Bianca's POV"Okay, let me check my schedule. I'll get back to you shortly,"I said and immediately hang up the phone.It was an agent from an advertising company that had called me. They wanted me to feature in some beauty commercials next week. Harriet had spoken to them first before I did. And now, I needed her to check my schedule and tell me when I would be free next week. From the look of things, I was going to be super busy from next week onwards.I had so many projects to handle, endorsement deals here and there, upcoming fashion shows to grace, photoshoots to do, interviews to appear in and lots more. I was even appointed as a judge for a beauty pageant that was taking place this month. It was about to be one hell of a busy month or rather busy months.I still had to meet up with Mr Hawkins, the director in charge of the movie that Camden had starred in and the very movie of which, the premiere, I had attended. It had been a while since I last spoke with him but he was still l
"Your bodyguard is so fine, damn Bianca!" Mimi squealed as she stared at Liam dreamily who was standing a few metres away from where we sat.She had been gushing over him since we got here and couldn't keep her eyes off him. It was annoying. I wanted to give her a knock on the head so she would come to her senses. I knew Liam was hot and all but she was doing too much, way too much. At this point, she had forgotten the reason we were here.And of course, I hated it when I saw women gawking at him. It made my blood boil and made me want to smash a bottle on their heads. Each time they were all over him and wouldn't take their eyes off him, the only thing that felt appealing at that moment to me was to teach them to behave, in a way that they would never forget.I became very aware of this feeling since the night Liam had given me an oral in the backseat of his car. I was ridden with this jealousy, I couldn't stand the thought of him being with some other woman or stand women being all
Bianca's POVWhat the hell was wrong with Liam? Why did he have to smile at me like that? And why was he staring at me the way that he did now? Didn't he know how detrimental it was for me? That smile did things to me, things that I would never fully understand. If he only knew..."Look at her. She can't even take her eyes off him. Oh my God, Bianca! You look like a lovesick puppy!" Mimi said in between giggles, tilting her head from side to side that her dirty blonde hair fell to her face.I quickly unpinned my gaze from the drop-dead gorgeous, hot son of a bitch and turned to stare sheepishly at the annoying sisters. I downed my glass of chilled juice and pushed my hair behind my ear."Who are you calling a lovesick puppy? You're delusional, both of you."Maybe I wasn't really myself right now and it was all thanks to Liam but a lovesick puppy? That was too much! I sure as hell wasn't in love with anyone and would never ever stoop to that level! Ew...me? Fall in love? Just thinking
Bianca's POV"Oh my God, Bianca! So it's true, you do have feelings for you bodyguard!" Mimi gasped dramatically and put a hand over her mouth. She turned to Janessa and turned back to me. She blinked at me several times and stared at me like I had grown a horn on my head or something.Mimi had always been the dramatic one. I wasn't surprised by her reaction, it was as expected. She always did too much and they said I was the dramatic queen. Yeah, right! They obviously never met Miranda.However, what I was surprised about was my very own reaction. I had gotten so irked and all riled up when Mimi had said she was interested in dating Liam. It felt like I had been splashed with a bucket of hot water. The anger or whatever it was I was feeling towards Mimi when she was busy gawking at my Liam completely multiplied as soon as the words spewed out of her mouth.Did I just say my Liam?I really had totally lost it. Why the hell did I say that? What on earth was wrong with me? What had come
Bianca's POV"Where have you brought me, Liam?" I peered through the window of my car to see where we had stopped at.As soon as we had left the restaurant, I asked Liam to drive me somewhere. I wasn't in the mood to go home just yet and I didn't wish to stay with Mimi and Janessa any longer. I couldn't put up with them which was very odd because in the past, there had been no issue like this.They were always this way but I never found them annoying or irritating. As a matter of fact, there was a time we used to spend most of our days together. We'd go to clubs, party all night long, go on a shopping spree and splurge on clothes, bags and shoes that we probably only used once. I was certain that there were some of them that I had never tried on.The three of us also used to make a lot of tiktok videos together, pose for photos together and flood the whole of social media with our pictures. Since we were all in the same field and had worked with each other couple of times, we'd spend
Bianca's POV"We can change that, you and me." Liam's words faded into a resounding melody in my ears. The only thing in my brain now were echoes of the words.I gaped at him for what I presumed was about two or three minutes or maybe it was really just in my head. But I knew I stared at him for a pretty long time though. My eyes lingered on his beautiful face, they were pretty much glued to him at this moment.I kept thinking about what he said. Although, it appeared like nothing but just an ordinary statement, to me, it was a lot more than that by a wide margin. His words were soothing, assuring and they had an underlying meaning, at least that's how they came off to me.It was like him telling me that although I had shitty memories tied to karaokes, he was very willing and ever ready to ensure that whenever I thought of it henceforth, there would be only smiles and laughter. It was him assuring me that he was going to take away the sadness and fill me up with great, happy moments t
Bianca's POVWe were inside the karaoke bar. It looked a whole lot better inside than it did on the outside. The decor, the lights and everything was amazing. The place was still filled with people even though it was only noon. Didn't these people have work to be at or something?Liam pulled me as he walked further in. Wherever he went, I went. I was practically chained to him and I kind of liked it. I never wanted to let go or have him let go of my hand. It fit perfectly in his like it was meant to be there. And it gave me a sense of warmth, assured and security.Liam led me to the bar and pulled out two stools, one for me and one for him. I felt unhappy that he tore his fingers from mine. I was getting used to the feeling."Here you go, Miss Davies." He pushed one stool over to where I stood and motioned for me to sit down. "Please have a seat."I mouthed a 'thank you' and let my bum greet the stool he had given to me. Liam sat down only when he saw that I was seated. What a gentlem
Harriet's POV"Why isn't he answering any of my calls?" I dialed Liam's number again. It rang again but still no answer. I was so fucking sure I had called him more than ten times now. It was obvious now that Liam was ignoring him, he was intentionally doing this.I decided to leave him a voice message. "Liam, it's me. Where are you? And why aren't you picking your calls? Who's there with you, huh? I have a feeling that you're ignoring me because of her. Is she there with you? Call me as soon as you get this message."I flung my phone to the bed. I was in our home, mine and Liam's. Technically, it was his home but I moved in with him three months after we started dating years ago and I had been living with him ever since. This wasn't where he used to live back then though. We only moved here from his estate when he started working for that bitch.This apartment belonged to him. It was a condominium. As a matter of fact, the entire building belonged to him but most people were unaware
Bianca's POVMy life was slowly returning to normal since all the charges and accusation laid against me had been dropped. It wasn't easy but I was determined to go back to my happy self, to return to the lively, fun-loving Bianca who was all about living life to the fullest without any regret. I was finally healing from the pain and suffering I went through within the days I spent in that shithole. I was finally free.My career had been saved, in a way. But I knew it was still going to be affected by the stigma of everything. While I was in prison, some projects that I had been set to do had been withdrawn. Even Isabelline had denounced me as the face of Helen and Paris. The romantic comedy I was supposed to star in wasted no time replacing me with some other actress.It was crazy how the industry and the world worked. I hadn't even been pronounced as the killer, I hadn't even gone on trial yet they had already decided that I was responsible for Camden's murder. They had cut me off a
Bianca's POVI lost count of the days I spent in the cell and I was damn sure I lost weight too. Each day in prison was hell, every moment was torture. Diana brought me home cooked meals, my favourite, every single day but I couldn't bring myself to eat much. I only ate little and left the remaining to meet their fate. I was even surprised they let Diana bring me home."If you don't eat, you might die from malnutrition, Ma'am Bianca. You don't want to starve yourself to death, now do you? Remember you need all the strength and more importantly, you need to stay alive. Would you rather your dead body be dragged out of the cell, Ma'am Bianca? You need to stay alive if you wish to clear your name and that will happen soon enough, don't worry. Everything will be alright and you can return to your fun-filled life like nothing ever happened."Diana couldn't stop talking whenever she visited me. She would go and on, taking nonstop. And she said the same time every fucking time. It was always
Liam's POVIt had been a week since Bianca was arrested and refused bail. The whole thing was shitty and frustrating. I went to see her at the station countless of times but she wouldn't agree to meet with me. It got to a point where she asked the cops to never let me in anytime I asked to see her. It was that terrible and I was running out of options.I needed to do something to get Bianca out of that shithole and I needed to do it fast. I wasn't comfortable knowing that she had been sleeping in a cell for days. And I felt like a part of this was my fault. If I hadn't hurt her by choosing to ignore her and putting an end to what we had, then she never would have turned to Camden.And if she hadn't gone to Camden, she wouldn't have met with such an unfortunate thing. So everything was my fault, in fact. I began to resent myself for putting her in that condition. I felt so angry with myself to the point where I started despising myself.Now, Bianca was mad at me, she hated me and didn'
Liam's POVThey didn't let me see her. Those fucking cops didn't let me see Bianca. As soon as I heard she was arrested, I quickly went to meet her at the station but I wasn't let in. The police had said she wasn't allowed to receive visitors just yet. I was so infuriated I almost fought with them. I didn't leave on time, I stayed there for hours until I decided to see Bianca's lawyer.I spoke to her and she informed me that they were refusing to grant Bianca bail but she wasn't going to stop until they did. It wasn't enough. I didn't know what else to do but her word wasn't enough. It was so heartbreaking to see Bianca locked up like a community criminal. She was no criminal, she would never be able to do something like that. I was certain.Bianca wasn't behind Camden's death yet she was being punished for it. They said her fingerprints were found on the murder weapon but I knew it was nothing but bullshit. Someone was obviously framing her. I swore to find the person responsible an
Bianca's POVI was horrified by what I was seeing. I stayed on the floor, completely naked for almost a minute, not sure what to do IR how to react. It was a pretty ugly sight and my heart was pounding, my chest was tightening. I managed to get up on my feet and take a step closer to Camden's lifeless body. I put a hand over my mouth, still in utter shock.What the hell was going on?I didn't get on the bed, I just stood by the edge, taking one look at Camden. I saw how deep the knife had been buried into his neck and how his blood was spluttered all over the bed. Some parts of the bedsheets had gone from white to red. Tears began to pull in my eyes and I couldn't even get words to come out. I tried to call out his name pathetically but all that ripped out of my lips were series of broken gasps and heavy breathing.Judging by the looks of things, whoever did this to Camden was a brutal, coldblooded killer who deserved to rot in hell. But his punishment and whatever he deserved wasn't
Bianca's POVI was staring at Liam and he was staring right back at me. This was the first time in a long time we were doing this. These past few days, whenever our eyes met, one of us glanced away every single time so it felt weird that we now had our eyes locked on each other's. I was waiting for him to look away but it seemed he was also waiting for me to do the same.And that was how we found ourselves in an intense staring contest. Liam was standing close to our table, boldly gazing at me and I was sitting with Camden while my eyes were fixated on another man. The same man I had grown to love and had unintentionally fallen in love with.He was the same man who broke my heart in so many pieces that I could barely count but the most pathetic thing of all of this was that I still loved him so much and didn't think I would stop loving him anytime soon. Hell, I didn't want to stop loving him, never!And if he came to me right now and said he loved me and told me how much he regretted
Bianca's POV"Happy birthday, Bia darling!" My mother yelled and kissed me on my cheek. I was half asleep still laying on my bed.I forced my eyes open, it was still blurry and I was so exhausted. I felt extremely tired for no reason in particular and my body was kind of sore. I rubbed my eyes and sat up on the bed. I stretched my arms and yawned tiredly. I frowned as I met my mother's face. She was smiling at me, her grin was so wide, it went all the way to her ears.My mother's face was caked in makeup, she had eyebrows fillers, her lips were blood red and she smelt like she had emptied the whole bottle of my perfume on her body."Wait, did you use my perfume?" I asked her after taking a whiff of my expensive cologne lingering in the air and on her clothes. The perfume had been gifted to me by Camden.Camden and I were dating now. I was aware that I was rushing things, it hadn't been up to a month things between Liam and I went South. The both of us were never even dating in the fir
Liam's POVIt had been almost two weeks since Bianca and I had sex in my apartment and our relationship had turned sour. Only I was to blame for that, I alone was responsible. I remembered the pain she felt when I had told her that there was no us after ghosting her for six days.I felt like an asshole and it broke my heart to see her hurt that way. What's worse, it hurt even more knowing that I was responsible for her condition. I was responsible for putting her through the intense pain. I saw it on her face, how devastated she had been after I had broken her heart.When she had seen me the first time, she was so elated. I saw the excitement in her voice, it was evident. And it became even clearer when she had run up to me and had pulled me into a hug. I wanted to hug her back, God knew I fucking wanted to. I wanted to pull her into a tight hug, scoop her in my arms and tell her just how much I missed her.I wanted to kiss her like she had never been kissed before. I wanted to whisp
Bianca's POVI had never been as happy as I was now in my whole life. I felt this unadulterated joy and pure elation and I had been feeling this way since the previous night. I finally got what I wanted, I got Liam to make love to me and I was hopeful that this was the beginning of a new dawn for me and Liam.I was so certain that he loved me too. I got to see it in his actions last night. I felt it, I felt everything he wanted me to feel. It wasn't just a feeling of sexual attraction or lust, it was a lot more than that, it was real love. Every thrust he gave me told me how much he loved me and said everything that words could never be able to express. It was amazing, the feeling was sublime and indescribable.Last night, Liam made me feel like a woman and for the first time in my life, I made love to a man. I had never imagined that this was how it felt and I never ever thought that I would get to feel it. I had been thrown into spasms after spasms, I experienced climax after clima