Justin watched as she resolutely left him not turning back even once and could almost hear the sound of his heart as it broke into smithereens, because how else could he explain this bone deep pain in his chest.
He screamed out loud and with frustration, swept off everything on the coffee table.
It wasn't like he couldn't force her to stay even if she felt unwilling, because he had the confidence to say he could achieve that.
He could threaten or coerce her into it with her best friend or with her family if she had any, unfortunately she didn't.
Yes, she was an orphan.
But what after that?
What happens to their relationship after he does that? Without doubt, he knew if he ever did threaten her with her bestie, whatever love she had left for him would cease to exist and be replaced by hatred. And that was definitely what he never wanted to see.
He was a businessman and would usually do anything to achieve his goals, of course that was excluding murder, arson, drugs and the likes. However, Nina has always been an exception to those dirty schemes as he loathed to use those methods on her. He loved her too dearly to even harbor the thought.
What he wanted had never been a canary, he wanted the stubborn and independent woman he had fallen in love with in the first place.
His love for her has always been his weakness but he couldn't bear to part with this weakness.
Chaotic thoughts ran through he head making him more and more irritable but in the end, he finally managed to suppress those thoughts slightly. Subsequently, he calmed himself down and focused on trying to remember everything that happened that night.
Yet, he thought and thought of anything and everything but still remembered nothing. This realization only made him even more suspicious because he had always had a large capacity for drinking and no matter how much he drank, he could still remember what happened the next day even if those memories were a little fuzzy.
Despite that fact, he completely had no memory of what happened after drinking what? Only a few cups of alcohol which wasn't enough to even make him tipsy normally?
This could only mean he had been drugged!
A gloomy and foreboding aura instantly appeared on Justin's being at that thought.
He had been careless!
But... He would make sure he finds out whatever had happened that night and make whoever dared set him up pay a bloody price!
Without pausing, inky darkness flashed past his eyes as he picked up his cell phone and dialled his personal assistant, Larry's number.
As a qualified and capable assistant, Larry dared not allow his boss's call to ring for not even a minute longer and instantly picked up seconds after Justin dialled his number.
"Sir?", He said respectfully as he waited for Justin's instructions.
"I want you to bring that woman to the Night Kingdom in the next half-hour!"
At first, Larry felt puzzled as to the woman his boss meant but quickly understood when he heard his boss's dark tone and also remembered the recent incident that happened to his boss.
After relaying his instructions, Justin expressionlessly hung up, then he proceeded to call his business partners who were present that night to also meet him at the Night Kingdom. Only then did he head out with the car keys.
***
Meanwhile, after Nina left Justin's house, she drove aimlessly around the town trying the ignore the burning sensation in her eyes.
'I won't cry... I won't cry..', She kept repeating to herself as a mantra and at the same time tried to ignore the gnawing sensation coming from her heart.
"Damn it! I told myself I wouldn't cry but what is this?"
Her hand moved to feel the wetness on her cheeks with the tears that kept dripping out of her eyes with no intention to stop after she screamed that out in an hoarse voice.
Moments later, she noticed her sight beginning to go blurry due the tears and hurriedly stopped the car at the side of the road after which she slammed her head heavily on the steering wheel.
Not long after, her heartbreaking sobs sounded continuously from the car making the hearts of the listeners feel somewhat stifled for some reason.
She cried for quite a while and only when an abrupt sound rang loudly in the confines of her car was she startled and at the same time stopped crying. Following that, a slightly sluggish look appeared on Nina's face as she finally seemed to realize what she had been doing all along.
Was she, who had always been hailed as the ever cold and gorgeous supermodel actually crying so pathetically over a man?
"Damn it... Nina, you are better than this. He isn't worth it! He just isn't worthy of your precious tears!" She shook her head in disbelief before saying with some degree of force.
Then, she hurriedly took a tissue from the car compartment and wiped her face dry and also touched up her makeup in the process regaining her composure in a flash. No one would have believed that she had been crying pathetically few minutes ago if not for the reddish tint in the corner of her eyes.
After doing all that, she ten remembered that it had been the sound of her phone ringing that had snapped her back to her senses.
'I wonder who is calling?' she wondered absentmindedly before picking up her phone to check the caller but the call happened to end as soon as she picked it up.
"It's Lena!" she whispered excitedly when she saw the missed call.
"Is she back?" She was going to call her back when the caller whose ID was 'My Lena" happened to call back.
"Hellooo Nina darling! I missed you so sooo much!", Selena, Nina's best friend exclaimed excitedly on the other side of the phone.
When Nina heard the voice of her bestie, an urge to cry overcame her again, because she knew that even if the whole world turned against her, Selena wouldn't. It had always been the two of them against the world. Her backbone was back!
She asked in an hoarse voice, "Are you back in the country?"
Sensitive as she was, Selena quickly noticed that something was obviously wrong with her bestie's voice. Her voice on the phone panicked as she asked with urgency, "Nina, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you! Tell me, I promise to make that person's life a living hell!" On hearing Selena's protective words, warmth instantly suffused Nina's ice-encased heart. She replied teasingly, the unpleasantness in her heart fading away temporarily. "How are you so sure that I was the one who got bullied and not the one bullying people?" Almost without thinking, Selena replied arrogantly, "Even if they got bullied, it's their honour to be bullied by you." Nina instantly laughed out loud, feeling carefree for the first time after finding out about Justin's affair. On the other end of the phone, Selena inaudibly breathed out a sigh of relief listening to her friend's carefree laughter. No one knew how scared she was hearing Nina's obviously wrong tone and now listening to her laughter, she fe
Emily eyes shone brightly when she heard his orders thinking dreamily to herself, 'I finally won the jackpot! This perfect man is going to be my man and maybe even my husband! I am sooo happy. That b**ch can go to hell for all I care! I am going to be Mrs Walters!' Justin looked at the woman who turned dreamy when he gave his orders, he could guess what was going on in her mind. He smirked cruelly, he would make her realize just how far from reality she was. He then signalled at Larry to bring her away. Larry went forward to not so politely drag her out and left. After Larry left, he began to doubt his vision as to why he couldn't see through the stupid woman who could even turn dreamy because of what he said. Or could it be that something did happen? because except for that he couldn't fathom why be couldn't tell if he was telling the truth or not. When he also interrogated his business partners who he was drinking with that day earlier before questioning Emily, they also claimed
Nina went to pick up Selena from the airport and drove home while chatting excitedly in the car, with none of them taking the initiative to mention Nina's matter. A while later, they arrived at their destination, a condominium in the suburban district of Nova City where the girls lived together. As soon as they got inside the house and settled down, the sweet and gentle looking Selena immediately transformed into a fierce looking tigress. Without doubt, Nina immediately knew it was questioning time. Selena might be petite and looked sweet and gentle, but her personality was the exact opposite. And although she herself looked seductive and mature, her personality was kind and gentle although stubborn at times. "Are you ready to spill it out or should i force it out with torture" Selena asked with a devilish smile on her face. When Nina remembered the "torture" she subconsciously shuddered.The torture in Selena's mouth was simply tickling but because she had a very sensitive body, S
Taking the tabloid from Larry, Justin calmly began to read what was on the screen, but at the first look his eyes suddenly shook violently before he quickly swiped up the pages impatiently. Everything written on screen did enter his eyes yet he seemed incapable of registering it onto his brain. His first impression was,'Someone was framing Nina.' The second was, 'This definitely isn't true! It was all photoshopped or maybe the person in the photo wasn't Nina but a look alike.' But he knew that he was just in denial since he knew very well that the person in the photos was indeed his Nina. Her smile, the genuine happiness on her face, her figure, even the mole below her eyes. He was all too familiar with every single one of them. It was true. The photos were true. At that realization, Justin immediately slumped on his chair. His heart was in so much pain that he could found it difficult to hardly breathe. Every part of him seems to be on fire, inside and out. For some reason, a
The three of them sat on the sofa, Nina and Selena together on a double seater and Justin alone on a single one. At this time, Nina had reverted back to the cold queen everyone was familiar with, making it literally impossible for Justin to guess how anxious she had been prior to his entrance. As a bystander, Selena stared at the two foolish idiots in front of her who were both treasuring their words by keeping silent and decided to help them. Or else she would never know when they were going to open up their mouths to speak! "I am sure you are not here to have a staring competition with my friend here. So shoot!", She wasn't polite at all as she addressed Justin. Anyways, with what he had done, no matter what had led to it, he doesn't seem to deserve her politeness. Justin wasn't mad at Selena because he knew just how overprotective they both were of each other. So, although he really wanted to be alone with Nina right at this moment, he understood that it was impossible for Selen
Meanwhile, over here, Emily finally realized what a nightmare she was in. She thought she was going to be enjoying the wealth, fame and glory that came with being Justin's woman. She was wrong, she really was. Justin had ordered her phone to be confiscated and she wasn't allowed to take one step away from the house. She once dolled herself up and tried to go out of the villa to show off as his woman but she was coldly stopped at the door by the leader of the group of bodyguards, Ian. "Boss said you should obediently stay inside and give birth to the baby. You are not allowed to take a step out of the villa until then" "What? I am not allowed to take a step out? Have you all gone crazy? I am the mother of his unborn child! You dare to treat me this way?" Emily screamed like a shrew and raised her hand to slap him. Ian coldly stopped her staring at her stomach while cruelly spitting out these words, " You wouldn't want to lose your bargaining chip as early as this right?" Emi
Justin's car stopped on front of a majestic mansion at the rich and wealthy area at the center of the city. An inch of hand here costs gold, so imagine just how much this mansion that seemed so long you couldn't see the end costs. The chauffeur looked at the man who had his eyes closed respectfully through the side mirror, he was in a dilemma on whether to wake him up or not. Just like everyone, he was also worried about the state his boss was so he was reluctant to wake him up. But the man probably sensing the car had stopped opened his slightly bloodshot eyes. "We are here, sir" "Um.." He answered tiredly and closed his eyes again.
Nina looked sideways at her reflection in the mirror in her bedroom. She stroked her slim waist and turned to Selena who had her eyes glued to her phone and asked, "Lena, do you think my waist got thicker?" Without even bothering to raise her head, Selena answered unhurriedly, "It would be weird if it didn't get thicker, your appetite have been quite voracious in the past month. As a model, though you have a physique that doesn't allow you to get fat no matter what you eat, you should pay more attention to your figure or Charlie is gonna blame me for it!" The Charlie that Selena is referring to is Nina's ace agent. He was the one who discovered Nina in the first place and later groomed her into who she was right now. Nina started out as a model in high school when she was 18 and to be honest, her journey as a model wasn't always this smooth, at least not until she met Justin. Before she met Justin, she had experienced a lot of unspoken rules, both overt and covert in the industry a