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CAILA'S POVI was back in my studio, and the familiar scent of paint and canvas enveloping me had reduced the anxiety I had been having for days. This was my safe space, where I could escape the stupid drama and toxicity that seemed to follow me everywhere.I was done with Jace, done with his manipulative games and his condescending attitude. I was done with being treated like a random piece in his twisted game of power and control.And I was done with my sister Aria, too. Done with the way she looked at me, like I was some kind of monster who had committed the worst crime in the universe. She was supposed to be my rock, my confidante, my supporter but she had turned on me, judging me without even listening to my side of the story.I had to focus on the one thing that never disappointed me: my art. There was a slight knock on the door to the studio but I didn't reply. It had been days since anyone bothered to check up on me and I wasn't in a hurry to see anyone yet. I sat down and t
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ARIA'S POVThe scene I had seen was leaving rent free in my mind and there was literally nothing I could do to remove it.I had decided to take the day off, hoping to escape the chaos that had been brewing inside me. But even that couldn't calm the storm that raged within. The thought of Lucas's manipulation, how he had used me to get information about Jace, made my blood boil and my temples throb intensely. How could he do that to me? Didn't he care about my feelings? Of course he didn't. It was crazy how obvious it had been. The Lucas I knew never did anything that would inconvenience him but this one had kept coming back and I should have known that it was for an ulterior motive. And Jace... Jace hadn't helped either. He had held my face, his eyes burning with this intensity… an intensity that had left me breathless, and then left without a word. It was as if he had unlocked a door in my mind, and then walked away, leaving me to deal with the chaos that had spilled out.As evenin
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CAILA'S POVI was under the shower and the hot water had turned cold because of how long I had stayed in it. Probably two hours or more and I didn't know how it had managed to stay long hot for this long.I was confused. Very confused. Never been as confused as I was right now. This was why I had stayed away from romantic relationships and focused on my art - it made everything very complicated. I had lost all my ability to think straight. I could be in my studio and flashes of what he did to me would fill my thought and I'd turn to butter. Jace was seriously messing with my head and my… my thoughts were totally jumbled. One second he was nice to me, treating me nice like I mean the world to him and the next he was treating me like I worth nothing. Then now he was back and I had fallen for him like I was some handicap, weak in the knees.It had just taken a step and a kiss and I had fallen with reckless abandon. “You've been there for hours, do you want to come out now or you want m
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JACE's POVI could see the look on her face when she stared at herself in the mirror after she wore the dress I had gotten for her. As I had suspected, the dress had fitted nicely. It wasn't a tight or short dress but she still managed to pull off the hot look in it. Caila was beautiful and she needed to hear that more but today wasn't for that. I had been postponing the meeting with Darius for several days all because I wanted him to be emotional and under an environment I had control over. So when I had finally given him a location and a time, he had been more than eager to be there. That was the effect Caila had on him. Immediately Caila said his name I could see the look on his face. He was impressed that she remembered him. Even Caila did not know the degree of hold she had over him.Caila turned to look at me with an accusatory stare but I pulled her close. “Be a good girl,” I whispered and kiss her cheek. Darius led us back to where he was sitting. “This place is empty,” C
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ARIA'S POVIt was just another Saturday. Another Saturday for me and my friends to hang out at Ristorante Mare e Vino.I had missed seeing them because of this - they couldn't stop assaulting me with questions about Jace and my sister. Rita wasn't helping. Ever since she knew about how Jace had broken Lucas nose with his fist, she had concluded he was a great guy so when I told him about how we rarely spoke to each other, she was nearly pulling out her hair. “Chill Rita,” Jessica cautioned. “She can't beg the man to speak to her.”“Come on! Hear me out!” Rita shouted before bringing her voice to a whisper. “He is literally her husband, they should do more than speak to each other.”“Well… if Aaron stopped speaking to me, I don't know what I'd do,” Lydia stated. “You're in love, your opinions don't matter.” Jessica said as she gave her a side eye and rolled her eyes. “How's your sister taking the whole thing, I know Caila, she's probably suffering in silence,” Jessica added sadly.
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JACE's POVI had been so focused on Darius and his AI driven quantum computing project that I had almost forgotten about the unresolved issue of Lucas' and Maya's threat. I was on my way to getting the code through Caila and on my way to making Sharpe Tech the number one company in the tech industry. But first I had to deal with Maya. I was in her office waiting for her. It was on the third floor of a brilliant building. Her father had spent several years building the company, till it was one of the most popular fashion brand in Italy - El Vistoria and when he had died, he had given her everything as she was the only child he had. She was a smart woman and had built on the works of her father and had led to expanding the brand to other parts of Europe and the UK. I knew all investors who had invested in the company or were planning to invest in the company. I knew how she had been evading heavy taxes. That was one thing I prided in. When I found an enemy, I made sure I knew every
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ARIA's POVI had finally returned to work after a few days of staying away even though I was taking care of issues from home. I would have said it was fun while it lasted but was anything but fun. It was just a disaster. Jace was making my life hell and Caila was still ignoring me at every chance she got. He had probably told her about Lucas, just to make me look like the hypocrite I was. I had told her to be careful around Jace but I had fallen for Lucas stupid trick. Tricks that were too obvious. I had tried to talk to her but she was making it hard and I was already tired of trying.The office was the only place that had given me some kind of peace. I was replying to some important emails when the door to my office opened. At first I thought it was Jace coming in to ruin my day like he did the last time but it was someone worse - my father. Just when I thought I was going to have a few hours of peace he was coming.I had forgotten the last time I had seen him and I was more than
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ARIA'S POVThe house was quiet when I arrived which was perfect for me. All I needed now was to get into my room, have a bath and sleep for several hours. Caila was probably in her studio or she had gone out with Jace again. The talk I had with my father had affected me in several ways, making me doubt myself and my actions. He had gotten a better side of the deal and I just had to live with the bad side. I hadn't seen Jace for a while and I was grateful for that because he wasn't around to speak down on me to feel worse. After I had gotten out of the bathroom, I heard a knock on my door. I had not heard any car arrive and when I passed through Caila's room, the light was turned off. Had someone gone come into the house?The knock continued and my heart raced. “Who's there?” I shouted and waited to get a reply but I got nothing. I rushed to check my bag to call 911 but then I remembered I had left my phone in the kitchen when I went to take water. What was I going to do? I had st
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ARIA'S POVI loved Jace to the moon and back. I couldn't even imagine that there was a time when I hated him. He had also been very supportive of my plans. Soliel Vineyard was beginning to grow faster and the public assault on our image because of the video of Mr. Sleighman had stopped. He had also helped me in providing a means to help the people around the site of the company.Then he had stood in front of national TV to confirm how much he loved me. Now we were going to our first public event together. After the statement Jace had made in front of the court some days back, several investors had reached out to him to be a part of Sharpe Tech's success because he was now seen as trustworthy. The company's shares had also increased rapidly, and the clients they handled were now bigger and better than ever before because of this. So in less than a few weeks, Sharpe Tech was known as the greatest tech company in Europe.Seeing this as an achievement for his years of suffering and har
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ARIA'S POV Now that everything was settling down and we were counting down to days to when we could finally take our relationship public, I and Jace were mostly indoors in each other's arms. I thought that my father's action was going to affect me for longer but it had not, and I knew it was as a result of Jace's consistent presence around me. I didn't have the spare time to think about Mr. Sleighman. Caila had Liam and she had been flashing the brightest of smiles and it was safe to say that she was okay.It was a Saturday morning and I was lying on Jace's chest and we had been like that since we woke up and Jace had not even complained. The only thing he did was place a kiss on my forehead, cheeks and lips from time to time. The change between this Jace and the one I met some months back was different, it was almost like there were two different people.“There has been a lot of change with you,” I said. “In what way exactly?” he asked.“The Jace I know wouldn't be lying on the b
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CAILA'S POVWe sat down in the dinning to eat breakfast together for the first time in a long while. It was two weeks after everything that happened. The men that Victor had dealings with were beginning to get caught and some of the victims of the trafficking were reconnecting back with their families. As I ate, I couldn't help but notice the tension in the air. Jace was eating slowly while Aria was flipping things around on her plate. She had been doing that since we began eating and I knew her too well to let it pass. “Do you want to keep doing that or do you want to tell me?” I asked her.“There's nothing really,” Aria mumbled. “Right!”“Okay, I didn't want to tell you about this earlier because I didn't want to affect our relationship again and I know how you Jace have been and...”“Just say it,”“Me and Jace have been having sex,” she replied. I stared at her, expecting her to continue to elaborate but it seemed like that was the only thing she wanted to say. For a moment, I
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ARIA'S POV“Yes, I did it,” My father said immediately as I narrated what Jace told us to him. The way he even said it, with an air of authority like he didn't do anything wrong. “You know when I saw you walk in, I thought that you have finally seen that no one else but me should be CEO. And then you come and start talking about an old issue?”Jace, who had been leaning on the wall, grunted with disgust. “You would never be CEO again, you don't deserve it,” Jace said. My father turned and stared angrily at Jace. “You think you can come into my home and...” my father started to say but I cut him off.“Why?” I asked calmly. I could already see that he was gone past redemption at this point but I needed to be sure that he had some reasons. Some good reason that I was too blind to see. “You'd never understand,” he replied. “You'd never understand how sacrifices work. When you have to give things you love just to get what you need.” he said sadly. “Sacrifices? Love?” I scoffed as I got
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CAILA'S POVI was happy when Victor was caught and sent to prison. It meant that my budding career was going to begin to progress more rapidly now that I had no one trying to bring me down. But then he had told me about how my father had decided to give me out to Victor Hayes. Victor Hayes! Someone that was known for human trafficking and other forms of violent crimes? It wasn't loud that Victor had been into all those things before but before agreeing to give me off like that, the least he would have done was to make sure he wasn't giving me to the wrong person. I was so pissed I didn't know how to react. Aria was quiet but I knew she was just as pissed off as I was. We wanted to go to his house immediately but Jace said we should go the next day when we were calmer, but I knew nothing was going to change even when we got calmer. Just then, my phone rang. The worry disappeared from my head for a second and my heart did a little flip when I saw that it was Liam. He had not called a
