One Night?

Warning: This chapter may contain some explicit content. Please read with caution.

“I wanted you,”

Aira wanted to reach out to Vincent when he said that. Her hopes perked up, but she tamed them down as her cynical side won over her emotional side.

“I know that too. You needed me to accomplish all this. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to accomplish any of this,” She said repeating what that cynical voice whispered in her head breaking her own heart with each word.

“I was told several times that you were a manipulative person. And I thought that I understood what they meant back then. But it turns out that I didn’t,” She said, “I never understood to what extent your manipulations could run,”

Vincent’s silence was like a spear through her heart. She wanted him to reach out and swear that he didn’t do any of this. That this is another misunderstanding. Another one of his family’s schemes.

“No, Aira. You don’t understand,” He said, not denying anything, he simply clarified, “I