Chapter 3
1177 Words
Aurora POV
The next day, I opened my eyes and felt sore all over my body. I felt a huge arm on my waist and sprang up immediately to see a stranger laying next to me half naked.
Who is he?? Why is he here?? I lifted the duvet up to see my naked body then gasped immediately.
What's going on??
What's happening? I had zero memory of what had happened last night. How did I get there? Why am I in bed with a man that's not my fiancée. I tapped the stranger on the bed next to me and he opened his eyes and smiled at me immediately.
"You are awake,"
"Don't tell me something happened between us" I asked with a shaken voice and he just looked at me with no expression on his face.
I stood up with the duvet wrapped round my body and dragged my sore body and clothes to the washroom.
As soon as I got in, the duvet released from my body and the clothes I held fell on the washroom tiles.
I looked at my reflection in the mirror and started whimpering. Please this should not be real. I did not cheat on Maverick right??
"Nothing happened between me and that stranger right?" I questioned no one in particular as I whimpered loudly.
I wore my ripped dress as I sobbed and went out of the washroom. I met the stranger on a phone call and he ended the call abruptly, facing me. I saw his face clearly and recognized him instantly, Arlo Bronson.
He just stared at me without talking. How can he be calm in this kind of situation?
I brought my phone and dialed Maverick's line, but he did not pick his call. I called again and again, and he finally picked the call. As soon as he picked it, I heard a loud nagging coming from him.
"How can you be so shameless!You let a bastard touch you, Aurora, I'm calling off the engagement" He yelled and I'm sure Arlo heard everything he said. There's a hint of anger and disappointment in his voice as he yelled at me.
I tried to talk but he disconnected the call. Maverick hung up on me. I called him again, and again, he did not pick his call.
"Em' Arlo......" The sound of a fierce knock interrupted me and he looked at me.
Why does he keep staring at me, can't he talk or is he dumb? I walked to the door and opened it, cameras flashes on my face and immediately I shut the door.
"Paparazzi are here" Arlo finally spoke, I glanced at him and dialed Maverick's line, he's not picking up.
I called Maverick again and he picked the call after some much hesitation.
"Babe, why does she keep calling you? Don't tell me you're in love with her after we set her up with that illegitimate son of the Bronson family.” I heard Astrid's voice and my eyes became cloudy as I lost my balance.
I hit my back on the door.
All this was plan work. They worked hand to hand to humiliate him.
"No, I don't love her. It's you that I love"
So Maverick has been cheating on me with Astrid all this while. That explains the frequent phone calls, his lateness,his cold attitude and nagging….I poured so much effort into this relationship and is this what I'll get as my gain.
"I..... Maverick" I called with a cracked voice as tears rolled down my cheek nonstop.
The call suddenly disconnected. More tears rolled down my cheeks. I find it hard to believe my long term relationship has ended. Astrid set me up with a stranger so she can have Maverick to herself.
What can I do to satisfy her family most especially my stepsister.
My stepmother detest her existence, same with my father and step sister. The hatred is enough to make life miserable for me and Astrid added more salt to my wound as she went behind her back to have an affair with my fiancée, and set me up with a stranger, making a disgrace to my father.
Arlo watched me cry as I laughed amidst the tears.
"What's wrong?" Arlo asked.
The knock on the door became so fierce, and I ruffled my hair with my hand as I laughed while crying heavily.
"I...." Suddenly something crossed my mind and I approached Arlo. "Let's get married, be my fiancée and let's lie to the world "
His thin lip curled up in a smile as he nodded. "I will be your husband and you will be my little fiancée "
I nodded and cleaned my wet tears. He had dressed up and I didn't even notice that. He gave me his blazer and I wore it, covering my ripped dress.
I held his arm and stepped out of the room. Cameras flashed on my face with different questions thrown at me. I cleared my throat and spoke.
"Maverick and I had broken up ages ago, I'm engaged to Arlo, I guess someone passed out the wrong information to you all" I said.
"How did you meet Arlo?" Different questions were thrown at me by the paparazzi but I walked away with Arlo who used his huge body to cover my tiny body.
We got outside the mansion and entered a black SUV car. I put on my seatbelt and watched him drive out of the compound.
"Your car?" I asked and he glanced at me. I heard rumours about him being a commoner. Did he steal the car?
"I rented the car" He replied, as if he had read my mind. I nodded and he tapped his fingers on the wheels.
"So who invited you to the party?"
"I came on the behalf of my boss" Arlo replied, with his eyes fixed on the road.
I nodded and went mute for minutes before asking questions again.
"Who is your boss?"
"The CEO RC corporation," He replied and I just nodded again.
The car drove inside a duplex and parked properly. The penthouse is huge and more beautiful than my parents house.
I took off the seatbelt and hopped out of the vehicle at the same time as him.
"Arlo, what are we doing here?, Is this your house"
"No, my boss gave it to me for working hard" He replied and I shook my head smiling.
The duplex is massive, the first time I'll be seeing a duplex with my two eyes.
We went in and a man with an elderly woman came to us. The two bowed for us.
"Welcome b...."
"Martha take her to her room" Arlo interrupted her and the woman looked at me.
She smiled and I went away with her, admiring the house.
I got to the stairs and glanced at Arlo, I saw him talking to the elderly man seriously as he wore a different expression.
He looked terrifying, and something grasp my attention more.
"Kill her"
"Kill who??"
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