His Purchased Wife novel Chapter 109

"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.