Aira turned to the left and parked her car in the first spot she could find before taking her working tablet and stepping out of her car in a hurry. She made her way toward the huge glass doors to the building stepped into the lobby and made her way toward the elevators wondering how late she was going to be.The elevator dinged opening up like Pandora’s box with people exiting it like a herd of sheep heading toward the door. She looked down at her watch realizing that it was lunchtime. Not working in an office made her sometimes forget how the working world functioned. Then she thought about the meeting where she was heading now.Did Vincent have to squeeze it into his lunchtime? She should have brought him something to eat with her. He had been so busy these days that he barely got back home. She even had to deliver him a change of clothes last night. He was in a meeting and an exhausted Meghan came down to pick it up looking like she had been fighting off the devil.Since the day o
Aira stepped out of the meeting room with a sigh.“I can’t believe you did that,” she told Vincent as she turned around to look at him.“They were getting on my nerves. Those old geezers needed someone to put them in their place.” Vincent said with a frown as if couldn’t believe that they would say something like that.“Still, this project is important to you and you’ve been trying to convince them for days. We were almost there, why did you have to snap at them in the middle of the negotiation?”“Because they were being greedy. Did you hear what they were asking? Aira they were asking you to give up your profit in order for them to agree to keep the project going,” he said. He sounded outraged at the notion.“It was to be expected after announcing how much profit I will be making out of this,” Aira explained and Vincent sighed.“That’s true but there’s no need for you to compromise with them. The contract was already signed and they can’t force you to give up what was rightfully your
Vincent pressed Aira against the desk pressing against her thighs as they spread wider.Feeling how close he was getting to her, she pulled herself back a little not liking how easily she was being drawn to him.Vincent put one hand on the small of her back pulling her a bit closer until her face was right in front of his.“Vincent, we can’t do this,” She whispered, “Not in your office while Meghan and Carter are outside.“They won’t be able to hear us,” He reassured her.“It’s not about that!” She exclaimed feeling her cheeks flame even more and he smiled.“You know you’re adorable when you’re both flustered and angry,” He told her stroking her cheek with a grin,Her eyes widened at the realization. Had he been teasing her all this time?“You know you’re such an asshole,” She said while slapping his chest and he laughed pressing a kiss against her lips silencing her and erasing her anger,“Is the princess still angry with me?” he asked as he pulled back,“Stop seducing me in inapprop
“Hello there boss,” Vincent looked up to find carter leaning against the wall watching her with a bright smile.“ since when did you start calling me boss?” Vincent asked his friend who seemed to be in an excellent mood.“Since you won’t be my boss for a while, I thought I would call you that one more time,” he told him.“What’s that? Are you gonna miss me?” Vincent teased.“More like I was giving you one last chance to hear me call you boss. I know you must’ve felt left out when Meghan called you that?” “Whatever do you want, Carter. Unlike you, I am a busy man,” Vincent answered “I’m still officially working here, my leave won’t start until tomorrow,” he told him, “besides, I was wondering what you will be doing tonight. How about a drink? It’s been a while,” “Sure, let me finish this and we will go. We could celebrate your long awaited vacation,” Vincent answered as he typed one last word in his document and sent it out to the printer.He stood up picking up his jacket and heade
Warning: this chapter may contain some explicit scenes, please read with caution! Aira’s consciousness began to clear out from her sleep as she felt something warm behind her shift. Strong arms that had already been circling her waist pulled her back as a big palm rested on her stomach while the other circled up to her shoulder with an arm sneaking between her breasts.She felt something hard nestled against her back and she leaned back against his broad chest wondering why she suddenly felt so hot.Then suddenly realizing what was happening she snapped her eyes open wide in panic and looked around her. She was in Vincent’s room. “Go back to sleep,” he mumbled against her neck.“Vince, what am I doing in your room?” She asked.His arm around her tightened as the hand on her stomach started caressing her with his thumb sending shivers up and down her body.“You were asleep in the window seat again,” he said as he shifted closer to her putting his face in the crook of her neck and inha
Aira came awake to a tingling sensation slowly opening her eyes to find herself looking at a pair of beautiful green eyes staring mischievously at her.“Ah… Vince wha-“ she gasped as his skilled hand moved around her body eliciting a reaction from her that she couldn’t fight off.“Good morning sweetheart,” he said with a smile and she moaned wanting to curse him and kiss him at the same time and he chuckled again fully aware of what he was doing to her.That morning had been incredible, he had taken her to the highest peaks of pleasure letting her tumble down the sinful bliss of his touches. She knew that she had always been a sexual being somewhat. But she didn’t know that she could attain so much pleasure with someone like that.Vincent was a wonderful lover attentive and caring when needed, rough and passionate when needed. He was the best lover she ever had. None of her previous relationships could light a candle to him.After her pleasurable wake up call, and another round around
Vincent felt his anger rise as Aira spoke about the reasons they shouldn’t be dating. She didn’t want him, not in the way he wanted her.“So what is it? You don’t want this?” He repeated his voice harder than he intended it to be,But there was nothing he could do to repress his feelings. There was nothing he could do to stop his hurt from transforming into anger.“It’s not that I don’t want to…” She said her voice trailing off her eyes defiant as she looked at him,“Then what is it? You want us to be?” He asked, “You want us to be fuck buddies? Is that all you wanted?” He asked.Her eyes widened for a moment before she pushed her plate and leaned back on her chair. Vincent realized then that he screwed up big time. He should have waited for her to have feelings for him to take this step. But his horny member and his desire addled brain had to go and speed things up like this. Now he had to deal with the situation as it backfired on him.“We should have never done this,” She said with
After the day Vincent and Aira fought and made up, they’d barely seen each other. Vincent worked his normal office hours as Aira led meetings with Carter every day from their townhouse and retreated to her workshop after that and didn’t leave until it was too late in the night to look for him or hope he was awake.She would be lying if she said that she wasn’t avoiding Vincent, especially after the night they had and the conversation they had after that. But it wasn’t entirely true either, because she had a feeling that he was avoiding her too.She was used to him coming to seek her at some point during the day whenever he came back but he didn’t do that these days. And she wondered whether it was because of what had happened between them.Her thought wandered to what Nathan would say about him, and how the media portrayed him as a one night stand kind of man. Which made her wonder if that’s actually what it was about. A one night stand to satisfy his curiosity and kill the raging des
Vincent pressed Aira against the door kissing her face and neck frantically and she chuckled upon the contact her melodious laugh making him relax and smile back at her as if she was the most precious thing in the world. "Are you really here with me?" He asked cupping her cheeks and she smiled up at him and nodded. "I really am here with you. Vince. I'm not going anywhere," She said looking him in the eyes and he nodded his eyes looking vulnerable, "This feels like it's another dream," He said and she circled her arms around his waist leaning into him. "Did you have a lot of those? The dreams I mean," She said and he simply nodded. "Since the very first day that I met you. I had been dreaming about you since that day," He said looking at her with a serious look in his eyes making her wonder if that was really the truth. It can't be... He must be pulling her leg. Before she could think about anything, she felt Vincent pull her up against him and kiss the daylight out of her as he
Aira stood at the side and watched as the crowds all dressed in lavish black, circled around the huge gallery. She was standing to the side wearing a tight-laced black dress and black string high heels which made her feel both exposed and a little bit uncomfortable.There was something about dressing like this while attending an event alone. It made her feel as if she was being followed around by the gazes of any man hoping to get an easy lay tonight.Her only consolation is that this was a family event. A memorial for her grandmother.She wanted to laugh at that. This was more like a full-blown exhibition. The exhibition of the century.Her mother had went and outdid herself again with this event.Both her grandmother and Paul had been working nonstop on this. They even employed interior designers and event planners to coordinate everything to make sure the event was what their grandmother had hoped for.The woman sure had a fancy taste.Aira had been mostly working on the painting m
"It was believed that the legal battle between The CEO of Valory groups and his uncle was going to go on for years before the score is decided. But a sudden turn of events makes us wonder if that assumption is going to be proven wrong.Today, Warren Valory had been arrested for no disclosed reasons closing the chapter of a long battle that had been going on for years since the young CEO took over the company in his early twenties being one of the youngest entrepreneurs to reach such a position at such a young age.In answer to our questions this morning, Vincent Valory revealed that his uncle was only getting what he had always deserved. He said that the days when he would cover up for his uncle because he was family were gone and that the limit was set at hurting other people and committing real crimes.Other sources revealed that the real crime Mr. Valory was talking about was the attempt his uncle had made to harm his beloved wife in a hit and run causing her car to almost roll up
Aira sat down beside her mother and looked at the members of the family around her.Her uncle sat back on his chair looking as if he still believed his mother would walk into the room and announce that this was a joke. His wife sat quietly beside him as he clenched her hand in his offering him all the comfort he needed.Grace sat on the other side of the sofa leaning against paul her eyes red-rimmed and Paul held her close gently patting her shoulder while Ian stood be her side looking down at her from time to time looking worried.It paid to be the youngest member of their family.Her father on the other hand stood behind her mother his hands on her shoulders comforting her the best way he could.Aira on the other hand sat there alone as everyone wondered where her so sweet and loyal husband went at such an important moment.They were about to know why.The lawyer who sat before them cleared his throat as he pulled a piece of paper out of the envelope that he had been holding linking
There was one thing about goodbyes that Aira knew very well. And that it was a form of closure that people seek in order to make peace with the person they were never going to see again. And also with the part of them, that was attached to that person.Aira now was saying goodbye to both. And she knew that it was going to be hard, but she didn't expect it to be this hard.Standing before the coffin and away from it enough for her not to see the insides of it she remained rooted in place for a while fear gripping her heart like a vice.Her mind was like a rollercoaster of emotions and thoughts and she even started trembling again.But then she remembered."I am proud of you." That's what her grandmother had said back then.As if her mind calmed down all of a sudden from the turbulence of a storm to the calm of a sunny morning by the beach, Aira slowly stepped toward the coffin where her grandmother was laying peacefully looking like she was simply asleep. And maybe she was, but her sle
A few days later, Aira sat down in the second row as she watched her mother present her eulogy. She felt drained and cried out. In the three days since her grandmother died, Aira had been doing very little.Other than painting or staring at the painting, she spent half the time crying and the other half trying to suppress her tears. Her family was grieving and each time she found her mother sitting in a corner crying by herself, she felt her heart break a little more as she went to try to comfort her.She was tired. So tired that she felt like she was going to sit anywhere and fall asleep as soon as the funeral was over.She felt a hand sneak around her waist and pull her sideways against a muscular chest. Grateful for the support, she didn’t tell Vincent anything. She didn’t need to.He had been hovering over her since that day but she couldn’t say that his presence bothered her. Sometimes she barely noticed his presence but most of the time, he would always be in the right place at
Aira opened her eyes after a few hours from her nap feeling rested and peaceful for the first time since she discovered what Vincent had done.Jumping out of bed, she could barely fight the urge to take the brush into her hands. So without stopping to think about anything and like a lunatic with an illusionary fire chasing after her, she changed into her jeans not bothering with a new shirt, and made her way toward the workshop.Opening the door. She headed toward the untouched painting left as she had left it before the butler had come to get her.A bang in her chest sobered her but she still made her way toward it and stared at it for a few moments before she picked up a new brush and started mixing the colors and preparing for everything.After a while, she was already painting the rest of the painting unaware of what was going on around her.Vincent came barging into the room at some point and she looked at him absently wondering why he looked so worried. Then he sighed in relief
Vincent stood by the door and watched as Aira’s family fussed over her. Her mother and sister were hugging her tightly as they cried and her uncle stood away awkwardly as her father spoke to him clearly giving him a piece of his mind about what he said to her.“Thank you for finding her,” Ian said as he came up to stand beside him, “Amongst all of us, she is the one who has the hardest time.” He said.“I know. They were pretty close together,” He said with a smile his eyes never leaving her.“They were. Which is probably why she sold the mansion to you. She wanted Aira to have it one way or another.” Ian said and Vincent remained silent for a while not bothering to answer that comment.“She told me that you had a fight. She seemed upset over it, I was wondering if she would agree to come with you.” Ian added and this time Vincent looked at him.“I was wondering the same too. To be honest, I screwed up pretty badly this time and I wouldn’t have been surprised if she had refused. I had
Aira stood there in front of her mother and uncle staring at the table.“Honey, I know how hard this-““No. You can’t do this to me,” she muttered.“You have no choice, Aira, you’re an artist, you need to finish that painting. It was her last wish,” Her uncle said in a hard tone.“No!” She screamed and they were both taken aback, she took a step back startled at her own outburst.“No… I- I mean…” she stuttered taking a few steps back feeling stares on her piercing through her skin.Suddenly she felt overwhelmed, dizzy, and out of air. She wanted to throw up.“Aira, honey, are you okay?” Her mother asked looking at her with concern Aira took another step back when her mother reached out for her.“Don’t touch me…” she said dazed and her uncle stood looking at her with confusion.“Are you like this because we asked you to finish the painting?” He asked and she felt the mocking tone in his voice.“Don’t talk to me,” she gritted out glaring at them, then she turned around to find everyone l