Semua Bab The illusion Of Happily Ever After: Bab 1 - Bab 10

Aria’s POV:It’s been more than ten minutes, and I kept flipping through my wedding album with my manager, Isa, who was in tears; she couldn’t contain the emotions from the pictures and switched to crying.Finally I was on the last page and placed the album on the table. “I know, it’s the perfect fairytale,” I chuckled and stared at my wedding ring, one which was given to me by my husband, Caleb. He was the best thing that happened to me and was the biggest inspiration behind my books.I noticed Isa clutch her chest. “Breathe, honey,” I joked, and she rolled her eyes. “My heart is beating just fine; how about you and Caleb recreate these moments? “It will be a good promo for your new book,” she added, and it was indeed a good idea, but I didn’t like the fact that I was doing this because of a promotion; I just wanted to do something that didn’t involve the public.Today was my fifth wedding anniversary with Caleb and also the day I released the first part of my novel “Under the Sunlig

Aria's POV:...I must be hearing wrong. Caleb could never say such a thing to me. I was his Aria; he always made sure not to say hurtful words to me because he knows how much effect he had on me, so maybe I was imagining things.I clenched my fist tightly, my nails digging into my palms. "You are sick, Aria; you are sick for thinking everything is a fairytale, as you make your forty million followers think."There is a word called fiction, a world where nothing is real... Emotions are fake, and just because I write about the fake world doesn't mean I expect him to be like the male lead of my novel."It's all fiction, Caleb. Everything I wrote was fiction, and as a human I have every f*ck*ng right to fantasise, so don't blame your betrayal on my books.""And you dare blame this on my womb?" This was the height of it; I took off the wedding ring from my fingers and held it tightly... I couldn't bring myself to return it."If you apologise, then we could pretend this never happened," I a

Aria’s POV:There was some chatter that interrupted my sleep. I slowly opened my eyes and grabbed my head tightly.“It hurts a lot,” I cried out and scanned the bedroom. It looked like a hotel suite, and then my mind drifted to the steamy night I had with that stranger.“Oh my,” I realised I was naked, so I walked down the bed and searched for my clothes but couldn’t find them. I spotted a shirt and quickly wore it, and luckily I found my purse.I retracted my phone and shared my location with Ava: “Pick me up ASAP.” I sent the message and hurried to the door, but I could hear some voices. Was that stranger behind the door?I hurried to the balcony and stared down. It wasn’t that high, but I could break my leg if I jumped.My eyes lit up when I saw the built-in ladder. I walked down the ladder and finally made it down. The place was rather quiet, and I couldn’t spot the staff. Was this a hotel?Even after walking down the street for a while, I still couldn’t spot anyone or a house. Wh

Aria's POV:I drove to the Martin’s home and hurried in, right now I needed to see Ava, well, mostly her sister… Samantha, she was just sixteen but had great research skills, and right now I needed all the news on Liam Styles.I couldn’t find anyone in the sitting room, so I went to Ava’s bedroom, knocked on the door and found her at her little design table, probably drawing new designs.“Hey.”She turned to me. “You are back.” Ava stood up and walked to me with a little sad look; she probably thought I was still sulking.“Where is Sam?” I asked and jumped on the bed. Ava walked to the bedroom opposite hers and knocked. The door pulled open, and Sam stood there with an earpiece around her head.Her eyes lit up when she saw me. “Big sister, when did you come?” She hurried past Ava and sat next to me while clinging to my arm.“I need a favour from you.”“Hello to you too.” Ava snorted, but Sam rolled her eyes and smiled at me.“What do you need?”Now both their gazes were fixed on me. I

Aria’s POV:I drove around town for more than an hour listening to Taylor Swift’s Anti-Hero on repeat. I just needed to cool off for a while.Especially after I received a call from my lawyer, I had a court case tomorrow all because Caleb refused to sign the divorce papers, and honestly, now that I know I am the problem; it makes me wonder if I really need a divorce.I drove onto the estate, parked the car at the entrance and was surprised to find Ava. She stood there with two bottles of wine. “Why are you here?” I asked, Didn’t I leave them back at the restaurant?“Let’s have a drink,” she suggested, and I nodded, unlocked the door before we got in, and sat in the living room, Ava filled two glasses with wine and shoved one to me.“I didn’t want to ask this earlier because Sam was present, but…” Ava started, she swallowed hard and cleared her throat.“That day I picked you up, and you had a man’s shirt, was it Liam Styles’s?” I sighed heavily and sipped the wine, nodded lightly and