21. Her doctor friend! Arielle gasped, the power of his need echoing tenfold inside her, so that right then and there she felt as if he’d already peeled the dress away and that she stood naked and exposed in front of him.His touch on her back was balmy. She leaned back so his fingers pressed deeper in her back and extended the warmth to her spine in entirety. The way he kissed her mouth, it was urgent but gentle. His lips lightly brushed but at the same time went fully around her mouth to cover it. She felt her stomach relaxing into a frosty pit and she wrapped her hands around his neck so that the remaining space between them was jammed. He wanted her. That was good, wasn’t it? That was what she had planned. He had to want her if there was any chance it could develop into anything more than a tricky marriage.But her plan relied on her being the one in control, the one to steer him to her purpose. Right now, though, she was being carried along on a tidal wave of his making, and t

23. A reward for him and a surprise for her When they reached the car parking of Anatolia, Liam and Arielle behaved as if they were strangers. She took her car keys from him and headed towards the elevator to go upstairs. Liam on the other hand, went towards his car as he typed something on his phone, acting as if he never knew Arielle either. No words were exchanged or so much as a look of acknowledgement of departure from each other's lives. As the elevator approached, Arielle prepared to enter within. She took one last glimpse of Liam, who was standing with an open door of his car, and turned to go back to her world of loneliness. But as the doors of the lift unlocked and she set her foot forward, "Arielle," A woman with blue hair and piercing by the left side of her bottom lip twisted her mouth with a sigh "Oh my god, where on earth have you gone, sweetie? I have been waiting outside your apartment for like twenty minutes now." "Oh Diana, I am sorry," Arielle apologetically

25. She's seeing someone? "Liam? Did she say Liam?" Allister stopped the fork before his lips and eyed his wife for a confirmation. Amanda was clueless. She left her seat to go and check what was happening out there. She peeked out of the kitchen threshold for a second and returned with eyes widening to their full size. Her lips trembled and a look of pure aghast extended on her otherwise smiley facade. "It's fucking Liam here. Come on, let's hide in the bedroom again." She grabbed her husband's hand and pulled him out of the chair. They slowly tiptoed inside the bedroom and closed the door while Arielle tried her best to delay Liam's invasion as long as she could. "Let me in, Scott." Arielle shook her head in a no at her ex-boyfriend cum fiance. He glared at her but she wouldn't budge, "I am not letting you in. You are banned from my house." "What bullshit is that, Arielle. Get aside or else I am going to have to push you." the smell of his exasperation hit her nostrils

27. You want me to wear an extremely tiny dress? Liam's shoulders flexed. He narrowed his eyes angrily as he asked, "Cayden? You mean the doctor Cayden we saw yesterday?" "Yes, it is him," It was Arielle's turn to raise her head high and give him a disgusted look. Oh, how much she enjoyed that moment. She was cognizant of Liam's spite towards Cayden. He expressed his dislike yesterday itself, and that that guy made him jealous and insecure. The mention of Cayden's name turned his face three times darker than usual. "That smiling cocksucker!" He laughed bitterly. "I can't believe it." Suddenly the laugh died and he huffed like he would snap her head out, "What exactly did you see in that scum? He's not even as charming as me."Someone was jealous here. Arielle smiled serenely as if she was least affected by his abusive language towards Cayden, and said, "Exactly what I didn't see in you six years ago— kindness."Liam's muscles flexed. A vein at his forehead popped. He controlled h

29. Dressing up like a Greek God "Oh my gawd!" Amanda covered her mouth to hold back her gasps as she glanced at her friend's reflection in the mirror. "You remind me of a sexy seductress I read about in a novel a few days ago." She adjusted the thin strings of the dress on her shoulder and hugged her from the back, not believing her own eyes that she dressed groomed this epitome of beauty and temptation with her own hands. "Do you think Liam will be astounded?" Arielle shyly ran a hand through her hair on the shoulders, adjusting the curls. She was not sure how she looked because she never dressed like this before. Jeans and crop tops or baggy trousers had been her best friends. They were comfortable and suited her as a photographer while bending uncomfortably for good shots and different angles. She had been to parties but not in such clothes as she was least interested in attracting the opposite gender towards her. She was scared of another heartbreak, not that she was ever