VICTORIA FOX-
I wake up in an unfamiliar environment, okay wait, this is not my room. That's when all the memories come crashing down which makes me groan in frustration. Aaron did let me text Ben that I had a work emergency so I had to bail on him but I'll see him tomorrow, he had the nerve to laugh at my face and tell me he is not letting me go anywhere.
Later, we got into a pretty huge fight which made me so angry that I locked up all the bedrooms in the house, including his where I slept, forcing him to crash on the living room couch.
I quickly got out of my bed and realized it was the same room I wept my eyes out five years ago, when he left me. It was very unsettling for me to be here. I brushed my teeth and headed downstairs to confront Aaron and leave once and for all.
As I headed downstairs, I saw Aaron stretching his arms as he woke up, SHIRTLESS!! He winced a little before standing up, his back is probably hurting. I tried to look anywhere other than his abs but failed miserably.
He looked so good, his hair was dishelved which made me want to run my fingers through them. I felt a carnal need to touch him. I could feel my heart racing and a tug in my nether region.
Oh no! It's happening again.
Take me to the holy waters now!
He walked toward the kitchen distending his arms which made his back muscles flex evidently. Fuck! This man probably worked out like crazy, why is he so damn perfect?
Hey! Fox, snap out of it!
My brain yelled at me bringing me out of the trance. I followed Aaron in the kitchen, to see him making coffee. Can this man just put a shirt on? I think in frustration.
He finally notices me and gives me his devilishly handsome smile which makes my heart fall out of my chest," Hello sweetheart, how'd you sleep last night?" He asked sarcastically.
This always happens, his mere presence spellbinds me. This stops now!
"Aaron, I am leaving and no you can't forcefully stop me." I say sternly. He has a reputation of never losing an argument but everyone has their firsts.
"You want coffee? I'll make your favourite caramel mocha." He asks completely ignoring my earlier statement. But somehow my heart warms at the fact that he remembers something about me.
"No, I am leaving, bye!" I yell out in exasperation, so that he won't ignore me again.
"Victoria, you really want to do this with me?" He says in a challenging tone as he pours his coffee in a mug before taking a sip out of it.
"Yes, you can't force me to stay here with you and 'procreate'! Do you hear yourself? You sound ridiculous." I whine as I try to make my point.
"Okay, if you want to do this. Let's do this." He says as his expression changes, his game face was on. He does that when he is ready to destroy someone in an argument.
What did I get myself into?
Yeah Victoria, you are asking that question 5 years late, but good job catching up.
My brain mocked me again. I rolled my eyes before replying," Yeah, let's have a peaceful discussion and then part ways."
He chuckled wholeheartedly like I said something really funny. The audacity this man has.
"Come here, Victoria, stand close to me, so that I can talk to you properly." He said in an awfully sweet tone, which made me feel like I was walking in a lion's den.
I wanted to protest but I knew better, he wouldn't listen. So I walked over to him and as soon as I was right by his side, he pulled me swiftly in his arms.
My breath hitched as I looked into his beautiful green eyes.
"Okay, so let's play a little game, that's called true or false." He says with a wolfish smile on his face, as his hands skim the sides of my body.
"Didn't you sign a contract saying you would be my wife for an 'eternity'? Yes or NO?" He asked his first question.
"Yes bu-" He didn't let me finish, "Didn't the contract state if you try to violate any terms, you would have to hand in your restaurant and also repay your debt with interest?"
"Yes but I tho-" He cut me off again as his hand tucked one my lose strands behind my ear," You accuse me of giving you a loveless marriage, but do you ever remember me promising love at any point in our agreement?"
I was answering his questions without realizing that I was falling for his trap.
"No." I say as my voice croaks, don't cry in front of him, Victoria! I now understand why Elizabeth was so against this idea. She didn't even attend my wedding because I was making the biggest mistake of my life and she just couldn't watch. I was just so blinded by my love for him. I was such a naive little stupid girl.
"Also, I don't know much about marriages, but if it involves terms like these, I would never mistake it for a love marriage. Right?" he said as he traced his finger along my collar bone as I closed my eyes. I couldn't think of anything, I was powerless. There was no way out of this contract as Landon, who was the best lawyer in the country had drafted it.
I opened my mouth to speak again but I didn't know what to say. He had completely stumped my argument. But I wasn't going to give up, I will have my way this time.
"Do you think it's morally right to trap someone in a marriage they don't want to be a part of? We've been friends since childhood. Do you really think what you are doing is right?" I asked him, trying to approach the human part of him which I think died when Katrine left him 6 years ago.
"No, what I am doing is completely wrong. I mean everyone has a right to marry who they want to. That is the morally correct thing to do. I mean I feel like only a monster could do something like this." My mouth was left agape listening to his words shocked me. He explained, tracing his finger along my cleavage now which made me suck in a breath.
I looked at him with utter confusion trying to ignore the fact that what he was doing right now was entirely inappropriate and also that I had a fiancé," You agree with me?" I asked him trying to decipher his genuine motive.
"Yes, unquestionably, 100%" he said as he gave me a beautiful smile.
"So you are going to let me go?" I ask hopefully.
"Oh absolutely not!" he says with a smug smile on his face which makes me angry. I could just punch his smug beautiful face. The fact that he was shirtless and I was standing so close to him didn't really help my case.
"You just said tha-" I try to justify his answer to him but he cuts me off for the umpteenth time," I know what is right and wrong, doesn't mean I have to follow it. I don't want to be a villain in denial, I know I am ruining your life but there is nothing I can do about it without hurting my company's future." He says as he kisses my cheek and walks away. I finally breathe out loud, his masculine musky scent made me melt.
"Wait Aaron, I need to know, why did you change so drastically after Katrine left? I deserve to know that. You were so selfless before!" I pleaded, of course, he was still the same man who liked teasing people and goofing around but you could see a visible change in his character.
"You know we are more alike than you'd think. We both loved people so much that it hurt, but they didn't love us back. They only used us for their egotistical motive, everyone in the world is selfish. It just depends on what they want. Love is fake, brutal actually, a complete lie. The only difference between you and me is that I've realized that, you have not. If you think about it, I am actually saving you from a lifetime of deceit." He says in deep thought, for the first time ever, I felt like Aaron was real and vulnerable in front of me.
He is always joking around and so happy. But everyone knows something happened to Aaron which was so bad that it made him not want to love again
Don't feel bad for him, Victoria! This is how it starts.
Before you know it, you'll be in his bed.
"I don't care, Aaron. I am going to find a way out of this and I am no way in hell ever going to sleep with you." I say in a confident voice, looking at him in his eyes, to make my point clear.
But he smirks smugly," I wish you'd stop denying this, Victoria. You know you want it, I have seen you eye-fuck me since you hit puberty. You probably came for the first time thinking about me. Finally, you would be pleasured by someone who knows your body."
As soon as I heard those words, I knew I was in trouble. Why did that turn me on?
Oh god, I need to get out of here.
With that he goes away, leaving in as a mess- physically and emotionally bothered.
I quickly look for a cell phone, I need to call Benjamin. He needs to know everything, maybe I can call Elizabeth, but she'll just end up lecturing me before helping me out. That's when I see Steve, from my peripheral vision and his phone accessibly lying on the side of the entrance table. I make my move, when he starts talking to the cook who was here as Gloria's replacement.
I sneakily pick up the phone and then run to the back of the house where I knew no one would come. Finally, I can talk to Benjamin. I was very proud of myself maybe I can be a ninja someday.
He was aware of the entire situation and I didn't lie to him at all about anything. So he is the only one who could maybe find a legitimate solution. Unlike Elizabeth's, which was murdering Aaron. I impatiently tapped my foot as the phone rang, on the third ring, I heard his familiar voice.
"Hello Benjamin Wills Office?" I heard him say.
"Hey Ben, I know you have a lot of questions, but I can't talk for long, I am here at Aaron's place. He forced me to come here. He was not happy about the divorce papers." I whisper just to be on the safe side.
"Oh my god! Vicky! What the fudge? You are safe, right? He didn't force you into anything else right?" he asked me in a concerned tone. Yeah, he was a sweet guy who didn't like to curse.
"No, of course not. Aaron would never do that." I defend Aaron, for some reason I felt angry that Ben could even think that.
"Okay but be safe, how are you going to get out of this? We can hire a lawyer to fight for you." He suggests and I snort at the idea.
"You know Landon Chambers would be the opposing lawyer, right?" I say and hear Ben breathe in defeat.
"We are stuck, how will we ever get out of this, Vicky?" he asked me in a sad tone. I didn't really like the nickname he used for me but he seemed to love it so I didn't protest. As I looked around the garden and my eyes widened like saucers when I saw Steve with an amused look on his face and Aaron with a displeased look on his face, standing at distance from me.
"Okay, he's here, I've to go Ben." I say as I hurriedly say good bye to Ben.
"I will try to find a way out, I love you from the moon and back." I heard say on the other side of the line.
I cut the call and got ready to face my death.
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