Ready for a flashback? Using Elara's pov? Thank you readers. xoxo.
Flashback (Elara Smith: 16 years old) I am Elara Smith and the day I turned sixteen, my best friend Vicky Barone surprised me with a cake and a gift. She gave me a bracelet that was made of tiny hearts surrounded by gemstones. “Whoa. This is expensive, Vick.” I didn’t want to have it, but she was as stubborn as a mule, so she held it around my wrist and clasped the lock. “Just shut up. OK? I am Vicky Barone, and I can’t hear a No.” It was an expensive school, and I was there because my father who was a gardener used to work for an elite family. The house next to ours was empty for many years. “Every time, I try to gift you something, you start protesting as if I am asking you to pay for it,” Vicky said bitterly and stood up picking up her bag. We were on the soccer field and were planning to go to a nearby pizza joint to celebrate my birthday. Of course, Vicky was the one who was financing this pizza party. Being the daughter of a gardener, I couldn’t afford such celebration
“Don’t be silly. He is looking at me.” Vicky whispered back.Ok. Maybe my eyesight wasn’t working well, and I was squinting.“Hello there. Can you guide me to the administrative office?” I heard his voice and kept playing with my bag strap.“Just walk straight and turn left by the end of the hallway. By the way, I am Vicky.” I sensed Vicky standing up, I raised my eyes and found them shaking hands.His eyes were darting towards me every now and then,“Elara! It’s his first day,” Vicky rolled her eyes and said between clenched teeth.She wanted me to acknowledge his presence and give him a warm welcome.I got up quite clumsily and tried to smile. His face contours were perfect.Just perfect.“Elara!” Vicky then turned to him with amusement in her eyes, “I am sorry, she often zones out.” She told the guy with laughter in her voice.“Can you take me to the office? I am quite poor with the directions.” This time my heart did skip a beat.He was asking me this favor.ME!I turned to look a
(Still, the flashback by Elara’s pov:)I had turned eighteen. I was still the same fat girl who wasn’t needed by anyone. Noah was kind enough to offer to take me on dates everywhere. Yup. Everyone had a boyfriend except me. So, to keep my integrity, Noah was a blessing in disguise. I know it was shallow of me to think this way. Vicky and Aiden had become a hit couple in our school. Aiden still used to stare at me and now I knew why. He used to find me cute. Almost like a little sister. There used to be affection in his eyes. Vicky's attitude started changing with me from the day she officially announced that she and Aiden were dating each other. Once or twice, Noah used to give the impression to others that he was kissing me when in actuality we used to murmur until the witnesses walked past us. He had been a great help and a great friend. We started hanging out more. It had been two years since I had observed Aiden and Vicky hanging around together. And every time I used to se
(Elara’s pov: Still the flashback) “Can you please stop crying?” Noah asked me, wiping my tears. Dressed in a bridal white gown, I was waiting in the dressing room, for my father. “Vicky is still not talking to me. She is not believing me. Aiden and Edmund are no longer listening. What to do?” Till yesterday, Vicky kept convincing me to run away. She was ready to help me financially. “I will settle you somewhere good. I will give you so much money, Elara that you would never need to work in your life. I swear it will be a luxurious life. Just say no to this wedding, Elara.” Vicky wanted to hold my feet while crying when I took a step back. “Vicky. No!” “What will you get out of this? He will never love you. He will never think of you with respect.” With a swollen face, Vicky sobbed brokenly, “You might have difficulty falling pregnant. These industrialists are usually interested in reproducing an heir. Love is not for them. There is still time.” But no. I couldn’t do it to my f
Aiden Lockwood scanned the menu card slowly, but Elara’s face kept popping up in his head. This time she didn’t get bitter when she saw him with Vicky. She even smiled and showed him a thumbs-up sign. He was glad that at least she decided to trust him. “What should we order, Mr. Jack?” Vicky asked the customer while sipping her wine, “You must be hungry.” She said a little meaningfully. Yes. It was supposed to be an official dinner, but she made Elara believe that she was having a private and cozy dinner with Aiden. She placed the glass delicately on the table and snapped her fingers for the waiter, “This AC is not working. Can you please check the thermostat? We have our worthy client with us,” Vicky tried to wave her fingers to fan her face. “Are you alright?” The man whose name was Jack asked her with concern. “Just extra hot tonight. Oh, God.” After giving the order Vicky started chatting with Mr. Jack. Aiden was checking his phone when a message popped up from the dri
There was silence in the car. Elara was still trying to grasp whatever he just told her.She could not see his face but could sense him being stiff beside her. None of them could utter anything. One was quiet not able to clarify himself. Other was in disbelief, not knowing what to say.After a few minutes, the car halted, and none of them attempted to move. An uneasy silence was hanging in the air.Their emotions were all over the place in the confines of the car. None of them dared to break the stillness inside.They were frozen in their seats.“Sir. Ma’am. We are home.” The chauffeur who was holding Elara’s door reminded them gently. Aiden came back to reality with a shock and then didn’t take time to get out of the car.Elara startled and jumped out, almost running behind him, “Aiden. Please stop.”But he didn’t wait and went inside the guest room closing the door behind him on her face.Elara knocked the door, but he didn’t budge. Placing a hand on her chest, Elara came back to he
What was exactly happening with her? Why was she being used like a hooker by men around her? Was she not beautiful enough?Didn’t she have the brains to impress a man like Aiden?She wanted to cry but at a very young age, her father had taught her not to give up so easily. In this short span of time, three men had used her.Except for Aiden or Meer, she was ravished by all those beasts.Vicky fell back on her pillow and closed her eyes. The hatred in that woman’s eyes... The woman who called herself Jack’s wife.Vicky was not able to take that face out of her mind. It felt like she was a no one as compared to that woman. A lowlife who was after her husband for money. Vicky was never after money. She just wanted…She did want those contracts though. She picked up her phone that was lying close to her and started typing an email to Aiden. She didn’t want to face anyone.Aiden would definitely ask about project files and she…With a frown, she got up quickly and looked around. Fu*ck
(Flashback: Aiden pov) Moving to a new place is always challenging for kids especially if they are in their teens. I moved here along with my grandpa who had been living with me when I lost my parents. The neighborhood looked so gloomy and gray. It all was so boring until I saw her. It was the second day after our move. Peeking out of my window, I found her talking to a guy. Her wavy hair was flowing softly in the breeze and due to being a plus size, the most prominent thing on her body was her ass. And then she turned around laughingly, and I gasped in shock. Though it had started getting dark, all I could see was the most beautiful girl and a boy who was trying so hard to impress her. Her laughter had something that made me smile like a fool. But then… something strange happened. That guy held her face and started kissing her. I didn’t like it. All I wanted to do was punch down that guy and push him away. Leaving the curtain, I stepped away from the window. How dare he? I