CHAPTER 2
Aurora's pov.
“ Smile for the camera Rory” my Dad said, his eyes crinkling at the edges as he smiled while taking the pictures.
“ Aurora Aurora” my mom yelled my name, the laughter clearly evident in her voice.
“ Rain mom, Rain” I squealed as the droplets of rain touched my skin, I laughed wholeheartedly dad abandoning the camera to join me and mom under the rain.
The rain drenched us as we all played under the rain, mom and dad were both in their own bubbles while I ran around the field, my laughter echoing in the air.
I was Knocked out of my daydream as the train ground to a stop and walked mindlessly to the house.
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The sound of crashes shot me out of my sleep. My head was aching and my eyes felt heavy and pepperish.
It was already night time, I had slept throughout the day and dad was probably looking for a drink. I could hear footsteps approaching my door.
“ Open this door Aurora, what did you do?How did they find me?” he slurred , banging on the door. I hid under the blanket, trying to block out the noise.
“ I know you are in there , open this door” he boomed, hitting the door.
“ Rory I'm sorry, I thought we had finally escaped him” he sniffled as I heard his footsteps receding.
The nickname caught me off guard, it seemed like a lifetime since I heard him call me that and who was he thinking we had finally escaped?.
The question kept plaguing my mind. I don't know whatever my dad had gotten himself into this time, but I felt it was something and someone dangerous.
I heard the front Door shutting, he was probably not going to be home until tomorrow. Losing my mother was one thing, but letting her go was one of the hardest things I had ever done.
I thought I saw a glimpse of my father during the funeral, but I doubt it my eyes were probably deceiving me. My phone has been blowing up with messages from my other jobs. I had to answer them soon since I cannot afford to lose my job now.
The familiar sound of jhenè Aiko cut through the air as my phone rang.
“ Hello,” I answered. “ Oh my God finally. I'm outside your house Aurora” Amelia said enthusiastically .
“ What are you doing outside Amelia, you know this side of town is not safe” I said, rubbing my fingers on the side of my head to dull the ache I felt.
“ We have a party, remember, open the door, we are already late,” she said. I could imagine her bouncing on her feet with excitement.
Amelia barged in with various bags and equipment in her hands. I could already feel this was a bad idea.
Everything passed in a blur as Amelia did her magic. I stared at myself in the mirror, staring hard just to see if the reflection I saw would disappear and was just my imagination.
The makeup was bold, accentuating my Amber eyes. The red dress hugged me in all the right places, calling it a dress was a drag. It was basically a handkerchief that stopped just below my ass and if I wasn't careful I would flash the whole club.
“ Wow if I wasn't straight I would definitely smash you “ Amelia said. “ I don't know about this, it is too short” I said to her, trying to adjust the dress at the edges in an attempt to increase the length.
“ Don't make excuses, the dress is perfect, who knows maybe you'll find yourself a hot man tonight” Amelia said smiling. She looked gorgeous in her burgundy dress , her blond hair curled to perfection.
The sound of the music booked from inside the club as Amelia and I stood in line outside, the men who stood at the door checked our IDs and let us in.
The music from the club attacked me in waves. Amelia took hold of my hands, leading me towards the bar, bumping into some people on the way.
“ Two tequila shots please,” she said. The bartender, a pierced and tattooed artist, slid two glasses filled with Amber liquid.
“ This is a bad idea Amelia” I said to her, feeling uncomfortable about taking alcohol.
“ You don't have to Aurora, but you need to loosen up.” She said,
We downed the shots in unison, the burn igniting a fiery trail down my throat.
After several drinks, I felt light as the music took hold, my hips swaying to the rhythm. Amelia grabbed my hand, leading to the stage where some strippers were dancing sensually to the song.
This club did not appear like your normal club. I wondered how Amelia was able to get us on the stage, she held onto an empty pole, it was like they knew something like this was going to happen because there were two empty poles on the stage.
Everyone's eyes zeroed on us as we danced on the stage. I followed Amelia and the other girls, moving my waist to the beat on the pole.
I positioned both of my hands on the pole, spinning around. I bent down exposing my cleavage, I could feel eyes zeroing on them.
I felt a hard stare as it pierced through me, I turned around not losing the rhythm of the song as I saw a man, an enigmatic aura emanating from him.
He sat down in the VIP section, a guy sat down beside him who looked like he was enjoying himself as a girl was kissing him.
His stare focused on me as a stripper approached him, he spread his legs c*****g his head to the side smirking. He licked his lips, nodding to me with his head.
The sound of the music reverberated through me as I walked to the pole, held onto it, did a spin and opened my legs wide in the air.
The lighting had become dim, so nobody could see between my legs but the way he stared at them was like he had night vision and could see beneath my panties.
I blamed it on the alcohol as I felt my legs leading me to the man who sat down there dangerously call and desire gleaming through his gaze.
Damien's Pov.
The dullness in my head subsided as I took Aspirin. The headaches were a constant now ever since I took over and had to correct the affairs of the company.
There was a soft knock on my door as the door opened. My secretary entered, holding some files.
“ These are the files you requested for sir” she said, trying hard to get my attention.
“ You can drop them on the desk,” I said, continuing my work. The sight of the files came to my vision. Raising my head to dismiss her from my office, instead of being met with the white interiors, I was met with something that looked like two cheeks squeezed together.
She was f*****g showing me her t**s and shoving it at my face,I separated my personal life from my work life, so I do not condone to office romance.
“ Get out you are fired” I said to her, my tone flat.
“ But -”
“ Did I stutter?, I said get out “
Fucking incompetent secretaries, I do not know why she looked shocked maybe she thought she could seduce me , get a good f**k out of me and all of a sudden we would fall in love. She scurried quickly out of the office.
I checked the time on my Rolex, and it was almost time to meet with the Chen's. They had a firm over in China and a very successful one at that. This deal with them would benefit us both greatly and they had been eager to have me on board.
I walked out of my office, my former secretary nowhere in sight, my secretaries do not even last long, she was the longest which had lasted for two weeks. The office was in chaos, staff moving around. I did not care to know what was going on as I had a meeting to attend.
“ Hello sir” James said, opening the door for me.
“ James, how is Angela?” I said to him, as he opened the door.
“ She always asks of you , sir,” he said.
“ Don't call me sir James, I'm not that old” I said to him.
“ But sir, we are in public,” he said.
James was one of the oldest employees here, he had been working here since my parents so I had respect for him.
“ Say hi to Angela for me” I said to him, getting in the car.
There was usually traffic at this time of the day, I lived in one of our hotel's penthouse , it was not really a long drive from the office but with the traffic, I Spent more time than I expected.
The familiar building of the penthouse loomed across the sky, indicating that I had gotten home.
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I got into the club , the lights resonating to the beats, I spotted Alexander- “ Dammy you didn't tell me you were coming to my club” Alexander said. Oh did i forget to mention that this club was owned by Alexander?, it was one of the places he owned and liked going to apart from my house. I wouldn't admit it to him but I liked having him around.
He was on a chair in the vip section when I approached,he was with two girls, one kissing him and the other was busy jerking him off. I had come here for business, not for pleasure and the chans were already running late.
I checked my phone for any messages but saw none, I could feel the air shift , it felt like everyone was bewitched apart from Alexander who was busy getting sucked off. It was like a siren as I spotted two girls dancing on the pole in the middle of the room, but the girl with dark hair caught my eyes. She was dancing sensuously to the song. At one point I wished I was the pole itself.
It was like she was a master seductress as she poured all her charm onto the dance. Red dress, dark hair, the dress hugged her figure like a second skin, the image of her on the pole was engraved in my mind.
Her eyes shone as she spotted me, f**k I was already hard from just her looking at me, I spread my legs, to give it some space. She walked towards the edge, bending down to show a bit of cleavage.
“ Are you alone baby” a stripper said, rubbing her hands all over my body, she was practically naked.
“ Even if I was, I wouldn't want you anyway” I said to her as I focused my vision back onto the lady in red. She walked back to the pole, doing some sort of trick and opening her legs wide in the air as the light dimmed.
I could hear Alexander saying something inaudible as I stared deep into her, something stirred inside me as I saw her approaching.