Julius's POVI smiled at Vera's cuteness as she ran into the house. I gave her a few minutes to herself before going in after her. Guessing she would have gone to the kitchen for some water, I went there and I stopped when I saw shattered glass on the floor and an empty bottle of water on the table. My heart started racing as I stormed out of the kitchen yelling out Vera's name. I had this painful feeling that something was terribly wrongMy yelling brought everyone back in to the house"What's wrong Julius? "Uncle Richard walked up to me placing his hand on my shoulder"VeraShe-she's gone""Gone? What do you mean by gone? ""I don't know mother. I walked into the kitchen and there was glass shattered everywhere. I just have this bad feeling"I was panicking as I ran a hand through my hair"Calm down sonWe'll check all over the house"They split up to check and I ran up to our room hoping by some miracle she would be having a shower or something. But my heart sank when she
Vera's POVWalking into the music room everywhere was dead silent. I held mother's book close to me like it was the only thing I had that was stable right now. I opened it and flipped to a slow and passionate song as I set it in front of me, taking a seat on the piano bench. I had found out num was a pianist and she composed her own tunes. I was so thankful to aunt for making me take piano classes. It made me feel closer to mum. I wish I knew her. I started to play a slow and sad tune depicting the way I felt I didn't know when tears started falling down my cheeks. I felt someone's presence close to me. I laid my head on his shoulder once he sat down next to me. Placing his hand on the other side of the keyboard we played the song in a duet and it brought more tears to my eyes as I couldn't hold it. He cupped my face in his hands"I'm sure she misses you too doll"Julius wiped my tears and kissed my eyes. I wiped my eyes sniffling. I hugged him and he wrapped his hands a
Julius's POVVera has been a little distant off recent and I had no idea why. I had a feeling it could be because I had been spending most of my time at work and not with her, so today I planned to get off work early and spend some quality time with my doll. I got into my car ready to drive home when my phone rang"Lexi? "I spoke bringing the phone up to my ear"Come to the hospital. It's Vera"My heart started racing as Lexi put down the phoneWas there something wrong with my doll? Was that why she has been distantI took off to the hospital driving like a maniac not bothering to consider the traffic lights or constant horns from other drivers. I needed to be with my doll. Ariving at the hospital I rushed in and met Lexi in front of the room I was told Vera was in. "What happened!? "I asked panicking "We were at homeShe said she was feeling dizzy and I went to get her some water but when I got back she had fainted on the floor"My heart sank and I was scared out of shitl
Julius POV"The meeting is by 5pm tomorrow" I informed, hoping I didn't actually have to remind him about it. "Better get those files on my table by tomorrow morning" I ordered, my voice unwavering and seriousAldonis was pissing me off, he'd been messing up all the work I'd been giving to him lately and it was very annoying to say the least. He'd come to work two hours late and leave all the work for me to do at the last second. Don't get me wrong I wasn't a lazy boss neither was I the type to leave all the work for my workers but the individual responsibilities I assign to each one of them should be dutifully carried out and Aldonis seemed to be forgetting the strict rules this business follows. As my right hand he is expected the most from. He is my most trusted out of all and I expected more from him. "Okay boss, I'll get to it". I nodded unconsciously as I put down the phone, deflating into my seat. "Don't forget the dinner Julius" father reminded from beside me and I groaned
Vera POV"Don't come in here!" She screamed, making me halt in my tracks "I don't want you to catch the flu too!". Nina's voice boomed from behind her closed door."But I can take care of youI have a bowl of chicken soup with me!". I shouted back to her looking down at the bowl of soup in my hands, I sniffed the steam rising from it having prepared it a few minutes ago and smiled, loving the gingery scent"No no, don't worry about it. I-i can take care of myself. Mum is here to take care of me. Go to practice, when you're back in sure I'll feel a lot better"I remained quiet and bit on my lower lip thinking.Should I leave Nina in this condition and go for practice? I'm sure it wouldn't hurt if I'd miss a session. She wouldn't even let me see her.I had come by her room an hour ago to find out why she wasn't here yet.Louis was already waiting at the door to take us to practice like he always does, but 30 mins of waiting and Nina hadn't come down yet"Nina isn't here yet"Louis sai
Julius POVFlipping the document closed I sighed, running a hand through my disheveled hair in utter exhaustion. I had to deal with as much work as I possibly could to make up for the time of waste in that dinner. Directing my gaze to the digital clock that sits at my desk I groaned at the time reading; 6:20pm.The dinner was at 7 and dad expected me to be punctual. Considering the unreasonable distance between my office and home I didn't think he would expect me to arrive before our guests, but he was my father and his expectations for the future heir were high. Putting aside his ridiculous idea of my marriage, I rolled my eyes at the thought, I wouldn't be caught dead getting married to someone who'd just be with me for money and power. My mother was the exact example of an ideal woman, every other slut I met just needed one night and a suitcase of money. Money could buy their bodies, their values and their very beings, they were a very disgraceful species and I would be damned if
Vera's POVThe car came to a sudden halt. I sat up and looked outside the window to see the biggest house I'd ever laid eyes on. It wasn't even a house, it was a mansion. We were stopped in front of a huge black metal gate, I could see beyond the gate were acres of land so large you could fit three sizes of my house into this compound. A man in a black suit, his hair slicked back and eyes covered with black brooding sunglasses walked up to dad's window. They spoke in his hushed tones, before the mysterious man walked back and the grand gates were opened. I directed my gaze to Nina to see if she was as confused as I was as to why we were here. She was staring wide eyed and drooling over everything. I looked out to the beautiful garden surrounding the exterior of the house in awe. The beautiful radiant flowers added to the exotic look of the mansion. Beside every point men in black suits stood stoically. We drove to a fountain where the car stopped and dad came out, going to open the
Julius's POVWalking into my room I was shocked and angry to see my room door ajar. None of the maids were allowed into my room, only Genevieve and she was currently in her quarters so who would dare walk in my room. I walked in quietly, moving lightly towards my study that was left open too. I stopped in my tracks when my eyes fell on someone. Her back was facing me, she traced her fingers along my books, pulling one out she admired it in her hands while I stared at her, my brows knitted in confusion. Her unique ginger hair cascaded down the middle of her back, stopping below back, from where I stood I could see she had on a white dress and after letting my eyes travel down her full length I could see she had a pretty alluring figure. But why was she here? "Excuse me!?" I called out, my voice higher than I intended. I watched as she jumped, turning around. My brows furrowed and it seemed like everything stopped once my eyes met hers. Her eyes were black, like two big buttons with