Pov: KaydenI come back home from a business trip. I was not here for a few days, I hope that woman didn’t get herself killed.I asked a maid where she is. The maid informed me that Zara went to her production set. It was her first day today and so Mr. Jones has gone to pick her up.Suddenly, I hear some incoherent noises from outside. I walk out the door in large strides. However, a soft body immediately fell on me the moment I reach the door.When I regain my bearings I feel Zara’s breasts pressing my chest, causing my heart to tremble and my body to heat. She lays her head on my shoulder. But soon, I see her red face, her eyelashes fluttering and her delicate lips looking like juicy flower petals.Her ear was rubbing against my neck, tickling me. I freeze with my eyes fixed on her. “What’s going on?”The reeking smell of alcohol assaults my nose as if she just came of out a tank of rum.“Hey…” Zara looks at me. I frown at her behavior. “Honey, I’m home.”“…”I have no choice but to
It will mostly be morning soon, so I text Yohan to come here as soon as possible and go to my study. It won’t make any sense to sleep now. I pull up some files and decide to finish the documents before going out.A maid brought me my morning coffee and I took the mug making my way up.I enter the hallway and see Zara standing there with a maid. Zara’s back is towards me so she doesn’t know I came. “Ma’am good morning, have this soup. It’s good for a hangover.”“Uh… thank you. Where is Kayden?” she asks softly.“Why aren’t you calling me honey anymore?”She turns me and I walk up to her,She looks guilty. Fiddling with her fingers she sheepishly looks at me. “Last night…”“Precisely, you should say this morning. It was almost dawn.” I bring the coffee mug to my lips.“S-sorry. I was drunk… I don’t remember anything.” She plays innocent. As they say, ignorance is bliss!I gaze deeply at her. “You did nothing.”“Really?” she blurts out.“Why? Were you hoping for something to happen?” I
Pov: Zara“Zara, I’m doing this for your own good. The Chengs are not bad. Although the son is not mentally stable, they have a lot of money. You’ll be leading an easy life ahead. They won’t be able to control you.”I snort. “Mrs. Hana Wilson, if it’s that good, why don’t you marry Lora to the Chengs.”Lora is another step-sister of mine who is a producer. She is elder than Linda. “It’s because they don’t like Lora, they liked you.” My stepmother has a very reasonable tone.“I’m not interested in anybody’s money neither am I interested in some arranged marriage. I’ve already told someone to retrieve my belongings from the house. I’m never coming back.”“You want to cut ties with us? Fine! Go ahead. But what about the money we put in to raise you? Now that you’ve grown wings, you don’t care about anything.”I was dumbfounded. “Alright, putting aside the fact that I worked for you all like a housemaid, for which I should get a lot of money by the way, you gave me a place to live. So I’l
Kayden must have heard the commotion and he came in pulling me out of the water ignoring everything. As if I grasped onto a straw that can save my life, I wind my arms around his neck. My body stuck to him considerably drenching his clothes.He carries me out and places me on the bed. He pats my face. “What happened to you? Wake up!”I gasp for air. Still a little hazy but I recovering gradually. Kayden is standing before me, his brows deeply furrowed and his gaze full of worry. My heart thumped for no reason when I see him.“I’m alright. I just feel a little dizzy.” I hold my cheek in my hands.“What were you doing?” Kayden asks in a confused tone.“I don’t know. I think I stayed in the bath for too long. A lot has been going on in my mind. I felt a little dizzy but I didn’t expect the sense of vertigo when I got up…”Suddenly Kayden picks up the blanket and covers me with it and that’s when I realize I am naked. He saw me naked!Kayden is looking elsewhere and I clutch the blanket w
My drama soon began filming and I go to the filming sight.As I am putting on my costume I hear the cast coming in one by one. It started getting crowded. The moment Kai enters all girls turn to look at him like lovestruck fools.After I finish getting ready, I head to the waiting area and sit there till my scene is not announced. The costume is a little heavy and it also has a cape-like thing that spreads on the floor.In order to carry this dress without getting it messed up, I lift it up in my hands but I step on something at that same moment.I only realize when someone called out, “Whoa! You stepped on Freya’s dress!”I turn around and see Freya lifting her dress. She looks at me and smiles. “It’s alright.”“I’m so sorry, Ma’am.” I apologize profusely. Way to offend people on my first day. What the hell is wrong with me?“You are the rookie who’s playing Estelle right?”“Yes ma’am,” I reply immediately.Freya seems to have a good temper. “Not bad. Do well. All the best.”“Thank
“I won’t be able to sleep on the floor like this… can we ask someone to bring another set of…”“Are you trying to tell them clearly that we sleep on separate beds?”“Then what do we do now…”Kayden frowns and throws his jacket on the bed. “I don’t care what you do I’m going to sleep.”I look at him with my jaw dropping down. Just now he said he will sleep on the floor. What is this?“No, I want to sleep on the bed too. You were the one who insisted on staying here.” I jump on the bed, burrowing myself in the blanket. I know this guy has OCD with the way he behaves, he needs everything very clean.A mischievous idea enters my head. “See this whole bed is now covered by my smell and bacteria. How will you sleep here now?”He narrows his eyes as I lick my fingers and wipe them on the blanket.“What the hell are you doing?!”I lift my head. “What? Don’t you know how animals claim their territory? They spread their smell everywhere. That’s what I’m doing!”The veins on Kayden’s forehead po
Pov: KaydenWe leave the Marshall Residence. I was really surprised, at how smoothly things went. I can tell everyone likes her very much, be it my mother or grandfather.But again, they’ll like anybody as long as she’s not Monica. They are also of the thought that Monica might hinder my way ahead and she’s not as simple as she looks.But I’ve been with her since I can remember. There’s no way anybody knows her as well as I do.Suddenly Zara yells, “Good Lord!”I glance sideways to see her shocked looking at the title and property deeds she got as our wedding present.She was reluctant to accept it maybe because she didn’t feel worthy of it but I explained that she deserves it as the daughter-in-law of the Marshalls.While smiling, she looked at the two packets repeatedly. “It looks like there are some benefits to tolerating your bad temper.”I look at her. “Money-grubber.”And on top of that, she’s the first daughter-in-law of the generation. There’s much more to come in the future.
I wake up immediately as I sense some moments around me. I am anyway a light sleeper. My eyes instantly searched Zara. “What happened?” I look at her with slight anxiousness. “Is there anything wrong with you?”Zara shakes her head, “No, I just pulled on my wound slightly.”I stand up quickly hearing this and lift the blanket to check her wound. It is still tightly bandaged and probably would not lead to complications.I let out a sigh of relief and frown at her. “Be more careful. Don’t move too much.”Last night, she mumbled time and again, and her groaning made me feel uneasy because I couldn’t do anything to take her pain away. She’s lying here because of me.I could only hold her hand and stay beside her. Around dawn, I couldn’t keep my eyes open.Henry saw this and wanted me to sleep in the adjacent room but each time I moved, Zara would groan in pain.Thus, I dismissed Henry with a gesture of my hand and stay there looking after her the entire time.Fortunately, the doctor said