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He was awake.His eyelids fluttered open, and his gaze landed on me. I'd been watching him the whole time. He looked peaceful in his sleep—almost vulnerable.I reached for the glass of water beside the bed and held it out to him."Have you slept at all?" His voice was still raspy from rest, and his eyes flicked to the clock on the wall.I shook my head. "I couldn't.""You should." He shifted, trying to sit up, but I pressed a hand against his chest."Don’t."His eyes locked with mine, and for a moment, neither of us moved. His gaze softened, but I broke away first, stepping back to put space between us."I already brought you dinner." I grabbed the tray from the table and placed it in front of him. It was 1:03 a.m.I watched him eat, making sure he drank plenty of water. He noticed."Come here." He patted the space beside him."I’m fine.""Kat." His hand caught my waist, tugging me down beside him.I resisted briefly, but he didn’t let go. Eventually, I gave in and let my head rest on
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Our car stopped in front of the mansion. Before the driver had even turned off the engine, I pushed the door open and stormed out, anger boiling inside me. My steps were fast and heavy as I headed inside, only to freeze in place when I saw the last person I expected — Lila.She stood in the middle of the living room, her eyes flicking from Aiden to me.I’d forgotten Aiden hadn’t called off his wedding preparations.The moment Lila spotted him, she rushed over and flung herself into his arms like she belonged there.I shut my eyes, jealousy twisting painfully in my chest. What the hell is she doing here?"What are you doing here?" Aiden growled, shoving her hands off him."Don't you dare touch me again," he warned, his voice low and sharp.Lila’s face twisted in a mix of anger and heartbreak. Her gaze shot to me, burning with resentment.I didn’t stick around to watch whatever scene she planned to pull. Turning on my heel, I marched upstairs, slammed my bedroom door shut, and collapsed
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"What do you want?" I asked without turning to face her. My mind was elsewhere — specifically on the conversation between Damon and Kathleen. What were they discussing? Why was Damon here?I tried to shake off the unsettling feeling gnawing at me, but then something else caught my eye — the new chef.I watched her carefully. There was something familiar about her face, but I couldn’t place it. As she dragged the waste bin outside, she stopped to speak to someone — a figure cloaked in a hood. I squinted, trying to get a better view, but the figure shifted further into the shadows."She's got a boyfriend?" Lila’s voice cut through my thoughts.I turned sharply to glare at her. "And what if she does?"Lila hesitated, clearing her throat awkwardly. "My dad called yesterday," she said. "He wants us at his place tonight."I arched a brow. "Us?""You. Me. Together," she clarified, as if I hadn’t understood.I bit my lower lip in thought. I needed to visit Mom tonight, and I couldn't let this
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Narrator's POV"Of all the women in the world, you had to pick this one?" Fiona's voice was sharp, her disapproval cutting through the air like a knife."Mom, what's wrong with that?" Aiden’s tone was calm, but there was an edge to it — frustration brewing beneath the surface.Fiona sighed heavily, her fingers drumming against the table. "You can't be with her, Aiden. When you find out what I'm talking about, it'll be too late."Aiden frowned. His mother knew something — something she wasn’t saying."Whatever reasons you have," he said firmly, "I want you to act nice to her while she's here. Just for a few hours, Mom. After that... I'll decide what to do about Cora." Without waiting for her response, he turned and walked away.---Kat's POVI hadn’t laughed this hard in a long time. Hayley and Harris were going back and forth, teasing each other relentlessly while I sat across from Cora — who hadn’t smiled once. Her face was stuck in a permanent scowl, her eyes glued to her phone.I wo
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I hesitated."Just hop in, and you'll find out when you get there."I rolled my eyes and walked toward the bike."Don't scratch my baby, Aiden. That's all I have," Harris called out as Aiden started the engine.I studied the helmet in my hands before sliding it on. Climbing onto the bike behind Aiden, I adjusted my seat."I’d prefer it if you put both arms around my waist," Aiden said, glancing back at me.I cocked a brow. "What if I don’t want to?""Uh... bad idea," Harris cut in instead, his voice casual but firm. "You’ll have yourself to blame." He tossed Aiden a knowing look and walked away.I felt Aiden smirking before the sudden vibration from the bike startled me. I yelped and instinctively wrapped my arms tightly around his waist."I can’t breathe!" Aiden choked out, his voice strained.I loosened my grip, resting my face against his back as he rode off.I sucked in a shaky breath. This is how I die.---After twenty minutes of winding down an empty road, I couldn’t take it any
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"Hey… uh… guys."Hay’s voice cut through the air, loud enough to snap me out of my spiraling thoughts.I didn't need to turn around to know what she was interrupting. The sound of Lila’s exaggerated moans and Aiden’s low chuckle filled the room — shameless, unbothered, right in front of me. My chest tightened. I swallowed down the burning lump in my throat and bolted upstairs.Once behind my door, I leaned against it, sliding to the floor. Tears spilled freely as I clutched my chest.He betrayed me. How could he stoop so low? How could he flaunt her like that — in front of me of all people? Was this his way of making me jealous? If so, it was working."Are you jealous?""You pushed him away.""Why are you blaming him?""Do what’s required, Kat."Those words twisted in my mind, taunting me. I didn’t know whether to cry harder or punch something. Rejecting him was supposed to be the right choice — but why did it hurt so badly now?---For the sixth time, someone knocked on my door."Go a
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Kat’s POVI dressed sharply, choosing a professional outfit that reflected the resolve I'd built over the past four days. I'd been avoiding Aiden, but today, I couldn’t push it off any longer. He was my employer — this was just a job. Awkward or not, I’d promised Hayley I would try to help him change.I stood at his door, raising my hand to knock, when a sound froze me in place — a moan. My heart sank, and my instinct was to turn away.Just leave, Kat, I told myself.But before I could, curiosity — or maybe stubbornness — won. I grabbed the door handle and twisted it open.I stood in stunned silence. Aiden was on top of Lila — both of them tangled in sheets, kissing like no one else existed. Naked.Lila’s eyes flicked to me first.“What the hell?” she shrieked, scrambling to cover herself.“Sorry!” I stammered, slamming the door shut and bolting down the hall. My head spun, my stomach twisted. I barely registered Aiden’s voice calling after me.“Kat, wait!”I ignored him, heading for t
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Kat's POV"Ahhhhh!"I screamed and flung the blanket off me. A rat scurried across the floor, darting toward my closet.The door burst open, and Aiden and Lila rushed in."What's wrong? Why are you screaming?" Aiden demanded, his eyes scanning the room like I was being attacked.I jabbed my finger toward the closet. "There! It's in there!"His gaze followed my finger — and to my shock, Aiden screamed louder than I had. He practically leapt onto my bed like a child."What the fuck, Aiden?" I yelled. "You're scared of a rat?"Before he could reply, the rat bolted across the room, making a beeline for the bed. I shrieked again and instinctively clung to Aiden. My grip tightened as if he were a life raft."GET IT OUT!" I shouted, squeezing him tighter.The rat seemed to panic as well, scuttling out the open door.Lila returned with Jeremy, who wielded a mop stick like a warrior entering battle."Where’s the rat?" Jeremy demanded, his eyes darting around."It ran out," Aiden said, still gri
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"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
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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
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"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
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"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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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"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
