"Sir, the reports are here," Johnson said as he reached Nicholas’ office. His face was trying to uphold a mask of professionalism despite the urgency in his voice."What does it say?" Nicholas asked, barely able to conceal his anxiety. This moment consumed his mind, making it impossible to focus on anything else. The weight of the unknown had kept him restless, and the anticipation of the truth had been agonising him since yesterday. He had yearned to wait in the lab to know the results immediately, but other duties had forced him not to do so. "Please open it," Johnson urged, handing over the envelope with a gravity that matched the situation. He didn’t know whose DNA Nicholas had instructed him to match, but it was clear that the result was of utmost importance to his boss. Seeing his boss in urgency made him stressed too. Nicholas tore open the envelope with a sense of foreboding looming around him. As his eyes scanned the report's contents, his expression shifted dramatically. H
Flashback to pastVance said to his daughters before entering the threshold of the Hart family, “Girls, I want you to be on your best behavior.”He was establishing his image as a politician, and he wanted his family man image to be spot on. In this event, people from diverse fields were bound to come. He could not take any chances. He had not achieved the heights he did after becoming the president of the country. Right now, he was just a struggling politician. Beatrice pouted. ‘But daddy…”Vance softened his voice and said to his youngest daughter, “Bea, there will be a girl your age at the party. I will introduce you to her. Her name is Emery. You can be friends with her.”Usually, the kids stay home while he attends such parties with his wife, but for some reason, she was out of state, and he decided to bring his daughters as his companions. “Okay, Daddy!” Bea was young and sweet. Thus, she didn't make things difficult for her father. He turned to his oldest daughter and said,
“Where is Nate?” Ellora asked. Nicolas answered, “I do not know.” Ellora began muttering something about the boy named Nate. She looked at Sabrina and said with a smile, “Go take Sabrina out. Show her around.” When Ellora was talking about Nate, she had a troubled look on her face as she knew that the boy was up to no good, but when she turned to look at Sabrina, she appeared fine. Sabrina wondered if she had the magic to make people forget their worries or if Mrs Hart was just proficient at it. In her case, the latter appeared to be the case. Nicholas just agreed and began showing her around while they entered another part of the house. Suddenly, someone came, and Nicholas started to talking to the man. He told her, “Why don't you roam around? I will be here. If you need me, holler loudly.” She was not interested in touring his house. She just wanted to be with him. The feeling of Nicholas Hart showing his home to her was overwhelming, and a girl who had been crushing after him
Sabrina said to him, “And you are giving me a headache.”“What?” he asked as if he didn't understand what she was saying. She innocently shook her head. How could she offend him? She was at his house. Even if he was weird, she couldn't say it on his face, right? “How will you call him?” He asked her. He was pretty sure that Nicholas wouldn't have brought her to this side. If she came here, she might have wandered here on her own. Nicholas knew that this place was absolutely off-limits to everyone that was not approved by him. Sabrina answered, “He asked me to holler if I wanted to find him.”Only Nicholas could treat a guest like this at their house. Not just guests but anyone! The man was always absorbed in himself. The young boy muttered, “Asshole!”He added after a while, “He is probably out putting himself in trouble.” He knew Nicholas too well to know that Then, they heard glass breaking, both of them ran to that direction to find Nicholas geting into a brawl. When Nic
Nicholas and Sabrina had become a couple as they were in the first year of their high school. Today, Sabrina had accompanied Nicholas to his home for dinner, and everyone liked his pretty girlfriend. She had a crush on him, and he could see it from the very beginning. Slowly, they started hanging out together, and one day he realised that he liked her too. Then, he asked her out, and ever since then, they were inseparable. Nathaniel was calmly eating while Sabrina asked, “Nate, will you attend the party?”Although she had gotten very close to Nicholas, she didn't know his family much. Now that she was his girlfriend, she wanted to be close to them, too. Emery chirped with a broad smile, “My brother has a track record of not attending any parties.” Sabrina looked at Nathanael with puppy eyes, “Please, come! It's my birthday! I want you to be there for my sixteenth birthday. Do you not know how special a sixteenth birthday is for a girl? Please! Please!”She was beautiful, and when s
Sabrina was attending the class, and suddenly, a boy came and took a seat next to him. She turned to her left and saw Nathaniel, a smile blooming on her lips. What a beautiful surprise it was! She whispered his name, but he didn't reply throughout class. Thinking that the teacher was strict, he didn't want to put anyone in trouble. So, she waited for the class to be over before talking to him. When the teacher left, she asked him, “Nate! How are you?”Nathaniel gave her a look that she did not know he was capable of showing. She gulped. “Are you okay?”He answered, “Do I look dead?”His voice was coarse, and the look that he was giving her was saying that he did not like to be around her. She shook her head. She did not know why he was talking like that to her. Nathanial told her, “Focus on your work. Please don't disturb me. If you get bored, find your boyfriend. Dont disturb me.”She wanted to say more, but he cut her off, “But—”“But what?”He looked very impatient. Sabrina's e
From that moment, things didn't improve but instead worsened. Nicholas and Nathaniel had a big rift between them. Sabrina stopped talking to Nathaniel because he would not answer her, and she got tired of playing the good guy. In the last year of high highschool, so many things were changing. Nicholas was spending more and more time with his father, learning the ropes of business. Ryan had a girlfriend, and she didn't disturb him much as for Nathaniel, even though he used to sit in the same place where he sat all three years, next to her, he wouldn't bother looking at her face. She was getting frustrated with things. She had a boyfriend who was never around, and her friends were involved in their own life. She fell all alone. However, she thought that things would get better once the school passed. She and Nicholas would apply somewhere together and would live a happy life together, and it was just the bad phase of their life going on. Once they finish school, Nathaniel won't be t
After that day, she didn't try to talk to him. A few days later, they heard the rumour that Cindy Lucas was dropping out for some reason, and after that, they never saw her again. It's not like anyone cared about knowing about Cindy Lucas’ whereabouts. If there was anything, the students were happy that an evil witch like her was dropping out. Unlike other dropouts, no one bothered to make rumours about her. They were just glad to get rid of her. From that day, Sabrina would notice Nathaniel stealing glances at her, but she wouldn't entertain him. It was he who broke their beautiful friendship, and she owed him nothing. If he was without her in his life, she should not bother him either. One day, when Ryan and Sabrina were having lunch while Nicholas was once again gone, Ryan said, “I think he likes you.”Sabrina huffed. “Everyone likes me, Ry.”Ryan said seriously, “I think Nathaniel has feelings for you.”Sabrina gave him a look. “Even if he does have feelings for me, so what? W