(Laura’s POV).Dinner was surprisingly good. It was just like old times when I was married with Vincent. But, this time Vincent did not fake his attention for me. At times he smiled at me while serving the dishes on my plate without me even asking him to do so.That was sweet of him.His father and stepmother were looking at us and I could see they had the look in their eyes wondering if we were indeed back together. I had not answer for that at that moment. Everything had happened so fast between Vincent and I. I needed time to think.At one point, he could not even look at me. Then now, he looked at me as if I was the most precious gem in the room. Why was that?“I have prepared some desserts in the kitchen. Could you help me with it, Julia?” Tara closed her mouth for mistakenly called me Julia, “I’m sorry, I need to get used to calling you Laura now”“Sure, I’ll help you” I smiled and saw Vincent nodded at me for approval. As if I needed that from him.Tara might be married to a b
(Vincent’s POV).I walked in and heard my stepmother Tara and Laura talking about some photographs and wanting to find out some truth about an accident. They were looking as if they had shared something I was not aware of. Secrets. Gossips. Why women do likes those things?I sighed looking at them trying to hide things from me. I was going to find out.“Quit trying to hide things from me. I’ll find it out eventually” I said and walked towards the table where I saw the pudding ready to be served, “Bonnie, carry that tray out to the garden. Papa is waiting”I instructed the kitchen helpers to carry the tray of desserts and drinks out. They certainly look delicious.Tara nodded and smiled at me. For years, I had hated her. Tried hating her. Wanting to hate her. But, Tara was just too nice of a woman. Sometimes I thought she understood me better than my own mother.I wondered why she chose to marry a cold hearted man like my father. She deserved a better man.But, who am I to judge?I ha
(Vincent’ POV).“Cherry? The one I saw you kissing in your office this morning?” Laura asked while looking at me. Her striking blue eyes were wide open, staring at me while looking for answers that I had none. “Vincent, what has she got to do with my parent’s death? I don’t understand”I cleared my throat as I felt dagger stares coming from my parents. “No, I did not kiss her. She came to me. Nothing happened. I promise you that. I have no feelings for her than respect her being Calvin’s sister”Sweat were forming on my forehead as I saw her squinting her eyes on me. I hope she believed me.I caressed her back gently while looking at her for a moment. I wished I had some answers for her. But, Cherry’s involvement in the accident was something I would never had guessed. “I don’t know, Laura. Cherry does not look like a murderer to me. But, I’ll find out”She nodded and turned to look at Tara and Valentino, hoping they have some answers. My parents too shook their heads. Laura sighed a
(Vincent’s POV).She moaned a little while I moved to kiss her tenderly, teasing her lips to open for my tongue to explore her sweet tasting mouth. I had one arm wrap her on my chest with the other hand pulling the back of her head closer to me to deepen our hot passionate kiss.I was hungry for her lips. Biting them softly as I sucked them from each kisses.My hand moved slowly down on her back to reach her bottom where I had given her a light squeeze. She gasped and opened her mouth slowly, “Vincent, what are you doing?”“I’m doing what I should have done to you when we were married” I smiled in between our kisses and gently carried her to sit on the dressing table. I stood in between her long legs and moved to kiss her face down to her neck. She was shy. I could sense her shiver to my touch. “Relax, sweetheart. I’m not going to hurt you”Her hands were placed on my chest and slowly moved to my shoulders for support. As I moved my lips down to her perfectly shaped breasts, she gasp
(Laura’s POV).I woke up feeling my body aching all over. I could not count on how many times we had sex. He seemed to not wanting it to stop until I asked him to. I was tired but at the same time loving it.My eyes were still half closed as I squinted to look around.He was still there. Next to me. Sleeping with his mouth slightly parted. God, he was so handsome!I smiled a little feeling his naked body close to mine. His left arm embraced me close to his chest. I could smell his scent that I had missed so much.Was it all real? Did he truly love me? He whispered those words a couple of times while we made love.But, I did not respond to that.I was too afraid to open my heart to him. I could not face another heartbreak with him.My hand moved to feel his chest with some hair on it. Loving the feel of his heart beating on my hand.I loved almost everything about him. The boy that I felt in love since the first time I laid eyes on him was finally back.“You are awake, sweetheart?” he
(Laura’s POV).Morning arrived and the sun was shining on my face from the bathroom’s window. I had just finished showering and was ready to have breakfast with Vincent and his parents.Tied my hair in a ponytail and applied light makeup on my face. I had to cover some of the love bites Vincent had placed on my chest and one on my neck. “Damn it”I smiled at the mirror recalling the long conversation we had while drinking a glass of champagne, the night before. We spent time to get to know each other and I was surprise he knew quite a lot about me. He did like me. And that sent butterflies in my stomach.We had then ended the night with another round of sex which I was getting better at. He was gentle and understood my body better than I did. And the thing he did with his tongue was amazing.The thought made my heart racing as I recalled our passionate love making.“Laura, I have some clothes placed on your bed. Join us for breakfast once you are done” Tara’s voice snapped me back to
(Laura’s POV).The next day, I was back at Bloom City, waiting for a meeting to start on the development of our luxurious resort. Sitting on my chair while looking at the screen of my handphone, I sighed. Vincent did not respond to any of my messages.It was as if he was angry at me. Was it my fault?I was clear to him that I needed to fake my relationship with Calvin for my investigation. It was not love, it was just business.However, Calvin had been good to me. He had given me all the attention a girlfriend would want to have. I was a lucky girl. But, I knew I had to be careful. He was one of my list of suspects that wanted me dead.I sighed to that. My life was getting more complicated.Calvin wanted to accompany me back home to Bloom City but I had lied to him saying my brother Henry was coming with me. Both Vincent and Calvin knew very well my brothers were not in favour of me dating any one of them.I stared at the bouquet of roses that Calvin had sent to my office early morni
(Vincent’ POV).I chased after her but Calvin had blocked me to get to her. Idiot!He placed his hand on my chest which I had pushed it to the side. I tried to get past him but again Calvin was not making it easy for me, “Laura!”Calvin then whispered to me with gritted teeth with his hand on my shirt grabbing it, “You screwed up big this time. Let her go. She is happier with me”“Over my dead body!” I shouted at Calvin and pushed him back. I then swung my arm at him that had hit his pretty face.Honestly, I did not expect him to not block my hand. It was as if he wanted me to hit him.“Vincent, stop! What are you doing? Stop!” Laura then gestured for her bodyguard to push me back to allow her to attend to Calvin. I could see Calvin faking his injury to look worse than it really was.The sight of Laura helping him to stand made me angrier.“Laura, listen to me” I tried to explain but her bodyguard Ray had asked me to move away from her.“Shut up, Vincent! I don’t want to hear anythin
(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