Semua Bab Shadows Of Perfection: The Mafia’s Prey: Bab 1 - Bab 5

5 Bab

Prologue

La Bete“And the best law student of the year goes to Vaughn Saint-McCarthy!!” The emcee announces and the crowd erupts into cheers as ‘the best law student of the year,’ emerges to collect his award.“Vaughn Saint-McCarthy.” His name rolls out of my tongue casually and I scoff, my eyes glued on the TV in front of me. Anyone who would see me now will think that I'm the biggest fan of Vaughn but I'm going to be his worst enemy and I will strike him where he would least expect it.Flashes from that night come flooding back and I clench my jaw tight. The scar on my face reflects on a nearby mirror. Seeing these scars does nothing but rub salt on my old wound.Vaughn begins to give his damned acceptance speech and I angrily stand up from the couch. I have no fucking interest in listening to whatever shit he has to say. My only interest is destroying the whole Saint-McCarthy family and I will do just that. In a fit of rage, I stride over to the TV and snatch it up, slamming it to the floo
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1- Vaughn

VaughnLife can be so….exhausting. Putting on fake smiles and keeping your real feelings bottled up can be the hardest thing to do. Trying to please people when I'm not pleased, myself. I'm not happy, I'm fucking sad and depressed. It's so tiring trying to be the golden boy of the family. Everyone thinks I'm the perfect kid. Vaughn Saint-McCarthy, the easygoing son of the Saint-McCarthy family. But everything is just a facade. None of this shit is real. I'm not a saint. I have desires. Desires that I can't even talk to anyone about. I will be frowned upon if I show the real me. This is not me and I'm fed up with not being me. I just won an award today for the best law student in my law firm, and I'm supposed to be happy, but I'm not. My fellow lawyers are all celebrating in a downtown bar and here I am in this bar, alone. And wallowing myself in drinks. I'll prefer to drink alone and drag my drunk ass back home. I fill up my cup with whiskey, and when I take a gulp, I feel my ches
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2- Vaughn

Vaughn The stench of vomit fills the air and I can hear the stranger curse, as I lay tiredly on him, not moving an inch, though I just vomited on him. We are both soiled with vomit and I can feel some on my face. My head is spinning so bad, but I hear someone call boss. “Boss?” My head is a jumble of mess as my furrows squeeze wondering who the boss is. Is it the handsome stranger? “I’ll take it from here.” I hear him say and then, he begins to drag my drunk ass out of the bar. Just when we get outside, I hear him curse under his breath as he yanks me roughly away from his body. He pushes me, but I don't fall to the ground, instead, I stagger backwards, my back resting on a car. I can't tell if it's mine or someone else. It's dark and my sight is blurry. “Bloody hell!!!!” The stranger curses, pure anger and hatred evident in his voice. My lashes flutter as I let out a low grunt, watching as he pulls off his suit jacket, and then he throws it at my face. “Disgusting.” He curses an
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3- Vaughn

Vaughn It's been two weeks of total confusion and two weeks of me walking on eggshells. I actually expected to see my name on TV. The news of me being exposed for what I revealed to that stranger that night, but none of that happened. It was like that night never happened and to date, I've not heard from him. It's like he doesn't even exist. His words are still ringing in my head, him saying that he was going to see me soon. Why? And who is he? I've tried looking him up, a handsome man with an interesting scar, but I find nothing. That early morning, I woke up still sitting in the same spot he left me. I was so damned embarrassed and I was very grateful that it was still kind of dark, unless people would have seen me. I rushed into my car and drove off. Taking something with me, his suit jacket. I had it dry cleaned and it's still hanging in my room. I know he's rich. The jacket was a designer that literally cost millions, causing me to wonder more about his identity. I'm going to
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4- Vaughn

Vaughn My palms are sweating as I nervously sit on the couch, all the memories of that night, reaching in my head. Memories of me telling him about my fantasies and, fuck! What is he doing here?“So the deal is going to be finalized as soon as you sign the papers, Mr Thorn,” Dad says and finally, he removes his gaze from me. He has been staring. And I hate his stares. “I'm going to give you the money, but on one condition.” His deep voice rings in my ears, bringing back memories and feelings. Damn it! I should leave. I need to leave. “Sure, Mr Thorn. I will give you anything.” Dad laughs, but no expression appears on the stranger, who I've come to know that his name is Mr Thorn face. “You see, I require a marriage partner and you seem to have what I'm looking for.” His eyes land back on me and I shift uncomfortably, Wren smiling widely as she sits beside me. “A partner? Are you interested in Wren?” An amused look appears on Dad’s face and I know that he's not going to think twice
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