Chapter-21: Taking Care Zaiden Storm Watching Aria falling down, that too on someone else's arms, was bothersome but it didn't matter because Aria lost consciousness. Her health came first to me. "Aria," I called her name and ran to her. I wanted to catch her but she was too far away. In fact, I was grateful that Liam was there to hold her.  I picked up Aria in my arms. Before Liam could utter a word, I told him, "Thank you for catching her. Call Daniel."  He nodded and ran away.  I felt my heart clenching at the sight. I placed her on the nearby waiting couch.  

Chapter-23: Like YouAria AnastasiaI was walking on the road, leaving my car back in the office parking lot.I knew I should've asked Zaiden about the woman instead of running away from him, but I just couldn't tolerate their closeness. I have never felt like this. Earlier, women used to cling onto Zaiden and I didn't even bother to look at them. But today, I was upset seeing a little closeness between Zaiden and a woman whom I couldn't even see properly.Was that how liking someone felt like?I continued walking until there was a sudden thunder. The dark sky was sulking, just like me. The sky would cry as rain, and I would cry as tears.I didn't know why I felt like crying over this small issue. Maybe I was PMSing—t

Chapter-25: An OccurrenceAria AnastasiaI wanted to stab Zaiden to death innumerable times.Yes, he was my boyfriend, but that didn't give him the right to call me into his cabin repeatedly during work hours.Now I was on my way to his cabin just to hand him my fountain pen because I forgot where he kept his one. I wonder what he would do with a fountain pen right now when he could simply use a fucking ball pen.I barged into his cabin without knocking on the door."Just because you are my girlfriend now, it isn't right to not knock before entering," came his voice.Rolling my eyes, I retorted, "Just because you are my boyfriend now doesn't mean you will treat me like a servant

Chapter-27: Tick-TockAria AnastasiaI opened my eyes, feeling the force of someone tying something on me. My eyes felt heavy, yet I had to see the face of the person who kidnapped me.My mouth wasn't closed with a gag, so I could clearly speak. The person who stopped tying something on me, and I couldn't protest since my hands were handcuffed, looked at me straight into my eyes.A gasp escaped my lips seeing the blue eyes. He was the same familiar person I had met in the grocery store—the man who was in his mid-forties. Why did he kidnap me?"Why did you kidnap me?" I couldn't help but ask.This old man who was like a father figure was the last person I hoped to be my kidnapper. He seemed like a nice person when he h

Chapter-29: Truth From PastAria AnastasiaI had lost all the hope now. I was counting the seconds in my head ever since Luke said that I had thirty minutes left. Already twenty minutes was gone, and I had the last ten minutes before my death. This was how my death was written, so I had to face it. If only my hand wasn't handcuffed, I could've managed to get off the ropes. Luck wasn't on my side today. Suddenly, I could feel a familiar presence nearby; as if Zaiden was nearby. I looked around the room, but I couldn't look behind since I was tied, yet I tried to look around as much as I could. My tears had already dried off after too much crying. All of a sudden, my eyes fell on the door of the warehouse where I found Zaiden standing, wearing a dark gr