'I am the Aiden Knight, a millionaire at 25, among the top ten most eligible bachelors of the year according to Forbes. I can get anything and anyone I want, Except one, that's my step sister.
I cannot have the one thing I crave desperately' my stepsister.
Our story started in Texas. I went on a business trip to look at one of my restaurants in texas. That's when I saw her, Aria William, my memorable one nightstand. And I didn't know that she is my step-sister.
Aria is drunk. She can tell it by the way she is eying the hot guy, who is sitting on the barstool talking to someone beside him.
"Aria, you are drunk. We should go home" her wingman, ex-boyfriend, and now her best friend Adam said from beside her.
"Ya, I need some water" she muttered.
"Sit here. I will go and get it for you" Adam told her before leaving her alone in the corner table they were sitting in.
Aiden looked at the beauty, who is giving him come and get me looks for the past half an hour.
"Going after her?" his friend Noah asked from beside her.
"Ya, she is hot. Perfect for a one-night stand on the last day of our stay" Aiden told.
"It looks like she has a boyfriend" Noah pointed out.
"Na, he is her friend. The way they are talking, it's just familiarity, nothing is intimate there" he observed.
Aiden walked towards the girl, who is looking at him curiously.
When the hot guy approached her, she didn't quite catch up with what he was saying, but her body's reactions to his touches must have encouraged him, as a go-ahead signal.
Because the next thing she remembered is his hands touching all over her naked body as if he is hungry.
The next morning, Aria woke up to her head pounding like hell and her mouth as dry as a desert.
"I should not drink again" she mumbled.
"You should not," Aiden said when he noticed the girl is awake.
When Aria heard a stranger's voice, she looked at the source of the voice. She is stunned to see the man she was eying with last night standing beside her bed.
"Who are you? What are you doing in my room?" Aria asked in horror.
"This is my hotel room, and the bed you are currently sitting on, is also mine" Aiden pointed out in amusement.
Aria looked around her and noticed for the first time since she woke up, that he is right.
She vaguely remembers last night's events and her face flamed with embarrassment.
"Oh my God" Aria panicked.
She looked down and found that she is naked from the waist up. She immediately covered herself with the blanket which pooled in her lap.
She looked around and found her sundress thrown on the floor along with her inner garments.
Aiden found her reaction cute.
"Can I use your bathroom?" She asked him without meeting his eyes.
"Sure," he said pointing towards the bathroom.
Aria clutched the sheets around her naked body tightly.
She gathered her clothes hastily before slipping inside the bathroom and locking herself safely inside and away from the stranger.
She washed her mouth with the toothpaste she found there and washed her face to wake her up completely.
She used the bathroom before slipping the sundress down.
She opened the door slowly and found the room empty. She looked around and noticed the stranger talking on his phone with his back facing her on the balcony.
She found her ankle boots beside the bed and her phone near the bedside table. She held them in her hands before running away from the stranger and that room.
After he was done talking to Noah, he turned around and walked inside the room. He saw the bathroom door ajar and there are no moments heard from inside either.
He opened the door and found it empty like he expected it to be.
"She ran away? My little virgin lover" he thought with amusement.
The blood on the white sheets is proof of her innocence.
'This is a first for him. Not wanting to chase the girl as soon as he is done. His one-night stand being a virgin, and she is the one who ran away from him, even though he wanted to have her again' he thought.
Aria called Adam, who started yelling at her the moment he picked up the call.
"Where the hell are you Aria? I am worried sick. You disappeared just like that..." Adam yelled at her with concern.
She drowned out his voice and told him to pick her up.
When Adam came, she didn't say anything to him. Somehow everything felt like a bad dream and talking about it out loud made it all real.
"I went to clear my head" she muttered.
Adam sighed at her explanation and didn't question her further.
After all, he knows why she needs to clear her head. She never drinks, because she is a lightweight. But he brought her out of that town so that she would be able to clear her head.
She lost her mother a couple of months ago and she is in the process of selling her house to clear the debts which accumulated since her mother has fallen sick.
The first heart stroke was severe, and her mother had to undergo an operation and implant a pacemaker to extend her life a little more.
But a couple of months ago, she had a stroke in her sleep and expired.
Adam dropped Aria, near her house.
"Call me if you need anything," Adam said and Aria nodded absently.
She unlocked the door and locked the door after her.
Aria and her mother lived on their grandfather's ranch, her mother's father.
Now in less than a month, she had to hand over this ranch to its new owner and move away with her belongings.
Tears pooled in her eyes. She regrets going out and drinking last night.
Aria sighed with frustration. Her head is pounding and she lost her virginity to a stranger.
"Damn, what have you done Aria? I never thought I will lose my innocence like this" she muttered out loud.
She is not saving it for her future husband, but the time was never right. But last night her brain fogged up and she did not remember how she went with that strange man.
'At least, he not a psycho serial killer' she thought.
"Alcohol doesn't solve problems, it just numbs the heart," she thought.
"Green bay"Aria read the name of the coastal town, which would be her home for the next few months.Her GPS drove her towards a beach house, which is huge. It's raised a couple of feet above the ground. The concrete circular driveway is on a slope. There is a well-manicured lawn on either side of the driveway.She can see nothing but rocks in the backyard, which led to a sandy beach. The house is built on the rocky shore, a little higher than the beach level.She was used to seeing pick-up trucks, not these kinds of branded sports cars currently parked in front of the house.She parked her mother's old pickup truck to the side so that she wouldn't scratch these expensive cars by mistake. She wouldn't be able to afford the repair cost to cover the scratch.She got down from her pickup truck and was hit by the salty breeze of the beach. It's so unlike the usual texas heat, she is used to.'Martin didn't tell me he is having a party toda
"Ouch" Aria rubs her nose, which caught the brunt of the collision.She raised her head to see with whom she collided with. But little did she knows, her entire world will shake when she looks at the person, to whom she lost her virginity to, a month ago.'What is he doing here? Is he following me?' She thought in horror.'Is he the Psycho stalker type?' She feared in her head.'Why oh why do you have to drink so much and land yourself a stalker Aria?' She scolded herself.Noah laughed out loud at her nervous rambling.Aria looked behind her with wide eyes."Don't tell me, I said everything out loud" she pleaded with Noah."No doll, I will not tell you. But damn, you are cute when you are nervous" Noah said with a wink."Psycho stalker? Really? " Aiden asked with a blank face.He heard a little of their conversation just now, and he concluded that she is searching for that Ass hole Martin."Sorry, didn't m
The next morning, Aria woke up to the bright sunlight streaming through the curtains. By the brightness of the sunlight alone, she could tell that she slept later than usual.The 13 hours drive from her hometown in Texas to Green bay exhausted her.She got up and looked at the waves through her balcony door.In a matter of weeks, she became homeless, her only living relative abandoned her, she lost her virginity to none other than her stepbrother and she is currently in said step brothers house.'When did my life became a tangled mess?' She thought.'I need to have a bath and get ready to leave soon. Aiden might want me to leave' she thought.Aria picked up a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. She quickly finished her usual morning routine and came out freshly showered. She packed up her belongings before going down in search of her stepbrother.She slowly walked downstairs and found the house quiet. Last night's party left the floor on the
"So, tell me. What brings you here in search of your father?" Aiden asked Aria, who is facing away from him.He already knows a little from her nervous rambling the previous night. But he didn't know for sure what exactly happened and why she ended up here.Aria turned to face Aiden, who is slowly sipping his coffee."My mother died a couple of months ago. Heart attack. Martin too off the moment he found out that her heart condition is not stable. She had to undergo open-heart surgery. But she never could recover from the loss of Martin. For the past 3 years, I have had to take care of my mother, who cannot do works that involve tiring her. So I had to take over and become an adult. But she passed away two years ago and Martin didn't even show up at her funeral. I had to sell my grandfather's ranch to pay off the debts. Only a hundred dollars and my mom's pickup truck is the only thing left for me. So I came in search of my only living relative" Aria explained.
Aria feared it would be awkward to stay with her stepbrother after that night a month ago. But if he is as rude to her as he is just now, I should most definitely concentrate on not killing him.Aria looked at the disappearing figure of her stepbrother.She went inside and to her room. She opened her phone and downloaded that day's newspaper in Chrome.After that, she looked at the vacancy column and noted down a couple of openings in that town.She took her small money purse along with her phone before going for job hunting.First, she decided to go and check the local supermarket, where they need a sales assistant.She asked the guy near the billing counter about the vacancy."No, sorry. Boss hired a girl just this morning" the guy said apologetically."Oh, ok thank you" she turned away with disappointment.Next, she saw an opening in the nearby gym as a front desk assistant.When she entered through the glass doors, she
Aria liked Lily and Bethy. Her first friends after she came to Green Bay. They don't seem catty or gossipy.She was feeling good spending time with them."Merlin is nice. She gets scared if we mess up with the restaurant patrons. She is strict and fair. We were glad you came along. For the past two days, we are struggling to serve the patrons. They are too many and we are only two. We used to be four girls working here. But the other two left a week ago, leaving the workload on me and Bethy." Lily supplied helpfully.Her work starts from 11 in the morning to 10 in the night, as the staff is low. Merlin asked if I have any problem with the timings. Obviously, I said no.I need money to find an apartment and move away from my stepbrother's place. Any extra money is always welcome. They are planning to hire more staff until then Merlin told the three of us to work overtime."At least, we don't have to wear ridiculously high heels and tight clothes. Th
Aria's heartbeat began to slow down a little. She was stunned to see the man, to whom she has given her innocence, with another woman.She doesn't know how to name the feeling in her heart. Sadness, jealousy, or possessiveness.There is no reason for me to be sad. I don't know the guy at all, apart from that night, where she doubts they talked at all. And last night and this morning.In both the instance, he didn't leave a very good impression on her.'Yes, he gave a roof over her head and she is really grateful for that'If I don't know that guy at all, there is no reason for me to be jealous at all.Aria shook her head to clear her thoughts.She shouldn't be thinking about his love life. He is her stepbrother and thinking about him like this is wrong on so many levels.Soon her exhaustion caught up to her and she slept with the dreams of her stepbrother plaguing her mind.The next morning,
Aiden stood there in a daze.'What just happened?' he thought with confusion.'Did I just kissed her without her permission?' he thought with shock.Aiden stood there in confusion.'What happened to you Aiden? Why did you just do that?' he cursed himself.But the lingering taste of her lips stirred a hunger inside him, which he thought he forgot after a month after that night."This is bad" he muttered.Aria ran out of the house and drove off from Aiden's house in a hurry."Damn him" she muttered out loud with irritation.She is sure she shouldn't get wet from just a kiss. That too from that asshole Aiden. But she is. Surely, this cannot be normal right? Who would become this turned on with just a kiss?That damn man. What possessed him to kiss her like this? Aria cursed him.It's still not time to report for work. So she drove aimlessly around the town, wasting her fuel. She finally settled to go and sit on a n