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Aria's P.o.vThe following morning, I woke up and walked out of my room to see Rachel and her bags in front of her room as she was speaking with Vaughn.I had had a rethink over the night about how I spoke to her and I was planning to apologize to her, then I saw the both of them talking in front of the room where she stayed.“What exactly is going on between those two?” I began to question myself. I hated how close they were seeing and I knew anything that could make the both of them that close to one another could not be for a good reason even though Rachel was pretending to be a changed person.“Good morning, Vaughn.” I walked over to them and greeted Vaughn, who did not think it was necessary to answer my greetings. Then I turned to Rachel and stretched forth my arms to her for a handshake. “I know I was a little too much last night. I didn't have to speak to you that way and I wasn't intending to. Take care of yourself and please stay away from my husband from now.” I wore a smil
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Aria's P.o.v.I opened one of the cupboards and took out the file from a bag that was hidden at the edge, inside the cupboard. Sandra had told me the specific place she kept it in for me.I took out the file from the bag and began to flip through the pages of the file. I could see several pictures of Vaughn and Rachel, but more than just seeing Vaughn and Rachel, I noticed that Liam was also in almost all the pictures. It was then and there that I knew that Liam was not just an outsider who maybe stumbled on something that was as going on between Vaughn and Rachel as I had thought but the three of them were working together on something.I couldn't believe that I had truly behaved irrationally because I knew I had heard Liam's voice but I didn't know why I just felt something was going on with Vaughn and Rachel alone. I didn't even think about what Liam had said that night when I saw them, my mind was just fixed on the hate I had for Rachel and my insecurities with Vaughn.I knew I ha
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Aria's P.o.vSandra gazed at me like I had asked her to do something that seemed impossible to her. She walked over to the chair that was in the room and sat on it slowly. “You want me to find your sister? But she might not even be in this country.”I walked over to her and stood in front of her. “If she is no longer in this country, it's fine by me but if she is still here, I need to know where she is. I feel like there are many things I'm supposed to be looking for answers to and until I begin to make moves to find them, I will never find them.”I knew that was going to be a hard task for Sandra but I felt she could still do something about it and it could lead me somewhere. If my sister was truly in my city or the country, then maybe she knew some answers to my questions.From that moment, I wondered why my sister chose to run away in the first place. I knew she was a strong person, even stronger than I was, so there was no way she just ran away because of Vaughn's history of bein
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Aria’s P.o.v“Liam! Leave me the fuck alone!” I was tired of the fact that he wouldn’t just grow up and think of how he would be a good man. Maybe he thought I was as dumb as he was and I would believe his lies. “I do not love you anymore and this is not a place to throw your words around like you’re unmannered. If Vaughn finds out about this, forget it, you’re gone”Liam scoffed. “Look Vaughn is not the one you’re supposed to marry and he isn’t interested in you as well. Can’t you see it in the way he treats you? This wedding is just for a short period and when that period is over, he will leave you with nothing.”The reality that what Liam said might be true hit me because I had not read the terms and conditions on which I got married to Vaughn. My mum and dad did and they summarized it to me. They told me I had nothing to worry about but what if it was true that I had limited time to spend with Vaughn? I paced around in the room and began to think about what Liam had said and I kn
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Aria’s P.o.vI didn't understand why Vaughn wouldn't let me be about what happened in the room I stayed in. I wondered why he cared and I wasn't even interested in knowing anymore because I knew that subsequently, he would go back to his act of avoiding me and treating me like I was invisible.“Stop walking away when I'm speaking to you.” He stopped on the stairs and hissed again. Vivian and Mrs Slade were in the parlor and I didn't know why Vaughn decided to cause a scene in their presence. It was clear to me that he didn't like being ignored but he could do it to me privately.I stood still after what he said, then he walked up to me and took my hand. He dragged me under the stairs and into a smaller room underneath. I never knew there was a room under the stairs.We got into the room and he locked the doors behind us. “Tell me, did he touch you?” Vaughn forced me to sit on a chair. It looked old-fashioned but I knew it was very expensive to get such old household furniture. The c
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Aria’s P.o.vI returned to the room after seeing Vaughn walk away from Mrs Slade. I didn't understand why he was offended by Liam's attitude towards me. I did not think I mattered much to him for him to behave that way.I sat uncomfortably in the room as I thought of several conversations that could be going on outside the door. The room was cold and uncomfortably calm. I didn't know why I was anxious about what was going to happen next because I did not seem to see things coming until they happened.“Should I have stopped Vaughn when I saw what happened?” I began to question myself because I did not know what Vivian and Mrs Slade must have thought about me while they were trying to handle the situation and I just stood by my door. I knew I shouldn't have shown my face or interrupted them. “I need to speak with Vaughn.” I wore my fluffy slippers and walked out of my room. Everywhere was quieter than usual, since the Slade's came visiting. The maids that moved around were very few. I
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Aria’s P.o.v“You should give your son proper training rather than stand here and make irrelevant accusations against me. This is my house and anyone who acts funny around my house, I'm going to do to the person however it pleases me.” Vaughn held still to my hand and pulled me away with him. “You should not talk to your sister like that Vaughn. Vaughn!” Mrs Slade yelled at Vaughn but he ignored her and he led me up the stairs.I barely walked comfortably. It was as though I was catching up with his pace as he took audible steps to the room.He opened the door of the room and slammed it behind him. Vaughn held my face to his face immediately he slammed the door and kissed me on my lips. I couldn't speak nor did I understand what was going on but I loved the taste of his lips. His lips were softer and I could taste the shots he had taken. It just had a sharp feeling that stayed at the back of my head like an aroma but I couldn't put a taste to it. I don't think it had one but a tast
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Aria's P.o.vVaughn got close to the door. He had held the knob of the door when he turned to me. He used his other hand to rub his hair and slowly brought his hand down his face, to his chin. “I know the reasons why I need him to stay away from you. Liam is not someone I trust and you shouldn't trust him too.”“At least, he's better off to me than you are. He doesn't leave me in the dark and he hasn't given me reasons recently that could make me not trust him.” I murmured to myself and folded myself more with the bedsheet before turning to the other end of the room so I wouldn't have to look at Vaughn's face.“Aria. I'm doing ask of this because of you. I have no other reason.” Vaughn added calmly. I knew there must be more to why he was acting like that. I wondered if there was something Vaughn didn't want me to know that Liam does and if it was something personal to him. “Okay…” I sunk my head properly into the soft pillow that was on the bed in the room. I lay on the bed and sev
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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
