Several Years ago (Flashback)The Monday morning was a hectic affair in the city of Vienna where several people tried to get back to their work mode after spending an amazing weekend with their loved ones. Drowned in her ambition, Alicia was a stranger to this feeling for all she cared was herself and the things she loved. It has been more than a year since she was living separately from her husband, but there wasn't a tiny particle in her that craved his absence. To say that she was a wife was certainly tricky because the fine woman showed the least sign of missing anyone. Keeping the same straight face, she drove across the city with a determination not giving away the slightest of inkling to her thought process.Halting the car in front of Alison’s Fashion Boutique, she stepped inside the huge room clinking her stilettos on the tiled floor, gaining the attention of the staff as well as the woman instructing them. Surprised to see Johanna Walkers in place of Alison, she frowned b
Donning her original avatar of black beast, Simone furiously marched out of the resort to see a white car waiting for her. The driver who was instructed by Ashton to not leave without dropping her gulped seeing the way she stopped in front of the car inspecting him with her keen eyes. Feeling intimidated by the woman, he instantly stepped out and bowed his head. "Keys?" Simone demanded authoritatively. "I'm told to not give you the keys, Ma'am. Ashton Sir will fire me if I leave you alone." The driver managed to reply without stuttering on his tongue.Simone laughed in response, and pushed him aside, getting herself inside the car. She rolled down the window. Bending a little, she pulled out the knife from her boots and showed it to the driver who looked at her confused. "Ever seen a knife, boy?" Simone taunted showing him the sharp blade, and then without another word, she used the knife on the car lock, while the driver kept on watching as she literally broke the lock section; m
Heads bowed down, fingers knotted in their laps, the guys and girls sat in the living room of the farm house at the dining looking lost and confused. They returned earlier in the morning, tired and frowning to see Shane and Shanzy having an argument, but none of them dared to intervene. The men felt sympathetic for the man who lost his wife in a mishap as such as a gang rape, while they understood the girls fear, but they didn't understand why she wouldn't want to take a risk for love. Why do people become so selfish at times to ignore the love that once, showered on them! Ashton remained quiet and they all began eating. He didn't invite his mother to the farm house, nor he forgave her for hiding so many things from him. All he did was to hug his Alisha and cry for a few minutes before taking her along with him and rushing to the farm house while the others came to give him support.Seeing them all lost, Rex decided to put a little ease in the environment, and clearing his throat he
The waves hit the shore, but the dilemma of the reply still hovered the duo that sat rigid staring in the others innocent yet teary mischievous eyes. The moment was emotional, but somewhere deep down it was causing a flurry of emotions inside Simone.The fluttering of her heart was to an extent that she felt herself shifting uncomfortably unable to form a correct reply to those naive and captivating eyes that she viewed an image of herself with Samantha smiling whole heartedly. The picture was pitch perfect with the twin sisters along with their beautiful angel. She had always thought that she would have got blessed with a niece, and every time she looked at Alisha, her heart leaped for the girl because she was exactly as per her imagination of her sisters’ baby.When she kept on looking at Alisha without saying anything, the little child raised her small palm and stroked her cheek with a smile. She shut her eyes as if imagining her sister doing that. It was her habit to caress her ch
Clutching a photograph to his heart, Shane sat near on the porch of the house silently staring at nothing. He couldn't believe he was hollow once again despite wanting to have a chance at life. Fate was cruel yet again when he decided to take a leap of faith, but it was his immaturity that he even considered that he could be loved once again. Bringing the photo in front of his eyes, he caressed his wife's face.It was their wedding photograph where she was decked up in a white bridal gown looking elegant as ever. Her eyes gleaming in happiness as she was hugging Simone from the side while the sister was in tears after marrying her baby girl. Tears stung in his eyes as he ached to hold her again. Those times when she was with him were the most precious moments of his life. He wanted to cherish her forever but instead, he ended up messing everything."What do I do Sammy? Why am I being punished like this? First, you left me, now Shanzy doesn't want me because I am not able to forget you
The Friday noon rolled in with stress and excitement for all of them as they stepped in front of the huge building of the luxurious and well designed, The great Glacier. The white painted building was glittering with lights and smelling of fresh Lillie's, orchids and roses all around the place. The well-dressed staff was running frantically around the place, clinking their shoes on the tiled floor while their foreheads were sweating as they hurried to carry on their respective duties. Ashton, Rex, and Derek eyed the other first and then at Alice and Alison who gave them pissed looks. Their makeup-clad faces didn't hide their excessive worry that roamed in their innocent eyes as they looked around the staff sympathetically. They weren't worried about their destruction but the families who were going to be unemployed from that day; the people who lived their lives because of the income they earned from the hotel were all going to be jobless and a few who stayed in the staff cottage on
Two hours later, the stage was set, the guests were all seated on their places. The ramp walk was all glitters and shine amidst the splashing waves of the pool; the whisperings of the first ever ramp show to introduce the different cuisine launch was making a buzz in the media. The clicks of the owner along with his wife, mother, granddaughter and investors were making a row in the audience while the minute to minute thrill of the show was increasing. As Ashton predicted, the eyes of the entire nation were on them; from every other competitive hotel to the neighboring countries, all were curious enough to understand the theme of the show that was about food. The primary element of life. Putting an end to the audience mind, dresses in the black tuxedo, Ashton walked to greet the audience as the anchor of the show. The flashes moved on his face as the new rising hotelier was grabbing eyeballs of every female out there who were obviously unaware that the man with looks was trapped in t
Destruction of everything he had owned, and made with his challenging work, stood right in front of his eyes while the old remarkably strong Christian Walker's stood there with sweat dripping from his forehead. His eyes locked with those dangerous hazel eyes that were tormenting him in the worst ways possible; he had no choice but to stand there and witness the power of greed ruin him or more like he was himself going to destroy what he conquered over the years with his dedication and sacrifices. Sacrifices that involved him to be an ignorant father somewhere who had no heart to understand the dreams of his kids.His eyes pleaded Simone to stop the revenge that was going to explode in a few seconds or minutes. He had no idea of what was going to happen, but then his anger suddenly overshadowed the helplessness and he growled in maddening fury, directed to no one else but Ashton."You traitor! I called you to save my years of hard-work, and you brought this upon me? How could you have
A day Later in Simone’s Bunker Moving away from the cottage she’d initially started to live in wasn’t Simone’s plan but there had been an attack of insects around the area. The land and water had been infected to the point that if she didn’t relocate to another place of safety then she might have died before time due to drinking the poisonous water or the small killer insects hiding in the bushes might’ve bitten her when they orchestrated their attacks in the middle of night. To say that she was a killing machine, the idea of dying at the mercy of those voiceless predators made her scrunch her nose in disgust and roll her oceanic eyes in repugnance. Jonas had found this bunker a few miles from their cottage; it was only a hollowed compartment going down the terrain which accommodated four people and had a good supply of air. ‘Cabin, cottage, bunker, it’s all the same to her,’ Simone had admitted while unloading their stuff from the van three years ago. As she packed her bags and re
‘Dead-beat! Is it what they call the state of unconsciousness when nothing makes sense except for knowing that the body is failing its owner?’ Ashton mused; his eyelids moving slower than any creature he’s known to exist in their time at that precise tick-tock of the giant clock hung above the ‘wall of rifles’ facing the darkened room of the people who’d captured him the night of the Masquerade Ball. He scooped up in a corner latching to the wall, rugged at the middle and the edges; his energy dissipated thinly to the ground which was swiping away from the left to the right in the fluctuating orangish-yellow-blue lights. Often, the huge sphere above the bars would ring red and a flurry of men would come marching inside pushing through the rifle wall. From short to tall, to heavily bearded to clean shaven, they would surround him pointing their evenly browed eyes at him and sending out a message as clear as a silent grave that he was to sit mute without a movement or he couldn't even
24 hours later in St. Gilgen’s Village of AustriaIf the ten years had taught a lesson to Simone then it was to not be consumed by the momentary madness and obsession of things and people in general. She wasn’t a normal person though, apprehensively she’d begun to become normal in her veins for the sake of people she left behind, and the man she loved. Being away from Ashton for the last ten years had ended her habit of dramatizing situations for her personal gain. Contrary, it’s given birth to a profound and never-ending concern in her heart that she couldn’t stop but move back and forth in the bunker raking her fingers in her hair; within the gap of a minute, she checked the footage of Alisha’s Mansion again and nothing had changed—the video displaying the exit of the giant mansion, with Ashton leaving the party with a sullen look pasted on his dulling features and even hours later when the guests began to make their way out, he didn’t come inside was halted. His car amiss from the
Five years, few months LaterThe glorious night of the Walker’s masquerade ball descended again. This time though the chaos reigned in the now renowned Alisha Mansion under the regime of the fashion designer in making and the new founder of The Great Glacier, Alisha Walkers. Ten years ago, she was nothing but a child who needed protection from the wild sabotage of Simone Thompson. That day when she went around assigning tasks, flipping her hair, scrolling through her tab for the last minute preparations, Ashton noticed the traits of his deceased exes, and latched onto the hand-rest of the sofa. The biological mother’s shadow haunted her sharp features while the woman they missed swept inside her. Stuck, they were in a loop to detach from the one who’d never return. The fallen Mafia owned his and his daughter’s heart and it would seem like they were the living embodiment of her fading existence from Vienna. “Slow down, Al. The party’s not running away,” he chided, casting a side glance
The tyre of the Audi R8 blasted midway in whatever the street was named. The shiny vehicle came to a halt and caused Simone to mumble a few incoherent curses; unlike her usual self she didn't banged the wheel with her fist but glared at it. Subconsciously, she's made peace with her past hurricane self, consciously she was struggling to compose herself at the slightest knock of mishap or misdemeanor from passersby or any of her old rivals. The smell of rivalry hasn't left her nostrils, though, she implored herself to recruit in a cycle of calm instead of letting her adrenaline drive her insane. She came with only one intention to find the ploy circulating the city, to unmask the puppeteer leading the show of Ashton's disappearance and probably to rescue her man. He must be in purgatory, and she's about to dwell in it for she knew in her veins that he must be holding her responsible for his latest agony. 'That dude was certainly the one who had more brains than her for he was aware of t
Volume/Book 2: The Stylish Mafia Woman & Her Love The reign of the Mafia period is a never ending riddle or a debacle, no one knows except for the ones who have found themselves clashing with the knights of pandemonium. Such has been Austria's history since Vienna witnessed the power of the most popular women protection racketeer. ***Ten years later, Simone Thompson re-appears in Austria after she hears the rumors of Ashton's disappearance circulating around the city. What follows are huge encounters with her old rivals, suitors and friends; anger squash; toxic modeling chaos and ruthless search party for Ashton Walker. The women protection racketeering is back again for the world got extremely out of hand without the Mafia girl's interference. Will Simone take control of the town and find Ashton amidst the unexpected tragedies looming over the city?
EpilogueFive years laterSomewhere deserted, in the St. Gilgen village of Austria, there stood a small hut, circulated by large bushes and a fountain on the side making the area look presentable and cozy to be called a home. Inside the small cottage, the interior wasn't luxurious or costly; it was normal per say comprising of a small couch, a bed, a television set right in front of the bed. On the right, a small kitchen set up, while the opposite side had two doors beside the other. One, presumably a washroom, and the other opened into a huge control room comprising of various large computer screens flashing the various parts of the Austria. The two people controlling the cameras had their eyes fixated on the screens unaware of the one who stood behind them with a smile. "You two are watching the screens as if a bomb is about to explode." The person from behind interrupted them. The male and female turned to see their boss standing there with a grin plastered on her lips. White sh
The nearer the yacht came, the scarier everyone looked until the luxurious boat stopped beside the halted yacht which had become the replica of ghost riders in the storm. Every face seemed haunted suddenly. Except for Simone, none of them looked a human for the time being while the lady devil stood staring at her animal which at times reminded her of the monster inside her that loved to kill. "Meet my big baby girl people." Her cheerful voice echoed as she eyed the jumping animal in the cage who tried to break the iron barriers and she knew she would as soon as she gets a drop of blood of her victim. "Meet Jonas and Tisca, my once again appointed assistant and manager," Simone introduced giving a look to Shane that said she was doing what he thought she would never do.The couple jumped on the target yacht and walked with style towards Shane and Shanzy who glared at them. Their animosity wasn't new but years old. The four were once co-assistant and co-managers, but the day Jonas and
Simone was a sight to watch sitting on the high chair kept in the middle. Dressed in her all black glory she was an intimidation of the falling evening. Removing her sunglasses, she passed them to Shanzy who stood beside her chair with her eyes glued to Shane who stood on Simone's left."Welcome on my Yacht everyone," she greeted as her team removed the blind folds of everyone."Where is my Donald Duck? Bring him in front of me, Shane. I can't wait more." Simone ordered looking at Ashton who glared at her, but from his peripheral vision he took a quick check on his friends, and daughter.Shane immediately went inside to produce the main tormentor of his heart. He had been waiting for years for this megavolt evening, and finally it was here.Ashton watched the way he left, before turning his attention to his grandmother, and parents who were being freed from the ropes that were tied to their hands, while their keen eyes looked around for the surroundings and they found themselves to be