Chapter 10
Dore the next few days, Nathaniel kept Deliria constantly by his side.
He took her sking, bought her a mountaintop estate, and watched her laugh under the starlat
Tor a fleeting moment, Nathandel wondered if Aurors would have smiled the
way in this setting
at the t
thought was quickly interrupted by Trlicus mire |
Athey drinor p
or new
new patisserie, Nathaniel instinctively asked the driver to stop
Telçik, don’t you love tiramisu? I heard this place makes an exceptional one. Should I have the
Nate, seriously? Don’t you
e the dover grab some“”
you remember i can’t have caffeine? Coffee gives me heart palpitations.”
Whats wrong with you lately? Everything you buy me the food, the clothes, the perfume–they’re all things Aurora likes.
is hit her lip, her expression perfectly calibrated to convey wounded innocence
Nathapiri suddenly felt sufforated. He leaned back in this seat, loosening
lus the with an irritated hug
“It’s nothing. Dony all women like
these things?”
Felicia immediately sensed her position weakening
As the driver raised the privacy partition, the boldly climbed onto Nathaniel’s lap, her movements practiced and seductive ||
She guided his hand to her chest, lening
ing him feel her heartbeat.]]
“Its nkay, baby. We have our whole lives ahead of us. With that crippled batch out of the picture, we can finally be together. I know you want me grinding slightly against him. “Come to my room tonight I want you to make me yours… completely.
Behind Nathaniel’s back. Felicia had secretly undergone hymen reconstruction surgery just days earlier
the purred.
Her sexual history began a thirteen with a high school dropout. Since then, sex had become her addiction–a secret life where she’d bedded countless men, never turning down an opportunity regardless of their age or status.]
of her body hadn’t started showing signs of wear and her bank accounts hadn’t dried up, she would never have returned to pur
pursue Nathaniel at
Following her finishing school training, Felicis lowered her eyes in practiced modesty.
The atmosphere in the car was charged, if Nathaniel agreed, they could easily have sex right there.
But something in him recoded. Nadhandel abruptly pushed her away, frowning a he opened the bir door.
“I have a video conference tonight. The driver will take you back to the hotel.
Telaria tried to protest, but the driver had already pulled away with her in
inside ||
While waiting for another car. Nathaniel noticed a y through his carefully constructed facade ||
a young woman on the sidewalk offering roses to someone the clearly adored. The scene
scene unexpectedly pierced
It reminded him of Aurora. She had been just as fearlessly devoted, just as bright||
Leo, bis assistant, had to call his name four times before Nathandel snapped back to prality ||
“Mr. Blodes? Are you okay, sir?–||
Kathamiri instantly transformed back into the cold CEO, sliding into the waiting car []
Tintine Take me to the Sinclair
Leo was wouilly surprised but changed direction without comment
Nathaniel imitably removed This tie, bossing it a
aside. The look out his pic
phone, stared at it for a long moment, then finally made the call.
Howl. Autora doing||
he household manager heated before answering “Miss Sindair has earn or had water for three days now, sir. She used to be so dedicate, couldn’t handle
misson
a single meal. But this time she’s different–refuses to say what you wanted. She’s just lying in there, wasting away rather t
than admit–||
What the FUCK did you just kay? Nathaniel interrupted, his voice razor sharp
The manager, thinking the connection was
was poor, repeated.
- “Miss Sinclair hasn’t eate
raten for three days-
Who the hell bold you to starve her? Nathaniel shouted his legendary composure shattered
The manager stuttered in confusion Wash this your explicit order
While the manager was downstairs reporting to Nathaniel, Aurora remained alone in her darkened room.
to support her trembling body
Moments eseller, she had tried to get out of bed but collapsed to the floor, her limbs too weak to sup
Hallucinating from dehydration and hunger, Aurora say her deceased parents standing in the doorway, their arms outstretched toward her. Through tear blurred vision, she understood what their appearance meant–death was reaching for her []
er parents ghostly summons, the desperately clawed
But something fierce flickered inside her. She didn’t want to die–not until she made them all pay. Despite her toward her phone to call 911
She hit the inside of her cheek until it bled her mouth tiling with the metallic
dentally triggered a voice message Nathaniel had sent earlier.
I brought you your favorite–Gratis from that Italian place on th
Nathandel had sent numerous pictures of gourmet foods
taste of her own determination. Just as her fingertips brushed the phone, she
Like a last meal for a death row inmate, everything looked exquisite but wrong. He’d gotten it all backwards–she’d never liked tiramisu. He did
For years, shed forced herself to eat it because he loved it. She would choke it down until she gagged, then try again, until her body finally accepted what h mind commanded]
her
Shed even convinced herself she loved the taste, the t
the texture, everything about it.
The memory now seemed pathetically laughable. How desperate shed been for crunts of his affection, constantly erasing herself to become his.
reflection
Aurora wanted to tell Nathaniel everything, then realized it didn’t matter anymore.
perfect
Iyang on the cold floor, she fell a strange peace wash over her. Perhaps this was fitting–her parents had died in a car crash while rushing to be with her. She had failed them by wasting her life of someone who saw her as nothing but a stepping stone
Maybe death would be a release. N
Never having to see Nathaniel again. Neves having to feel this hollow ache where her heart used to be.
As her consciousness began to fade, the lock suddenly turned. The duar swung open, and aurora’s weakened body was lifted from the ground..]
“Danian
“Aurora Sinclair, I’m here to take you home.“]
