“The news of death?” Elio heard Alex from a distance though Alex thought he was inaudible enough. He smiled nervously at Elio. When Ayah was done feeding him, she left the room. Elio signaled Alex to come into the room. He did while having his feet make no sound. He stood in front of Elio. “What are you talking about?” Elio asked. He was suspicious of his friends because he could probably hide a piece of bad news for his bad health. But no matter how bad his health was, Elio never skipped on business. And he could depict this as a business. Alex was scratching his neck constantly which surely meant that he wanted to say something but could not bring himself to. “Spit it out,” Elio demanded. “Your company stocks are going disastrously down. The companies from each big fish are cutting their deals in hopes of not getting scammed.” Alex said. Elio sat up. “I thought we already compensated for what we did. What is bugging them now?”Alex sighed. “They think that your business strate

The blood dripped from her hand and fell on the carpet beneath her. Alice looked down and sighed. She accidentally cut herself in the kitchen while working. She had a hunch—sort of a weird one. She realized that something terrible would happen whenever she cut or hurt herself. Right now, standing on the kitchen wall, she felt horrified. Mrs. Rose was standing right beside her while cutting onions. She did not see Alice’s hand otherwise she would have helped her. She was immersed in her thoughts.Alice left to bandage her hand. When she came back, she resumed her work. Mrs. Rose stopped cutting onions and looked at Alice. She stroked her chest with her hands and said, “I don’t feel good.” Alice looked at her. “Are you okay?”Mrs. Rose looked ahead. “No, I have got a feeling as if something terrible is going to happen.” She said. Alice turned her whole body towards her. She found someone with the same feeling as her. But she felt more anxious about it. If two people had mutual strang

The sound of the car roaring from a distance was heard by the main caretaker of the orphanage, Layla who was known as Oba-Chan for the kids. She went forward and saw many black SUV’s coming. She had been informed of the arrival of Ayah. She was told that Ayah was married and she will be visiting with her husband. Though she was very excited, she was also upset and anxious about the fact that Ayah never told her about any marriage. Ayah was a very loved child in the orphanage. When she came from the US, this orphanage was the only shelter for Ayah. Though the orphanage did not take any grown up’s, at that time, in Japan Ayah was a minor. There were still issues regarding her stay in the orphanage but she was helpless. So one day, Ayah took Oba-Chan to a quiet place and she showed her all her scars. Her entire body was tainted by her childhood. Oba-Chan could not but feel immense pity for the child for she took all her responsibilities and finalised her stay in the orphanage for a few

All the air whooshed out of Ayah’s lungs. She looked ahead and saw her fate who held a cigarette in his hands and the smoke accentuated his face and figure. He looked every bit of the handsome devil she knew him as. His ruthlessness shows up on his face. She started shaking. Both of their eyes were bloodshot red. All he knew was, he had finally lost control. He lost every single ability to control himself. His demons were all in charge. They were about to do something horrendous that Ayah could depict. The bag fell away from her hands. Her freedom was snatched away before it could be given. She wanted to run but her legs were tied by his piercing gaze which made her feel like a statue. She was shaking. He came forward. As he was coming close to her, she prayed to Allah to kill her. She kept begging for forgiveness and mercy. She cried while looking up at the sky as she saw her doom approaching her. She knew what he could do right now. She started running from him as she was able t

Zoya saw the eyes of Elio. He was much in need of Ayah. The desire he felt for her was the desire Zoya wished he had for him. Ever since she entered this mansion, her first glance at him was incompatible with anything close to pure bliss. She was in love with him at first sight. Though she had nowhere to go after Alice picked her up from an orphanage, Zoya’s pride was hurt knowing she had to work as a maid in that mansion. The time, she saw him, she almost fell to her knees. It was no doubt she was ready to be his maid forever. But when she saw Ayah enter this house, she wanted to burn down the world to ashes. She did not want her to be related to Elio in no way or form. She merely wished for the spot of an outsider for Ayah. But when she saw Elio having her as his wife, she was done. She was done with everything.Thousands of plan brew in her head, thinking about how she could get rid of Ayah, but it was too hard. She had already made a position in Eliio’s life and everybody could