She took the tiny pill and swallowed it down with the help of water. Aeden could be careless but she couldn’t have. She had been taking birth control pills when she learned she actually had sex with him when she was drunk.
Her visions of that night were blurry but she knew what they did. The soreness between her legs was the evidence of it. She wanted to deny it. Oh god! How she wished it was all a part of a bad dream but only it wasn’t.
She had stumbled her way to the bathroom, with a throbbing pain between her legs and her head. She only hoped it was her terrible nightmare and not something real. She still couldn’t fathom the thought of her being married to a criminal and she definitely didn’t want to be taken advantage of or raped by him.
She pulled the robe over her body before staring in front, of the mirror. And just when she stared at her reflection, tears broke free. Her body was covered in bruises, handprints, and bluish-purple h
She pulled out the light blue sundress with puff sleeves and a deep square neckline. It had tiny flowers embedded all over it. All in all, the dress was super pretty.She didn’t have much of a choice. She knew he would threaten his way so she didn’t want to argue with him.Sliding the dress on, she brushed her hair down and left it by her sides. She applied little makeup and baby pink lipstick. She wasn’t sure where he was taking her, so she decided to keep her outfit, generalised.She took a small purse and filled it with some napkins, lipstick and antidepressants, which Eric had got her on her request. Aeden had confiscated her mobile phone a long time ago, so she didn’t have it. Somewhere or the other, she learnt how to live without technology. The same gadgets she was so addicted to and her life depended on.She slipped into nude two-inch block heels. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. She looked dead. From inside
Carla’s eyelids fluttered open when a gust of cold breeze hit her body, making her shiver slightly. She was welcomed by Aeden’s light subtle that was scattered across his face as he carried her into the house, with his eyes ahead.He held her firmly enough to make an unknown warmth seep through her body. One side of her face was pressed against the soft Lenin material of his shirt. His heartbeat was heard vividly and came out calm and loud.“Leave me,” she whispered and didn’t avert her gaze from him. He paused and he looked down at her a little surprised.“You are awake,” he said. Just a statement, no question.“I don’t think so,” he mildly gritted his teeth and increased his hold on her warm body.She sighed in defeat as she couldn’t keep her eyes open. Letting it go, she closed her eyes partially as Aeden carried her up to their or rather his room.She didn’t want to
“These property papers are fake.” She repeated and Aeden looked at her confused as he pulled the papers from her hand and looked at them with his brows snapped together in a thin line.“What are you saying,” he pursed his lips and glared at her.“Lemme showyou,” she said as she snatched the papers from his hands and took some other papers which were genuine and laid them side by side on the floor.“Feel the paper. There is a difference. This one on the right, which are the fakes, is much smoother.” She said and nudged him to feel the difference.“Extremely difficult but original papers can never be this smooth.” She said and he looked at her weirdly.“Also,” she took a pen which was down on the floor, “See this, the fonts. This ‘t’ here, it’s different and if you notice carefully, you will find the ‘n’ and ‘p’ also different
Carla woke up to the sun rays beaming on her face and the birds chirping wildly. Peering her eyes open, she was met with the same white ceiling of their room. She groaned and looked down but was met with disappointment.Aeden wasn’t there. She was alone.She looked at the wall clock to see it was half-past nine. Sitting up with a jerk, panic settled in her chest. She waited for Aeden one whole day but he showed up the next day morning at five. Now he wasn’t here, again. She didn’t want to think he was going to do something disastrous but that thought still pricked her.She pushed the duvet off her body, she ran out of the room in search of him. As soon as she reached the end of the stairwell, a strong aroma of crispy bacon hit her nostrils. She stilled for a moment and snapped her head towards the obvious place, the kitchen.She looked out the large French windows to barely notice any guards out and furrowed her brows in confusion. One t
Approximately one and a half months later.CarlaSinking down in my comfortable chair, I looked up from my laptop screen and focused my gaze outside the window admiring the beautiful view of the skyscrapers.But the moment was short-lived and I shrugged my shoulders and looked down on the keys of my computer.I was still mad at Aeden for abandoning me with some random strangers. I hadn’t heard or seen from either of the siblings or anyone them as a matter of fact since that day.Stupid stupid move!Who does that?He could have fucking spoken to me but he didn’t. I didn’t like it one bit. He didn’t even ask me if I wanted to go or stay. If he’d just asked me, I would have probably stayed back.I glanced at my wristwatch and packed up my stuff, shutting my computer off and putting it in my bag. I had resumed my work shortly after I found myself lying in the bed, alone and ab
Caught up in work, she hadn’t realized when hours had passed and it now was seven in the evening.Her phone pinged up with a new notification but she ignored it like she had been doing for hours now. But when the constant sound of several notifications kept annoying her, she decide to put her phone on silent mode.As she took ahold of her phone, she noticed several messages from an unknown number. Unlocking the phone she read the messages, which were images, and a sudden dread kept in, looking at all the images that had been sent to her.They were several images of her. Taken the same way, in the starting she received a few stalking images of herself. Like the one in the hospital and Aeden’s penthouse. She had not given it much thought as she didn’t get any more pics after that and brushed it off thinking it was Aeden. Gulping, she swiped across her phone, looking at all the images of her.As she was scrolling through her the photos, her
“It wasn’t his mistake,” Carla breathed out.“Really?” Cliff scoffed.“Yes. Nobody has to pay for someone else’s deeds,” She said trying to inhale but the copper taste in her mouth and the pungent smell of blood didn’t allow her to.“You remember the time, you crashed into another car?” He quirked his brow up looking at her.“That was me. That was when it all began. That was my signal to being.”“It started with me finding my then long-lost and now dead brother, Steve. I didn’t have to do much. He was already a fool. A fool who was madly in love with you after one night. Wonder what magic you possess that, this idiot fell for you after one night in bed with you.”“I got what I needed from him. He told me all after I faked that I missed him all my life. I did miss my sibling, but not as much as I exaggerated. Then he told me everything I need
“Why?”She fell backward, and let her eyes droop. Before she could land a harsh hit to the ground, strong arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her closer to a strong chest.She was hoisted up and carried out in bridal style. But as soon as the blood from her thigh dripped oh his arm he paused to look. When he noticed the dripping red liquid, anger burned through.With a low growl, he pressed her tightly and protectively against his body and marched out to his car, not caring about the way men moved in and out of the building.He carefully placed her on the passenger seat and moved to the other side. He noticed, Pearl, standing by the paramedics. She passed him a small smile and he returned it with a nod, pursing his lips.He sat in and stole one last glance at the woman resting on the passenger seat before driving off.The constant and loud tapping of foot was heard through the quiet hallway. Occasional huffing