CHAPTER 1: Scandals Lead to Betrayals

Samantha’s POV

There is said to be a formula for a strong and long-lasting relationship, that is what he got as a conclusion to his study. the phase or perhaps stages of deeply falling in love-into someone that lasts long without any expiration. AFFECTION- ATTACHMENT- LOVE and most of all LUST.

It all started when…

At exactly 7:00 pm I finish doing my stuff inside this hotel. This Five Star luxury hotel is our host. The place of the reception for the fashion runway of our own brand that is soon will happen today.

The moment I finish my media preparations outside on the runway, I immediately headed to our backstage to get the scripts from David. By the time I’m getting nearer. I notice that the curtain we made is shaking it was supposed to serve as wardrobes for the models. I heard a mild laugh between heavy breathing. Perhaps, a constant moaning.

I’m not a teenage girl which is still curious about sex happening, but I was terribly annoyed by the fact that they had their jobs in just a minute and instead of rehearsing and fixing themselves they are ravishing heavenly feelings.

I might praise them for their perfect choice of place because this spot is a secluded area. A body clasping sound is the one I heard after. They’re at the climax of their job soon to cum.

Without hesitation, I opened the curtain wide. I was terrified to see that the two persons making love behind the shadows were David and my cousin in which, who is one of my models to this day.

“What are you doing?” I don’t know if this is the right question when by facts, I already knew what just had happened, and still happening.

My heart felt pain, as if, a thousand needles are piercing it.

My hand is left in the air, trembling. I cannot move. I was trembling while my heart is racing really, really fast. Burning like it was about to explode at any minute. My emotions are mixing, I cannot identify what it was, just a burning flame of rage. That’s it I’m in a rage.

They are both naked, right before my eyes and his manhood is in her. What else do I need to know? The evidence was clear right in my eyes.

David is my suitor for three years. Mikasa as my cousin often saw me as her rival for everything so, so it was not shocking to think about what just had happened.

“Look coco melon, I can explain what happen,” he said almost beseeching at me.

“What else do I need to know? I am not blind. I can clearly see everything. Look your cock was in her vagina!” I explode, I can’t hold back my emotions anymore.

Think. Think. I need to control myself.

“She seduces me!”

Rolling my eyes is the only thing I can answer.

“You Mikasa! We.need.to.talk,” I put stress in every word I uttered to show them that I was terribly serious. They stoop my level of dignity as a woman.

“I will call your mom immediately, you bitch!” I still cannot move. I cannot move even if I really, really wanted to. Fuck!

“Then do it! You’re going to ruin our family reputation and your beloved company. That is the only thing you are good at after all, for ruining everything!”

I finally moved my body and pulls her hair immediately. While in a snap, David chooses to cover her using his body from me, and he nakedly hugs me. I pushed him hard back to her.

Outside the robe I saw a cup of coffee left, I walk backward to get it and turn back to them immediately, throwing the liquid right straight into their face.

“Adios!”

After they finish their lust fixed themselves, they soon join our team's last meeting, before the show finally starts.

David sits in the front chair facing them beside me, as if nothing disgusting just had happened, I steal a glance into Mikasa at the back.

She’s going to regret the action she just made.

David is watching me discussing our execution of today’s show for the third time. I strictly told them that one mistake will lead them for becoming jobless person after.

He was looking at me for a long time now, rather staring. His eyes showed glistening reflections of fascination as if, he was really in love with the person his staring at.

I am not yet finished with my speech when he came to me and hold my waist. I lost my balance due to my heels and I accidentally leaned toward his chest. The people surrounding us grin and said in unison, “Wie” Seeing this moment as a romantic scenario.

But for me, it is a big ‘gross’ a million times. What was he thinking by doing this, anyway does he think this is a work of compensation for his mistake earlier? Such a dumbass.

“Get off me, now,” I said using my heavier tone of voice. Whispering at him and eventually pushes him afterward.

After, surprisingly my models and staff showed cardboards and flowers with balloons in their hands. It can read as ‘be officially mine.’

Without further redo, he kneels on his right knee and offered me the flower and the necklace in the pouch in his hand.

“NO.” A big no.

The scene ended fast when I send him to leave instead. I looked at Mikasa meaningfully, this day must not be ruined, for god’s sake no matter what happened, the scandal I’ve discovered can wait for its punishment. Our global reputation is at stake at this point.

‘I didn’t even think that losing my children leads me to him.’

The runway fashion show had finally started, I can see the fascination in my audience's eyes as they glisten when my models entered the stage. I can now finally rest and enjoyed the show. I asked my secretary for a cup of ice coffee.

I sat in my seat, and drink peacefully.

“That design is inspired by your favorite cartoon Sava, look at it,” I said to my daughter. I hear no response that’s why I look at her seat. She was not here and my son was also not here. I looked around in panic. Damn it,

“Where are my kids Laura?” She looked around and shrugged her shoulder.

“They’re here earlier but…”

“They’re not here.” I cut here out for an obvious statement. Gods, “What are you still standing there, help me find them!” I exclaimed softly for us not to be heard at the back.

We hurriedly look for them and opened each and every possible door to come in.

We’re here in a hotel showcasing our own brand designs, and hosting a luxurious fashion show. And as the mother of two kids, I usually bring them together with my work. I just left them in their sits for a moment earlier to give my instructions to my production team, and when I got back, they were gone.

My heart is pounding very fast due to my nervous emotions trying to eat my mindset out of control.

I noticed some traces of familiar biscuits fell on the floor. Leading until in the front of the elevator.

I wait for it to open and saw that there are still traces inside. The problem is, on which floor can I find them?

As I passed each floor and my worrying grows more. My quick heartbeat was filling my ears loud.

I just push every floor and waited. Right on the ground floor when I saw the traces of biscuits showed once again. I left the elevator and looked both sides of the way, the trace stopped there.

I walked in the right direction leading me to the reception. Ladies in their black and red uniforms are standing behind the table.

“Excuse me, I need to report something,” I said as I approached their platform.

“Good evening ma’am. How may I help?” smiling widely, she responded. I can’t see her eyes due to her mono-lids almost touching her skin side by side of her eyes.

Nevertheless, I say, “My two children are suddenly gone inside our reception room, the runway fashion happening at this moment. I would like to ask if you just happen to see them. They are about these tall. A boy and a girl, wearing a pink dress and my son is in a suit.”

“Oh, perhaps your kids are the ones right here earlier,” she gasps.

“What do you mean here, where?” I looked around hopeful.

“The little boy is crying that time ma’am and we try to comfort him by asking but he only murmurs sounds, we didn’t understand him. The girl in the distance was holding a book and waving at the boy. We try to get the book at her but she run away with us,” she told me while her hand is motioning the series of what happened.

“Then where are they!” I didn’t restrain myself from shouting at her due to my panic.

“The little girl entered the elevator again ma’am. The boy however didn’t stop crying and somehow some visitors are getting annoyed already. We try to hold him, but he constantly dodges. It took a while…”

“What? Is he in your cabin? Where is he?” Rude for cutting her statement but I am at my very peak of frustration. I’m already stomping my foot.

“A man in a white coat bump him while he was avoiding us. Luckily, he came, the little boy listens and go with him after.”

“Huh!” I suddenly shout in a deafening way.

“How can you let a child be with a stranger!” Gods.

I entered the elevator once again and stops at every floor to look for a clue. I can’t explain my feeling at this moment, if I lose them, I don’t know what I would do to my life.

Passing by every room, I notice this one unattended opened door. I entered fast.

Right here on the 7th floor is where I found the next traces of fallen biscuits leading to an opened room. Due to frustration to find them, I entered this room unrespectful without the owner's concern by this sudden trespassing of a lady to their property. I will compensate after; they don’t need to worry.

Unrespectful for trespassing but who knows what a mother can do just to find her children missing and the one is brought away by a stranger. I may lose my thinking at any minute if I still didn’t find them.

Inside was very dark but there is a dim light at the end of the path I was walking into. As I was getting nearer, I saw that it was an open phone left on the couch, the screen was in a social media app, left in-browsing.

I was on my way to check it when I felt a hand suddenly touches my shoulder. It was a frozen skin sending me the vibes of goosebumps.

“Ah!” I shouted in shock. I step forward to move away but I just bumped into a hard object leading me to lose my balance. I was on my way to land on the cold floor when someone pulled me back, by his strong force, my face landed on his broad chest.

“Ehem,” the man made a sound to break the awkward silence we had. A husky and tempting voice I’ve ever heard.

I step backward until I felt pain in my scalp as if pulling my hair. I touch the trail of my hair and found that it was connected to the pin he was wearing in his clothes.

I tried my best to pull it out but it had no effect, my scalp hurts more. He also tried to do something but because of our dark surroundings, we failed. For the instance we are closer to each other, walking in dark together, stepping at a small pace, and feeling the objects surrounding us until we reach the light switch.

When the light finally opened, we looked at each other and I saw his face. At this very moment, I felt a very strange connection between me and him. A magnetic shock or an electric current. It was like a magnetic pull, pulling my body towards him. But I resist.

I move backward harshly strong, which also made him shocked and lose his balance on me. His phone fell off the floor together with him on my top.

Both shocked, I responded by kicking him to his bottom privilege to stand up immediately. So, I can also do the same. After we recovered, his lips pointed out something as if asking for a kiss, but rather his talking about something behind my back.

He signaled me that there is something behind so I look at it and saw a pair of scissors in his cabinet. I walked back. He moves forwards until we reached it. As I take my step I cautiously avoided stepping on his phone on the floor.

As I reached the scissor, without a second thought, I immediately cut my hair on his pin.

I turned my back on him and walks towards the door immediately without saying a word.

Although his perfume was stuck in my nose, a familiar scent for me that I cannot figure out how. And because of it, I suddenly felt the urge of obsession to smell it more. I still leave.

Temptation isn’t my thing.

Edward’s POV

I was heading to my room to take a shower when I heard some footsteps in my living room. I headed there to check and found out that I forgot to lock the door once again. I was on my way to lock it when I saw a figure of a woman heading towards my unattended opened phone.

I came at her and touched her shoulder. I purposely did that to scare her. Unfortunately, she lost her balance and she fell on my chest.

It was an awkward position because in a moment no one, on us dared to pull back at our hugs, or perhaps warm our bodies in each other’s company. I suddenly had this feeling of irresistible sensation to touching her warm bare skin. Luckily, she pulled back when I managed to make a sound as an alibi.

As she steps backward, I saw some strings of her hair unattached at my suit's vest. She touches it and tried to pull it out. As it was, a large portion of his hair was stacked at my pin attached to my polo vest. I helped her pull it, the moment our finger touches each other’s skin, an electric shock runs all over my body. A sensational feeling I’ve never felt before.

Without saying a word, I step backward and touch things around me. She did the same until we reached my light switch. The moment I’d turn it on, I saw her beautiful angelic face. I cannot stop the grinning smile forming on my lips.

She steps backward harshly, due to my fantasies rolling within my mind for her, I lost my balance. In luck with a disguise, I fall in her top, while she is leaning against the cold floor looking me directly in the eye. Our face was very close to each other making me want to kiss her… hard.

Before the moment I lose my control he already kicked my private part.

I forcibly get up in pain. To distract her and avoid what was coming next, I pointed my lips at her back, she looks at it and saw the scissor. She didn’t waste a time getting it and cut her hair connected to mine.

She immediately leaves without looking back. I just stared at her back walking fast, magically, I cannot move my feet, my arms, or any part of my body to chase her.

A long grieving sigh is the only thing I had released after she left me standing alone. Felt like I was glued a minute ago and that my body was like a statue staring at her walking fast, leaving.

“What a strange woman she is.”

I continued my postponed bath earlier. I still wish to touch her skin even if it seemed illegal. I certainly think that this is what they called chemistry.

But I’m in a relationship at this moment, how can I feel these things. This is certainly wrong.

I am happy with my girl; I can feel her love whenever I’m with her. I love her. But why?

How can I think of someone else in this stage of my life? The connection between me and that stranger woman is deep. I was addicted to her skin. The feeling of touching her. Her warmth, her smell.

“I want to see you again, fuck.”