Chapter 1 " Being her shadow"



Amara slammed her glass on the bar counter for the 19th time after gulping down the hot unholy liquid called alcohol down her throat. The bartender is now scared of her as he recalled how devilish that girl looked when he tried to stop her from drinking further. He immediately grabbed the glass that was placed on the counter by her and refilled it.

The girl kept looking at the glass which was now refilled with the poisonous and unholy substance that she hated before, but now she found it alluring to get all her thoughts vanish for a night. She lowered her head looking at the liquid she's about to take in and which resulted the strands of her hair to cover the beautiful face she's hiding.

She tucked her hair revealing her face which was shining despite of the dim lights in the bar. Her face illuminated like a shining moon at dark night, her eyes resembled stars which were filled with tears a while ago. Her rosy lips released a bitter chuckle thinking about the events she despised.

Her right hand went to grab the glass from the counter and she caressed it with her thumb looking at the liquid inside it with her half opened eyes. She looked over to the thing that placed on the bar counter as it lit up indicating that she got a call from the person who is the reason of her being at the bar with a glass filled with alcohol in her hand.

Her sister..... Clara.

Seeing her sister's name on the phone screen made her to drink all the content of the glass she was holding. She placed the empty thing on the bar counter and switched off the phone, trying not to get more heartbroken.

She's not ready to see her sister's face, hearing her voice is the last thing she wants. Without even realizing her cheeks became damp and she wiped her tears harshly as she knew it wasn't the right time to let her emotions to get kicked in. She took another shot of alcohol, her throat was now throbbing with pain not because of the alcohol, but because of the tears and cries that she was controlling not to escape from her.

She inhaled and exhaled closing her eyes and passing her palms to caresses her eyes for relaxation, she placed her left elbow on the barcounter propping her chin on her palm and closed her eyes recalling everything even though she doesn't want it.

She's always been overshadowed by her sister in everything since childhood. And as a result she kept watering her insecurities to grow higher than the Everest. The first thing to say about her sister is she's extremely gorgeous with all those assets a perfect girl should have to make a guy crazy.

Even though her sister is elder than her by a year, she always looked younger than Amara. While Amara is a kind of girl who is not that lucky about getting looks as ethereal as her sister. Which made everyone to notice her sister more.......actually no one notices her when she's with her sister.

When they grew older she thought she would become just like her sister but alas they looked totally different from each other when they both hit their teenage. Her sister became petite, small and thin girl that every boy would dream of. On the other side  Amara rather looked like a hulk beside her sister as she grew taller than her, thicker than her with her chubby cheeks and fat body. That's when she lost all her hopes in looks.....

Amara started to study with all her might which is her strength factor while her sister's weakness. She got many degrees and got a stable job at 20 years. The result is she ended up being addressed as a nerd, geek, bookworm and what not! Even though her sister is bad at studies and stuff, she got succeeded in gaining popularity in the University they go to with her talents like singing, dancing and acting.

You know what being called nerd is better than being addressed as someone's sister. It would be nice if her sister is a bitch, cruel and heartless but she's not..... Her sister treats her like an angel, cares for her like a mother and protects her like a father. She loves Amara soo much which made Amara to hate herself for being jealous of her own sister.

After getting a job at most famous company in the whole city Amara thought it's now time to get a partner as she can get her mind off all these thoughts. Now she's 21. In the total span of a year, she went on dates, used dating apps, went to friends gatherings and all.

Once she had a crush on a guy who came to their highschool gathering it was when she was new to her job. That guy seemed interested in her as he's the first person to ask her number. After a few days he blew up a bomb saying that he liked her sister and that's the reason he was trying to be close with Amara and the worst part is he spilled the beans right when Amara confessed to him. That hit her like a truck.

After her first heartbreak she decided to go for dating apps. And there she met a handsome guy who is 4 years older than her but she didn't mind. Neither she had a crush on him nor she had any interest in him. She just wanted to enter in a relationship and try her luck. They met for a few days and he asked to be his girlfriend after a month.

She felt happy as it's her first time someone loved her for the way she is. She decided to be loyal for him and thought love will bloom by itself after a few days of being in relationship with him. But everything shattered when she introduced him as her boyfriend to her sister and that's when the guy found her sister more interesting and beautiful than her.

She sensed that something is wrong with him when he always told to bring her sister to anywhere Amara wanted to hangout alone with him. After a few days she heard him talking with his friend that he loved her sister but not her. He was just used her to get her sister.... She cried, cried and cried like a river that night not because he loved her sister, because he proved once again that she's nothing when compared to her sibling.

After crying the whole night she decided to break up with him even before he could do that. And she did. Instead of saying sorry and apologizing that guy got angry on her only for the soul reason that Amara couldn't be his bridge to get her sister. His words still lingering through her brain which never failed to pierce through her heart everytime she recalled. "I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE YOU'RE HER SISTER. SHE LOOKS LIKE A PRINCESS WHILE YOU RESEMBLE TRASH. AND I'M WONDERING HOW DID YOU EVEN BELIEVE THAT I LOVED YOU! DUMB PIG!"

And that's how she totally lost her interest in love life. The only thing she loved in her life till now since she became a working women is meeting "ASHTON RYDER" her colleague who became her closest and bestest friend ever. She talked her heart out to him every time she felt like crying. He used to listen to her words and understand her. He tries to cheer her up every time and gets successful by bringing a smile on her lips.

Ashton tried to cheer her up by setting her up with his best friend. Well that guy who is his friend doesn't know Ashton's hidden intentions and nor Amara had a slightest clue about her short friend being cupid when he invited both his bestfriend and her for a small party saying that he's bored being at home.

That's when she found that guy whom

Ashton introduced as his best friend "TIM SIMONS " extremely handsome, hot sexy attractive and cute at the same time. She fell for him when she saw him laughing with his boxy smile. All the three persons became friends but Tim is clueless about Amara's feelings towards him.

Amara now is determined not to show Tim to his sister. What if he also gets attracted by her sister, she can't deal with another heartbreak. Moreover now she liked the guy very much and it's the second time she liked someone this much. First she liked a guy when she was in highschool but never got a chance to admit. But now she's not in a position to loose him too.

One fine day Tim called both Ashton and Amara to meet him to discuss a serious matter. But there she didn't expect Tim would be another person who broke her heart which was already in pieces. But now it broke and cannot be recovered ever.

Both Ashton and Amara were shook when they saw Amara's sister sitting beside Tim, her hands intertwined with his. Tears filled her eyes as she looked at the sight even before the couple could see her Ashton hugged her to make her calm and after a while they went to the couple.

Her sister just squealed with a word "SURPRISE!" flashing her angelic smile but she failed to see Amara's shattered heart behind her fake smile. It turned out that Tim and Amara's sister met in their acting classes and were a couple now. Even though Ashy kept tracing his thumb on back of her hand it didn't help her to relax.

She wanted to be alone, without her sister, without Tim and even Ash is not an exception. She wanted to be a bad girl and erase all her worries just for a night. And drinking alcohol makes her a bad girl, it erases all her worries for a night that's when she decided to drink her ass off. And that day happened to be today.

"One martini for the pretty lady beside me!" Soon to be passed out Amara turned her head hearing a manly voice and saw a handsome muscular man in a suit which looked like it was perfectly made for him. She can literally see his muscular bisceps trying hard to come out of the fabric, his thighs were looking soo sexy and she thought it would be comfortable to sit in his lap than on the chair she was sitting in.

She would blame alcohol for thinking indecent about the guy she just met she would never ever have these kind of dirty thoughts when she's in her sane mind. As she's a girl who is interested in a guy's character and heart rather than his handsome face and wealthy car.

"Who are you!?" she asked him which can be called as a mere whisper but the guy heard her as a smirk made it's way to his lips. He slowly turned to face her showing his handsome self to the girl beside him as he stretched his hand for a handshake.

"Nice to meet you pretty, I'm Aiden, Aiden Parker" his voice sounded so sexy that it was enough for her to get turned on.