Emily POV."Ryan, stop letting your sister take the lead purposely!" I yelled from where I sat, watching them play so lovingly. Ryan, who has seen his sister's countenance change as he continued winning her, now purposely fell back and let her take the lead. He loved her that much.I can't believe it's been two years already, watching them all grown now brought tears to my eyes. Now, I barely remember the pain from my terrible past because my beautiful set of twins has a way of wiping those ugly memories away, the sight of them alone filled my heart with so much joy. How time really flies. Adrian and I had jointly come up with their names. Ryan and Nadia. Ryan loves his sister so much, that he will protect her with everything and the same goes with Nadia. That was possible because they were raised in love and compassion and it gladdened my heart to see them grow with the morals that Adrian and I instilled in them.Adrian has been the absolute best, he provided the kids with everyth
Liam's POVI held Aria's little hands as we walked into the house, Nichole walked behind.We had gone to provide the necessary documents at the court.The wedding was to be held in few months. Nichole will officially become my wife and move in with me. It still felt surreal. I mean Nichole was the last person I would ever want to get married to. While she was crazily excited, I, on the other hand, only followed through every step of the marriage reluctantly. I knew the gravity of what I was walking into. But I had no choice than to endure for my little girl's happiness. Finally, I could make it up to her for the lost days.Over the past few days, we have bonded quite well, I didn't wait for Mother to invite her over, I always went over to bring her myself, and I allowed Nichole to visit as well. I have come to realize how much of a sweet angel Aria is which made me regret hurting her the more, she was nothing like her mother, they were only alike in so many physical features, whi
Emily's POV.I quickly brushed my hair into a ponytail, straightening my gown and turned around to stare at my reflection in the mirror. A wide smile broke out on my face as I gazed at my reflection, my purple dress synched perfectly with my skin which was glowing brightly under the morning sun penetrating into the room through the window. My happiness has doubled since Adrian and I got together.He did everything to make me happy and my kids as well. Just like he had promised me on my delivery bed, we have become one big family, and nothing but love ruled over. Taking one last glance at myself in the mirror, I headed out of the room towards my kids room.I guess they would have been ready for school right now, Helen helped me prepare them for school whenever I woke up late, just like today. She was kind enough to move in with us and only went home during the weekends, enabling her help me with the kids as I have resumed work and my schedule had become a little too tight. I pull
Emily's POV.I walked into the company building, my heels clicking against the tiled floor.Eric had drove through my kids school, dropping them off before driving me here, which contributed to more lateness. I had no choice, motherhood comes with it's price. Thankfully, I didn't have any meetings scheduled today. I couldn't help but feel an uncomfortable air around me as I walked through the hallway towards my office. Everywhere was surprisingly dried. The deadly silence seemed to swallow my whole, the usual buzz of employees at their desks was replaced now with an eerie stillness. I couldn't help but feel a shiver run down my spine, my thoughts racing as I contemplated the reason for the quietness.Could it be that everyone was caught up in their morning schedules just like I have been with the kids, hence resuming for work late?No, it couldn't be a coincidence that everyone was late to work, something has to be the problem. It suddenly struck me.I could get my answers from
Emily's POV.My legs felt like lead as I moved towards the nearest empty chair, my eyes fixed on Mr Gonzalez's face.He hasn't said anything since I walked in but the look on his face did little to ease my growing sense of dread.Sinking down into the seat, I waited for someone, anyone, to speak up about what was going on. Mr and Mrs Gonzalez never visited the company, since they had already willed it to him, and whenever they visited, they always went straight to his office, and leaves afterwards without having to summon the employees. I could feel the weight of the unspoken words hanging heavy in the air, each passing second like a lifetime."Emily," Mrs. Gonzalez began, her voice heavy with emotion. "Since you came in late, I'll have to do a quick run back,""I hate to break such terrible news to you this early, you haven't even started your day yet,"My heart skipped a beat as her words filtered into my ears. My breath caught in my throat, my heart pounding in my ears. "Terri
Emily's POV.My footsteps echoed through my office as I paced back and forth, my mind whirling with conflicting emotions. My frustration and anger seeped into every step I took. My thoughts spun around like a turmoil, each new thought blending into the next until they formed a dizzying blur of pressure.I didn't know what to do.Merely having thoughts about returning to New York broke me, not speaking of truly having to return there. As I continued to pace, the knot in my stomach tightened, growing larger and more imposing with every step. I stopped suddenly, sending my hands through my hair as if I could physically squeeze out my thoughts and have them not disturb me anymore.But nothing could take it away, there were a million thoughts and a million tiny voices in my head reminding me how close I was to my past yet again.Just when I thought I have managed to escape it. Here it was again, staring at me deep in the eyes. I was at crossroads.All I wanted was to reject the offer
Emily's POV.I exhaled a deep breath as I checked myself out in the mirror once more, I was fully ready to get this over and done with.Despite how hard I tried to buy more time for myself, I couldn't get more than a week, and my time was up now.It was finally time for me to leave. Ryan and Nadia were coming with me as well, they were still too young to stay without their mother, even though I knew that Adrian was willing to play the role of both parents for them. I just really wanted to take them with me. My head snapped towards my packed bag and I sighed. I couldn't believe I was going back to the city that has caused me so much pain of my lifetime, I had thought I could turn my back to it forever but I guess life has it's way of throwing your worst nightmare at your face and watch you struggle to break free.I was fully ready to challenge mine and break free without a scratch. Despite how complicated the situation was, I wasn't ready to back off because of my situation with Li
Emily's POV. It's been a few days since we arrived New York, and thankfully, everything was sailing smoothly. I had jumped into work as soon as I arrived, I needed to get everything done as soon as possible and head back to London. Thankfully, there hasn't been any form of contact between Liam and I since my stay here and I hoped it will remain that way, for as long as possible. "I look forward to hearing from you, sir," I grinned widely as I walked out of the meeting hall, while the manager of the company where I had gone to pitch my proposal walked me to the parking lot. From the wide smile on his evident that he was impressed by my presentation.Who wouldn't? I learnt from the best and I can not be any less than that. "Do have a nice day," he waved at me before turning around and walked back into the building. "How was your presentation ma'am?" My new driver, Hardin asked."It was perfect, Hardin, I guess we'll just sit back and expect good news fro m them," I replied. He no
Aria's POV.I watched as he gulped down imaginary air down his throat, his widened eyes scanning every single area of my body. "How do I look?" I asked smiling down sweetly at him. "Uhmm... you look..ugh...you look perfect, absolutely stunning, seriously," he stuttered, his lips quivering."Awwn, thank you," I squealed happily, jumping around in excitement.It was all an act to execute my plan B which will be set in 3.2.1...I suddenly faked missing my step and fell on top of him on the bed.Our faces inches apart and our eyes staring deep into each others.I could tell that his self control was failing him, as his hands slowly crept up to my butt cheeks and grabbed them roughly.Our faces tugged closer till our lips came in contact, that was it, we lost all sense of morality as our lips battled against each other, suckling and nibbling passionately.Ryan suddenly pulled away, gently pushing me away and stood up from the bed."I should go back to my room now, I'm sorry but I won't b
Aria's POV. I laid on my bed with my heart beating against my chest. I was confident while talking to Ryan, few minutes earlier because I didn't want him to spot my fear, if my plan will pull through then I needed to seal every trace of fear and nervousness in me.Twenty minutes had rolled by and no sign of Ryan, my eyelids were becoming heavy not because I was feeling sleepy, but because tears had no more room in my eyes as it slowly started rolling down my cheeks.He made his choice already, he chose Eleanor over me, despite the efforts I poured out in struggling to win him back, it all went down the drain, at the end of the day, I lost him, now I have no choice but to move on also, I have Jeremy anyway, this is my clue to finally give up.Suddenly, my door slowly cracked open and Ryan walked in."Ryan, you came!" I exclaimed, cleaning off my tears."Hey, what's wrong?" He asked noticing my tears."Nothing serious, these are tears of joy, I was just reminiscing a good memory," I li
Aria's POV. "I'm really happy for you Aria, you and Ryan finally get to stay away from each other, I'm so glad," Christie continued going on and on about it as we sat in the cafeteria."I know right? each of them now has their seperate partners, case settled, now I can finally stop getting worried about my best friend involving in such an act," Josh added.If only you know Josh."Arya make sure you are with Jeremy at all times, I know you said it didn't work the last time but now that Ryan has someone too, you both should occupy yourselve's with your respective partners and viola, everything will be okay and everyone will be happy," Christie adviced."Easier said than done," I mumbled under my breath."Aria, did you just said that? Wait, are you and Ryan still having something going on?" Christie blurted out.Geez! Did i say that out loud? "My goodness, Christie how could you even say a thing like that? Have you forgotten that Ryan and I aren't in good talking terms since I rejected
Aria's POV."Welcome J," I coed happily, hugging him tightly, and opened the door wide for him to step in."Babe, I'm nervous, what if your dad doesn't like me? What if I don't end up impressing him tonight? you know they already have have a bad impression of me from the last time," Jeremy suddenly blurted as we approached the dinning."Stop getting ideas Jeremy, no one is holding what happened against you anymore, they all now understand that it was a mistake okay? So don't panic? Just do you alright? Who wouldn't like you anyway? Have you met yourself, young man?" I sang the last part in a hoarse manly voice and we both bursted into laughter. "Thank you so much Aria, I really needed that," he smiled."Sure thing," I replied placing a quick kiss on his lips and then held his hand."C'mon, lets go," I dragged him towards the dinning.***We all sat around the dinning table munching our food in silence after exchanging pleasantries.Dad suddenly cleared his throat and looked up."Youn
Ryan's POV.Shit! Shit!! Shit!!!" I screamed repeatedly hitting the steering as we drove around the street, it wasn't Eleanor's closing time, I just needed to be out of the house that minute else I would compeletly loose it."How could she want to wear something like that for that jerk?" "Does she even know how she looked?""Like a freaking pornstar, a fucking pornstar!!! Damn it," I continued speaking to myself as I drove around.My mind couldn't erase the memory of her image, from her pretty innocent face, to her flawless thick smooth thighs, her juicy boobs and erect nipples faultlessly visible to my ogling eyes through the see through singlet, and her firm mouth watering ass perfectly encased in the tight skirt she wore. "She is mine, her body, her heart, all of her is fucking mine!!! I yelled, continuously hitting the steering."Are you okay man? A man in the car next to me shouted out to me."Fuck off!! I yelled back at him.Fuck moving on! I haven't moved on a single bit, why
Aria's POV.I woke up with a bright smile on my face reminiscing about the event of the previous night, I finally admitted my feelings for Ryan and also confessed it to him, though I got a rejection from him, but then again, I got a hug and God knows, its been like ages since we last hugged, Eleanor has been taking all the glory but its time to take back what is rightfully mine no matter what it takes.My plans were to kick off immediately and I was more than ready to swing into action.I grabbed my phone to check what time it is, 11 am."Gosh, how did I sleep this long?!It was a Saturday anyway, so I didn't have anything to worry about. Jumping off the bed, I ran all the way to the bathroom, did my usual morning routine and bounced out."Aria! Ryan, come out here now!!" I heard Dad's voice calling out to us and I quickly rushed out. "Morning mom, morning dad," Ryan and I chorused as we both stood in front of them."Morning babies, trust you slept well?" Mom asked and we both nodde
Aria's POV.I found my way to the kitchen only to meet Ryan already seated quietly on one of the kitchen chairs with a glass of milk in his hand.It's their time of the night, why isn't he with her?He suddenly looked up on hearing my footsteps."Aria, what are you doing still up by this time?" He asked."Just came to grab a glass of milk, I can't seem to get a good sleep," I shrugged."You are having one already, can't sleep too?" I asked walking towards the freezer and grabbed a cold jar of yoghurt and a glass."Nah, I just needed to cool off a bit before going back to bed," he replied and I muttered an 'oh'I had hoped he would say yes, then maybe I would have believed he couldn't sleep because he was thinking of me but he had utterly proved me wrong.We both sat there, sipping our yoghurt in silence."Uhm, I should go back to sleep now, goodnight," he suddenly blurted and stood up turning around to leave."Hey Ryan, can I talk to you for a minute?" I quickly stood up as well.He t
Aria's POV."Everyone come out! I have something to say to all of you!!! I screamed walking from each person's room to another knocking on their doors.Ryan was the first to come out of his room and of course in the company of Eleanor.She practically live with us now."Aria, whats going on? Why are you calling everyone out? Can't you see it's late?" He snapped."I'm sorry guys, I just can't keep it to myself anymore, it's really important that I talk to all of you," I replied."Well then, make it as fast and as simple as possible because some of us were in the middle of something," he said, winking seductively at eleanor."Ryan stop," she whispered staring down timidly. I rolled my eyes and looked away, deciding not to give them the reaction they needed from me. Instead, I wanted to get their attention this time. Almost immediately, our parent's room door creaked open and they walked out."Arya what's the matter?" Dad asked."Uhm, I want to talk to you guys about something really v
Aria’s POV. “Oh, Arya, you are pathetic," I cursed at myself as I stood in front of Ryan’s doorstep in the middle of the night eavesdropping to his love making session with Eleanor.One of the hidden talents I had discovered about myself ever since Ryan and Eleanor started dating, snooping around in the middle of the night when I was sure our parents were asleep only to lean on Ryan’s doorstep cursing and swearing in rage as they made love.Ryan wasn't particularly taking it easy on me, he brought Eleanor home every night and our parents weren't saying anything about it."If you aren't standing here right now, how would you know they are having sex?" My mind screamed at me."Yeah, right," I mumbled, dragging my heavy feet back to my room.*Next morning*I ran out of my room in a rush and almost fell to the floor as I collided with Eleanor."Hey, watch it!!!!" I yelled angrily, my eyes burning with rage."I'm sorry Aria, I didn't see you coming," Eleanor apologized."Eleanor, it's