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AUTHOR'S POVSia was sitting in a garden, looking at the ocean and the moon in the sky. This place was beautiful beyond words. It was a mansion on an island, which looked like a castle. But she was unable to think about anything else, except for what happened ealier.She sealed her fate with her own hands. But she had made a vow in her heart to never feel the love she felt for him again. He was not what she thought of him. In her heart, she had a small kind of venomous hope, that he loved her too, but this hope died down today.He hurted Louis. He knew how much she cared about him, but he still hurted him. After signing the papers, he called someone to tend to~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POVSia felt better now with her fever gone. Hardin was always there over her head, making her feel worse, but she still wanted to get better and run to Louis. She wondered if her friends were worried about her. They would be. That was obvious. But she didn't feel like talking or worrying about them right now.She was only worried about Louis and Lucas. Louis was still fine, but what about Lucas? He was planning on marrying her and here she was. Already married to Hardin Black.Sighing, she pushed the duvets away from over her body and decided to step out of this Goddamn room, where she was caged for a whole day. She felt suffocated. She didn't even felt like crying a
~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POV“ I want to leave. ” That was the first thing that Sia said to Hardin, after crying over breaking Lucas's heart like that.Her voice was cold. She didn't even wanted to look at him, pretending to not care, that she was bound to him for the rest of her life now. She had even asked him to not announce their wedding yet. She wasn't prepared for this in the same cold voice and he agreed over this too. After forcing the biggest decision of her life on her, he was giving her the right to take small decisions which was funny to Sia.Surprisingly, he didn't say anything. He asked Josh to send her home. She remember moving around in trance to b
~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POVIt felt like everything fell apart all together. Sia refused to talk it out with her friends. She worked as a director and a shareholder, not caring about anything else. She didn't meet Hardin either. He didn't call either.From having everything to going back to square one with the same alone self was not that hard. All it took from her was to become numb. Her friends kept asking her what was wrong with her. But she didn't have any answer to that. Was she supposed to confront them? But she was always afraid of confrontations. So she just pretended to be oblivious to everything else in this world.Brown Inc broke the deal with their company, which
AUTHOR'S POV~FLASHBACKLocked up in the dark place made Sia feel like she was blind. But after John and Emily were locked up beside her, she started feeling worse.They were suffering and it was all because of Sia. She should have never agreed to marry Lucas. She regretted all her choices now.More than anything, she wished Hardin would come to save her. She was not supposed to rely on others but she could not help but pray to the non-existent higher power in her life to send him. Send him in time.Like her prayers were answered, he came. Not Hardin. But Josh. Josh, the same man whom she saw at Hardin's house and who left Sia at her penthouse.At first Sia confused about why he was there if he worked for Hardin. Then she got to know that Hardin sent him as a spy to Lucas a long time ago. He told her that there was no way to con
AUTHOR'S POV~FLASBACK Then it was back to that dark room again. To mourn and drown in guilt once again. Sia did not really understand what Lucas wanted to do now. She felt numb with only one goal in mind. She would not let anything happen to Emma. She could not let Lucas hurt her. She was an innocent child. Her only fault was being a part of Sia's damned life.Tears refused to fall now. Chained up by the wall, her arms pulled up above her head and her face bowed down, she did not know what to do anymore. She wanted to think but she could not. After God Knows how long, the door to the room was opened once again and she was unchained from the wall. She could not see the man who dragged her out to somewhere. She just kept letting him tag her along in a trance.When they came to halt, she was standing by a road and Lucas was there. Sia slowly raised her head and forced herself to keep standing on her f
AUTHOR'S POV ~FLASHBACK When her eyes opened again after a week, Sia found a completely white ceiling staring back at her. She felt numb and dead. Each part of her body hurted badly which made her sure that for the first time in her life, her prayers were heard. Doctors came and checked up on her. And then he came. Hardin. The man she had started to hate truly for this time. She did not want to see him but she had to. “ Wh-Where is Emma? ” This was the first thing that she choked out to him without any delay. She needed to see her and keep her safe. “ You should take some rest. ” Hardin whispered as his fingers pushed her hair behind her ear softly “ Tell me... ” Sia whispered back feeling the lump forming in her throat.“ Lucas still has her. ” He told her truthfully and it was like the whole world fell down on her at once. He
AUTHOR'S POV Stepping back in her room with the parcel in her hands, Sia tried hard to not start crying. “ Sia... ” Hardin's voice made her look up from the parcel and stare at him instead. Instinctively, he stepped forth and pulled her in a hug. His chin rested above her head as he sighed out hoping to get a reaction from her. Any reaction from her. She looked dead. “ I hate you... ” Sia whispered out and pushed him away weakly. Hardin gulped as his heart skipped a beat “ It's all because you. ” A tear slid down Sia's cheeks and she raised her gaze to meet his blue eyes. “ Leave me alone Hardin. Please... ” Her voice was barely a whisper but Hardin was able to hear her clearly. A lump formed in Hardin's throat as he nodded his head in a trance and marched to the door. Pulling it open, he glanced at Sia for the last time and closed the door behind him
AUTHOR'S POV Hardin's eyes roamed around the whole room before stopping at Sia who was giving him a hateful look. “ You lied to me! ” Sia hissed and rushed to Hardin before grabbing his coat, glaring at him. “ Sia! Look. Its not like this. ” Louis buttoned up his shirt back and came closer to her but Sia was not listening. She was just glaring at Hardin with tears filling up her eyes. She did not want to believe anything. But the evidence was in front of her. When she read John's diary today, Sia found out that John was the one who gave all those evidence against them to Hardin so he could blackmail her to marry him. And Louis staged all the drama of getting shot by him. In reality, it never happened. They all tricked and trapped her into marrying Hardin. She had even found the reason. The reason was simple. Hardin told John how evil Lucas was and John instantly agreed on