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2024-12-19 13:57:28Scarlett’s POV
Aiden’s mother’s elegance was out of this world with her shiny complexion, straightened blond hair and a kind of wealth that made people put their guard up around her. She had a youthful exuberance that must have come about only by cosmetic surgeries, and her skin felt like it was pulled too tight over her face.She stared at me like I was under a magnifying glass. Before her, I felt so out of place. As if I did not belong. In reality, I didn’t. Aiden forced me here, and I wanted nothing to do with this world. This constant show of wealth was suffocating, and I really wished to go back to work. But here I was on the couch in the living room, trying not to look stupid.“It’s really all about the place,” she said, fiddling with a pearl necklace on her collarbone.She had on a floral dress that looked expensive and cheap at the same time, like those only people from old money could afford. And she was old money from the looks of it,
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Scarlett’s POVShe laughed, a controlled sound spilling from her lips. It sounded reined in, as if her throat might shatter if she laughed too hard. Sephy was dainty, like glass. It made me afraid of speaking, like anything I say might break her into a million little pieces. “If they’re the same, then we should keep looking. I’m sure we’ll find one you’ll like.” We kept going through the book and I kept my hands under the table, too scared to touch my glass of champagne. The last time I took too much alcohol, I did the unthinkable. As the memory reared its ugly head, I shoved it back to where it came from. This wasn’t the time to be angry. I had to be as neutral as possible. Sephy caught my attention with a color palette. She pointed out the different colors: Chestnut, moss, pine, sunflower, cordovan and tuscan red. I blinked at the influx of information, staring at the earthy and pastel tones. They seemed to all go well together, forming a coh
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Aiden’s POVBy the time I came out of the house and headed for work, Scarlett wasn’t in her sitting place. Usually, she would sit in a lotus position in the dining area, sipping tea from one of the mugs she brought from her parents’ house. It was chipped at the edge, the blue glaze already peeling off the ceramic. I wondered at times why she didn’t dispose of the mug, why she kept it in her hand every morning and sipped tea from it. There were other mugs in the house, better ones, but she stuck to that one, never letting go of it. She loved it, I guess, more than any of the things in the house. When I came into the living room, she wasn’t in the dining area. On normal mornings, I’d look at her for a minute, her frame shrouded in sunlight, her red hair aglow like flames scattering in the breeze. Scarlett would close her eyes, music playing in her ears. I wanted to know what kind of music she played that soothed her so much that it unshackled her from real
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Aiden’s POVAnother sigh. I picked up my newly delivered phone and called the landline at home. There was no answer. I called three more times, no answer. I decided to stop being a coward, and I dialed her number. ‘The number you’re trying to call is not available,’ the operator’s feminine voice said, and I ended the call. I tried a number of times, but the same thing happened again and again. In the end, I resorted to a text message. Then, I sent several, but there was no reply. Scarlett was probably still angry with me. “Sir, are you there?” Matthew’s voice fractured my thoughts.“I’ve been standing here for a while,” he said when I whipped my head around to face him. “Is everything okay?” I closed my face off with my hands and took a deep breath, switching into business mode. My staff didn’t need to know my business. It was one thing I never did and would never do. Mixing business with sentiment. “Yes, everything
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Scarlett’s POVSitting together with Sephy inside the private jet with its plush leather cushions and soft interior was unsettling and it had me on edge. We eventually decided to go to Sweden despite the weather, and Sephy couldn’t stop talking about it. She spoke about her last visit to Sweden, the last fashion show she went to, how she had a friend who knew all the good fashion houses they could go shopping. It was all too much for me to digest at once, so I asked her to slow down for a little bit. I was even getting bored, but I was still surprised at the fact that the family had a private jet, and Sephy had almost never flown commercial. Even if she did, which would be once in a while - a way to feel less rich because she wanted to - I was sure it would be nothing less than first class. “Even been outside the country?” Sephy asked, leaning back into the camel-colored leather. I shook my head. It was useless lying to Persephone. Sh
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Scarlett’s POV“It’s perfectly normal to have jitters before your big day,” she surmised. “I was jittery too.” I laughed. “Now, that’s a lie. You look like you rolled out of bed perfect. Nothing could ever go wrong with you, Sephy.” “Thanks for the compliment, but I wasn’t always like this. More than forty years ago, I was just like you. Attracted to one of the most powerful men in the world. We’re the same, you and I. We’re attracted to power.” I suppressed the laughter bubbling in my throat. Attracted to Aiden? Not in this lifetime. If anything, I was disgusted by him, his behavior, his ruthless persona. I hated every inch of him. But my body remembered how I moved against him, his tongue sliding into my mouth and driving me crazy, his fingers slipping inside me, the softness of his intimacy. A part of me loved the way he pinned my body against the car with his, his hardness riding against my stomach. Heat filled my cheeks
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Aiden’s POV “Shit!” I cursed for what felt like the thousandth time that evening, as I yanked my hand from the burning skillet. I groaned, swearing in my heart that I was going to kill Matthew the next time I saw him for this piece of advice he’d given me. Cooking wasn't a strong suit for me. In fact, it wasn’t a suit at all. I had burned myself so many times, that the amount of food almost didn’t matter. My eyes were still burning from when I tried to cut an onion, and my eyes watered. I struggled to know why I was crying and sniffling as if I were a child, but the tears kept coming. Even now, my face and eyes still burned. It was an onslaught I never wanted to experience again in my life. The smell of burning food permeated my nostrils as I dumped the sixth slab of steak into the bin. The scent of charred meat hung in the air, and smoke filled the kitchen. I’d turned off the smoke detector after the incessant pinging started when the second steak slab started burning. There
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Aiden’s POV I returned to the blog, scrolling through my phone. From six tries, I’d come to the conclusion that I was bad at making steak. My father made it at the end of every month on his trusted grill in the backyard when I was little, but I never gave him the chance to teach me. Cooking seemed messy, after seeing my father’s hands coated with spices, the wild laugh on his face, the choking smoke wafting from the grill and clinging to his clothes. I didn’t want anything like that, so I avoided it like it was something that could kill me. In hindsight, I wished I’d taken the time to learn how to properly cook a steak and spice it without burning the house. Besides, part of it was my mother’s fault for hiring expensive chefs from all over the world. She never touched a pot throughout the entire time I knew her. If she did, maybe I wouldn’t be this confused. “Do you need a hand, sir?” Maria’s voice came from behind me. “I’ve been watching you for quite some time.” “No,
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Scarlett’s POVI was so tired from spending all day with Sephy. After the trip to Sweden for cloth shopping, we traveled to Milan to a Stephen Ling jewelry store, one of the jewelry franchises that Sephy said belonged to one of the board members at Aiden’s company. He treated us to some pineapple tarts, and Sephy talked to him all afternoon about the latest jewelry pieces. Stephen lamented almost throughout the time we were there, saying all the best pieces were going to Aiden’s new gallery openings. He also said Aiden shut them out of the decision making process at Vilarez Enterprises, claiming all the profits from this new franchise should go to some hospital in Africa. Stephen Ling was outraged, and Sephy tried to calm him down by taking his mind off it. According to Stephen, she was his best customer. I was a tad happy because Aiden kept his word about building hospitals for the underprivileged. Sephy obviously had no idea about the whole t
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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
