“What the hell is this Selena?”The two friends stared at the picture on the magazine before them and Selena shook her head, confused.“I swear, I had no idea, Sarah,” Selena mumbled with tears etched around the corner of her eyes. “I never believed Taron would even attempt to embarrass me like this.”“How could you be so stupid!” Sarah chided her. “What were you thinking? That Taron would accept you with open arms, just like that?” Selena ignored her best friend’s rants and stared at the magazine again. On the very first page of it was the most hideous picture of her that she had ever seen in her life. Selena turned to face Sarah. “Can’t we like…tear it out?”“Yeah,” Sarah nodded. “We can tear it out from every single page that has been published. Are you kidding me? There should be a million copies of this circulating round now.”“I’m the one who showed it to you,” Selena eyed her friend. “I can assure you that this is the only published magazine and only four eyes have seen it –
For the hundredth time in less than an hour, Rob’s eyes moved from his wristwatch to the door. He was still expecting the beautiful model, Selena and his mouth watered at the perverted thought of her nude body in his bed. He knew how much celebrities like her valued their reputation and he knew that she would stop at nothing to protect hers. He smiled as he remembered the event that occurred that night. He had finally landed some hot chick that he had been trying to get for a long time and halfway through pleasure, Taron had called him. If it was a call from any other person, Rob could have easily ignored it. He couldn’t ignore Taron’s call however. Taron was the reason his once dead photography career was alive again, the reason he had the money to woo the girl he had his eyes on, and he didn’t want to offend his friend. He had reluctantly agreed to Taron’s request that night and went on to inform some other friends who he knew in the industry that the model, Selena, was a
“Selena Goldbridge, the city’s number one model, and her accomplice, Sarah Hopkins. Care to explain why you’ve got a gun pointed at the young man?” Selena’s blood ran cold as she heard Taron’s voice. What the fuck was he doing here? She turned to him with shock written all over her face. “T-Taron.” “Get back.” Sarah commanded as she turned her pistol to face Taron. “I’m not afraid of anybody.” “Sarah—” Selena tried to get the attention of her crazy friend before she did anything stupid. Was she trying to get them locked up for the rest of their lives? “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” Taron put his hands up, and pointed at different sides of the large hall, mocking Sarah. The cameras. Sarah gulped as her heart started to beat in a different rhythm. “So you see, if you try anything, there’s enough evidence to put you away. Shall I beg for my life now? Get on the floor, maybe?” Sarah gritted her teeth and put the weapon in her purse. Looking around, she saw th
Taron chuckled as he scrolled through headlines on his phone screen. He got a knock on the door and then got up to answer it, letting a blushing maid in with the breakfast trolley. “Good morning sir.” She greeted him and turned to to leave. Taron looked at the trolley and sighed. He went from struggling to getting more food than he could eat for three days for breakfast. Going back to looking at his phone, he saw the headlines. Crazy Celebrity Spotted At Monte Carlos With Friend. The photos under the post didn’t look too bad, but when he went through the comment section, he almost felt sorry for Selena. There were videos under other posts, and they showed Selena and Sarah running out of the building and coming out to be faced with different flashes from cameras. Selena started screaming and Taron exited the page. “She brought this upon herself.” He said as he went to face the meals laid out for him. “And even as it is, if there is a way to make things worse for her, I
Steve was playing with a paper aeroplane he made when Selena walked in without talking. “Oh hi baby, how are you?” He asked with a grin as he turned to look at his beautiful girlfriend. Selena was not smiling. “How am I? How am I?” She raised her voice and banged her fists on his desk. “O-Kay.” Steve said, putting his paper toy down. “Is anything the matter? You don’t look so good.” “No shit. Haven’t you seen the headlines and posts?” “Oh, right. Am I supposed to be asking you before you tell me what you were doing in that lowlife’s hotel, and who you were going to see?” Steve slanted his eyes in her direction. “Or when you were out with your face terribly done, don’t get me wrong, you are beautiful, but that was ugly.” “How is any of that supposed to be your business?” “You seem to be forgetting that I’m your boyfriend and I have a right to know,” Steve put his hands on the table. “and as a responsible woman—” “If anyone should be talking about responsibil
"I'm not in the most comfortable situation here, Harry." Taron turned to whisper to his designated assistant for the occasion. Harry blinked back in embarrassment. He was the shy type, and talking to people wasn't his thing. Taron was surrounded by about five women who had come to him in the guise of 'Wanting to talk to him', but he was smarter than that, and he knew that it wasn't just a casual conversation that these women wanted. Not with the way they kept looking up at him and tried their best to discreetly rub their chests against him, or in Maureen's case, make a show of adjusting her top, which was actually her just pulling the hem down. As if she needed to prove that she had gigantic breasts. "So you know, when I was younger, I used to help my nanny in the kitchen. I mean, it was nice to have helpers to do the work, but sometimes I felt the need to be self reliant, you know?" Maureen gave a long suffering sigh. "And that's good for you, Maureen." Taron sighed. He
"...I'm really sorry for causing a scene yesterday, I hope I didn't embarrass you too much; call me." Taron sighed as he listened to the third voice mail Selena had left for him. "Mike, so you remember how much I've always loved kids? Well one just ran towards me and told me that he thinks I'm the prettiest girl you've ever seen and I'm so honored! What are your thoughts?" Selena sighed and the voice mail came to an end. Taron shook his head. He had bigger things to do, but he was here listening to the voice of such a terrible woman. A terrible woman that he was really in love with for a very long time. Taron remembered trying to talk to her, and her cutting calls saying she wanted to go to sleep. He'd see her posting on her stories on Instagram and whenever he asked, it would be a "Something came up and I really had to go" that he'd get as a reply. "You really did do me a one up, didn't you, Selena?" Taron pressed delete and cleared all the voice mails he had. He couldn't be
Taron sighed in relief. "I'm just grateful that it's you." Taron looked around just to be sure. He had to get used to the guards being around him all the time. "What do you want, Jonas?" Taron asked. "There's someone here to see you, sir, but I also wanted to speak to you about something." Jonas said. "Who is the person?" "He said his name is Rob." Jonas said. "Okay, he can wait. What did you want to talk to me about?" Taron sat and Jonas walked around the perimeter of his study before going to stand before Taron. "I just had to be sure that no one was watching." Taron was perplexed. "Do you need to sit down? It sounds like something very important." "The King Pins, sir. The old sir used to call meetings regularly. Very dangerous set of people." Jonas said, his face grim. "King Pins?" "Information about them should be in your manual, you're probably not there yet. They are an organsation of extremely powerful people, and you are supposed to be their new l
It had been months since the awful incidents had happened, and Selena, Javier, and all the other offenders were still locked up because of the multitude of crimes they had committed against other people, like Taron and Rebecca, and somehow, some missing funds were traced to Rebecca's account, so she had problems with the entire country too. That, and her faking her death was a major offence because it was a popular tactic pulled by fraudsters, and so, Selena was to spend a long time locked up. Rebecca, on the other hand, was doing so much better. She was starting to move during the second week of her awaking, and Taron was so proud of the progress that she was making in her life, and how she was able to forge ahead. "I can't imagine that our lives were troubled by that nasty woman, how did you even manage to end up with her, you crazy man?" Rebecca teased him, and he rolled his eyes "I was a complete idiot, I don't even have anything to say to defend myself." Taron said, sha
It was the main day for the attack. Selena and her killers were heading out to attack. The strategy she had made was full proof to her but she had no idea there was an inside man and her plans had been leaked. Anthony and Taron discussed on the news Radish gave the earlier. They have decided to let the cops know about the act and Selena should be at least arrested if not killed. “Hello! Joe Radish when is it starting?” Taron asked Joe over the phone. “Okay, thank you. I owe you, literally.” Taron joked as he cut the call. “I am leaving Rebecca in your care, and I believe she will be safer here than anywhere else.” Taron stroked Rebecca's hair and gave her a kiss before he exited the mafia house. Taron had informed his security officers earlier about the event, so he put them in strategic places that would give them the advantage. He also called the police to fight with him, he paid a lot of money for that. Taron got to his house. He kept a gun with him and kept two se
The smell of antiseptic filled the room. “Where am I?” Rebecca who had been in a coma finally opened her eyes, she gradually came to her senses. The thick smell of the sterilized air, the sound of beeping, the unfamiliar and white wall made her confirm where she was. “I'm at the hospital.” She said after confirming where she was. “Taron!” She screamed out remembering what had happened. “I have to get out here.” She stated trying to move but was too weak to do so, frustrated by how weak she was, she felt both frustrated and afraid, and she attempted to struggle to move once more, but was unable to. The assistant came in and saw her struggling and yelled. “Do not do that, Miss Moore!” She forced Rebecca to lie back down to the back and used the blanket to cover her. “Who are you?” Rebecca asked confused, as she was not wearing a nurse uniform. “I'm Anaise, one of the assistants under the mafia doctor.” She smiled as the added something into the drip.
Selena was setting up an elaborate plan. She made it her personal mission to attack Taron, not him in particular. She wanted to inflict pain on him or so I thought. “So, I have been with Taron and I know every nook and crazy of the house, within the next few weeks, we will be planning an elaborate attack on Taron.” Selena said, moving across the room in a most dramatic manner. She hired a group of men to attack the house. Amongst the men was Joe radish, he was Anthony and Taron's man on the inside, and nobody knew about him just yet. - Taron was at the mafia house still feeling down about now seeing Rebecca when she was awake. “Why are you guys laying around doing nothing? You work, you get paid, no one paying you to stand around and do nothing.” Taron yelled at the employees. He knew was being hard, but he did not like being moody, he did not want to be like those bosses like all the ones who just yelled at employees based on personal matters. “Taron, son, yo
Taron was too busy, as there was a lot of workload on his head for him to do when the phone call came in. "Taron?" It was Anthony. "Yes, Anthony? What happened?" Taron asked, suddenly worried. "It's good news, actually, you have to know that Rebecca is awake." Anthony said and Taron's heart stopped. He was not sure that he had heard correctly, so he got to his feet slowly. "What are you talking about?" Taron asked. "Rebecca, she is currently awake and she is talking to your mother currently." Anthony said, and Taron was silent for a few seconds before he got very excited. "I'm on my way!" Taron said and cut the call. "Julian!" Taron's current secretary started to knock at the door when he heard his name, and all Taron could wonder was the kind of idiot that he had hired as he secretary. "Come in, Julian! You only have to knock twice and open up when I call you in myself!" Taron yelled and the door opened, and Julian practically flew into the office. "What is
Selena was pacing around as she waited for them to arrive. She had had this nagging feeling for a good, long while now, and now she was sure of it! Taron was playing mind games with her, just as she had been doing with him. "Excuse me? Why did you text like that? I was startled!" Sarah said, looking at Sarah in disbelief as she came inside the house. "It was urgent!" Selena sighed. "You're the first to arrive, I'm waiting for the rest, champagne?" "What do you mean by that? Who else is coming? And next time something is urgent and other people are coming, let me know so that I can prepare!" Sarah yelled. "But you look good already." Selena rolled her eyes. "I can look better." Sarah whined and went to find a spot to sit. "Would you at least tell me why you did this? Why you suddenly called people in here?" Sarah asked. "I'm your best friend, and you're still going to tell everyone eventually!" Selena sighed. She was tired of keeping it to herself anyway. "Wel
Everything is too quiet, Taron thought as he got up. “Everything is to quiet!” He said, and his voice bounced off his walls, filling him with some kind of eerie sensation. Taron wondered why the day felt so strange, but then he remembered that it was the third day, and he got to see Rebecca come out today. “Jonas!” Taron yelled with a smile on his face. Jonas was back from his vacation, and he was not happy with how things had gone, but he was feeling extremely refreshed from his trip. If only he was around, nothing would have happened to Rebecca, because he would have been in the same car as her, and even if she drove, he would have thrown himself at her immediately, even if it cost him his life. He owed these people that much. “Going to see Miss Moore, sir?” Jonas asked, and Taron grinned excitedly at him. “You know it!” Taron said happily. “Oh Jonah, I wish I had three of you, one for me as my personal companion asides my girl, one for my mother, and one for my gi
Taron got out of his seat, tired of all the terrible things that had been happening— not that Rebecca getting out of there on time before anything could happen was a terrible thing, but the fact that he could not do anything about it. ‘It’, being the fact that he could not go to Rebecca just yet. All that he could hope was that she would get up from the bed sooner, rather than later. “And now, I have to deal with idiots all around me.” Taron muttered and got up, realizing that maybe it was the office that was making him have such a terrible attitude. People did not want to deal with that! He didn’t even like dealing with himself in this mood, and Taron remembered that he had made the decision to be a wonderful boss. Snapping at anyone who asked about Rebecca, biting his employees heads off for the smallest, excusable things? When did he turn to this? Taron knew that he was not exactly to blame, but the people working under him did not know that, or about anything that was go
Selena’s heart was beating faster than usual when she got to her car. She face palmed herself. Of course Taron would have asked about Rebecca, why did she have to let herself panic like that? Now she made herself look guilty. “Stupid Taron McCarthy!” She groaned. Taron had invited her to lunch, and she thought that maybe he would want to compromise by making Javier’s share a little bigger, and she like reject her offer and happily step on his face before leaving, but none of that happened. Instead, he was having fun poking at her verbally and watching her squirm. Even took her food away from her when she was only halfway done with it. If only she had not accepted his invite in the first place, Selena thought. Sarah would think that she was a fool and make a lot of noise about the mighty falling and everything. But it had to be a good thing, right? Selena could not take her mind off the fact that since Taron had called her to tell ask her about Rebecca’s whereabouts, then