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~FLASHBACKWhen her eyes opened again after a week, Sia found a completely white ceiling staring back at her. She felt numb and dead. Each part of her body hurted badly which made her sure that for the first time in her life, her prayers were heard.Doctors came and checked up on her. And then he came. Hardin. The man she had started to hate truly for this time. She did not want to see him but she had to.“ Wh-Where is Emma? ” This was the first thing that she choked out to him without any delay. She needed to see her and keep her safe.“ You should take some rest. ” Hardin whispered as his fingers pushed her hair behind her ear softly “ Tell me... ” Sia whispered back feeling the lump forming in her throat.“ Lucas still has her. ” He told her truthfully and it was like the whole world fell down on her at once. He
AUTHOR'S POV Stepping back in her room with the parcel in her hands, Sia tried hard to not start crying. “ Sia... ” Hardin's voice made her look up from the parcel and stare at him instead. Instinctively, he stepped forth and pulled her in a hug. His chin rested above her head as he sighed out hoping to get a reaction from her. Any reaction from her. She looked dead. “ I hate you... ” Sia whispered out and pushed him away weakly. Hardin gulped as his heart skipped a beat “ It's all because you. ” A tear slid down Sia's cheeks and she raised her gaze to meet his blue eyes. “ Leave me alone Hardin. Please... ” Her voice was barely a whisper but Hardin was able to hear her clearly. A lump formed in Hardin's throat as he nodded his head in a trance and marched to the door. Pulling it open, he glanced at Sia for the last time and closed the door behind him
AUTHOR'S POV Hardin's eyes roamed around the whole room before stopping at Sia who was giving him a hateful look. “ You lied to me! ” Sia hissed and rushed to Hardin before grabbing his coat, glaring at him. “ Sia! Look. Its not like this. ” Louis buttoned up his shirt back and came closer to her but Sia was not listening. She was just glaring at Hardin with tears filling up her eyes. She did not want to believe anything. But the evidence was in front of her. When she read John's diary today, Sia found out that John was the one who gave all those evidence against them to Hardin so he could blackmail her to marry him. And Louis staged all the drama of getting shot by him. In reality, it never happened. They all tricked and trapped her into marrying Hardin. She had even found the reason. The reason was simple. Hardin told John how evil Lucas was and John instantly agreed on
AUTHOR'S POV Hardin wanted to tell Sia everything so bad but she did not listen to him. He wanted to tell her that he got Emma back from Lucas. That she had nothing to fear anymore but when he came, she was angry at him for deceiving her. He had to do everything like that because he could not hurt Louis or any of Sia's friends as she cared about them a great deal. He would never hurt her like that. When she left, Louis told Harry everything and he too was shocked by it. He left without saying anything and now it was Louis with Hardin left in the conference room. “ We should talk to her. ” Louis suggested in a tired tone and Hardin's eyes shot up to stare him down. Louis was right. They needed to talk to her. “ Let's go then. ” Shrugging his shoulders, Hardin started walking out, followed by Louis who was still worried and sad because it was all his fault. ****
AUTHOR'S POV It was like Life had some kind of agenda against Sia. Everytime she thought, she would finally get some relief, life made her regret ever thinking like this. A week ago, they arrested her for Lucas's murder. Because apparently, her fingerprints were on the knife, there was a cut on her thumb, then Lucas had tried to kill her in defense after she stabbed him. And on the other note, The police received a tip about John and Emily's dead bodies. When they digged those graves, they found two bodies and identified them as John and Emily. There was Sia's necklace. Right in Emily's grave and she had an accident just a little away from those graves. So, everything was against her. Even if Lucas died, he made sure that Sia was never able to live in peace. He turned the whole world against her before dying. Right when Emma was finally back to Sia, they both were ripped apart from each other on
AUTHOR'S POV The day arrived. The day when the hearing was being held in the court. The female officers came to take Sia to the court early in the morning and she walked behind them silently after getting handcuffed. The drive to the court felt like she had travelled years. The reporters were outside of the prison but the police had kept them away from Sia. As she was pulled out of the police van outside of the court, Sia's eyes found all the reporters waiting there for her as well. “ Ms Sia Martin! Why did you kill your friends? ” A reporter shouted at her. “ How do you feel about this case? ” Another yelled. “ Are you going to confess to your crimes or are you going to plead innocent in the court today? ” Another one asked coming right in her face but Sia kept her head down not looking at any of them. Her mind was too caug
AUTHOR'S POV “ Sia! ” Louis called out to her as soon as the hearing was over and she turned her head at him, to stare him down emotionlessly. Gulping, he marched to her and stopped at a distance, hesitantly. Sia could see his reluctance clearly shining in his eyes but she did not care anymore. She really did not care about anything. “ I will be taking my leave now, Ms Martin. ” Austin Wayne announced from behind Sia with his hawk like eyes observing Louis. “ Sure. Thank you and Goodbye. ” Sia shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly without sparing him a glance as her eyes were busy gazing at Louis. Picking up his bag, Austin Wayne moved past both of them and walked out of the courtroom just like the rest of the people, leaving only Hardin, Harry, Louis and Sia behind to suffer in the suffocating silence. “ I am sorry. ” Louis blurted out as soon as he fou
AUTHOR'S POV “ What is it? Tell me now. ” Sia sat down on the couch leisurely after she took shower and dressed up in a grey sweater and black jeans. She had asked Mr. Darwin Easter to wait earlier because she was not prepared to listen to whatever he was going to tell her next. Lucas's will? What did Sia have to do with Lucas's will? It was not like he would give anything to her or she was supposed to recieve anything from him in general. “ I bought Lucas Brown's will. Before dying, he requested this will be to be read to you as he had no family of his own. ” Darwin Easter started after observing her normal expressions. He was pleased to finally meet Sia Martin who was talked among all group of people. She was an exceptionally intelligent woman and everyone admired her for it. “ Okay. What do I have to do with the will? ” Sia nodded her head in slow motion trying
AUTHOR'S POV “ I left her at the gate of the orphanage to save her life. ” The man said in a hoarse whisper. If there was not a mini mic attached to his shirt, Sia would not have been able to even hear his voice through the video playing. Confusion washed over Sia combined with dread that the man in the video might be talking about her. Her hands were trembling as she clicked on the pause button and the video stopped. Was she ready for it? No. No. She was not ready. She did not want to know whatever it was but staring at the man, she knew she needed to know what it was all about. With her shaky fingers, Sia pressed on the button again and the video starting running. “ Tell everything from the start. ” Lucas's cold voice appeared from behind the camera again and Sia held her breath. The man glanced at someone behind the camera and turned to stare right through
AUTHOR'S POV “ We are going to marry next week. ” Hardin dropped the bomb on her and Sia's jaw hanged low in shock. Now, this was what they called going overboard with everything. Sia thought and whipped her head around to argue with him again when his hands made their way to her sides for the second time. “ Hardin Please. Listen to me. ” Sia placed her hands on his wet chest and sighed. Hardin's hands paused, his eyes assessing her expressions. “ I am listening. ” He smiled, pushing Sia's hair behind her ear softly. Sia heaved a heavy breath not knowing what to say to him. She did not know why she still felt so scared of everything. “ Don't you want to be with me? Don't you want everyone to know that we are married? ” Hardin whispered, his eyes noticing her expressions that changed to one of horror. “ No. No. It's nothing like th
AUTHOR'S POV When she opened her eyes and found him on his knees in front of her with a ring box opened in front of him, all fear got replaced with awe and raw shock. It was like she would never be able to breath again. “ So? Will you marry me Sia Hardin Black? Once Again? ” He smiled nervously as he proposed to her. Sia's hands shot up to her mouth to cover it as a gasp left her lips. Tears started streaming down her red cheeks. “ I wanted to prepare a grand proposal event something but I think this is the right time for this. ” He shrugged his right shoulder as he stared in his teary eyes hopefully. His heart was beating in his ears like a drum. This was the second time in his whole life that he was so nervous. Truly scared yet hopeful at the same time. “ I think this is the best time because there is only you and me. You need me and I want to be there for you whe
AUTHOR'S POV Sia turned around in the bed, her eyes opening. She did not know when she fell asleep and woke up just now. Yawning, she focused on the figure laying just beside her with his arm draped over her waist protectively. Her hand reached out to brush off his bangs away from his eyes with her fingers gently as he sighed in his sleep. An unconscious smile was tugged up at the corners of Sia's lips. Her thumb slowly drew circles on his cheek with her eyes taking in the sight before her. She had never thought that it was possible for Hardin to love her. It all felt like a lie at first but the sincerity in his eyes and the determination in his voice drove all fear away. Now there was only him and there was only her. Nothing else mattered. Atleast she could try thinking like that but she still had a hard time adjusting to this new thing. She pushed herself off the bed as she grabbed her clothes to wear them.
AUTHOR'S POV Sia turned around in the bed, her eyes opening. She did not know when she fell asleep and woke up just now. Yawning, she focused on the figure laying just beside her with his arm draped over her waist protectively. Her hand reached out to brush off his bangs away from his eyes with her fingers gently as he sighed in his sleep. An unconscious smile was tugged up at the corners of Sia's lips. Her thumb slowly drew circles on his cheek with her eyes taking in the sight before her. She had never thought that it was possible for Hardin to love her. It all felt like a lie at first but the sincerity in his eyes and the determination in his voice drove all fear away. Now there was only him and there was only her. Nothing else mattered. Atleast she could try thinking like that but she still had a hard time adjusting to this new thing. She pushed herself off the bed as she grabbed her clothes to wear them.
AUTHOR'S POV “ What? What did you say? ” Hardin shook his head, his heart pounding in his ears. He was wondering if what he heard was really what she spoke just now. “ I will stay. I said I wil-will stay. ” Sia immediately changed her statement, her cheeks starting to heat up. She had never said I love you to any man before and she felt like she did something out of the world just now. His shocked eyes were making her breath hitch. “ You said something else. ” Hardin's eyes darkened as a smirk tugged up at the corner of his lips. He knew that she confessed to him just now but changed her words instantly after that. She felt awkward but he would definitely hear it from her. One way or another. Sia pulled her hand back feeling nervous and turned around to march closer to the pictures that were hanged on the wall. Her hands were trembling at her side,
AUTHOR'S POV “ You! You will come with me. ” He grabbed her wrist and started dragging her back inside the mansion as Sia let him take her, feeling dumbfounded. What was Hardin doing? Sia wondered but could not find the answer to that. She guessed, she would find out in a while. Hardin dragged Sia to the room on the upper floor which was his as she recognized instantly. The combination was maroon and black. It gave off an eery vibe just like his personality. He pulled her inside and closed the door behind them smoothly with a click. Sia took in the interior of the room. There was a huge king sized bed in the middle with black sheets and maroon duvet and pillows. Sia's eyes conveniently left the bed and stopped at the wall beside it. Her breath hitched when she noticed alot of pictures hanged on the wall. Her pictures. She had never seen them before though. She did
AUTHOR'S POV “ I am going to leave now. ” She whispered and looked up in his eyes that were open now as his heart dropped down to the pit of his stomach. “ What do you mean by this?! ” Hardin pulled away from her and asked in a cold tone as Sia gazed up in his eyes thoughtfully. “ What do you mean by leaving?! ” He asked again with hysteria clear in his eyes. Sia heaved in a heavy breath before grabbing his hands and pushing them off her arms. She looked in his eyes for a moment before replying in a determined tone. “ I am going to take Emma and I am going to leave from here. I am going to go somewhere far from here. ” Hardin's eyes went wide realising what she was hinting at. She was talking about leaving him. She was telling him that it was over between them. It was over before it even started. “ No. No! You can't do that! ” He growle
AUTHOR'S POV Sia embraced Emma closer not knowing what to say as a lump formed in her throat immediately. Emma placed her head on her shoulder and did not say anything else either. Sia's eyes travelled upto meet Hardin's baby blue orbs that were already staring at her with an unrecognizable emotion shining in them. “ I won't cry if you won't cry. ” Emma sniffed after a while and pulled away wiping her eyes with her small hands. Sia grimaced as she averted her eyes back to meet Emma's eyes that painfully reminded her of Emily's eyes. “ I won't cry. ” Sia shook her head as she pushed the tears back, looking at her. Emma pulled her closer once again and sighed out as Sia felt her heart hurting more. She was just a child yet she was like this. Emma pulled away instantly and her eyes shot up to meet hers. “ Will you play chess with me? ” The same excitement shined
AUTHOR'S POV Standing in front of two old graves, Sia did not know what she exactly felt. She never knew these two people. Luther Martin and Lily Martin yet their connection was deeper than anything else. Their blood ran in her veins and pumped through her heart. But she was not used to this. Her whole life, she had known only herself and her loneliness. Nothing else. She was so used to it that the term family scared her now. Shaking her head, Sia turned around to leave. They were dead and she had to move on from all of it once again. All important people in her life were either dead or they left her like Harry was going to do. A red rose was clutched tightly in her hands. It was so surprising that Lara, Lucas and even John and Emily's new graves were in the same cemetry. Her parents were so close to her yet she never knew. And now, when she knew everything, it did not make any difference. Glanc