I woke up with a slight headache and blearily stared blankly at the female figure in front of me. I knew right away it was Noelle.
"Elle," I mumbled.
The sweet fragrance coming from her made me scrutinize her very well. She was putting on a blue jumpsuit and her blue barrel bag was on top of the bed.
"Before I leave the house, I want to ask you a few questions…" She started, and I knew what she wanted to say, I shook my head at her to continue.
"Why are you back suddenly?"
Oops, here we go.
"He wasn't around when I came. I called, and he said he was going on a trip. He didn't leave a key behind, and he said the trip was going to take longer than expected." I lied smoothly.
She pouted her lips, not believing me, "And all the time you both spoke the day before yesterday, he didn't tell you?." She asked, looking at me skeptically. "Why am I not convinced?." She questioned me. I swallowed a big lump of spit and turned to the other side.
I heard her stand up to her feet, "I won't push you too hard to tell me." And that's the Noelle I know, she won't ask me again.
I turned back to her. "Where are you going?" I asked.
She smiled, "Got a rich nigga, and he asked me out for a drink."
I shake my head.
"Are you going with me?" She asked.
"Hell no." I coughed lightly and used my pillow to press my head on the bed.
"Suit yourself." I heard her mumble, and just when she took steps towards the door, I turned.
"Okay. I'm coming." I blurted, and a wide grin spread across her face.
~Aiden's POV.
"What do you mean you can't find her?""
"Get the fuck out of my phone!"
I threw the phone across the room, and it made a quick clash over the door.
"Second phone is broken. Nice one billionaire prince." Gavin said sarcastically.
"Oh shut up. Why can't they find her? I want to find her." I have repeated the same lines since he came.
"What has she done to you? Are you falling in love?" Teased Gavin.
"Gavin. If you know, you won't stand here unconcerned." I told him and sat down on the cushion. I breathed out and ran my hands over my hair, mumbling something inaudible to myself. It was as if she disappeared all of a sudden.
I felt a hand grab mine softly, the hand was warm. I looked up, pleased to see those shining violet eyes pecking into me. She blinked and smiled sweetly.
"Hey. Manny." Gavin shook my body and I went back to myself. There were no violet eyes, nor a soft hand placed on me, it was all in my head. Gavin was looking at me like I had gone mad. I found him looking at me, and his ugly hands were holding onto mine.
"You look lost." He said.
I quickly shoved his hands off me. "What are you doing? Yuck!." I flung my hands and glared at him. "Don't you get touchy with me again…" I warned him. He busted out laughing. I was this time glaring at him.
"You touched me first, but you know what, let's go get drunk man." I rolled my eyes at him.
"Maybe you might see her at the bar." He added, and my eyes perked up.
He scoffed at my quick response when he mentioned her and I said, "She's the only language I understand now." I told him, standing up and walking out of my office.
Kat's POV
-BAR STAR.
Bar Star was filled to the brim today, it was really hard to find an empty seat. Some were drinking, some were dancing and some were doing both. And the music was so loud that at one time, I thought it was going to block my eardrum. I suddenly felt it was a bad idea. I could have been sleeping lonely in the comfort of my bed.
"Elle. This is a bad idea." I shouted, so she could hear me against the loud tune playing in the background.
"I know, right? Just as we were at college. Remember, you wouldn't like to miss any of these school parties."
I've been a party type, and it was really fun back then, but right now, I'm in no mood for parties.
"Please cheer up, I am going to dance," She told me while trying to get up, and I tucked her back into the seat.
"Are you serious? This is not part of the deal." I whispered into her ear.
"Join me if you can." She forcefully released the grip I had on her and danced herself to the dance floor.
"Bitch…" I cussed.
A man walked himself to her seat. He grinned, showing his set of brown teeth and his breath was awful. I scrunched up my nose in disgust, grabbed my purse, and walked away through the exit.
I felt the evening breeze sweep through me, making my hair flap up on my back. I loved it, it was cooler outside.
"Enjoying your evening?" A male voice asked from behind. I turned and smiled at whoever asked me the question. Standing beside me, with his hands tucked in his pants, I scrutinized him very well.
"You know, you could drink and forget your worries," he advised, and I scoffed.
Is he kidding me? Is he trying to ask me to drink and is using this lame tactic? Forget it, I think I might actually need a drink right now.
"Are you asking me out for a drink?" I asked.
He shrugged, and a smirk appeared at the corner of his lips, "If you say so"
I walked into the bar with this man. We sat in the bar seat while a young-looking bar guy attended to us.
"Vermouth…" I placed my order. He smiled and started mixing the drink.
"What's your name, pretty?" The stranger asked me.
"None of your business…" I snapped at him. A broad grin went across his lips and he placed his hand on the counter, turning his form to my side. I looked at his face, finding him familiar, but couldn't place where I had seen him.
The bartender dropped the cocktail glass in front of me. I picked it up to my nostrils and inhaled. "Nice mix-up." I mumbled and sipped a little.
"Feels good, right?" I heard him ask, and I shook my head at him.
"(It feels good)Se siente bien," I replied in Spanish.
He smiled and turned to the guy, "Sangria please…" He told the bar guy who walked away to mix his cocktail drink.
"I never thought you liked drinking this much…" He said, and I gave him a funny look, he said it as if we'd known each other for a long time. "I've been drinking since high school, what? Should I not? Am I a toddler?"
He quickly put his hands in the air, "No. It's fine." Shaking his head, "I have no problem with that."
I went back to gulping down the contents of the bottle. Don't mind me, blame it on Noah who ditched me for his sister.
He leaned forward and said, "You get more interesting every passing second,"
"I like you." He added, and I scoffed.
He looked at me like I had grown two heads. I don't think he expected my reaction to his statement.
I nodded to the bartender to get me another bottle before turning to look at him. My eyes met his, lips an inch apart, and my words hit him harder than he thought, "And then, play with my feelings, get under my pants and ditch me for another available slut," I listed out and instead of him feeling insulted, he busted out laughing.
I watched him laugh. This man seemed to laugh a lot.
"No... I mean you, yeah you're driving me crazy with those fucking hips and nice rounded boobs, but…"he paused, drawing closer to my face, "I think I've fallen for you and I will do everything in my power to make you mine"
My breath hitched, I felt hot inside and my hand found the bottle instead as I started to down everything into my belly.
He's good with words. It kept resounding in my mind. For a minute, it made me forget Noah's betrayal. I didn't know I was this tipsy until I found myself staggering into the toilet, with my eyes blurrily searching for the toilet. I was able to get into the female bathroom and pee the drink into the toilet. I flushed and staggered to the front mirror to check myself out. I slid the tap and squashed water onto my face. I opened my purse and took out my hankie to dab my face. When I looked up, I saw a man standing beside me with an ugly smile in the mirror. My eyes were twitching to see if I wasn't hallucinating. It was when his cold hands grabbed me from behind that I struggled and was able to push him off me. Even in my drunk state, I could notice he was drunk too. I watched him stand up to his feet and dash towards me. I weakly tried to shove him off, but he was damn strong. He gripped me from behind and pushed me to the wall, tracing kisses over my body. I yelped, disgusted at the
I woke up with a terrible hangover. I was on a bed, in an unfamiliar room. I sat up on the bed, groaning with a severe tumbling in my head. Everything that happened on the last day suddenly came flooding back to me. The bar, drinking with a guy, excessively bragging about how I drank in high school, and stupidly consuming the six shots of sangria. In the toilet, the way that man almost raped me, gosh…someone tried to rape me, yeah…a guy saved me. I looked around and gasped when I saw my black lingerie dangling over a couch. I panicked for a second. Oh God! Had I slept with that man? Oh my God. Then it hit me, staggering over that door and popping my head into his bathroom, and giggling like an idiot. What other stupid things have I done with this man?My purse was beside my underthings and my dress was on top of the couch. It almost choked me, I couldn't remember it all. I didn't want to see more, only my mind was doing things right now. Showering, touching, kisses. I had sex with h
...........Next Day."She said, get out and never come back," I replied. Noelle raised her brows and scoffed. "Like I care, huh." She said and I shrugged. We were huddled at our table in the cafeteria. I had gone to my workplace and was shocked when Mrs. Marcel wouldn't let me back after all my pleas to continue. I sipped my coffee and dropped the mug on the table. "We need the money, you know." She shook her head. "I can always ask my parents", she responded."Aren't you big for that? Gosh!, you got to quit that gig and start a reasonable job." I said and she rolled her eyes at me. I huffed and looked up. Two cute guys walked into the café and my memory recoiled at the familiar brown hair and body-built statue. My eyes widened when I remembered him, and I gasped. "Are you okay? Is everything fine?" Noelle asked and looked back. She gasped and turned to look at me. "They're fucking handsome." She squealed. I hit her on her arm and she winced, "Oww!! What's that for?""Stop dro
"She didn't take her pills with her.""Ooh OK." A deep male voice replied to her.I heard voices in the background. I could only pinpoint Elle's voice and the male, I do not know."Why is she taking pills?" The male asked her. She only coughed lightly."Ssh.are you trying to wake her up?" She asked all of a sudden. I knew she was trying to avoid that question."You all are," I muttered, not yet ready to open my eyes."We're sorry!" they whispered together."No use apologizing now." I slowly opened my eyes and sat up. Elle stood with her hand akimbo, and I looked at the male. My eyes grew wide when I saw him, "What for fuck sake are you doing here?" I yelled. My head ached at the way I shouted at him.I winced."I thought you said you were her friend, and you saved her," Noelle said, sitting on the bed. I looked up at her, "Yes, he saved me, but friends, I do not…""Stop talking baby,"She cut me off. "I'll go make your favorite tea, hm." She added and left.I looked at him, "Are you sta
I walked the route, taking drinks to the people on the raised platform of the club where couches and coffee tables were. It was more like a lounge on that raised platform than anything else-in my opinion. Once I dropped their drinks, I turned and raced back to my bar stool. The club may have been busy, but there wasn't much demand for drinks. I watched the swaying forms on the dance floor, giving it my best effort not to stare at my stalker who had given himself the work of sitting in any corner of the bar while I served the customers. He's been doing that since I last had an attack on my way home. He was stubborn and strange. Once, when it was 5pm in the evening, he would occupy a seat and order one thing or the other. The way he usually stared at me as I served the customers, would make me feel awkward and strange. I would sometimes try not to act clumsy while dropping the drinks on their tables. I had stepped up to him and asked him to leave me alone, but he only told me that he
"Good morning, Kat." A cheerful voice greeted me. I looked up to the doorway and saw Noelle smiling at me, carrying a tray of pancakes. Grinning, I waved at her, "Good morning, Elle." "Do you want some pancakes? I made it myself." She told me proudly, I smiled and sat up on the bed. "Okay…" She walked further into the room and sat on the bed. I picked one of the pancakes and took a bite. "Humm…" Shaking my head, "It's really tasty." She giggled, "Right?" "100%," I replied and smiled while chewing it quietly. Then, she looked like she wanted to say something. "What's it? You look distant." I said. She nodded, "You know, hm. My mom is out of cash, and we've run out of cash lately. Can you give me some money? And I'll pay you back, I promise." I dropped the pancake and looked at her. "I spoke to your mom yesterday, and she did not tell me this…" I said, eying her closely."Ah…she called me last night, while you were at work," Elle replied. Lying bitch.I'm like a daughter to Mr
Aiden's POV."Moan my name, baby." "A.I.d.e.n.""Do you love it? Do you love my dick?" I whispered and bit her ear. She leaped up and moaned enthusiastically. "Yeah. That's feeling, hold on, I'm gonna cum now." I kissed her lips and positioned myself at a faster rate. Her moans filled the room as I dug deeper and faster into her hole when I felt it coming. Roughly, I pushed her hair backward as I spilled my sperm on her face, making her lick and swallow up a quantity. I got out of bed, grabbed my robe from the cushion, and put it over my body, I turned and found the bitch still lying on my bed. "What are you doing?" I asked, her eyes looking up tiredly. Who wouldn't after six rounds of sex? Hell, she's not sleeping over tonight. "Thank you for the sex, you can go now." I tried to sound as polite as I could. "What?." I walked to my bedside, took out a bundle of cash, and threw it at her. "I said, leave," I yelled and she jerked up. She quickly wore her dress and limped off th
I cocked my brows when he said that. I didn't ask him what he meant nor did he explain either. I was feeling restless, agitated and nervous. I wanted to stand up and walk through that door but the only thing holding me right now was Nuelle's mom, who I had come to take as my mom. "How much?," I asked. "Four hundred thousand a month?" My mouth hung, "Huh?." "I'll pay half and if you complete your work in a month, I'll pay the other half of the money." Okay, let me get this straight. I'm only 24, I was in my second year of becoming a therapist with a bachelor's degree until my parents died and my dream of becoming one today was shattered. I had to work for a woman as a secretary to make ends meet. My salary per year wasn't even up to $15,000. Therapists can make an average of $6,584 a month. At most, they might make $10,770 a month. At the very least they'll make $3,650 if they are just starting out or prefer not to pursue a doctorate degree.Individual therapists may make anywhe
"Stay away from her and read your books."Nicole turned from the words she was memorizing to her mother."Mom, are you okay?.""I should ask you that. Why did Lilly's mother call me now?. Answer me,"Aiden walks in immediately."What is going on, Honey?." He asked looking from his wife to his daughter."Isn't she too young to fall in love?, love isn't what she should be thinking of right now. And well, that girl's mother is Lily Mila. The one we know of." Kat shouted and walked out of the room.Nicole looked at her dad."Dad, what is going on?. Why's my mom so angry with me?."Aiden replied, "Stay put and I'll talk to your mother."He walks away.Reaching the room, Kat was walking to and fro the room agitatedly. The way Lily talked to her over the phone would make anyone worried.Lily had called her and complained that Nicole made her daughter cry, not only that, that Nicole had taken after her in snatching men.Nicole was too young to be accused of such."Calm down, Kathleen. You're
Kathleen and Aiden made it downstairs together. Kat listened to Aiden after he told her to smile and act like everything's fine so that this would not make her visitor uncomfortable."So which family did you come from?." Aiden asked."The Miles family sir." The young girl replied.Kat asked, "You said your name's Lilly?. Like Lilly Miles?."The girl nodded and she looked at Aiden.Aiden whispered, "Don't tell me you're thinking of..?."Kat bent down and exclaimed, "Oh my god!."Nicole was just watching her parents reactions. As a smart kid, she already knew that her mom was not happy with her guest, then why?. What happened in high school that caused such insecurity?.That has been the question running through her mind."Mom, will I sleep at her place now?." Nicole tactically asked. To ask in front of her friend might make her give in to her. Nicole knew exactly where to get her mother."Fine. But I want you back the next morning. And also stay out of trouble." She ordered.Lilly and
"Nicole.." Lilly screamed, running towards her, she closes her locker and turned around."Xup, Lilly." She grumpily said.Lilly stopped smiling and asked her, "Why do you look sad?.""My mom disagreed, she'd asked me to bring you so she can see you."Lilly's face fell.Too bad."Well, my mom agreed. She'd asked to see the only friend who helped me with my school work." She replied,Lilly repeated classes after she fell numerous times, she was one year older than Nicole and they've become friends after she begged Nicole to help her with school works.Lilly is eleven and Nicole is ten.Nicole was the most popular and brilliant girl in school. She'd won so many trophies for the school."I think you would have to come to my house after school." Nicole said as they both walked away."Well, I've never met your mom. I know you must take after her," Lilly mused. Her friend was perfect, she had the perfect family, mom, dad, grandparents but Lilly never got to meet her dad, she only had her mom
"What do you want me to do now?."Kathleen turned to Nicole, she had been begging her to allow her sleep in a friend's place."Nic, I do not want to talk about this anymore." Kathleen huffed and said, then started walking up the stairs.She walked into Fiona's room and sat down beside her.Nicole came running in, but halted when she saw Kat sitting beside Fiona.The both older women were now looking at her, Kat said, "Nicole, are you here to ask your grandma to beg me?."Nicole almost broke into tears."Mom.."Fiona looked from kat to Nicole."What is going on?."Kat answered, looking at Nicole, "Your precious granddaughter is begging me to let her sleep over a friend's place. When I was at her age, I'd never think of that," She finished and Nicole looked down."Who's this friend?, because I know you don't have friends," Aiden asked, making everyone look at him. No one even noticed he was standing at the threshold. Kat could not take her eyes off him, he looked really handsome in a ca
Noelle ran outside, cutting Aiden off on what he was about to say to Dylan."Did you know she remembered?."Aiden and Dylan were confused."She remembered what?." He'd asked.Noelle breathed out. The way she ran had made her out of breath. She was trying to calm down too."Kat got back her memory."Aiden's eyes widened as he took up the run inside.Dylan and Noelle looked at each other for another moment without speaking to each other.He came closer to her and picked up her hand."I'm sorry that I walked out on you earlier." He said, lowly.Noelle smiled and hugged him quickly."I see that you are happy over the news."She disengaged from the hug."All my life, my life has evolved around Kathleen. I shared in her pains and in her happy days. I never really cared if I lived for her but I am glad. Do you know why?. She is fine. She's okay. And her sorrow days are over now.""You're a good friend. You've stood by her and you've fulfilled what a sister would do."He tucked her hair behin
"Helena?." Kat called."Kathleen," Helena called back."Wow. You two know each other, but I thought you lost your memory forever," Clara said and earned a glare from Kat and Helena."You. How dare you?. How dare you destroy my life?." Kat fumed and started getting up. Her eyes had turned stone cold and her hands were clenched."Not only did you destroy Natalie's life, you went ahead to destroy hers?. Why do you keep hurting the people I care for?." Helena stated firmly. Her guns were firmly pointed at Clara."If you come close to me, I will kill you both." Clara stated with fear.Just then, the police came running around them with their guns. All pointing their guns at Clara."Get down now!." One of the policemen yelled at Clara.It didn't take long before Clara realized that she lost. She had lost her battle. Her eyes were fixated at Aiden who had come running to Kathleen. A tear dropped as she saw both hugged and Aiden kissed her passionately.Her face went red.She screamed."Noooo
She snatched the binocular away and rushed outside.She viewed from the front porch.She didn't know this person.Who's this person?.She squinted her eyes and took a look again.That face?.What?.…...End of recapKathleen stood at the middle of the field, looking towards the direction of Clara in which she had taken in. She breathed out, watching her come closer. She'd thought that Clara was one tough girl who fought a million times after seeing lots of huge fighting men beside her, but she thought wrong, Clara was an opposite.A girl who had a silk skin, beautiful eyes and innocent looks. She'd imagined if she at all had left a prison. Clara was beautiful and classic and…"Wow..you look different." Clara cut off her thoughts with a strong voice.Okay, Kathleen underestimated her looks. She's really rude.Kathleen didn't wanna go round the bush but said in a very straight tone."Where's my daughter?."Clara smirked."Ooh. You've got some balls now. I didn't expect to see you.""You
She reached her room and sat down, her eyes looking into the phone every minute, waiting for any call.Suddenly, Aiden walked in. She breathed out and didn't look at him.Aiden walks further and stands in front of her, but doesn't touch her.Aiden mumbled, "Okay, I'm sorry." He apologized.Kat looked up, in her eyes, he was tired. He wanted everything to end, it was like everything was not gonna ever end in his family. His family was never gonna be together and his enemies made sure of that."You don't have to apologize.." She said but paused midway and looked up at him. Her eyes glinted, although she knew nothing about this woman, she was bent on getting her hands on her. She'd wished she found a way to catch her.Aiden bent down quickly, "I promise to get her out of the way, nothing will happen to you or our daughter." He sincerely stated.Kat shrugged."Do everything you can, Aiden."Aiden smiled and got up. He needed to shower and get ready for what is to come. He pulled off his w
"Kathleen, Kathleen…"Nicole called but Kat didn't look up. She was speaking to one of the maids in the kitchen, and Nicole was surprised.She walked into the kitchen and touched her and Kat turned instantly."I've been calling you, you seem not to answer."Kat was confused, "Call me?.""I've been screaming your name for like ages," Nicole repeated.It then dawned on Kat that she was called Kathleen, not Lisa."Oh my god!. I'm so sorry. I've not been acquainted with the name yet. You know I lived with this name for five years."Noelle nodded understandably."Aiden asked me to remind you of the doctor's appointment. He just left for his office now,""How could he just leave like that?, he was supposed to take me there," She said, frowning."It was urgent, anyway I could take you there and maybe we could catch up like old times, I will tell you about yourself to help you remember,"Kat smiled at Noelle, she appreciated her, "Thank you, Noelle. I'm very happy that you could help. I still