Semua Bab The queen of icy heart: Bab 31 - Bab 40

Chapter 31 (Valentina's POV)I reread the article at least a thousand times in the past few days, but still nothing made sense to me.Well, one thing did make a lot of sense. I did not write this article! But who else could have done it? That is the question that kept bugging me since the evening when Nathaniel stopped by to throw the newspaper at my door.What I can not understand though at the moment is my own stupidity.You remember I said I was a pretty smart person and I refused to hide my smartest?Well, this time my heartbreak obviously beat my smartness. Because I did not realize all it took to find the culprit was to look at the newspaper. The name of the newspaper.And there it was. The information I was looking for.And suddenly it all started making sense to me.The day I left my work office I left everything on the desk. All my notes, articles, together with all the notes I had on Nathaniel and his story that I was still writing. The story that I used for my job applicati

Chapter 33 (Valentina's POV)A few days ago I received an answer from national television. Or technically from their newspaper publishing team and editors. And you would not believe it but they actually were interested and willing to give me a chance. At the job and at my attempt to apologize to Nathaniel.So now I was sitting in my living room going through the added article for a millionth time.Dear readers.As awful as it might sound, I was actually framed with the last article that was supposed to be written under my name. Those who follow me and my work know that I never write any article based on rumors and without strong facts that can support my words. So the article that was published under my name was obviously not my work at the end of the day. Now that we made this part clear I can explain everything to you.The meaning of this article is to apologize to the man that stole my heart and once you get through this first soap opera part you can also read the real article that

Chapter 35 (epilogue- Valentina's POV)A few months later "Anabelle, are you home?"It was late evening already and Anabelle, as it looks like, was once again not home, which was perfect for my evening with Nathaniel but still I was getting worried about my best friend. She was gone almost every night and came home in the early morning hours. So something was clearly not right but Nathaniel convinced me to give her time. She would come around and tell me what is going on. Or that is what I hoped would happen.But that is a story for another time. Right now I had to get things ready before Nathaniel came. It was after all our third month's anniversary and I know many people do not see month anniversaries as something big, but to two people that were commitment-phobes before they met each other, it was a huge thing.I gathered candles and lit them in the living room, I grabbed chocolate and strawberries out of the fridge and some whipped cream. Cliche right? But I do not care. I just wa

Chapter 2 (Anabelle's POV)18 years old Being a foster child was not easy, and up until this day I moved from house to house, I changed at least 20 homes and none of them were obviously meant to be my forever homes. But in this last one, I met Valentina. She was like a sister to me and we clicked from the start. With her by my side, everything was more bearable. Even the fact that our foster parents were total drunks did not affect me as it should anymore. Mostly we just stayed out of their way. But there was another problem. The problem's name was Devin. Yes like the devil but with an n at the end. He was the real problem in this house because he was kind of obsessed with me and Valentina and as much as we tried to avoid him, he just would not let us alone.But today was my eighteenth birthday and then just a year longer so Valentina turns eighteen as well and we are out of here.She made me a cake and I was the happiest person on the planet at that moment because no one in my eight

Chapter 4 (Anabelle's POV)Today was the day my new roommate would arrive. It kind of felt weird now that Valentina was not with me for the first time since we were both teenagers. But I knew this day was coming and I was happy for her. I was just wondering if my day would ever come to share a house with someone that would love me with my whole baggage. Since that awful night on my eighteenth birthday, I had no partner. No relationship and definitely no one in my bed. Kind of hypocritical of me I know since I was teasing Valentina about her sex life but I had none on the other side. My first and last time was a painful experience and I had no other to erase or replace it.Even though I would miss Valentina I was glad she was moving in with a man as amazing as Nathaniel was. And living with Seth would not be bad. We got along well and I considered him to be one of my best friends.But he was much more than that in my fantasies. Where I was this fearless woman without an ugly past and w