She continued to shake her hair, trying to strengthen her resolve and not give in to his silly childishness. But she was feeling frustrated and annoyed. "God, I can't help it," she thought to herself as she finally slapped her face with her palm. "Oh god damn it," she muttered and then looked up at him. "Liam," she called, and he stopped in his tracks. He slowly turned around to look at her with his puppy-dog eyes, and then she choked out, "Fine. I'll give you 30 minutes. Go and watch whatever you want to watch and then sleep immediately. I'm going to come to your room to check up on you. If you're still up by noon, you're not going to like what's going to happen to you."She said in a very sharp, commanding tone, but it seemed like he didn't care as he kept staring at her with excitement in his eyes. He nodded his head briskly and then smiled at her. "Yes. Sure. I promise you I'm going to sleep as early as possible, Mom. The episode is just 30 minutes anyway, so it's not going to tak
He chuckled softly and shook his head. "Well. All that has been heard and I will attend to that as soon as I have settled the issue at hand. I will need you to open your door for me," he replied, and those words made her heart pump so hard in her chest it felt as though her chest was about to explode. "Shit." She turned her head briefly towards the sitting room and glanced at the entrance door. "Oh, don't tell me he is right there. I'm just going to hit myself," she thought as she glanced at the door with wide eyes. "Where are you?" she asked, and he chuckled. "I am right at the entrance to your apartment," he replied, and then her eyes went wide. "What do you want with me, Vincent?" she asked with frustration, feeling her eyes almost welling up with tears. She shook her head briefly. "God no. No. No fucking way. I don't want to encounter him again. What is he doing at my apartment and how did he locate where I live? How did he even get access through the security?" All these ques
"I can assure you that I'm not spying on you, Ariana. I'm just trying to ensure that your domain is safe since I have observed that some group of people are presently after you for reasons unknown to me," he said.Ariana scoffed as she shook her head. "You know I'm disappointed in you," she replied, and he looked at her with a shocked expression. "To think that you would just—you would stoop so low just to achieve your stupid vile schemes and get to me. This is just stupid, and I'm so indecent. Just give up on this. It does not even make sense at all. What sort of scheme is this? Give it up for heaven's sake. You have gotten what you wanted. What more do you want? You have wrecked my life. You have made me useless and I have no worth or usefulness. The only thing keeping me going is my passion, which I am currently succeeding at. Why don't you just leave my life alone? Leave my life alone, please," she kept on saying, gradually losing control of her emotions as slight tears dripped do
ARIANA'S POVI finally gave up when I couldn't contain how weak I was and stepped back before finally slumping back against the longest sofa. I gripped my chest, panting hard, trying to catch my breath. I never expected this to happen. I took my actions too far. I mean, I was so furious, but what I am feeling right now is just extreme. I feel like I'm about to explode. I feel like I'm about to combust. I'm glad I did it anyway. I didn't give him any chance to do whatever he wanted to carry out. He seemed a little too suspicious, and there was no way I could believe him. How the hell would he just walk into my apartment with bodyguards and begin to tell me that he's trying to assess the entire place and make sure everything is safe? What the hell did he mean by that? I don't even want to think about it. I am so done and tired of him. Just like I have planned, my mind is made up, and I am never returning to his life. He's the worst piece of shit one can ever encounter, and I don't want
ARIANA'S POVI sighed and continued to run after him. Why the living hell doesn't he listen for once? I stopped halfway through the staircase and then leaned against the handrail before slapping my palm against my face. "Oh, my goodness. What the hell am I going to do with him?" I was about to continue making my way toward his room when the front door swung open and slammed shut as though someone stepped in. "Ariana," I heard Clara's voice and my eyes went wide as a soft smile embraced my face. "Oh, my goodness. The joy I am feeling right now about my best friend's arrival. I couldn't contain it. " I thought, before slowly turning around to face Clara and then walking back down without caring if Liam had gone to sleep or not. "That's his business. If he doesn't go to sleep, I'm going to give him a very good caning tomorrow. And I fucking mean it." I then walked down quickly now, a little bit dizzy, and I headed into the sitting room to see Clara dropping a bundle of bags against t
ARIANA'S POV"Did he see Liam?""No. I don't think so. We were both in the sitting room but he sent his bodyguard to search around everywhere. And I'm not sure if any of them had seen him. " Her eyes went wide immediately."Let us just hope they haven't seen him. Because if they have, it is going to be a 2000 watts sort of disaster and you know it," she said and I nodded my head shortly. She then turned around and picked up her phone from the sofa. She typed into it briskly and after a few minutes, I watched her place the phone against her ear. She listened attentively and then I watched her shut her eyes and take a deep breath. "Hello Mr. Vincent," she began and my eyes went wide. "Say what? What is she doing? Why is she calling him? What is she trying to do?" I was about to open my mouth to say something but then she lifted her hands at me as she stopped me and instructed me to keep quiet. I frowned a little bit as I observed her intensely. "I wish I could read her mind I'll figur
ARIANA'S POVI chuckled and then looked at her for a short while as I bit my lip, thinking of a very quick way to escape this tricky situation right now. I have to do everything I can to wave her away from this topic. I can't keep talking about it. I have told her everything I want her to know but she is just so persistent on knowing exactly every single detail that happened. I then finally got off of my position and slowly walked up to her. I stood before her and placed my hands on her shoulders. 'You have to calm down Clara, okay? I am fine. He did nothing wrong to me. I have told you that I didn't allow him,' I said. She scoffed and shook her head. 'Why are you trying to twist the entire discussion right now? I am talking about what the hell made you expose yourself to Vincent. He must have done something to you to make you admit that. I know you are weak but for you to just blurt out your secrets in that way even after all the determination in you, he must have done something to
ARIANA'S POVI have not just found a friend, I found a sister and also a mother who would do anything to stand behind me and support me in whatever I do and whatever choice I make. I chuckled and then walked up to her before enveloping her in a deep hug. "Thank you so much, Clara," I said and then she chuckled as she rubbed my back. "There's no need to thank me, dear. It is what friends are for. I'm going to make sure the deal with the institute company is sealed and you are going to achieve that dream. I would take you to the top. As for Vincent, I'm going to deal the living fuck out of him. I do not want to talk about him right now, but it's okay. I will handle him when the time comes. Just do what I say and focus on your career. Promise me you would do just that." I looked at her for a very short while and smiled before nodding my head. "I would certainly do as you wish Clara," I replied and then she smiled.VINCENT'S POVThe moment my limousine was parked in the garage, I opened