(ATLAS’S POV)I watched her cute blue eyes as she looked around the interior of the house in amazement.She turned to me like she thought I was mad.“I don’t understand what you mean by my house.” She said in shock.“Don’t worry about that for now. First, go through this.” I said and I handed the envelope in my hand to her.“What’s this?” I asked.“It’s kind of a contract. It’s what being with me entails.” I said.She received it and opened it while I sat down on a couch watching her go through the papers. Earlier than I expected, her eyes were raised to mine.“In summary of your rules, you have one golden rule and four minor rules which are punishable if broken.” She Said.Again, I realized I liked how clear her voice sounded when she spoke boldly. “That’s correct.” I agreed tapping my chin thoughtfully. She looked down at the paper and continued reading out loud.“The Golden Rule is that I can’t be with anyone else.” She started. “The other rules are; I’m not allowed to tell anyon
(LANA’S POV)I had done a replay in my head for about ten thousand times at least. The fact that Atlas and I had come to an agreement was giving me the chills and of course the reality that we were not close to what I truly hoped for was sinking in my head as well.He had told me plainly that love is definitely not included but I could not help but wonder if this was because I wasn’t up to his status in the first place.But then again, why exactly would he even agree to be with someone like me?“Lana?” Dad called and I looked up from stacking the plates in their rightful places.I wiped my hands on a napking, then took off my apron and hurried through the bustling work space and met my dad who was in the small manager’s office.Daddy is the best cook in the world, back at home on our farm he had a really nice restaurant that used to belong to our grandparents. It wasn’t great but it was good enough.After our parents realized that I was a special child with the brain of a genuis, a re
(LANA’S POV)“Lana?” Travis gently touched me and I snapped back in to reality with a jerk.“Are you okay?” He asked me looking at me confused.Of course I had been frozen to the ground, let’s call that the ‘Atlas Effect’I gave Travis a big grin and nodded my head. “Yes I’m fine. Thank you.” I said and collected the basket from him.“So, where do we start from?” He asked.“Um….” I walked closer to him showing the list on my phone and he peered at it too.“Why don’t we split up to make this faster?” He said kindly as he took a picture of the list on my phone m. “I’ll go this way and you the other way.”“Okay.” I said feeling better but still fighting a twinge of disappointment as I realized that I have to go the opposite way from Atlas.“Um… Can you help me with get the Jolie’s Strawberry yoghurt?” I pleaded with him seeing as he was going that way. “You are definitely obsessed with that thing.” He said laughing as he walked away.I went on with my shopping stretching my head to se
(LANA’S POV)“That’s what he is! A jerk!” Travis said out loud as we walked back home. He was deeply frustrated and annoyed at what had happened at the store. He had every right to and if I was being honest, Atlas was definitely a big Jerk today.But I am a terrible person to say I was not thinking about that. I was busy thinking about the way Atlas had referred to me.A Nerd from school. I should not be hurt but I am. I’m definitely hurt.“I mean! He thinks his money can just get him whatever he wants and that he can just buy any of us simply because he is well boxed up! What a jerk! Funny to think, it’s not even his money!” Travis went on complaining.At that point my mind was drifting in and out of the conversation.“Lana?” Travis called me and touched my arm gently.That was probably the third time he had called my name but this time around, I turned to him.“I’m sorry.” He said surprising me.“Whatever for?” I asked in surprise. Travis scratched his head nervously and he had a
(LANA’S POV) “Get the fuck out of my way, you loser!” Valerie said shoving me in to a line of lockers. Some people around me laughed while others quickly parted ways for Valerie to get past. “Are you alright?” Daisy said hurrying to help me stand straight. My arm hurt and I guessed it may have been slightly bruised. “Yeah I’m fine.” I said tiredly as I straightened myself and rubbed my sore arm. Paige glared at Valerie’s retreating back and narrowed her eyes. “She’s such a bitch!” Paige said with her voice lowered. “It’s okay.” I said. I didn’t really care about Valerie and my mind was just set on what had happened yesterday. To make matters worse as if the universe was sensing my thoughts, Travis appeared in the hallway. Our eyes met and I smiled but he hurried away very quickly. I felt a tug at the lower part of my tummy. “What was that about?” Daisy asked just as Paige asked. “What just happened?” I sighed. “Travis asked me out on a date last night and I s
(ATLAS’S POV)Alana was acting icy cold when we got in to the house. She had been acting that way all the way through the drive and till now. I couldn’t help but wonder if she was mad at me for calling her a nerd last night or because of what happened between that male dude and I.“So are you going to say what’s wrong?” I asked watching her take a seat on the Chaise Lounge.I was standing with my arms straightened out beside me and my eyes solely fixed on her. “Nothing is wrong.” She said but she still wasn’t looking at me.“Then why won’t you look at me?” I asked her.She seemed to take a deep breath and then she turned to look at me.Her blue eyes struck me as they always do and I found comfort in starring at that pretty face. “There is nothing wrong.” She said holding my eyes.I had to admit that Alana was so much more than I had ever expected. By a lot more, I mainly mean stubborn.I walked towards her and her eyes narrowed while she turned her face away also.I crouched so I c
(LANA’S POV)Each strength I had crumbled within me when he looked at me in such an intense way. His tone was authoritative and strong enough to stir up more emotions than I ever imagined.We were so close to each other but I wanted to be even closer to him. So I raised my hands up and let my palms rest on his chest. He watched me intensely as if waiting for what I would do. I closed my eyes thinking of all my imaginations and night dreams, when I opened them again, I raised my self higher standing on my tip toes as I let my lips brush gently over his.I bit his lower lip and he moaned giving me access to slip my tongue in to his mouth. Kissing him overwhelmed me with such intense want.My hands moved over his body gently but firmly as I enjoyed the hardness of his skin. I kissed him so deeply with all my might and desire. Then I reached for his shirt and slipped my hands under raising it higher as I stepped back for a break to take his shirt over his head.I stared at the marvelous
One of the first things that I had ever noticed about Atlas Shaughnessy was how almost cold, expressionless and distant he seemed to be. But when he left me all alone in that huge mansion, i felt his icy attitude for the very first time. It sucked everything from me and drained my energy and confidence. Exactly ten minutes after he had left, the sound of the doorbell jarred me out of my heartbroken and sober state.I had worn my clothes but still remained seated in the bedroom as if waiting somehow for him to reappear. For one second, I had even hoped he was the one at the door, but it was the driver, just as he had told me, an expressionless young man with the figure and aura of a bodyguard. I was driven and dropped off with an emptiness and the broken memories of his fingers and lips all over me.I was plunged in to an unfamiliar place of pain and sadness, one that made sleep almost impossible that night.My mind was swirling in a turmoil of sorrow and the thoughts of what could h
(LANA’S POV)I would be lying if I said that I had a peaceful flight to Washington D.C. But I would also be lying If I said I had a stressful flight.So there you have it, my flight was in the middle of both of moods. Maybe I would say it was balanced….sort of. How could it have been peaceful when I was fighting strongly to stop thinking about Atlas? It was a good thing that I was seated with Travis very far from where my former seat was because I may have been unconsciously stealing glances.I was not on a roller coaster all the time anyway, Travis was nice enough to let me do my writing and he offered me refreshments a lot of times. It would have been perfect if we had not had that awkward conversation just as we were landing.“I’m so glad that you were right beside me throughout this flight.” He said when everyone was cheering around us in celebration of a safe landing.“It was a nice flight.” I said feeling a little but uncomfortable because of how Travis was starring at me.“Y
(LANA’S POV)“Oh my Goodness! Did you really?” Daisy said in shock.I shifted uncomfortably avoiding their eyes as my fingers played on the handle of my box.“I’m sorry. I know we agreed on no more Atlas. I just wanted to express myself!” I said with a resigned sigh.“Oh no. It is not that.” Daisy said stepping forward. “I'm just shocked that you told him all that to his face.”I finally found the courage to look up at my friend seeing that she was not judging me for going to see Atlas even after I had promised not to.“Yea, same here. I am proud that you let him have it and I am very surprised too.” Paige said with a raised eyebrow.Paige is not one to be easily surprised.“So does this really mean- Hey! Watch it!” Daisy said angrily when a bunch of boys ran past us roughly hurling their boxes as they did.My friends and I were standing close to each other in the rowdy airport. We were getting ready to board the plane that would be taking us to Washington D.C. on our school excursion
“Now, tell me, Alana. What is it that you really want?” He asked. The way he looked at me intimidated me and I disliked it so much. I wanted to be firm. I wanted to be confident. “I told you. I am here because I want my book!” I said maintaining my stance. Atlas chuckled. A soft and dry sound that mocked me. “That’s not what you are here for.” He said. He sounded so confident and blunt. I hated that he was right and it annoyed me so much that he was speaking so calmly to me after the way he treated me. After how he left me in that house and snubbed me right afterwards. Fury gnawed within me and I folded my arms across my chest balancing my pose on one hip. “You know what? Maybe i’m not just here for my book! Maybe I am also here to give you a piece of my mind.” I Said. “Well, -“ Atlas started to say but I raised my hand to stop him. “Don’t say anything. You didn’t think you had anything to say to me, anyway. I said and then I scoffed at him right after, You’re so me
(LANA’S POV)There was a moment of pure silence passing through the atmosphere as the boys simply stared at me. The butler narrowed his eyes at me and at them, he could very easily sense that there was some sort of strange thing going around.Then as if snapping out of his thoughts at once, Atlas stood up and walked towards me. Each step he took made my heart beat faster as I struggled to maintain holding his gaze. He was dressed only in shorts and his well framed physique was very obvious in the daylight.He got to me keeping his eyes deeply on mine.“That will be all, Jameson.” He said ajd just as I was starting to wonder who Jameson was, the butler gave a ‘yes sir’ before turning around to take his leave.My eyes could not help but wander to Atlas’s broad chest which seemed to glisten under the sunlight with obvious stains of water on him. I swallowed a lump in my throat as flashes from our last union took place in my head.“I guess you came all the way here to feed your eyes.” He
My friends didn’t lie when they said they would help me get over Atlas. We spent the next few days having fun and being in school together. We had lunch at the bleachers instead of the cafeteria, they made sure that I was almost always occupied with books, we went out a lot and I have to say that it helped me to feel better.I have been watching Atlas as well as haboring feelings for him for years now and to withdraw was not something that was easy. But I was determined and so I put in extra effort.I made a submission to the management of academics requesting for a change in my schedules and time tables. Since I am a perfect score student who has never been in trouble, it was not hard to get what I wanted which was to avoid seeing Atlas in my classes.At night I thought about him before going to bed, sometimes I cried but I stayed strong. It went on that way for some time.Then, Friday came and I was in bed exchanging texts with my friends in our shared group chat.The next day was
(LANA’S POV)My friends stared wide eyed at me like they had just experienced an encounter with a ghost. I stood shocked as well, unable to make words out.They were the last people that I expected to see now and I thought to myself that they must have been worried and come after me.I wondered how long they had been here, what they had seen and if they had heard anything at all. But with such shocked looks on their faces, I knew for a fact that they had a good idea of my secret.I knew it without a doubt.————————————————————————————“Oh my goodness!” Daisy exclaimed for what seemed to be like the hundredth time.“Can you stop saying that?” Paige said tiredly.Her voice sounded way more balanced than Paige but looking at her, one could see that her expression was not so far fetched. She looked like she had been shaken from the story I had just told them.We were all huddled up on my bed, in my room and admist tears, I had relaid most of all that had happened between Atlas and I.Yes
One of the first things that I had ever noticed about Atlas Shaughnessy was how almost cold, expressionless and distant he seemed to be. But when he left me all alone in that huge mansion, i felt his icy attitude for the very first time. It sucked everything from me and drained my energy and confidence. Exactly ten minutes after he had left, the sound of the doorbell jarred me out of my heartbroken and sober state.I had worn my clothes but still remained seated in the bedroom as if waiting somehow for him to reappear. For one second, I had even hoped he was the one at the door, but it was the driver, just as he had told me, an expressionless young man with the figure and aura of a bodyguard. I was driven and dropped off with an emptiness and the broken memories of his fingers and lips all over me.I was plunged in to an unfamiliar place of pain and sadness, one that made sleep almost impossible that night.My mind was swirling in a turmoil of sorrow and the thoughts of what could h
(LANA’S POV)Each strength I had crumbled within me when he looked at me in such an intense way. His tone was authoritative and strong enough to stir up more emotions than I ever imagined.We were so close to each other but I wanted to be even closer to him. So I raised my hands up and let my palms rest on his chest. He watched me intensely as if waiting for what I would do. I closed my eyes thinking of all my imaginations and night dreams, when I opened them again, I raised my self higher standing on my tip toes as I let my lips brush gently over his.I bit his lower lip and he moaned giving me access to slip my tongue in to his mouth. Kissing him overwhelmed me with such intense want.My hands moved over his body gently but firmly as I enjoyed the hardness of his skin. I kissed him so deeply with all my might and desire. Then I reached for his shirt and slipped my hands under raising it higher as I stepped back for a break to take his shirt over his head.I stared at the marvelous
(ATLAS’S POV)Alana was acting icy cold when we got in to the house. She had been acting that way all the way through the drive and till now. I couldn’t help but wonder if she was mad at me for calling her a nerd last night or because of what happened between that male dude and I.“So are you going to say what’s wrong?” I asked watching her take a seat on the Chaise Lounge.I was standing with my arms straightened out beside me and my eyes solely fixed on her. “Nothing is wrong.” She said but she still wasn’t looking at me.“Then why won’t you look at me?” I asked her.She seemed to take a deep breath and then she turned to look at me.Her blue eyes struck me as they always do and I found comfort in starring at that pretty face. “There is nothing wrong.” She said holding my eyes.I had to admit that Alana was so much more than I had ever expected. By a lot more, I mainly mean stubborn.I walked towards her and her eyes narrowed while she turned her face away also.I crouched so I c