A girl, haunted by her past was living in solitude. A man, running from his own demons. When their paths collide, the girl wants to run, but the guy is determined to chase after her aura.
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Aurora Ravenscroft was living her life in solitude, plann...
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In the evening, Phoenix took her for a house tour. Their last stop is the game room, Jason's pride and joy. It had a snooker table, a dartboard and a table football. The corner section of the room was different, secured as his office area.
"That's his home office," Katherine told her. Jason smiled proudly and motioned Aurora to go forward.
The large mahogany desk had a laptop, a computer and what looked like a setup for video conferences. Aurora circled to the other side of his desk, to the library wall. Coming closer to it, she realized it was a chimaera. They were not books; it was carefully painted to give the illusion of having a library wall.
Aurora's head turned to them. Katherine was standing with a bored look. Jason was looking proud as a peacock. Phoenix and Tori seemed completely embarrassed.
"Genius, Isn't it?" Jason asked Aurora. "It looks like a library. I look professional in my conference, without having those old stinky behind my back." Katherine rolled her eyes at that.
"I must tell you, dear. A year ago, my master manipulator husband had a green screen setup for his conference here. A malfunction gives his game away. Then he came up with this idea."
"I don't need those books like you have to, in that office of yours. I have the rules memorized by heart, Kat." Jason teased.
Phoenix and Tori's food came out of their mouth from laughing. Katherine frowned at them and they pretended to focus on the snooker table.
Katherine threw daggers in Jason's way, who got saved by the bell before Katherine could pick up the dart and poke his eyes.
Jason had some trouble with the video chat. Katherine warned Tori and Phoenix to stay put. Jason roamed around the room, finally realizing the back camera was on.
"Katherine, I am sorry. I also love the smell of old books." Aurora touched her arm.
"You'll love my office. I'll show you if they allow you some free time." Katherine said, pointing at her kids.
Aurora came close to her and quietly said, "You sabotaged his green screen setup, Didn't you?"
"Guilty as charged."
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"How old is your father...??? Did Katherine and Jason also have an early marriage like Olivia's parents? I bet he is in his 40s and Katherine in..." Aurora kept throwing these questions his way when they were going out for a walk the next morning.
