Emily's POV. As I burst through the door, my heart skipped a beat at the sight of Adrian lying on the floor, his face drained of color. Panic took hold of me as I hurriedly ran to his side, my thoughts racing a mile a minute."Adrian!" He suddenly flickered his eyes open, staring weakly at me. "What happened?" I asked, my voice quivering with concern. "Are you okay?""I'm fine," he replied weakly, attempting to sit up. "I was just taking a short nap," "Nap? On the floor? Really?" I shook my head, my expression stern. "You are overworking yourself huh? what's going on?""It's nothing," he mumbled. "You passed out on the floor Adrian, it's not nothing," I scolded, leaning closer and gently helped him to his feet, guiding him to the bed. He protested feebly, but I was not having it. I covered him with the duvet, my hand lingering on his forehead as I checked for signs of a fever."I'm going to make you some soup," I said turning towards the door. "And then I'm calling the doctor
Emily's POV.As I walked towards the door, my gaze suddenly fell on Adrian's work laptop, discarded on the floor where he had passed out. A thought sparked in my mind, perhaps I could help with his presentation, somehow. I turned to steal a glance at him on the bed, and seeing deep him asleep already, I made my way to the laptop, grabbing it and quickly ran off. I relaxed back at the couch, my focus narrowing as I opened the presentation software. As I scrolled through the slides, I felt a strange sense of familiarity wash over me. I have seen Adrian work on these before, the carefully crafted charts, the well researched details and the compelling ideas were quite familiar. I realized that I could understand the core of it if I tried.A surge of determination settled over me. If I could finish the presentation for him, it would be one less thing for him to worry about.Then he could concentrate on getting better.I was well aware why he was overworking himself this much, he has
Liam's POV. It's been a few months since Nichole claimed to be pregnant for me. And she has moved into the house as well. That didn't in any way ixmply that I have forgiven her or taken her back.I allowed her move in so that she and the child would be taken care of, and after that, a place would be prepared, where she and the child would live far away from me. This decision was made from constant bugging by my mom.I had no plans of getting married to her, it is no concern of mine if she doesn't find a husband for her lifetime due to her condition, she never thought of that while sneaking into my bed, did she?There's only one wife for me and that is Emily, and since she's gone, no one has the right to that. I was determined to stay single till the day I take my last breath. It was my punishment for what I did to her.My hatred for Nichole grew with each passing minute, she was a huge part of the reason why I made the biggest mistake of my life, . Because of the selfish love I had
Emily's POV. I made my way to Adrian's room, balancing the tray of hot soup and the laptop carefully in my arms.My steps were light and quick, eager to show him the results of my contribution to his presentation.I could see his eyes lit up with curiosity as I approached him on the bed."Is it my favorite pregnant lady again?" He teased and I bursted into laughter. "Adrian stop,""What's that you've got there?" he asked, gesturing towards the tray. "Well, you requested and I delivered," I smiled, setting the tray down beside him on the bed. "Your newest favorite soup,"It was my mom's special soup recipe that I had made for him the previous day. Adrian took a liking to it and kept requesting that I made more. "Here," I passed it to him.He scooped a spoonful into his mouth and smiled. "Perfect,"I couldn't hold back my blush as I watched him eat so healthily, flashing me a warm smile of gratitude at intervals.I watched as he gulped it to the last drop. "This will always be a
Emily's POV.With Adrian's guidance, I immersed myself in the world of business, delving deep into the nuances of the industry and the company's subsidies. I poured over the slides, committing each word and statistic to memory, asking him questions and listening intently to his explanations. I was grateful for the insights and strategies that had taken him years to learn which he shared with me within minutes.As the hours passed, my confidence grew, and my understanding of the concept deepening.As I continued to absorb every detail Adrian offered, our dynamic began to shift. I could say we fell into a rhythmically effortless flow.I would pose a question, and Adrian would respond with the experience and expertise of a seasoned professional. Then I would offer an insight, and he would consider it with an open mind, sometimes even altering his own approach.It was at this moment that I truly realized the depth of Adrian's knowledge, and the breadth of his wisdom. I began to unders
Emily's POV. In the fading light of dusk, Adrian escorted me to the car, his hand resting lightly over my back.It was already dark but since I was going with his car, I had nothing to worry about. "Again, don't take whatever they say to heart," he said as he pulled the door open, holding it out for me. "I promise not to," I smiled, in a bit to calm his worried gut. He looked way too worried, it was evident all over him. "Thank you again, for doing this," he gently kissed my cheek."It's fine Adrian, I'm tired of saying it already," I scolded playfully. "You should get back inside before your head starts to hurt again," I turned to him more seriously. "I don't know why you insist on seeing me off despite your poor health,""Emily please..."I quickly waved at him and climbed into the car before he said any more word and broke down with more worries.As I settled into the car, my gaze met his through the open window as he waved me goodbye.The look on his face as he waved was as
Emily's POV."I'm Detective Perkins. Mind if I have a word?"Mr. Gonzalez straightened his posture, his face hardening with seriousness. "Of course, Detective.Detective Perkins stepped further into the room, his eyes quickly scanning the entire space before settling on Mr and Mrs Gonzalez. "I'm here to give you an update on the attack on your daughter, Emma," he began, his tone calm and measured. "Luckily for us, some of my officers were close by during the time of the attack, which aided her rescue." "I can't thank you enough for that, detective, I was going to come by the office later," Mr Gonzalez cut in."It's fine, we are only doing our job," detective Perkins continued. "However, that's not why I'm here,""We managed to apprehend one of the attackers, he has confessed to the crime and provided us with some valuable information."Mr and Mrs Gonzalez exchanged a tense glance, Mrs. Gonzalez's jaw clenching. "And what information would that be?" she asked, her voice sharp with an
Emily's POV.The morning sun peeked through the curtains of my bedroom window, indicating the dawn of a new day. My heart pounded against my chest as I took slow steps towards the bathroom, an observable fear lingering in my every move. It was the finally the day fo the meeting and I couldn't be more nervous. I knew I needed to impress him.After gradually grooming myself, I turned around and headed out.My gaze suddenly fell on Adrian, I could tell he was headed towards my room.His face lit up in a wide smile as our gazes met."Wow Emily, you look absolutely stunning," he said, his voice a warm caress that seemed to somehow melt away my fear. "I can see the nervousness in your eyes," he chuckled."I can't help it Adrian," "Trust me, you're going to be amazing. You're well prepared and quite natural at this," I smiled shyly, letting the warmth of his words wash over me. "Thank you, Adrian, but I'm still nervous." Adrian chuckled and stepped forward, placing his hands on my shou
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
Aria's POV.An extremely rough couple of weeks it has been for me.Ryan was still being nice to me and acting all ignorant about everything that had happened between us.He had went on with his usual big brother's duties to me except less flirtitious like he has always done, this time, he totally cared less about other guys hitting on me and making passes, he was totally okay with it.I was cool with every other thing but stopping his usual lips kiss was one thing I can't take, not when I was beginning to get used to it, on many occasions I have tried to initiate it, but he would carefully and politely avoid my lips and end up giving me a peck on the cheeks."Siblings don't kiss each other on the lips," he would always politely turn me down.And to finally crown his many tortures, Ryan has returned to being a chronic playboy, I haven't really taken time out to acknowledge how extremely faithful and committed he was when we had something going on, it was almost like no other girl exist