Chapter: The knight in dark armor Aaron had been away for a week. I had the house to myself, and I liked it. In the past week, I hung out with Taylor and a few other friends and went shopping. It was a fun week. For a moment, I forgot my problems. Not seeing Aaron around helped me forget my situation for a moment.Today, I invited Taylor over. A mutual friend of ours had invited us to a party, so she had came over to the house so we could prepare and leave together.We were in the sitting room, chatting about random stuff, when Aaron walked in, hand in hand with Vivienne.I couldn't mask my shock.When they entered, they both focused on us as we did.I saw the questionable look on Taylor’s face, and I felt uncomfortable.Why did Aaron choose to return home today of all days, and why did he have to come with Vivienne?Just how was I going to explain why my husband had brought home another girl? I hadn't told her about what had transpired between Aaron, Vivienne, and i. I had not told her anything at all.“Babe,” Vivie
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Chapter: Casualties of power “Charles and I were high school friends” he started. My eyes widened in shock.“Well to cut the long story short, we started VD industries together. It wasn’t called VD industries back then though. Things were going smoothly until we had some irreconcilable conflicts and Charles kicked me out of the company through legal loopholes and a hostile takeover”At this point I felt my eyes would fall off their sockets.“What??!” I almost screamed.“But that’s all water under the bridge now”“Dad explain to me why you’re back to doing business with this man, even pushed me into marrying into that family and the merger?” I asked in disbelief.“I told you our company was in chaos. We were on the verge of preparing for a major launch that would have been the game changer, but I don’t understand what went wrong, everything went wrong and it flopped. And because of that major shareholders were pulling out, the company was about falling apart and I had to do all I could to save it” he explained.I
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Chapter: Ties that suffocate Immediately we arrived home, I wasted no time in getting down from the car and rushing to my room.I was full of thoughts.What I had overheard between my dad and father in law was confusing. What could they have been referring to?I moved away from the door quickly when my mum was about stepping out and ducked into another hallway by the side. Good thing the house was full of hallways anyway.I had so many unanswered questions. I didn’t know my mum knew Charles on a familiar level. Though I do remember my dad saying he had history with Charles, and it was not so good.I hadn’t bothered to ask then because of the situation of things.But now I felt like I needed to know.It was not out of place for my mum and father in law to speak seeing as they were in laws. But so many things were not adding up.For example, how conveniently my mother had “accidentally” spilled her drink on her dress just as soon as Charles had excused himself to take a call.I needed answers. I wondered if I shoul
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Chapter: Beneath elegance and perfection.I woke up to a loud knock on my door.I didn’t even know when I had dozed off.The sharp knock came again.I got up slowly and opened the door.Aaron stood there, dressed in a tux, different from what I had seen him in the morning.His eyes scanned me from head to toe, and then he looked angry “You aren’t dressed?!”“Dressed for…?” I was about to ask when it dawned on me. Shit! Dinner at his parents. I had completely forgotten with the way I had dozed off.“I’m sorry. I forgot. But give me a few minutes I’ll be ready soon” I said hastily.He looked so angry “I specifically told you twice this morning. Elizabeth, with every minute that passes, you give me reasons to dislike you even more”I dislike you even much more, I screamed in my head. But the words couldn’t get out of my mouth.“I’ll leave in fifteen minutes, with or without you,” he said angrily and left. He looked so irritated.A part of me wondered why he was that way with me. He didn’t even know me well, but it seemed like he
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Chapter: Caged, but in marble walls.“Be ready by 7. We are having dinner at my parents’”I stopped the toast I was about to eat mid-air and turned to face Aaron.He stood a few feet away, dressed in a white shirt tucked into blue well-fitted pants that hugged his frame in perfection and crisp black shoes.He had both hands in his pocket in a casual stance that still had an air of authority. I mean for a jerk, he sure looks good. And dare I say, delicious.His expression was unreadable as always.“What?” I asked again to get the message properly.“I said be ready at 7. My parents are hosting us for dinner” Then he turned to leave.I had some things to get off my chest.“What was that last night?” I asked stopping him mid-track.I was referring to the whole Vivienne issue that had happened last night.He turned to me, he looked impatient “What was what?”“I’m talking about Vivienne”“And what about her?” He looked at me with annoyance.If arrogance was a person, it would be none other than Aaron VanderbiltWhen I woke up
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Chapter: Honeymoon In The West Wing“Your room and the side of the house are in the west wing of the house. The house is big enough, we won’t have to cross paths,” said my newly wedded husband immediately we got out of the Rolls-Royce that conveyed us to his mansion, where I’ll now live.Yeah right. I wasn’t exactly expecting a welcome party in the first place.The mansion was a beautiful place built with marble floors, and magnificent staircases with beautiful art on every wall.It was so homely, but it didn’t feel like my home. At least not yet.“To start with, we need to talk,” Aaron’s voice took me out of my thoughts. We were in the sitting room already.He looked at me, “This,” he motioned to both of us, “isn’t real. We can make appearances for cameras, but we don’t have to fake it in here. We don’t have to speak to or see each other except when necessary. If you need anything, there are staff at your beck and call. Secondly, I’ll expect you to mind your business without paying attention to mine. I don’t care about
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