When the chauffeur dropped them off late at night at the house that their mother had arranged for them, Payton breathed out in relief as she entered the beautiful house that was literally built with glass.While she was outside, she could see the inside clearly and even though she could, she could not wait to enter the house.It was a beautiful glass house that was located by the island, and this was the kind of sight that she had always longed for.Maybe it was nice that she was on this honey— no, vacation.She had not had the chance to travel out for vacation before. It was all for work, and strictly work.It was not that she could not afford to, but she spent all of her time working, and coming up with new ideas.The pressure of running her mother’s art gallery was a bit heavy and she had never admitted it to anyone before.She wanted to do well.She wanted to work so well that no one would blame her mother for leaving her with something like that.And she knew she was trying. She
The previous night had to be the most hectic night that Payton had ever had.Did she even close her eyes at all? She doubted it.The evident eye bags were proof on their own.When she and King had retired to the room after a very silent and awkward dinner, she divided the bed with the side pillows on the bed and warned the man sternly to not cross the line.King only watched while she performed what he had called stupidity.It was not like they were little kids that something would happen even if their bodies just touched a little.After the woman finished dividing the bed, he lay on the side of the bed, and he did not know why he had slept off almost immediately.Only when he woke up at midnight did he see that the woman was sleeping, while sitting and her back resting on the wall.He shook his head, and then returned to sleep, comfortably of course.When they woke up, he could hear the woman cussing and mumbling that she had a worse night, but still, he said nothing and had his busi
“Oh, shit! Are you blind?!”Payton cussed through the loud noise from the speaker as she glanced down at her white shirt that was now stained with red wine and then raised her head to look at the man who had bumped into her.He definitely was not paying attention to where he was going. His head buried in his phone was proof on its own.“I… I am sorry. I was not looking,” he smacked his tongue and glanced at the screen of his phone again.“You definitely were not looking,” Payton hissed as she threw the man a cold stare.She does not know what was making her more angry tonight. The man not looking exactly sorry as his eyes were still on his phone, or her step sister… hosting a birthday party for her fiancé.When the man did not say anything anymore and only looked around like he was looking for someone while he took quick glances at his phone, she hissed and pushed past him.As she arrived at the bathroom and stood in front of the mirror, the words her stepsister Ava had said to her fl
The harsh rays of sun that glimmered through the window made Payton squint her brows and then roll on her stomach.Her head banged so terribly that she felt like it was going to come off from her neck.Groaning and moaning gently, her phone rang, giving a loud sound and she hissed again.She stretched her hand and dropped it on the bed beside her to search for the phone that was usually beside her on the bed.However, it did not take long before she realized that she was not touching the bed… but a skin and that that was not her phone’s ringing tone.Hold on… her hand was on a skin. A person’s body………“Dariel.”When the sound finally stopped and the voice of the raspy man came up, Payton snapped her eyes open and then sat up.Realizing that she was stark naked, she laid in the bed back and pulled the cover on her body before she let out a scream.King let out a grunt as he did not get what Dariel had just said. The woman’s sudden scream would not let him.Waking up, naked with a w
Payton felt her legs weaken as she watched the video and she fell to the ground instantly.Her eyes dilated and she dropped her phone.She was trending with this unknown man on the internet. Their obscene videos were on the internet.“You are a disgraceful woman…”Max’s voice rang in her ear and tears dropped from her eyes.She had no idea what was going on and she could swear that she had not gotten into this man's bed on her own.The bell rang and she watched the man move over to the door.She didn’t know who he was talking to, but when he returned to the room, he walked past her and headed to the bathroom again.“There is another bathroom over there. Use it, and get your clothes on. We’re leaving here. The paparazzi is here.”That was all she heard before she heard the loud bang of the door.She did not see his face, but she could feel the anger that was oozing from his voice.It was definitely not a coincidence that this man and she had a bit of a clash the previous night and had
CHAPTER 4. KING THORN.“Why did you do that?!” Payton shouted the moment she settled in the back seat with the man whose name she still did not know yet.King.King?Those reporters called him that!His name was King!King, my ass.She hissed.“It’s you,” she turned around as she heard King say to the driver.“Man, I had to come out here myself,” the other man said.“How did it…” he stopped talking as his eyes landed on the woman beside her King.Instead, he ignited the engine and then drove away.“Where do we go?” He asked.“Where do you stay?” King turned to ask Payton.“Why?“Where?”Payton turned her head to look out of the mirror and then closed her eyes as she heard her phone ring from her bag.“If you think it would be okay to go home alone, then, talk so that he would stop the car. You probably don’t know the amount of people that have your face imprinted in their memory already,” he said, not sparing her a glance.Payton spaced out for a while, wondering
===In the car, before King showed up at Payton’s house.===“Stop the car, Dariel,” King gave off a loud hiss and slapped his forehead.“What’s going on?” Dariel asked as he looked around for a perfect spot to park the car.After a while, he pulled the car, and King came out from the back where he sat.Moving over to the front beside Dariel, he hissed again and turned the iPad in his hand to him.“What is this?” Dariel asked as he stared at the screen.“These idiots are coming up with things that I’ve not even done before. Why am I being termed as a womanizer?” King frowned.Dariel parted his lips as he browsed through the tons of podcasts that were being aired and he shook his head.“What the fuck?” Dariel burst out in laughter as he saw the clearly edited picture of King coming out of the hotel with another woman.“Is this a comedy show?” King snapped his brows together as he stared at Dariel.“Your head is edited on another person’s body. Damn, lies are spreading already,” Dariel
“Yes, Payton Vass. You will marry me.”Payton did not know what was more surprising. This man showing up at her house… or knowing her name.She was sure she did not tell him that.Seeing the expression on her father’s face, she shifted uncomfortably and moved over to Max who had a betrayed look on his face.“Max…” she called him in a whisper as tears dropped from her eyes.“Mr. Thorn,” came her father’s voice.“Hi, Mr. Vass.”“You all must have seen the video and must have been disturbed by it…” he said as his face dropped on Payton who was torn between pleading with her boyfriend or rushing over to him.“I… we were not expecting you.”Payton frowned as her father fidgeted in front of the man and she moved over to him instantly.“Dad, you can’t welcome him in. He did this to me!” She hollered.No one answered her, instead, King kept his eyes pinned on Will, Payton's father.“How may I help you?”“I am sure you heard me. You saw the news. You know what is going on, and I am going to ma