‘Another coveted bachelorette off the market!’
‘The Conquest of Loraine!’
I should have known that Danner wouldn't waste any time letting all the tabloids know about our engagement. The headlines vary but are definitely spicy.
One assumes Danner has won my heart after chasing me for four years, others claim I'm pregnant, some buzz that I fear for my position in his life and demanded a ring. They are all so far off. If they only knew how Danner kicked me into this engagement that will never end in marriage, they'd edit their stories completely differently.
My phone is red hot, acquaintances and relations want to congratulate me personally or have their questions answered. Nobody saw this coming, and understandably so. Just a few days ago I left a ball with two men, after staring lustily at another woman’s husband. And then only yesterday I was right on the TV screen in the living room of half the world, flirting with a staffer abou
Proud, head held high, like he has won the lottery, Danner walks down the halls to my office. When he opens the door, he walks right up to me, takes me tenderly in his arms and presses me against him.Possessive and eager.He lifts my face towards him with his fingers. "Ready, my love?", he asks with a gleam in his eyes. I think Alyssa is right, Danner is indeed in love with me. I can't imagine that I've taken the look in his eyes all the time as lust and preserving his position as my favorite sex partner.Before I can answer him, he kisses me briefly on the mouth and takes my hand. We walk to the elevator, and in the parking he leads me to his brand new Rolls Royce."Hey, a new addition?", I ask him, happily surprised.He smiles softly. "A new life, a new car".He turns to me. "I still can't believe we're engaged now. This has been my dream for a long time, actually from the first day we were together. I want you as my wife, Loraine."Flattered b
Danner is in his element! Look at him now, proud as a peacock he steps into the studio with my hand in his. The signal is clear: he is the victor, the loot is in. I let him have his way, this is his moment. The interview at this TV station goes smoothly, this journalist is not really difficult and is less personal. I don't expect that at all with Alyssa later. She is a real gossip lady, her job is tailor-made for her. With this engagement, I already know that the date with Dordrich is going to be more of a trap than a charity. Throughout this interview, Danner is the starring, telling lovesick how we met and we were inseparable after that. What he doesn't say is why he's been my regular partner all the years, that would make for a juicy story, I laugh to myself. He rambles on as I try to look at his profile lovey-dovey and kiss him once on the chin. Danner's day can't get any b
Danner surprises me.After staying inside the cabin for about fifteen minutes, he now strolls along with a glass of whiskey in his hand. My heart beats in my throat for the unknown that now follows. He perfectly controls the anger that reigns within him.Quietly he sits across from me and looks straight into my eyes. "Whatever it is you've got with Dordrich, you're going to end it today," he says with restrained irritation. "I warned you once to stay away from him but you don't listen. Now that you're engaged to me, it has to stop. Now!".I try to give myself an attitude, there is little point in denying now, the photos speak for themselves. "I'm sorry, Danner, it's just an impulse. It won't happen again. I promise." To reinforce my words, I grab his head between my hands and kiss him full on the lips. "And not only Dordrich, also Aziel and Alex. You are
The past two weeks have been great. My engagement was, as I thought, an online success. Social media goes crazy for the love story of Danner and me, everywhere we appear together the phones are held up to capture us from various angles. And everything goes on social media.Men's names associated with me are also mentioned, they also get the chance to comment on my engagement. Dordrich's name pops up every now and then, but not prominently because no one can present photos with us together as evidence of a possible intimate relationship between us. So not much value is placed on the gossip. Alyssa hasn't published the spicy photos, but I won't let her fool me. That bitch has a plan with those pictures, I bet my bank account on that. She also hasn't contacted me for the date with Dordrich yet, probably doesn't want to risk the crowd on social media accusing her of intentionally disrupting my dream engagement. That Alyssa is a smart girl, but I am not inferior to her
"What do you mean it's gone?" I ask, startled. I've invested so much time to get this special piece the way I like it and now it's gone? Just gone? That is not acceptable! The assistant frowns and looks at the box again. "It was still there for two hours. I saw it myself," she says in amazement. "Let me check with the manager, maybe he knows more". She leaves her office while I wait. After a long fifteen minutes, she returns. "Can you come with me for a moment, Loraine?" We are on our way to the manager's office. There sits a very distinguished gentleman, he looks at me annoyed. "Loraine, I'm so sorry this happened. The ring has gone missing in some unknown way,
Before I can push the handle of the door, it opens from the other side.Danner stands in front of me, staring straight at me. My guilt comes up, I dare not look him in the eye. "Loraine? What is it?", he asks strangely. I walk in and throw my bag on the side table. "What should there be? I'm just very thirsty."On my way to the refrigerator, I see that the dining table is occupied with a number of dishes. Danner knows I love Italian, so he placed a generous order. I fetch a bottle of water from the freezer, put it right up to my lips and empty it in one hit. Dordrich taste has been flushed, but my guilt is not."Hey Danner, that's a surprise. Of course, I'm hungry too."I still can't look him in the eye.Silence.I sigh and cover my face in my hands. "Loraine, what's wrong? Something's wrong with you." Ooohhh gosh! Danner knows me l
And here we are. Business-class on the way to China. Aziel, Iva and me. Iva is the interpreter that Danner sent with us. That's called an interpreter, but in fact she's our nanny who has to make sure Aziel and I don’t end up in bed together. So Danner still doesn't trust me, I really don't know what he has against this man. And Aziel's face shows that he exactly knows what Danner's plan is with this chaperone. I laugh in my fist, sending a woman along was a really bad set from Danner. Aziel will be busy tonight, he never takes much time to hit on a woman. Our meetings start tomorrow around noon and he has plenty of time to fully enjoy the apple that was thrown into his lap. I keep my distance from all this, they are grown people who can take care of themselves. "Can I have a liqueur from you?", I ask the gushing flight attendant. She too has set her
The negotiations are difficult. Aziel does everything he can to get our partners on board, but in vain, they keep finding holes in contracts, changing sentences, breaking open agreements made in advance. After this first day, we are mentally exhausted, Aziel proposes to continue the conversations the next day when we’re fully rested. And judging by the faces on the other side of the table, they aren't exactly thrilled with the result achieved today. Who can blame them? Aziel negotiates hard, but the Chinese know what they want and are weakening our position. And then that interpreter who clings to Aziel, that doesn't make it any better. We now walk towards our rooms, Aziel is clearly overtired. "Take a hot bath and no sex tonight, Aziel. And that whore needs to dress better, make up for that. The men couldn't appreciate all that bare body. If
Finally!Mrs. Loraine Aziel Renegade. Nice to meet you all out there.Aziel has just sworn his undying love for me in front of a hundred-strong crowd here in the Protestant congregation. Before the God we serve, he promised to always be there for me in good and bad times, share all my sorrows and joys, and never again hide his struggles from me.Yes, we've had a rough time.We both went through a deep hell, but God had mercy on us, we are resurrected and have overcome. And today we start a new episode in life. I’m Mrs. Renegade, the title I aspired to, dreamed of for a long time. And today it has all become a reality. I am the lawful wife of that wonderful, gorgeous man I saw standing by the pulpit waiting for me, who pulled me tenderly by the hand beside him. I love him, have told him so many times. There's only one secret left to share with him, and I'll do it tonight.We are now walking into our reception, Kaylah has organize
When we are inside the room, we indeed see Aziel lying on the bed. It's like he hasn't bathed or shaved in days. He lies there snoring like a sailor.Damian grabs him by the shoulders. “Aziel, Oooh My God! No, man, no!” he exclaims. He gently shakes Aziel until he opens one eye. He looks at Damian blankly and closes his eyes again. “Aziel, we're here, you can't sleep any longer, wake up!” Damian insists. And another eye opens. A hand goes up slowly. “Damian? Aren't you a dream?” he asks hoarsely.I quickly get a glass of water and give it to Damian. He puts it against Aziel's lips. “Drink something, it will make your throat feel less coarse”, he encourages the obviously absent-minded Aziel. There's a sip and another. I go to the other side of the bed and help Aziel sit up straight. “What have you done to yourself? Why didn't you come to me like you always do, Aziel? Running away from problems doesn't solve t
Fellogan's Rolls Royce now comes into view. Little can be recognized of the expensive car, it is a total wreck. Obviously, he flew into the guardrail lost control of the wheel. The paramedics are quick to respond, as is the fire brigade. Because emergency workers are running to the spot, there is little to see of the accident for a few seconds on tv. Until the journalist on-site announces that they have managed to get Fellogan out of the vehicle and he is still alive.“Yes, the assholes in this world have seven lives,” Archer curses. We see Fellogan being transported to the helicopter on a stretcher. His face is bloodied, his head is supported with a clamp. It's clear he's in a lot of pain, but he's holding his ground.We drive on. "Let's hope this doesn't become another obstacle in our friends' relationship," Damian sighs. “Those setbacks always follow each other. What the two need is peace, in their relationship, in their life.”
“Man, this is bad. How did we lose sight of them? This was inevitable, Aziel simply succumbed”, Damian sighs. “We should have been alert when they arrived. Ever since the funeral, we should have forced him into therapy.”We look at each other with guilt.“These two clearly belong together. And that Fellogan also pulled some tricks, which certainly didn't work well on their relationship. Why do I feel like that idiot did it all on purpose?” Archer grinned. “I never liked him. A cheater can never have high morale.”We're going at high speed, the speed cameras have already caught us a few times. But that's for later concern. Virginia is our target and we want to get there as soon as possible. “Archer, turn on the television. I want to see what the media has made of Loraine's case," I ask him. He zips some channels until we do see breaking news. The reporter tries to get the medical staff to talk an
What follows is total chaos.Somehow the press learned that Loraine would be transported by ambulance and amassed outside the house within minutes. Fortunately, her garage is covered, allowing the ambulance to be ushered in and cut off from the outside world. This way we can protect her privacy as much as possible.Meanwhile, Damian and Kenjal have arrived.Kaylah and I ride in the ambulance with Loraine while the others follow with their own transport. The paparazzi follow behind us, it's a madhouse. “Kaylah, would we rather not have transported her per helicopter services? This is crazy!” I ask distraught. The paramedics gave Loraine first aid and placed her under anesthesia. She's pretty weak, she's been on the bed for days, the nurse said. I hit myself on the forehead, why didn't I act sooner? I never thought Aziel would leave, I thought he had the situation firmly in hand. Not so.“We'll handle this, don’t worry.
Andre's POVBoth Loraine and Aziel are out of reach.Their phones are off, they haven't been seen in the workplace for days. Lorrich also asks about his parents, I can't give him an appropriate answer why they haven't called him these days.This is a bizarre situation. In any case, they would have told me if they were leaving the country, even if it was on a business trip. Nor have this couple ever neglected Lorrich, even now that he lives with me. Since we arrived in New York, the two have been struggling with serious relationship issues, and Loraine got her memory back. Attempts by me to mediate failed hopelessly, Aziel could not vent his heart towards me. And as it turns out, not with Loraine either. This won't end well, I can feel it coming at my toes.I have avoided alarming our other friends about what’s happening these days. I know how emotional Kaylah reacts to everything Loraine regards, Rick and Kenjal are Aziel's buddies. No
I have been very restless all day.Yes, I am sexually frustrated, Aziel has been sleeping next to me for days without touching me. But that's not my biggest problem.Aziel is not only physically inaccessible to me but also mentally. He shuts me out completely, when I want to lean against his chest as usual, he turns away from me, when I reach out my hand to touch him, he keeps himself out of my reach.Mentally I'm broken too. What is certain is that we cannot continue like this, we have to solve tense between us ourselves. We can't live without each other, breaking up is not the answer to our problems.Dordrich is to blame, I swear!Very finely, he set up the plan to separate Aziel and me. It already started right at my return at the airport by completely ignoring Aziel. He clearly had a hand in the screenplay set up there. And the news items where I'm in his company are broadcast longer and more often from an angle where we seem to b
Aziel's POVI meant what I said that night.The debacle of my children, the rape, the kidnapping of Loraine and everything that happened after that could have been prevented if I had been more alert. It's all my fault, period!And that Fellogan keeps peddling it in the press, he’s on a mission. I hardly dared to look Loraine in the eye for the past few weeks at home. She noticed the change in me, I see that she suffers a lot. Late at night I even hear her crying next to me in bed.After my confession, everything in the house has changed.Even Lorrich sensed it, he was having a hard time dealing with the changed atmosphere. Andre has come a few times to persuade me to discuss what is troubling me. But I'm not ready to talk about it yet, I have to come to terms with myself first.I feel Loraine's pain, but there's nothing I can do to ease it now. She's mentally too far away from me. We hardly communicate, just sitting at th
The memories return in full force when Loraine enters the house with Lorrich on her arm. She quickly falls on the couch and holds her head. The last days leading up to her amnesia, the stress of Aziel's lawsuit, distraught watching Aziel suffer from the attacks from the media, everything resurfaces.Also, the day she was lured from the hospital by the head nurse and Danner who was waiting for her in the parking lot. “Mommy, what is it?” Lorrich asks concerned when he sees her pained face. She looks at her son, she knows he is too young to understand the evil ways of adults. Aziel, who has just entered, sees Loraine's gray face. "Angel, are you feeling well? You look terrible" he asks concerned. She beckons him to sit next to her and buries her head in his chest. “Everything is back. I have my memory back, my head is pounding", she whispers.A stabbing headache begins to set in, she massages her temples in the hope that it will pass. Quickly, A