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066Alora's POV Apparently, I hadn't only surprised myself, but the entire courtroom too. Call me crazy or whatever but I could swear I heard the judge gasp. Even the man who was standing in front of me wasn't left out. His eyes were wide, his lips pulled together to pull a small O shape. For the next couple of seconds, no one said anything and it led me to think that maybe, somehow the world had stopped. “Impossible.” Ethan was the first to break the silence. I wasn't ordinarily a violent person, but right now, I wouldn't mind hurling one of my boots into his face. “Utterly impossible.” For some strange reason, I guess Ethan's voice was what the rest of the court had been anticipating. The moment the last word slid past his lips, the entire room went into an uproar. Men and women barked, and with the rage burning in their eyes, I wouldn't put it past them to hurt me if they got the chance. “Silence!” The judge slammed the gavel as hard as he could against his desk and just
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067Alora's POV Honest to God, the only word that could properly describe how my life was going, had to simply be a joke. A sick and twisted joke aimed to make everyone around me laugh except me. While I had to grunt my teeth in pain and go through everything without a little bit of anesthesia, whoever was involved in my ill luck was probably laughing their asses off at my misfortune. Ethan included. It was funny really, I agreed but at this point, I liked to think they were pushing it too far. I was hanging on to my sanity by a tiny thread and honestly, I wasn't exactly sure how much I could hold on to before I snapped into half. Radio silence settled in the court room and for a moment, I really thought the only thing that could be heard was the rapid thump of my heart against my chest. Right now, I was this close to a heart attack and at this point I was sure no one would blame me if it happened. I had gone through a lot and was still going through it. When Laura had assur
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068Alora's POV I'd never been more grateful for a lunch break right now than in my entire life. Technically, it was recess as Laura and the judge had said, but I didn't care. I would take anything it took to get me out of that box. The next thing on my list right now, was to get out of here and never set my eyes on a court room ever again. So help me God. “Are you okay, Alora?” It was Laura. I had my eyes closed, but one nudge from her was all it took for me to turn in her direction. When I didn't say anything, she added. “I got you something.” “Oh.” My stomach growled as loudly as it could, even without seeing what she had bought and that's when I knew I was completely finished. Since I'd gotten here, I hadn't eaten a proper meal. Yes, they served us breakfast, lunch and dinner, but it was always to yucky for me to eat. Since I wasn't sure I could stomach that kind of things I always passed it down to my roomies. I bit back the smile that made its way to my lips at the li
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069Alora's POV. I hated the fact that he always got the last say. Not only did it irk me, it sometimes made me feel like maybe, just maybe he wasn't ever going to pay for what he did to me back then . There was every tendency that what he did back then would ever be brought to life, but winning this could just be the win I had no idea I needed. “I just hate it when he's so smug.” I hissed, even after he had walked away from us. “I hate it so so much.” “I feel like I'm missing something” Laura added. “How do you know the biggest jerk in the world of the law?” “It's a long story.” I waved her off with a hand. Truly, Ethan didn't mean Jack shit to me, but there was just something he said that didn't sit right with me. “Um, Laura, I have a question.”“We are making progress, right?” Somehow, the strange expression that made its way to Laura's face after my question isn't what I'm expecting. “The judge is probably going to say something in our favour when we get back, right?” “Actua
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070Eliaz's POV It's been two days since Laura's visit and simultaneously two days since I had a good night's rest. No matter how hard I tried to shake it off and classify her visit as something meaningless, it just didn't work out for me. Time and time again, I found my mind wandering back to that day in the office. In fact, I wasn't exactly sure which was more shocking, her audacity, or the message she had come to pass across. I want you to testify in Alora's favour in court in the next two days. Her voice echoed in my ears. With the unhealthy number of times my brain had replayed her voice on its own, I hated to see that I could recognize her voice anywhere now, even in my sleep and I didn't like it one bit. I wish she had never walked into my office. Laura didn't just have the guts to stand up against me, she made look like a fool while doing it too. I hadn't put much thought into dealing with her yet, but now, I guess I was just going to have to consider it. Whether
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071Alora's POV I was still having a hard time grasping it all and it might sound like an exaggeration, but I honestly didn't see that happening anytime soon. It had been close to an hour since the verdict had been given, but if you asked me, I would absentmindedly say it just happened a couple of moments ago. The only thing that would easily dispute my claim though, was the fact that the courthouse was now empty and stripped bare, except for the few people thst still hung back, myself included. I was currently waiting for Laura and Fredrick. In their words, they needed to finalize something with the court so as to not have any problems moving forward. Thanks to them, I also learned that the judge had been extremely favourable to us. Usually and according to practice, failure to bring your evidence was a risky thing to do. Yes, people did it, but the success rate after that, was usually very low and you had no one else to blame but yourself. Over the past weeks, I haven't rea
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072Fredrick's POV “Are you sure that's all we need, Laura?’ I watched her throw some documents into her bag. We'd been waiting in front of this office for the past hour now and now that we had finally been attended to, the last thing I wanted was anything ruining that for us, especially Alora. “Yes. Yes.” She murmured absentmindedly. It was a very small thing, but I found it really upsetting. A part of me wanted nothing more than to call her out, but I just knew that it wouldn't be fair to either of us. “I've cross checked everything. I just need one last thing before we can leave. I'm coming.” Before I can get any more words out, she dashed into the room opposite the office we'd just walked out of, leaving me alone with my thoughts. I ran a hand through my hair, not knowing what else to do. The last hour had been so intense, I wasn't sure I'd ever felt this tensed up before. Laura had pulled a big what if in the court room today, and if it had gone south, we could be lookin
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073 Alora's POV The drive home was quiet and I didn't like it. Yes, sometimes I craved my peace and didn't want to hear from the world, but this wasn't one of those times. Tonight, I wanted to scream. My mind was a beautiful mess as a million and one thoughts all raced at once, each one of them begging to be picked and expanded on. The downside of the whole issue, was that I didn't have the mental health nor the energy for any of that. I was exhausted, with a side serving of anger too. I snuck a glance at the man at the wheels. I'd caught him staring at me life times than I could count, but I didn't dare call him out on it. I wasn't scared of what he was going to do, I was just scared that he would start talking to me, and I didn't want that. I guess Fredrick had kind of made it up to me by showing at court today, but that wasn't exactly the case. I was stil mad at him because a tiny piece of me felt that if he had just listened tor, none of this would have happened. Because o
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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
