ALINA'S POV : "What?" I gasped in shock. I was surprised to hear that my sister is here. I mean why would Sarina come here? She is still a kid and doesn't even know this place. Before I was going to ask him, Rudy moved slightly away from his spot revealing… "Grace?" I was surprised to see her and a smile played on my lips immediately after seeing her. "Hey Alina…" She waved at me with the same cute smile that I remembered when I first saw her a few days ago, which shows her cute dimples. If something matches between us then that definitely is our dimples. Apart from our physical appearance, our characters are quite different. She is a cute and innocent girl while I am completely the opposite of her. I ran towards her and hugged her tightly not giving her enough space to breathe, but she didn't complain and hugged me back with the same intensity. What can I say, I like her that much and I don't even know why I connected with her so easily just like I connected with Emily. They ar
ALINA'S POV : "You are?" Camilla asked Grace, who was looking at us in confusion as she doesn't know what was going on here. "Cami, this is Grace, my personal assistant, and Grace, that's my sister, Camilla." Omar did the introduction part. Grace smiled saying hello, but Camilla went and hugged Grace so that she wouldn't feel awkward in front of her. That's what Camilla is, always welcomes people with open heart and makes sure that they won't feel uncomfortable around her even though she is one of the scariest assassins in the world. "I heard a lot about you," Camilla said with a smile and then winked at Omar with a smirk on her face. Omar chuckled lightly and shook his head while smiling. "Grace, let's go. We have a lot to catch up on." Camilla said placing her hands on both of her shoulders. Grace looked at Omar who smiled and nodded, "Go, I'll put your bag in your room." She nodded and then shifted her gaze towards me. Taking my hand in hers, "You are coming with me, right?"
SHANE'S POV : "Will you just stop doing that?" I frowned while looking at my little brother, who is hell-bent on glaring at me with a frown formed on his forehead ever since we set foot on the jet. I bet that frown will leave a permanent mark on his face if he does that for one more hour. It's been an hour and a half by now, but he still hasn't stopped giving me those deadly glares as if he can scare me with that exact copy of my eyes. Right now, we all are in my private jet going to L.A. to attend the ball. And everyone is busy with their own company, some of them are sleeping while some of them are passing their time by talking with others. Omar is with his assistant, whose name is Grace, she looks exactly like what he has told me. An innocent little girl who has gotten the interest of the calm yet hard-to-please King. Omar, you may think you know him just by his looks and his calm personality, but trust me when I say there is a lot more. He just doesn't show it, but he is stil
THIRD PERSON'S POV : Alina screamed her lungs out in panic when she realized that she is not in the penthouse anymore. But it's not just that which made her sweat, she is in a freaking plane which she didn't even know where it was going. But then she saw a door and hurriedly walked towards it. Everyone was startled and jumped out of the place from where they are currently sleeping at, when they heard Alina's scream and looked at the persons who were standing in front of the door in confusion. Grace woke up from her sleep and blushed when she realized that she had been sleeping on her boss's shoulder. "I'm sorry…" Grace mumbled, lowering her head as her cheeks turned bright pink. Omar smiled and said, "No problem." Even though, he was the one who made her sleep on his shoulder. Emily clutched Rudy's shirt hard and pulled him towards her when she heard the scream. Rudy looked at her in surprise but stayed like that, looking at the startled beauty snuggling into him closer. And when
ALINA'S POV : I was furious when I heard that I was going to L.A. They are taking me with them and that too without my consent. How could they do it? Most importantly how can my best friend let it happen? She knew everything about me and what I went through, yet she helped them. I was hurt and felt betrayed by all of them. But do you know what hurts me the most? It's the person who did it. Yeah, he didn't know about my insecurities and all but still, how can he just take me like this? Rage filled my eyes as I took every step towards him. My heart felt heavy with every step I took and I lost control. "You f*cking kidnapped me?" I shouted letting my anger out and slapped him hard across the cheek with a sharp blow as it resounded again and again making me come out of my anger realizing what I just did. Utter silence… That's what it is after the resounding effect of my hard slap. All eyes were wide open in shock. I need space, I couldn't breathe in front of all these gazes. All of
SHANE'S POV : Her palm touched my cheek hard enough for me to hear the resounding effect in my ears. I was surprised and shocked to the extent that I didn't move a step and stood there as a statue, looking at her with wide eyes. All eyes were wide opened in utter shock and their mouths went agape, looking at us. It was unbelievable and unexpected. I closed my eyes shut as my hands curbed up into tight fists and my jaw clenched. I'm trying so f*cking hard to control the anger that felt in my veins. That burning sensation on my cheek is starting to irritate me. No one, literally no one has ever raised their hands on me. The Images of her slapping me are flashing in my mind, reminding me continuously, giving me no chance to control myself even if I closed my eyes. And the pain is not helping at all. She f*cking slapped me and that too right in front of my team, insulting me in front of everyone. I couldn't just tolerate it. I opened my eyes and saw that she was running towards the r
SHANE'S POV : We were lost in each other's arms and forgot about everything that happened. But then it hit me, pull yourself together, Shane. You came here to tease her and to punish her. Control yourself. But who am I kidding? I am punishing myself by thinking of punishing her. F*ck! She will be the death of me. This woman, didn't even know what she was doing to me. I have known her just a few days and all I could think of was her being in my arms and her lips on mine. Her lips started becoming my new obsession. And I can't get enough of her. She is the only one that makes me feel like this and it makes no sense. But some things in life make no sense. And we spend our entire lives trying to make sense of it. While we should enjoy those moments. I pulled away from her with the tiny bit of self-control that was left in me. I watched her while taking breaths and chuckled. She opened her eyes and started panting while gasping for air. She looks confused and that's where the game beg
RUDY'S POV : It's been half an hour since Shane went inside the room and locked the door, angrily. We tried to stop him but he didn't listen to any of our protests and went inside the room. And now, we are worried about Alina. I don't know what my brother will do after the humiliation. Even though I'm pretty sure that he won't hurt her, I still couldn't help but worry. Because it's a big issue. Alina slapped him right in front of everyone, insulting him in front of his whole team. This is why I am worried. Knowing Shane, he won't take it lightly, because he is a f*cking leader and has a reputation to keep. But it's not Alina's fault, her anger took control over her, because of the situation she was in. In fact, who wouldn't slap the person that kidnapped her? Only if you have a death wish though. But of course, Alina doesn't care about anything as she is the most dangerous living thing herself. Even though she is not a killer, she definitely behaves like one. "What's going on? He
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