Arya woke up with a headache.She swirled up from the bed, her head banging. She forced her brain to recap what happened. Holy Shit. She was drunk.She squeezed her feet into those flip-flops and headed downstairs, her hair messy, her face sinking. Her breath was so rowdy."What happened?" Were they already in Paris? Their plane was supposed to fly to Paris yesterday.But then she glanced around, she recognized the room decor and sighed, they were still in New York.She felt relieved."Hey." That towering figure was right before her again.Blood pumped through her heart, "Devon?" Was it growing hot in here, because it definitely felt like it. "The plane is leaving today. Are you ready?""Weren't we supposed to leave yesterday?" Her throat soured.His brows crouched together in defeat. "Yes, but you were tired, so I postponed it to today."She gazed up to look at him, he looked nice in his gray sweatpants. Damn, she was ogling him."You did that...?" She asked. Doubt flooding through
18 Years Ago.The weather was just fine for a nice evening relaxation. The woman with chestnut hair grazed her feet on the beach sand, for some time now. She just loves doing this.Staring at the way the water topples itself into a wave, giving her the thrill she wants."Guys!" She waves her hand, just so her sons could see her. They were staring with no particular interest, seated on the blanket spread on the sand. "At least have some fun." Her face is pressed into a smile.So sweet and fucking perfect.One of the boys groaned, his hair tossed between his face. "Tell Devon to leave me alone!""Devon!" The woman cries out. "Leave your brother alone!"The boy stares with no interest, his eyes as grim as the settling sun, "I did nothing to him!""Yeah. Right." The other boy jerks his elbow."Guys stop fighting." The woman sighed, before running over to them, guessing she would have to cancel this beach thing. Those two never found something they agreed on.•••Devon."Arya. Can we at le
Devon could see clearly the woman that walked over to him, her gown was hanging on her body ever so perfectly, and her hair was toppled with pins, held perfectly like an England queen.He wants to go over to her and wrap his hands around her, whisper sweet nothing into her ear, and just hold her."Um.. Hi." She was in front of him, her voice nearly squeaking, it's a masquerade party, so she's wearing her mask. Still, he could see those silver eyes twinkling under the dim light."Arya." He breathed, she made him this. And he freaking loved that, "Shall we dance?""I don't dance well." She whispered under the light, she could feel everyone's gaze following her. They would probably be thinking.'Oh. Who's the mysterious lady beside Devon Brookes?''Is that the girl he kissed the other day at the restaurant?''Oh my. I can't believe this.'Devon pulled her closer, she could smell the sweet scent of his aftershave, something about his presence was tempting, muscular and his cologne. It tra
The next week, Arya had been trying her best to piece back the puzzle, who really was Devon? The little boy in the photo?This morning over breakfast, he had clearly told her: "Arya, I know this is overwhelming, but please. Don't dig into anything, okay? Some things are better left untouched."The way he said it panged her heart, he didn't want her to get in trouble, he cared for her, she cared for him also, but some cases are not better left untouched, that was why she sneaked into that room again, switching on the lights.It looks dustier than last time, sprawls of cobwebs hanging in one corner, still it looked fresh, like someone was coming here everyday, making sure everywhere was accurate.She walked over to one of the paintings, before gently removing the tarp, the painting stared at her.She's really talented. Arya thought she could imagine his mother seated on her favorite seat in the garden, while gently stroking the edges of the paintbrush on the dry template.When Arya aske
Oh snap, in a fit, Arya squeezed the muffins into her mouth, as she walked hurriedly down the hospital hall, her hands fiddling with the flowers, the stench was great, and at least, it hadn’t lost its scent. She made a mental list of what she was going to do, first she would visit her elder sister, Samantha, who worked as a doctor in the hospital, and them, she would visit her boyfriend who was sick, she sighed heavily, maybe, she could talk with her sister later, she just had to see Kelvin, and ask, if he was okay. Countless times, she ran down the hall, and then walked, the pain of seeing him sick troubled her heart effectively, as she strode the doors, room 15, room 26, no, that wasn’t his room. In a fit, to see him; she walked past the doors, until she had a shrill laugh. "Who does that Arya thinks she is?"She stopped in her steps, and retreated down to the door, placing her ear on the door. Was that her name? It might be some coincidence? "I don’t love her, I love you." Tha
One year later, Arya sighed wearily, as her hands moved towards the plate of scones, before she happily, yet tiredly stuffed a mouthful into her mouth. She gazed at her mother opposite her and said, "Mother, I really don’t understand the point of this blind date you always set up. Didn’t you say that love can’t be forced?" her voice was rather rough. Sofia, her mother, let out a whimper. "Arya, if I don’t do this, then I know you will not fix your love life after what Kelvin had did to you,"Arya’s face darkened. Kelvin, That name that brought out the chills, how dumb was she to have love a man so much and in the end, he married your own friend, whom you trusted, and then your friends totally hates you, and calls you a wrench. Arya picked the cup, and drank the entire content staring around, at least, she was strong, she didn’t let Kelvin disappointment gets to her, and she just had to be strong. "Mother, I don’t love him anymore more, I have moved on."Her mother had a sly loo
Ethan barely choked his water, as he gazed at Arya; she had actually kissed the stranger. And she looked like a pro, his stomach churned, was allowing Arya to kiss a stranger a good idea? Or a really terrible one, he just stared, stared faintly. Sofia stared with widened eyes, what in the heck was her daughter doing, kissing someone that for the first time, wasn’t actually Kelvin, was she suppose to be excited or she was supposed to panic, either still, it ruined her ability to think properly. Arya’s hands traveled to the crook of his neck, her lips deeply engraved in his, for a bit second, the stranger remained still, and then in the next minute, he pushed her aside gently, His stare, so deadly. Arya laughed nervously, winking awkwardly, before she turned and hurriedly walked back to her seat, her gaze low. He fixed his eyes on at her. "And so you see." She picked up the cup, and emptied the whole content. "That’s how you kiss a stranger."Ethan gazed at the stranger, whose ey
The next day, in a room in the Morris mansion, a loud shrill voice was heard from the bedroom, Colin, her younger brother ran towards the room, "Arya, what’s going on?"Arya stared up at him, the phone etched in her arms, she stared and stared at him, her breath growing raspy. He snatched the phone from her hand, and stared at the headlines, his face paling. "Devon Brookes, you kissed Devon Brookes!" He yelled loudly. She lunged the pillow at him, "I didn’t know he was Devon Brookes, how in the heck was I supposed to know," She sulked. She had kissed Devon Brookes, everyone knew who Devon Brookes was, he was the god of business, they all cherished him, he was feared, marked as dangerous, and therefore, she had kissed him, without even knowing him. She slumped on the bed, her voice growing worried. "What am I supposed to do?"Colin nodded his head, though a fifteen year old, his brain worked faster than any other normal human being. "You could apologize to him, and maybe, he would