Are you ready girls…" Emily asked in her chirping morning voice. "Ya…" Aurora drawled, frowning at her attire. "What the hell are you wearing?" She asked, giving her an unimpressed look. She was wearing a gown, a godforsaken gown with a hat. And not just any gown she was dressed in the fashion of the 1920s. "We are going on a cruise, Aurora. And Mr hot billionaire will be there too and you know how I always wanted to recreate the Titanic signature scene. So I dressed accordingly," she joined her hands together, her face holding an overwhelming expression with her eyebrows raised and lips curved in a smile. Her eyes held a dreamy look. "Em! I think you really need a shrink," she couldn't believe she was behaving like this for a rich man! She rolled her eyes. "I don't need a shrink, I need that hot Russian." Aurora huffed, shaking her head knowing well that Emily was not going to stop her idiotic chatter and she need to get ready for the cruise. She could not afford to be lat
Aurora took in a sharp breath to calm her racing heart. "I can do it! No need to be scared," she reminded herself. "Now a minibus is waiting for you all outside the hotel to take you to the port. Don't forget to enjoy the trip," she said smiling. All five contestants with their team members ascended the minibus which took them to the Vancouver, BC port and they finally ascended the cruise ship. "This is perfect," Susan whispered to Aurora who nodded in agreement. "It's more than perfect Susan, it's breathtaking!" She mumbled. Although she had travelled through private planes and lived a luxurious life and seen every kind of luxury. This felt different because she was there on her own and not just spending her father's hard-earned money. It was not like there was any difference. Right? I mean my Dad's money is my money, isn't it? But still, this felt more fulfilling"Welcome ladies and gentlemen." Katie greeted them with her all-time smile pasted on her lips. Aurora looked at he
"Dear contestants, there is a slight change in our next round. After a little interaction between the judges, it is decided that your designs must be inspired by world art and culture."Aurora's eyes widened and her mouth hung open hearing Katie telling about the challenge for the next round."Design inspired by world art and culture!!" She looked at both her friends in anxiety and bit her lower lip from inside. I didn't even know the history of Canada, let alone the world. I mean obviously, I know about jewellery designing but I didn't study it. And right now the only thought that was running in her mind was, she should have taken a professional jewellery designing course for two years instead of going on vacation in Sweden for about eight months two years ago.But back then, that was her way of getting motivated and here she was standing with an open mouth and an idiotic expression over her face, thinking about the next round. Four hours that's all she had and In these four hours,
Aurora's heart thumped as the memory lane ended and she screamed in excitement while jumping up and down like a kangaroo. "OMG! OMG! OMG…" Susan'seyes broadened. "Oh God, Aurora, are you okay. Do I need to call a doctor? Please don't lose your mind…" She panicked seeing her friend behaving like this. Aurora cupped her cheek while laughing like a maniac. "Susie, Susie, Susie. I love you… now you see what I will do.."She looked at her as if Aurora had lost her mind. "Aurora, now you are scaring me.""Listen to me well, Susie. I have the solution to our problem."Susan stared at Aurora for a long minute. "What solution?" She asked, her expression told Aurora that she could not believe that she might have found a solution to this situation. She accepts that history, art and culture went above her head and she always cheated from her answer sheet during exams in college to get promoted in the next class. Still, was it too hard to believe that Aurora could have a solution? "Tell me w
"That's my design!" Aurora couldn't stop herself from saying it aloud.Every face in the auditorium turned towards her. On any other day, she would have felt anticipated but today she was raging in fury. An uncontrollable fury!! She walked to the stage, seething in anger and stood up in front of John. "You cheat! You stole my design.""Excuse me, mind your words, Miss kings. You have no right to accuse me of something which I didn't do," John retorted back in the same manner as Aurora. "Stop lying…" she barked as she opened the jewellery box and pulled out the replica of her pendant. "You stole this from me!" "What is the meaning of all this, Miss Kings? Please tell us clearly," Katie asked as all the judges stood up and walked to them. "I'll tell you what happened," she said as she pointed a finger at John who was standing there as if he did nothing wrong. Bloody cheat! "This man stole my design from me and presented it here as his own.""Now you are crossing the lines missy, t
"It means she stole it from someone else!" Evelyn pointed out."That's my legacy, given to me by my grandfather and my mother. I am the owner of it and an owner does not steal from itself Miss Evelyn." Aurora snapped.Alexandrios stood up with the microphone in his hand. "It's not easy for us to decide here as both parties define the description beautifully. I know it's not fair to other contestants but it's a special case we have. So today we all are going to study the design and decide the real culprit here. After that we will continue the second round."Everyone in the auditorium nodded. "In the meantime, Miss Kings, we need your necklace to study it to make our decision. So you have to submit it to us for today."Aurora nodded and handed her necklace to Alexandrios. "Please take care of It. This is very precious to me. It's my mom's last gift for me…"He gave Aurora a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, Miss Kings. I will take care of it as if it's my own.""Alright, contestants. You
"What the hell are you doing here?" Aurora snarled at him. He only chuckled as he walked closer to Aurora and stared into her eyes. "Keeping an eye on you, Mrs Knight.""Shut the fuck up! And stop calling me Mrs Knight.""Oh then would be Mrs Knight," he mocked her. She couldn't take it anymore, she stepped closer to him. Stared into his beautiful but irritating black eyes," I won't marry you even if you are the last man on this planet earth. You are the most arrogant, disgusting man I have ever met and I want to squash you with my six inch heel like a cockroach under my shoe, you son of a bi**h!"Something shifted in his eyes, they were calm a moment ago but now they were hard and angry and suddenly Aurora gasped in horror but more than that in pain as he grabbed her jaw tightly. "Ah!" She managed to get the voice out of her mouth. He fisted her hair tightly in his hand, tears swirled in her eyes. No one has ever treated Aurora in this manner before. "How many times do I need to
Aurora did, the Darkness in his gaze scared her senseless. "Don't ever touch me disrespectfully."She gulped in fear. His gaze was unsettling and she was angry at herself for letting him affect her but more than that she was irritated because he knew he scared her. In order to divert him from the topic, she looked around and her eyes went to a small island a little far from there. As if she found a ray of light in the darkness, Aurora was beyond happy. "Look there is an island, we both can reach it if we start paddling, let's do it so that we can have a place to rest." She said cheerfully. Desperate time required desperate measures and she would spend time with her enemy rather than ate alive by some shark in the ocean. The thought made her sweat in fear and anxiety.Liam knows that Aurora was trying to divert the topic but this time he let her go, by looking at her flushed face, he smirked and agreed to paddle the boat."Do you know how to handle the paddle?" He asked her. "No, I