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Chapter 22
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2024-12-09 15:03:27Scarlett’s POV
The first few courses went by faster than I expected. I could tell that I was on the verge of being drunk, my words flowing more smoothly from my throat. The conversation with Aiden no longer felt forced, and he even cracked a smile or two.He was still the same domineering man who commanded the room with simple gestures, who had the world at his feet. Scarlett was beginning to see things from his perspective and she blamed the wine.It was why she hated drinking. It usually ended up with bad decisions, something wild with the undertone of darkness, and a hangover that would last for hours. But she didn’t worry. With Aiden, she felt protected. Safe, even.“Any places in mind where these health centers should be?” she asked, genuinely interested.He smiled for the sixth time that night. Yeah, I’m counting because this is a rare event. The gruff man I knew was now replaced by someone a bit less godly and a lot more humane
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Scarlett’s POV My body was turning against me, dammit! I could feel my bones turning to liquid, my inhibitions falling down like shackles. I felt lighter than I had in months, and with the wind in my face, I felt on top of the world. The alcohol gave me a burst of confidence, and everything might have been perfect if I hadn’t just kissed Aiden of my own accord. My heart was racing faster than I could breathe, and my chest tightened. I thought of a few curses in my head, but nothing could describe this other than a major fuck up! Aiden was smiling, that lecherous one that made his handsome face look devilish. “I always knew you had that in you,” he said, and I turned away from him. Shame, guilt, and anger - the unholy trinity - tore through me, cresting like tidal waves. My cheeks were hot, almost flaming. I couldn’t bear to look at him now, the wicked grin spreading easily across the features. I wanted
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Aiden’s POVStanding so close to Scarlett in that dress was doing unthinkable things to me. The defiance blazed in her eyes, hard and unrelenting, turning those deep green pools to hardened emerald. Under the light of the lamps I could see the slight pout of her lips, their fullness. ‘Gosh, I want to kiss her again,’ I thought, staring into her eyes. “You live in a hyperbole, Aiden Vilarez. A world of self-exaggeration and delusions of grandeur. This is only a contract. I don’t want you. I never wanted you,” She said, her eyes darkening. The words stung, but for some reason, they didn’t have the same force her words usually had. I was more focused on her heart beating wildly at the base of her throat, the smooth skin of her neck I wanted to ravish with kisses. Scarlett had never been this bold. She shied away from confrontations and looked away from me most of the time, choosing instead to stare at my shod feet. I knew the alcohol loo
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Aiden’s POVI ached for satisfaction, but this was something to be relished, to be slowed down. I kissed her senselessly, ceasing to think. I was wild with hunger, a loss of control. While she kissed me, my fingers reached for the invisible zipper holding the sheer fabric of her dress together. When I didn’t find it, I yanked the dress up, letting it ride on her waist. She yelped when I grabbed her ass, soft flesh dimpling in my hands. It was a happy sound, more like a rasp. Her throat was dry, I knew, and deepened the kiss. My heart raced wildly; my thoughts solidified, stuttered, taking flight. Scarlett moaned against my mouth, her shoulders heaving, fingers weaving through my hair. There was a rush in my veins, a deliciousness of champagne and her in my mouth. My hardness continued to press against her, and my thigh spread her legs open. The kiss was no longer the one I was used to - controlled, domineering. It was pure and unbridled lust, s
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Scarlett’s POVI woke up feeling like someone poured a bucketful of sand into my eyes. The sun was pouring into the windows, sending bright lights running into my head. I closed my eyes, and I wanted to push the heels of my palms into them until they burst. A headache was starting up and it sent amebic shapes floating in my vision. “Gosh, what time is it?” I asked, and reached for my phone on the bedside table. I almost knocked the lamp off the table, but I managed to right it at the last moment. I couldn’t keep accruing debts, and I needed ways to pay off what I already had. I sucked in air through my teeth, snuggling further into the warm sheets. I hated being doted on by the maids in the mansion, but they sure knew how to keep the room exactly how I wanted it. I never knew how they managed to do it, but the sheets were always clean, the bed laid, the pillows fluffed. At some time in my life, I would have loved the princess' attention, but I
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Scarlett’s POVI kept screaming until I shouted all the rage from my body. Aiden and his nonsensical ways. I slammed my curled fists into the bed, not caring if I made unruly sounds or not. I just needed to get it out of my system. When I righted myself again, I picked up my phone again. I logged out of my socials, after looking at the comments. People were asking who I was, and like Aiden always did, he brought me into the light. It would only take some young person living in their mother’s basement to find out my identity. I groaned, and checked through my messages. They were mostly from Calliope - Callie -, my best friend. We met in nursing school on the first day, and we ended up being roommates. From then, we only grew to be tight friends. But I didn’t tell her about my situation, my contract with Aiden Vilarez. No one could know about it. It was something that was supposed to go away quietly, forgotten by the world. But there I was in the
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Aiden’s POVThere were people born with an inability to be tangled up in dark emotions and wild passion, and Scarlett was not one of them. Last night told me that much. She showed me how untethered she was from herself, how beneath the cloak of timidity and docility, she almost couldn’t be tamed. She’d been crazy, with fingers exploring, her mouth searching mine, the wet muscle of her tongue filling my mouth with heat. It was as if she was made for me, her body hiding in the crook of my own, nesting voluminously, a spill of light and oppressive warmth against my coldness.It had been a long time since I felt this way, pushed out of equilibrium by someone coming into my life. I learned from a very young age to guard my heart, to keep it under lock and key, to build impenetrable walls around myself. It was the only way to survive in a world that schemed and killed and stole from me. I’d only been with Scarlett a few weeks, and she was already brea
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Aiden’s POVLast night ended rather badly, with her slapping me flat across the face. I didn’t even see it coming. It stung, and cemented the fact that something was definitely wrong. The show of force left me with a nagging need, a throb in my veins that needed to be satisfied. Groaning, I shoved the phone in my pocket and returned to my desk. I looked through the files of the upcoming gallery project. We already had investors on board, with art collectors scattered all over the world. I received emails everyday about famous painting and art pieces, all of which would find their way back to our new set of galleries all over the States. There was a projected spike in revenue upon the completion of this project, and our market valuation was on the rise too. To be honest, I hadn’t thought about giving out the profits before yesterday. The spike in revenue was to aid the company’s growth, and the profits were meant to be funneled into other profitable ente
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Aiden’s POVThe meeting with the director of the construction company went even more smoothly than I anticipated. Like everything in this company, all I had to do was throw money at him. It fascinated and repulsed me how he cowered; the rich before the wealthy. It was like when I walked into the boardroom, and it smelled of unsubtle deference, the voices of the board members sibilant like a chorus of a thousand snakes. They were snakes really, greedy little reptiles trying to sink their teeth and gobble up whatever they could find. But I paid no mind to them. I brought myself to focus on the present instead. I wrote him a check which he would cash at the back tomorrow to finish the construction projects. The art pieces were coming in from all over the world, and Matthew was in charge of making sure that they got to the States safely. He was working in tandem with an art exhibitionist, Miguel, from Portugal. I’d seen some of the art pieces, and
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AIDEN’S POVIt felt surreal to me.I never could have conceived the idea that I would one day be getting ready to marry the absolute love of my life.It felt like a little dream come true, a dream that I probably never conceived in my wildest imagination.Yet, I felt nothing but happiness and a sense of fulfillment and happiness as I looked on into the future with a sense of hope and happiness.“I see that you’re having cold feet, Son,” my Dad’s voice came through as he walked into the room.I had been standing right in front of the mirror, trying out solid affirmations and reassuring myself that I had made the right choice for myself and my life.“No Dad. I’m very excited, just a little bit nervous,” I tried my best to say, even though my voice was cracking.“She’s so perfect Dad, what if she’s too good for me? I have always been so selfish, what if I’m not good enough for her and our kids?,” I continued.
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SCARLETT’S POVI was freaking out!!!!Aiden had asked me to marry him and I had said Yes!Did it freak me out? Of course, it didBut would I pass on the idea of getting married to the absolute love of my life? Not.I was in my room, looking up some of the interior design samples that the decorator had sent to me when I felt his shadow over me.“You need help with that baby girl,” Aiden said, towering over me and leaning in for a kiss.“No, but I may need your help with other things,” I said, smiling and reaching out to kiss him.Every day, I fell more and more in love with this beautiful man.“Oh, I sure know how to help with that,” he said, as he scooped me up and planted a kiss firmly on my lips.I squealed.He lifted me and then dropped me carefully on the bed, all the while kissing me fervently like he was parched and thirsty for me.We had been frequently having
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CHAPTER 133AIDEN’S POVI headed down the stairs to make Scarlett the most delicious cup of coffee, although I had some slight reservations about that.Should she be drinking coffee though?Well, whatever. If she wanted coffee, she was going to get coffee.Anything for Scarlett. She was going to get any damn thing she wanted and that was final.I needed to make a few calls because I had to make everything official, the contract mattered very little to me anymore. I wanted her as my wife for real and I needed to make that happen in the realest possible way, and make sure the whole thing was as beautiful as the woman of my dreams.While the pot of coffee was brewing, Donald came inside, I had asked him to take a survey of stores with the most beautiful rings in town, I did not mind custom-made rings and I just wanted anything that was going to be perfect for the perfect woman.“Hey, Donald. Any upda
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SCARLETT’S POVI watched as Aiden stood up for himself. Being brave against all odds. We all gasped when he said that he wouldn’t be arresting them any longer, knowing that they deserved that arrest, he had been surprising to all of us and even the agents had looked on in disbelief.“You’re sure Mr. Aiden, because we did receive a call that you needed our help getting some people detained, you’re sure that you’re not being held under duress or something like that?” the agent, the one that looked like he was their leader asked, with a questioning glance, as he looked on each of us suspiciously.“No Officer, thanks for your prompt response; but I just made a wrong call due to some confusing series of events, I’m so sorry about that and I apologize,” Aiden said, while trying to look as apologetic as possible.“Alright then Sir, you can always call our office if you feel the need to, we’re always at your service,” The agent leader said, turn
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AIDEN’S POVI would be lying if I said that I was surprised by what Pen said, nothing she did seemed to surprise me that much. I had known her for a while and I knew that she did not play by the rule book, but I was glad to have beat her at her own game, it felt extremely refreshing.“you better start explaining yourself, because I have already called the FBI on you and I’m certain you all are not ready to be arraigned for fraud,” I hoped to God that my eyes were portraying exactly how I was feeling. I wasn’t mincing words and I needed them to know that I had all this under control and they were all collectively going to suffer for even trying to sabotage the security of my company.“You all should better start talking because there was no way I was bluffing,”I could see the look of unbelief in the eyes of Charlie Fox and the bewildered look in Pen’s eyes, followed by the tired look in Scarlett.Scarlett was very tire
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AIDEN'S POV "Don't talk to me like I'm a child, " Scarlett said. It took me aback and paused me in my tracks. I had a blend of mixed emotions in that moment and I think what I felt the most was pride. I was beyond proud of Scarlett for standing up for herself, but I took a good look at Pen and I just knew that Scarlett might have bitten a little more than she can chew. "What did you just say? " Pen asked while advancing towards Scarlett. I sensed a lot of drama unfolding. Should I stop it? Maybe I should. But am I going to stop it? I don't think so. I'm going to grab my imaginary popcorn and just watch the whole thing unfold. "I said you should stop talking to me like a child, " Scarlett said, even more defensively. She stood her ground and refused to back down to pressure. She was being resilient and I saw a boldness in her eyes that I
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SCARLETT'S POVI watched in utter dismay as the events unfolded in my very eyes. I had felt tremendously nervous to break the news and to top it off, I had to do the revelation in front of all the peering eyes. My nervous radar shot up terribly and I didn't know if I was happy that it wasn't Aiden and I alone, or I was nervous that it was in front of all these people.The whole thing just made me confused and nervous at the same time, I honestly didn't know what to do or how to feel and yet I watched the conversation that ensued amongst them. The back-and-forth that happened between Penelope, Aiden, Odessa, and Charlie Fox was one that I watched with mixed emotions. What truly became of me after they agreed? Did I have anything to win in this situation? I was going to be at the losing end no matter what happened and it just made me wonder what exactly would become of me. However, the e
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AIDEN’S POVIt almost felt like I didn’t hear what Scarlett had said for a moment, and for that, I felt lost and utterly alone. I questioned myself on how on earth I had gotten it all wrong.Did I do something I shouldn’t have?Why did she feel the need to lie to me for so long?And why on earth did it feel like everyone else knew except for me?“Scarlett, what did you say?” I proceeded to ask very slowly. “I said I am pregnant,” she repeated.“When did you find out?” I asked in the smallest of voices, I needed to know for how long I had been in the dark. It at least made sense to know for how long I have been in the dark and for how long she has been lying to me.“Aiden, do we have to have this conversation right now?” Scarlett asked with her eyes glistening with tears, she looked like she was about to cry and I didn’t know if I cared as much.I needed the truth and I needed to know how long
