Love on the Queen; The Quest for Freedom

Love on the Queen; The Quest for Freedom

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Vienna Carter’s life is a living hell and her home is Earth’s chapter of Tartarus. But when her husband goes on a month-long business trip, she seizes the opportunity to know something other than her world of pain. She joins the passengers on Queen Odette, a cruise ship that promises her the best month of her life. As she takes in the elegance of the ship and is pampered by their first-class services, she starts to believe that the promise will be fulfilled. But her hopes of a perfect vacation are thrown overboard when she finds out the man staying in the suite next to hers is none other than the love of her life,Ex-boyfriend and reason for all her suffering. Only a psychopath would choose to be hunched over a desk, working for hours on end over the deckchairs of a luxurious cruise ship, watching the sunset on the Atlantic Horizon. Hans Griffin is that psychopath. He craves his office’s cold glass walls and despises his luxurious suite aboard Queen Odette and is beginning to despise his best friend for convincing him to do this. Work helped him forget his demons but this ship is made to tear down the walls he spent the last two years rebuilding and after meeting the woman staying in the suite next to his, he fears those walls might be reduced to nothing but piles of rubble before the month is over. How will Hans endure one month with just a wall separating him and the woman who scarred him? How will Vienna keep her distance from the one man she’s forbidden to be with when she’s stuck on this cruise with him? But most importantly, what secrets will be revealed before the thirty days are over?

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Prologue

PROLOGUE Vienna Carter watches, numb and desensitised, as her husband violently thrusts into a screaming prostitute. Her wrists are sore and painful from the rope clutching them together behind her chair. She is exhausted and can barely keep her soulless eyes open. Her mind is blank and beyond ready to shut down. She could fall asleep right now, even with the moans and cries piercing the air and the sound of sweaty bodies slamming against each other filling the room. But she shouldn’t. Not if she wants another searing slap to the face. She almost wishes he would knock her out. Hit her so hard her lights would go off instantly. But she’s not sure if she would survive another concussion. Though right now, a coma doesn’t sound so terrible. In fact, it sounds pleasant. Despite her efforts to stay awake, her head falls slightly. She tries her best to straighten it but fails. Her eyelids follow suit. They slowly droop over her eyes until her lashes touch. She is too weak to resi

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21 Chapters

Prologue

PROLOGUE Vienna Carter watches, numb and desensitised, as her husband violently thrusts into a screaming prostitute. Her wrists are sore and painful from the rope clutching them together behind her chair. She is exhausted and can barely keep her soulless eyes open. Her mind is blank and beyond ready to shut down. She could fall asleep right now, even with the moans and cries piercing the air and the sound of sweaty bodies slamming against each other filling the room. But she shouldn’t. Not if she wants another searing slap to the face. She almost wishes he would knock her out. Hit her so hard her lights would go off instantly. But she’s not sure if she would survive another concussion. Though right now, a coma doesn’t sound so terrible. In fact, it sounds pleasant. Despite her efforts to stay awake, her head falls slightly. She tries her best to straighten it but fails. Her eyelids follow suit. They slowly droop over her eyes until her lashes touch. She is too weak to resi
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Chapter 1

“Hey Vi! What’s up?” Nicola sings as I walk into the living room. Her bubbly aura breathing life into everything around her, including me. I’ve been feeling a bit dreary lately and seriously craving a good feeling. If anyone can put me in a good mood it’s her. I give her a quick hug as we both sit on the sofa at the centre of the room. “I’m alright Nic. You?” I say my voice sounds weaker than I hoped. I try to cover up the signs of my low spirit but Nicola sees right through it. “Oh, Baby.” Nicola says, worried. “Did he do something again?” I sigh, giving up immediately, I honestly don’t know why I even try hiding things from her . “Doesn’t he always, Nic?” I try to give her a chuckle but it comes out shaky. “It’s fine. I hate to say it, but I’m used to it.” And I am. The awful things he does always caused me so much pain and anguish in the past. But lately, I feel nothing. I’d like to say I’m immune now but it doesn’t feel like immunity. It feels like surrender. I’m assured that
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Chapter 2

My husband doesn’t bother returning my greeting. I didn’t expect him to. Even though he claims to detest me and wishes me fates worse than death, he’s adamant that I speak to him as though I couldn’t fathom a world without him. I wouldn’t mind him burning in the hottest depths of hell but I’m forced to call him things like ‘Dearest’ or ‘Honey’ or ‘Darling’. Names I should reserve for the man I actually love. “Is there a reason you seem to be visiting my wife more often these days, Mrs Jacobs?” He asks Nicola in a low but demanding tone. His voice planting seeds of fear in Nic and I. He always calls her by her husband’s last name even though she never adopted it. He says the word ‘wife’ with a hint of possessiveness. Despite the fact that I’m more his prisoner than his wife, he wouldn’t pass up the chance to establish the fact that, unfortunately, I’m his. On paper at least. I risk looking at his face and immediately regret it when I’m met with a frightening scowl. For some reason,
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Chapter 3

“I don’t know about this Mom”, I say to my mother on the phone. She’s currently trying her very best to convince me to go on the cruise Nicola paid for without my knowledge. But she’s only doing this because she doesn’t know the wrath I’ll invoke if I step foot out of this house while Zeke’s away and he finds out. “Come on, Baby.” She pleads and her pet name for me rugs at my heartstrings. “I’ve always wondered why you never had the urge to travel the world like your dad and I did. This is your chance to go somewhere you’ve never been. Why aren’t you jumping at it?”I’m trying to end this discussion and just talk with her about other stuff. Her voice fills me with hope and reminds me of life before Zeke, but her talking about the cruise is stressing me out. “I just think she should’ve asked me first. Plus, I’m uncomfortable having Nic spend that much money on me.” I sigh into the phone. That’s just one of the reasons I’m not going but it’s a valid one. I looked up the cruise and fo
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Chapter 4

I’m standing in front of The Queen Odette and I’ve never been more simultaneously scared and excited in my entire life! Zeke left three days ago. He was gone before I even woke up and relieved the house staff of their duties. It was the first time I was completely alone in the house. Walking around in pin-drop silence was definitely weird at first. But I later found comfort in it. I was surprised to see the fridge and pantry filled to the rim with food. But then I remembered that Zeke has an event a day after he returns and if I show up looking like I haven’t eaten in a month, people will talk. Nic came over two hours later and stayed with me for those three days. She even brought a tech guy who removed the tracker I had no idea Zeke planted on my phone. We decided to leave the tracker functioning but kept it on my bedside table. That way Zeke will think I’m still at home dying in silence. I shake myself out of those thoughts. I’m not at home. I’m not alone. I’m not Zeke Richards’
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Chapter 5

BEFOREA thin glass wall separates me and the most ruthless CEO in the world. And he might be my future boss. I’m currently waiting outside his office to be interviewed for the role of his personal assistant. God knows I don’t want this job, but right now there’s nothing else and I need money to help Mom out with living expenses.After I got the email inviting me to come in for an interview, I looked my potential boss up online and if I wasn’t nervous before that, it really triggered it. Hans Griffin is a beast. He’s notorious for his cold and intimidating demeanour, dark and mysterious ambience and refusal to accept the word ‘no’. He gets what he wants, when he wants it and how we want it. Nothing less. I’m shaking in my heels. I opted for the fitted, crimson short sleeve top and skirt set my dad got for me a few months before he died. He always said I looked good in shades of red. I paired the set with ivory heels, gold jew
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Chapter 6

His harsh words pierce me like daggers and more tears fill my eyes. I try to think of what to say.“Hans. Please...” I start to say before he storms off in a cloud of heated anger. I refuse to turn around. I refuse to watch him leave me again. I catch my breath and make my way back into my room. I slam the door and press my back to it, my face buried in my hands. I have thought of the day I finally see him again everyday since the incident. I have imagined a million ways I run into him. But I could never have imagined this. I slowly sink to my knees. My hands are already soaked with tears. I start to cry without my consent. My whole body quivers as I cry for what Hans and I once were. I cry for who I was once. I cry for his rightful hatred of me. I cry for the love he once had for me. I cry because no matter how much I had hoped for it in the past, the truth is I’m never getting him back. He’ll fall in love with someone else and I’ll be stuck with Zeke til the day I die. Or he do
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Chapter 7

“I can’t believe it!!” Nicola practically shouts, wide-eyed from my phone screen. “What are the odds?!”I’m currently doing my makeup on my vanity while on a video call with Nic. She’s back in New York with her brother, Arturo, having a long overdue sister-brother bonding vacation. “I know, Nic. It’s insane. I still can’t believe it either.” I say while lining my lips. “I haven’t seen him yesterday so I still don’t know if he’s agreed to the truce.” Nic’s the only one that knows everything about what happened. I tried calling her immediately when I got into my room yesterday but she was watching a movie with Arturo and wasn’t near her phone. By the time she called back I was exhausted and fast asleep from hours of crying. “How did you feel seeing him again?” Nic asks softly. I ponder on this question for a beat even if I already know the answer. “I fell in love with him all over again, Nic. Just the sight of him opened up corners of my heart that I thought were shut forever.” I s
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Chapter 8

I stare at her, waiting for her to laugh it off or whisper-shout ‘Gotcha!’. Nothing happens.“Is it really that hard to believe, Darling?” she says with a look of feigned hurt.“No, no. I just…” I trail off, not sure of what to say. “I’m just surprised. Meeting the owner on my first full day on the ship was not on my bingo card.“Expect the unexpected, Darling.” She sings while adding some layers of paint on Miss Nibbleton’s ears. “And don’t worry. If I end up hating you, I won’t order you off the ship or anything. I could… but I won’t.”That gets a small laugh out of me. “But I have a feeling we’ll be good friends, Vienna.” She says turning to face me again.“I would love that. And I’m not just saying that because you own the ship, though that does have its perks. Could you get me to cut the line for the water park?” I ask like a toddler asking a parent for candy.“I may be inclined to abuse my power a little. I’m sure the kids won’t mind waiting a few more minutes.” She says with a
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Chapter 9

BEFOREWorking for one of the richest men in the continent has been crazier than I ever imagined.Even without putting the shortest and weirdest interview of my life into consideration, the whole experience has been…different to say the least.Saying Hans’ Griffin is a busy man is a colossal understatement. I was practically running through the office and answering a hundred calls a minute on my first day alone. And the rest of the staff called that a good day.Mr. Griffin himself never spoke to me unless it was to order me around or schedule a meeting. At the end of the day he just passed my desk (which is situated just outside his office) and left without acknowledging my existence on his way out.I do love my desk though. It’s spacious and unique. The top is made of lilac-stained glass. It’s got an apple monitor and mouse sitting on a cute knit mouse pad with a white keyboard. It’s a phone stand and a laptop stand. A pink cup for pens and highlighters. A desk lamp and a desk clock
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