Chapter 5: Transaction

Because of work, Phelan Darius quickly left, Aurora Gabriel was devastated and lay on the bed staring blankly. She realized a big problem was that, last night, because it was too intense, that guy tore off her clothes. Now there are no clothes to wear, she took the phone to call Vera.

This time she felt sorry for Vera a lot, the plan was ruined by her, the role had no chance to get it back and Vera must have been disturbed by this a lot. Aurora Gabriel blames herself a lot.

“Vera…”

"Aurora. Is everything going well?"

Aurora Gabriel could hear how much impatience was wrapped up in Vera's long stream of questions. She restrained herself from shedding tears.

“Please come to pick me up, at the room number you gave me yesterday. By the way, give me another set of clothes."

"I'll be right there. Waiting for me."

Vera hung up, Aurora Gabriel was in a daze again, she always betrayed her loved ones beside her, completely betrayed Shanley Theodore, now even Vera. Yet she overturned that effort, crushed the hopes of not only her but also of Vera. By now Aurora Gabriel has no strength left to complain about her mistake, she only blames herself for pushing not only herself but also many people around her to the brink of collapse.

About twenty minutes later, Vera knocked on the door, bringing Aurora Gabriel clothes and some breakfast. She did not immediately ask anything when she entered the door, even though she did notice the red kiss marks on Aurora's white skin.. Vera is not the type to care about fame and fortune, she is more concerned with the health of the actress she is leading. 

Looking at the room, then looking at the clothes that had buttoned up yesterday and scattered on the ground, Vera couldn't help but panic. Last night Aurora Gabriel left the WC and didn't come back to the room, now appearing here with things around like this, Vera is more worried about her.

After Aurora Gabriel changed her clothes, Vera brought her some breakfast, let her eat a little to regain her strength, and did not stir or ask about last night. Aurora Gabriel ate some bread, her eyes apologetically looking at Vera. She knew that Vera was very troubled but remained calm and worried about her. The more Vera acted like this, the more hopeless Aurora felt, and blamed herself to the point of bursting into tears.

Tears uncontrollably fell down Aurora Gabriel's pale face, so much that she could not continue to eat. Vera came over and hugged her shoulder, gently rubbing her back comfortingly. Vera knows that Aurora Gabriel herself has suffered many grievances to come to this situation, and she is not in the mood to talk about investors anymore.

“Vera, I lost everything… The man I slept with yesterday was just a waiter. I made a mistake and went with him. It was my fault, so I let that man go.”

In her sobs, Aurora Gabriel let out her weakest statement. Vera hugged her shoulder, didn't say anything, just silently hugged her. Life is also true that Aurora Gabriel has been mistreated a bit too much, taking away her warm family, and at the same time pushing her into the dead end of having to sell her body to buy a role that continues to push her to the brink of losing everything. 

Vera does not blame, she only loves Aurora Gabriel, not knowing what happened last night will open up another bright but equally dangerous path for Aurora Gabriel.

On the other side, after leaving, Phelan Darius immediately went to the company to work, put everything last night behind his head, and continued to be busy from handling documents to receiving guests. 

In a moment, he remembered the girl from last night. 

What happened last night to him seemed taboo. He does not like to be involved or have a shady relationship with artists from the entertainment world. It is impossible to imagine a day when Phelan spent the night with an actress, even remembering that girl forever.

He used to think that girls wearing ten-inch heels, big faces, and acting in front of people were not attractive at all. Maybe having good looks makes you want to sleep with rich men.

Don't blame him for being too strict about this, or being so selfish and egotistical that he doesn't allow anyone to borrow his reputation to go up. Many young ladies have borrowed his name to do many things for the purpose of personal gain. It is because his name has great influence that he is more careful in everything, from business to private life, because his company is a corporation to do business, not to put aside his private life.

But all those thoughts have changed since last night, the moment he met that woman. The scent, the body, the smooth hair and even the wet eyes of that girl... all made him fascinated and curious. Intuition told him that this girl approached him not for personal gain, much less wanted to take advantage of the reputation of his D.C company.

While waiting for the investigation of her, he saw an article about a recent hot business event, about a small family company caught up in a very important commercial lawsuit, and then he found a clue that really interested him.

The company that went bankrupt this time is a family company managed by Gabriel family, specifically Matthew Gabriel, and he has an only daughter named Aurora Gabriel. Phelan Darius stared at the picture of Matthew's daughter and then looked down at her current profession: actress. 

He grinned to show his appreciation, entered Aurora Gabriel's name in the search box, and the browser returned him many articles about this girl.

‘Aurora Gabriel - twenty-five years old - actress.’

More recent articles mainly because of her family incident, the latest article is about the movie she was filming for the female lead role suddenly changed, currently there is no response from her company's side. 

If that's the case, then it matches what Aurora Gabriel said this morning. Last night she went to drink alcohol to ask people to pour capital into the movie to get her role back, but because she was drunk, she confused him, everything is completely possible.

Phelan gently placed the documents about Aurora on the table, her tall body slowly leaning back. It seems that this girl is completely simple, honest and honest, without any malice. Then, to repay the beauty's enthusiastic service last night, he will help her once as a transaction.