เข้าสู่ระบบ_Aurora’s POV_“I have decided to go back to uni!”I said excitedly, clasping my hands together as I waited for the reaction of the people in the room. Elena’s face lit up in a giant beam. Nikolai looked confused and his brother shared the same reaction.“You didnt go to uni?” Nikolai asked, face scrunched up in confusion.I paused.Well… I was too busy trying to spite my father to think of that. I had thought I didn’t need anything as long as I had daddy’s money. But that was so wrong. “Aren’t you too old for-“ Alexei started but I shot him a glare that shut him up. “That’s great! You could join my uni. What are you planning on majoring in?” Elena goshed, pushing up from the coach to grab my hands.And I froze:Because I wasn’t sure what I would major in.I had thought of so many things. Business. Design. Even being an air hostess.But I couldn’t decide.“Whay wouls give me moneh the fastest?” I asked and Alexei burst out laughing.“I assure you, you don’t want to go down that r
Aurora’s POVI thought this entire thing was stupid.Absolutely, unbelievably stupid.I was standing in the middle of my room with tears running down my face, my heart pounding so hard it hurt, while talking to the one man I had sworn I would never speak to again.What the hell was I even doing?For months, I had replayed our last conversation in my head until I knew every word by heart. I had told myself that if he ever called, I would ignore him. If he ever found me, I would walk away.Instead, I had answered.Instead, I had listened.Instead, he had managed to turn everything upside down with one sentence.The wedding never happened.I squeezed my eyes shut as I forced myself to take deep breaths. No.I could not let that matter.Whether he got married or not had nothing to do with me anymore.It couldn’t.“Aurora?”Damien’s voice pulled me back and I opened my eyes once more. He sounded careful now, almost hesitant, as though he knew one wrong word would make me disappear again.
_Aurora’s POV_My heart dropped to the bottom of my stomach at his words, beating at a thousand miles per hour. For months, hearing those words would have been enough.It was just one sentence, but it would have given me so much hope before. And I would have run straight back to him.I would have packed my bags. I would have gotten on the first flight available.I would have gone anywhere if it meant being with him.But that version of me didn’t exist anymore.At least I hoped she didn’t.I closed my eyes and forced myself to breathe. Trying to control my breath and my fast beating heart, I forced out a reply before I could change my mind. “No.”The word came out softer than I intended.Silence greeted me.For a moment, I wondered if the call had disconnected and I looked at my screen to see the time going by. Then Damien spoke.“What?”His voice sounded genuinely shocked I had said no to that, I guess he underestimated how much detached I had gotten. I swallowed hard as I close
_Aurora’s POV_ I stared at the ringing phone in my hands, my heart racing so hard I thought it was going to burst open .Why was he calling now? Of all times? It had been so long, I even changed my number, how does he keep getting them. I let out a deep breath as I ran my hand through my hair, trying to calm myself. It’s okay, Aurora.It’s okay. But nothing felt okay. When the phone rang for what seemed to be the tenth time, I decided to pick it. My hand shook as I brought the phone to my ears, my judgement telling me I was making a mistake. “Aurora..” he breathed the moment tje phone touched my ears. My heart instantly slammed in my chest and I shut my eyes tightly. It has been so long since I heard that voice. And he still caused the same reaction as the last time.“Baby. Where are you? Just tell me and I’d come get you.” He said, and I forced myself to swallow. It wasn’t fair. This wasn’t fair at all. How could he come here hust like this, after everything he put me thro
_Nikolai’s POV_Aurora was terrible at hiding things.I had known that for weeks now.The woman thought she was subtle. She genuinely believed she could disguise every emotion behind sarcasm, dramatic eye rolls, and the occasional insult thrown in my direction.The problem was that she was expressive.Painfully expressive.Everything she felt appeared on her face before she could stop it.Which was exactly why I knew something was wrong the moment I walked into the living room that morning.She kept trying to be subtle with her stares, but she was failing terribly. After one last sneaky look at me, I decided to do something. While she had her eyes glued to her screen, forcing herself to focus, I closed the distance between us. My feet moved as I walked silently, leaning against the table towards her. And I waited.Waited as she forced her fingers to move across the keyboard. Waited as her brows furrowed in confusion and her nose scrunched up. Her expressions were my favourite thi
MAurora’s POVAvoiding someone should not be this difficult.Especially when that someone lived in a different part of your apartment.Unfortunately, the universe clearly hated me. Because no matter where I went, somehow Nikolai existed there too.Kitchen? Nikolai. Living room? Nikolai.Hallway?Also Nikolai.At this point I was beginning to suspect he was spawning randomly throughout the apartment.I sat at the dining table with my laptop open in front of me, pretending to look for jobs.Pretending being the important word.Because I had spent the last ten minutes reading the same sentence over and over again.My brain wasn’t processing a single thing.Every thought kept circling back to last night.The kitchen. The feeling of his mouth on mine, his rough hands roaming all over my body. The way I had kissed him back.Heat immediately crawled up my neck and I almost screamed in response. Nope. Absolutely not.I forced my attention back to the laptop, trying to get something done.







