p voice of Johny pierced into her e

ut her face and body had started

hny passed a glass of

but her hand paused when she noticed

lled her made a clearance of why she b

well these days, so

re is she that she made t

kept on looking at her with some

m? Johny isn't a man th

ded her the water. Not giving any sign of co

ilty conscience wouldn't let her have p

pping foot in Las Vegas made her stomach churn. Panic clawed at he

he fragile pieces of herself, the cracks in her armor, to him was terrifying. It wa

searcing for an escape route. Every casual glance, every fleeting sm

to thin air, to escape Johny's prying e

cy liquid caught her off guard. She choked, sputte

yourself, Do I look like

't make her feel relieved but

cup so tightly that she fe

pond, nor did she lo

mpty glass in her hand, like s

ess filled the air so thick and fi

we don't leave now, I don't t

with his eyes s

to exit was futile as the door wouldn't open. She continu

t, with his hands in his pocket, his head tilted one side, stari

e for you to do that. The contract had been signed. And

her back, "I know, I was in a rush because of tim

lifted her head, having rested it on the car window t

will get off now." And sh

lic

r door

he slowly turned her head towards Johny who remained cal

ring this, Ariel felt offended and her blood boiled in annoyance,

ith no hindrance whatsoever, she needed t

aby was, or how she ended up as a single mother. But the questions disso

so indirectly hinted to him to open the car door. She hates hi

he car door

s she dashed off to the door entrance. Johny stayed there, w

t like lemon juice, as the car li

and aloof outside. He watched as she entered

-

nya, who sat on the sofa with her arms crossed against her

ir was highlighted by th

e that?" Ariel murmured,

t on why she sat like that. She had called her but she didn't pick. Sh

er phone from her bag, on

put her phone in silence mode on her way to the supposed interview, t

y sigh before losing her fa

n the sofa signalling Ariel to sit be

Anya asked with a serious look, obvi

inish her statement as she got hugged so ti

girl, yeah! I knew it

" Ariel groaned in between her

a displeasure and doubtful expression. She finally released her grip on Ari

?" Anya blurted with a horror fa

got married to him." Ariel respond

of her statement, she knew the die was c

as swiftly as it had appeared, replaced by a

tie, your jokes are usually cheap, but this one... we

Ariel's gaze. Ariel wasn't smiling back, her usual pla

For real?" Anya gasped, her

th an intensity that made her flinch. "Yes," she

t Ariel wouldn't jump in a marriage boat for anything in the world. She loathes lov

ce flat. "It's purely a business arrangement, a marriage in

act marriage?" Anya's brows knitted,

and education. But I regret it shortly after I signed the paper." Ariel turned h

iel's expression, watching as her fri

fingers digging into her palms. Her

a asked in a calm y

s Ve

ightened, her mood dropped to zero,

eek. He said that, when I was about

scaping her lips. "Fate," she muttere

ended upon the room, the at

about Luis" Ariel's head snapped towards her, her gaze f

, her voice shaky laced with desire

e deadly, as if the scoundr

gain, hoping to get