(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).It has been almost a week since I last met Vincent at the restaurant. I had made myself busy with tight travelling schedule to visit offices of Knight Corporation around the world. I needed to focus on other things to keep my mind off Vincent.Felicity was promoted to head international relations with other offices so she had accompanied me all the way. We became more than just work colleagues. We became friends and she had helped me overcome my breakup with Vincent.Was it even a breakup? We did not put any label to our relationship.Perhaps, it was what they call it. A one night stand.Urgh! I felt so used by him. He lied to me.. again!Over time, I had begun to trust Felicity. That was when I had found out about my Uncle Leroy once had tried to force her to have sex with him.Gross! Felicity was young enough to be his daughter.Standing near the window of my room, I had just received a call from my cousin, Sara Knight. She was my Uncle Leroy’s daughter from his affa
(Laura’s POV).The wedding was set at a luxurious hall in Paris overlooking a large flower garden. There were at least two hundred guests attended, mostly close family and friends. Rich and famous, I assumed.Lady guests were asked to dress elegantly with the theme colour gold or beige. It was said that the bride was a perfectionist and wanted things to be her way.To blend in with the wedding theme, Calvin bought me a gold sheer dress that was a little bit too sexy for my taste. But, I did not mind it. It was gorgeous with crystals sewn on the skirt.Calvin had helped me forget Vincent and I could finally sleep for few nights without the image of Vincent haunting my dreams. Of course, there were times I had imagined Vincent with his new rumoured girlfriend, Cherry Dubois.I could not believe that idiot had moved on so fast with another woman after we had sex!I closed my eyes for a moment and took a deep breath.“Are you alright, princess?” Calvin asked me with his hand caressing my
(Vincent’s POV).I knew I had done things that would hurt her feelings. It was unintentional. But, she needed to know that I was hurt too.Seeing her with Calvin being intimately close, had crushed my heart into pieces. How could she do that to me? Did I not tell her how much I love her and only her? Why could she not trust me?“Back off, Vincent! Don’t you dare touch me” she moved further away from me and was pushing her way to get pass me. But, I had blocked her path.She was angry and I could understand why. It was all a misunderstanding. I needed her to listen to me. She had to. I could explain everything.“Could you just listen to me, Laura? I was just trying to help you” I moved closer to her which she had then pushed me back not liking how close I wanted to be with her.I missed her. I longed to hold her again in my arms. I wished she could understand how much I love her. But, all I could see was hatred and anger in her eyes.“Why would I want to listen to a liar like you, huh
(Vincent’s POV).I walked back inside the wedding hall looking for Laura, passing people who wanted to talk to me. I ignored them all. What made them think I was interested in their empty conversation?With my long strides, I had reached the reception hall hoping that I would be in time to take Laura back with me. She needed to see the evidence I had gathered for her. She was not safe with Calvin! Stubborn woman, she was.I was pushing my way out from the reception hall as I thought I saw Laura. Then, she appeared out of nowhere.“Vince, there you are. I was looking for you” the annoying high pitched voice of Cherry was stinging my eardrums. I knew she was in love with me. She had even went the extra mile and tried to make herself look like Laura.But, she would never be her. I felt disgusted when she kissed me. It was all an act, for Laura.“Come with me. I need you to meet my friends” Cherry pulled my arm with both hands and giggled like as if I liked her touching me. Knowing her t
(Author’s POV).He responded to her kiss that was demanding. Her sweet tasting lips were blossom soft like sucking on candies. He was drown in her kisses and pulled the back of her head closer to deepen their kisses.“Laura, is this what you want?” Calvin whispered in her ears as he moved his body to be on top of hers. His tongue moved to her neck and suck on her sensitive spot. She moaned sweetly in his ears.“Yes, don’t stop” Laura whispered back in a trembling voice with her eyes closed. She then unbuttoned his shirt to feel his bare chest. As her hands were caressing his chest, she stopped kissing him and opened her eyes slightly.In her drunken state, her vision switched from seeing Vincent to Calvin and back to Vincent. She was not sure who it was she was kissing, until her hands were touching his body. It felt different. It did not belonged to Vincent.“What’s the matter?” Calvin palmed her cheeks and wet his lips to continue kissing her again. He was hard for her. It was the
(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