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115Alora's POV I was stunned, too stunned to speak or even breathe. I had no idea my lungs had stopped working, even though it was only temporarily, and had Shadow not pointed it out, perhaps I would have passed out, or worse died. Just the way Cynthia wanted. Shit.For the second time in the past hour, which was more times than I would like, my body trembled. Fear and panic clawed at my throat and I felt the world around me spinning and crashing into each other. It was a miracle how I was still standing and no one had noticed that I was on the verge of going crazy, or maybe they had and were simply dismissing it as me still being in shock. I was in shock alright, but not for the reason they thought. Death. Dead. Lifeless body lying cold in the dust. Not breathing. No longer alive and….“Alora?” Someone's voice was all it took to snap me out of it. I blinked, and I jerked a little bit. I wasn't expecting it, and I still didn't expect to see Shadow’s hands clamping around my
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116Alora's POV I took the cab back home, but it did nothing to stop me from thinking about all that had gone down at Eliaz's mansion. I knew Cynthia was shrewd, but this was a bit too much, even for her. Did her hatred for me really run so deep that she got someone to kill me? Wasn't she satisfied with how things had played out? Not only did she get my husband, she took my entire life with her too. She took everything that belonged to her, and yet, she was still after my life. The Cynthia I knew was a violent human being. When I'd headed there earlier, I'd half expected her to put up a fight, but she didn't, and it made my stomach churn. Why?I knew storming there in the heat of the moment felt like right decision, but now that the confrontation had been done with, I felt slightly stupid, and like I'd just made theThe gates slid ope biggest mistake of my life. “Calm down, Alora.” I breathed. “You're just overthinking it.” I didn't stop muttering the words to myself till th
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117Fredrick’s POV Things were messed up, and for the first time in a long while, I had no idea what I was going to do. I liked to think of myself as a resilient person, and not a lot of things could really faze me, but in the last couple of days, I've come to have my limits being pushed and my patience being tested, and I'd done well if you asked me. But just when I thought I'd crossed the biggest hurdle, the worst of it all happened. Cynthia struck. I let out a frustrated groan. Yesterday, I was ecstatic that things were finally falling into place and that Alora would finally be happy. Maybe if I had known that things were going to go sour the next day, I would have toned things down a little bit, or simply put, I would have found a way to Avert this disaster. Shit. I'd prided myself in never underestimating people, and it always worked, until last night. I'd underestimated someone, and the surprise she pulled was definitely shocking. Even in a million years, I would have
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118Alora's POV I jerked up with a start, my heart slamming rapidly against my chest. Beads of sweat raced down the side of my face, and I didn't miss my sweat filled dress clinging to my body. I was icky and uncomfortable, but nothing could surpass the dread that coiled in my stomach. With wide eyes, I searched my room. It was empty, but I couldn't shake off the fact that someone was hiding in the shadows,or behind the curtain, and just waiting for the right moment to strike. Just like three days ago. A shiver ran down my spine at the mere thought of it. That day could easily be a part of the worst days of my life. In fact, it really was the worst day of my life, and I wasn't sure anything would be topping that anytime soon. I'd experienced fear, but nothing came close to the crippling kind I experienced when Cynthia had burst into my room. I had completely lost it when I realized she had a gun. A chill ran down my spine the moment she pressed it into my side, and in that m
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119Fredrick's POV I knew I shouldn't have iced her out like that, but it was too late to take it back. The deed had been done, and she was probably mad at me right now. It wasn't my intention to do so, but I had no idea when I'd done it. It was a reflex action, and that could very well sum up the rest of my life in the last couple of days. I was barely hanging on, but not a single soul knew about it. I knew I could confide in Alora about it, but for the life of me, I couldn't bring myself to do so. Why? I didn't want to bother her. She already had battles of her own and the last thing I wanted was to bother her with mine. Her nightmares had gotten worse since Cynthia's visit. Sometimes she mumbled in her sleep, and other times she would thrash the bed while yelling at Cynthia to please let her go. She always said she was fine, but I knew better, and I'd sworn to protect her, rsther than bother her with issues of my own. I waited in my room till she was finally out of the hou
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120Alora's POV I sucked in a deep breath, willing my thumping heart to stop least calm down for a couple of seconds, but it didn't. Instead, or seemed to skyrocket all the more. My palms were sweaty, and I'd lost count of the number of times I'd wiped it against my skirt, and right now, I wouldn't be surprised if it was soaking right now. “Mrs Alora.” I jerked up at the sound of my name. I blinked back a couple of times, just to come face to face with a man. I had no idea who he was, but he didn't look any older than Fredrick. “Good afternoon.”“Good afternoon.” I gave him a small smile. “Um, can I help you?” “No, not really.” He shook his head. Not only that, he had an awkward bait that had me thinking if he was still recovering from an accident or something. A look crossed his face, and I easily narrowed it down to shame or probably embarrassment. “I just came to apologize.”“Apologize?” I'd kept an open mind when he approached me, but this definitely what I'd expected him
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121Fredrick’s POV I couldn't believe my ears. The world spun around me, and I staggered a bit. Colours clashed into each other, and I honestly thought I was going to pass out, or worse, run mas. Luckily, no one had paid me enough attention to catch that, but it still didn't make things any easier. I blinked a couple of times, wishing that what I'd just heard was a sick prank. I'd never wished it before, but right now, I wouldn't even mind if I had to come to the conclusion that I'd been hallucinating. I stared at Eliaz, and the snug grin he wore was all the proof I needed to know that I was nowhere near hallucinating or being delusional. This was real, and he had just exposed the one thing no one else was meant to know. Fuck. “What?” Alora exclaimed. Her voice held every bit of shock and confusion, and I wouldn't say I blamed her. “What are you talking about? That can't be true. There's no way in hell that's possible. Eliaz, what have you done??”“Nothing.* Eliaz gave a lazy
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122Alora's POV I'd never been more confused in my life than I was right now. My mind was a mess, and my emotions were all over the place, and like that wasn't already traumatizing enough, fate just had to spice it all up with a little drama out in the open. No, not little. The biggest drama I'd ever witnessed in my entire life. If someone had told me that what seemed like a perfectly normal and good day could easily morph into one of the worst days in my existence, then best believe that I would have laughed my asses off. Thanks to the lucky streaks I'd been getting, I liked to think that my days of bad luck were over. Or not. I pressed my eyes shut, just for a little moment. When the press release had gone well, and the ratings of the interviews I'd conducted were all five stars, I felt on top of the world. Literally. I told myself that nothing was going to top it all off, except finally getting the contract in my name again. I had no idea how much I'd missed it and how I
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160Alora's POV I couldn't believe my ears, at all. I'd heard of moments when one would be so shocked, that one would be forced to think that time had somehow rolled to a halt. I'd experienced my fair share of that moment, but I never thought another occurrence could top the charts of the most shocking one. If anything, what had just happened now was something I wouldn't be forgetting in a long time, even if I died, or went into a coma. “You’re alone now, Alora.” his words echoed painfully in my ears. “Abandon Fredrick, sign over your shares to me, and we could go back to being a couple”. The words seemed to be on loop, and the more I tried to get his voice out of my head, the more they settled into my mind. As they did that, I struggled to find the motivation behind it all. Was he really that audacious for him to think that I was going to agree to his terms? Or perhaps he was delusional and was only playing a prank on me. I raised my gaze to meet his face. My eyes scanned the
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159Alora's POV I was conscious, but for the life of me, I didn't even want to open my eyes. Call it embarrassment, or probably depression, I didn't care. All I knew was that I didn't want to feel like this, at all. I couldn't even remember the last time I felt this way. I'd been through hell and back, literally, from the contract being ripped from me the first time, to bring framed for something I had no idea about, to you g to jail, to dealing with Ethan and a whole lot of other troubles I didn't wabt to remember, I wasn't sure I felt the way I was feeling now, and i hated it. I let out a deep breath, before finally forcing my eyes open, and the all too familiar sight of my ceiling greeted me. I knew I should be happy, or at least feel a tiny bit of comfort, but no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't summon it. All that ran through my mind, were the events that led to this moment. It wasn't a lot, but it was still embarrassing. I'd passed out in the Inspector's office a
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158Fredrick’s POV A small groan slid past my lips as I slowly peeled my eyes open. A dull throb spread through the back of my head, and all around me, but I didn't let it get to me. My body ached, and I felt like I was going to pass out again. My lungs burned, and even the side of my torso too. I had no idea why it hurt, but for the life of me, I couldn't even bring myself to check. More groans slid past my lips as I forced myself into a sitting position. My back came in contact with the wall behind me, and I regretted it immediately. Something slimy seeped into my clothes, and I jerked forward immediately. Even that wasn't a good choice, because the moment my hands came in contact with the floor, a burning sensation raced up my body. I scrambled to my feet, and my legs ached. I tried to walk to the other side of the room, but I just couldn't. With all the strength I could mutter, I found myself limping to a part of the tiny room I felt was clean enough. Once there, I pressed
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157Alora's POV I paced around the room, my footsteps slapping loudly against the clear tiles. I hadn't expected the sound from beneath my shoes to be so loud, but in my defense, I also hadn't expected to end up here of all places too. What the hell was wrong with my life? Why was there always some evil plan lurking around in the background and waiting for the right time to rear it's ugly head? I pinched the bridge of my nose as I continued my pacing. While I did that, I didn't miss the angry glares that the other people in the room threw my way. Did I care? Not in the slightest. It was selfish of me, but if nothing was going well for me, then I honestly didn't mind ruining a couple of other people's day too. I shook my head slowly. For the past hour now, I struggled to comprehend what the hell had just happened. One minute, things were going relatively fine, if you excluded the missing funds, and the next, Fredrick was being arrested. Fucking arrested. My mind darted back t
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156Alora's POV An additional week had passed since we started the real estate contract in earnest, and I knew I should be glad that things were beginning to shape up, but I just couldn't shake off the unease that lodged itself in my chest every now and then. It didn't always come when I was distracted, I only seemed to feel that way anytime I set my eyes on our two new employees, Marcus and Phineas. They'd been eagerly at work, making choices and decisions that were sometimes out of my reach, but there wasn't a lot I could say. I didn't agree with half of their thought process, but Fredrick was always ever ready to back them up. “This is the new innovation I was talking about.” He'd said. “let's just let them do their thing, I'm sure it'll come out great.” I had so many questions, but for the sake of global prace, I'd decided to shelf them, until today that is. I'd arrived at the office like any pretty normal day. Once in a while, Fredrick and I often did routine checks, to
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155Alora's POV It'd been a week since we started the real estate contract in earnest, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't proud of myself. It was stressful and overwhelming, and in the past week, I could swear I'd lost count of how many times I wanted to give up. From the preparations, down to going to the site and managing the workers, everything was a lot. I'd cried to Fredrick more times than I wanted to, and at a point, i honestly deliberated giving it all up. “Do we really have to do this?” I'd said to Fredrick a couple of days back. “Is it really too late now?” “Yes.” Fredrick had let out admit a series of chuckles. “We can do this Alora. We fought so hard for this, from the very beginning too. We can't give up now. You're saying all of this because you're stressed. I'm sure once your vision starts coming to light, you'll forget all about it.” To further support his reassurance, Fredrick had taken me out to dinner. He insisted it wasn't a date, but just an avenue
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154Alora's POV I wasn't one to look forward to office days, but I would be lying to myself if I said I wasn't excited this morning. I couldn't even hide it even if I wabted to. From the moment I woke up, I'd been in a beautiful mood, and nothing, absolutely nothing was going to change that. Apparently, my excitement had been passed to Fredrick as well, but he was doing a good job at keeping his in. After the interview slash live session a couple of days ago, it felt like our luck had turned around significantly. We had more partnership deals than we'd ever had since we got back and our stocks profit had skyrocketed more than expected. Fredrick and I had finalized the details for the real estate contract, and we officially supposed to start the project today. Fredrick had headed to the office earlier than me, just to make some final decisions before my arrival. I was so excited, that I literally completed my morning routine with twenty five minutes extra to spare. I tapped m
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153Cynthia’s POV The sun was up, and shining, and I couldn't help but bask in it. I mean, who wouldn't, especially when I had a huge dick sitting on one of my fingers. I'd been wanting to get this ring for a while, but Eliaz never really came around to getting it for me. Now, I didn't have to wait around to be able to get what I wanted, I could easily get it for myself, and through Halo too. A wide grin made its way to my face at the mere thought of it. To the people at the counter and probably the other customers miling about the mall, they would probably think that I had gone psycho, but I knew better. I was psycho, but in a happy way. While the total cost of my goods was being calculated, I couldn't help but recall the events that led me to this moment. I saw my world crashing down the moment Eliaz thrust those DNA reports in my face. When Alora had said she was going to expose me, she really did mean it. I'd run her over just to stop her, but I guess I let a tiny detail
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152Henry's POV A pungent smell hit my nose, and I fought the urge to throw up. I pressed my fingers against the bridge of my nose and my nostrils, but it did nothing to stop the stench from getting in. The stale stench had hit my nose the moment I got in here. One would think that with how posh the building looked from the outside, a small part of it would be bearable, but I guess I knew better now. I cursed underneath my breath as I walked to the other side of the shoebox of a room I'd been tossed into. Maybe the rancid smell wasn't coming from every part of the room. Perhaps I'd been unfortunate to walk to one of the walls where the stench was more prominent. But I was wrong, very wrong. Every part of this stupid room felt like it had been forsaken by both God and the devil. In fact, if someone were to walk up to me, just to tell me that this place used to be a dumping site for every sort of waste product you could think, then I wouldn't even bat an eyelid to doubt him. In
