Chapter 3

Aurora's POV

I had no idea how much time passed. I was feeling so tired as if all my energy was drained out. I slowly open my eyes and to my surprise I discovered myself laying on a big couch.

I slowly got up with my tired and aching body and looked around. I was in a huge living room. This one is modern unlike the living room we had in California. All the furniture was modern, marvelled floor, glass walls, dark mahogany doors. Through the glass walls I could see a open garden and a pool beside it. Most of the things in the room are black and white.

Everything of the house is so fascinating and screaming modern aura.

So this was the place where we're going to be staying from now on. But it looks like someone else's place. Something is not right. The company would never provide us something so expensive.

I roamed around the house for a bit and girl it's a house that a billionaire can afford. The kitchen is mind blowing with ultra modern technologies. Everything is so fascinating.

The weirdest thing is, in this huge house there's no one I could find.

After roaming around a bit I walked upstairs. There are bed three rooms. I walked at the end of the hall and entered a one of the rooms.

As soon as I entered the room, a rich sandalwood perfume smell reached my nostrils. Trust me, I've never smelt something addictive like this before.

The room is full black and grey combination. The bedsheets and curtains were grey color.

The bed was perfectly made and I felt like it was calling my tired body. The bed look more comfy than California house.

I quickly jumped in and God it felt like I'm on cloud. As soon as I closed my eyes sleep evaded me.

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"Aurora! Aurora! Wake up! It's not your bed!" I heard my sister's calling me with a whispering sound and keep nudging me.

Maybe another of waking me up for college.

"Agh! Please sissy. Please let me sleep a bit more. Gosh this sheets smell so good!" I groaned, feeling so annoyed.

I feel my sister stopped for a moment but then again keep nudging me.

"Not now, Aurora. Just get up and let's go to your room." I feel she gritted out.

"No. I'm sleeping here. You go." I murmured as I keeped my eyes closed and tried to start dreaming again.

But then what my sister said just not only blew my sleep away but also sucked out my breath.

"It's brother Artemis' room. And he's here. Now quickly get up and let him sleep."

Oh. My. God.

I'm sleeping in Artemis Marcello Fernandez's bedroom, under his comforter and smelling his scent like a drug addict sniffing drug.

Shit!

I'm so done.

I quickly jumped up and sucked in a long breath. That cannot be true.

As soon as my eyes went toward the door, I saw a tall man over six feet standing there, hand crossed on his chest and leaning against the door frame. His dark hair is messy, those mesmerizing green eyes ar tired bit amused. His body looked more stronger as if he give a lot of time in the gym.

Most importantly his piercing green eyes now on me and an amusing smirk was playing on him plump pink lips.

Fuck, he's so fucking handsome. All grown man now.

I came back to reality when my sister nudged me again. I quickly got up and followed her out of the room.

When I passed beside him, again that smell of his perfume hit and and I sucked in a breath. I closed my eyes and literally ran behind my sister.

But the feeling of being watched never skipped my mind.

And then I realized, I finally ended up in the lion's den.

After locking the door of my current room which my sister showed me, I ran into the bathroom. I quickly prepared the tub and hopped in. I needed a long shower after all the sudden things happening in my life.

I closed my eyes with a lot of questions in my head. But for now I need to relax and get him out of my mind.

About an hour later, I finally came out from shower and put a night gown. I checked my phone and it's already midnight. God, I slept that long in his bed. Undoubtedly it was so comfy and that wasn't my fault.

Without caring knowing the robes of my night gown, I sneaked out of my room. As my sister said, apart from Artemis, nobody lives here. And since Artemis is now in him bedroom, I decided to sneak into to kitchen. I was damn hungry.

I tiptoed to the kitchen with my phone flash on. There's light coming from outside to. So it wasn't so difficult. I don't want my sister or Artemis to wake up and see me like this. I opened the fridge and holy shit I was about to scream. It was so full with everything. I even found my favorite chocolate flavored ice cream. I grabbed some juice and sandwich and decided to eat the ice cream later.

I put the sandwich in the oven and put the juice on the kitchen counter. When I was about to turn around, I saw a shadow beside me. I was about to scream but a huge body pressed me against the kitchen counter and pressed a big hand on my mouth.

I closed my eyes and moaned in pain, as my back hit the side of the counter hard. The body against me was so hard and the man is so strong. It maybe some thief. Omg is he gonna kill me.

I let out some muffled noise and kept my eyes shut.

I almost forgot that I was barely clothed.  The lacy robe was open and I was in a lacy underwear set. And the most horrible this is, the man who pressed me against him, was half naked.

"Long time no see, little kitty."

That voice, so deep also calm, cold and shivering, so familiar but still dangerous.

My whole body froze. Taking the opportunity he let go of my mouth by still pressing against me.

What the hell was he doing in the kitchen at this hour? He's supposed to be asleep now.

"I-I what- what.." I stammered.

My breath became ragged and in this normal temperature of the room I started sweating.

His breath, his smell, his presence everything was causing chaos inside me. It was ruining me and reminding me of the thing happened five years ago. That time I was so little to understand that. But now, with my grown body and mind, I can understand everything fucking thing he said to me and did to me.

No, no, no. This is wrong. He's my fucking stepbrother. If my mother or sister finds out that I was pressed against my stepbrother barely with any clothes, I'm more that dead.

"I see you've grown a lot." He whispered beside my ear, taking a long inhale.

God, tell me I'm in the middle of a nightmare.

"Get of me." My voice came out as a whisper when I tried to sound hard and clod.

"Still the same feisty little kitty, huh? What were you doing in my kitchen at this hour, kitty?" He chuckled, knowing what's he doing.

I tried to keep a hard and annoyed look on my face but I failed.

"Stop calling me that. And I was hungry. That's why I'm here. Now let go of me." I wiggled and tried to push him off of me but he didn't bulge a bit.

I was nothing comparing to him. His long bare body was hovering over me. I had to crane my neck to look at his face.

"And what are you wearing, kitty cat?" He smirked, now looking down at my body with those piercing green eyes.

I gulped hard. I was about to say something but something flickered in his  eyes. It's anger clearly. He pushed me hard again as my back now met the corner of the counter as I let out a small moan in pain.

He's now standing five feet away from me. I was not surprised for his sudden mood swings because I was used to it. I somehow I didn't expect that. He's now a totally grown man.

"Stop dressing like a slut in my house. Or I won't think twice before kicking you out."

With that two deadly sentence, he left the kitchen. I was stunned, still couldn't posess that he called me a slut.

How dare he? I'm not that 13 years old girl whom he could behave as he wish. He's the one who let us stay here and now he's the one who's threatening me to kick me out of the house?

If he wanted to acting like this, then I'll show him I'm tougher than him.