THIRD PERSON'S POV
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Flashback
Xander completed his work soon than he intended just so he could go back home early.
He was worrying for his Triantáfyllo.
What she must be doing right now? Is she sleeping?
He reached the big black gates of his mansion.
He always dreaded coming home before as no one used to be there for him in that big house, no one waiting but ....she was there now.
His Triantáfyllo.
The lights were all off. Seeing his car, guards opened the gate.
Entering inside, he immediately went to his room. Thinking after freshening up, he'll go up check upon his wife.
It was strange. The lights in his room are on.
Was someone
SCARLETT'S POV_______________________________________________________________________________________"You are my wife." He grunted out."Noo...not to you." I still pressed.Putting his hands on my shoulder, he sighed,"Triantáfyllo.... don't do this now. You are getting late for College. Come I'll drop you off."I looked at the time.Yeah, I'm late. Five minutes late and it's gonna take another fifteen minutes to reach College.It's obvious, I'm gonna miss my first class now which doesn't bother me much as the first is Economics and I really don't like it much.I nodded my head and we both walked out.I waited for him at the entrance.He brought his car from the garage at the back.I've never seen that garage. Well, I've never been in the back side of the mansion.I've never fully explored this place. I was so much busy in assignments and pr
THIRD PERSON'S POV_______________________________________________________________________________________"Nice to see you again, Maria." The other lady greeted mockingly."What. Do. You. Want. Karla?" Maria enunciated coldly glaring at the other lady...aka Karla."Oh me? What could I want?" Karla laughed evilly.She flipped a red card with golden writings on the outside and threw it on the small table besides her."An invitation..to my new year party. I'm sure you would love it.""I'm not coming." Maria chipped out."Ohh no.. you'll come when your beloved Xander will come..."Karla was cut off by Maria."Xander will also not come.""But he will. Because it's not just a New year party but also a get together for all the prominent businessmen around. The new deal he did with that Mr. Lee, yes, Mr. Lee will also be there and Xander will have to come." Kar
SCARLETT'S POV_______________________________________________________________________________________“WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?”He yelled out clutching his fists tightly.I was scared by this.I never saw him like this.But nonetheless I answered him.“It’s ...” I stared meekly but then it hit me there’s no reason for him to be angry.I’m also living here and I have every right to do whatever I want with the house.“What do you think it is? Can’t you see, Christmas decorations are these.” I spoke tauntingly moving my hands around the house.Oh wow! That rhymed....This is not the time to think how good you rhyme.My subconscious mocked me.But what you said also rhymed.Ohh no.no..this is definitely not the time to get lost in my head.Looking at him,
Xander's povWe came back early from the church.But I was still irritated at the way my stupid cousin tried to flirt with my wife.And she evensmiledat him.How could she?"Thank you." An angelic voice spoke beside me.We were at home now. I was doing my work in the living room.I didn't ask her again to remove all these decorations because I realized I may have over reacted.She doesn't know anything about me, my past.And I like how she feels free to do anything here. She regards it as her home. And that makes me happy.Our home.And I'm going to introduce to the world that she's my wife.This new year. After the party, I'll do that and would ask her for a new chance to this marriage.I'll remember what Badima said today.FlashbackTriantáfyllo was in her room upstairs getting changed.
THIRD PERSON'S POV_______________________________________________________________________________________"That lipstick stain was not of any other woman. It was of my wife.""What!"Scarlett was confused."What do you mean?" She asked him."The night of your reception party, Xander was in his office because of some emergency and I was out of the States in Australia for some business purpose. Beth, my wife couldn't reach me so she called Xander. She had a really severe pain in her stomach and when Xander reached, he picked her up to get her to the hospital. At that time, her lipstick mark accidentally got on his shirt. I'm really sorry for the being the reason of your misunderstanding, you guys fought because of a stupid thing..... I'm really sorry to ruin your wedding night and..."Before he could something more, she gushed him and spoke."How is your wife now? I mean she got to t
THIRD PERSON'S POV_______________________________________________________________________________________Xander didn't answer her for a moment.Scar got worried by this.She feared she might have asked something stupid, something which might make him suspicious of her.Might make him doubt her.She looked down and started eating her pancake silently when he spoke the word that both made her heart warm but her mind tense."No." His answer was a "no."This gave her a strange happiness. She felt good on knowing he won't divorce her but she wasn't able to quite identify the reason behind her being happy for this.She should feel frustrated instead for he won't divorce her but she's feeling happiness over that.It confused her to the core.Her own feelings were playing with her."But why?" She dared to ask him this.His eyes got hard at her question.
THIRD PERSON'S POV______________________________________________________________________________________Kat was happy to finally see her best friend be happy in her marriage life.In the one month, Xander has been away, Scar never admitted but she was upset by his disappearance. Yeah, she was mad but she never let it show to her friends.And now when he's back, Kat could see the glow and happiness on her best friend's face and she prayed it would remain like this only.Scarlett on the other hand was blushing hard. She was so embarrassed at being seen by her best friend like this. Xander groaned internally for he was so close to taste her lips, he was dying to kiss those soft lips of hers.On noticing Scar wasn't ready yet, Kat asked,"Scar, hurry up babe. We gotta leave soon."Scarlett quickly nodded and went upstairs saying,"I'll get changed."Xander was confused b
Scarlett's pov"I'm hungry."He looked at me for a moment before I saw his lips curving up into a beautiful smile which soon was followed by a full blown laughter.His deep laugh was so melodious. I was sure it was the sound I want to hear everyday.I didn't realize I was staring at him until his words caught my attention."My Triantáfyllo is hungry. Tell me what should I make?" He asked looking at me with a small smile on his face.And all I could utter was,"Oh my god!"His brows furrowed."Oh my god!" I repeated."I know almost every dish but I'm not sure if that's a dish, Triantáfyllo." He hesitantly said.I finally came to my senses."Oh my god! I heard you laugh."His face expression immediately changed. He stood still and stoic."Oh no. Why did you stop laughing? Your laugh is beautiful. You should laugh more." I said to him but quickly added,"Wait , no. You shouldn't laugh more because if you were in a meeting and you start laughing, now that won't look good, right?"He nodde
It was the middle of the night—too late, too dark—and she was behind the wheel of her car, the road stretching out before her like a never-ending ribbon. The hum of the engine was a steady presence, the rhythmic sound of tires against asphalt almost soothing. But something felt off, a sense of unease hanging in the air, heavy and pressing. She couldn’t place it, but the world around her seemed to blur at the edges, as though the clarity of reality was slipping away.Then, in the blink of an eye, it happened. A flash of headlights in her rearview mirror. The screeching of tires. A jolt—one sharp, gut-wrenching moment when everything spun out of control. The world tilted as her car veered off course, her heart pounding in her chest, her breath shallow. She could hear the crash, the shattering glass, the deafening thud of metal crumpling against metal.The sound of her own gasping breath echoed in her ears as she reached for the seatbelt, the world still spinning, the pressure on her che
Scarlett frowned. It was an acutely familiar voice but she couldn't just pin point who it was."GO TO HELL! DIE!"It was on the second shout that Scarlett recognised who it was. It was Karla shouting and just when Scarlett was about to turn around to look back, Xander abruptly turned her towards his side, still hugging her when she abruptly looked up at him and saw his face contort into one of pain."Xander!" Her heart lurched inside her chest as she moved her head to the side and saw Karla with a huge knife in her hand, the sharp end buried in Xander's back. A gasp left her mouth as her eyes reared up.Supporting Xander, she quickly walked and gripped Karla's wrist, "Let. Go."There was so much anger in her voice, a kind of hatred erupted in her heart that made her want to kill this woman right at the moment. She hurt her Xander.Even Karla was shocked for a moment at the intense emotion in Scarlett's eyes. She staggered back a step and in that moment, Cole and others had alrea
"You should definitely buy this one. I think it looks the best on you." Maria smiled at her before gesturing to the sale's assistant to pack it up for her.Scarlett smiled hesitatingly. She didn't know how to act around Maria right now. But she still, nonetheless, nodded at her words."I'll.... go look there." Scarlett pointed towards the left aisle where a lot of winter jackets were displayed.Maria nodded with a doting smile. "Sure. I'll look for some bags too."Scarlett nodded with a robotic smile and went away.As soon as she turned around, her smile faded. Maria called her today morning to go shopping with her. Plus, as November had already started, she suggested to somewhat decorate the house for the winters. It was a reasonable suggestion but Scarlett still hesitated. It was only when Maria said that Xander would like it and that she had already told Xander about it that any hesitation about going out in Scarlett's mind went away.But something still felt off.***It was an h
It was the next day and Scarlett was back home in her room, collecting her books and suddenly, footsteps could be heard behind her.She turned her head to look behind and was startled to see Xander standing so close to her.She jumped up on his surprise as she saw his figure being much closer to hers right now.When did he come so close to me this fast? She patted her chest in a manner to calm her beating heart down. "What-Why are you so close?"Xander tilted his head. "Should I not be?""Huh?" She looked at his face dumbly at his question. "No, you should be." As if realising what she just blurted out, "No, wait-I meant you should not be...I mean-"Xander bit his tongue inside so as not to laugh out at her cute appearance. "Haa" he swept his hand through this hair and let out a short breath."You..." Scarlett covered her face. "Why am I always saying stupid things in front of you?" She mumbled through her hands covering her face and decided to not look at him for a moment. He
Xander was silent for a moment.Explain.He fell silent on the other end. He knew he should not have disappeared but after that night, he just couldn't face her.He lied to her, the past still materrs because...she almost died because of him.There, he said it. He had been feeling so guilty which is why he had left that dark world after her accident and maybe gpd gave him another chance as she lost her memory of that period so he decided to never let her know of that and also not get close to her again but he failed to do that. When he met her gain, all he wanted was to be with her."Xander?" After not hearing a response for a long time, Scarlett called out once again."Yeah?""What yeah?!"A small, almost negligible smile formed on Xander's lips as he could almost imagine her saying, "What yeah?!" with an angry pout in her face. She was the only one who could calm his raging heart. why did you leave without telling me?""Did I need to tell you?""Of course. I'm your wife. Shouldn't
The car suddenly came to a halt.He frowned a bit and looked at her, "What are you talking about, Triantafyllo?""I'm taking about you knowing me even before our marriage." There she said it finally.He eyes widened at her words. A stunned expression came upon his face as if he had never expected to hear this from her.Still, he managed to reply, "What....What do you mean?"She stared back at him, looking for any sign of lie in his eyes but there was none.Did I guess wrong? She wondered.But.....As she wondering about this, Xander had already started driving the car again and the time, she could feel that the speed of the car was significantly faster than usualHer words had affected him.She knew it,"Xander-" Before she could speak to him about it again, he was already out of the car, signaling for he kr to get down either.Soon, she cane down too and walked towards him."Xander, listen to me!"She called him behind his back when he suddenly turned around, startling her."What sho
On the other hand, Xander who called by his subordinate, snapped at him, "You can't even do a simple thing! Didn’t I tell you not to disturb me? Can’t you even handle this? Then, it seems you are not quite suitable to stay in this position.”Before takig Scarlett out on a date, he had specifically instructed his subordinates not to disturb him but it seems he has been a bit too lenient with them in the past few days that they even dared to call him despite his otherwise orders. The matter for which his subordinate had called him was just that they detected a a few suspicious figures near the garden and not wanting to take any risk when their boss was with them, the head of the security decided to contact Xander."I'm going back. Take care of the them." Xander referred to those suspicious figures as he instructed his subordinates before making his way back.He felt uneasy as he walked as if something bad was going to happen. And that's why he felt even more anxious so increased his pa
The flowers of various different colours were arranged in a uniform manner around the entire boundary of the hall. The ruby red and pure pink were the ones that dominated among the flower arrangements. Beautifully embroidered and shimmering golden, thick curtains laced with soft white laces had formed an exquisite bow at the place where the curtain threads are tied, along with the huge hanging chandelier sparkling like diamonds on above and the silent but peaceful cover of the dark night, it all made this date night more special. As I marvelled at the luxurious decorations, a sound came from behind me and no later I felt a light stubble grazing the back of my neck. "Ah, Xander! You startled me."I tried to turn around to face him but his arms held me right around my waist and pulled me closer. "No, just stay like this." He whispered as his breath fell on the skin of my neck. "Huh." I took a deep breath. To be honest, in such a beautiful atmosphere, I have had already lost my he
FLASHBACK CONTINUESI stiffened in his arms the moment I heard his question.Will I ever leave him?Of course, this was a question whose answer I already had in my mind.A year.I'll leave after a year which now might have already been reduced to a few months.But how can I tell him that?So, instead of answering, t tried to change the subject."You...Why are you so...good at speaking Hindi?"Even though what I wanted to ask was "why are you so good to me?".He tightened his arms around me and answered."I'm not.""Hmm?""I wanted to surprise you so I learned that sentence specially for that moment." He voice went low as he spoke the last few words.I could almost feel his breath spraying on my earlobe."Ohh." I nodded in response."I thought you knew Hindu." Chuckling at my own assumption, I turned around."Tell me about you." I said to him, looking straight into his eyes.I wanted to know more about him. Just know, he talked about his mother. I've never heard of her before so I am c