Standing in the middle of that room, her sea-green eyes were roaming all around her. She didn't know where she was. She had closed her eyes in the arms of that person whom she had started loving more than her own self but when she opened her gaze again, she found herself in this unknown room. Her clothes were changed and she knew at this point, her whole life was about to change too and its beginning already started when she heard the sound of door knob twisting.
Without turning around to face the door, she heard the door getting opened and then someone stepped inside it. Without even looking she knew who it was because she herself had embedded that person's very presence on her soul.
Closing her fists and gathering her full strength, she slowly turned around to finally face that person because she knew she needed to. She needed to face him and there he was, standing in front of her. That person whom she had fallen in love with more than anything but at the same time, she had hated him more than anyone.
His icy blue eyes met with hers, making her realise that every single thing of his with which she had fallen in love with was a facade, a deceit of his, including his eyes. This person was nothing but a facade for her and now he had finally removed his facade to show her his true self so that not just only her heart, he could successfully shatter her existence with it. And unfortunately, it did. His true identity wrecked her whole being with no mercy.
"So you finally reach me," even his raspy deep voice made her recall that it had been nothing but a deceit of his. Her heart started aching in that fire of scorching pain but her eyes continued to stare at him lifelessly.
She saw the corner of his lips tugging upward, forming a wicked grin on his face. Something she had never seen on his face before. He knew how much his betrayal was breaking her and realising her pain was filling him with satisfaction, it had started hurting her even more. The person she used to believe as her cure wanted nothing but her pain.
His feet started making their way towards her finally.
"But did you reach me or…." His words paused, along with his steps in front of her. Lowering his head, he brought his face closer to hers.
"Or I made you reach me, princesa?" He husked against her face. Tears stung her eyes, hearing that name from his mouth. He had given her this name as a significance of their love for each other. Everytime he had called her by this name, her heart had felt loved but right now, hearing him calling her by that name again, she could feel nothing but pain and hatred. The hatred they both felt for each other.
He saw those tears glistening in her eyes which were gazing at him without even blinking. His smirk turned more iniquitous. Pulling back his head, he shoved his hands inside his pocket.
"You know, I had heard a lot of things about before meeting you," his slow steps started wandering around her in a circle motion.
"Like your father has been training you to become the leader of his cartel since you were a 10 year old kid," she wordlessly heard his every word. His eyes peered at her body's every corner.
"And not just weapons, he has been teaching you on how to control and manipulate your emotions, so that your enemies could never defeat you but…." He came in front of her again. Slanting his face closer to hers again, he lifted his hand and gently pressed his index finger against her chest where right under her heart was beating.
"But it seems like your father failed to train this heart of yours," those words of his brought more tears in her eyes.
"That's why it didn't think twice before falling in love with that person you have hated the most in your life," he knew where exactly his words were hurting and harming her and how badly.
"That's why it made you make that person your life whose life you have wanted to take all this time, princesa," Leaning closer to her ear, he whispered. Not a single word came out of her mouth and she just silently witnessed him rubbing the painful truth on her already opened and fresh wounds.
"Am I allowed to call you stupid for this, Miss Alfanso or should I blame love for it?" He asked and withdrew back to look into her glossy eyes.
"As I have heard love actually fucks up with every head and heart which dares to feel it, just like it did with yours," she watched him chortling at her. He was not laughing at her but that love her heart had dared to make her feel for him.
"So many promises, so many dreams. They all broke today," he smirked more diabolically.
"Your promise of loving me till the last breath of your life, your dream of becoming my wife and giving birth to my children….they all are shattering today, princesa," those words of his finally managed to make her tears roll down from her eyes.
Seeing her shedding her tears, he eliminated all the distance between their bodies and delicately wrapped his arm around her waist. Lifting his hand, he washed away the tears on her cheeks with the back of his fingers.
"Ssh …. don't cry. Maybe not love but I do feel sympathy for your tears as I had been living with you for so many days," her heart blazed with more pain after listening to him. He was feeling sympathetic for her love for him.
"Besides, I am not that heartless so let's ease up your heartbreak a bit. Okay?" He uttered, tugging the strands of her hair behind her ear.
"So not in front of this world but I can please you like a husband pleases his wife behind closed doors and…." Halting, he thrusted his face closer to hers.
"On my bed…. just like last night where you let me devour every inch of your skin, princesa,"
She teared up more because that was the truth. She had actually surrendered her everything to him last night. Her heart, her soul, her body…. everything to him with no shield last night. She gave him the virtue of her body but only to let him taint it with his sin which she was believing as his love.
Wrapping his arm more firmly around her waist, she felt him untying the knot of her night robe.
"So, how about I make you forget about your heartbreak by taking you to my bed," he rasped in her ear, completely untying her night robe and his next words crushed her soul cruelly.
"As I am sure that would be the best way to cure the pain of a prostitute's daughter and her deceitful love,"
Firmly holding the gun in her hand, her sea-green eyes were fully focused on those moving bullseyes in front of her at a distance of yards. Her gaze was wandering on all those dozens of targeting sports on the bullseyes which had different numbers on them. They all were moving together in a tilting motion."Ready?" hearing that voice, she touched the trigger without taking her eyes away from that bullseye."Number 5," Listening to that number, her gaze snapped to the target which had number 5 on it. She pulled the trigger and the bullet pierced right in the middle of the number 5th bullseye in seconds."Number 9," she pressed the trigger and this time the bullet hit exactly the 9th number. "Number 12….""15…"" 6….""10….""3…" All her targets pierced through the right number at the right time within a blink of an eye."Perfect," She finally lowered her gun, hearing that word from that person's mouth and tilted her head to look at the owner of that voice. A smile formed on her heart
That certain pair of icy blue eyes were wordlessly gazing at the huge image of her on the screen in front of him on the wall. His gaze took its moment to analyse every detail of her face. From her forehead to her straight pointed nose to down towards her heart shaped full lips. Her sea-green eyes were holding the allure which was gleaming the tender smile on her lips. Her cheeks were slightly raised, giving a beautiful justice to her round shaped face. "Flora Aniya Alfanso…..the daughter of Riccardo Alfanso and Aniya Alfanso," his ear caught his second in command, John, telling him about her but his eyes remained fixed on her face until."But Riccardo Alfanso is not her biological father," hearing those words from his man, he finally looked at him."Our sources say her mother Aniya Meier used to be a prostitute before meeting Riccardo Alfanso. She escaped from the brothel after she got pregnant with her and when Flora was three, she met Riccardo Alfanso and they both got married a fe
"A very beautiful welcome to my angel," Flora heard her aunty Bellyana telling her while hugging her. She giggled before caging her back. "How are your parents and Rican there?" Her aunty asked her after pulling back."Everyone is fine and they miss you and uncle Joseph a lot," she answered. Joseph was her aunt Bellyana's husband. Bellyana was her father's sister but not blood related. And despite not having blood relations, her aunty Bellyana meant to her and her parents more than a family. She had always stood by her and her family in their worst and best. "Well now you are here. We will call them here too or else we will visit them there with you very soon," Her aunty Bellyana uttered, smiling. Flora beamed back. "By the way, he is my friend Axle and she is Niley," she introduced her friends to her aunty. They were going to stay with her in her aunt's home here. Bellyana greeted them with open arms."Now let the kids freshen up, Bella. They must be tired after their long flight,
"Be grateful that we reach here on time," Flora heard Niley. They all had just reached their class and were grabbing their seats now. "Or else we would have been standing outside in our very first class," Niley uttered, frowning. "Come on. Look at the positive side. We are here on time. The teacher has not come yet," Flora replied, sitting beside Niley who was sitting between her and Axle. "Besides, we couldn't just ignore those seniors bullying that innocent boy," a scowl crept on her face as she remembered how badly those students were bullying that boy. She loathed when someone subjugated another person for ill reasons. She was still feeling like beating the shit out of those bullies for troubling that harmless boy. "Hey, the teacher is here," Axle informed, seeing the teacher entering the class. Every student stood up on their feet to greet their teacher. "Good morning, everyone. Please join your seats," the professor told everyone after getting in his place. Flora joined her
"Wow, we both have all the subjects in common, Easton," Flora uttered, checking his subjects list. They all just got done with their second class. "Were you spying on me before coming here?" She questioned him, playfully and then giggled. He beamed back. "Okay, guys. I and Axle have economics together for our next class, so we are going," Niley uttered, earning a nod from Flora. "I will call you once we get done with our class, okay?" Flora wagged her head in her response to Niley and then saw her leaving with Axle. "So what should we do now?" She asked Easton who was silently standing beside her. They both didn't have any class right now. He looked at her with his clueless expression which made her smile. He looked so troubled like she had asked him about his girlfriend. "What about stuffing something tasty inside our tummies?" She suggested with her wide eyes which were filled with excitement. "I have seen our campus cafeteria and it's very huge and hygienic. Let's go ther
"Easton…." She took his name while peering at her naked body's reflection in the mirror."So you recognised my voice?" A smile crept on her face, hearing his words. Leaving the idea of wearing her clothes, she sat on the chair in front of the dressing table."Seems like it. After all, I have spent my entire first day of campus with you, Mr Marzel," she answered, opening her bare legs a little bit and leaning her back against the chair, trying to make herself as comfortable as possible on the chair."Really, Ms. Alfanso princesa?" (Princess)Flora felt his voice turning more heavy, almost sensually husky and she didn't know why but it gave a sudden kind of vibration inside her lower abdomen. His voice was cavernous but right now, he was sounding more manly and intense, like he had gotten triggered with something.Her smile widened at that nickname he had given her. "Yes, Mr Marzel. Besides, you have quite a pretty sexy voice, so it's easy to recognise it," she tried to tease him as sh
"Easton?" Flora's eyes filled with shock as soon as that waiter turned around and she saw him. Her eyes roamed all over his frame and she saw him wearing the apron and cap of a waiter. Flora noticed him turning aghast as soon as he saw her there but then his facial features twisted into a sheepish one. Lowering his head, he walked towards their table which made Flora stand up on her feet. He stood in front of her while looking down. She could clearly sense his hesitancy. "Hey!" Flora uttered, trying to remove that awkwardness between them. "Hi…." He replied, without darting his eyes upward at her face. Flora sighed. She knew he was feeling embarrassed but she couldn't find any relevant reason which should make him feel embarrassed before her. "So you work here?" She asked him. He nodded at her slowly, still looking down. "By the way you know you're looking very hot and pretty in this fit," she uttered, trying to lighten up his mood. He finally looked upward at her face and sa
"So, momma is at home?" Flora asked her father on the video call. She was in her room. She saw her father nodding at her. "Yes, I had some meeting, so I came to the office to attend it," he answered her, sitting on the chair of his cabin in his company. Flora beamed. "Did it go well?" She asked him. He wagged his head with a smile which widened her grin. "So how's everything going there?" He asked her. "Everything is going perfectly well here, papa. In fact, better than I had expected," she answered. Riccardo caught that extreme amount of happiness gleaming in his child's eyes which filled him with content too. "Papa ….. actually I called you to ask for your permission for something,"she told him, honestly. He dipped his head in his response. "Our campus seniors are throwing a fresher's party for all the freshers of our department tonight, so can I go there?" She didn't feel hesitant because first of all she knew, her father was never going to deny her wish and even if he would
“Once again, happy birthday, Eara,” “Thank you, granny grandpa,” Eara said to her grandpa Dario and granny Niova while sitting on her mother's lap. She was video chatting with them inside the car as they were heading to her birthday party venue which was N.R…Alfanso. “Bye…. enjoy your evening, my little princess. Bye,” Niova said to Eara and then looked at Flora. She nodded at Flora softly and then hung up the call. Flora sighed, heavily. After losing their daughter, Noelle, her uncle Dario and aunty Niova shifted to another country and they both also barely visited here and everyone could clearly understand why. “They are fine?” Niley asked, who was also present in that car with Flora, Easton and her husband, Kester. Flora nodded at her and then looked at Niley and Kester’s one year old daughter, Neser, who was peacefully sleeping in her mother's lap. Flora beamed at her. “Eara, don't wake her up…baby. Look, your baby sis is sleeping,” Flora said to her daughter who was trying
“Happy Birthday, Eara….” That tiny 3 year old girl opened her doe eyes, hearing that voice and a smile formed on her face, seeing her parents and grandparents. Giggling, she clapped her hands which made everyone chuckle. Smiling, Flora picked her three year old daughter, Eara, in her arms and kissed her cheek. “Happiest birthday to my baby,” she wished her. Tittering, the little girl hugged her mother. “Thank you so much, momma,” she said. “Happy birthday to my Eara,” Easton uttered, kissing the tip of his daughter's tiny nose. Ears giggled and kissed her father's cheek. “Thank you, papa,” “It's our turn now,” Aniya said, making Flora and Easton smile. Riccardo took his granddaughter in his arms and kissed her forehead. “Happy birthday, my little buddy,” he wished her. It felt like he was holding his tiny Ora in his arms because Eara just looked like her mother in her childhood. Cute and bubblish. Eara smiled and hugged her grandfather tightly. “Thank you, grandpa…” she kiss
“Ethan, stop running and come here,” Flora shouted while running behind her 4 years old toddler who was just little in his age and height but when it came to running, he could defeat athlete runners.“ETHAN….” Flora yelled out of her lungs but instead of getting scared by his mother's shouting, the little boy continued to run all around their house. “Ethan, come here. I am warning you,”The little boy giggled, hearing his mother and started circling around the dining table. By now Flora's stamina had started giving up on her. She stopped and grabbed her waist and saw her tiny trouble maker laughing at her.“Momma, you need to drink milk to become strong like me,” the little boy showed his non-existent muscles to his mother which made Flora narrow her eyes at him. Of course, he was going to advise her to drink milk when she gave him this same lecture about drinking milk regularly.“You…wait,” Flora ran towards him but Ethan again dashed away from there but this time he got bumped agai
“You love troubling me, don't you, mi alma?” That huskily deep voice and those words of her abductor filled Noelle's tummy with tingles. She felt his warm mouth giving a soft suck on her tender lips and with no second thoughts in her head, she let that warmth engulfed her entirely because that warmth belonged to the love of her life, her best friend, her soulmate…her Rican.After pecking her lips, he pulled back and let his dark brown hues get stuck over her ethereal light blue ones. Those eyes of hers which he was insanely in love with since he was a child. He tried to kiss her again but Noelle stopped him by cupping his mouth.“And what do you think you are doing, Mr Rican Alfanso?” she sent him a tiny glare which filled his gaze with amusement. Holding her wrist, he slightly pulled away her palm from his mouth only to kiss her in between her palms delicately. He was just not only irrevocably in love with her but he was obsessed with desiring and cherishing her too in every possible
“Congratulations, you are pregnant,” Flora was completely shaken after hearing those words from her doctor. She was pregnant. Her heart froze, both in thrill and nervousness. She was pregnant.“Come to my clinic tomorrow for some basic check-ups of your and your baby's health. Take care,” the doctor's words snapped her out of her shock. “O…okay. Thank you,” Flora stuttered and then hung up the call. Niley's brows furrowed in confusion, seeing that unusual reaction on Flora's face. She was looking like her doctor had caused a spell on her through her phone. “Hey! What happened?” Niley asked but Flora didn't answer. She continued to look at her phone. Scowling, Niley shook Flora's shoulder and she finally looked at her.“What happened?” Niley questioned her again. Flora blinked before finally parting her mouth to answer her.“The doctor said I…I am p…pregnant,” she uttered while stuttering and her words widened Niley's eyes but before Niley could say anything, that voice resonated.
Flora was completely confused by seeing that little kid with Kester and the very first thing which appeared in her head was who was that little boy and why he was with Kester.Flora noticed that the kid turned a bit afraid as soon as he witnessed those strangers around him. He tried to hide himself behind Kester in fear.“Cain, don't be afraid. They all are going to be your friends,” Flora heard Kester telling that kid and the way he was talking to that little boy, it made Flora suspicious of a very big thing. Was it Kester's son? If it was then it was something startling for Flora as she was not aware of this even slightly.Kester held the little boy's hand and then brought him forward.“Don't worry. They all are going to be your buddies,” Kester uttered to the kid which made the kid look at all those strangers in front of him until his doe emerald eyes caught a familiar face.“Uncle E…Easton,” the little boy stuttered, focusing his eyes on Easton which made Easton smile. He walked t
Flora saw him getting in front of her father and then he stood in front of him which paused the beating of her heart because she had no clue of what he was going to do or say to her father at this point. She had never seen her father and him exchanging any kind of words with each other and that thing had started worrying her a lot, especially when she was aware of their not so good relations and thoughts about each other.Holding her heart, she was peering at them and even the lightened up surrounding had tensed up with those two men getting face-to-face with each other until….“I am sincerely remorseful for the harm I have caused to you and your family, Mr Alfanso,” he uttered and his words startled everyone, including Flora. So he was wanting to apologise to her father and family.“Getting completely blinded by my hatred for you, I continued to harm and hurt you and your family but the truth was none of you ever deserved any of it,” he sounded genuinely guilty which was reflecting i
Next morning, Flora woke up from her beautifully peaceful sleep with the tender rays of light falling on her face. She slowly opened her lashes only to find those alluring grey eyes peering down at her. Those eyes which had trapped her very existence in them. A soft blush crept on her face because she didn't know for how long he had been staring at her while she was sleeping like a little tired baby. He saw her cheeks turning pink whereas she darted her gaze down at his chest.“Staring at someone like this while they are sleeping is considered creepy, Mr Marzel?” She taunted him while peering at his naked chest. They both were completely uncovered under that blanket and their bare bodies were also grazing against each other, turning everything more intimidating for her, especially after when her head continued to repeat what had happened between them last night and how he kept her awake more than half of the night last night.A smirk formed on his face, hearing her words. Leaning hi
Flora's heart tingled as soon as she felt him pressing his warm lips against her. Without having any second thoughts, she kissed him back while wrapping her arms around his neck.Feeling her soft and delicate lips getting captured into his mouth, he finally realised how badly he had been missing them all this time. He was restlessly needing to feel, touch and taste that tenderness of hers because only she was capable of calming that sheer desperation inside him which he felt when it came to her only.Their lips were beautifully devouring each other, having no urgency to care about the rest of the world. He softly nibbled on her lower lip which made her slightly open her mouth. He entered his tongue inside her mouth and as soon as she felt their tongues touching each other, Flora softly moaned which made him pull her more closer.He made sure to press her entire body against his, leaving no inch of distance between their bodies. Flora grabbed his hair when he cupped her nape to deepen