a close look, "and looks great too." "Thank you," he said while arranging the pancakes on a plate and looking at me. "Oh, You already woke up, I thought you'll sleep all day based on your drunken state last night
SAME DAY AFTERNOON… RUDY'S POV : After a long sleep because of a tired night, I finally decided to wake up, getting off the bed. Don't think much, no girl is laying beside me and also no hangover for the first time after a long time. It's not because I lost my charm or anything but because of the girls' craziness last night. I had to help the guys to get the girls home safely, so I didn't drink last night. After a refreshing shower, I dressed up to go to the docks to check if everything was prepared to send the shipment. But of course, after having lunch though. Shane is busy today having meetings and all, so he assigned me this work and after that, I have to go to my fighting clubs and check if everything is ready for the fights tonight. "Come on just check again, how come it'll get lost, check it again." As I was walking in the Lobby after having lunch in our hotel's restaurant, I saw that a girl is arguing with one of our hotel staff. "Mam, please understand, there is no room
Meanwhile in Omar's Office… OMAR'S POV : "Excuse me, Sir, the meeting will start in 5 minutes, everyone is waiting for you," Grace said holding a file in her hands while waiting for me. "Coming." I grabbed my phone and left the office walking with Grace aside and telling her some important details about today's meeting. She seems like a hard-working person. Even though she joined just yesterday, she learned so many things, a fast learner if you ask me. "As I already told you, this meeting is not an easy one because of Mr Shaw, he is very hard to please. So, be prepared to face him. I'm not telling this to scare you as this is new for you. You will learn more if you attend meetings like these." She nodded and smiled, "I know sir. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I'll try my best." She said confidently but I know that she is a bit scared of this meeting because she has been fidgeting with her fingers on the file. After all, this is her second day and her first meeting. But
OMAR'S POV : "Are you f*cking kidding me?" After hearing her voice, we came back to our senses. Helping Grace to stand properly and making sure she is fine, I finally faced and asked her, "What is it, Catherine?" "Are you asking me? I'm the one who should ask you. What the hell is going on here? Why is she always in your arms? Whenever I come here, I'm seeing her in your arms, what is she to you, Omar? Are you cheating on me?" She started shouting and finally asked that one question. 'Cheating' really that question?Who is cheating? She is the one who is cheating and is now trying to put the blame on me just because I'm close to a woman. Wow, Catherine nice gameplay. But I won't reveal anything until I find out everything about you. I just learned a few things but still, there is a lot more going on with her. My guess is, she could be the one who replaced the drive and must have taken the hard disk. And someone is helping her inside the office. I will find out who it is and make s
SHANE’S POV : She was shivering the whole time she told me about that incident. Panic crept up her skin, but I could not do anything but hold her tightly in my arms. I had never imagined seeing her like this, not even in my wildest dreams. She is the only one capable of challenging and resisting me. And the only one to ask me questions without even a trace of fear in her eyes. Damn, she had the audacity to slap me across the face. She is one of the strongest women I have ever seen. But then again, only those who have gone through the worst grow the hardest and create a rocky exterior for their lives. Tough on the outside and soft on the inside. She has been having nightmares every day. And I hate myself for not being there to comfort her each and every time she screams. Whoever did this to her will face the consequences and I will make sure to make their lives a living hell. "I did not want to be scared." Her words were barely a whisper. For once, she did not shout or yel
ALINA’S POV :Buzz…Buzzzz… **Ufff! Not now!Damn, these pills! These are making my body like a damn jelly as if I have no control over it. Sleeping. Sleeping all the time.Painkillers my ass!I have been sleeping for the whole day except for the time someone woke me up when it was time to eat and then again taking pills and, sleeping. But still, I’m tired even though I have been sleeping like a damn Koala.I almost tried to skip the pills if it was not for Ana who threatened to give me an injection instead of the pills and that too high dosage. I’m not afraid of syringes. At least not as much as the deadly company of Tess who warned me to eat my brain off with her… you know.. the X-rated things that she effortlessly talks about without any break.My virgin brain couldn’t take it. So, yes, I would rather take the pills and sleep instead of frying my brain off.Even now, if my phone isn’t buzzing like there is chaos going on, I wouldn’t be waking up. But when I tried so hard to rise fr
SHANE’S POV : “Lorenzo? What are you doing here?” My eyebrows shot up at the unexpected guest beside my sister.His gaze fixed on Camilla for quite a moment before looking back at me. “Came to watch the sunrise. Heard this balcony has the best view from your mother.”“Mmm. Yeah, it does.” I gave a short nod before looking back at Camilla who seemed to be indescribably nervous. Nervous? My sister? These two don’t match.But as I shift my gaze back at Lorenzo, he looks unreasonably perplexed. His face looks like he was flushed with a lot of questions. I wonder what they might be.My eyes darted back and forth from Lorenzo to Camilla before it settled on Cami. If I didn’t know anything better then I would have thought that something was going on between the two of them.“Cami, Mom was looking for you,” I said, observing their every reaction. Her expression doesn’t change much but Lorenzo’s brows shot up for a second before settling in place.“Okay.” She just nodded and walked past me si
CAMILLA’S POV : Why is this happening to me?Why does everyone that I trust end up betraying me?My love life!Once is a mistake but twice?I’m such stupid to believe that love ever existed in my life.“Cami…”How can I ever trust anyone again after all this?“Cami!!”He f*cking used me for years! Lied to me every f*cking day! And I believed him like a fool!“Camilla!!!”“Huh?”“Damn! You scared me for a second.”“Rudy?” When did he come? I didn’t even realise him coming. I have been on the balcony for God knows how long, staring into the dark sky full of stars and life in it. But the stars are fading now, which means, I have been lost in my thoughts for hours.I came here for stargazing, to find myself in the sky full of stars. But there would be no meaning if I’m not a star in anyone’s life. And I don’t have a Sun in my life. No stars and no Sun. My life is exactly like the night sky except it doesn’t have any stars other than the utter darkness and the Sun I thought would give lig
SHANE’S POV : “So…” Vladimir startled for a second but soon composed himself before walking towards me. “How was the dungeon?” I asked while walking towards him with my hands in my pockets.“Nothing I haven’t seen before.” He looked relaxed, more carefree now as he was past all the lies.“Sure you do.” We are now in his bedroom. I released him from the cellar as soon as I knew Alina was fine.I knew it wasn’t him but he was the reason for the whole attack. They used the chance because of him. If it wasn’t for him then no one would dare to enter my house. Which is why he needs to be punished.Putting him in a cell might not be a punishment. But he already got the worst. Years of lies. Living with us, whom he thought as his enemies. He might made quite a lot of mistakes to sabotage us but mostly saved our lives which we are grateful for. Which is why I am still talking to him instead of shredding him into pieces. Yep, I had to deal with my father though after his death. But it would be
ALINA’S POV : How does he know about my nightmares?“Isn’t it because of the bad dream you were frightened in the plane on our way here?” He asked.“Huh?” So, he doesn’t. For a second I thought he knew. A small part of me felt relieved while a big part of me felt disappointed because I wished he would know miraculously. Because I don’t know where to start. I wanted to tell him so badly. But don’t know how. Not a storyteller! He looked at me, arching his brows, waiting for me to confirm. “Yeah. Right!”He pursed his lips tight, jaw clenched, and looked away for a second before looking back at me, staring right into my eyes, quenching my soul with his. He was about to say something but was cut by the door creaking sound.We shifted our gazes towards the door and saw Jessica coming towards me, well scratch that, running towards me. “I’m dead.” I was mentally prepared.“Wait!” Before Jessica could engulf me and crush me with her hugs until she was satisfied, Shane stood up, shielding me
GRACE’S POV : “Oh, for god sake!!” Emily shouted impatiently, “You brought us here for what? To help you with this f*cking piece of shit?” She asked, holding the little but nothing cloth in her hands.“Well…” Rudy pursed his lips tight and shrugged, “I just wanted to throw a pool party.”Emily groaned in anger and cursed under her breath. “Are you for real!!” She clutched the tiny cloth tight as if she was imagining it was his throat. Rudy must have understood her thoughts because he visibly gulped down. “Who the f*ck wears this for a pool party?” She threw the cloth at him, which he caught in the air.“Don’t be a party pooper. My ideas are very innovative and I know you are just jealous.” Rudy said with a smirk on his face.“Jealous?” Emily scoffed, “Of what? That empty head? Quit dreaming?”I was looking back and forth between the two of them. They have been doing this for almost an hour. Still not bored.I sat on the foot of the bed, hands on my knees and chin in my palms. Rudy as
SHANE’S POV : “Who the f*ck tried to kidnap her?” “We don’t know. It was anonymous and couldn’t be traced. Whoever called, must have used a burner phone.” He said, gritting his teeth.A burner phone? This means he was prepared for the kidnap or he has easy access like us all. “Are you saying that you still don’t know who it was and he is still out there enjoying his life after trying to f*cking kidnap her?” I was boiling with rage. My veins are visibility ticking. Who the f*ck wanted to kidnap her? And why? “You think I let him go.” He arched his brows in displeasure. He curled his hands into tight fists, “That f*cker had it all planned. He made sure that no one could find him and covered all his tracks.” He cursed under his breath.He couldn’t track him, even after all these years? Who the f*ck is he? And what would have happened if Enzo wasn’t there on time? God! My pulse pounded at the thought. The mere thought that he could have put his hands on her… My heart swells with rage a
SHANE’S POV : “Don’t worry,” Charles said after he cleaned up the wound and Band-Aid her. “She was lucky, the poison didn’t spread. Only a bit grazed her body, which might not be enough to kill her but enough to collapse.” He said while taking a vial of her blood in a syringe and storing it in two tiny glass containers that he brought with him. “Don’t look at me like that.” He said when I was staring at him. “I took these…” he showed me the blood containers, “…to run a few tests. To make sure that she is completely fine.” I rolled my eyes at him. But still, something doesn’t make sense. Why does he look tense when he is taking her blood? Is she really okay? Is he hiding something from me? “Will she be okay?” I asked him.“Of course. She will get conscious in an hour or so. And I will inform you if there are any traces of poison in her body once I get the results. But other than that, she is absolutely fine.” Relax flooded through my bones once I heard his words. “I’ll take my leave