"What the hell is my sister doing in your arms?!" A woman exclaimed in horror at the top of her voice as she eyed Anastasia and Darius with widened eyes.
"Your sister?!" He exclaimed in shock.
"Yes! She is my sister! What happened to her?! What did you do to her?! Anastasia!" She exclaimed in worry as she reached Darius in quick steps. She kept her hand on Anastasia's forehead to check her temperature. "Oh god! She has temperature! Is she okay?!" She asked again. Her eyes almost shone with tears.
How's this possible?! Anastasia's sister?! She never had a sister. She was an only child. Then how come this woman in front of him was her sister? Was she lying? But what's her benefit in doing so? And she genuinely looked worried about Anastasia. Well, now what's this again?!
"Anastasia?! Ana? Dear? Open your eyes." She said softly but worry dripped with her every word.
"Calm down, miss…"
NEXT MORNING"Good morning, sunshine!" Selena wished cheerfully as she came out of the small kitchen with their breakfast in hand and sat down on her chair, opposite Anastasia, after keeping the breakfast on the table."Good morning, moonlight!" Anastasia wished back, with her head down on the table. Her eyes were closed too."Wake up sleepyhead. Don't drool on the dining table." Selena scolded playfully as she pushed Anastasia's head up.Anastasia sat up straight and looked at Selena with sleepy eyes."Why don't you never let me sleep?! I feel sleepy. I feel tired. I want to go back to sleep." Anastasia whined like a five years old. Selena rolled her eyes at her childishness."I think you forgot one more thing that you are feeling right now." Selena said with a wink as she proceeded to open the lid of the food and soon the delicious aroma of the food hit the
"Whoa! Your secretary, Arianna was crying. So, what do I make out of it?" Noah asked while coming inside the room without knocking.Darius looked at him with a glare and let out a sigh just after a few seconds, because glaring at Noah was fruitless. He was not going to hear him anyway. But yet he couldn't stop himself from asking."When are you going to come inside my office after knocking?" He asked.Noah helped himself on the chair opposite to him with a smirk and dropped the breakfast that he brought for both of them on the table."When you will settle down or fetch yourself a girlfriend and I will know that you will be… ahm.. doing business inside, I will come knocking from then." Noah replied to his question cheekily."Your answer was as useless as the question that I asked." Darius said while shaking his head at him. "So, tell me what were you asking?" He a
"Hii! Sorry, if I am late. I was actually caught up with something really important." Anastasia apologized with a guilty smile as she sat down."Oh, it's okay. I just arrived, so I didn't wait much." Noah said, returning the smile.His eyes landed on the large envelope which she put on the table. He looked at her in confusion."Did you get any job?" He asked. She looked at him in confusion."Uh.. no. Why do you ask?" She asked with a small frown."Actually, that envelope… I thought it might have your joining letter or something." He said jokingly while pointing at the envelope.He wanted to know what's inside the envelope without being much nosy. Anastasia let out a small laugh after hearing him."Now that you have helped me so much, I consider you my friend. Hence I am going to share a secret wi
"Are you following me?!" Anastasia shrieked out loudly while pointing an accusing finger at him. She frowned deeply at the person in front of her. She was almost shaking in anger. Darius Henderson was standing in front of her with his hands inside his pocket. A careless look adoring his face stood there, smirking at him. He walked toward her taking slow steps and the smirk was still on his face. The frown on her face deepened as she looked at him with a frown. The way he was looking at her was scaring her. There's something which changed in the way he was looking at her. The look was only screaming power, power which he held above her. That look was making her uncomfortable. She wasn't liking the way she was feeling nor the way he was looking at her. "Hello, Miss Samuel. We met again." Darius said in a mocking tone. Anastasia scoffed at him after that. "Oh, and may I add, I am not following you."
"Why? You needed me for something?" Melissa asked in a really flirtatious tone while twirling some strands of hair around her finger."Yeah. I needed you for a really important thing which isn't possible without you." Darius stated while looking around his files for something.Melissa became excited after hearing him. Darius never told her that he needed her. It's the first time and she was excited to do everything to satisfy him. She started to think what could it possibly be for which Darius needed her. Is it related to business? Or is it something totally different? Does he need her to be his date for something like she has been doing from the past two years? Or he wants to make things official? Does he want her to sign the papers of some hot contract marriage, just like the movies and fictions?She chuckled at herself for her wild imaginations. She has become totally crazy in his love. She has fallen too deep in this
"So, what do you suggest? Should we shift to a better and safe apartment? Or should we start a business? Or how about we sell our current car and buy another one? What should we do with the money?!" Anastasia exclaimed loudly while pointing out all the things that she and Selena could do with the money to make their lives better.She was really excited as it was her first ever large income and she can only imagine what she could do with the money. She wanted to do a lot of things and Selena was included in everything. It was never what she wants to do for herself, it's always what she wants to do for themselves.Selena shook her head at her craziness and got a hold of her shoulders to stop her from jumping around."Calm down, calm down, girl! What's the hurry?" Selena asked as she managed to make Anastasia sit down and she sat down too beside her.Anastasia sat down on the couch, facing Selena with
A loud sound woke Anastasia up from her sleep as she jumped up from a lying position. She looked around with confused and sleepy eyes to find the source of the sound.Her eyes fell on the small bedside table where her phone just stopped ringing. She looked at the alarm clock and a frown of irritation appeared on her sleepy eyes.It was only six in the morning and she set her alarm for eight in the morning. Who is so heartless to disturb her beauty sleep by calling so early in the morning?!The moment the word 'heartless' came to her mind, the image of some particular Henderson's came to her eyes, making her scoff in displeasure. She closed her eyes with the frown and laid down. She made herself comfortable and the moment she was going back to sleep, her phone started ringing again, making her jump up again."Very good morning to me!" She sighed in displeasure and took the ringing phone from t
"What the hell?! He is not here today too?!" Selena exclaimed in frustration after she entered the office room of her boss and found the room empty.She sighed in displeasure and looked around the room and her eyes fell on the notepad on the table. On the cover of the notepad there was a sticky note and 'read me' was written there. There was a 'winky face' emoji drawn there too. That cute little emoji held so much cuteness and mischievousness held in it, that it made the corner of her lips lift up.She took the note and carefully put that inside her purse. After keeping the cute sticky note in her purse with her previous three notes, she opened the notepad to read what's written inside."Hello, Miss Samuel. I am really impressed by your sincerity and dedication to the work. Keep working hard the same way. You are yet to achieve a lot before you reach your dream. Good luck!"Selena read what was written o
He looked at her in shock. He wasn't expecting her to forgive him nor did he expect her to be so blank. Her posture wasn't welcoming at all and he didn't want to fulfill his next set of plans after that. "Th... thank you so much, Anastasia for forgiving me." He stammered while looking down in shame, not knowing what to do or say anymore. "Do you want to say anything else?" She asked in the same monotonous tone which was like some invisible slap for him. He got up from his previous position to stand straight and looked at her with a soft look. He couldn't take her dead look anymore. It was suffocating him and he wanted to leave the place as fast as he could. "Thank you for forgiving me and sorry once again for ruining your special day once again." He said that in a small voice before hurriedly turning around to leave the place. Anastasia was
"Now, it's time for the main event for the day!" The host said on the mic in a cheerful tone and the whole audience in the ballroom shouted a cheer. "Today we have witnessed such an incredible fashion show in the history of fashion. All the dresses were remarkably beautiful, gorgeous and eye stunning which is going to create havoc in the fashion world. Now it's time to get introduced to the creator of the havoc!" The host said and took a mysterious break before announcing the name on the mic. "Let's welcome, the very talented and beautiful and gorgeous, ANASTASIA SAMUEL!" The host announced and the audience shouted loudly once again and the loud sound of claps made the building almost move. From the backstage, Anastasia took a deep breath to calm her raging nerves down. Today is the big day of her life. Today she is going to fulfill her dreams of being a successful fashion designer. Today she is g
A FEW HOURS LATER "Ahh… my heart! It hurts!" Anastasia groaned out loudly as she slowly started to come back to consciousness. She clutched her head tightly with one hand and used the other hand to sit up. Underneath her hand was soft material, meaning she was on bed. She sat up completely and leaned back, at the head board. She finally opens her eyes slowly and looks around in confusion. Her sight was still a little bit fuzzy. She closed her eyes before opening them again and this time was seeing clearer. She looked around the room in confusion as it looked really familiar to her. She looked with more concentration and soon realised where she was. She had mixed feelings about this. She was happy, excited and confused as well. So, without thinking, she hurriedly tried to get down from the bed and that's when she realised what a foolish step it was as her head suddenly spinne
THREE MONTHS LATER "Miss Anastasia, you have to get that thing out of your mind! It's not doing any good to you. You have been through all these previously and you know how worse this can get! You have to keep believing in yourself!" The woman whom Anastasia has been seeing from the past three months said in a tired tone. At that moment, Anastasia thought that it was time to change the therapist. Yes, the woman in front of her was her therapist and she was lying down on the couch present in the room which has become too familiar to her. The therapist has now started to irritate her. She is literally forcing her to believe something which is really hard for her. How can she believe it?! She wasn't stupid or sick now to hallucinate something which she didn't do, was she? No! She has changed and is over that phrase of her life. Now she remembers everything, every happenings of her li
"You are going to regret raising that hand of yours at me." Anastasia threatened in a hard tone while looking at Richard with a glare. Her face was bloody as the father and daughter duo removed all their frustration on her pretty face while she couldn't do anything other than being tied to that chair. So frustrating! If only her hands were untied! She would have showed them the real meaning of torture. They were torturing her because she denied signing the property papers. She knew that at that moment, the more she delayed the longer she lived until someone came to save her. She would die but will never sign those papers. "Oh, yeah? Who is going to make us regret? Your dead body?" Melissa asked and landed another punch on her gut and she coughed blood. But she still managed to smile to irritate Melissa and Richard.
"You are what?!" Everyone except Darius and Colton shouted in disbelief as they looked at the new person in shock."I am Anastasia's uncle." The man said with a proud look on his face as he said that.The man was in his late thirties and was a fine looking man. He has muscles and a strong aura. He was carrying a confident posture. Oddly enough, his facial features matched Anastasia a lot."Unbelievable! She… she is an orphan. She has lost everyone in a tragic accident. How can you be her uncle?" Selena asked in shock."You are right. We both lost our every closed one in the preplanned murder. Be she got saved because she was a lucky charm and I got saved maybe because I was her favourite person in the house." He said and let out a light chuckle after remembering some past memories.Even in that situation, Diana and Selena couldn't help but cru
"So, what was I saying?" Richard asked."Something about my past." She reminded him and he smirked."Right. So, are you excited to know about your past?" He asked with a smirk. She didn't say anything, just kept quiet. But that seemed to anger the psychopath as he landed another slap on her cheeks. She gritted her teeth as she could test blood inside her mouth. That bastard just busted her lips! "Answer me when I ask something. You seem to forget all your manners in this three years, huh?" He shouted at her face.She wanted to shout at him in the face and say that she has changed. She wanted to let him know that she wasn't the meek Anastasia whom he used to torment anymore. She has changed and changed for the better. She is now capable of fighting for herself. She is now capable of protecting herself.But she can't say that. It's going to ruin everything for her. It's going to ruin everything that
"You all must have a lot of questions, right? About how I know her? How am I connected to her? Why am I reacting like this? How do I know that man? So many questions, right?" Selena asked in a small tone while looking at distance with a blank look.Everyone just exchanged worried looks but didn't interfere in her talk. She let out a humourless laugh after a few seconds, confusing everyone more than necessary."You all will be shocked to know that I don't know her recently, three years ago, five years ago or ten years ago. I have known her since she was five and we were six." She said with a sad smile as tears kept rolling down her eyes without any break. She didn't even try to wipe them and let them fall freely."We?" Noah asked in a low tone while looking at her with a small frown. She looked at him with a smile of agony and he felt like it was a stab at his stomach."Me and my identical twin sist
"Anastasia… got kidnapped." He said in a breathless tone and there was a pin drop silent for a second before Selena lost the strength on her legs and was going to fall down.Luckily Noah was close to her and was quick to hold her by her waist before she could drop on the ground and hurt herself."Selena! Be strong! Please! Be strong!" Noah said while taking her in his arms and made her sit down on the couch. She let out a small humourless chuckle, her face was blank, void of any emotions."I… I… must have heard him wrong, right? Anastasia is fine, right? She is… sleeping in the suite. Why did you leave her alone there?! Do you know that she gets nightmares?! She is going to be so scared! I have to go to her! If she has a nightmare, only I can handle her. Oh god! How stupid you are to leave her there alone! Noah, can you please take me to her. I have to be with her." Selena kept blabbering while not giving anyone any chan