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Vega diced the fruit, her eyes cutting at Zach who worked on cutting the vegetables, working because he was sweating buckets, yet moving at a snail's pace. He shook the hair out of his face, concentrating on the task before sighing in frustration."I thought you said lunch together, not cooking a meal" he grumbled. Vega rolled her eyes. "You'll never appreciate the chefs if you don't cook your meals. Besides, cooking is fun." Zach's shoulders slumped making her giggle. She watched him struggle to arrange the vegetables, before carefully slicing them. Oh well, this lunch was going to take forever, Vega sighed at the same time he did."Gosh, my neck killing me". He complained, looking miserable."That's because you're too strung up. Put in more effort. I won't help you out, got that, so you..." Her phone pinged, halting her speech. She answered the call.She smiled, holding a finger up to silence Zach's protest."Hey, Noah." Over the phone. "where are you?""I am with Zach, we're makin
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Vega rushed into her room, halting in her tracks as she brainstormed on what to do first. She took out her phone, dialing Andrianna's number. She answered on the third ring, sounding bored."This better be important. Are you making any progress?""He's taking me to his favorite place. We were going to cook and all, but then I went to get flours, when I came back he was shirtless, then we got into this talk about the perfect guy, he said I could get any guy I want, asked why I was dating Markus, then he tried to kiss me...""Breathe Vega... This is not a drill. Now what was that I just heard, I think it went in line with KISSING!" She screeched into the phone making Vega flinch.Vega inhaled sharply. "Watch your tone missy, you almost destroyed my eardrums"."I'm going to be doing more in a minute if you don't start talking" she threatened.Vega rolled her eyes. " We didn't kiss. I said almost. The oven ruined everything. Oh my gosh Andria" she squealed, dropping to the bed. " He was s
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ZACH POV.I stared straight at my food because the atmosphere was always stifling whenever my parents forced me to eat breakfast with them and the wisest action to take was to avoid their gazes because once I made eye contact, it was like a code for them to start their condemnation and digging. Their gaze dug into me and anxiety in the form of stones lodged in my throat making me sweat until I couldn't take it anymore. I looked up at them, meeting their intense stare square on and bracing myself for whatever they were going to throw at me.Noah was also playing around with his food, his face scrunched up in a frown.Mom- Chloe was the first to break the silence. "You came home looking happy last night, and one of the maids told us they saw you doing some research on one of your projects last night," she said and I sneered, unable to help myself."Now you have the maids spying on me, you should just hire a private investigator to follow me around all day then".Mom glared and the look
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Andrianna POV.Markus restaurant was great and I think I might revisit soon if my parents didn't deem it unsafe for their precious little daughter to go to.They were so overprotective that sometimes it was smothering, but I guess it came with the territory, it was a miracle that they were even letting me hang out with Vega, but they'd investigated her to a T before they told me I could hang out with her and I had to admit, she was the longest friend I'd ever had hence why I was overprotective of her but sometimes I think I come off too nasty, but I was used to saying whatever I wanted without mincing word.I'd also been lying to her about what work my parents were truly involved in but if I had told her that my parents were mafia, well I don't see us being friends ever again, and I'd also endangered her life, which was something that made my stomach churn whenever I thought about it. Vega was the sweetest person I knew and she was also the most oblivious. I try my best to stop her w
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Vega POV.It is not normal, I repeat I do not feel normal because the plan I'd drawn up never involved spending half of my freaking day thinking about Zach. I wasn't even looking at my professor anymore, instead, I spend half of my lecture craning my neck and looking to see if Zach would do something as cliche as showing up to pick me up from class... Yup, I'm a hopeless romantic."Ugh, this is so frustrating!" I said then froze as the class quieted and I was staring straight at the hot professor, at least this time I had his attention, but this was not what I was aiming for. "Miss Vega, if you feel that my class is frustrating, I think you'll do yourself a favor and leave instead of spreading your negativity" he chastised and I want to disappear off the face of the earth. I got to my feet, an explanation forming in my cranium. "No, it wasn't your lecture... I was..." I said knowing I sounded lame in my defense as he stared at me with a raised brow."So you're saying you weren't pay
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Vega's heart flipped as she stared at the hands that felt like hot brands gripping hers, then she gazed back at him, her brows furrowing but he just smirked at her obvious confusion."I'll take you to get ice cream instead," he said, his smooth voice trailing like a caress over her skin and she couldn't stop a light shudder as goosebumps beaded across her skin.Vega pulled away sharply, her smile and voice nervous when she spoke. "It's good. Jake is already taking me, you don't need to worry about me" she said ignoring the way Jake was pinching her sides.Zach smiled and Vega swore as her heart flipped, her stomach dropping to the floor. Yup definitely dangerous for your heart, she thought as she shook the image from her head."Jake doesn't seem to mind tho, or do you?" Zach asked, arching a brow."Of course not" Jake answered, almost spluttering. "I mean I have a lecture right now, and Vega just won't stop whining about ice cream. I'm cool if you can take her on my behalf" he said an
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Nicole cussed as she saw Zach and Vega by the ice cream stand, now she didn't have to wonder about why Arielle had been acting like a banshee all day long and lashing out at anyone that she came across for no reason, the reason was standing right in front of her, and it made her feel a bit angry and more useless. "I'm so pissed off right now!" Nicole got out in frustration and tugged at her hair harder, then gasped when the hair gave and she stared in horror as she stared at the chunk that had come off. "oh my goodness, I'm going to go bald at this point".Jenny who stood watching Vega and Zach turned to look at the hair, her eyes widening in alarm. "Nicole, are you sure this is normal. You've been losing a lot of hair lately".Nicole groaned low in her throat and resisted the urge to give her hair another vicious tug. "You think I don't know that, I'm aware of how much hair I'm losing but that's because I'm always stressed out. Do you know Zach is now going practically everywhere w
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Vega POV.Trying not to watch Zach as he sensually assaulted the ice cream with his tongue proved way harder than it should have and it made my head spin because I may or may not have dreamed of what I'd love that tongue to do me on a daily basis or even right here. But it was all a fantasy.Falling in love, or whatever this was that I was feeling for Zach was a bad idea which was why I was trying to backtrack, even tho I still had to think about winning the bet. "You look cute when you're worrying your pretty little head" he teased, his tongue darting across his lips."I'm not thinking about anything" I muttered a bit petulantly because I detested the fact that I couldn't just hate him alone. What was up with me falling for a heartbreaker? He laughed. "I knew you'd say that. Is it Markus, are you two fighting?".I stared at him and tried to read him without getting distracted by how hot he was. "You seem to like that idea a bit much don't you think".He shrugged, looking away from
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Zach POV. I groaned as the black mask placed over my face was ripped off, the bright light in the room making me wince, while Andrianna cursed beside me, as she struggled around in her bonds. I took in the situation, tested the strength of the binding and when it gave a little, I knew a little work on the knot would get it to loosen in time, that was if I didn't get shot before. Andrianna and I must have had the same thought as Arielle spilled everything she knew to us because we both rushed off to look for Vega, thinking that Ray was going to go for her. We had been searching everywhere when someone called to say they had her and I had gotten so furious and scared that they were going to hurt her that I didn't think everything through as I followed their instructions to a T. I glanced around the room, searching for Vega, my heart pumping erratically in my chest. I couldn't bear it if I saw Vega slumped over somewhere, hurt or dead. I inhaled deeply when I noticed that it was only
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Vega POV."I'm just glad you look so happy Vega, I was so worried about you back then but I didn't want to say anything, I didn't want to risk hurting your feelings more than they already were." Mom said and I smiled."I know, and I'm fine now. We just got back together and I know it's going to work out this time"."I'm sure it will. I'm just glad you both worked out your differences, and that he came back for you. My baby is one lucky girl, that guy is freaking gorgeous but I have to tell you that your father was way more handsome than him"I laughed. "I'm not even going to fight you on that".She burst into a laugh. "You better not, 'cause you'd be fighting a losing battle. I can be a very good lawyer when I have to be, especially for sacred causes".She was freaking killing me. "I got it ma. I wouldn't dare go against you in court, cause you being a lawyer, the case is already a done deal." I said, choking back a laugh as she chuckled. "I've got to go back to the party, I need to
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Andrianna POV."What do you think they're talking about, I think they're taking too long," Vega asked, looking worried as we waited for Markus and Zach to finish talking, wherever they had gone to talk, which was absurd. They could have just moved a bit away and chatted, but Markus was dramatic and here we were. Jake crossed his arms, then smirked as if he knew something we didn't."Ok, spill it out, you're looking too smug to not know what they're talking about"."I don't. It's just that I know why Markus is acting that way" he said leaning closer."Pray to tell us, why is he suddenly acting like he's Vega's father"Jake smirked, his voice dropping lower. "I and Markus have been roleplaying, you know where I'm the brat and he's the big daddy that punishes me for being bratty" he whispered with a wink. "But I've got to say, he's taking the role of Daddy way too seriously".I had not been expecting that, and judging from the horrified look on Vega's face, she wasn't either."Jake! Too
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Zach's POV.I kept my gaze on Vega, too afraid to blink in case everything that had happened was just a dream and I was slumped off somewhere, surrounded by people trying to resuscitate me. It was surreal, but I wanted the moment to last forever. She'd bared her soul to me, given me her body without holding back and I felt unworthy because I didn't deserve such honesty, not after everything I'd done to her. It was the first time that someone hadn't let me go, even though I deserved it, even tho I pushed her away, even tho I'd hurt her with my words and actions. It was the first time that someone had fought to keep me, and it made my heart swell so much that I thought it would burst out of my chest.The feeling was mind-blowing because all the hate and the ache I'd felt for the past few years seemed to be a thing of the past and as I stared at her, I wanted to lock up the moment forever, with just me and her and the precious gift she'd given me. Her love made me feel as if I was soa
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Ray stepped into the hall, his eyes scanning through the crowd of people having fun as they mingled and danced the night away, but he wasn't interested in them, he was only there for Andrianna. He would talk to her and try to get her onboard the marriage because, without her and the land deeds, there was no way that his family could ever rise in the ranking. His phone rang in his pants pocket and he cursed, muttering under his breath as shoved his hand into his pocket and pulled out his phone. He answered the call with a snap. "What do you want""No need to be so annoyed, I'm just trying to make sure everything is moving according to plan. I waited for you to call and update me about what progress you were making but you didn't, so I decided to check up on you"."I don't need you watching my fucking back Jenny. Just do as you are told. I already said I had this under my thumb, so I don't have to call you every damn second to give you a report. I told you that I could handle everythin
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Vega POV.The standoff was nerve-wracking, so I subtly pulled out of Zach's arm with a nervous smile, my face burning. "Can we talk for a minute?" I asked Zach and he nodded even though his gaze was pinned on Ryan who was trying to match his stare and not tremble. "Excuse us then," I said and took his hand. It was almost on reflex but I didn't want to let go once I did, so I pretended that my heart wasn't hammering against my ribcage as I pulled him through the guest that was milling around. The camera flashed, and I knew this would be made into a ridiculous headline tomorrow.It was also surprising that Zach didn't try to tug his hand free from my hold. I looked around, trying to get a free space where we could talk but everywhere I looked, I saw people already occupying most of the spots. He suddenly grabbed my hand that was holding his and then he was tugging me toward the elevator. We stepped into it and as soon as we did, he punched in the number to the floor for his office."We
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Vega POVJake came up to me holding two glasses of wine, with an eyebrow raised as he noticed me staring at Zach as he made his speech."Keep your mouth shut about it" I hissed as I took the drink from him.Jake grinned. "I didn't say anything""But you were about to, and I'm sure it was going to make me mad"."I basically live to annoy you don't I"."No, you live to save me from all my problems". I sighed, then sipped the wine."You look amazing by the way, but the way you keep sighing is not going to get you a man tonight, or maybe you don't need a man since you've already set your eyes on that brooding male on stage," he said, his chin pointing towards Zach Dante."It's not going to work. He's here for his revenge". I wished he wasn't. Jake paused, turning to face me. "What do you mean revenge, for what exactly"."The whole thing that happened in college"."He's still not over that. I thought he said it was all a game for him. Look, you deserve better than him ok. You should just
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Arielle sat in her room, talking to the cops through her Ipad as they updated her about the case of Jenny and what they had turned up so far. It was the first time they were telling her something positive In five years and she could help her face-splitting grin. "That's freaking epic, I gotta say I wasn't expecting such good news from you, I'm glad you didn't let all the money I paid you to go to waste. I hope in a few weeks we'll finally have her behind bars"."You don't have to worry Miss Arielle, we're going to make sure you're satisfied with the result of this case. Jenny might have changed her face and her last name, but she's in the country and we'll have her in no time"."I'm glad to hear that. As I said, I'm just happy to know all those millions I spent didn't go to waste. Well thank you for the update"."It's no problem, I'll be calling at the same time next week"."Of course," she said and ended the call, a smile of satisfaction on her lips. Jenny was going to get what she
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Zach POV.Today was the inauguration, and as I walked around, waiting for my family to get ready, the house I had grown up in felt almost foreign to me. I'd always been couped up in my room half the time for fear of running into my dad or mom, so some of the rooms in the mansion felt like a maze to me.I took a turn down to father's office, it was a more familiar territory since I'd been called there a lot after I did something wrong. It was also the same place I had told him to let me be with Vega, that I loved her and that I was not going to leave her. Well, we all knew how that turned out. I got to his door, going to push it open but pausing when I heard his raised voice."Don't ever call me Ray, we've talked about this five years ago and my answer is still the same as it was before… don't be ridiculous, why will I do such a thing, I'm an honest businessman… Well if you know all that then you should stop pushing for this. I co-own that property with Franco Vandenberg, you're never
