"To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity." ― Dejan Stojanovic

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Eleanor Pallos' POV (Unedited)

Inside the library, I grab the book called, "Hospitality and the Law" for Hotel Management course.

I'm studying how managing hotel operations requires a general understanding of the rules, regulations and laws that apply to the hospitality industry.

We studies examine the legal aspects of the hotel-guest relationship, food and beverage operations, employee contracts and franchise agreements.

Usually, it was taught at the graduate level, this course covers employer-employee union relationships, including negotiations, arbitration, and media.

I wanted to work in our company so I can see Nicolai every day, but now the thought is unappealing anymore.

I don't have the motivations anymore.

I blink back the tears pricking around my eyelids and felt the contacts I hated feeling uncomfortable as the tears threaten to fall.

The contacts hid my bloodshot eyes from crying every night or so I thought.

It's been a week since the announcement and my fate is sealed.

I'm never going to have a chance of him.

Never!

I grab the table that was not too far from the entrance door when I heard my name being called. "Elle!" I heard Nat's called out and a hushing voice from the other students got her giggled when she realize she's distracting everyone.

I smiled weakly and watch her took the seat across me. She's still the hyper Natalia I know.

Natalia looks at me, as she puts down her purse with her Nursing book on the table, where my thick book was opened but none of my attention had been given.

"What happened to you?" Nat's worried tone made me look at her with confusion. "Your eyes," she commented and I felt embarrassed.

"Oh, the contacts is irritating my eyes." I lied and she seemed to buy it, or so I thought.

She shook her head involuntarily as she fish out her phone from her purse. "Your voice

sounds raspy too Elle." She added on and I heaved a sigh.

I know I can't lie to her.

Suddenly, I felt the chair beside me being pulled out. I look who was it and I met Angel's happy eyes, but then the smiles withered when she saw my eyes too.

"What the hell happened to you?" She glares playfully and I chuckled lightly. Sometimes she's weird, but she's lovable and she's very thoughtful and only if you give it a shit about her.

"The contacts is irritating the hell out of my eyes." I lied again and Natalia scoffed.

Angel puts her sling bag on the empty spot on the other side of the table and propped her elbow on the table with her head leaning on his one hand. "Are you sure? You sounded like you bawled so much, or either you blow job too many dicks to get that raspy, choppy voice." She commented and Natalia guffawed like a maniac, clutching her belly and the librarian glared at us.

I suck in my breath and widened my eyes glaring at Angel's bluntness, but she didn't give a shit as she just shrugged her shoulders. Now, I get it back. She's not lovable. She's mean. "Neither of it!" I snap at her.

"If you said so," she responded deadpan and I rolled my eyes.

"But seriously Elle. What happened?" Angel's curious and worried tone wipes out the irritation I felt for her.

I shifted my body and face her. She looks kind of worried, I just hope. "Alright," I sigh. "I cried... a lot." I look away and watch the students murmuring at the next table while the others busy browsing through the hundred shelvings filled with different categories of books.

"I thought so," Angel said and Natalia looks at me with thoughtful eyes.

"I'm sorry. It must be devastating for you to hear that announcement. I feel you." Natalia said as she sigh and started flipping through the pages of her nursing book.

"I think you need to confess to my brother your feelings. Maybe he also likes you. Who knows?" Natalia remarks and I look at her like she just lost her mind.

I look at Angel and she seemed to agree with her.

"No. I'm not going to do that. That's very degrading!" I shook my head in disapproval as I shifted my gaze at both of them once in a while.

Natalia was now busy tapping on her cell phone.

"Well, you're young and beautiful Elle. You will forget him for sure." Angel just shrug her shoulders and then went on ransacking through her brown sling bag.

I thought of her comment for a second and I thought she maybe right. Maybe I will definitely forget him.

But, how?

Part of me were objecting it. I know it's going to be hard. My friends thought my feelings for him is not too deep. They were all wrong.

"Oh, I hate him!" Suddenly Natalia blurted out.

"What?" Angel's attention drifted to her and Natalia rolled her eyes. There's only one person who could push her button and turns her into a bitchy, wild cat. And that's no other than the infamous Rafael Benedict Valiente. Her so-called boyfriend, the new duke of Pushkin Russia.

Natalia's face turns gloomy yet deadly.

"What's wrong?" I asked curiosity washes over all the bad feelings I felt a moment ago.

"That ass. So that's why he never called me, nor text me back!" Natalia's eyes are close to tears.

Angel and I look at each other and just shrugs our shoulders. We know that two kept on breaking up and then get back together. We are used to Natalia. She'll throw hissy fits and break up with him, then after few days, they were back.

Sometimes, we pity Rafael. He seems to very patience of her and handled her properly even when she's too overacting sometimes. Rafael was actually very loyal to her. All those pictures in the magazines were just merely false accusations, and he never look at any girl, as far as I know.

Natalia is always jealous. Any women that link to Raffy, she felt jealous and then break up with him.

So nothing new.

"So how are you?" I asked Angel and she just gave me a saccharine smile. Typical Angel.

"I'm doing fine. Actually, I'm happy." She gave me a mischievous grin and my eyebrows scrunched up.

Something is definitely up with her.

I cock up one eyebrow and waited for her revelations but it never came. She doesn't look like she had a plan of sharing it yet, so I kept my curiosity at bay, biting back my tongue to bombard her with questions.

"Do you guys wants to come with me- home?" Natalia asked and Angel looks at her with enthusiasm.

"Dad and mom are going out for a date tonight. So I'm free. They won't notice my absence if I won't be back before my class end today. I just have to be home before nine." Angel said too excited.

"How about you, Elle?" Natalia asked. Her face doesn't look happy. I think she needs some company and I knew what will happen tonight.

But if I'll go home now, for sure I'll only see my sister and will only remind me that she's going to marry the only man I love.

"Sure. I'll just have to call dad and mom to let them know, I'll be at your house." I explain and Angel's face lit up. Nat nodded her head.

"Let's go then. Let's just do some marathon movie." Natalia exclaimed and Angel and I nodded as I stood up following them, all the while fishing out my phone out of my purse, leaving the thick book on the table.

I was following the two down the wide hallway, passing every student and dodging them as I tried to call my dad in his personal cell phone.

"Yvonne's speaking," Mom's voice reach my ears. I guess dad is busy.

"Hi mom," I responded shortly.

"Honey, how are you. Are you going home?" She asked happily. I could hear faint of voices in the background.

"Actually mom, Nat invited us over their house with Angel. Since it's Friday, we will just watch a movie then I'll head home." I explain with my sweet sugar coated tone, trying to win her yes.

"Take care then honey. Regards to your aunt and uncle Nick." I nodded my head like she could see me in excitement.

"Yes mom, I will. Love you!" I said.

"Love you too, honey. Let me know when you want us to pick you up." Mom said before ending the call.

I'm so lucky to have a very loving parents. They are the best parents in the whole wide world. Mom sometimes is so strict, but so far, I've never encountered her bad sides. I've seen it many times with Luke and Victoria when they did something humiliating. When they are the cover of every magazine, going all shenanigans.

Sometimes, I envied them. They aren't scared to do what they want. Sometimes, I thought their life is more lively than mine. I grew up so dependent with my mom and dad. I was always the timid, shy and behave one.

I don't remember disobeying them. Magazines always dubbed me the two-goody-shoes-princess of Pallos.

For mom and dad, it was a compliment. For me, it was sarcastic remarks. I hate it. I hate it when people called me to behave, and the fact that I was. Most of the times, I felt damned.

I always tried to change myself, my fashion sense, my whole me, but I never had the guts to do it.

I didn't know, that my life would change very soon.

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Nicolai Petropoulis' POV

I turned the machine off as I was panting heavily, sweat dripping with my white shirt which I called it my gym shirt and my green Nike sports shorts is all soaking wet with my sweat. I have been in the thread mill for an hour, jogging as I watched the news in the seventy inches flatscreen mounted on one wall facing the machines in our spacious gym in my parent's mansion.

I was supposed with Alexandrous at the Xanado Men's fitness gym, but then he has an emergency meeting and dad called me to sign some papers and mom wanted me to have dinner with them, so here I am. In dad's gym, killing time as I waited for dinner and leave.

Mom had been pestering me, treating me like a baby and I hated it so much. I love her, but sometimes her being so caring is just too much to bear.

I'm twenty-eight for god's sake.

I wipe my sweaty face with the small towel slung around my neck and grab my water bottle sitting on the water bottle holder on the side of the workout programs.

I unscrew the lid and chugged the water down until my thirst were quenched and I headed out of the door, to my old room. I walk down the hallway until I reach the stairs and trudge down to the second floor.

The whole third floor is a gym and entertainment room.

I heard three different voices and I could tell it was my sister Natalia and her two best friends Angelik and Elle. I could really tell Elle's voice and for some reason, I felt excited to see her.

I don't know why but after that dinner, I became so interested in her.

I shook off the ridiculous thoughts and just turned to my right and walk down the hall, passing through several doors before I reach mine.

From where I am, I could hear their laughter.

I opened my door and walk in, heading straight to my washroom and undress my sweaty clothing, tossing it in the hamper on one of the corners in the washroom and did I need to do.

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I occupied the seat beside Elle and Natalia was sitting on her other side. Ember and Markus were sitting across us with Angel while mom and dad in the middle.

"Have you taken Victoria out for a date yet?" dad asked and I look at Elle who seemed to freeze to where she's sitting for a second, and then she continued on eating silently.

"Dad, I'm busy so were she." I said smoothly and filled my plate with salad. I'm not really hungry, but mom would surely beat me out with words.

"You have to give her some time to know her more, son." Mom piped in and I almost rolled my eyes. I just stared at mom and nodded.

Then finally, the topic between us and Victoria is dropped. For some reason, it makes me feel discomfort talking about it in front of Elle.

"So what are your plans tonight, baby?" Dad asks Natalia.

My sister beamed at dad. "We will watch movie dad, after dinner." She looks at her friends and they both nodded.

My eyes lingered at Elle. I noticed she didn't wear her distracting eyeglasses, and I'm sure she's wearing contacts. Her bloodshot eyes dominating her sterling gray irises was beautiful and enthralling.

She was wearing just a plain black sweatshirt with a black craft cat design, and skinny gray jeans. Her thick dirty blond hair is always in a messy bun, and her naked face is still alluring. Those lashes are just incredibly ridiculously long adorning her almost doe-like eyes, making her look so innocent, so angelic.

I felt a pulsating throbbing underneath my crotch and I look away.

Holy Fucking cock!

Why do I get a massive boner to her? She's so young, and hell, I'm marrying her sister.

Hold your thoughts, Nico! I chastised myself and just concentrate on my food.

Dad and mom were talking to the girls. Once in a while my eyes wandering to her direction and twice I caught her staring at me. Her cheeks blush when my eyes found her staring at me.

I gave her a seductive smile, warm and sugar-coated smile that makes any women's knees wobble. Her cheeks turn a deep shade of red and I chuckled softly as I continued on eating, sipping my wine occasionally.

"So how are you, Elle?" I heard my mom ask and she responded with her angelic, sheepish voice.

"I'm fine, theia Addy." I looked up and saw her smiling but it didn't reach her eyes.

"She's dating someone!" Natalia squealed.

I was just drinking my wine when I felt it in the wrong hole and I cough. I was surprised to hear that she's dating. Everyone seemed to didn't care that I cough because all their eyes are trained to her direction, waiting for her to say something. She looks like a ripe tomato.

"I-.." She stammered and sometimes she cast Natalia an unknowing look. I have this feeling that Natalia just made it up, but I don't get why she did that.

I could see reluctance and embarrassment in her eyes, but who am I to judge. I continued drinking my half filled glass while watching her.

For some reasons, I hate the thought of her dating someone.

"Don't be shy, honey. You are twenty and by that age, you should be dating someone." Mom commented and she looks at dad lovingly. Dad was beaming at her with adoration and I rolled my eyes.

I hope the two won't kiss in front of us, but I was wrong. Dad reaches out for mom and the two kiss although it was brief.

"Get a room, you two!" I hissed, but dad and mom only chuckled.

"So am I allowed to date then mom?" Natalia suddenly pitched in and mom looks at her.

"I know you're dating Raffy Valiente. I hope you're not dating another guy while going out with that Duke." Mom warned her and my poor sister.

She thought mom and dad don't know it. She blushes furiously and we all laughed at her.

"No mom." She muttered sheepishly and shot everyone an irritated look.

"We are all heading to New York next week. Your theios Stavros Demakis is celebrating his birthday." Dad announced.

Natalia was so excited and I know why. She's going to see that infamous Raffy. I never like the guts of that guy. He better treats my sister nicely.

"Great. Then, can I go shopping after the party dad? We are not leaving right after the party, right?" Natalia beamed at dad, giving him her signature puppy dog eyes which my dad's resolve would melt right away.

"Can I come with you shopping Nat," Ember said.

"Alright. Bring Ember with you." Dad said and I grinned.

It would be fun to watch the two goes shopping. Ember is a blunt and tacky, opposite of Natalia. I know they love each other and they also love to bicker. Not one day they don't argue, but they never hurt each other, well physically.

"But dad, I was thinking to bring Raffy with me." Natalia pouts and dad thrust up his one eyebrow and then stared at my sister.

"I can be a chaperon dad." Ember laughed teasingly and Natalia cast her a warning stare, to which my other sister just brushes it off and all the more she became persistent.

"I think that's a good idea." Dad agrees to Ember to which the latter groaned in disapproval and Ember shot Natalia a happy mixed with teased look. "She can go with you both." Dad decided.

"But dad," Natalia pouts and whine, but dad ignored her pleading.

"I'm done. May we excuse then dad?" I heard Natalia ask.

I look on her two friends and they are both done eating as well. I'm done eating as well and downed the last content of my second glass of wine and stood up.

"May I join you, girls?" I asked and Natalia's face lit up.

"Sure!" She exclaimed.

"Alright, you guys can go," Dad said.

"Can we join too?" Markus said and Natalia nodded.

"Fine." Natalia pulled her two friend's arms and led them upstairs in the third floor where the entertainment room is.

Not long, everyone settled themselves on the long couch while Markus set the movie.Natalia stood up from beside Elle and walk towards Markus as she instruct him which one to watch and I quickly occupied the spot my sister emptied, beside Elle. Trapping her to the end of the couch.

She sucks in her breath when she saw me sitting beside her.

"Natalia is sitting there," she whispered gruffly and I just ignored it, putting my hands behind my head and leaned against the couch support waiting for the screen to come on- so comfortably.

I could smell Elle's intoxicating scent. Smelled sweet and fruity. I'm so tempted to lay her on the couch and just want to bury my face in her neck, down to her pussy, take a deep breath and bend her over and fuck the ever loving shit out of her. Then lay there bathing in each others scent knowing that she's mine, knowing that she's full of me.

Wait, what?

What in the world am I thinking?

Holy Shit!

Well, don't judge me. For all our arrogant pretense, we're still animals at the core.

Yeah, right. Preach Nico. Explain why you are so damn perverted! My inner thoughts chastised.

I look on Natalia who was browsing on the movies already stored in the driver.

After like centuries, waiting for her decision, while the rest was patiently waiting, the screen went on, the background sounds filled the spacious room.

Ember and Angel were talking but stops when the screen went on while Markus already settled himself on the other end of the couch with his wine.

There's a bar inside the room and a popcorn maker. But, it seems no one wants one.

"Move, Nico." I heard Elle's voice pushing me away from her and I just groaned and found my other hand around his shoulder and I close my eyes instead, planning to sleep when I saw the title of the movie, "The Intern."

"That's okay, Elle. I'll sit beside Angel." I heard my sister said and Elle sucks in her breath.

I could feel her body stiffened. She seems so hot. I love the feeling of her so close to me. He scents stirring a lot of emotions within me.

"I can't breathe, Nico. You're too close." I heard her said. Her voice raspy and husky, which only turns me on completely. I'm so glad, the light is dim.

"Hmm.." I just replied and then I leaned on her shoulder and she suck in her breath again.

My eyes still closed and then she stilled. I felt my eyes grew heavy, drowning myself with her sweet scent. I nuzzled my nose on the crook of her neck and I felt her breathing picks up speed. Her smell is addicting. It's comforting and her soft body only ignited the burning desire to yank her and lay her down and taste her, see if she tasted just like how she smelled.

"Fuck!" I hissed and stood up abruptly when I realized what I'm doing. I stormed out of the room deciding to have a shower as I felt my pulsating cock being restrained underneath my blue jeans' crotch, and I can't promise not to touch her if I stayed longer beside her.

God, she's so damn arousing!

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