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ARIA'S POV“I'm sorry for always blowing things out of proportion everytime,” I apologized to Caila immediately after I got back home. I and Jace had already waited for hours for the press in front of his office to clear out but it seemed like as the old ones left, new ones replaced them so Jace had used a back entrance, entered my car and we had reached home. And the first thing I did was go straight to Caila's room to apologize for my stupidity. Caila watched me and waved me off. “I don't have time to hold grudges,” she said. “I just need you to get Victor that's all.”“We would get him,” I promised. It was more like a promise to myself than her. “I hope so,” she replied and I left her room feeling better. The day hadn't been too stressful but I still needed rest. I got into my room and rushed to the bathroom, had a warm bath before laying down to sleep. The fact that Caila was now on my side and Jace had not been too bothered about Victor's plans was enough to give me some sembl
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ARIA'S POVI was sure I wasn't the only one that had heard it because even my father had this look of bewilderment on his face. Me? Replace my father as CEO. My father was so shocked that he just sat there staring at Jace without making a single statement. “How would I become CEO? I can not be CEO,” I said to Jace. I didn't know what to think about it. Did he even have the powers to do that? “Look at it Aria, sitting down and doing nothing wouldn't save Soliel Vineyards,” He stated. “I know but me being CEO? Isn't that too much?” I asked him and that seemed to unlock my father who had been quiet. “Don't act like you didn't plan this all along!” he growled. “Excuse me,” I said, turning my attention to him. He was staring at me with a mix of annoyance and disgust. Just staring at him was making me think of very bad words to use on him but I held myself back because he was supposed to be my father.“You have always been gunning for my position the entire time and this just seems l
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ARIA'S POVI had gone to Sharpe Tech which was still crowded with press, expecting to stay there for hours until I and Jace were ready to go for the masquerade ball but immediately I entered Kai's office, Jace asked me to follow him. He led me to one of the now vacant offices still on the top floors then locked it when I entered. I didn't understand why he was doing that. “What's going on?” I asked with raised brows. “You don't expect to go for a ball without a gown, do you?” he asked with a smile. I had been so consumed with plans of how the masquerade ball was going to go and how Victor was going to be exposed that I had not thought about what I was going to wear. “Don't worry, I have taken care of that,” He said as he pointed towards a door. “I got a few gowns and masks, you could find one you like.” When I opened it, my mouth literally hung open. He said a few clothes, like I was going to open it and see four clothes but the room was filled with gowns and masks that matched a
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JACE'S POVAs soon as Aria emerged from the dressing room in that stunning red gown, I knew I was going to be too distracted to concentrate on the actual reason we were there. The dress had hugged her curves in all the right places, showing off her beauty in a way that made my heart skip several beats. I had stared at her for a few seconds and that was how long it took my resolve to weaken completely. That was why I told her to remove it immediately. Because that was the only way I could protect myself from the distraction she posed. The black dress she chose instead was elegant and understated, but when I led her into the grand ballroom, I was struck by her beauty all over again and I realized that Aria was a distraction, no matter what she wore. I loved the way my hand had fit perfectly into the small of her back. She had been too engrossed looking around the ball room like a child in a candy shop, and had trusted me to lead her even when she wasn't looking, and that single act h
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JACE'S POVI believed that when I displayed the evidence on how Victor had hacked into my company's system, and showed how cunning he was, he was going to get scared and be on his way - running away and leaving me alone but I was wrong. It looked like he wanted to go lower. My heart hammered in my chest as I thought about all the information he could use to destroy my image if he wanted to. His sneer had turned into a smug smile. A smile that didn't leave his face as he turned his attention back to the press who were waiting to hear more news about me, something they could use to bring my company down. "I know you all love to hear secrets. I mean you’re all here for the truth after all, aren’t you?” Victor began with an amused tone. There were a series of affirmations before he continued. “Well, let me give you a little peek behind the mask of the so-called ‘perfect’ businessman, Jace, Jace the CEO of Sharpe Tech. You see, Jace isn’t just the man you think he is. Oh no, not in an
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JACE'S POVWhile Victor was giving a narration about how I had almost succeeded in ruining the relationship between Aria and Caila, the number of press men had increased and he was smiling down at them. I could see it in his eyes. He was glad to be showcased as someone who stood for justice when he was anything but that.“The society is really glad to have a man like you,” One of men that had shaken his hands from before came back again. “I'm humbled by that,” he said to the camera. “I'm just blessed and I do what I can. You see the act of charity, the act of love, the act of service....”One of the reporter's phones dinged, then everywhere around the ball room there were different sounds of incoming messages and then there were collective gasps again. I knew that Kai had begun again. This time we planned to dig a grave that it was going to be impossible for him to come out of. Kai had sent what he was about to show on the projector screen.“What's going on?” Victor asked angrily, se
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JACE'S POVImmediately I got home, Caila was so happy that Victor had finally been sent to prison. She asked about what Victor had said about her father. I wanted to tell her, but one look at how Aria was and I promised to tell them the next morning. I got to my office and settled on my chair with a sigh.I quickly pulled out my phone and dialed Kai's number, my fingers moving swiftly as I tried to process the events that I had just experienced. As soon as he picked up, I told him that he could ask me for anything and I was going to give it to him and I meant it too - if he hadn't been able to get those strong evidences about Victor's crime, Victor would have gotten off the hook easily. And I couldn't begin to think about the unimaginable things he would have done if he had escaped. But he wasn't coming out anytime soon. This had been the hardest fight I had ever fought in my career and I was hoping it was never going to happen. A knock jerked me out of my thoughts as Edward stepp
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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
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THREE YEARS LATERSilent nightHoly night…… Was playing from the hidden speakers but the estate was anything but silent. The air outside was freezing cold with several inches of snow but the house was warm and cozy. The scent of pine from the Christmas trees and the sweet aroma of freshly baked gingerbread cookies filled the air. It was a perfect winter afternoon at the Sharpe estate. Bright twinkling lights surrounded the whole estate and snow was gently falling outside. Caila and Liam stood hand in hand at the entrance of the large room, looking at the scene before them. The warmth of the gathering reached them even from across the room, it was the sound of family chatter and laughter. Their son, Ronan, tugged at Caila's coat urging her to come with him."Momma, is Cacacia not ready yet?" he asked, his eyes wide with excitement which was amazing because had not seen her before. He had just heard his parents talk about her, telling him that he had a cousin.Caila smiled softly, b
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CAILA'S POVI was finally going out on a real date with Liam after he had asked me out. It was also the first time that we would be a couple in the eyes of the public and not go out on dates in private places. I didn't want to feel nervous, I actually had no reason to be nervous but I was probably because it felt too official. He was downstairs talking to Jace about things I didn't care about and I was just here, delaying. Even though Jace never wanted me to “rush” out of the house, I still needed to give him and Aria that privacy now that they were becoming serious. But as he said, he wasn't pushing me out so I still had time to think about it and make proper plans.Well… let's do it. I brushed my hands over the evening dress that I wore and stepped out into the sitting room were he was waiting. When he saw me, he stood up and his eyes immediately looked onto mine and a small smile spread across his face, the kind that made my stomach do flips. “Hey,” he greeted, walking toward me
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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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JACE'S POVAfter several weeks of waiting, Caila and I had finally signed off on the divorce papers, the finalization of our one-year arranged marriage contract, and just to make it official, I and Aria had also signed it off.The weight of keeping my love for Aria away from public eyes had been heavy for so long, but now, with marriage officially over, there was a strange sense of relief I was having. One thing was clear though, it was the realization that the moment the door to that chapter closed, my love for Aria was just beginning.I couldn’t imagine my life without Aria, it was just going to be incomplete. In the last few months, she’d become an essential part of my world, I did not even notice it at first but she was like a light I couldn’t ignore. Now, I was committed to making up for the past, for all the time that I had treated her and her sister lightly, now I wanted to give her everything I could. Because she deserved everything good.But I wasn’t entirely free from my pas
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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 POVWhen Liam stopped by the road side and came to open my side of the car door I was shocked. He had said we were going on a date, so my mind couldn't process the reason why we were stopping in the woods. But he told me to trust him, then held my hand and led me down the path. It wasn't long before he stopped in front of a lake where a boat was waiting. He turned it on and drove us to a lake house that was at the center of the lake. I couldn’t stop the smile that spread across my face when Liam took my hand and led me inside the cozy lake house. It was just the two of us… no distractions, no noise, no one else, just us. It was the kind of privacy we both needed at that point. I loved the atmosphere of the place already. “Watch your steps before you fall into the lake. There are crocodiles waiting,” Liam cautioned. “What?!” I screamed as I ran away from the side of the lake house and towards him. The last thing I needed was to get eaten by a crocodile. But when I held on
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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
