Despite being forced by her parents to marry in order to save her younger sister fron the same fate, Rose Springs has a very clear plan in mind: she will remain married to the cold and rude billionaire Aaron Vamcap for only one year, to ensure that the contract her parents want so badly to be concluded and, than, she can file for divorce. Which shouldn't be difficult, since her husband and his entire family visibly hate her. However, the more time she spends in that isolated mansion, the more Rose is surprised by the fact that everyone there seemed to think she was the worst person in the world, but also happy to realize that she is getting them to really know her. So much, when the time to leave comes, a part of Rose feels strangely sad to leave the Vamcaps behind, including her grumpy husband. However, inexplicably, what she thought would be a peaceful situation turns into a mess when Aaron refuses to give her a divorce. But, wasn't he the one who said that she would never be a Vamcap, when they met? What was wrong with him?
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The sound of her husband’s growl made Rose swallow hard, but not out of fear. After spending an entire year preparing for this moment, she really had thought that she would be calmer and even content at this moment. But, as she turned towards Aaron, Rose realized that the only thing she had done was fooling herself. Because, seeing him standing in the middle of that office, his suit jacket tossed aside, the top buttons of his shirt undone, his dark brown hair disheveled and his eyes as dark as a moonless night covered in na expression of revolt , as if she had just cheated on him, Rose couldn’t help but remember the day they had become husband and wife in that same office. Of course, the version of Aaron that was before her now was very different from the man she had met that day and, maybe that’s why her heart was so tight when she had to say that sentence.“These are the divorce papers.” She explained, adjusting her glasses nervously on the bridge of her nose, “I thought it would be a good idea to move them forward, as the one-year deadline we both agreed on is almost up.”Her voice sounded terribly shy and shaky even to her, which made Rose struggle even harder to try to pull herself together. After all, it was absolutely ridiculous that she was acting this way because of the end of a marriage neither of them had chosen. As much as she’d grown to love the Vamcaps and consider each one of them the members of the big family she’d always wanted... Surely Aaron wouldn’t want to stay forever married to a woman he’d been forced to accept. Just like she didn’t want that for herself either... Did she?“What you mean?” Aaron’s question, spoken in the middle of na incredulous snarl, as if she’d just said something crazy, surprised Rose so much that it not only snapped her out of her confused thoughts, but also made her raise na eyebrow.“I’m talking about our agreement.” She answered slowly, though she knew there was no way he really didn’t remember, “That our marriage would last a year, until you got the documents my father promised you. I even thought about suggesting we end it when you got them, but since Andy said it would be good for you to argue that you were now married, when you had to go to court again, so I...” she continued admitting, again full of hesitation, but Aaron didn’t seem very interested in that particular subject.“That was a year ago!” he argued, as if the whole thing was nonsense, which only made her even more confused.“Uh… Yes.” Rose nodded, not understanding “Didn’t you hear what I said? The deadline is almost up, so I thought it would be best...”“The situation was very different back then.” Aaron continued to talk, starting to pace back and forth as he gripped the papers she had handed him with rather exaggerated strength. “We were both very different back then!” finally, he stopped, his back to her, slamming his hands on the wood of the table. “Was it your parents? Are they trying to force you to do this by threatening your sister?”“No, that’s not it.” Rose hastened to explain, knowing he was probably worried that the Springs might be trying to interfere in the Vamcap court battle yet again, “Actually, that’s the last thing they want me to do, since you’re still sending money for Grace. But, don’t worry, Aaron, I promise that no matter what they try to do to stop me, I won’t give up until we get a divorce...”As she spoke, Rose took a few tentative steps forward, until, just as she was about to gently touch his shoulder, Aaron caught her by surprise by suddenly turning around, getting so close to her that their lips were literally inches away. From distance. So close that, feeling the heat of his body, almost inviting her to hug him, Rose can’t help but remember that night by the pool, where they almost...With a gasp of sheer embarrassment, she finally managed to force her body to move away from him... Or at least try to move, because the moment she took the first step back, Aaron’s hands flew to her waist, holding her in place with a gentle touch, yet still firm enough to make it impossible for Rose to try to pull away from him again.“Why?” Aaron snarled, bringing his face even closer to hers, with that intimidating and sullen expression that she knew so well.“What?” she stammered, anxiously trying to look away from his lips, to keep that warm feeling creeping up her spine from driving her crazy.“Why don’t you want to be a Vamcap anymore?” he asked again, those eyes as dark as na obsidian Stone iana burning in hers “You said you'd do anything for us. That we were your family.”“And you are!” Rose tried to argue, feeling her heart break as she saw the betrayal in his eyes, couldn't help but wonder what she had done wrong to make him feel that way, just because she was willing to fulfill their agreement "I always I'll be here for you no matter what, but... Today, after what happened...” she murmured sadly “I realized that maybe it was better not to give Alec false hopes about the relationship between the two of us... I want him to know that he can always count on both of us and that we love him, even if we're not a couple anymore. I thought if we started the separation process gradually it would make it easier for him... And, well, for us too.” She bit her lip hesitantly "When we get back to our lives..."“Are you in love with another man?” Aaron asked suddenly, with a murderous edge to his voice that, oddly, after eleven months of being with him, Rose was perfectly able to identify was not directed at her.“Uh?” she blinked, more confused than ever."But what kind of piece of shit approaches a woman knowing she's married..." Aaron snarled, furious, his expression getting darker and darker and his eyes fixed on her hands crossed over her chest, with the gold ring sparkling on one finger “An idiot who doesn’t care about this doesn’t deserve you...”“Aaron. This has nothing to do with a man.” Rose finally managed to recover from the shock enough to speak, although she was still wondering why he was acting so strangely “I'm not doing this for other people's sake. I'm doing it for both of us. Do not you remember? You said that you wanted your life back after a year.” She reminded him, trying to stop her heart from aching as she reminded herself that Aaron had every right to want to be a free man again, "I appreciate it if you're worried about what's going to happen to me and my sister when I get out of here, but i could never keep living here knowing you are forcing yourself to stay married to me. Therefore, I think it would be better for everyone if the two of us ended this trap my parents created for you once and for all.” She flashed a smile, trying to be positive and confident, "After all, I promised you that I wouldn't let this marriage become a prison for us and I'm going to keep that promise no matter what..."“Do you feel trapped, here with me?” he cut her off, though his whisper was so subtle Rose had to concentrate to understand."What? No, of course not." She tried to reassure him, worried that she had chosen the wrong words to express herself “How could I? You welcomed me into the family and we became friends...”"Well, I'm sorry to inform you, Rose, but you're not just my friend." The hands on her waist gripped her even more firmly, while Aaron's eyes narrowed in a way that made her swallow hard. “You are my wife. A Vamcap. A mere year isn't going to change that...” turning his determined expression toward the table, Aaron pulled away from her just enough to reach the nearby divorce papers and rip them in half before Rose's incredulous gaze. “And much less a piece of paper. Your place is here, with all of us. There will never be anyone who can offer you all that I can, take care of you like I do, or…” His words became more and more intense, almost as if he was about to start pleading, when suddenly he interrupted himself."Aaron..." Rose brought her hand closer to his face, worried "What's wrong...?""This! This is all wrong, Rose.” He looked away from her, though Rose could clearly see how tense his jaw was “You are my wife. And it's not going anywhere!" Aaron growled one last time before walking quickly away from her, slamming the office door behind him before Rose could even try to keep him there or even find an answer for what had just happened there."But..." stunned, she talk to herself, diverting her attention to the ruined papers on the carpet "You were the one who made me promise that we would get divorced!"She could do this.The past was in the past and that scared, easily intimidated Andy was no more. She had been locked in that broom closet, with her hands bleeding and at the bottom of that lake, on that dark night, so many years ago. Now there was only Andrea Vamcap, a competent lawyer and part of a family she would never allow to fall apart, if only because she hadn't had the courage to face her memories and meet with the only person who could save the Vamcaps from Alphonse in that moment."Ms. Vamcap.” a female voice called and, as he turned around, Andy realized that she had been so deep in her own thoughts that she hadn't even noticed that the smiling secretary had returned and was now standing beside her “Mr. Ferrars will see you now. Please, follow me.""Thanks." Andy groaned, his throat raw with nerves.Biting the inside of his cheek to force his body to hold steady, Andy followed the woman to a private elevator and then down a wide hallway that certainly could have held an ent
“And finally, I want to thank our lead developer, Grace Evans, for making this indie initiative the game of the year.” Timothy Collins, the owner of the game development company Grace had been working for for almost 6 years, pointed her out from the middle of the row of all the other people who had worked alongside her on that project “This award belongs to all of us, folks. Thank you again."At the sound of that last sentence, the audience rose to applaud them and, right in the front row, Grace saw Simon, sitting next to Timothy's husband, with that beautiful smile on his face, looking at her as if he were seeing a Goddess on top of that stage, instead of a human being. And as thrilled as she was that her most beloved work had won the award that was every developer's dream, Grace couldn't wait to step off that stage and give her husband a hug.Finally, after another round of applause, she and her co-workers were finally able to step down from the stage and, without even worry
"And this is where Simon's old room used to be." Mrs. Dickinson announced excitedly, opening the door for Simon and Grace to enter “I left him as he always was, at his request, but it breaks my heart to see how simple everything here is. Especially now that his help has made our children's rooms so beautiful and cozy...”"It's just as cute as he is..." Grace sighed, making Mrs. Dickinson laughs and Simon blushes.“Well, that was the last place I wanted to show your girlfriend. Oh, I'm always so happy to see you here again, my boy..." the old lady sighed, going to hold Simon's face by the cheeks as she had done since he was abandoned at the door of the orphanage, in a box, as a baby "And even happier to know that now you knew what love was. I've never seen you so happy before, not even when I was giving you extra time on my living room computer.”“It was great meeting you too, Mrs. Dickinson.” Grace smiled, looking genuinely thrilled to be there “It was so amazing to see the
“Stop swinging your legs like that! It looks like a tremendous duck!” Elisabeth scolded Grace for the millionth time that day, causing her to stop nervously shaking her legs as she sat in the waiting room of the restaurant where her parents had taken her to meet her mystery fiance “And stop biting your lip or you'll get lipstick on your teeth! God, I never met a girl more slovenly than you! How can you be my daughter?”“Shut up and stop causing an uproar!” Michael growled in a low tone, reaching over to grab his wife's arm after seeming to have finally finished confirming the reservation with the waiter who had accosted them the moment they set foot in that huge restaurant and who screamed exclusively "We have to make a good first impression on our son-in-law!"“Don’t you dare talk to me like that!” Elisabeth spat, moving her arm away from his grip, but at least in a lower tone “Do you have any idea how long it took me and how much makeup I had to spend to make her even remote
It had been exactly 7 months, 2 weeks and 4 days since Grace had asked to see her best friend's dick, and even after the day Simon had gotten up from the table so fast as to break his own computer and end the conversation, she felt that he was still awkward around her, even though they had made a silent pact not to mention her request again.The funny thing was, Grace couldn't even feel embarrassed. Not that she didn't know that asking someone to be naked during a video call was weird, but… She honestly wanted to see that part of Simon. The only thing that made her feel bad was the fact that, from some of their conversations, Grace had the distinct impression that Simon thought she had asked this out of pure and simple curiosity. And unfortunately, whenever she tried to explain that she really was physically attracted to him, and even more so, Simon seemed to panic and end the call.Her parents had always said that she was very strange, and maybe Grace really was. Because she
“Please make yourself comfortable, Mr. Evans.” Mr. Conti touched Simon's shoulder in a friendly way as the waiter poured a glass of whiskey at the table he was sitting at "It's a pleasure to have you here again."“Thanks again for the invitation.” Simon forced himself to smile, since, of all the people he had met since he had started making a lot of money and being invited to that kind of high society club, Mr. Conti and his wife seemed to be one of the few people who were being genuinely kind to him.“Let me say hello to my other guests, but I'll be back here shortly so we can talk a little, yes?” the old man smiled, as if he knew perfectly well that Simon would not fit in easily here among all these men who were twice his age and never had to worry for once in their lives about what they were going to eat the next day “Why don't you try to take a walk and meet the other gentlemen? I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun.”Suppressing a sigh, Simon just smiled a little and nodde
“Grace...!” Rose called out to her, still inside the living room where Alec Vamcap, the nephew of the man she had married, was now happily playing with his adorable puppy; however, Grace pretended that she hadn't heard her and continued to walk quickly towards the room where she was staying in the Vamcap mansion, with the Christmas card, which she had questioned about, in her hands.It was still hard for her to believe that her sister actually looked so happy, in fact happier than she had ever been in the Springs, here with the family of the man she had forcibly married. Not that Grace was bothered by that. After all, Mr. Vamcap had turned out to be a better person than she realized, not only preventing Rose from being assaulted by Michael, but also bringing Grace into that mansion months ago, when she still had to wait until she could move into the dorm. Of course, she had been absolutely surprised when he had done this, as she had painted an image of him in her mi
Simon knew he was acting like he was 8 years old again, hiding in corners and just observing everything around him, letting shyness get the better of him, instead of doing what he really wanted to do. But dammit, whenever he glanced in Grace's direction, his heart raced, his palms turned cold, and he was more certain than ever that he still didn't have the courage to walk up to her and simply introduce himself. Not if it meant his looks might disappoint her and she wanted to stop being friends with him.Of course, he also knew he shouldn't have taken advantage of the fact that she had told him where her college was and given him the opportunity to go there and see her, on the day he knew Grace would be coming to apply, but... He wanted so much to see her up close. Or, at least, from a few meters away, as he was doing now, sitting at one of the tables in the college cafeteria, while he watched Grace standing in line near one of the rooms, hugging some documents and looking very
Most kids learned from their parents that strangers were not to be trusted, especially strangers you met on the internet and had never seen their faces before. In the case of Grace Springs, however, it was her older sister who had taught her that. So she knew very well how horrified and worried Rose would be to learn that she was doing exactly that right now."How's your day?" The message flashed in the in-game personal chat after the match ended, and with a smile, Grace clicked to open the message and reply from her friend Simon.Well, theoretically his nickname was still TallMole95, but they were long past that stage of knowing each other's real names. Seven months in all, in fact, since she'd managed to get hold of one of the notebooks in her father's study. Rose always said that she needed to avoid getting into trouble with Elisabeth and Michael as much as possible, especially while her sister wasn't back from college, but after those two had sold the portable game con
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