Rose found herself staring at the empty seats in the broadcasting room which were supposed to be occupied by her and Ariana for the interview as she relaxed against the wall with her arms folded tapping her foot against the ground.
Vincent walked closer to her and stared with a worried expression on his face. He sighed deeply and rubbed his temple. " I am so sorry Rose that things had to turn out this way. I am sorry. I didn't know this was what was going to happen. I didn't expect that she would be so stupid enough to act the way she just did. ""Well, you shouldn't have been ridiculous enough to break her heart years ago like you did. Honestly, I am not surprised she's acting like this right now. Any woman in the same condition as she is will do the same or even worse. I do not blame her. " Rose replied sharply and Vincent took a deep breath. He was done being angry and his younger sister was the last person he wanted to be furious with."I am just sorry okay. ""This is what I get for trying to help you. Because of your absurdity. Now my show is ruined. Thank you." She said and Vincent took a deep breath with his eyes shut."Okay. Okay okay. I am sorry. I am sorry this happened but I promise you I'm going to arrange another exclusive for you with her. Okay? Is that okay?" He asked and she rolled her eyes."Let's hope she will ever want to listen to you again. Thanks to your......" she paused and shook her head. She didn't even know what else to feel. She was beyond angry at what happened.Vincent looked thoughtful for a while as he relaxed back against a wall not far away from her. "Do you know what? Let's just go home so we can discuss this." He said but she turned the other way." I don't feel like it. " She replied sharply and he sighed. He looked thoughtful for a while."But this is serious. " He said making Rose turn her head to look at him slightly. 'It's shocking. Clara meant it when she said it is not the same Ariana I know. But how possible is that? I mean the Ariana I just saw is the Ariana I knew. The same eyes, the same hair, the same shape of face, the same curvy, sexy body stature, only that she was now hotter." He said with a soft loving expression on his face and Rose rolled her eyes before looking away."If you know she had such beautiful features then what made you treat her like trash when you had her five years ago? " She asked sharply and Vincent looked at her grinding his teeth. He shook his head." I was just too stupid. I was so stupid and right now I am regretting it with every fabric of my heart. I am not going to give up on her. " He said just as Rose took out her phone and briskly typed into it. "I am not going to. I am not going to let this easier on her." Vincent muttered softly and raked his fingers through his hair with frustration."Well, I will be damned," Rose said as she stared at her phone screen and Vincent looked up at her."What is it?"" With what I'm looking at right now, It appears that Clara must have been telling the truth." She said and he glared at her." that can't be possible. For that to happen it could only mean that she has a twin sister and for heaven's sake, why would the both of them be bearing the same name but different surnames? Doesn't that sound absurd in your ears? " He asked and Rose sighed."Yes you are right but with what I'm looking at right now, I just searched her up, and the picture I am looking at bears the name Ariana Swift as her original name even from the moment she was born and she has an entirely different birthday date from the Ariana you know." She said and Vincent looked at her with disbelief.He walked over to her briskly with anger in his face and snatched the phone away from her. He stared at the phone screen and beheld the picture of Ariana as the professional celebrity actress she is today. He scrolled over to where the biography was and checked it out.Ariana Swift. Born on September 7th, 1999. He frowned and folded his arms as he kept glancing through the biography. All the details about her in the biography from the beginning to the end when not that similar to what he knew about Ariana.The Ariana he knew had her birthday on the 28th of September 1999. The same year but different dates in the same month. He thought for a while and rubbed his chin.This is crazy.Her birth family was also different from the one he knew. The biography was saying, the Swifts but he only knew of the Watsons. He toyed with his lips as he clenched hard against the phone in his hands.Why the hell would she go to such lengths to change everything about her just to keep away from me? He reasoned as heavy anger flooded in his brain. Rose noticed this and immediately snatched her phone away from him. "Take it easy young man. Don't smash my phone all because of your incompetent anger. " She said and he turned to her briskly."You have no right to talk to me in that manner." He said calmly but she rolled her eyes."Whatever. it looks like you must have been in the wrong trying to harass her that way. Maybe we must have been mistaken. Anything can happen. Two people can look alike that much in this whole wide world and not be sisters. I have seen so many cases okay. Let's just brush this under the rug and find a way to get Ariana Swift to come back to my show. " She said and Vincent stared at her as though he felt like she was stupid.Why the hell would she be so dumb to accept this so quickly? He thought to himself before looking away from her and rubbing his chin."Fine fine fine. Just let me be. I'll try to find a way to get Ariana Swift on your show but I am telling you the truth, the Ariana Swift you're talking about is Ariana Watson. She can go into the depths of the media or the hell just to change her entire life or everything about her but she can't hide from me. And I'm going to ensure that this silly act of hers is going to end in no time. It is just stupid and I don't think I can take it. She is mine, and I am going to get her back no matter what tricks she pulls to hide away from me. " He said with such determination as Rose stared at him with a surprised expression on her face.Well, this is amusing and shocking. She thought to herself. If he loved and adored her like the way he is showing off right now, why the hell would he then resort to sleeping with her assistant? He didn't even care when she left him many years ago. Now look at him acting all lovey-dovey trying to get back her attention now that she has skyrocketed and become the celebrity she wanted to be. She thought and sighed before looking away from him as she shut her eyes.Some men. She thought and shook her head. They can be crazy sometimes.Vincent's POV The sight before me gets straight into my nerves, making me feel unsettled. My breathing becomes so hoarse as if I am struggling to catch my breath. As if I have something stuck in my throat. But it is evidence that it is the fury that is already tearing through my body. God knows that if he as much as attempts to touch a single hair on that little boy's body, I am not going to spare even his bones. I shut my eyes and take a deep breath. Is at this point that I feel extremely powerless in ways that I never intended to feel. I can't let him do anything to that boy. The boy whom I just discovered a few days ago is my son. The son I have had for seven years without even knowing. This son I never grew up with. The son I never raised. All these endless, frustrating thoughts are making my anger increase exponentially deep down with me, but I'm struggling to keep my coal. Releasing my fury right now is not going to make every meeting get better. It's only going to mak
Vincent's POV I know that I shouldn't trust their judgment. These people who are with me right now, presently the most notorious criminals in the city, will have to present with the tactics they used to secure this attack. I will have to think wisely because whatever action I want to partake in. I cannot lose my guard and allow them to overpower me because of any stupidity of any sort. I continue to point the gun at the mafia who was previously holding me as he begins to lead me toward the place where they said my son had been kept. The man whom I had already suspected to be their boss was also leading the way ahead of him together with Fiona and another of his bodyguards who had been attempting to apprehend me all the while. The look Fiona is giving me let me know that she still has other tricks and tactics up her slave but I am not going to fall for it anymore. I am also going to show that I have my tricks stuck up in my sack of plans for all of them. They have no idea the e
Vincent's POVBang!!!!!The very loud, powerful, vibrating sound of a gunshot echoes loudly in my ears, almost making my ear drums blackout as I immediately sit up on the ground, placing my hand against my ear. That was so freaking loud. It felt as if my eardrums were about to explode. Who the hell had to guts to do that? I manage to lift my head and look at my surroundings while still placing my hand against my ear as if it could reduce the pain I am feeling. The images around me are a little bit blurry, and this makes me squint my eyelids for a little while, trying to process what I am looking at. "Welcome back to the land of the living Mr Vincent." A voice speaks up, and after a few minutes, the images are now a little bit clearer directly in front of me. The first image I see makes me frown immediately as I raise an eyebrow with shock not believing what I am looking at right now. "Flora?" I find myself saying softly but then she just rolls her eyes and looks away while scof
Ariana's POV I feel like a needle has just been pierced into my ears. What the hell... I don't understand.I don't get it. I look at him with excessive shock in my eyes and then squeeze my eyelids, my brain trying to process what I just heard.I must be in some sort of dream, right? He must have noticed my expression because he chuckles and then shakes his head before gazing down at the ground."I know this must be so hard for you to process because, well, anyone listening to this will think it's a very, very dumb idea, but I can assure you that it's the best thing to do. I am the only one that has the capability of helping you right now, Ariana, and what you just have to do is give me what I want."I shake my head with frustration." Okay, so can I ask a question." I request and he gestures towards me as if offering me the podium. "Yes of course. The floor is yours. Ask away. What do you want to know?" " Why do you want me to marry you?""Because Ariana, at this point, my min
Ariana's POV I know he has assured me that everything is going to be fine and I should relax and not let it get to my head.But God I can't help it. I seriously can't. I am 100% impatient as I continue to pace back and forth in endless stances all over every section and every nook and cranny of the large sitting room while Clara remains seated on the sofa with her legs also trembling, looking at me with a worried expression on her face."You have to calm down, Ariana, okay? worrying yourself this much is not going to make the situation even better." She says, but then I turn my face to look at her and watch as she immediately shuts her mouth, gazing at the ground."I am sorry. I shouldn't have said that" she replies immediately, and I can tell she is feeling extreme guilt for actually losing Liam when he was directly under her watch. But the Lord knows I can't blame her. I wasn't expecting her to be so strong enough to overpower powerful-looking strong kidnappers like that.I just
Vincent's POV What I am doing right now is extremely stupid, but call me crazy; I cannot let this type of situation just pass me by; this is my son we are talking about, so I am going to follow this marker to the last drop and ensure that everything goes the way it should.I and the officers are precisely stepping into an unknown territory, with our eyes all around us, trying to observe the surroundings and figure out any potential threat that may come out from nowhere.As per the phone call Ariana received, and the information we were able to gather from tracing the call, this is where the location came from. And we are all scrutinizing every way deeply, trying to figure out any single slight suspicion that might give us what we are looking for.The police officers gave me a gun, just in case the threat we are about to meet is much more deadly than we can anticipate. I don't need to be taught how to use it, it is something I am quite familiar with and have been an expert with for a