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Going For What's Mine

ARLO’S POVLast night was the longest night I had ever had. I couldn’t sleep a wink. I kept tossing and turning, and at a point, I gave up the attempt of trying so hard to fall asleep.Why didn’t Aurora return?This shouldn’t even bother me, but it did, and I hated the fact that it did, because I couldn’t control it.I kept asking myself what if she had changed her mind, and I almost went insane with that thought. I was already having the intense feeling of possession towards Aurora; there was something about her that I couldn’t just shake off.As early as possible, I called Gideon on the phone and he picked immediately.“I still haven’t found Hawk,” Gideon said the moment the call connected.“I don’t give a shit about that asshole right now,” I barked into the phone.I was transferring the aggression to Gideon and he didn’t deserve it, but thankfully, he already understood me enough to get offended by my tone.“So should I call off the chase?” Gideon asked.“No, do not. I still want

Calling His Bluff

AURORA’S POV“Aurora, guess who is at the front porch to see you,” Eudora had told me just when I was done getting dressed for work.I still didn’t bother to bring out my boxes from Eudora’s car trunk, and she was nice enough to lend me one of her baggy jeans and shirt to put on. Besides, I would change into my uniform when I got to work, so it wouldn’t even matter much anyway.“Who?” I had asked, my heart already beating fast, because a part of me already thought that it was Arlo Bronson.“Do you want to guess?” Eudora asked.I flapped my hand by my sides tiredly; she was too fond of making me do this.“Arlo?” I asked.Then a mischievous grin had spread across Eudora’s face.“What? You asked me to guess!” I said defensively when I saw her facial expression.I knew why she was looking at me like that. We had spent half of the night arguing that Arlo didn’t look at me in an intrigued manner and he didn’t like me at all, but Eudora insisted on painting the situation as something entirel

Nothing Can Be Done

AURORA’S POVI stood there, shocked and scared to my bones. Those weren’t mere words from Maverick, and I could recall Dad saying something about getting threats from the Casimir family.I didn’t think he was being serious until Maverick’s dark words.“Aurora?” Eudora called, opening the front door and stepping out. “Thank goodness he is gone. I didn’t want to see his disgusting face,” she added.I couldn’t respond to her. Instead, I merely stood there, breathing hard and thinking about my choices all over again.“Aurora,” Eudora said, touching me worriedly. “Are you okay?” She asked.I snapped out of my fear and looked at her. “Yeah, yes, I am,” I lied and she saw through me.“No, that isn’t the face of someone who is fine. This isn’t even the expression you were having on your face when you came out to see him,” Eudora said. “Let’s go inside,” she added.Eudora led me back into her living room and we sat on the couch.In my head, I already knew that I was late for work, but I just c

Benefits Of Being His

AURORA’S POVI hurried to the changing room to change into my uniform so that I could start working as usual, and I tried to be fast about it because I was already late.With just a few minutes anyway; Eudora was a fast driver.The door opened and Sherry, one of the staff members walked in.“You are late, Aurora,” she said.I didn’t bother to look at her as I was still trying to get myself into my uniform.“I know, but it’s just by five minutes. Most of you guys come later than this,” I said lightly.I hardly talked to people around, so I didn’t have many work friends. Sherry was the only one that I exchanged a few pleasant words with sometimes, not even every single day.“The boss wants to see you,” Sherry said.It wasn’t an unusual sentence, but the tone with which she used in passing the message made me stop and look at her, and that was when I saw the expression on her face. I couldn’t read it, but it was weird.“What for?” I asked for the first time.Sherry shrugged carelessly. “

In Exchange For Money

AURORA’S POVShe did say she was sorry about letting me go, but that did nothing to quell the deep hurt and disappointment. Maverick was right and he had already started destroying me.I felt horrible as I walked out of her office and went back to the changing room. I loved working here, even more than my second job, and now, they had fired me because of Maverick, or because I broke things off with him. It just wasn’t fair that he was the one who cheated and wasn’t there for me when I needed him the most, and yet, I am the one facing the brunt of the broken engagement.The first tears fell as I began to change back into the clothes that Eudora had so generously given to me.“No, I don’t want to cry over him,” I told myself firmly and wiped off the tears quickly.He isn’t worth my tears and I know that for a fact. In all honesty, I wasn’t even crying because of Maverick; I was crying because of the job I lost, which took me back to the fact that if things had been the way they were s

A Long Day

AURORA’S POVThis would be my first time of entering the bus and I felt skeptical about it. I would have picked a taxi instead, but the money I got from Sherry would only be able to take me to my second job.What if they had already fired me there too, which I strongly believed that they might have? How would I be able to take a bus to Arlo’s temporary address, especially being that I had no one like Sherry there, and my boss there was strict and very unfriendly?That wasn’t a risk I was willing to take.Being that I had always lived a sheltered life; I got a car as soon as I finished college, but before then, there was always the driver to take Astrid and me wherever we wanted to go. And even if I didn’t want to take my car, Eudora or Maverick was always there.But now, I had no choice.“How do I handle this?” I asked myself sadly.The first bus came and I tried to get in, but I couldn’t, and it went. Tears of frustration gathered in my eyes and I wondered if I was going to stand on

Not What I Expected!

AURORA’S POVI hesitated in front of my second boss’s office. Well, my only boss now, and maybe my ex-boss in a few minutes.“Gosh,” I exclaimed dejectedly as my shoulders sagged in defeat.Why was this happening to me? Deep down, I could already sense being fired. How could I lose two jobs in one day after everything I had been through? I wouldn’t be shocked if he said the exact words my other boss said, about Maverick and his family being affiliated with the company and not wanting to piss them off any further by allowing me to continue working here.“Why me?” I asked myself over and over again.I hadn’t done anything wrong. I was faithful, loyal, and loving to Maverick and I gave him everything, except my virginity though, but still, he had my entire heart, and I didn’t deliberately fall into bed with Arlo Bronson, but then again, Maverick didn’t even give me the benefit of the doubt.My other boss’s statement took my mind back to sometime ago when I had applied for the job and di

An Unwanted Visitor

ARLO’S POV“Can I have the report for last week’s sales?” I asked my team of staff members.The head of the team presented it on a projector screen, and I nodded in satisfaction. I was very impressed.“As you can see here, sir, we made double profit compared to the previous week before last week,” the team leader stated the obvious.My company was one of the best as what it does in the city, and no matter how hard people tried to ruin it by spreading scandalous stories about me, it had not affected my company one bit. One of the reasons was that only few people knew that M&T Empire was owned and run by me.The illegitimate and abandoned son.I named my company after my mother who tragically committed suicide as a result of being denied and heartbroken by the man she loved and trusted.Her name was Maria Taylor, and I wanted to honor her name forever.Also, I figured that with how badly the city wanted me to remain abandoned and wretched and struggling, regardless of the fact that I wa

Built Up Pain

ARLO’S POV“Tell him that I am unavailable to see him at the moment. He should book an appointment with you,” I instructed tightly.My father had been coming for quite a while now, seeking to see me, but I kept turning him down with the same excuse, because I don’t want to see him.“Sir, I don’t think Sir Bronson is going to buy that this time around,” my secretary said skeptically.“Do what you are told,” I ordered her harshly.“Yes sir,” she immediately answered and I ended the call.“Fucking hell,” I muttered angrily as soon as I disconnected the call.“Are you ready for the supervision now, sir?” The factory head asked.“Yes, I am,” I responded.As the factory head took me around to check what the workers were doing, I could not shake off the painful and hurtful thought of my history. I had managed to stop thinking about it and letting it hurt me deeply, but each time the man showed up, I was forced to reflect on that day when I got the most embarrassing moment of my life.And to

Fire And Rage

ARLO’S POV“Sir, you haven’t said a word since the supervision began, and this is unlike you,” the factory head said after they had gone round the factory and I had remained quiet.For the very first time, I didn’t have anything to say or correct or adjust, or even scold anyone about being messy or using the machines wrongly.Absolutely nothing.It wasn’t because they were doing a perfect job. It was because my mind was far away, and now that it had been brought back, my heart was boiling with rage and bitterness.The factory head saw my stony expression and kept silent, not wanting to get caught in the middle of my fiery wrath.“When everything is done, put it all together and bring the document to me as you have always done,” I said tightly. “I don’t want to see any mistakes, or you will be out in the street looking for another job,” I added threateningly.“Yes sir,” the factory head responded, almost shakily.Then I walked out of the factory, returning to my office.“How dare he co

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