ANMELDENAurora's POV
I wanted to follow my plans according to what I jotted down last night, but I couldn't. I saw a beautiful opportunity to jump to number 2, which says ‘seduce Uncle X’, and that's what I am about to do. Diana wasn't home, this was my trump card. I passed by his room, and I caught him sitting calmly on his rocking chair, his face buried into a book he was reading. He was wearing a rope and shorts. I could see a snippet of his broad chest. He didn't notice me standing, he was too focused on his reading. I took careful steps towards him, and he turned to me. His eyes scanned through my body, they lingered on my legs. I was wearing a mini skirt, so I could give him a good view. “You are here?” He said as he raised his gaze to my face. “Yes, Uncle X,” I answered, walking closer, making sure my legs moved at the right pace for him to notice them properly. I stopped at his front, and I sat on the table before him. I played around with the paper weight on his table. “I am bored,” I said to him. He looked at me for a while before replying. “I can't help you with that.” “You can.” “No I can't, Rory,” he said, not looking away from the book, probably finding a way to distract himself from staring at my thighs. “You've changed, Uncle X,” I said in a sad tone. “I am sorry if you feel that way. You know… You are an adult now.” Wasn't he the one who said I was a young adult… blah… blah… blah… So now I am an adult? “Let's play games like we used to.” I muttered. “What game do you wanna play?” He asked, dropping the book aside. “Games like we used to.” “Hide and seek? Beauty and the beast? Play princess?” He asked. I chuckled loudly. “I am grown, Uncle X,” I said, still giggling. “You said games like we used to,” he raised a brow. “Video games.” “Alright. To the lounge it is.” He said getting up from his seat, and I followed behind him. I cunningly intertwined my hands in his as we walked. He didn't say anything, he only smiled. Yes!! My plan is working. When we got to the lounge, I sat down, while he set up the game. After he was done, he handed me a game console. “Let's start,” he said as he settled beside me on the sofa. I moved closer to him, making sure our bodies were touching. We started playing the game, but my attention wasn't on the game, it was on my sweetheart instead. I wished he'd just drop the console and focus on me. Maybe kiss me… Or take off the mini skirt hanging around my waist, or take off my top and my bra. Or he could take my virginity right on this sofa. He could kiss my lips brutally… Just the way I have seen men like my uncle do in movies, then take off the pieces of my clothes, one after the other. He could spread my legs and thrust into me slowly. The first time would be painful, like they said, so I'd prefer he takes it slowly, thrusting into me while I moan out his name like his dirty little bitch. I didn't realize I was so lost in my thoughts until he won the game. “You haven't improved, little one,” he said, bringing me back from my world of fantasy. “Maybe,” I answered. I wasn't interested in the game, not even a bit, I was interested in other things, but my sweetheart seems lost in the game. My plan wasn't to be all childish around him, my plan was to seduce him, to make him do things to me. “I am cold,” I said. He dropped the console, and he removed his robe instantly. He wrapped it around my body. “Next time do not wear clothes that aren't covering you properly,” he said. I knew what he meant by that, he meant I shouldn't be wearing mini skirts around the house. That didn't bother me, what bothered me was that he removed his robe for me, so now he was bare, shirtless, and his abs were screaming at my face. I wanted to run my hands through them, or lay on his chest like it was a pillow, but I couldn't, all I could do was stare and fantasize. He coughed awkwardly, calling back my attention, as it seemed like I was hypnotized by the structure of his upper body. Don't mind me, I have never seen a body as gorgeous as my sweetheart's, his was sexy as fuck. We continued with the game, I suddenly dropped my console, he dropped his too, thinking I needed a pause, but I didn't. I quickly took back my console, and I attacked his game character. It was too late when the console was taken back. I had already won. “You cheated, Rory.” “No I didn't… Never said you should drop your console,* I laughed. “You little cheat.” He snatched my console from my hands, wanting to use the method I used, but I dragged it from him. “Give it back,” I cooed, “Uncle X…” His grip was tight, and he was a lot taller than me, I couldn't reach it, and I couldn't pull it from his grip. He laughed as he watched me struggle. While trying to take the console back from him, I accidentally fell to his chest. Shivers ran through my spine. He looked at me, and I also looked back at him. Fuck! The feeling of our bodies touching like this feels so good. And it feels damn right. We both didn't move… we just froze as we tried to catch our breaths. My gaze fell on his lips, thin, pink and maybe soft, but I'd only be able to tell that if I kiss him. Maybe this is it… the right time to make a move… Maybe I could get a taste of his tasty looking lips. I didn't hesitate before I moved my face to his. “What do you think you are doing?” He gently pushed me away from him. “You aren't my biological uncle,” I muttered, hoping it was a go ahead to kiss him. “Aurora!” He snapped. I guess I have crossed the limits, but that was the truth. He isn't my biological uncle, so it's not a total sin if we kiss.Aurora's POV I could hardly breathe as I stared at the photograph on Xavier’s desk. The man smiling next to Carter Mills Sr. looked confident, younger, and very much alive. This wasn’t Leonard’s dead brother. It wasn’t Leonard either. This was the mysterious fifth founder my father had worked so hard to hide from history. Arthur Bell. My hands started shaking. “It’s him,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper. “The guy who came to my apartment. The one who called himself Arthur Bell. He’s the fifth founder.” Xavier’s whole body went tense beside me. He leaned over my shoulder, his chest pressing against my back, warm and solid. Even now, with my world flipping upside down, I felt that familiar pull. The way his breath brushed my ear made my skin tingle. I hated how much I wanted him to wrap his arms around me and make everything else disappear for a few minutes. “Steve,” Xavier barked, not moving away from me. “Reopen every file we have on Arthur Bell’s supposed death. Everythin
Xavier's POV Steve walked into my office looking like he’d swallowed something sour. “Emergency court injunction just hit. Locker 317 is frozen. Aurora can’t touch anything inside it. Someone claims the contents belong to Griffins Enterprises, not Daniel’s estate.” I froze mid-sip of coffee, the cup hitting the desk harder than I meant. “What the fuck did you just say?” “I’m telling you, it’s real. Filed this morning. They moved fast.” I stood up so quick my chair rolled back and hit the wall. “I didn’t authorize any injunction. Check it. Now.” Steve was already on it, nodding as he typed on his tablet. “Legal department is pulling the filing. But heads up—someone used old corporate credentials. The kind that should’ve been dead for years.” Within the hour, Steve had the details. He dropped the papers on my desk and rubbed his eyes. “It wasn’t us, Xavier. The signatures are forged. They’re using our own history against us. Whoever did this knows exactly how the company worked ba
Aurora's POV I barely slept. All night I tossed and turned, that old key burning a hole in my mind. By the time the sky started to lighten, I was already up, dressed in jeans and a simple hoodie, and heading out the door. I called my lawyer, Marcus, and told him to meet me at the storage facility address I’d looked up. I didn’t tell anyone else. Not Isla. Not Xavier. This one felt too personal, too raw. I needed to see it for myself first. The storage place was on the outskirts of the city, one of those big warehouse-style buildings with rows of orange doors and almost no people around this early. Marcus pulled up right after me, looking sharp in his suit like he was ready for court even at seven in the morning. “You sure about going in alone like this?” he asked as we walked toward the office. “I’m sure.” The manager behind the counter was an older guy with a coffee stain on his shirt. When I slid the key across the desk, his eyebrows shot up. “Locker 317,” he said, checking hi
Aurora's POV I couldn’t stop staring at the photograph. The five men stood shoulder to shoulder like they ruled the world back then. I recognized four faces right away—my dad, Xavier, Carter Mills Sr., and Victor Langston. But the fifth guy? His face was completely burned away, just a ugly black scorch mark where his features should have been. It gave me the creeps. Who does that to a picture? And why leave it behind like some kind of twisted clue? Harold Bennett leaned in closer, squinting at it under the office lights. “I haven’t seen this in over a decade,” he said quietly, his old voice a little shaky. “Maybe longer.” “Who is he?” I asked, pointing at the burned spot. “The fifth man. What’s his name?” Harold hesitated, rubbing his chin. He glanced at Xavier like he was worried about saying too much. “Truth is, I never actually learned his identity. Most people think Griffins Enterprises was founded by four men. That’s what all the official stories say. But it was five. Somewhe
Xavier's POV The boardroom had turned into a fucking circus. Directors were shouting over each other, pointing fingers like this was some reality TV show instead of a billion-dollar company. Caldwell was red in the face, accusing Reeves of being the leak, while Reeves fired back that it had to be someone who benefited from destabilizing me. Papers were scattered everywhere. Phones kept buzzing. It was a goddamn mess. I slammed my hand on the table hard enough to make a few of them jump. “Enough.” My voice cut through the noise. “IT is already tracing the email. I want answers, not accusations flying around this room like idiots.” Steve was already on his phone in the corner, barking orders. I glanced across the table at Aurora. She wasn’t looking at the screen or the shouting men. Her eyes were moving slowly from face to face, studying everyone like she was trying to see through their bullshit. She looked calm on the outside, but I knew her too well—that slight press of her lips, t
Aurora's POV The morning sun glared off the glass towers of Griffins Enterprises like a warning. I stepped out of the black SUV with my lawyer, Marcus Hale, close at my side, clutching the leather portfolio Xavier’s team had delivered at dawn. My heels clicked against the marble steps, and every sound felt amplified. Cameras flashed from the small crowd of reporters clustered near the entrance. Whispers rippled through the lobby the second I walked through the revolving doors. “That’s her,” someone murmured. “Daniel Hayes’s daughter.” “The secret shareholder.” I kept my chin high, but my stomach twisted into knots. The silk blouse I’d chosen clung a little too warmly to my skin, and I could feel eyes crawling over me—employees pausing mid-stride, executives pretending not to stare from the elevators. Marcus leaned in slightly. “Head up. Say nothing until we’re in the room.” Easy for him to say. He wasn’t the one who had spent the night tossing in bed, replaying Xavier’s low voic
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