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Grateful illusions I
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2023-03-24 19:00:06It was a sunny Friday, the weather was perfect for walking to the clinic, which was not too far from there. Just five blocks.
"You're crazy," Ayden deferred, grabbing his briefcase. "You're not walking.""Please, if I get tired I call a cab," the young pregnant woman insists. "I haven't been able to walk to Central Park, it gets dark too early."Ayden rubs his forehead heavily."I'll walk you, as soon as you get there, okay? I'll give you your space, or I'll just sit on a bench while you walk back and forth" he suggests, intending to get her to agree."Okay..." she says, taking her bag as well.They both go down in the elevator, but say no more to each other. Ayden has kept his promise to keep his distance.When they arrive, there are more people than usual, all dressed in suits."Good morning, Miss Harley," greets John."Good morning, John, who are they?" she asks him rather than Ayden."They are your bodyguards "warns Ayden behindRelated chapters
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"Are you deaf?" she asks wryly. "I already told you I'm not. It's clear that Arya is not safe in your hospital, so they stay. Yes or yes.""You're fucking arrogant," Mark whispers, only for Ayden to hear him."Yeah, but what I've got as a fucker, is proportional to what you've got as a whiny little mama's boy," she sneers remembering old times.Mark angrily punches Ayden in the face, who punches him back in the jaw."That's all it takes," Arya says, grabbing her purse and stepping away.The people around her move away and others mill about as the Emory brothers put on their show.Arya, angry at the situation, turns away from them and heads back to the ER."Get them away," she calls to her bodyguards, who immediately intervene to try to separate them.By the time they finally manage to do so, Arya is no longer there. She has left them."A Pair of Neanderthals," she whispers as she prepares a suture kit.And as imagined, both brothers
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The days soon passed; Arya was in her seventh month of pregnancy. Ayden had ordered all the mirrors removed from her “meditation room”, so that the remodeling work could begin."Everything will be ready by the time the baby is born," Daniel reported, standing next to Arya. "The decorator is coming. I think you should go."Daniel, seeing the disappointment on Arya's face, feels sorry for her."Don't misunderstand me. I mean for emotional health" he clarifies, trying to be empathetic. "It will be less difficult for you if you don't get involved in this.""Involve me less, you say? When the child is carrying half of my genes, and I'm the one gestating it, feeling every movement or when it hiccups…. What a stupid thing to say" she declares, walking away angrily from there."Arya, don't be angry," Daniel asks in vain. She has already gone downstairs on her way to her bedroom."What I should do is get away from this place, go to Cary again," she mutters, entering the hallway to her room, bu
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"Thanks anyway, you're a sweetheart," she says, giving him an innocent kiss on the cheek then walking away, answering her benefactor's call."Arya, what happened, are you okay?" he asks worriedly."I am, my mother isn't, I have to go to her," she says with her voice cracking."I'm on my way to the clinic, I'll see you in the ER," he warns getting out of the car and hangs up.Arya walks as fast as she can to get her things and meets a pale Ayden at the ER entrance, just as promised."You got here fast," she mentions, handing him his work bag."I was on my way home, I wanted to change for a business lunch," she clarifies. "John called me. What do you know about your Mirella?""He spoke to me, claimed me, said he already knew everything and then there was a commotion; they hung up on me," she says, trying to call her mother back, but it sends straight to voicemail."I'm sorry," she expresses sincerely.They both get into the car and John drives them to the resting place where his mother
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The couple -not a couple-, had arrived at Ayden's apartment. Arya was going with a broken heart and mind. Meanwhile, he didn't know what to do. He wanted to comfort her, but he had already exceeded his limits on other occasions, all involving or on behalf of his son. On this occasion, however, it was purely personal to the girl.Her ramblings distracted him from his duty as a knight."Miss Arya, are you well," Bea asks when she sees her arrive with puffy eyes.It was well known to all the friction between the two. They even whispered when they weren't about the compatibility of their characters or how they were such opposites that it made them attracted to each other.“No” Ayden answers for her. “It's no good. Take her to the living room, I'll be right back.”"Yes sir," Bea affirms and patiently and tenderly leads Arya away.The young woman lies lost in thought, sad and desperate."Miss, if there is anything we can help with
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The next morning, he decides to ignore it. He gets up earlier and calls himself a cab. He decides to go down the stairs and the main entrance and not the elevator to the garage.Neither John nor his bodyguards notice this. They expected him to go down with Ayden as he does every day or most days. He heads straight to his mother's nursing home and once there he goes straight to her bedroom.She lies peacefully asleep. When she awakens, breakfast has already been brought to her, so Arya offers to give it to her."I remember when you were a little girl, your dark hair, long and straight. I used to call you my little Snow White," her mother murmurs haltingly."I don't remember," Arya confesses, but she feels melancholy that her mom would tell her something like that.She usually doesn't talk about it ever.A call on her phone interrupts her. Arya checks and sees that it's Mark."Hello," Mark greets. "Hi, Mark," she says with a smile on her lips."
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Arya lies in her recliner, eyes closed, AirPods on, listening to “Chasing cars” by Snow Patrol. Concentrating on every word, she imagines a world where everything is perfect, one where the millionaire's heart is her own. Where he allows her to get close, to touch him, to love him. But it is not so. Her world is reduced to a misery of time-sharing, of feigned smiles and interest founded on a simple business. She sings her heartbroken voice softly, but even so it is heard in the hallway. Ayden, who waits for her to finish singing before approaching, remains leaning against the nearby wall. Daniel Cheng was right when he told her that she was falling in love. "Could it be that, or is she just singing for singing?" she wonders. “Hello” he greets as she enters the bedroom ready. "It won't be long before your mom arrives. They're coming with the boys you picked out, are you sure they'll help you?" "Thanks for letting me know" she replies without enc
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The young woman leans back against the wall and crosses her arms over her pronounced abdomen. "I don't really care what you do or don't do with her," she says, trying to sound serious. "You're single, a millionaire, handsome, you could practically ask for any woman, and she'd fall at your feet." "You say you don't care, and you make jealous scenes for me… it's incongruous what you say, Arya," Ayden remarks. Arya squints her eyes as if she wants to kill him. "You, you are incongruous, you asked me not to get close to Mark, you agreed you wouldn't get close to Cathy. You said you'd support me, and what do you do the first chance you get to prove you're a gentleman who keeps his promises? You go on a bender with "Cathy". Don't fuck with the incongruity because the incongruent one is not me, it's you. And it's not jealousy… you wish." Ayden studies her intently. "Like I said, you're a shrew when you put your mind to
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It was mid-afternoon when Arya received a call from Mark, taking advantage of Ayden's virtual meeting with Daniel in his office. She decided to take it in her relaxation room."Yes, Mark. What do you think about what I sent you?" she inquired with great concern."Hello, I've talked to both the head of cardiac surgery and the specialist oncologist, and they mutually agree that chemotherapy or radiation therapy in your mother's condition could be very aggressive," he commented with his characteristic professional tone. Upon hearing this, Arya slumped her shoulders. "However, all hope is not lost. The Spaniards are conducting an experimental treatment that basically involves combining several immunotherapy drugs.""Are you proposing that we take my mother to Spain?" she asks, confused and hopeful. "I don't think she can handle so many hours of flying.""No, Arya. What I recommend and Dr. Jones suggests is that we perform the treatment here. One of his colleagues was
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"Mom, I'm ready!" Aryehn shouts from somewhere in the house."Get in the car, Henry is already waiting for us," Arya replies.Aryehn grabs his phone and heads out of the mansion to the front entrance. Before leaving, he checks his notifications and reads a message from his father saying that he's already waiting for them at the main venue."Mom, Dad is already waiting for us!" Aryehn exclaims, making sure his suit is properly adjusted.Arya comes down in her burgundy dress, fitted at the bust and loose at the waist down to the knees."Mom, you look gorgeous!" Aryehn says, approaching her to kiss her on the cheek. "Are we ready to go?""Yes, everyone is waiting for us there," she affirms, taking the arm her son offers.Aryehn has grown into a handsome seventeen-year-old, chivalrous and formal, just like his father. Arya watches him with pride, happy to see him so content.Henry opens the limousine's door, and they get in. The escorts follow them in another car behind, but they ignore t
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Mark's voice echoed loudly in Arya's ear, and she felt disgusted just hearing it."Is something wrong? You don't seem to want to answer," he inquired, feigning concern."Hello, Mark, it's not that. You caught me at a busy time," she lied, hoping he would hang up."I'm sorry; I just wanted to talk and see how you're doing. I heard about the attack and the blame on Ayden; it's all over the news now," he explained in a tone that almost convinced her. "Turn on the TV; it's on every news channel."Arya felt her heart start pounding in her chest. She felt anxious for Ayden, rushed to the living room, and turned on the television, desperately searching for a news channel. The anchor had a photo of her husband on the screen."I told you; it's all over the news," Mark repeated. "Please, tell my brother to be careful. I'll try to keep track of you, but you know I'm short-staffed and can't be in two places at once. Nevertheless... we have a pending conversation, remember?"Arya was taken by surp
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