“I can only think of one man who can beat Lucien at attracting the reporters,” Zak said teasingly to me. I turned to see that Zak was now standing close to my side.
“You mean besides yourself?” I teased back. I didn’t know what Zak thought, but to me his presence attracted as much attention as Lucien did and Zak’s interview responses were much harder to predict which has caused the family trouble more than a couple of times.
“Maybe…” Zak answered vaguely as he grinned at me.
After a short while, Lucien deemed that enough attention was given to the hungry reporters as his bodyguards parted the crowd for him to walk through. Lucien smiled at me as he elegantly strode towards us.
“Natalia…sorry that I’m late. Hi, Zak,” Lucien apologized to me in soft voice before turning to greet his nephew.
“It’s ok. I’m just glad that you’re able to make it,&rdquo
“Congrats again. I’ll see you at home…you should enjoy the rest of the evening with your friends,” Lucien said as he patted the top of my head fondly. I loved this heart-warming gesture but sometimes it made me feel like a little girl and I didn’t like that.“You have to leave already? You just got here…” I protested slightly in a soft voice.“No need to be so depressed, we can see each other at home anytime. Enjoy the evening, Natalia. Chin up…you look stunning tonight,” Lucien comforted me before tipping my chin up with the tips of his warm fingers.“Ok…” I replied softly as I felt my face blushing again at his touch.I watched silently and with a heavy heart as the back of my belove walked away into the crowd. I wished he could have stayed with me a little longer. Now that Lucien and Zak were gone, I had no reason to hang around here at this party. Maybe I should ju
Note: This story is an alternative ending to the main story branching out from the chapter called ‘Because It Hurts’. It will follow Reiner’s route of the story to Reiner’s ending. Events in this story happens in a parallel universe and does not overlap with that of the main story (Edward’s route).**In the Greenhouse**Reiner’s deep thrusts hitting hard against the sensitive spot deep inside of my cave, sending me over the edge as my orgasm claimed me. I clenched my pussy walls hard around his shaft to suck him in deeper as I squirted my juices out as I came.I loss all strength in my body and my mind as well as a result of my intense climax. It was the sensation of something hot spurting deep inside of me that brought me back to my senses. I realized that Reiner was panting my name while he ejaculated loads of his hot seed deep into my body as he climaxed.I closed my eyes exhausted from our passiona
That night I somehow managed to make it back to the mansion without running into anyone. When I arrived back in my bedroom, I took off my dress and just climbed into bed. I felt so cold, and I was certain that it wasn’t just from being in the rain. There was so much coldness inside of me, and I had never felt this empty inside before.I didn’t remember much of what happened for the remainder of that night and it was probably because I didn’t want to remember. My eyes hurt from crying non-stop, but it was nothing compared to the pain that was tearing at my heart. I couldn’t recall when I fell asleep, but I remembered clearly how I fell asleep. I cried until I couldn’t cry anymore and then I fell asleep.…Morning finally came and the sunlight that shone through the window onto my face was merciless. One glance at the time and I knew that I had gotten up late. It was already close to midday. I got up and the blanket
Breathing out another sigh, I walked into the room and closed the door behind me. There really isn’t anything left here. The empty room just acted as another proof that Reiner had truly disappeared from my life. I ran my fingertips along the table and imagined Reiner sitting on the chair as he spoke to me while I rested on his bed.I remembered the first time he let me through the door when I was literally running away from my own nightmare. How he comforted me and held me until I fell asleep in his arms. The warmth in his arms and the kindness and care that I felt were feelings that I would never be able to forget.I glanced at the floor in front of the door, remembering him sleeping there, sitting with his back against the door as he safeguarded me from any harm that may venture in from outside. He was definitely not a man of many words, but his actions spoke so much louder than words anyways.Before I knew it, tears were streaming down
It’s been exactly one month since Reiner moved out of Lucien’s mansion and stopped being my butler and bodyguard. Yes, unconsciously I had been counting.“Natalia…are you even listening? Natalia…” Edward said as he waved a hand in front of my face.“Oh, sorry. What?” I said as I snapped out of my thoughts.“Why are you so spaced out?” Edward asked, looking quite concerned.“Umm…sorry. What were you saying just now?” I asked as I blinked my eyes rapidly to regain focus.Edward sighed so loudly that I felt extremely guilty. I had decided to meet up with Edward today to discuss some career plans. Edward truly came prepared with a pre-selected list of potential job opportunities that he thought were aligned with what I was looking for. While he was going through the list of job openings and the pros and cons of each opportunity, I just zoned o
“I’m hanging up,” Reiner stated passively.“Don’t you want to know how she’s doing?” Edward asked.“I’m sure she’s doing well and if she isn’t, you’ll take care of her, won’t you?” Reiner replied.“I don’t know…she’s like a shadow of herself right now and she’s lost quite a bit of weight. Obviously, not healthy considering she was quite slim before…” Edward said, not hiding the concern in his voice.“You should take her to see a doctor…” Reiner stated matter-of-factly.“You’re leaving her to me now, are you?” Edward asked, not truly believing what he was hearing.“Yeah…” Reiner said before disconnecting the call. He didn’t want to hear anymore, and he didn’t have anything more to say either.Edward st
Zak was spot on. The news of him turning down his promotion made the news and was all over television. The worst part that both Zak and I had anticipated was that the press would draw implications from Zak’s recent decision to his mother, Madame Francesca.“Do you think that this will impact your mother’s influence on the company’s management?”“Is it true that you and Madame Francesca is in a disagreement about the future direction of the company?”“Will this have an impact on investors’ sentiments? How does management plan to deal with it?”“Does this mean that you no longer intend to support the company’s marketing and PR efforts? What about the international expansion plans?”“Is Madame Francesca’s branch of the family going to withdraw from active management of the company?”It was amazing how Zak could stand unfazed with a
“Excuse me! Zanita…” I yelled loudly.I didn’t hear a reply though.“Anybody out there? Is something burning?!” I tried again.Still, there was no reply. Suddenly, I felt that something was wrong. It’s too quiet and the smell of something burning was getting stronger. The dress I had on was slightly on the tight side and I started wriggling out of it so that I could change back to my original outfit. However, something caught my eye that changed my plans immediately.I gasped as I saw smoke coming in through the cracks in the dressing room door. There’s a fire?!This can’t be happening. Now that I can see smoke, the smell of something or everything burning got stronger than ever. Was the boutique really on fire? Where is everyone else?Truth be told, I had absolutely no idea what to do in an event of a fire. I’m supposed to get low and avoid breathing