(Author’s POV).“What do you want? If you plan to hurt me, then your plan sucks. Calvin will come look for me” Laura said while trying hard to focus on showing the strong side of hers. She was still a little drunk and upset from what had happened at dinner.Vincent scoffed and wet his lips, “You mean your pathetic boyfriend who you are using just to get me jealous?!”“Jealous? Huh! Why would I do that? You meant.. hmm” her body was swaying where she needed to hold the edge of the sink to balance herself, “You meant nothing to me”“Really? Nothing?” Vincent whispered his words and took steps closer leaving so little gap in between them. He then raised his hand to tuck a strand of her hair behind her ears, “Say it again and this time say it as if you meant every word”“Vincent, you meant-“ he pulled her waist closer to his making her fall on his chest. Her hands rested on them as she was trying to say her words, “You meant-“He gently placed his hand behind her neck pulling her face cl
(Laura’s POV).Morning arrived and I felt a strong thumping pain from inside of my skull. My body felt weak and my mind was still a little light headed. “How much did I drink last night? What happened?”I rolled to the side and covered my face with the quilt as the sun was shining bright on my face, “Urgh! Can someone please pull the curtains shut! Raya!”I shouted my helper’s name a few time in hope that I can sleep the rest of the day, in darkness. It was the weekends and I planned to stay at home to sleep over my hangover from last night.The memories of what had happened at dinner last night came slowly in. I moaned to the memory of kissing Vincent at the garden and blushed red at the memory of kissing Vincent at the washroom.Then, reality hit me. “No, No, No! This can’t happen. I can’t let Vincent back in my life”“Phone.. Phone..” I searched my bed side table with my hand with only one eye open. I could not find it. “Raya! Where are you?”It felt like everyone had abandoned me
(Laura’s POV).An hour later, I sat at the dining table of my home which was probably the only place that had less flowers filling the hall. There were sent by both Vincent and Calvin. I felt suffocated by too many flowers surrounding me. Love them but also annoyed with them.“More soup?” Raya asked and poured me a glass of water. She had helped me with the bath and for a moment I felt like my mother was there with me. It was especially when Raya sang me a song that my mother would sing to me when she knew I needed her to comfort me away from my sorrows.“Thanks, Raya. If God had sent me an angel, I think it is you” I smiled at her and drank my soup straight from the bowl.She chuckled and shook her head, “This angel is getting old and wish that one day she would still be alive to care for your children”“Raya! You just spoil my moment in peace” I rolled my eyes and wrinkled my nose to her, “I have not found the right man to marry”“Really? Not even the ones that had sent you those f
(Laura’s POV).“I have known you half of my life. Seen your worst side. And we are still the best of friends. Shoot. Tell me. I’m ready to hear your darkest secret” I said to her with my eager eyes and happy face.This better be good.“Alright. Back when we were in high school. Senior year. I was offered money to do some part time job. I needed that as that was the time when my father’s business was not doing well and he had cut a large part of my allowances” she took a deep breath before continuing her story which I was very much interested in.“I did not tell you back then. I lied to you saying, well, I was helping up with my father’s business. You remembered that moment when I went missing at night to work?” Marie bit her lips looking worried.“Yes, eventually your father’s business went good again. It was just a short phase, Marie. What happened back then?” Something made me feel she lied to me about helping her father back then. I was feeling a little nervous.“Well” she wet her
(Vincent’s POV).I waited for her to reply to my messages. It had been two days since I last spoke to her at the dinner held by her ever so annoying gold digger uncles. I could understand now on why she did not like them much, especially her cousin Carla Knight who had been trying to contact me for lunch, even when I had return back to Emerald City.It seemed that even Calvin did not hear from Laura. She was shutting us both away and I was starting to get worried.“Is she angry at me?” I sighed and thought I was so close in getting her to forgive me. “Perhaps, she was angry that I fought with her brother”I sighed again at how stupid I was for not knowing Doctor Henry Moore was her half-brother. It was a known fact which I should have read more about him.“I will make sure I get to know her other brother, Liam Knight. I must not repeat the same mistake again with Henry” I was taking to myself in my office while standing near my floor to ceiling large window overlooking the city.“Vin
(Author’s POV).It felt like time had stop the moment their lips touched, but their hearts were pounding so fast that made them trembled at times. Her knees got weaker as his kisses intensified.“Vincent, this is not right” she whispered breathlessly followed by the sound of a soft moan escaping her slightly opened mouth after feeling his fingers slipping inside her dress, “Vin-cent”He ignored her and kept kissing her with hunger. She was all he could think about before he sleeps, when he woke up, while working and at times when he had to finished himself in the showers imagining her submitting herself to him.He could only focus on the softness of her bouncy lips and the soft moans that were music to his ears. Her voice calling his name made him want more of her. Her voice was sexy.At times, he would open his eyes a little to see her beautiful face with blushed pink cheeks, after their intense kisses. As he caught her tongue in his mouth, Vincent pulled the back of her head closer
(Author’s POV).In an abandoned warehouse located at the edge of Emerald City, a woman dressed in elegant white business suit walked in to meet a group of men. They were known to be ruthless and heartless, hired to shoot or kill.The woman stopped infront the shortest and meanest looking man who she knew was the leader. She smiled at him before she raised her leg to kick him hard in between his legs.“What the-!” he shouted before falling down on the floor.“That’s for failing a simple task to kill a simple girl! Are you that incompetent?” she spat on the floor and turned her attention to the other three men standing infront of their leader.“I’m giving you one last chance to kill her or I’ll kill all of you instead. You got me!” she shouted with anger showing the veins on her neck, “Get it done soon or you’ll suffer from my wrath”“Yes, Ma’am” they answered her in unison and bowed slightly in fear for her.Before the woman turned to leave the warehouse, she smirked at them, “My sour
(Laura’s POV).We were reaching his parent’s large mansion which I had been to with Vincent when we were faking our marriage. Valentino Verdi and Tara Winters were like opposite attraction.One was cold and ruthless with the other one was sweet and adorable. Their only son Vincent may not like them but I surely did. There was nothing not to love about my ex-mother in law, Tara.“Do you remember what day is today, Vincent?” I asked smiling and I knew he had forgotten about it.“Is this a trick question?” he frowned while moving to park his car at a large garage filled with luxurious car. His father was a car collector.“It’s your parent’s wedding anniversary” I said and looked around the garage which looked like it was recently refurbished.“You remembered?” he shut down the engine and sat back for a moment. “Do we need to get them anything?”I shook my head and took something out from my bag to show him, “I got her something”He smiled at me and I loved seeing his deep sexy dimples,
(Laura’s POV).Several years had gone by. I was happily married with Vincent keeping his wedding vow to love me and stay loyal to me as long as his heart was still beating.His wedding vow for me was what the press stated as something they never expected coming from a well known feared man would ever say to a woman. He poured his heart out to me in his vow. I recalled myself in tears, and of course with abundance of joy.The wedding was held at Tuscany with a garden theme filled with fresh flowers and nature. He kept to his words making it my dream wedding. I had to thank both my mother in laws who had helped me to prepare it. I loved them both and I was happy to have both of them to fill the void in my heart that was empty since my own mother passed away.Life was perfect and having three children with him made it more exciting.Three boys, who would have thought I could go through that at such a young age! This was not what I had planned in my life after the death of my parents.I
(Vincent’s POV).I was looking around. Mostly to find a way to exit the crowded little ice cream parlour filled with mostly people from Laura’s side. The look of her angry eyes at me after knowing I had read her diary was piercing my soul. Her beautiful blue eyes were on fire.I raised both of my hands in a surrender mode and said, “I can explain. You need to calm down. Not good for our babies that you are carrying. Your stress level needs to be managed”What the hell was I rambling about? It was not going to help me save myself from her wrath that was coming to me.“You did read my diary! How could you do such thing” She said before her face was turning red. She was blushing and for a moment I thought I was wrong. She was not angry, she was embarrassed.Then, I recalled on what I read in her diary. I was pretty embarrassing. She wroter things about me and how she adored me all those years. There was even a picture of my younger self kept in her pink shimmering diary.“I hate you!” L
(Laura’s POV).A month has passed. Time had moved so swiftly and my pregnant belly was starting to show.Vincent was true to his words, being by my side taking care of me and my constant need of attention. I blamed it on my pregnancy hormones. I was never like this, wanting him by my side most of the time.It had been a challenging process with me having nausea and sensitivity of things around me. I had even lost some weight as my body was rejecting some food, even those that I used to like to eat.“How are you feeling, sweetheart?” Vincent said and lifted my chin to give me a brief kiss on my lips. We were walking towards the place where we first met. A little ice cream shop in Tuscany where I had first saved him from being hit by a motorcycle.The place where I fell in a nearby ditch, stuck for almost an hour until my brother, Henry came to the rescue. I smiled to that thought as he moved to caress my cheeks, smiling at me. “What’s so funny?”I laughed softly and pointed to the exa
(Author’s POV).At the same time, seated in a rented car, Marie was looking out of the window not wanting to start any conversation with the man who was seated next to her. He was driving with his focus on the road.At times she knew, he was taking few glances at her, hoping that she would start the conversation.After a few minutes, the silence was getting weird.“Are you happy with him?” Henry wished he could take that questions back. His words slipped his tongue as they waited in the car being stuck in traffic.“It is none of your concern. Please focus on your driving” Marie said while pretending to look outside the window. There was nothing else to see except for the cars on the road stuck with them in the traffic.“Do you love him? Why.. him?” Henry exhaled his breath and gripped the sterring wheel hard while controlling his anger, “I don’t get it, Marie. At one point, you did not believe in marriage. Now, you are engaged with a man I know you are definitely not in love with”Hi
(Laura’s POV).I came out from the cold waters while pulling Vincent’s unconscious body with me. He was heavy and I struggled to pull him further.I needed to check on his breathing so I placed my ear next to Vincent’s mouth and nose. I smiled after feeling some air from his mouth warming my cheeks. “Vincent? Wake up” I said while caressing his cheeks.He did not respond to me calling him several times. I then placed my finger to check on his pulse. It was getting weaker. That made me panic for a moment.I felt his body getting cold and that frightened me further, “Vincent, please. Wake up”There was no response.I then whispered to his ears while placing my hand on his cheeks, “I know you can hear me. Please don’t leave me alone in this cold place. Please don’t leave us alone. I want our baby to grow up with a father. The father that I love very much”I then cried and rested my head on his shoulders as I let out my sadness and tiredness on his body. I was tired. I did not sleep well
(Author’s POV).Out from the busy current of Rivera river, Cherry managed to hold on to a large tree trunk and held on it with her trembling hands. She was panting out of air and was choking out water stuck in her throat.After a few minutes, she took one deep breath before climbing on the tree to get out from the cold waters. She knew if Vincent had arrived, it would mean he would have by then blocked her way out from Rivera. There would be no way out using the normal route.It was time for her to execute her contingency plan.But first, Cherry needed to locate an acquaintance who she knew could get her new identification card and passport to escape from the country. She knew Vincent was not going to make it easy for her. She knew she needed him to think that she was dead.Smiling to that thought, she was ready to fight him.As Cherry reached the shore, she walked slowly towards what looked like houses built near the river. They were local folks living in Rivera. A signage was seen
(Vincent’s POV).I was running fast leaving the rest behind. The woods were thick with many trees blocking my way.I heard her. And I knew that voice was her pleading for help. She was in trouble.Jumping over branches of trees and pushing aside any obstacle that was blocking my way, I felt no pain. All I had in mind was to save my Laura. I hope I was not going to be too late for that.I wanted to call her name and assured her everything was going to be fine. I was closeby and I knew all this drama would end soon. But, calling her name would alert the attacker. I needed to be careful.I knew who it was. The crazy woman who was obsessed with me, Cherry, was to be blamed for all that had happened to Laura. I was going to end it. Tonight, it would be over.Cherry would be placed behind bars.Standing behind a tree, I then saw her. My Laura.She was looking weak and shaken.Laura was standing too close to the edge of the cliff while Cherry was pointing a gun at her. They were arguing and
(Laura’s POV).I took steps slowly back as I saw Cherry coming closer to me. There was blood on her clothes which I thought most likely may not be hers. She looked fine, or was she pretending to look fine?I did not know her well. A deceiving woman who seemed to fight for what she believed in. And I knew all that she believed in was her being the daughter of Lucas Knight and my half-sister.“Do you realised we kind of look alike?” she said with a smile showing her perfectly shaped teeth. It was kind of scary with her eyes looking at me as if I was an object of her admiration.“We have the same eyes. Different colour though. And your hair, look” she touched her hair with one hand, “It is the same colour as mine. Do you think people would believe we are actually related?”Was she kidding me? I knew Cherry made herself look like me. She was obsessed to be me.I opened my mouth to say something but she cut me off with her words, “Laura. You want to know the truth?” Cherry smiled and sang
(Vincent’s POV).I got up from a short nap that I took without even realising it. Pieces of papers were scattered on the chair I was seated on. A large map of Rivera was spread on the table where I had marked on the potential places that Laura could be at.Something was not right. I felt a pain inside my chest. Was it Laura? Was she in trouble?I got up from my chair and walked to the drinking cabinet in my room to get a drink. A strong one I hoped to find.I hoped I could find Laura soon. Calvin and Cherry had already arrived in Rivera and I knew it would not be long until they move Laura again. I needed to be fast.My men were following Cherry and two hours ago I was informed that they had lost track of Cherry who went into the dark woods of Rivera. One thing for sure, both Cherry and Calvin were still in town. I would make sure they will never leave Rivera until I found my Laura.I rubbed my temple and walked to the bathroom to do my business. Taking a glance at the mirror in the