"Men cannot stand the explosive mixture of beauty and intelligence."
-Sharon Stone-
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Lana was brushing her hair while looking at herself in the mirror. She was thinking about the invitation she was given before. Dario did give her the date and the address for their gathering, which would be later on that night. While the invitation remained open, she was still unsure if she would actually attend it. She had a few things to keep in mind if she was going to attend, first, she might get herself exposed publicly, though she would be coming in as Naya, she still felt like someone might recognize her.
At the same time, deep down in her heart, she did want to go to the gathering. Ever since she arrived in New York, she had not made any friends at all, though she was mostly fine without friends, since her whole life she only had few people she wo
"Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts and his higher nature and another woman to help him forget them.-Helen Rowland-***The blonde Russian woman was walking down the Russet manor with an almost expressionless face. She was tall and well dress, her 5'7" frame had made her quite the model material, not to mention her milky pale skin, blue eyes and high cheekbone made her look like a conventional model before diversity made its way into the modelling industry. Her slender body was wrapped in a burgundy red sleeveless dress with a filigree printed silk scarf wrapped around her neck. Her blonde hair was tied up in a sophisticated bun and on her ring finger was a large square cut diamond ring which gleamed against the light of the chandelier.It had been some time since she lasts stepped into the manor, usu
"Without standards, there can never be improvement."-Taiichi Ohno-***Damian was drying his hair on his bathroom when suddenly he heard a knock on the door so early in the morning, he had no idea who would come to his place at 8A.M and to be honest it annoyed him a bit. He opened up the door to find none other than his sister, Scarlett Heart, the owner of Scarlett Heart Beauty company and the wife of the one and only Carter Roman, a Wall Street multi-millionaire who owns his own private jet. One of her hand was holding Xenia, who stood there in her red dress and brunette pigtails which complimented her sweet youthful look."Hello uncle." The little girl flashed him a charming smile, the girl truly resembled her mother in term of her demeanor, that girl would be so dangerous in the future when she has become a full grown woman, Damian could
"Attraction is not a choice."-David DeAngelo-***Damian laid in bed, trying his best to close his eyes and just go to sleep already, however he had been restless for the past thirty minutes, it was as if his mind refused to shut down, only this time, there was something else that kept him up at night. It was the beating of his heart which made him unable to relax. He had experienced accelerated heartbeat before in the past, but he had never experienced anything like that.After going shopping with his sister, he went back to his house and could not stop staring at the gift in the shopping bag. He must have lost his mind when he decided to buy it, but he could not help it. Especially when he could feel heat rising up in his body every time he remembered what happened that night, there was a strange desire to please inside of him. Something
"If you're undercover for two or three years, I think you lose your private life."-Baran Odar-***The man walked inside the building dressed in a gray t-shirt, washed out jeans and a pair of white sneakers. He had his brown hair tied up in a man bun, his brown eyes were covered in square framed black glasses. He walked with a black backpack on his left shoulder, looking slightly nervous as he was led into the building.After conducting interview with the company with his new disguise, the man finally could sneak himself in as an employee. He had to buy a wig, a brown contact and a fake glasses to completely alter his appearance. He covered his scar with some makeup and made himself look like a completely different person. A nerd, to be precise, maybe with a touch of geek, but he had ensured he looked as much as a stereotypical, socially aw
"We always long for the forbidden things and desire what is denied us."-Francois Rabelais-***The room was dark and gloomy, Vincent had been waiting impatiently in his room for any news, anything at all. It had been days since Dimitri left the state and he was starting to feel uneasy. Usually Dimitri would immediately report everything back to him. However, this time he had not reported once since he left. Vincent had had a long day at work, dealing with clients, managing his employees and all. Despite being a horrible man and human being, he was amazing at handling the company, yes, it was the reason why the wealth of the family remained safe and growing in his hand.Ever since he was young, he had always developed this coldness which had helped him to strive, not into a better human being, but into a more valuable human being. He had aba
"When a woman truly loves a man, she becomes his weakness. When a woman truly loves a man, he becomes her strength. This is called exchange of powers."-Unknown-***"Well, you're trying" Lana, who was playing Naya poked Damian's shoulder when she saw him getting all dressed up for their date. Ever since Damian confessed his feelings for her, they had agreed to meet again on a date. For the first time in his life Damian was actually looking forward to meeting a woman, it was incredibly strange, he never thought there would come a day where he was getting all dressed up for an actual date, with an actual woman, not to mention the woman was Naya, the greatest female hacker alive whom he knew in person. Everything was happening so fast, he almost could not comprehend it, but when she smiled with her arms crossed around his shoulder, other thoughts disappeared from his mind, instead all he could
"A woman is dangerous when she is armed with beauty and a sense of humor, as she becomes irresistibly addictive."-Alfredo Cano-***Dimitri was sitting in Russet private jet with pure agitation, he had never felt so agitated in his life. It was such a strange and unfamiliar emotion to him. For a man who had experienced plenty of things in his life, Dimitri was nearly immune to all sorts of dangerous or life threatening circumstances, there was one time in his life where he nearly died from jumping down a plane because his parachute was broken, he was 18. Another time he was fighting fourteen men at a bar with only two people watching his back. Clearly, despite being completely outnumbered, he came out victorious.He was like a Russian version of John Wick. It did not matter how many people came at him, he always survived, somehow. Another t
"The facts don't always reveal the truth, but the truths always reveal the facts."-Pete Townshend-***Damian was driving silently with Naya beside him. After their little make out session, Naya had promised to tell him everything, but she wanted it to be done in her residence, and she would not open her mouth before that. He agreed, because waiting to bring her back would not take that long and he was curious to know the truth. Also, he wanted to know if his suspicion was true the whole time. It did not take long for them to arrive back. He parked his car and was invited in.Like usual, he walked over to the living room and she placed her bag in the living room. He clasped his hand together while staring at her, waiting for her explanation. She smiled and told him to wait, because she needed to fetch something in her room. So she walked ov
"Maybe it's a fairy tale, but I believe in happily ever after."-Jennifer Aniston-***A lot of things happened to Damian and Lana throughout the year. After the proposal was over, the two of them quickly set up their dreams together with the resources they had in hand at the moment.They had bought a comfortable penthouse in New York near their newly established company office. Lana remained true to her words and used the money she inherited to invest in the company with Damian as the CEO and her being the board member director. She would be watching everything while advising Damian in every move he made. Basically it belonged to both of them by title, but Lana was the one controlling everything.Yes, she thought in the tech industry it would be better and much comfortable for her to use Damian as the front face of the company while she became the mastermind. It was not that she was incapable of handling the company herse
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments. but what is woven into the lives of others."-Pericles-***She did not know who the woman was or how she was able to know her name, it was the first time she had ever seen her. The woman was definitely not an ordinary woman since she had this strong presence of mystique on her. Her eyes were pitch black, almost as if they were tattooed and she had a futuristic, almost robotic impression. Lana was not sure what kind of business she had with her.However, she could already tell the woman was not welcomed into her life. The woman did come alone which was sort of a relief because she was not in the mood to fight anyone. There was no threat and no signs of attack coming from her. Still, Lana was not going to let her guard down, experience had taught her to never do so in front of strangers.“Who are you and how do you know my name?” She questioned,
"Love the giver more than the gift."-Brigham Young-***“Yes, of course I’ll marry you.” Lana chuckled as she accepted his proposal. Her heart was beating like crazy. She had never felt such strong joy in her life before. Perhaps it was because her life was mostly filled with crazy events concerning her family background, but for the first time in her life she felt so giddy and happy like a little girl. Damian too was relieved and he could not stop smiling as he gently inserted the ring on her ring finger.As he had expected, the ring fits her perfectly. She had shown him her ring collection before and he had secretly measured them. Could not help it, he had planned on marrying her since they returned back from Vincent’s old manor. Almost losing her was what made him realize he could not bear the thought of losing her. He thought the only way to secure her for himself forever was by making sure she became
"The expected is what keeps us steady. It's the unexpected that changes our lives forever."-Grey's Anatomy-***Walking around with the necklace on made her felt so precious, although the necklace did go well with the jewelry she had at the moment, she felt like it still stood out due to the fact that it was made from 22K gold and contained real diamond on it.Damian had told her to put it on throughout their entire date because he wanted to make sure that she was aware of the man beside her, who had promised to granted her a life full of security and stability, both literally and figuratively.The necklace was just a small part of his promise for their future. Beside that, She thought it was adorable so she kept it on."Make sure you keep on holding my hands, I want people to see that you are mine." He stated casually as he held her hand tightly.Lana was not sure why he was acting a bit more protective of
"You will never find a woman without ready answer."-William Shakespeare-***Damian felt like an absolute fool. He could not believe himself since he was not able to properly meet up with Lana just because he was still thinking about what her reaction might be. He knew both of them were not teenagers and they had been through a lot together but there was a part of him that was still afraid if Lana took his gifts the wrong way and ended up feeling even more upset than before.Usually he would come and visit her everyday ever since Dimitri was murdered however he had not visited her in the past two days since he received all the items he needed to give her because of his own personal fear. Truly, Damian felt like he was acting like his old self who was too unbothered to approach a woman.He knew he could not continue acting that way because Lana might get the wrong perception of him, although the two of them had been commun
"There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realize there is so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on."-Zayn Malik-***Ivana walked down the airplane with a huge smile on her face. For the first time in years she felt a sense of freedom she could never did before. She could already smell the joy which the future held for her and her heart was beating in excitement. Who would have thought fate would eventually led her there? It was truly a miracle.After Vincent’s death which made her stomach turned, she thought her future was hopeless, after all it was Vincent who had provided everything for her these entire time, but then she spent a few days contemplating about it and realized that his death was far from being a curse and ending of her life. No, it was the opposite, his death was truly a blessing in disguise. For a man who have hurt so many innocent
"God prunes us when He is about to take us into new season of growth and expansion."-Christine Caine-***Lana woke up that day feeling a bit more refreshed than usual, she had cried so much these past few days that she ended up being unable to cry any longer. She had also been taking a break from work and spent most of her time sleeping as she tried to forget what had been happening and the day finally came when she could cope with reality and felt slightly better. She felt like she was starting to recover from the trauma. It had been exactly a week since it happened and although it might be a brief amount of time, for her it had been the longest week. She decided she no longer wanted to feel like useless crap, so she did a bit of meditation that morning and some light exercises as she got her body used to the movement again.Afterward she showered and made a light breakfast, the past week she had been eating pretty unhealthy b
"Revenge is a confession of pain."-Latin Proverb-***When Vincent was much younger, his family still lived in their old house in the countryside area of the city far away from the rest of the population. Even though it was located in the countryside, the neighborhood was still considered an upper class neighborhood with high security system and access to beautiful view.The man might not remember it as an adult, but as a child he used to have a neighbor couple who had a young daughter who was one year younger than he was. She had the most stunning pale blue eyes and classic golden blonde hair which made her perfect as a cast of They used to play together for years until he was sixteen and she was fifteen. While Vincent was busy learning about business and caring for his education, the young girl would often sneak into his house and climbed through his window, since his room was on the first floor.The young girl was alwa
"Sometimes the biggest disappointment leads you to the right place."-Carey Graeber-***The woman was dressed in a black sleeveless A-line dress. She crossed her legs and placed her red bottom shoes on top of the man who was on all four right underneath the table. The tip of her heels was right on top of his head but the man did not seem bothered at all, in fact, he remained still without making any sound in fear of disappointing her.She had been watching everything through the hundreds screen within the large room, each played using tiny robotic projectors within the place. Through her pitch black eyes, she saw what had happened and tapped her fingers on the table. She was supposed to be happy the man she hated the most in the world was eventually dead, however she felt extremely dissatisfied with how things turned out simply because it was not her who got rid of him, it was someone else and the thought of him dying without ex