ARIANA'S POV'You wouldn't dare. You have no control over me. You can't just make me do anything you wish. I'm not your puppet?"" Actually, you are,' he says. I look at him, taken aback. Once again, his audacity is just too much. This is all my fault. Yes, this is all my fault. It is what I caused by dropping down my shield and then giving him access to all my weaknesses in the past. Now he is using every single damn thing against me. He still even has the boldness to talk as if he is the boss of me or something. "Good God.' I look at him with so much fury embedded in my eyes. I am furious and confused at the same time. 'The fact that I am annoyed that he is doing this, and yet I still don't even know what to do to escape him. I feel trapped and completely useless.'By the count of five, I would love you to get this door open right now,' I say and he chuckles. 'And what are you going to do if I don't?' he asks. I look at him completely shocked. 'You're seriously kidding me right n
ARIANA'S POVI huff as I take quick deep breaths trying to calm down my throbbing nerves. 'God, I am losing it. I am slowly and gradually losing it. If this tension gets to the limit, I'll probably take something sharp and stab him in the neck with it. I won't even care if it kills him or not. I will just do anything to get away from his grasp because I don't think I can contend with him anymore.' 'So, are you going to do as I say or not?' he asks, and I slowly turn my head to look at him with so much fury embedded on my face. He sneers and shakes his head. 'All that is useless. You can't terrify me, Ariana. You both know that I have the key to your heart and your body,' he says, and then I look at him, giving him a warning stare. 'You won't dare,' I seethe, and he chuckles. 'Oh, I can do whatever I want with you anytime, my dear, and you won't even hesitate to fall into my arms. You know that,' he says, and I glare hard at him. 'God, if only there was a way I could break free fr
7 YEARS AGOThe door to the beautiful glass walled mansion swung open to reveal sweaty and exhausted Ariana as she held a bundle of groceries in her hand with her entire body soaked with sweat due to the stress she had to go through to carry all the heavy luggage from the car in the garage right into the apartment. She dropped them at the foot of the door and panted while she wiped a few strands of her sweaty red hair away from her face placing it behind her ears. "Well this was exhausting." She said and looked towards the direction of the kitchen. "Joan!" She called after she had cleared her throat to take away the excessive stress they had gone through. Joan made her way out of the kitchen and looked at the entrance. "Oh. Mrs Ariana. You came back early." She said and walked up to her. "And you look so sweaty. You see? You should have really taken my advice when I told you to allow me assist you with this." Ariana rolled her eyes. "Forget about it. That is not the issue right now
PRESENT DAYAriana sat in the dressing room backstage before her position, staring at the mirror and she admired her wavy red hair cascading down her shoulders and her glittering blue eyes sparkling with the golden lights emulating the entire environment. She chuckled as she adjusted the head mic on her head. "You did it, Ariana." She muttered softly to herself as she cracked her knuckles adjusting and sprucing up her dress a little bit. "The moment has come. It's time to disappoint those who never thought you could make it without their stupid help. " She said softly to herself as she clenched her fists with the thought of what happened five years ago ringing back in her memory. No matter how much she had tried to push it aside, it was just so hard. The pain and heartbreak she felt still held a large portion of her heart no matter how she tried to get rid of it. It was an experience she would never forget and had imprinted a big hole that could never be filled up in her heart. She b
The attitude Ariana was portraying right now was digging and piercing deep holes into Vincent's skull. He stood in his position as he glared at both Clara and Ariana with a sort of rage building up in his memory. What the hell is her problem? How dare she? What is she feeling like? All because I humbled myself and tried to look for her to get back to her? Now she's acting like she doesn't know me? He thought and tried everything he could to calm down. Cool off, Vincent. Calm down. You are trying to win her heart back. This is not the time to be so stupid. He thought to himself as he tried everything he could to suppress his fury. "I'm sorry about the way I lashed at you right now. I am so sorry Ariana okay. But this is just crazy. Why the hell would you say that? Of course, you know me and I know you. You are my ex-wife okay. " He said and Ariana looked at him with a raised eyebrow. She slowly turned her head to look at Clara. Clara also looked at her and the looks on their faces were
Vincent looked like he was about to explode. The entire world around him felt like it was spinning without control. He found himself shivering. Not shivering with worry or sorrow. But shivering with fury. This is unacceptable. He thought to himself. Who the hell did she think she was? Just because she scored some little...... he clenched his fists as he remained in his position trying as much as he could to contain his fury but it was not just working. "Ariana. " He said softly trying to be as calm as he could because he was gradually losing it. "I need this to stop. Immediately. I need you to stop with immediate effect." She glared back at him. "And I need you to quit acting so stupid because you have no right to control me. What do I look like to you?" She retorted back at him sharply and he looked at her as he finally lost his temper. "That's it. I can't take this anymore. This stupidity must end." He said as he suddenly moved forward and took hold of Ariana's shoulder shaking
Rose found herself staring at the empty seats in the broadcasting room which were supposed to be occupied by her and Ariana for the interview as she relaxed against the wall with her arms folded tapping her foot against the ground. Vincent walked closer to her and stared with a worried expression on his face. He sighed deeply and rubbed his temple. " I am so sorry Rose that things had to turn out this way. I am sorry. I didn't know this was what was going to happen. I didn't expect that she would be so stupid enough to act the way she just did. ""Well, you shouldn't have been ridiculous enough to break her heart years ago like you did. Honestly, I am not surprised she's acting like this right now. Any woman in the same condition as she is will do the same or even worse. I do not blame her. " Rose replied sharply and Vincent took a deep breath. He was done being angry and his younger sister was the last person he wanted to be furious with. "I am just sorry okay. ""This is what I get
After a long while of driving and swerving through the long express, Clara finally drove into LUXE HAVEN ESTATES, the second largest estate in the city that held the homes and apartments of various millionaires and celebrities. This is currently where Ariana lives and also where her child's educational center is located. They stopped right on time in front of the portico to the large school building just as the bell rang for the closure of the day and Clara grinned. "Right on time sis," she said and Ariana smirked. "I'm glad your high-end speeding skills helped us this time. " Ariana said sarcastically Clara chuckled. "Let's just get out of here and get that pretty boy of yours. " She said before taking off her seat belt and opening the door to the driver seat. Ariana followed suit and also stepped down from the car. The both of them briskly walked into the building and stopped by the receptionist's table where various parents from different high classes and statuses were seated and