And he did not touch me for the whole night. I woke up feeling empty as the space next to me was already cold.I could see Ajax was already up as he put on his shirt, “Get up. We’ll return now.” I silently went to the bathroom to wash my face and get ready and before long, I was saying goodbye to Snow and the others.But Snow, being cheerful as ever, grabbed my hand and gave me puppy eyes, “Are you going to leave now?”I nodded my head and she pouted, “Awe, can you postpone it for a bit? I want us to sing together in a karaoke!”I glanced at Ajax, who was avoiding my eyes and Hannah came to his side.“Come on, Ajax, please? Just stay for an hour.” She pleaded and Ajax sighed.Silence followed, and we were waiting for Ajax to decide.“Fine. But just an hour.”All of the girls first bumped and instantly dragged me to the nearby karaoke house they found. We went into a room and all of us huddled

5 YEARS LATERThe loud song echoed through the whole club, echoing as the loud drums in my heartbeat thundered.Amid the swarm of bodies dancing, the sweaty bodies grind against each other, dancing to the rhythm, forgetting about tomorrow.There he was. Standing in all his glory.Our eyes met, locking eyes even with the distance. I shuddered at his gaze, his dark chocolate eyes piercing against my soul, entrapping me.I stopped dancing and it felt like the world slowed down for us. The tension lingered as his eyes gazed at me. It felt like no one was around at this moment. I tried to act innocent and nonchalant. But I could see the faint smirk coming from his lips. He’s being photographed by the media and paparazzi around him, but his eyes stayed glued to my spot. I raised my eyebrows and winked at him. We were at the afterparty of a show and a series he was starring at. And I was invited by Manager

I swallowed, my mind feeling a bit dizzy from his touch that the only reply I could think of right now is. “Yes,” I Breathed out, my stomach quivering under his fingertip. He ran his fingertips along the scalloped line of my panties, which match the color, and along the sides of my bra. He knows without asking that this is probably the most daring lingerie, and despite how modest it is—there are no straps or mesh or cut-outs or any of the usual trimmings that makes women’s underthings into confections of fun—it makes the entire effect more delicious somehow, more sinful. My brown hair seemed to melt into the sun and my brown eyes seemed like some waves…My eyes were hazy, giving me a naughty look. He looked down at his fingers toy with the top edge of my panties, then back up to my face. “Are you nervous, Ellaina?”I shook my head no and he smiled satisfactorily.“Good, you shouldn't be. You know I’ll take good care of you Ellaina.” He let out a strangled

A/N:This next story is the fourth book of the Hearts series. Thank you!***PROLOGUE FROM THE FUTURE“Saphira! Someone’s calling you.” called the company’s receptionist, Sam, as soon as I sat down by my desk to work. “And delivered rare black roses.” I raised my eyebrows. “Huh? That must be some prank callers. You know those kinds of calls, Sam.” A playful smirk played on her lips, “It says he’s from your husband.”I blinked, then it hit me. I instantly stood up, looked around if someone heard her, and covered her mouth to stop her from saying more. I dragged her to the company’s women’s bathroom and finally removed my hand from her mouth.I said “Tell me what he said more.”She shrugged, “I don’t know…but all I know was he’s your husband…Saph, I honeslty didn’t know you would be married first…you should announce it to our whole colleagues!”“No, and no. Sam, please, can you keep it a secret between us? I promise to treat you in a meal.”She nodded, “But what about the black roses?

Tori nodded and patted my hair, “I’ll find you a man. Let’s make Harry and that bitch sister of yours regret that.” And it didn’t take long for Tori to let me enter my so-called “hoe and bad bitch phase” as she would like to call it. The night came and she was busy preparing me for the party. I felt not in the mood to talk to anyone at this moment but due to Tori’s effort of letting me out of my comfort zone, I was slowly being pulled to her plan.“You know I prepared everything for you, I would be sad if you won’t feel happy tonight.”That were Tori’s words as she had constantly made sure to make me feel guilty.“Yeah yeah, let’s just get this over with.” I rolled my eyes at her as she grabbed a sexy red dress that hugged my curves.“This...will be the death of the men. Tonight. I am sure you will capture anyone there, best friend…” she winked at me, “and if you lured the handsome men, make sure to give one for me, alright?”I chuckled at her silliness