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|Aria's POV|Do you know why most people hate their exes? Because they become troublesome once they realize that you have dropped them from their high horses and moved on with any person.Zion's face had remained stoic, and he had volunteered to follow me everywhere I went for the past two days.It doesn't take a genius to know that the meeting didn't go well.*Flashback**Rushing into the garage after hearing the sound of an engine in the driveway. My eyes widened with concern and I asked anxiously the moment he opened the door. “Babe, you are back. What did you guys discuss? Did he agree to sign the divorce papers?”“Hi babe.” He mumbled.He pulled me closer and kissed me on the lips. The kiss was more of an ownership claim than the passionate ones we usually shared.“Is there any possibility of you leaving me for Ace?” He asked softly, his voice heavily laced with vulnerability..“No, why did you ask? What did he tell you?” I fired back.“I just don't want to fight for someone who
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|Aria's POV|You all know that apart from toddlers, best friends are the most annoying set of people, right?Just like how you can never get angry at toddlers for a very long time, you hardly get angry at your best friends either.Especially if they have big brown eyes.“Aria, you know I wouldn't want to hurt you. You've gone through a lot in the last month and I knew he didn't do it deliberately." She whined, tugging my pants at the waist while we sat at the living room.“Penny, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't tell me. Do you know who I heard that from?” I asked, my eyes narrowing at her.“Yes, Ace fucking Kings. I didn't hear it from you or Zion. It just had to be my archenemy!”Her face fell, and she looked at me apologetically. “I know you wouldn't want to accept our excuses because we were wrong. But the two of us not telling you meant we didn't want to hurt you.” She confessed.“Penny, what if he had done something more grave than that? Would you keep quiet in an attempt no
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|Aria’s POV|I looked like shit and definitely felt like one because I was a shitty mother who couldn’t take care of her kids.My throat was hoarse from screaming and my eyes were burning with an itchiness that had refused to leave as I fought back tears since reality dawned on us.Penelope had a similar expression and look, because it'd been eating her up that she was the one who unknowingly orchestrated their kidnap. My stomach felt empty, but I didn’t have the guts to eat because I didn’t know the state my kids were in and how they were being treated by someone who thought I had snatched something precious from him.My gaze flickered towards Brianna, who also had a haunted look and had stains of dried tears on her cheeks. She had been pacing around and trying to pull the connections she could with her last name. But it has been to no avail. Even Zion couldn’t get to the bottom of it.Although, he said he would get back to me in a fe--“Tring Tring!”I snatched the phone from the ta
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|Ace’s POV|The game was over before it even began. I guess I could now see the reason why Zion looked at me like I was stupid when he saw my determination to fight for Aria.Please help me find my kidsPlease help me find my kidsKidsKidsAria has not one, but two kids with Zion.The way the tears rolled down my cheeks made a tightness appear in my chest and I hurriedly pulled her up.She shouldn't be kneeling for me, or else she wanted to suck me off but that wasn't the case. I only wanted her on her knees for pleasure, not desperation.“Ace, please help me. I can't live without those kids.” Her voice cracked and more tears rolled down her cheek.I instinctively raised my fingers to her face and wiped her tears with my thumb. Even if I was going to use every one of my connections to make sure Aria stopped crying, I wouldn't hesitate.I thought seeing her cry for the first time at that ball made my heart ache, but her sunken eyes and swollen face made me miserable and I swear, I wil
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|Aria's POV| I felt like I was doused with iced water but it felt more like I was thrown into a furnace as I stared at a picture of my kids tied to small high chairs. Zoe eyes were puffy and her lips were still trembling, while Zachary had a defiant look like he was trying to be strong for his sister and me. The world gave out under me and the phone slipped from my hands, but before I could make contact with the marbled floor, strong hands held my back while their face was shoved into my blurry gaze. My heart tightened painfully as I tried to comprehend what they could have done and the amount of cruelty a child could do to deserve to be tied to a chair all because of their mother's action. But it was crystal clear that I failed as a mother and did not deserve to be one. “Aria, what happened? What was in the picture?” Ace questioned, scooting closer to me. Snatching the phone from me, Penelope placed her hand over her mouth and gagged at the image. “Oh- oh my gosh.”
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|Aria’s POV|My heart pounded in my heart erratically as I stood in front of the abandoned building and waited for the perpetrator to come outside. Ace was in the area with me while Harper was trying to get the police there, so that the time was right, to avoid alerting the kidnapper before time.My jaw dropped when I saw a movement flashed by the window. The man had very long hair. Too long for a man, that was what I thought till the person stepped out fully and my head couldn’t process the identity.It was Mia Collins.My eyebrows hiked up to my forehead, my mind reeled with several possibilities as I questioned weakly. “Why… why are you here?”“For the same reason, you are here. Just that in this case, you are my guest.” Her crooked teeth were on display as she smirked evilly.It was as if the world gave out under me and I held my head while my knees buckled. “Wa- wait what? You are the one behind the kidnap?”“What? That was a nice plot twist, right?” She mocked, with a triumphant
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|Aria’s POV|Envisioning that the kids would be okay and rescued without a scratch was one thing, but seeing a text on my smartwatch from Ace that said the mission was successful was another.A warm fuzzing feeling spread in my body and relief flooded into my veins, making my tensed shoulders relax immediately. A deep exhale escaped my lips and I couldn’t help the way my lips formed into a smile.“What is funny and why are you smiling?” Mia hissed through her teeth, her eyes blaring fury.My eyes snapped open after hearing her voice, and I was immediately shoved back into reality.I moved closer to her, ignoring how her eyes narrowed at me and how she bared her teeth. “I am sorry you had to go through all of that. I genuinely wish you didn’t have to. But we can settle this amicably,” I suggested.“If I hear another apology from you, I will lose my shit. Your apology isn’t going to make my parents take me back, so it’s unnecessary if you ask me.” She gritted out.With a sigh, I muttere
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|Aria’s POV| My eyes were sore from looking at the same interior for the past three days, but I couldn't bring myself to step outside. Shame and self-awareness of how my life almost got ruined still flashed after my eyes but Penelope and the kids had been the only sane people keeping me here. Zion had asked Harper what happened when he brought me up and I looked like a corpse, my body was cold and my eyes were lifeless, except that I was breathing. My gaze met his as he snapped his mouth open to tell Zipm about it, I shook my head and it was funny how he effortlessly lied. “Aria, let's take a walk. As much as I hate that cocky Harper, he is undeniably good at his job, so if he said that he took the video down and the people tagging you were just programmed to and not as if they saw anything, then stop cramming yourself inside.” Penelope whined, taking my hands into hers. My eyes slid over her and my lips tugged into a tired smile. All she said was through but I couldn't he
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|Ace’s POV|The soft thud of the apartment closing behind me made my muscles tense as I looked around the sparkling clean house that was stale with dust in the air.I leaned against the door and closed my eyes, trying to push away the memories of the video getting leaked yesterday.I was back yet again, in the house Aria and I shared before I messed up. Moving out was a huge step for me but I didn't see myself living in the house without her because she's made memories on every single part of the house.The anonymous guy who wanted to help me what he could to destroy Gabriella isn't here yet. Good. I needed time to check around the apartment that had now been tainted with Gabriella's presence to see if there was anything that could be traced back to the video being leaked.Especially since I was told that she came to visit a few days ago. So my suspicion is narrowed to the fact that whatever evidence she had must have been picked up from somewhere I didn't check here.I stepped away f
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|Ace’s POV|A muscle twitched in my jaw as I glanced at the paper work, my assistant should have done all of these but she caught up with the flu, and I must have forgotten how hard it was to work without an assistant.‘Gosh, I should have given her breaks earlier before she broke down.’ I sighed, slamming my hands on the wooden desk at the amount of error and clauses that appeared in the contract.As I stood up, the leather chair creaked lightly from my weight, I round the table and alpacas around the office, hoping my mood would be a bit more better than it was a few minutes ago.Tugging the tie down, my brows dipped inwardly when my phone started going crazy and the screen lit up as several notifications popped up. I took long strides to the table and saw multiples tags from several account I didn’t know.But my eyes stopped at one particular message that stood out, it was from Harper.“Call me immediately you see this, there is a very big problem.”I scrunched up my face in conf
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|Aria’s POV|My jaw ticked and my fist grew whiter as my phone rang. Zion had been calling me since two hours ago, I don’t know if he was genuinely worried about where I was or if he discovered that coincidentally, I and his ex-girlfriend who wore matching outfits happened to meet and greet.I stared at the ocean waves collapsing and the cool breeze bit into my skin. My eyes stung with tears, but I didn’t know if it was worth crying over, or if I just deserved an explanation that should put me at ease.The day went from being a very good day for me to a bad one, especially meeting my step-sister who still believed that she could emotionally hurt me. But she couldn’t be more wrong, I wasn’t the Aria she used to step over, and she was about to know that soon.‘Is all this stress for love worth it?’‘Should I just focus on my children and stop looking for love since it’s probably not meant for me.’I couldn’t deny the fact that some of my happiest moments showed up whenever I was with Zi
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|Author’s POV|Hello dear readers. If you are reading this note, I am glad you followed me all through this chapter and I hope to see you at the end of the book. I would love to see more of your comments and suggestions. XoXo.I am sorry for the convenience, but I am going to be writing this chapter in Author’s POV because there are lot of characters that needs to be captured in this chapter and I do not want to have other’s POV that are not too significant! Thanks for your understanding!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “You have done this numerous times, you can do it again.” Aria muttered to herself as she got off the Uber in front of The Royal’s Luxury hostel. She was there for a charity ball, she had contemplated not going but she knew these kind of opportunity might be hard to come by again since influential people in the acting career would be in attendance. All week, she had thought about the lip-gloss she had found in Zion’s bag and whether Zio
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|Aria's POV|My heart skipped a beat when I saw the text message glaring at me. One thing was knowing your partner was understanding, another was realizing that he is just another insecure man who wouldn't help but go crazy especially when he saw you with your former love interest.A part of me contemplated shoving Ace into the back of the sofas, but I didn't want him to know he was a threat to Zion. Ace would only make things worse, besides, it wasn't as if we were in any act or something, so why should I act like I was caught in the middle of infidelity?Excitement coursed through my veins at the prospect of Zion being around but his happiness would be short-lived because I hadn't even told him yet about how Ace found out about the kids and how he wanted to be in their lives.“Aria?” Ace called out, concern etched on his face as if he meant it.A muscle twitched in my jaw and I ground my teeth on each other, fearing that it might break before my legs found the will to move and final
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|Aria's POV|It's been a day since Ace showed up claiming to be in the kids' life. My eyes felt heavy felt even my heart was heavier, I couldn't even sleep a wink knowing that his visit would be the beginning of all my problems.Not after he sent the disturbing text that made me want to shove my knees in his balls so he doesn't have to use his manhood anymore.My feet hurt from pacing around and chewing my finger but I was done letting Ace have the upper hand in this marriage. I had decided that I was going to state my ground rules and for my relationship to work out with him around, he had to know his place and that was why I sent him a text message a few hours ago to meet me.Immediately I heard two rasps on my door, my heart skipped a beat but I shut my eyes and walked to the entrance to open the door for the visitor.Immediately I yanked the door open, I was met with his handsome face. I didn't study Ace's reactions often, but I knew he looked at me like he owed me everything for
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Zion's scent on his hoodies was now faint to the extent that I could only imagine it. My heart ached for not seeing Zion for two months and two weeks. Although the calls were often, they didn’t soothe the ache that grew in my chest each time I thought about him and craved to be in his strong hands.I snatched my phone from the table and hovered over the dial button.‘Am I starting to be an overbearing fiancé? What if he is busy?’The negative thoughts got shoved aside when his words filtered into my head. “Don’t ever hesitate to reach out or think you are a burden. I love you and you are a priority.” I exhaled shakily as I finally dialled his number. He answered immediately and the corners of my lips lifted into a smile after hearing his voice.“Hi baby,”“Hi.” I breathed shakily.“Is this the wrong time to call you? I just missed you very much and your hoodies are losing your ingredients.” I complained, my lips forming a pout even if he couldn’t see me.“You don’t have a wrong time
