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
Steven didn’t show up to Laura after their little encounter in the office, neither Laura again got the courage to walk into his office.Natasha naturally glanced at her with a suspicious look as she left Steven’s office. At Lunchtime, a tray has been served to her filled with luscious food, and her mouth watered at the vision of it. Her mouth watered when she smelled the delicious aroma.The man placed the tray at her desk and left. The moment he turned, Laura started wolfing down the food satisfying her hunger. She knew except Steven who would have sent her the food tray.His gesture made Laura delightful. She couldn’t help but keep admiring him but when she thought about his unusually loud behavior in the morning she felt distressed and confused too.He reacted too loud when he didn’t see her in his room. What will happen when she will walk away from his life and he will never be able to see her? Just an uncommon thought occurred in her
After their intimate session finished, Steven was the only one who kept chatting happily while Laura stayed quiet all the way.On the weekend, Steven surprised Laura by making cupcakes for her. She was stunned to see the tray of cupcakes in Steven’s hand.At first, she thought he was just lying to impress her but when she saw the mess in the kitchen, she realized that he had really made it himself for her.His sweet gesture made Laura’s heart heavy. When she took a bite she felt overwhelmed as her past memories flashed into her mind and she started crying sadly.“What’s wrong?” Steven asked in concern as he sat beside her.“This…” Laura said with a choked voice still chewing the cupcake in her mouth.“I know, it isn’t good, let's leave it.” Steven took the cupcake from her hand in disappointment but Laura held his hand while shaking her head. “No, actually my mother used to bake cu
“In my office,” Steven’s plain voice came from the connecting phone and Laura walked to his office feeling curious as he sounded too serious.“Yes,” She said as Steven gestured her to take a chair at his desk, she sat and then patiently looked at him to speak.“Laura, do you know Mr. Brian whose case I am fighting these days?” He asked with the same serious tone and Laura replied without thinking, “That deep black hair colored handsome man?”Steven nodded calmly, and she then continued, “Oh I don’t know him but I have seen him often coming to your office.”“So, what do you think about him, Laura?” Steven asked calmly as he fixed his tie and sat up properly.“What do I think?” Laura repeated as to confirm what Steven has said just now.“I think he is a pervert, flirtatious man, or maybe a playboy. I think..” Laura blurted out and then shut her mout
“Hello,” The man who has just entered gave a cheeky smile to Laura and she smiled back at him in order to hide her nervousness.“You…” Laura asked while narrowing her eyes.“Scott, my name is Scott.” The man introduced himself and then comfortably sat on the sofa. “So, what do you want me to do, ma’am.” He asked like a gentleman.Laura sat on the bed and then crossed her legs, she pretended to be calm and sat in a way where the camera's angle couldn't capture her face completely. The man's gaze immediately fell on her legs and she squeezed them together feeling disgusted by his hungry gaze on her.“Ahem, ahem,” She coughed intentionally to get his attention. “Yeah,” He looked up at her, meeting her eyes.“So, you know what I want, right?” She said hesitating.“Yeah, I would love to please you, ma’am.” He said with a wide smile.“
With one hand on his mouth and from the other she gestured towards the bathroom’s door and then asked him to stay quiet by placing her finger on the lips.“Ssshhh…”The man had no idea what was going on, he simply nodded his head in agreement and Laura immediately removed her hand from his mouth.“This is my question to ask, what are you doing here?” He asked and Laura rolled her eyes. “darling, I had told you I am here to meet my friend.”“Oh really? So then where is that friend?” The man asked as he watched Laura walking around and pulling out the camera from the vase and keeping it in her purse. He frowned in surprise.“She has something to do at the last moment, so I am going to leave now hubby.” She said as she walked to him and gestured to him to leave but he didn’t move.“But I want to use the bathroom first,” He said loudly and the man inside started sweat
“Here, now I am not indebted to you anymore,” Laura said while keeping a piece of paper on the table neatly. Augustus just stared at her face, not saying a single word.“Is it Steven who gave you this cheque?” Augustus asked calmly, still fixing his gaze on her.“That should not be the issue, I have paid your debt that is important,” Laura said with a slight hint of arrogance as she stood with her head held high.“I never did those things to make you feel indebted to me,” August said slowly, he then stood up and tore the cheque into two pieces and then placed it back on the table. “Are you coming with me to meet your sister?” He then asked casually while keeping his hands in his pocket.“I am not here to do family talks, Augustus, why are you being so calm? What’s so wrong with you? Why are you not angry? Why you’re not scolding me?” She asked, feeling exasperated by his different
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