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Aria’s p.o.vI turned to see Vaughn as he stood and gazed at me with no expression on his face. I wondered if I was going to have any form of honeymoon with his kind of husband who doesn’t even care to speak to me. I walked towards him and one of the bodyguards opened the car for me to get in. I was amazed and stood to appreciate the interior design of the car for a minute before I got in. I tried not to look back at my mum so I would not tear up again or get to see the worry that she wore all through the wedding on her face again. I expected the guards to get in with us because we had enough space for them and I knew Vaughn never goes anywhere without them but after Vaughn got in, they closed the door behind him and the driver drove us out.It felt absurd having to sit alone with Vaughn. I did not know if I was supposed to ask him questions like if he liked me or how many children he wanted to have or if he knew I was dating his nephew before this happened. Thinking of Liam gave me
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Aria’s P.o.v With the loud partying, I knew my wedding night would end nowhere near normal. I wasn’t sure I wanted to have sex with Vaughn anyway, but maybe I wanted to prove myself because of what Charlotte Gaspar had said earlier on at the wedding. Speaking of which, I realized I had not seen Vaughn for a while. I scanned around but I couldn’t find him. I didn’t know where he went or saw him when he left. I raised my neck as I tried to see above my 5’5-inch height which was helped by the 2-inches heels I wore. I didn’t think it made any difference because everyone felt taller than me and I still couldn’t see him anywhere.“He went to his room already. You should go up and join him. You’re done here for tonight.” Mrs Slade snuck up on me from behind and I could feel her cringe and excitement as she spoke. Several things went through my mind and I felt goosebumps all over my body as I heard those words hop out of her mouth. This was not going to be the best experience of my life, I
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Aria’s P.o.v“Why are you standing close to me?” Vaughn asked me but refused to give me his attention. His gaze was still fixed on what he was doing.I looked down to see what he was doing and I realized he was drawing a map. It seemed like he must not miss any detail with how keen his attention was on it. I wanted to let him be but this was our wedding night. I felt cheated that he was willing to stress himself over a map but he couldn’t spare me a little of his energy to talk to me.“I need you to help me undress.” Vaughn scoffed. “There are several maids in this house. I have no business touching your dress or you.” He finally raised his head and gazed at me. His gaze was soft and I could not dispute that he looked so vibrant for a thirty-nine-year-old man. “I’m hurt.” I locked my eyes with his and spoke with a straight face. “You get married to me, treat me like I’m invisible, and now, rob it on my face that I’m unworthy to you. Perfect.” I turned away from him and led myself o
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Aria’s P.o.vVaughn sauntered into my room and paced around without saying a word. He helped himself to the chair before my dressing mirror and sat on it. Sandra and I turned to ourselves and then to Vaughn as we wondered why he silently walked into the room. “You should have knocked before you entered the room. What if I was discussing with Sandra and I did not want you to hear? Or can’t I also have privacy in my room?” I walked over to my wardrobe and closed it. I used that opportunity to push the trolley into a corner of the room so Vaughn wouldn’t find out that I had not eaten breakfast.“You can leave us alone now.” I turned to Sandra. She bent down and greeted me before she walked out of my room.She had left and I stood in front of Vaughn. I must say that I never enjoyed how long Vaughn sat quietly and acted like many things did not matter to him. “If you won’t say anything, can you leave my room? I would rather be left alone now. I have things that I would rather do private
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Aria’s P.o.vVaughn walked into the party leaving me alone with the guards to help me up. The media took more pictures of me as the guards helped me up. That was so indecent of them left to me. I didn’t even hear them say anything nice other than, “Make sure you get that shot! This would make a good front page.”I was held up and accompanied by the guards to the party. I wished I did not follow Vaughn to the party at all. All the elegance I felt died as I was picked up from the floor. I was ashamed. Everyone in the room turned and fixed their gaze on me as the guards flung the door open for me to walk in. I bent my head and walked to the side of the room. A young girl held my hand as I stood in a corner. She was pretty and she wore a very beautiful purple ball gown. I forced a smile at her but the tears that filled my eyes did not give room for a long smile. “Do you know where the restroom is?” I asked her and used my other hand to pat the tears quickly as she turned to point them t
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Aria’s P.o.vSir Rudolf removed his hand from his pocket and looked at me like he was trying to recall something about me. “You mean she is Vaughn’s wife?” He stretched forth his hand to me and shook me very well. “Wow, you look so beautiful. I see why he decided to get married to you. Who wouldn’t?” His words were flirty and nice.Vaughn was right behind him and I knew he heard what Sir Rudolf had said to me. At least he would realize that I’m not totally a disgrace. “Oh, the man himself,” Roseline said as Vaughn took her hand and kissed it. “The man, The Vaughn Slade. You did not tell me that your wife was also this beautiful when you discussed her with me.” Sir Rudolf said to Vaughn as they hugged themselves. I could see that they truly had a close relationship just as Roseline said earlier.Vaughn gave no response in words; he didn’t even look at me. He just laughed and took Sir Rudolf away. Roseline and I spent the rest of the evening discussing and greeting anyone our eyes cau
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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.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
