MasukOn Christmas Day, I put on a reindeer-themed lingerie set, ready to spend an unforgettable night with my CEO boyfriend. Noah Levine eagerly unbuttons my top, kissing my body with feverish intensity. Just then, his phone rings. He answers impatiently. "What is it?" A sweet voice comes through from the other end, speaking in Farylian. "Noah, what time are you coming tonight? I have a Christmas present for you." Hearing those words, my eyes fly wide open. That woman is my younger sister, Heidi Miller. Noah's expression turns serious, like he's handling a work call. He responds in Farylian. "What present?" The voice on the other end laughs softly. "The present is me, wrapped head to toe in red ribbon. Come over and help me unwrap it. I can't wait anymore." That night, Noah doesn't touch me. He helps me dress, kissing my cheek with reluctance. "Work call. Something urgent at the company I need to handle. We'll pick this up another time. "Remember to wear this outfit next time, though. It's very enticing." His lie sounds calm and natural. He clearly assumes I don't understand, but I know Farylian. I hear everything crystal clear. I pretend to nod calmly. After he leaves, I accept the company's overseas assignment. In three days, I'll vanish completely from his world.
Lihat lebih banyak"Dad, I don't want to get married", Elara practically yelled in front of her father who was too busy to be even bothered by her complaints, too much caught up in his files and materialistic world.
"You don't have any choice Elara, you have to marry him, he is the only one who can save my collapsing company", Cedric, Elara's father let out sternly. "I don't fucking care, I was not the one who told you to waste the company's money on that gambling shit and now when you can't pay the debt you are forcing me into this unwanted marriage, how cruel father you are"?? Elara yelled with fire in her eyes. "Ohh shut up, if I was that cruel I wouldn't have let you pursue your dreams and passion l ", Cedric said shutting down his laptop. Elara sarcastically chuckled and said, "Oh please, Do you think of me as a fool??? I know Grandpa forced you to support me, if it wasn't for him you would've forcefully made me the CEO of the company of my grandpa, you actually ruined the company, grandpa knew how to run this company way better than you". Cedric fumed in anger and stood up with force which made the chair to fall backward and lashed out saying , "Stop being disrespectful, I am your father okay, atleast do something for your family, you are so selfish, didn't take over the company, chose to make your career in that shitty sports like fencing, i didn't stop you that time but now you have to obey me". "Which family are you talking about?? The family in which you were never present, always used to to stay with your shitty characterless drunkard friends, have you ever thought about me or Mom"? Elara asked loudly. "Don't bring Suzanne in this matter, I have always cared for you both", Cedric said, this time his pitch lower, a contrast to his earlier yellings. "Stop this melodrama, don't you get tired of pretending like a good father, atleast stop this bullshit infront of me, if you have cared enough YOU WOULDN'T HAVE KILLED MY MOTHER ", Elara yelled as hot tears slipped from the corner of her eyes. Hearing her yelling and the words that slipped past her tongue Cedric couldn't control his rage and, Slap!!! He slapped Elara hard which made her face turn sideways, Elara felt that sting on her cheek but the sting she was feeling in her chest was way worse. "Stop bringing the past every time you feel like you are losing the verbal battle between us", Cedric let out ignoring Elara's pained expression and tried to control his inner turmoil. "Is my mother's death a plaything to you, I am not like you , do you think I would use her to win a verbal battle ?? She is my mother for God sake, you heard Mr.Cedric Ashford, I , Elara Montclair will not marry the guy you chose", Elara finished. "Even he is not dying to marry you, don't think high of yourself, he is marrying you only for business and not to mention Elara Montclair, you took your mother's last name gracefully but you will also fulfill HER LAST WISH OF MARRYING THE MAN I CHOSE FOR YOU respectfully", Cedric declared which left Elara out of words. She recalled something, memories from a year back surfaced, crashing her in the bones, dark room, Suzanne laying on the floor with blood oozing out from her stomach, Cedric sitting next to her frozen, bloody knife in his hand. Elara rushed towards her mother only to hear her saying, "Elara marry the man Cedric choose for you", everything stopped when Suzanne closed her eyes for forever. "You are compelled to fulfill her last wish Elara, only that will make you a true daughter of Suzanne, she never backed away from her words, she gave me everything willingly, you- Elara will simply fulfill your duty", Cedric's words were sharp knife piercing her right in the chest . She loves her mother as much as she resents her last wish, she still doesn't get why her mother wanted her to marry the man of Cedric's choice, the answers of her questions left with her mother a year back. "I will marry the Man you chose, not because you won but because my love for my mother is way bigger than my hate towards you, I will help the company to be saved from being bankrupt not because you are the CEO but because it belonged to my Mom and grandpa before you got it as marriage gift", Elara said heavy heartedly. "Okay then, meet the guy I chose for you tomorrow , I will soon arrange your marriage, don't create a scene in front of him, I will send you his picture", Cedric said normally keeping his rage within himself grabbing his phone . "What's the point of this formality now, even if that man is not even worth looking at, I eventually have to marry him only as I am compelled to do that, you have chosen him then he must be an asshole only, What can I even expect from you?? Don't know what Mom saw in you and decided to marry you on top of that gave you her company to handle ", Elara finished being very disappointed. "If you are done with your dramas then leave, i have got tons of work to do", Cedric ordered Elara who huffed loudly and stormed out of the office slamming the door shut behind her which made Cedric flinch badly as he cursed Elara in her mind. Elara got out of the company, she sat on the bench near the crosswalk, she felt that sting and heaviness of her father's words in her heart, she continued to stare at nothing, her eyes hollow but then it flickered with something. Determination She took a deep breath determined to make her father pay for the sin of killing her mother.Third Person Point-Of-View"Why is the vice captain in such a hurry? Do you think they're really...""Definitely! Last time when the captain risked his life to save the vice captain, the way she looked at him completely changed!""The captain too. He's cold to everyone else, but he's willing to talk more with the vice captain."Noah froze in place, his voice shaking badly. "What... What are you saying?"Were they saying Erin had fallen for someone else?No. Absolutely impossible. They'd barely been apart!He practically ran to Sean's hospital room in a panic. Through the glass window, he saw Erin covering her face. She seemed to be crying.Noah could barely stay on his feet. He and Erin had been together for so long, yet he'd never seen her shed a single tear. But now she was crying over another man?Noah couldn't take it anymore. He kicked the door open and stormed in, grabbing Erin and dragging her into his arms. "Come back with me!"Erin struggled violently, biting down ha
I immediately pushed Noah aside and rushed to the monitoring equipment, then started putting on my protective gear."You all stay up here. I'm going down.""What?""No way!"Noah and my teammates' voices rang out in unison.I patted my teammate's shoulder reassuringly. "Don't worry, I can do this. It's the vice captain's responsibility."With that, I began preparing to descend. Just then, Noah spread his arms wide and blocked my path. This move completely ignited my fury."Noah, move.""No. I absolutely won't let you go down there to die!"I lunged forward and grabbed his collar, my voice ice cold. "Noah, what right do you have to say that to me?""They don't want me to go because we're teammates who've been through hell together. And you? You're just a mistake I made!"Get lost. I don't have time to waste on you."With that, I kicked his ankle. Noah immediately dropped to his knees on the ice in pain. He had an old injury there, one I'd bandaged myself.I immediately jump
Erin's Point-Of-ViewI'd been in Alryne for two weeks now. It was freezing here. Even my breath could freeze instantly in the air.Only five of us had been sent on this research assignment. The team leader couldn't help but ask, "If I remember right, you're from headquarters, aren't you? Great environment, high salary. Why would you throw that away to come here?"I looked down and smiled softly. At first, maybe I'd just been acting out of spite, wanting to escape Noah. But after two weeks here, I discovered his influence over me wasn't as strong as I'd thought.Working together through extreme weather, celebrating our successful geological surveys, it all gradually pushed him out of my mind.A few days ago, I finally worked up the courage to call my parents. Surprisingly, they were very calm.They told me that on the day I left, they'd flown to Bapo and personally canceled the wedding. In front of everyone, they'd exposed Noah and Heidi's affair and announced they no longer ackno
Third Person Point-Of-ViewEliana's eyes were red as she shouted at him. "Noah! Erin treated you so well and you dared to cheat on her!"And with her own sister! You're both scum. I'm going to make you pay for this today!"While Noah stood frozen, he watched Wesley storm into the room in front of everyone and kick Heidi in the corner."You ungrateful wretch! Your sister always gave you the best of everything growing up. And you? You dared to steal her man!"Heidi ended up black and blue. She sobbed and screamed, "Dad, Mom, it's not like that! You've got it all wrong!""Wrong?" Eliana laughed bitterly. She pulled a letter from her pocket and read it aloud in front of everyone."Mom, Noah and Heidi are together. He's only marrying me to repay the debt he owes me from years ago. But they're delusional if they think I'd ever accept a secondhand, filthy man."Mom, forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye, but don't worry. I'll live well. Far better than I ever would be married
Third Person Point-Of-View"Where is she? Where did the patient go?"Noah seized a passing nurse and demanded sharply."Mr. Levine, the patient completed her discharge paperwork early this morning. She left hours ago."Noah checked his phone. The messages he'd sent still showed no response. Just












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