Patrick gazed at his wrist, it was hurting him. Initially he ignored it but it appears the grip was getting tighter and the poking was something else.
He saw how Aurora held him as if she was afraid he would vanish away. He knew that part of his wrist where she was holding must have gotten bloody red, but he didn't move her hand away.
Maybe it's instinct or intuition, Aurora turned and gaze at him and then followed the direction of his gaze and discovered she was holding him too tight.
She pulled her hand away quickly and apologized “I'm sorry Patrick” she said and saw his wrist was reddened in a circular thread, her fingers printed red on it.
Patrick raised his head and glanced at Aurora, their eyes met. Both stared at each other and eventually sighed. Aurora's face appeared to be drained of blood. She least expected to see Adrian comeback in such a magnificent way.
They both looked away just in time to see the new product popped open by Adrian Lester himself. It was a beautiful sight to behold, but Aurora couldn't find herself to be cheerful at all.
As briefly as Adrian came up, he soon disappeared from the stage. Now the launching was done and Broken bonds were being ordered by many.
As everyone walked around, holding glasses of wine, Aurora was eager, trying to find out the whereabouts of Adrian. She is not going to be able to close her eyes that night to sleep if she didn't get to talk to Adrian.
Clem was busy taking calls for Adrian. His dad also watched the live session of the penguin brewery broadcast but didn't expect that his son is the penguin owner.
He had spent sleepless nights, watching out for Adrian to return and he never did. He knew his son was alive but just didn't want to be associated with him anymore.
And at the moment, nothing makes him go speechless as much as seeing Adrian owning a multi billion dollar company and investing so much in it within the shortest time.
Adrian's contact was no longer connecting. He could only reach him through Clem and the latter informed his boss that his father wants to talk to him.
“You reply to my dad and tell him I wish I could drain his blood and genes out of my system, I would have done it” Adrian replied and walked on.
The bodyguards wouldn't let anyone get close to Adrian. They blocked every other path except the one he was threading, going towards his car.
Against all odds, Aurora got her way through, using her identity as the young Miss of the Blake family and Adrian's ex wife. She was approaching him when suddenly, she heard someone called his name “Adrian Lester”
Adrian paused.
That voice was so familiar that he wouldn't recognise it even in its tiniest whisper. She came, she already knows who he is? He turned, shifting his gaze to the left, just to meet the gaze of Aurora but he looked beyond her, to Jess.
Behind Aurora stood Jess, her clutch held in front of her, her beautiful flowery dress matching with her shoes and clutch. She stood calm, gazing at him with tear filled eyes.
Adrian couldn't look away. She appeared like someone hurt. Her eyes were tear filled and her lips pressed against each other, trying hard to fight back the tears.
Adrian's eyes became tender. He forgot about everyone and everything at that moment. He couldn't dare to take another step. Did he hurt her by hiding his identity from her and she, finding out now, he appeared to be a liar and a betrayer.
Everyone paused. They saw his tender gaze as he stared at the young beautiful woman. They saw her tears already and how she looked away from staring at him.
Aurora turned herself to glance at the woman who stole Adrian's attention from her. She saw his eyes and could not dismiss the fact that pain was in her eyes.
She glanced back at Adrian, he was still staring at her. Are they in love with each other, is he dating her and somehow they fell apart and they met again?
Her heart was beating fast. The last thing she wanted now was someone coming in between, another woman trying to steal this opportunity away from her and Elsie.
Jess turned around and was walking away when Adrian walked briskly towards her, turned her carefully to face him and cupped her face in his palm for a few seconds before pulling her into an embrace.
The cameras were fixed on them. The journalist definitely cannot miss out on scenes like this. This could easily pass for a movie scene but it isn't. It was not going according to script but an unpredictable action.
Adrian saw Aurora stare at him, but it doesn't matter to him anymore. He saw the camera, he saw flashes of photos being taken but it meant nothing to him at the moment.
Being a celebrity meant less privacy. The news will go off that he's dating her, but it doesn't matter. Jess is a clean decent woman, he's not afraid of having his image dented.
He planted a little kiss on her hair and Jess gently moved him away from her before asking with tears “What do I call you, an imposter, a liar or a deceiver?”
“Call me the three, Jess. I'm sorry” Adrian said and without waiting another minute, he intertwined his fingers with hers and walked towards the car,he passed by Aurora and didn't glance at her.
He got to the car, let Jess get in through the door his bodyguards held open for him and walked over to the other side before slipping into the car. As he shut the door, he glanced out from his tinted window and saw Aurora stood transfixed, just staring at his car.
He was going to feel a tint of remorse when he saw Patrick walk over to her and hug her.
That's it, the two lovey dovey.