You will be mine - Ariana Grande gxg

Chapter seventeen: tricked

2 years later ~

Ariana's POV:

I walked into the studio and all of my employees immediately looked down. They knew I basically never was in a good mood no matter how much I represented myself as a sweetheart towards the media. It was all about image but when I was working in the studio, I couldn't care less about my image.

"What concept do you have in mind for your next album?", my producer asked me and I sighed. I mostly sang about love even though I had none of it in my life but I desperetly wanted to have it. Sweet, innocent love never worked in real life but it did in my music. However, I actually was tired about singing about a kind of love, I would never have.

"I want to try a darker tone for my third album. More like a dangerous love theme.", I explained and he nodded but I could see that he was sceptical about it. "Are you sure your fans will approve?", he asked and I rolled my eyes. "They always do. I'm tired of being a good girl. It never worked in my life anyway so it's time to be a dangerous woman.", I told him and after that he didn't dare to talk back at me again.

I hated it when my producers didn't trust me with my ideas even after my first two albums became hit albums. They reminded me of my father, who believed that I wouldn't achieve anything in my life without his control but here I was now... One of the biggest pop stars in the world and probably richer than him.

He was wrong and since my name was in the media basically everyday, he would always be reminded of that.  While my producers were working on the track, I put my phone out of my bag to message my assistent to bring me some wine. Everyday I was asking myself, why I still felt so empty even though I had it all?

The answer was clear. Quinn. I was rich and famous and yet she didn't try to reach out for me while basically everyone was throwing themselves at me and then look at me very upset when I moan Quinn's name while we were in bed. As if I would feel something for them. After a while, my assistent came in with a bottle of wine and I immediately pulled in towards me and told her to leave. She flinched when she heard my cold voice but she quickly obeyed.

"What do you think about this beat Ariana?", my producer asked and played it for me while I looked at Quinn's ring. I had it with me all the time and I was waiting for the day, when I could give it back to her because I knew this day had to come. I was living my dream but it felt meaningless without Quinn. I needed her no matter how much she despised me.

"It's good but not perfect. Keep working.", I told them and I noticed that my manager was looking at me while I looked at the ring... 'I promise to love you'... She had to fulfill her promise. It doesn't matter that she gave it back to me she still wore it and had to stick to her words. "Is this ring important to you?", my manager asked and I sighed.

"This ring is the symbol of my biggest humiliation but I will fix it soon.", I replied and after a long day at the studio, I finally made my way back home. I couldn't concentrate anymore. Being away from Quinn for so long was torture but I was glad that I never stopped planning on how I could get her back.

The gentle way never worked so it was time to do it the hard way. As soon as I got home, my assistent handed me the finishing touch of my plan over. I smiled when I read the papers. Everything looked legit so Quinn would definetely fall for that. "Is everything prepared?", I asked her and she nodded while I had a sinister grin on my face.

"We just needed to change her surname. It's Waters now.", she explained and my smile immediately dropped. She got married?! How could she betray me like that?! Especially with Illian Waters? Really Quinn? You prefered this loser over me?! "Seems like I have to punish her as soon as she gets here.", I growled out while my assistent looked at me very helpless.