It had been a year and a half since Nicholas got reunited with his long-lost sister Aurora. Because of her re-appearance, his parents had been able to move on from the guilt of not being able to protect their daughter.

Their mother was improving day by day, and because of his sister's knowledge as a doctor, she got the most utmost care anybody can get. She started responding to the treatment as soon as Aurora took over. Together with the right food choices, the best medicine, and all the love in her heart, her mother had started walking again.

Nicholas did not think Dimitri was good enough for his sister, he knew him because they were rivals, but because of his father's insistence, he gave his brother-in-law a chance, and that was the best decision he's ever made in his life. His father had been right that Dimitri loved Aurora more than himself, he was loyal and attentive to her needs, and he never failed to make her smile, she loved him just as much. Taking them apart as he planned would have been a disaster.

And Enzo, the light in his family's life, his nephew, was just what they needed for their family to be happy again. Nicholas loved and spoiled the kid like he was his own. Since the Santoris and Russo families were now in-laws, there was harmony in their businesses.

Now that everything has calmed down Mrs. Russo's attention has turned to Nicholas having his own family. He was not against getting married, he wanted the love his parents had for each other, something that could withstand the test of time. His parents' love never faltered even in the time of crisis. And that is what he wanted, but he felt that it was not the right time, he was busy with their family business and did not have time spare for a relationship.

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Nicholas had just finished his meeting at X restaurant when out of the blue, a woman hugged him. He was on the phone, so it took time to get away from her clutches.

Lowering his phone from his ear, he loudly whispered, "Hey, who are you?" Nicholas tried to push her with one hand, but she was far stronger than she looked.

"Shh… keep quiet," she murmured as she held onto him tighter, hiding her face in his shoulder.

"Adelyn! Adelyn! She was just here," the man looked at Nicholas and the woman he was hugging suspiciously but then decided to walk in the other direction.

When she was sure the man was gone, her grip loosened. She looked around to make sure he was nowhere in sight and ran the other way.

Nicholas had a brief glimpse of the woman who had accosted him before she disappeared.

She had a heart-shaped face, her skin fair, very expressive eyes, and she had very nice kissable lips. What surprised him was that she had been tall enough to have her head under his chin. He was 6'2", and women needed to wear very high heels to measure up to his shoulders as that woman did.

In the little time he got to look at her, he noticed that she had nice features albeit being covered with too much make-up, and lips too red which made her look like a seductress. She also had an attractive figure encased in a tight-fitting gown and the top of her cleavage teasing him under a sweetheart neckline. Adelyn was the type of woman who would attract everyone's attention everywhere she went.

"Adelyn," he thought of her name as he drove away with his driver. The strong smell of perfume permeated his thoughts, and he remembered the way she clung to him, her strong smell had lingered in his coat jacket. He did not like women who smelled like they bathed in perfume, so he took the coat jacket off and cast it aside.

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"Sister, I am so sorry I was discussing your new project with the director," Adelyn's assistant apologized, 'You look flustered, did something happen?"

"Nah, I think I evaded Viggo successfully, I can't see him anymore, so he must have left. He was forcing me to dance with him, and I hid from him," Adelyn replied.

Her assistant walked them to the doors, "Hopefully, he will give up after a few days. Let's go home. Don't worry too much about it."

Adelyn was a third-tier actress, she usually starred as the third lead in movies and television series, she would appear in around 5 to 6 episodes, nothing significant to the story, just another character to take the lead look better. She rarely gets second-lead, and when she does, her characters were mostly that of a mistress, a troublemaker, or someone unscrupulous.

She was very beautiful and talented enough to be the main lead, but she did not like long schedules and working too much. Modeling was her first love, and she would rather do that all day, but not many people wanted her because she was not well-known in the industry.

One could say that Adelyn was a pretty normal person that had an average life. Her childhood was nothing special, she was an only child, which probably attributed to her wanting to get her way all the time. Her talents consisted of singing, dancing, and playing the piano. But with mediocre grades, she had no future other than the entertainment industry.

When she announced to her parents that she wanted to be an actress, they got worried. They knew how she operated, and this was a job she could succeed in if she put in the hard work, though without any connections, it would be difficult to survive this glamorous world.

But when they finally saw one of her dramas, her parents understood that she was good at it. The only thing that held her back was her inability to work on one project at a tim. She loved having time to pamper herself, and working too much will prevent her from spending time with her close-knit set of friends and going out whenever she wanted to.

Viggo's family has always been in the background of the entertainment industry, his father was a well-known producer of films that never failed to receive awards. He was good-looking and loved riding on his father's name, partying in the clubs, and dating a new girl each week.

He chanced upon Adelyn 2 months ago, and she had never given him the time of day, and he saw that as a challenge and has chased her ever since then. Charming her with jewelry, designer bags, flowers, cakes, drinks, food, you name it, and he had sent it, but Adelyn politely rejected all his gifts. She had never been in a relationship before, but it was clear that this was not what she wanted. Not Viggo and his sweet words and empty promises.

Viggo offered her the moon, better roles, better movies, and make her the most popular actress of her time. But she wanted none of that, she did not want to be a workaholic who had no friends, and the more she rejected him, the more adamant he became. Of course, he was doing all of this because he was lusting after her, she had the right curves in the right places, and her face was something that haunted his dreams, and he had to have her.

At the party, Viggo got a little too drunk, and he was forcing her to dance with him, but since all eyes were on them, she could not make a scene. And when she asked to be excused, he follower her. So she grabbed the first person she saw and tried to hide.

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