Chapter 42

"Hey, stranger."

Aurora smiled hearing Susan's voice. She turned her head and looked at her friend.

"Haya back!" Aurora replied. Susan nodded at the place beside her. "May I?" She asked for permission to sit beside her.

"Since when did you start asking?" She rolled her eyes and patted on the seat. "Come!"

Susan sank down on the chair and sighed. "Have you told Ethan about your win ?"

"Not yet, I called but he was busy in a meeting. I told Thomas he congratulated me and told me that he will inform dad about it."

Susan inclined her head and pointed a finger in the dark sky. "Look at those two bright stars. That's mom and Aunt Savi. See how happy they look."

Aurora smiled. "Thanks for being with me, always Susie. Mom and Aunt are looking upon us from up there."

"Is everything alright, Aurora?"

"It is. I mean everything is fine, and you know what? I am back. I will not think about anything else except for this fellowship now. It's a career-changing opportunity for me and I won't let anything steal my moment from me."

"Sometimes we just need to let things go and live in the present. Forget about everything except for the moment you are in, Aurora. Be my chirpy old friend again."

Aurora hugged Susan tightly from the side. "Done deal!" She said in enthusiasm.

"You love me too much, right?" She asked, raising her brows.

"You are family for me Aurora and I can't see you like this. Was that man more important than me, than your happiness? You knew him what, five months! Is he worth your smile, your confidence…"

"No, he is not. I get it and I am sorry for everything...But I promise you. I will be myself again…" she said, kissing her friend on the cheek affectionately.

Or I will try to do so…

Susan smiled and stood up, "shall we sleep now, girlfriend. After all, it's a new beginning from tomorrow for us."

Aurora stood up as well and they both went back to their cabin for a good night's sleep because tomorrow starts their new journey.

On the other hand, Liam was in the boxing ring with Alexandrio both fighting a match.

"So you had this what, a contract with your future father in law to court your fiance…"

Liam didn't like the teasing in Alexandria's voice and he struck a right hook directly on his face which his friend stopped using his fast reflexes.

"Fuck!" He struck back and Liam took two steps back, attacked once again and this time punched him directly in the jaw.

"Alright, I am out."

Liam chuckled. "Leave all this aside and tell me how to woo a girl like Aurora, I am sure you know all the tricks in this department," he asked, opening his boxing gloves with his teeth.

"She is usual, try dating, you know to take her to dinners, give her some flowers and cheesy lines that will do. It works on girls like Aurora all the time."

And Liam stared at his friend pointedly. "Cheesy lines?"

"You are stuck, my friend…" Alexandrio left a throaty chuckle. "Badly!"

Liam left a depressed breath and looked at the sky. "Tough luck!"

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"Girls, how am I looking?" Emily asked her friends and Aurora eyed her hot body. That professional blue pencil skirt and white silk shirt stuck to her body like a second skin and it showed her curves beautifully.

Aurora whistled at Emily. "Who do you want to kill with this hot look, that Russian billionaire?" She teased her and suddenly, Emily's smile became hard to maintain.

Susan waved her hand evasively."That Russian billionaire is a thing of the past. Now our Em is bored with him."

Emily nodded at Susan, thanking her without words for handling the situation. Susan only rolled her eyes and nodded back, saying it was not a big deal.

"Wow! And no one told me. But he was hot. You know…"

"Okay, now we should stop this billionaire chat and focus on this job at our hands. Today is our first day for this internship and girls, we need to impress Kevin for our brand. Winning this competition gave us recognition in the designing world but now we have to think about our brand."

"Yup! We will do it…" both the girls said and Susan nodded. "Oh, and tonight, after office I have planned this spa night for us tonight."

They all accepted the plan and left for the office. Once again Katie greeted them at the entrance. "Welcome to The Belle. Hope you like everything here."

"We hope that too," Susan replied while Emily and Aurora smiled at her politely.

"You all will assist Kevin in his new collection for now but from tomorrow, you all will be assigned different responsibilities in the designing team. Miss Aurora, you will be responsible for presenting the final designs to the CEO personally and Miss Emily you will be assisting the head our the raw materials team handling our partners from Russia. And miss Susan you will research the collection ideas."

"Alright!" All three of them nodded as they understood their responsibilities.

"This is so beautiful!" Emily whispered looking around the modern architecture of the building.

"Wait till we open our own brand. Just two more months Em! Nothing can stop us anymore," Aurora replied.

And they all were engrossed with their new responsibilities. Every other thought was at bay from them, now they all were focussed on their works of and happy doing that.

Aurora wanted to impress Kevin with her designs and skills and she was trying her level best. Even Kevin who took Aurora for a brat and even if she wanted the contest Rawl knew there were far more talented candidates than her. According to him, Maya should have been the winner but the ship has already sailed now.

Still, he was impressed by her fresh ideas and determination to learn.

"It was a nice day, Aurora," Kevin told her after finishing the first design for their new collection.

Aurora smiled. "Thank you, Mr Kevin and I hope you are happy with my work."

"I am and you amazed me today."

Aurora's smile widened. "But it's not me who you have to impress but the CEO of this jewellery house. In the end, he will decide to select or reject any design."

Aurora nodded in understanding. "I will do my best to doesn't this design to him, Mr Rawls."

"Good, now that office time is over, do you want me to drop you somewhere?" He asked but Aurora politely declined the offer.

"Oh, no, we brought our car and we have plans for tonight."

"What plan? Won't you invite me?" Kevin asked in a teasing manner and Aurora giggled.

"Well, we are going to the spa…"

He grimaced. "Alright, I am off that girl's stuff. Enjoy but don't forget that tomorrow is a big day for you."

"I know, thanks again, Kevin."

Kevin nodded politely but before he could speak his cell phone rang and his smiling face turned serious within a nanosecond when he glanced at the caller ID. He raised his head and looked at the CCTV camera in his cabin.

"Excuse me, Aurora," Kevin said and walked out of the cabin leaving Aurora alone. She sighed and gathered all her belongings before calling her girl gang.

Meanwhile, Kevin knocked on the door and entered. He gulped when his eyes went to the person sitting at the centre of the cabin. Liam Knight.

Liam was sitting in his office and watching his would-be wife work the whole day with pure determination. He was impressed that she can manage to do something else apart from making people mad with her none stop blabbering.

Everything was fine, he was okay with her professional relationships but then 7a hot fury ran through his body who he saw Aurora smiling with his head designer.

Liam immediately ordered Kevin to meet him in his office and then he waited for his designer to tell him what was that damn funny which made them laugh like that. He glanced at the door when it opened slowly.

Liam started tapping his forefinger on the huge mahogany desk, slowly. His eyes sharpened when Kevin entered and stops in front of him.

"You called me, Liam?"

Liam gave him a stiff nod. "How is your new intern, Kevin?" He asked.

"She is good, has the determinant and enthusiastic."

Control Liam! Control!

"What is so funny that you both were laughing with each other?" He asked starting directly info Kevin's eyes.

"Oh, that is nothing, I offered to drop her somewhere but she declined because she was going for a spa night."

Spa night!

Blood filled in Liam's male part and sitting on the chair became hard for him.

Fuck! The girl was intolerable when she open her mouth but her body gave her a boner every time he think about that silky skin of hers.

"Any problem?" Kevin asked Liam who looked a little lost.

Liam turned his eyes to Kevin. "This is my office, Kevin and I want everyone to behave professionally. So I would rather you remember that," he said pointedly.

Kevin stood stiffly. "I understand."

Liam gestured at the door and Kevin understood at once that he was dismissed. Kevin might be working in The Belle but he has heard enough whispers among people to know that Liam Knight was not someone to be crossed over.

Liam pulled out his phone and called one of his men who accepted the call at once. "Follow Miss King and tell me where she is," he ordered and ended the call.

"Fuck!" He winced at the uneasiness in his d**k when he moved back in his chair and closed his eye and that blonde temptress face flashed in his eyes and the words of her father rang in his ear.

Woo my daughter, make her fall in love with you.

"You have stuck in a hell whole Liam." He cursed under his breath. He tried to calm his libido but nothing was working so with no other option left he once again picked his cell phone and called one of his whores to calm his wild libido.

Liam glanced at the adjoining door of his office and penthouse here. There stood the black-haired beauty in satin lingerie. She moved seductively to him, her lips perfectly coloured with red lipstick.

When she came nearer she sat on her knees. "How may I help you, sir?" She occurred in her husky sex smitten voice.

Liam opened on the zip of his pants and leaned back in his chair. The girl crawled like a kitten and pulled out his d**k from his pants and used her skills to satisfy Liam.

But Liam still couldn't get the image of Aurora out of his mind and he growled in anger. The girl's mouth was like a magic and all he imagined was that instead of his regular whores it was Aurora who was working her magic on him and it works. He busted out in release cursing loudly.

Liam left a harsh breath and opened his eyes. Looking at the girl in front of him he gritted his jaw. He wanted Aurora to be here not her.

"Dismissed," he ordered and the girl stood up at once, nodded and left.

Liam's hands were itching to touch Aurora's body. Her silky skin was all he wanted to feel under his skin. Liam was getting impatient. He wanted to own Aurora but Damn, Ethan and his stipulation!

He was sitting with a raging body when his cell phone beeped with a text notification and when he read the text his mouth carved into a twisted smile.

The text has the address of the spa where his would-be wife was taking a body message.

"I think my hands deserve to have this little fun with your smooth body, Mrs Knight…"