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 oveIn the evening, when Laura woke up she felt a severe headache as she pressed her temples while groaning in pain. “Hey, still not better?” Steven asked as he just entered the room with two cups of coffee.“Drink it, maybe it will help.” He advised while handing her the cup.Laura didn’t say anything as she quietly started taking small sips of coffee. “Once we reached Rome, I won’t allow you to touch alcohol again. Look at yourself, when you can’t handle it why you drink too much then.” He scolded her slightly and Laura frowned but didn’t say anything to him at all.Naturally, Steven softened his tone as he informed her, “We are leaving tonight for Rome, I have some work to do there. And also I have informed Tina about it, she has already packed your stuff. We just need to go and take it from the apartment.”Listening to Tina’s name, Laura held her forehead in worry, “Oh no, Tina wo
As Steven parked his car in the front of the airport, a man came over in a three-piece suit and then nodded at Steven respectfully. Another man came, as he took out the luggage and then took it inside while the man greeting Steven took the hold of the car and drove it away.Instead of walking inside from the usual route, Steven took Laura to a different way and then guided her the way until they reached the Private Jet terminal.Looking at the jet, Laura realized that this time they are not going to fly through the commercial flight but through his private jet. She remembered the last time she had traveled in the private jet was with Augustus and her sister, Lisa.Steven took her hand as he saw her stopping mid-way and staring at the jet. “First time?” He asked her with genuine concern and she replied. “No, I just remembered something.” As she smiled back at him and he pulled her into his jet.Once inside, the pilot greeted them both respe
Standing near the window, Laura stared out at the people walking around. There was a couple who held her stare. They have a little daughter as she kept running in front of them while the couple followed her.The little girl kept on jumping and playing with her hair while their parents smiled at her childishness.Laura leaned at the window as she sighed sadly remembering her mother. They had such a good life but just one woman changed it all permanently by entering into her father’s life.The woman she felt most disgusted with, at once she was becoming like that woman by trying to enter into her sister’s happily married life.She felt ashamed of herself and there was slight guilt too as the past moments started flashing into her mind. Her heart was getting heavy and her eyes were turning red as the guilt in her heart started getting increased.Two hands wrapped around her waist gently and then the man placed his head on her shoulder as her trance
Laura glared at him angrily and then stood up to leave the table but Steven held his wrist on time and then pulled her in his arms.“I can’t change it, even if he had seen it.” He said reasonably while keeping Laura still on his lap.Laura turned her head away in annoyance not listening to him at all.“I can’t take away the keys from him, you know, he cleans this apartment and does all the necessary things. If you are willing to take that responsibility then…”“No need, I am completely fine with it.” Laura immediately cut him off and then stood up to keep the dishes in the basin. Laura had always been a lazy woman; she never liked cooking and cleaning home stuff.She always felt weird when she saw her sister, Lisa becoming a housewife so happily and doing the house chores by herself instead of having a helper with her.Steven smiled smugly at her back as he knew that Laura is too lazy to do the hous
Laura was wearing a knee-length violet color dress with black stockings as she checked her purse and then grabbed an apple to eat while Steven’s gaze was fixed at her firmly.“Laura, we can still talk about this,” Steven offered her as Laura denied his offer immediately. “There is nothing to discuss, Steve.”“You have not even got your graduation degree yet.” Steven tried to argue but Laura stayed calm as she replied. “That is why I am just going to try my luck.”It has been three days since she met Augustus outside the market and hasn’t contacted him after that and neither has visited her sister once. She had already made her decision and tried to work on it.“I can pay the amount, you know that.” Steven hinted while feeling unsatisfied by her decision to go out and look for a job to pay for her studies and also to pay back Augustus all the money he had spent on her studies for a whole year.
In her state of slumber, Laura heard a loud voice around her that disturbed her sleep and she opened her eyes frowning.It took her a few moments before her fuzzy mind got stable and she realized the place where she is and who possibly the person could be who is currently yelling at her?“I… I… am… really….sorry…” She stuttered as she stood up and then smoothed her dress without even looking at her new boss.Hearing the complete silence in response, Laura couldn’t help but look up at her boss in curiosity just to get an utter shock.“Steve? What are you doing here? Leave before my boss comes.” She said in worry and then pushed him out of the office.“You haven’t woken up yet..” Steven said in objection as he knocked at her head.Laura still tried to push him away from her, scared that someone might see her with him and that will spoil her reputation on the very first day.
Laura buried her head in the work completely, making appointments, to print out the papers and fix them into a proper file, and then handed them to the senior management while keeping an extra copy for Natasha to inspect her work.Also when any client enters Steven’s office, she made sure to ask for the beverages and then served them nicely.Laura didn’t know that this job was going to be tough on the very first day, she felt exhausted and in desperate need of food but she didn’t know where to go and who to ask. She also didn’t know about lunchtime here.She looked around and wanted to go to Steven to ask for the food but she stopped as she saw Natasha walking into the office with a huge pile of files in her hand.She groaned in frustration and then sat back in her seat. After a while, Steven left his office with Natasha beside him. Laura’s mouth opened wide in disbelief, Steven didn’t spare her even a single glance.&ldqu
As usual, Laura ate heartily as she devoured her food and Steven habitually stared at her while she was adoring her food.Steven felt amused at how Laura has started to make a place in his heart with his childishness and foolishness. He still felt like a dream living with her and hoped that this dream would last for eternity.He was overwhelmed by Laura’s presence in his life. They both went home and Laura immediately dozed off while Steven helped her in changing her clothes.Even though she was smelling like grease and oil, he still hugged her tightly in his arms as he too fell asleep.The next morning, when Steven woke up he was surprised to not see Laura beside him. He rubbed his sleepy eyes as he walked out of the bedroom while calling for Laura, “Laura, Laura.”“Miss has gone to work,” Mr. Xavier informed him, and Steven frowned deeply.“Do you need anything, Master?” He asked as Steven shook his head in a
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