"Shh... Listen," He smirks, and first there is no sound, but then his hand slide up my butt and squeezes it. I gasp and hold my breath for a second to hear the furious thumping against my rib cage.

Shit. My heart.

Heat rises up my neck till they spread to my cheeks completely as my chest rises up and down rhythmically due to the heavy workout session if you know what I am talking about. His fingers entangled in my thick locks making me look into the blue oceans clouded by grey. His eyes.

"I love the sound of your heartbeat...because it beats for me."

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Aurelia Hargrave - a not-so-ordinary, twenty-four-year-old girl who thrives on illegal Street racing and has all her hearts for the elfin little ones in her NGO - Child Care Centre, which she has been running since the age of eighteen. Weird combination? Well, there is nothing in her life which is basic-bland-normal. Losing her father in a heart attack when her mother ran away with another man, she was left with nothing but emptiness which echoed in her brain like the chains in a dungeon. She spends countless nights looking over the city at night, brooding about her existence, her life. Does she even belongs to this world or is it just an acquaintance? And she hasn't found an answer yet. She is shattered and scarred, walls so high that even she cannot see over them. She is a weak-hearted person who has to build enduring and impenetrable walls around her because she doesn't trust anyone, maybe not even herself.

Theodore Raymond-a twenty-seven-year-old remorseless steely CEO of Raymond Corporation, has had a rough childhood bearing the brutal assault of his father who aimed to make him the best businessman of the New York City, which he successfully is now. He is a fierce and stony-hearted soul playing with all the powers of the world resting on his fingertips. He has women throwing themselves at him but he believes that he has other important business to attend to than undignified discreditable damsels. He respects women and stands confidently as a "man" who is above these cheap entertainment. He loves his family deep within his core but his heart isn't open for stray, idiotic human beings.

What happens when Aurellia needs money for her NGO and Theodore assures to help her. But he has only one condition-MARRIAGE.

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AESTHETICS.

AURRLLIA JADILYN HARGRAVE

THEODORE ALMIN RAYMOND

These aesthetics have been made by sweetwhimsyy_ ❤❤❤