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Marco walked away from her, as fast as he could with hands stuck in his pockets, fingers curling in them as he felt his heart rhythm increasing more than usual. The sight of those sad brown eyes stuck with him, the softness of her voice, her inviting beauty, and the way she smiled. It was all embedded in his head. But it was wrong, too wrong. He couldn't desire another man's wife. He shook his head, a bitter laugh coming from him as he brought his hand out of his pocket, the silver band glinting almost mocking him at the way he felt at the moment. The band was a reminder of why he should tame himself and ignore the fire kindling, started by the woman he had saved from falling but he couldn't help himself. She's married, he reminded himself, and on the other hand, you have got a lot going on. He gazed at the band again, a small smile coming to his face, a reminder of his purpose here. He wasn't here to be besotted by a woman. He had loyalty to prove and faithfulness to uphold.
The shrill cries of the woman in pain filled the entire hospital theatre, echoing throughout the empty hallways as the nurse gently urged her to push.Her royal Majesty as she preferred to be referred to due to her importance even with no relations to any royals, Queen Julia St Clair was the woman in labour.A birth anticipated by all as she was the widow of the currently deceased powerful Man, Liam St Clair, leaving his lovely wife with a pregnancy and her two year old child to cater for.His death was a huge blow and people wondered what would become of the prestigious family. Liam St Clair had only recently married Queen Julia, taking her in with her child and treating the child as his, just when she was pregnant for him and everyone was happy that an heir for the St Clair Empire would be born, death came knocking robbing the unborn child of her father.Queen Julia had wasted no time in remarrying her now husband, Dominic Rossi, her high school sweetheart who happened
It was Sylvana St Clair's 24th birthday bash, a day as remarkable as this was to be adored and remembered. After all, she was the imposedHeir to the St Clair Empire.Her mother, Her Royal Highness, Queen Julia St Clair had taken it upon herself to give her daughter the best of the best upping the budgets and spending heavily on creating a foreign-themed and unique birthday party with the help of her husband Dominic, they were definitely going to succeed.The birthday girl was roused like the princess she was, groomed and pampered by the best hands in the city, she was watched and waited on with everyone around her doing her bidding as she prepared for her birthday party.Lunaria had often listened to fairy tales from Sasha while growing up, in these tales, the poor unfortunate soul had been the one to have the upper hand, getting her Prince and her happy ending, and ever since she turned Sixteen following her own mother pushing her down the stairs in an attempt to finally
Lunaria didn't think that Aaron was harmful. He was cute, smart, and funny. He taught her new stuff as well as Sasha did since she never had access to school and he usually brought books for her to read.And other times, he brought her food and some goodies and In extremely exceptional times, he managed to sneak her out of the house and show her around town. Lunaria heard a slight knock at her door, she paid no attention knowing that it was locked and after a moment, the door was pushed open and she shrieked seeing Aaron let himself in, "What are you doing here?" She wondered how he even snuck in."Who locked you up here?" He frowned fisting his fingers, "No one deserves to live like this, is it Sasha?!""No!" She shook my head walking towards him immediately, "You should leave Aaron, you would get me in trouble."She didn't want him to know what was going on in her house. Sasha had always told her to be mindful of who she confided in as people were dangerou
Queen Julia felt no remorse when she pulled the trigger, the abomination that came out from her 22 years ago had to know to be obedient and subservient.With each growing year, she had hated the girl, hated her guts, and hated the bitch who played a role in saving her, Sasha.Sasha was a major inconvenience and she hoped that she was in hell where she belonged. She remembered the first few weeks after birth, how Sasha pulled her resources together to find wet nurses for the little demon to make sure she survived.Queen Julia had restricted herself from paying attention to the baby or even feeding her, she had hoped with each passing day that it would die but it didn't and it was all because of Sasha's resilience.Sasha had cared for the child as her own, mothered her, protected her, and taught her all she knew was necessary. She never succumbed to Queen Julia's threat and only grew stronger.Queen Julia had hoped that Sasha would never reveal the identity of the child to her but from
*"Sasha." The little girl called looking back at the older woman behind her, "Why am I so ugly?""Now calm down child." Sasha shook her head dropping the hairbrush on the bed, "Who said you were ugly?""The beautiful woman who you said is my mother and my sister, Sylvana." Lunaria said rubbing her finger on her nose, "They said I make them lose appetite, do I make you lose appetite, Sasha?""Of course not my darling." She sighed deeply drawing the poor child next to her, "You aren't ugly, you are the most beautiful Eight-year-old I have ever seen.""But I don't see it." Lunaria shook her head, "I see myself every day, I wish I was different.""You are different in your own way my dear." Sasha soothed her head, "You are unique and lovely, you are beautiful, you are a dark beauty."Lunaria smiled at the words, they made her feel better and she hugged the woman back, "Thank you, Sasha.""You are always welcome, my little Lunaria, do you want pancakes for breakfast?""Of course." The chi
As usual, Sylvana had left Lunaria with her stuff for her to get home while she hurried off in her limousine running off to tell her mother what had happened. Lunaria had to find a way to get the numerous shopping bags home and luckily for her, she found some dollar notes on the ground. She looked around and picked them up, hoping the owner wasn't really in need of them before hailing a taxi and going home. The moment she got home and entered with the shopping bags, she was met with a smack on the head, fingers held at her ears twisting and dragging her off to the sitting room where a furious Dominic and a crying Sylvana awaited while Queen Julia made it a goal to box Lunaria's ears before even letting her speak. "Get on your knees, whore!" Queen Julia spat, "I should have killed you the day you were born! From disgracing us to whoring around with your sister's future husband." Future husband?! Lunaria had no idea that Xander and Sylvana had met and that they were even to be ma
It all happened in the blink of an eye. One moment Lunaria saw Aaron standing, the next, Xander had him in his clutches, hurling him to the ground and slamming his fists in his face.She stood, her mouth wide agape as she saw the man whom she had slowly developed a crush on beat up her long time friend who had slowly become obsessed with her.She could hear Aaron's grunts of pain, she knew he deserved them but she had begun to feel guilty so she gently called on the man."Mr Xander." She whispered, "That's enough!" Xander got off immediately, sliding Aaron to the side and he got up, clutching his nose and running for his bike, cycling off in the opposite end without being told off and Lunaria had a feeling that she would never have to worry about him again."Are you alright?" Xander whispered stepping closer to her, he wore a smile to ease her seeing that she was scared, "He didn't hurt you, did he?"She shook her head and held closely onto her duffel bag, "Thank you for interfering
Marco walked away from her, as fast as he could with hands stuck in his pockets, fingers curling in them as he felt his heart rhythm increasing more than usual. The sight of those sad brown eyes stuck with him, the softness of her voice, her inviting beauty, and the way she smiled. It was all embedded in his head. But it was wrong, too wrong. He couldn't desire another man's wife. He shook his head, a bitter laugh coming from him as he brought his hand out of his pocket, the silver band glinting almost mocking him at the way he felt at the moment. The band was a reminder of why he should tame himself and ignore the fire kindling, started by the woman he had saved from falling but he couldn't help himself. She's married, he reminded himself, and on the other hand, you have got a lot going on. He gazed at the band again, a small smile coming to his face, a reminder of his purpose here. He wasn't here to be besotted by a woman. He had loyalty to prove and faithfulness to uphold.
I am married. The words echoed in Lunaria's head causing the warmth she felt from the man to evaporate quickly and she hurriedly pushed against him in an attempt to get off. He released his hold and she slid away from him standing to her feet immediately, her palms smoothing awkwardly over her gown, her eyes darting in all directions apart from him but she could see from her peripheral vision that he had risen, standing up with his palms brushing across his trousers. "Are you alright?" The strange man asked, his voice cascading over her causing a certain coolness and she forced herself to look up at him even with the dimness provided by the night sky. She could see those electrifying blue eyes beneath the mask he wore, she sensed a vague familiarity but she couldn't quite make out his face. She hadn’t met much people in her life. "I am fine." She whispered slowly taking steps back and he gently walked towards her, "I am sorry." "You shouldn't be. You only tripped." "Right." Sh
Lunaria looked down at her chapped fingers, she could hear the laughter coming from downstairs while she was huddled in the bedroom under the pretense that she needed some time alone as she had a headache. Xander had flown in hours ago, she had gone with his mother and sister to welcome him at the airport. She had carefully orchestrated how she wanted to tell him the situation about home as she knew she couldn't die in silence but to her surprise, her mother and sister-in-law were Oscar-worthy actresses. If one were to see them at the airport, they would think that Lunaria was a lovely family member of theirs. The way they talked softly to her, and treated her nicely was something that shocked Lunaria to the core. Xander loved the state in which he met his family, seeing that his mother and sister had warmed up to his wife made him elated and Lunaria noticed this, she couldn't ruin it all by telling him what had occurred while he was away. Madam Ashton and Claire had made it a g
Madam Ashton's words bore venom, her stares as well as Claire's stares towards Lunaria were laced with hate bearing worse malice than she had ever seen. Its okay Lunaria, they are just meeting you. You need to show them you are worth it. She smiled softly at them, trying to push out the words of her mother in law, "I understand the mistake ma'am." she bowed a little, "My apologies for not living up to your expectations but I am Xander's wife. He explained why you both couldn't make it to the wedding." They both stared at her, saying nothing but with gazes that spoke volumes. "I anticipated your coming today mother, sister." Lunaria widened her smile, "I even cooked. You must be famished, I would l-" "Enough!" Claire was the one who barked this time, "Shut the hell up, acting like you are the lady of the house!" "Oh Xander." Madam Ashton took in a deep sigh like she was about to faint, "I asked for a daughter in law and he brought some horrible creature, did he push aside the lov
Lunaria shifted slightly in her seat, she dropped her fork, eyes wandering around to see that the section of the restaurant was almost empty, and Xander was far away at the moment. She could still feel their gazes when she stared down at her plate, she could hear their seats move, and her heart rhythm heightened as they rose from their seats and began to stalk towards her. Their heels clicked against the ground as they walked in her direction making her nervous with each passing moment. You are Madam Ashton now, you should be confident and not let anyone walk over you, chin up, and give them a piece of your mind. She raised her head, directing her gaze to them, there was a smile on her face which was returned with malicious stares that would kill someone on the spot. "Well, well, well." Sylvana shook her head, folding her arms over her chest, "Would you look at you Lunaria, the ugly duckling dressed in the finest of clothing." "Putting lipstick on a pig doesn't make it as gracef
Lunaria was awoken by the aroma of pancakes, she sniffed intentionally, the soreness of her limbs and slight throbbing in her head hitting her as she attempted to move and get up. She felt a kiss on her forehead, her eyes fluttered open immediately and she met the gaze of dark eyes looking down on her with compassion. "Did you sleep well, sweetheart?" Xander asked touching his palm to her cheek, his thumb stroked her chin lightly and he enjoyed the way she smiled leaning into his touch. "I did." She nodded, "I feel sore though, very sore and I ache everywhere." "Don't worry darling." He got up from the bed, "I will run you a hot bath, sit up and have breakfast first." Lunaria managed to sit up due to the excitement bubbling in her at her husband making her breakfast. She watched as he brought a tray before her, setting it on the bed. There was a rose on the tray with she picked up instinctively to smell and after she enjoyed the fresh scent, she gazed upon the tray wide-eye
The wedding banquet had been splendid, Xander Ashton had invited all business partners of his as well as his associates, and the crème de la crème of the society was present to celebrate the day with the new couple. Gifts were presented and speeches were made along with toasts, however splendid it was, it all felt foreign to Lunaria. If she had been raised as she was supposed to, if she was groomed as an heir, she would have been used to all these and know how to socialize but she felt awkward. She tried to smile and wondered if she was smiling too hard, she made small talk wondering if she was disgracing Xander but her husband didn't seem to care, he had a hand placed on the small of her back all through these moments, drawing her close, his smiles comforting her and pulling her through the event. Do you know who you married? Are you married to a man or a monster? These words of the anonymous text she had received echoed through her mind, she had wondered and pondered, watching
Lunaria felt light-headed as Aaron continued to speak, she watched as he held onto his coat, walking down the Aisle with lips curled in a sneer and eyes twinkling in anger. All eyes were trained on him, gasps and murmurs sounded from all corners of the gathering with people putting their palms over their mouths, eyes widened in shocked expression as they watched the man who had claimed the bride jilted him for a richer man. "Lunaria and I have been together since high school!" As Aaron spoke, the cameras flashed, reporters swarming to him, "She broke up with me for being too poor and suddenly is getting married to a rich guy!" "That's not true." Lunaria shrieked turning to face Xander who held a calm resolve, "Xander." He gave Lunaria a small smile and reached out his hand to touch her gently, "I know it's not true." He whispered, "I met him remember." But Xander knowing wasn't enough as Lunaria was soaked in embarrassment seeing the dirty looks that the guests were giving her. "
Xander had stated that he had always wanted a wedding on a Friday, he mentioned an outdoor wedding, one taking place in the graceful gardens embodying the surrealness of spring. Lunaria went with it, she loved the idea. She could imagine herself walking down the aisle, her long train hitting the grass, the greenery lifting her mood with the sun rays warming the environment. The date was picked and invites were sent out and of course, one was sent to the St Clairs and it was signed by Lunaria who now went by Madame Ashton not officially but everyone automatically addressed her as that since she is to be Xander's wife. Dominic had been the one to deliver the wedding invite to Queen Julia. The woman who was bridled in bitterness picked about the blue card, she ripped the envelope and brought the card out, holding it with the tip of her fingers and her face morphing into that of disgust. "Who the hell does she think she is now?!" She growled getting up from her seat as she read the d