Mia's POV The next house that we went to was even bigger than the last and it had more people. The realization that this meant that the little privacy that I had before would be completely evaporated because of this, made my mood drastically."We are going shopping in about half an hour," He said as he walked past me, after telling a maid to show me to my room that had been prepared before my arrival.No. I couldn't let things go like this even, if I was a prisoner. I still had some say in my own life and so before he could take another step, I grabbed him or at least I tried to grab his hand but was only able to catch a bundle of his V neck top.He looked back at me instantly; it was as if everything froze when he asked me what I was currently doing with my fingers on his shirt. I hastily bit my bottom lip, wondering if this was a good idea to begin with. I didn’t want him to yell at me but then my frustration of living like a lifeless doll overpowered my fear at that moment."Can
Mia's POV “This is too short, where do you think we are going to? A club?""No this is tight, you'll probably suffocate in this before the night is over…""... This one is supposed to be a joke, right?"When we finally arrived at the mall and headed towards a boutique that was literally screaming luxury and expensive even before we stepped in, it was as if the conversation that we were having was allowing me to make some choices about which clothes to pick.I went to the changing room and Lorenzo followed me instantly. Everywhere surprisingly looked scanty. A few people whom I had noticed as I walked by, had all been wearing the same shirts. I figured that it was a uniform and that they were probably working here at the boutique, since it had the logo of the boutique plastered against their backs.It was surprising that customers were not flowing in and out of here like water. Perhaps, they were all scared away by the absurd prices of each clothes.As I was thinking about it, I chuck
Mia's POV The moment his blue eyes focused on me like laser rays, I felt a bolt of awareness course through my body instantly.He had not really paid me much attention after I had stepped out of the spa, or while I was getting ready, because he had been so focused on his phone.But now that he was looking at me like this, it was as if it was the first time he was seeing me. I instantly felt self conscious, because even his men would see how he was literally trying to drill a hole through my body with his eyes alone.It was so bad that one of them had to walk up to him and ask him if they were going to the party or not.He seemed to have woken up from a dream as his eyes snapped over to the tall man that had spoken to him."I don't remember saying that we weren't going, so of course we are all going. All of you should get ready…"He then turned over to me and he looked like he was about to say something, but his eyes only once again raked my entire body up and down, right before he ave
Mia's POV The man looked utterly embarrassed as if he had expected Lorenzo to laugh along with him and honestly I had expected the same as well since he never seems to abandon an opportunity to put me down most of the time.But now it was almost as if he was defending me and I felt my heart flutter a little bit because it felt like the first time in my entire life that anyone was truly doing that, my twin and mother aside. The man apologized and then crept into the crowd and buried himself with them with utter shame.Without thinking about it too much, I turned around and thanked Lorenzo for doing that for me."What makes you think that I did that for you?" He asked me with a dismissive voice and instantly, the smile on my face evaporated. Will it have been so difficult for him to simply say the normal reply instead of being rude?His eyes were always darting around as if he was looking for something and then finally, they seem to go when a waiter was passing us by, but then the wai
Lorenzo's pov Why was she looking at me like that with those green doeish eyes which were ridiculously mesmerizing as fuck.For a moment, I considered just ignoring the meeting and staying with her, but that would be completely ridiculous. I was needed at the meeting for a lot of reasons and I knew that I would make a lot of people uncomfortable by just attending so of course, I needed to do so.As I finally left her side, I took one last look around he hall where the party was being held and some of my men strategically-placed in different directions, enough to give her space to enjoy the party but then with enough proximity that they would all be shielding her in case things went south at any time.Finally, I left her side and after breaking my way through the crowd moving up a flight of stairs and then spinning around a little bit, following the directions that the waiter had left in the encrypted note. I was standing in front of a steel door sometime later. I opened the door and t
Mia's POV As soon as Lorenzo left, I felt like the people that were looking at me instantly multiplied.It was as if some of them had tried to be cautious when he was by my side, but the moment he left, they were all trying to dig through my skin with their eyes.I was able to swipe a glass of wine from one of the men that was serving and just focused on sipping it, but as soon as I remembered Lorenzo’s countless warnings about not drinking anything, I instantly spat the drink back into the cup, hoping that no one had caught that.Suddenly I felt somebody tapping me on my shoulder and I turned around.There were two pretty women behind me who looked about 5 years older than me and they were dressed quite extravagantly as well. One of them was a blonde with her hair up in a high ponytail and the other was a brunette with low cut hair.Both of them were wearing the widest smiles that I have ever seen in my life. It looked like the corner of their lips were trying to pass through thei
When we finally returned back to Lorenzo's mansion, I was feeling both physically and mentally exhausted. The only thing that I wanted to do right now, is to crash into the nearest bed, but Lorenzo had pulled me along with him and said that there was something that he had to deal with again tonight.He was still looking very angry, and now I know that the anger was directed at me which made me even more scared."You should know that you are posing as my significant other and even if it is just an act, you need to play it well… you can't allow tramps like that to step all over you.”I was surprised that his advice actually sounded genuinely concerned instead of just insulting and I nodded, not feeling as berated as I'd expected to be.He had been the one to remind me to keep a low profile at the party anyway.After he told me that, he finally permitted me to go to bed and rest, and as I was at the top of the stairs, I pause hesitantly, deciding that it would be a little rude to just go
Mia's POV After my experience at the party that Lorenzo took me to, I didn't want to attend another one any longer. Along with the fact that I’ve always hated socializing, while my twin drank up such attention perfectly, I was more of the isolated type that likes to stay indoors with a good book and music playing in the background.But the next morning while I was having breakfast downstairs, Lorenzo casually walked over and told me that I should start getting ready and mentally prepared, because there’s another party that he was going to take me to very soon.I stared up at him with wide eyes, while I held the fork in my hand, hoping that it would not fall from my trembling fingers. The moment I pictured myself back in any place where people would be looking at me like a circus animal, my heart sank down to my stomach and the food that I was eating became tasteless."Is there a problem?" He asked me as he settled down on the seat that was adjacent to mine. I swallowed emptily and