Laura looked around oddly. She started picking up the papers one by one and then kept them aside. While keeping the papers her eyes caught a glimpse of the painting Steven was hiding. She looked carefully at it, it looked incomplete but beautiful.
The picture showed the half-face of a woman, her hairs were of brown shade and the eyes were sea green. She has good fuller brows and looked fascinating. Laura was too lost in the details of that painting that she didn’t hear the footsteps behind her.“Don’t you have any manners?” Steven angrily snatched his painting from her hand making her jump in fear.“I…I am sorry.” Laura stuttered embarrassedly and Steven scoffed angrily. While Arthur looked helpless while watching this.“I didn’t know you are an artist. This painting is very beautiful.” Laura said with sincerity just to get a rude reply from Steven. “Leave please.”Laura looked at him iLaura kept protesting all the way down but Augustus didn’t listen to any of it as he dragged her out of the hotel to his car.“I am not leaving…!!” Laura yelled and instantaneously pulled her hand out of his grip.Augustus turned and his nostrils flared as he stared at Laura. “You are leaving this hotel and this city too.” He announced as he took a step forward to hold her arm again.She stepped back from him cautiously and shouted, “No, I am not leaving. This is completely my life. I can do whatever I want.”“That doesn’t mean you’re allowed to whoring yourself.” He said as his jaw clenched and his words carried a heavy sense of loathing as he spoke.Laura felt too disheartened by his words that she spoke without thinking. “So what? That’s none of your business if I sell my body to one person or to many. You would never be able to stop me from this.”Augustus&rsq
Laura ran blankly until she was out of breath. She stopped at the bridge while panting heavily. The tears of sorrow kept falling down from her eyes, she stood near the railing and watched the beautiful calm sea waves moving rhythmically.She didn’t understand, why Augustus always showed up in the wrong situation and at the wrong time? And why does he always become so judgmental about her? At least, he should give her a chance to explain herself but no He was always blaming her non-stop.She felt bitter when she remembered his words. Just because of her past mistakes he thinks she would always be the same person she used to be. But no, people change and why can’t Augustus see this?“Why do you always hurt me so badly? Why? Do you know how bad it hurts? Do you know that I am bleeding from inside?” Laura said cracked and broken while clutching her cloth near the chest like she was in great pain.Then without thinking for a second, She jumped
“Kiss me and prove me wrong, because just now your actions proved that you are lying, Laura. You can deceive me with your words but not with your body’s reaction.” He said in a low voice, his face just inches away from her as his fully grown beard was sending goosebumps into her body when he slightly rubbed it on her face to tease her.After a moment of hesitation, she took her courage and kissed him on the lips as Steven smiled knowingly. “Laura, I am not a child. You are going to be my girlfriend so I want the proper deep kiss from my girl.” He said huskily as his hands were now on the headboard trapping her in his embrace.“Steve,” Laura called him while hesitating. Her hesitation proved Steven’s doubt to be right as he disappointedly pulled himself away from her. “It’s ok, we can still pretend in front of your brother-in-law but you just need to promise me that you won’t harm yourself.”He sai
“Ready?” Steven asked as he knocked on the washroom.“Coming,” Laura’s voice came and after few minutes she finally walked out of the washroom feeling nervous.Steven looked at her and couldn’t help but bite his cheek to stop himself from laughing.“Okay, that’s it. I am going to wear my clothes.” She held her hands up in defeat and annoyance as she walked to the side of the bed to grab her dirty clothes.Steven tugged at her arm to stop her, “Laura, you look fine.”He said as Laura shot her a glare, “Really?”He couldn’t help but nod with a smiling face and Laura angrily snapped at him. “Then stop laughing at me.”And he finally chuckled at her behavior, “Laura, you made me so happy I can’t stop laughing when I’m with you.” He said coquettishly as Laura rolled her eyes and walked past him. While Steven followed her.They sat
BOOMShe closed the door on his face and then turned to just find Laura glaring at her unhappily.“What?” She shrugged as she walked into the kitchen.“You weren’t serious when you said those words to Arthur. You like him then why did you push him away? Huh?” Laura questioned her angrily.“Laura, I didn’t like him and also I am not ready for relationship thing. You know my dad very well. Who will want to marry a daughter of that kind of man?” Tina said bitterly as Laura shut her mouth understanding her reasons.“And by the way, what the hell are you wearing? Whose clothes are these?” Tina asked while pulling her hoodie. Laura is wearing Steven’s clothes which are way looser and big on her petite body.“Nothing important, I want to sleep for a while. You’re leaving for the school?” She asked trying to change the subject.“School? Oh, f**k. I need to fill an ass
When Laura pulled away, Steven stared at her with deep emotions.“You told me, you wanted to see me.” Laura tried to explain her actions innocently as Steven frowned and then explained her calmly.“I didn’t mean like that.”Laura then took a step near to him as she whispered into his ear. “But what if I want you to mean it that way.” She smirked playfully as Steven looked around nervously.“Laura, we are in public.” He reminded her but then Laura added. “With your car.”Steven’s eyes widened at her bold appearance, he then looked back at his car and then Laura feeling hesitant.“I’ve never done it in the car,” He confessed.“And never did I.” She too confessed as she wrapped her arms around his neck and asked seductively. “So should I go now or…?”The way she was getting close to him, Steven was already aroused before she co
After Laura and Tina were highly drunk, they both clumsily made their way to the dancefloor and started dancing their heart out.It was a happy dance, a sad dance, and the freedom dance too.While they both were dancing in a semi-conscious state, two black men held their waist and started dancing with them while rubbing their bodies together.The men could see that both women were blind drunk as they both smiled warmly at them and pulled them closer to dance.The men winked at each other as they both held each one’s hand and pulled them out of the club to have more fun.After all, they got lucky to find such a young beautiful woman to have fun with. How could they let them go?As they were taking them both out with evil grins on their faces, suddenly they bumped into someone and hurriedly got away from that man before the girls would do something foolish.As soon as they reached the gate and breathe a sigh of relief that nobody had caught the
The next day as Laura opened her tired and heavy eyes and tried to turn her side, her back hit something hard. She subconsciously turned and saw the man beside her sleeping calmly while his one hand is under his head and the other was lightly resting on Luara’s waist.She stared at his face for a long time and then finally took the courage to touch his nose with her finger, he didn't move, thinking of him as a dream she roughly pushed her finger into his one eye and he immediately opened his eyes while frowning.“Are you still not sober?” He asked in a hoarse voice as he rubbed his eyes.“You… You’re really here…” Laura asked in disbelief.“So who do you think has saved you last night from those jerks?” Steven snorted.“Nobody has asked you to do that.” Laura retorted in a low voice while keeping her gaze low.“So, you’re still showing me attitude. I have flown all ove
One Year Later“It’s a great honor to interview you Mr. Aldrich or I would say the prince?” A woman in her mid-thirties sat straight with a sharp face and a gentle smile as she began her interview.“Steven would be fine.”“So, Mr. Steven first of all congratulations on the success of your new foundation for cancer patients. This would be the third center you had built in one year. Is there any reason why you’re so passionate about it, saving lives?”“I had lost my wife because of cancer and didn’t want anyone else to lose their loved one because of it. The treatment at the right time saves many lives.”“Oh, deeply sorry to hear about your loss.”“Huh, it was never a loss for me.”“Pardon?”“Please continue.”“So Mr. Steven, what do you want to say about Miss Steva’s praises for you and your wife? It’s been 8
Steven’s bitter laugh echoed in the room and the man standing in front of him winced in discomfort.“I never wish pain for you, Steven. I was angry with you, but that didn’t mean that I would want to destroy your happiness… No… Never…”“So, then why was my happiness taken away from me, Dad, why…” Steven asked, disheartened, and then unexpectedly started crying out while hugging the painting in his arms.“Steven…” The Old Master rushed to him to console him but he looked inconsolable.“I am still hoping that it is a dream, tell me, dad, it’s a dream… I want to wake up, wake me up… Wake me up…” Steven said in a choked voice and then started hitting his face like a mad man, the painting dropped to the floor and it showed a bald, petite woman in the embrace of a man that looked like Steven.Old Master's eyes widened realizing that it was Stev
“Are you sure?” The doctor asked Laura as he handed her a paper.“I am,” Laura replied to him firmly but still he looked hesitant. “It’s going to be fine,” Laura said calmly and then scribbled on the papers.The doctor sighed helplessly and then nodded to the nurse indicating her for the surgery to get started.***“DO YOU LOVE ME?”“ALL OF ME?”“I LOVE YOU.”“LET ME GO.”It has been eight hours since Laura was taken inside the OT and Steven stayed glued to his place waiting for her to come back, her voice echoed in his ears and he kept shaking them away, tiredly.“Drink something, it will make them go…” Augustus said as he handed him a cup of warm coffee. Steven looked at him blankly and then nodding his head, he gulped it down.“She will be fine…” Augustus comforted him while sitting beside him.&ldqu
The dinner went well, Steven didn’t ask Laura anything related to Steva and neither did Laura say anything to him related to her or his past.The next day, Steven left with Laura early in the morning afraid that Tyler would try to stop him, he can’t ignore Tyler’s plea. In his eyes, he is still a child. He had already informed Arthur about his leaving so he would be able to convey his message to Tyler.After what happened last time at the beach he didn’t want to repeat it as he took Laura away from this place as soon as he can.“Here we are,” At the request of Laura, Steven had brought her to meet her mother. “Can you come after some time?” Laura requested Steven as she didn’t want him to go inside with her, she needed some alone time with her mother.“Laura…” Steven was going to refuse her request but Laura pleaded softly, “Please… Steve…”“Fine…
“STEVA."Laura looked from the woman’s shoulder and saw Steven standing behind her with a bottle of water in his hand. His face looked angry as he clenched his jaw and then started pulling Laura with him in a rough way.“Steve…” Laura was completely taken aback by the sudden anger in him but he turned a deaf ear as he kept dragging her with him to the castle not caring about her health.By the time, Laura entered the castle, she was panting heavily and in desperate need of oxygen, at this moment she wasn’t even able to form a word but gasping for air with difficulty.Looking at her state and his brother’s stern face, Tyler rushed to them with a worried face.“Brother, what happened to sister-in-law?” He asked anxiously and it was only then that Steven realized what he had done as he turned and exclaimed, “Laura…”Laura's body fell to the ground as soon as he let go of her hand and
PRESENT“Steve…?” Laura looked up at Steven who was lost in his past with his hand pressing on his chest as though he was feeling the pain from it.“Huh…” Steven’s trance from the past broke and he looked down at the small face of Laura.“It’s alright… It’s gone…” Laura said while taking his hand away from his chest.“Hmmm… but it still haunts me…” Steven confessed in a hoarse voice.“Steve, people can’t change their past you need to move on with it,” Laura told him and he sighed agreeing to her words.“You were just like me, remember the first time, when I saw you crying for Augustus in my room, I knew exactly at that moment that if I won’t help you, you would end up the same way I did. Maybe that is the reason I never wanted to leave your side and stay with you every time so you won’t end up regretting just li
“Steve, do you love me?” Steva’s question made his heart skip a beat.He tilted his head in her direction and said with a bitter smile, “Do you still have a doubt?”Steva smiled with painful dimples and gasped in pain, “Why… Why Steve? Nobody loves me, so why do you?” She started sobbing.“I don’t have any reason to love you… I just love you…” Steven said truthfully and held her face closely and sealed the moment by kissing her lips, she tasted sweet just like she is, he couldn’t help but devour her deeply and then a sudden thud made him fall on the sand heavily.BOOM“No…” Steva said looking flushed and distressed and then ran away from Steven.Days passed to this incident, neither did Steven see Steva after that and nor did Steva try to contact him. They both again went back to strangers burning all the blissful memories of the past.But no m
THE UPCOMING STORY IS RELATED TO STEVEN’S PASTA middle-aged woman wearing a knee-length dress in a light pink color was chatting and laughing happily and then after a while, she turned and called the young boy who was standing near the door looking shy and flushed.“Steven.. Come here.”The boy wearing a plain shirt and trousers walked nervously to her.“Here, that’s my son, Steven.” Sofia Aldrich (Old Madam) introduced her son with a wide smile to the woman sitting in front of her. “Steven, Hello, I am Steva.” The woman offered her hand with a polite smile, Steven shyly stretched his arm and shook his hand with her.“So, tomorrow we will start the class, ok. I don’t want you to be late.” Steva said in a strict tone but her sea-green eyes were soft on him. Finally, Steven passed a smile to her and then nodded his head.“Great… Thank you so much Steva for agreeing on it&helli
After burying Old Madam in peace, Steven stayed behind with his father, and brother to complete the last honor and sent Laura back to the castle because her health condition wasn’t particularly good at the moment.“It’s the young master’s order.” Mr. Xavier informed her as he started pushing her wheelchair towards the car. Laura turned to look at Steven, reluctant to leave him, she spotted him standing under a large tree, his eyes staring blankly at the particular space.Soon, she saw a woman approaching him, when Steven noticed the woman’s presence, he frowned badly and then walked away with a stern face. Laura tried her best to have a look at the woman’s face but her face was partially covered by a long hat.“Mrs. Aldrich…” Xavier’s voice brought her back and then absent-mindedly she sat in the car.***“Laura…” As Laura entered the castle, she saw a woman standing in the