The tiny cord holding unto Alice's joy and sanity got tampered with; and broken on one of her supposed to be happiest day of her life. After seeing her few hours to-go husband to-be, banging her sister on their wedding day. Out of hurt, she involves in a one-night-stand with a stranger; Arnold Hawthorne, the heir, and CEO of Hawthorne business empire, who wouldn't let her attempt murder. Truth be told, Arnold couldn't let her go. Will Alice be able to take revenge over her sister and husband to-be ? Will she find love again despite the incident that occurred on her wedding day?. Find out yourself!.
View MoreChapter 86"This is more serious than I expected," Arnold said, as he put off the video evidence which was making the whole room shake quietly. "This is more than enough evidence to bring anyone down."He could read the hopelessness written on their face, and how it seemed to thicken when he said those words in a rather emotionless tone. It had been unintentional, but then he couldn't explain to them that it was just the natural disposition of his voice. "But then," he tried to bring some hope back into the room with the next couple of words he was about to say. "I can get us some of the best lawyers that can help us find out the loopholes in this, because it clearly doesn't look like a rape case, but then it's a minor."They all nodded in agreement, as some level of life returned to their faces. He had successfully uplifted their spirits even though the case looked like a really bleak one. "But," Arnold said, as he noticed the temporary look of relief as it was almost dwindling. He
Chapter 85It was really happening. Alice had tried her best to believe that it was some illusion when they had boarded that plane all the way from Hawaii back home, when they had just gotten there. To make it all worse, Arnold didn't say a thing about what was happening, that out her in an indefinite state of suspense. They were already in the car taking them from the airport to Arnold's home, which she was yet to identify as their home. She was usually thrilled by the view on the other side of the window, but not on that ride. The air was beyond thick between she and Arnold in the backseat of the car. Her troubled mind was already multiplying that feeling by a lifetime, and coming up with lethal results. It would be an awful existence if they did nothing to ease up the tension in-between the both of them. Arnold didn't seem to mind the thickness of the air in-between them, as he had his eyes glued to the view beyond the car window. He seemed rather peaceful by their sudden retur
Chapter 84“Calm down,” Arnold urged Devin on the phone as his narration was coming broken that he couldn't piece together as he walked along the beach. “Just take a deep breath, and slowly explain what's happening.”Arnold heard as Devin took an audible breath. It turned out that his stars were going through something serious. But then, why did it have to be while he was on his honeymoon?He had hidden that text from Alice, in south of their vows of no secrecy. He hoped that it wouldn't backfire on him later on. Furthermore, he intended to resolve whatever the issue was, in private, without having it ruin their peaceful time away.Furthermore, he didn't want to be the one to ruin the honeymoon. It was meant to be a time to cool off and get ready to face the long journey of wedlock, but then the challenges were already unto them before they had some fun on their beach vacation.“I'm being blackmailed…" Devin stuttered terribly. “I did something horrible and someone's using it to haunt
Chapter 83“What is it?” Arnold noticed Alice's sudden mood swing as they sat at to have breakfast with his specially made waffles. His mind ran through all the possible causes that could be responsible for the sudden switch. “Nothing really…" She didn't care to make it believable in any way at all. “You saw the texts on my phone, didn't you?” He decided to come straight at the problem, without coming through any cowardly corners. She let go of the waffle in her hand, and let out a sigh. “Alice…" Arnold was short of words, as breakfast was going cold right before him. “I can explain that if you gave me the chance to—”“I'm waiting.” Alice replied bluntly, fixing her gaze right on his eyes, like they were in a heated stare down contest. “I've been getting these random texts since our wedding night from these random numbers,” Arnold noticed how discouraging the look on her face was. It was going to take more than that flimsy explanation to get her convinced. He hated to explain hi
Chapter 82"Good lord..." Alice had been woken by the intermittent buzzing of Arnold's phone, which had gone on all night long. Her eyes slowly opened to the early morning view outside the glass wall in their room. It was just a few moments before daybreak, and the view of the beach beyond was enchanting. She sat up in bed as she looked over to her side to see that Arnold wasn't there. She wondered what exactly was with him and trying to get out of bed before she woke up. He seemed to dislike the idea of waking up to each other. She was beginning to suspect that it had been some sort of payback for slipping out of bed the first time they had at it on the night of her failed wedding. "Ugh..." she let out, as she thought it too early to entertain those kind of thoughts. She felt a resolve to begin waking earlier than he did, maybe that could have been what he was trying to show her. with his awkward waking hours. The phone buzzed yet again. He had been receiving constant non-stop t
Chapter 81"What's been up with you, Devin?" Dale and the others couldn't take their eyes off of Devin as they awaited a reasonable reply to the question he had just asked. Devin knew that he couldn't put it of anymore. His awkward and sudden change in behavior had become too glaring to go unnoticed by the people who had grown with him. They just happened to know all of his tendencies by heart."I'm really sorry about the way I've been acting..." Devin found it hard to let the cat out of the bag, even after its hand had poked out. "There's really a while lot I've been keeping from you guys.""What is then?" Darrell asked impatiently from where he was sitting. They were all seated around a small round table. "You really had us scared by your sudden absence and desire for solitude.""This just isn't you, Dev. Come on, just tell us what's really going on. We could find a way somehow to sort it out." Darren spoke optimistically that Devin was almost convinced it would be that easy to res
Chapter 80Alice was totally frozen as she didn't know just what words to reply him with at that point. The moment was just too good to be true. How could he...?"I don't think I would want to make this some contract marriage any more," he said, looking into her eyes. He had ingested a great deal of his ride just to be able to say that. "Let's not pretend any further. We really can't do without each other at this point."She couldn't deny it also. "I have been thinking of the exact same thing..." she managed to mumble those words hesitantly. "Damn I was right..." Arnold muttered to himself as he started at the fire. "I knew you were just as crazy about me. But then, why didn't you say a thing?""Well... I was waiting for you to say it first," Alice said. "I just couldn't afford to set myself up for yet another disappointment. I would have just died from it.""Wow..." Arnold said, as his hand slowly made its way to hers. "I'm glad that I took this risk. I don't think my ego would hav
Chapter 79Alice finally awoke from the intense session she had with Arnold. The lights of day were all gone by the time her eyes were open. That had her wondering just how long she had been out. She sat up feeling relieved and free of any pressure of any sort. She simply felt refreshed from all the things Arnold had done to her. But then, he wasn't by her side. She was all alone underneath the sheets. Her eyes went back and forth in the dark room, scouring for where he was. Her mind was running wild with countless assumptions. Had he used her and ditched her on their honeymoon? She got up and put some clothes on her naked body, as she prepared to go and search out where he was. For a moment, she stopped in her tracks as she wondered why on earth she was so worried about where he was. It was too late for her to deny the fact that she had feelings for him. She couldn't pretend anymore that she didn't feel anything for the young awkward billionaire. The door suddenly came swinging o
Chapter 78"We're finally here," Arnold announced as he opened the door to the part of the beach house that was their bedroom. It was a spacious room with a glass wall at the end opposite the door, which gave a thrilling view of the beach outside, and a bed in the middle all made and dressed for them. Their luggage was already in the room before they arrived."I still can't believe that your father owns this place," Alice said as she looked around in wild wonder. "It's really wonderful to have this wonderful view all to yourself.""Well, my father bought it when I refused to take a vacation after three years of taking over the empire. I had to go for a vacation because he had made such a sacrifice for me which I just couldn't ignore, so—""Oh please... don't bore us with the unnecessary bloating," Alice interrupted. "You might as well just say, ‘my name is Arnold Hawthorne, and I'm the hardest worker in my age grade’. That would be much more understandable, than this senseless bloati
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