After awakening from a month-long coma following a car accident near Shadowvale Valley, Viana is drawn to the captivating Lucius Thornhart, as her husband remains mysteriously missing. As they delve deeper into the enigmatic circumstances, they unco...
"Humanity" is the key aspect of human beings apparently. Funny! because treachery is all they have. Tricksters with the dirtiest minds but in flesh and blood. It haunts me to even stay here but fate rescinds me back everytime. It irritates me to my core to be around these filthy low life animals but...her.
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"Brother" a jovial masculine timbre awakens Lucius from his day dream.
"Jas" he nods as he stirs his morning coffee at the dining table. "Haven't seen you in a while"
"Well you know how it is...I have been busy" Jasper callously drops his bag and settles right across the table. Jasper is a vision of masculine beauty, with tousled brunette curls framing his sculpted features. His piercing green eyes hold a spark of mischief, complemented by lips so perfectly shaped, they seem carved by an artist's hand. Though lean, his physique boasts subtle definition, particularly evident in his toned abs and sharp jawline. Yet it's his confident, smoky demeanor that truly entrances, leaving admirers spellbound by his charismatic allure and irresistible charm.
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"yeah...Totally" Lucius smiles "fucking is time consuming"
"You do know me" Jasper playfully winks at Lucius as he goes ahead and grabs a scone from the centre of the table. "By the way I had other jobs as well..." he bites into the delicious scone.
"And what would that be?" Lucius drinks his coffee with sophistication, taking slow sips.
"I have an info"
His eyes immediately gets on Jasper. He puts his cup down and firmly asks "What?"
"That girl you are so interested in, is getting too close to her dreams. It has started to physically affect her in real life"
"hm~" Lucius sighs as one of his eyebrow twitches in acceptance. He knows what they all were dealing with. He knows it all but he just don't want to reveal it to Viana yet. A girl who even refused to look at his charming face.
"What do we do?" Jasper who is done eating, asks an engrossed Lucius.
"Wanna fly back to Spain?" a broad, sly smile appears on his face.
VIANA'S OFFICE~
"Ma'am" a soft dulcet voice wakes an asleep Viana.
"yeah" she jumps up with saliva drooling down her mouth. She wipes her face as she responds to the man standing right in front of her with a document in hand. "I am so sorry Marteo... What were you saying?"
"sin problema" he replies as he drops the document on her table. She looks at it with almost tears of distress in her eyes. Her head falls back as she whines in her mind.
"Again?" she asks with quivering voice.
"Yeah" Marteo sighs. "Find new collaborators or this agency is as good as dead"
"Come on....You know I am not stable at this point. I am still searching for Kai, Lillian's school fees plus her karate classes and I am unable to even sleep for one single fucking night!!!!!" she bangs her hand on the table as she vigourously scratches her head making it even a bigger mess.
"Or...You can just... find him"
Viana freezes. Her gaze slowly fumes up as she glares at Marteo and says "You are too much"
"I am not wrong" Marteo swirls the chair right across Viana's desk and drops himself on it. "He is a millionaire! You know that. So rich and sexy" his voice was dripping with excitement with a pinch of horniness. He is the only probable person who knows about Lucius Thornhart.
Marteo has been with Viana for years now. They were a power couple initially until one fine day Marteo realised his actual preference - MEN. They have been friends ever since but Viana didn't tell him everything about Lucius.
"You okay?" Viana is jolted back to reality by the timbre of Marteo's voice.
"Yeah" she forces a smile on her face.
"Please find Lucius." he joins his hand as he requests her to save their asses.
VIANA'S POV~
Lucius Thornhart, the mysterious snob they say. Multiple affairs, business tycoon, emotionless, ruthless, rude; that's how the paparazzi portray his character - tainted. I wish I could say the same about him. I can only wish!!. However or whatever he is, he saved me and my daughter. He was and still continues to be a total stranger yet I can't get him off my mind. When he said, he could help me, was he speaking the truth? Can he bring Kai back? Questions I ask myself everyday but have no answers to and probably will never find out.
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EVENING~
Viana is walking home all by herself. Completely drunk to cope with her helplessness. She is almost bankrupt. No money at all. Kai looked after everything. The photo agency became a huge company because of his involvement but without him, it is all in vain. Their company lost several important clients and she was loosing everything gradually.
Her legs are hurting from walking for such a long time but sadness overshadows it all. She is fighting a battle against herself and will probably loose it all.
Viana unlocked her door with great difficulty as she kept on dropping the keys and laughed hysterically everytime she did that. Her head was spinning but she somehow managed to enter her apartment.
"Molly" she gently whispers but gets no response. She can't even scream because Lillian is already asleep. Admist the darkness she tip toes towards the switch board continuing to call out Molly (babysitter). She manages to bring herself near the switch as she presses on to it. The light was too strong for her sensitive eyes. She squints her eyes as a blurry image of a person sitting on her counter appears in front of her. Viana smiles as she proceeds to say "Molly. I was searching for you"
"So was I"
The voice felt completely different from the babysitter. It took a few seconds for Viana to realise that when she abruptly opens her eyes wide to see a woman but not Molly. Viana immediately screams "Who the fuck are you!!!!"
Viana's voice was so loud it nearly woke Lillian. The mysterious woman watching Viana's frenzy wore a pitiful smile. Desperate and finding nothing else to attack the "thief" with, Viana suddenly hurled her phone at her. To her astonishment, the phone didn't hit the woman; instead, it hung suspended in midair. Viana was stunned. This shouldn't be possible, but this woman was clearly no ordinary person. Her sly smile added to her eerie aura, and her long black braid, draped neatly over her shoulder, contrasted sharply with her sleek, black suit that fit her like a second skin, accentuating her intimidating presence.
"How...Wh..." words are failing to leave Viana's mouth. She is too stunned to speak.
"I am Zephyra Starfall an acquaintance of Mr Thornhart" she jumps off the shelf as she grabs the phone dangling in mid air. "I have a message for you, Viana... I hope we can talk while sipping on to some rum" Zephyra moves past Viana who still is unable to process what just happened but somewhere deep inside her heart fluttered when she heard Lucius's name.
