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Aria’s P.o.vPerspiration ran down my neck as I felt Vaughn’s presence appear closer to me per second. I didn’t realize I wasn’t prepared at all for that moment. I wanted to yell and run away but my legs were stiff and shaky. Vaughn placed his hands on my shoulder and turned me to face him. His hands felt heavy as they rested on my shoulder. I took a deep breath and held myself together from within. I was too close to him and I wasn’t covered. It just felt absurd to me. I made sure I did not look at him in the face because I did not know what the expression on his face could do to me. “Place your hands down.” Vaughn stood tall in my face and I put my hands down to my side immediately he asked me to. It was as though I was a mannequin that only obeys directives and he was a god.Vaughn used his middle finger to press my navel before he started making his way up to my chest in a straight line. I felt shivers in my body as his finger moved up my body. I didn’t know if what I felt were
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Aria’s P.o.v“Get out!” Vaughn yelled at me and banged his hand on the table.I raced out of the room frightened. It was so late in the night already and I wondered if anyone else must have heard all that transpired with us. I wished no one did because I felt embarrassed. I hurried into my room and slammed the door behind me. I leaned on the door slid down to the ground and cried. I cried like a baby that night and I promised myself that I was going to do whatever I needed to do to make sure that I had a beautiful home and I became successful before Vaughn decided to throw me out.The next morning, the windows of my eyes flung open even before the alarm that Sandra had set for me rang. I stood up as soon as I heard it ring and went straight into the bathroom to clean myself. Sandra knocked on the door minutes after I stepped out of the bathroom. I was drying my hair with a towel when I responded, “It’s open you can come in.” She helped herself into my room and greeted me with a war
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Aria’s P.o.vI walked to my bed and sat next to him. “I want you to create an account for me and fund it monthly. I also want you to give me a job in one of your businesses. I don’t want to seek your permission before I get access to any money.” I tried to make requests that seemed reasonable and that wasn’t too much for him to do. He paused severally before he responded, “Consider it done.”I held the joy within me and sat quietly. “You should join me at the dining table for meals also. I’m not pleased with the fact that the cook has to bring your food upstairs for you.” His expression was warm and welcoming. I didn’t understand why he just melted down for me but I was pleased.Without hesitation, I asked him the one question I knew I wasn’t supposed to ask but I just couldn’t resist the urge to ask.“What’s the plan for our children?”Vaughn was caught by surprise and I could see that he had not expected that question. Maybe I could have asked in a different way.“You want to have
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Aria’s P.o.v“Who gave this thing the audacity to speak such a word? Girl, I think you have forgotten who you are and where you belong. I’m sure you don’t want me to remind you, right?” Charlotte was pissed but she spoke to me with a calm gesture.“You have no right to tell me where my place is while you sit here and talk to a married man in his home like he is in a sexual relationship with you.”Charlotte scoffed. “I see the problem now. I see it wide and clear. You are jealous that a friend to your arranged husband might be a threat to you or what exactly?” She seemed to have the right and very annoying response to whatever question I asked her.I sipped the wine before I turned back to her. “Just stay away for now. Remember he is now a married man and there is nothing you can do about it.”Charlotte adjusted her sitting position to a more elegant one. “Look, you are not in this class. You are opportune and don’t get ahead of yourself by speaking without thinking. Pick your words wi
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Aria’s P.o.vI stood at the center of the living room and felt sorry for myself. I thought about what I did and how I had been defensive with Charlotte. That was unlike me and I realized that I had started becoming someone I wouldn’t like to become because of greed and other pain that piled up in my heart.I walked over to one of the chairs in the living room and sat down on it in slow motion. I sighed and used my two hands to cover my face. “I think you found a friend in Roseline.” Sandra walked up to me with my phone in her hand and she handed the phone to me. “She’s on the line.”I nodded and took the phone from Sandra.“Girlllllll… You were supposed to call me. I had been expecting your calls. I had to persuade my husband to get your number from Mr. Slade.” Roseline’s voice came in with excitement.I smiled but I wasn’t able to express the joy in my heart through my voice because I felt weighed down already.No way would“I was going to call you but didn’t want to seem too forwar
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Aria’s P.o.vI began to cry softly as I shared my burden with Rose. I didn’t know if it was because of her silence all through the while I spoke that I was able to release the burdens in my heart or because I trusted that she truly cared.“Aria, let me tell you an interesting lesson I learned when I decided to go on this journey. Life is not a bed of roses, especially in a place where you got into it by chance. Toughen up, I know how the burden and pains of the past can overwhelm you but avoid giving attention to it and make your life a bed of roses. You can only get the life you wish to get by yourself. In all honesty, no one can get it for you and you’d be hurt severally. You need to be mentally available for yourself and preserve your good heart.”I wasn’t sure I heard all she said deeply as I heard, “Preserve your good heart.” That word struck me in my heart and I knew that was what I needed to do for me to not become someone I was not.I ended the call with Rose and walked back i
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Author’s P.o.vVaughn monitored the CCTV in his house on an iPad while in his vehicle. He knew when Aria slept and how Sandra walked in to wake her up. He watched them step out and every other drama displayed by the both of them. When he saw her step into his room like a thief, he thought she must have been looking for the file that joined them together to steal, so he watched closely.He scoffed, “This is why I never trust women.” Sir Rudolf was seated beside him in the car and he showed him what Aria was trying to do.He laughed to ease the air and said to him, “I’m sure she’s just curious. Look at her, she’s so young and innocent. She doesn’t even know the main reason why she was married to you. Anyone in her shoes would be seeking clues as well. I know for a fact that she is not trying to steal from you.” “I hope so because I cannot afford to be living with someone I cannot trust or one who is willing to sell me out at any chance.” Vaughn expressed his concerns and doubts to Sir
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Author’s P.o.v“I have heard a lot about how you treat people like they are nothing and you forget that everyone sitting here at this round table has sacrificed a lot of things on your behalf. You can call it whatever you desire but you must respect us the appropriate way.” Gautier had a stern look on his face as he spoke and held the gun up to Vaughn.Vaughn’s guards pointed their guns at Gautier immediately he pointed his weapon at Vaughn. Vaughn gave a sign to his guards to let down their guns, which they all did. “I know you to be very outspoken, but sometimes you need to learn the room before you speak. I do not think anyone here is dissatisfied with my late arrival, is there?” He looked at each of them and said, “You see, no one. You, my friend, are fighting for a wrong cause and anyone that said I treat them in a certain way should get a group like this, put them together, and learn what it is like to lead.”Vaughn sat on his chair. His gaze changed into a stern one as he look
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Aria's P.o.vI couldn't understand why he wasn't doing anything other than that and I didn't want to make it weird by looking him in the eyes.I didn't hear him say or see him do anything after I had said that so I was forced to raise my head and look at him. “Is there something you want to say?” I asked him because I didn't know why he was quiet.He had a warm and gentle smile on his face that made him look like an angel. I loved every part of his beautiful face and couldn't believe that he was taking so much care of me and acting like he was in love with me. He shook his head and said, “Nothing. I did not just know how I found It so hard to recognize that you had been with me all these months. You're more beautiful to the eyes and I know any man will want to be with you more than you might imagine.” His voice warmed my heart and I didn't know if he did that because he knew that it was a charming thing to do or he meant every word that he said. I kept my unbelief to myself but smile
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Aria's P.o.vI didn't understand how Vaughn expected me to just be fine with the fact that I couldn't walk for some time. I don't even know when. “I can't be confined to a chair for god's sake. I had a lot to take care of.” I was worried about myself. “We don't even know when I can walk again. What if it's after a year? Or two? Or worse, five?” I began to make terrible assumptions to scare myself and I said them out loud to Vaughn. The more I thought deeply about it, the more I realized that several things were wrong with the fact that I would just be confined to a chair. “You won't be confined to a chair for long. It's not going to happen. You will have a personal therapist who will help you ensure you walk in a faster time. You don't need to worry about all of these things. I have them all under my control.” Vaughn assured me.Vaughn picked up the food he had bought for us and opened it up. “You've not eaten any good food in a while. I know you must have been tired of eating the m
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Aria's P.o.vThe hurts of the unknown of all that Vaughn is involved in that could be the reason behind why my family is in disarray filled my heart as I lay in bed, glancing at the ceiling, sickly. I wished for several signs or explanations that could help me believe Vaughn or truly show me that he truly was clear of all the accusations I had against him. “But I know Vaughn. He just looks like it from the outside, I don't think he will do things with the intention to hurt me…” I said inwardly.Vaughn had gone out of the room to get me something to eat and maybe speak to someone. I didn't even know what went on that caused me to faint, all I just knew was that whatever happened to me got Vaughn scared and made me see that he really cared for me but he was just hiding his intentions.I held myself to sit up. I felt my body ache. It was as though my bones were too weak and they didn't want to be moved. I wasn't going to give into that anyway because I knew there was a lot of work ahead
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Aria's P.o.vVaughn moved aside for the doctor to properly assess me. He stood behind him and watched him as he asked several questions. “Aria, can you see me well?” The doctor leaned in and asked me. He took his pen torch from his side picked and opened it into my eyes. I felt a sharp pain at first but subsequently, I let him look at me and I moved my eyes around as the bright light from the pen disturbed me from fixing my eyes in a particular spot. “She's reacting good.” He faced Vaughn and assured him. Later, he took off his stethoscope from his neck and swung it in his hand as he tried to put the right part in his ears. He checked something around my breasts, I wondered if he was checking my heartbeat. I didn't know even though I always hoped to be a nurse. I didn't know and, in that moment, all that mattered to me was for me to know what exactly was wrong with me.“Aria, can you hear me? Can you please speak up? You can hear us, right?”Nothing was wrong with me when the docto
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Aria's P.o.v“Why does it feel like there's something still odd about you and your request?” Vaughn looked at me in the eyes for a while. He shook his head and walked away from me, backing me. I took a deep breath out as I had been standing, as though he had choked me with his eyes, and any slight mistake I made could cost me. I cleared my throat and said, “I have nothing to hide from you, but I genuinely need the money. That shouldn't be hard for you to do.”Vaughn scoffed. “I don't think you don't have anything you can hide from me because I feel like you're already hiding something with this request. Aria, tell me whatever it is you're hiding now. Let me know.”I looked Vaughn in the eyes and made sure I acted strong so he wouldn't see through my weak eyes. “I am hiding nothing.”Vaughn looked over my head, back at me, and over again. I turned to look at what he was glaring at. My heart was palpitating. I hoped that I had not left anything in the wrong place that would make him su
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Aria’s P.o.vI trembled at the thought of the fact that I was caught. I couldn’t afford that ever to happen, I was certain Vaughn would kill me or something if he found out that I intentionally disobeyed him and took his niceness to me for granted. I already saw that he had just arrived and it wasn’t possible for him gets upstairs that fast enough. Perspiration drained my body as I watched the door fling open after several banging. Sandra seemed as though a large force pushed her into my room because she was close to stumbling after she entered. “The phone… Hand it over to me now.” Sandra sounded as though something hung in her throat as she spoke. I could barely hear her but knew the context of what she must have been asking me for was nothing more than the phone.Sandra stood in front of me and gazed at me keenly. I could see the anxiety in her look as she glared. It was as though she wanted to snatch the phone from my hand, given how slow I was at processing all that was going o
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Aria's P.o.vSandra took a tiny button phone from underneath her sleeve and handed it to me. “You took quite a time to get the door. I feared that someone might find out I was hiding something before you get the door for me.”“While I was deliberating with the cook. She was scared to lend me the phone. She said the security just allowed her to take the phone into the room because she needed to speak to her daughter who was home alone and they did that without Mr Slade's consent. Another cook in the store room walked over to me and said he could help, he gave me this phone and said it cannot be traced to what house it came from or the owner of the phone. Don't worry ma, I didn't tell them you were the one who needed to use it.” Sandra added.I held the phone in my hand and smiled. “Okay. Thank you. Just help me standby outside, I will need about ten minutes and once the ten minutes is over, kindly knock twice on my door.”Sandra nodded and walked out of my room.I didn't know why; I be
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Aria's P.o.v“Sandra, I need you to do something more important than the food you're trying to give me. Just place it down and let's get down to business now.” Sandra walked to the kitchen slab and placed the food down as she saw the urgency I used to speak to her. I knew she, and I understood I was not in the mood for all the cheerful gait she had.“Is anything the problem ma?” She walked back to me and asked out of concern.“Just follow me upstairs. I need as much privacy as I can get.” I said in a low tone and with a serious gait. It was as though Sandra was familiar with the possibility that whatever I needed her to do would put her into trouble. “Please let me get the food. If I walk into your room without anything, Mr Slade might think that we are planning a coup against him. I was going to say that I'm grateful you apologized on my behalf. This morning, I received my letter….”“Look, you're welcome. I need you to do something important for me right now. We will talk about all
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Aria's P.o.v“I'm sorry Aria, you will not be able to see your parent. The only reason why I should ever send you back to the is if this contract is terminated.” His response was stern and he didn't even look at me in the face while he spoke. He continued dressing and I didn't want to intrude on his privacy but I stood closer to the dressing area. “I know. But I need to see them, I miss my parent and I know my mum would have been expecting me to visit at least or check on them. Look, you haven't allowed me to call them either and I don't get emails from them anymore like I used to when I just got married to you.”Vaughn over the wardrobe at me and said, “I am not allowing you to go and speak with them. You have to let your past stay in the past.”“Vaughn! They are my parent. They are not my past!” I nagged and stayed on my terms. I didn't think Vaughn realized that I was supposed to still be able to see them when I wanted to even though I'm married and this marriage isn't supposed to
