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“Hi, Dad!” Ana greeted excitedly as she strolled into the dining hall and sat down, “Morning!” She pulled her plate closer and began to dig in. “Morning,” Harry replied amidst mouthful, giving her a weird look. “What’s happening?” He asked. “Hmm? What do you mean?” Ana asked, glancing up at him. “You've been in a great mood for the past week, which is unlike you. I even heard the maids whispering about it to themselves,” Harry replied, “Did something happen to you?” “What? No,” She shook her head, “Nothing happened to me. I'm just happy. Can't I be happy?” Suspicion began to take hold in Harry's mind. Even when Ana is happy, she never expresses it this way. Ana is not nice. He knows his daughter is a brat, but all of a sudden, she began to change her attitude towards everything. Something must have happened to her. Something… that shouldn't happen. “Of course, you deserve to be happy, but even when you're happy, you still have that attitude, but you've changed,” Harry state

Evie groaned in frustration as she glanced at the time on her phone screen.Their flight back to LA is an hour, and she's already dressed and packed, but there's no Hailey.She had just disappeared last night during their dinner in a fancy restaurant when she caught sight of a cute-looking guy from across the restaurant, and she hasn't returned till now.If anything, she had to admit that their trip to New York was refreshing.She indeed needed a change of scenery and had come to the conclusion after sober reflection that she doesn't want to get married to Lincoln anymore.The engagement was a mistake from the start.She had only agreed to it just to prove that she was capable of doing something, and maybe inheriting her father's company since Ethan hadn't expressed any interest.But who would have expected that she'd fall for her fiancé's assistant?All she wanted to do now was go back home and inform her father about her decision, then find ways to get to Rahim.But to do that, she

Ethan didn't move.His breath was slow and ragged.His heart was pounding extremely fast against his chest, and he could hardly breathe.The doorbell rang again, and he jumped out of his skin.Is that Connor Perkins at the door?Is that him?He wanted to move his body but he couldn't.The gruesome, traumatizing memory began to flood his mind, and he shut his eyes, fighting the tears.The doorbell rang again, and Lincoln came out from the bathroom, a towel wrapped around his waist.He came to an abrupt halt, shocked, upon seeing the way Ethan was standing in the middle of the room.He quickly ran to him and cupped his face, then lifted it up so that he could meet his eyes.Lincoln's eyes widened when he saw the slow tears that were dripping from Ethan's eyes, and he got worried.“Hey, what's wrong?”“He's here,” Ethan muttered, fear and horror written all over his face.“Who?” Lincoln asked in confusion, “Who's here?”“C-co-” Ethan inhaled heavily, then exhaled shakily, “Connor. He's h

Arthur pulled the car to an abrupt halt and the garage and turned to stare at Ana, who couldn't stop herself from blushing.“You were awesome,” Arthur said and she couldn't help but smile.“Thanks,” She responded, “You too.”“Come here,” He placed a hand on her chin and pulled her closer, then kissed deeply, before pulling away, “Ana.”“Yes?”“I love you.” Ana's eyes widened. “What?”“I love you, Ana.” He repeated, “So much. There are thousands of things I want to do with you, take you to my favorite places, meet my aunt and his husband. Everything. I want to do them with you. I don't want us to keep hiding ourselves. Let's tell your father.”“What? No!” Ana disagreed fiercely, “He'll only break us apart! You know it!”“But…”“No, Arthur, I don't want him knowing.”“Then will all of this be short-term? Will we be short-term? Don't you want to be with me forever?”“Of course I want that... but telling him about us will only make our staying together ephemeral.” Ana stated, “I don't wa

“Ana, sit the fuck down!” Harry snarled at her, his eyes flickering with livid rage.Ana was still terrified as fuck.She couldn't move nor say anything.Even though she knew her father was angry most of the time, she wasn't sure she had seen him this angry before.God knows what he did to Arthur!Harry made to get to his feet, “Ana, I said…”“Honey,” Tessa cut in sharply, “Let me handle it.”Harry hesitated.“Please,” Tessa begged.Harry's jaw tightened, and then he sat back down.Tessa turned to Ana.“Love, come sit.” She tapped at the empty chair beside her. “Come.”Ana took a deep, shaky breath, then slowly began to walk towards Tessa, each step heavier than the last.Tessa pulled out the chair for her, and she sat down, then threw a sharp glance at Lincoln, whose eyes were still glued to the floor, extremely terrified as she was.Then her gaze flickered over to Rahim again, who also looked terrified, avoiding Ana's gaze.“Ana,” Tessa called warmly, “Look at me.”She turned and me