Share
Chapter 25
"No evil is without its compensation."
-Seneca The Younger-
***
Greta was just enjoying a quiet day in her house in the afternoon. Since she was already retired she did not do much activities anymore and spent most of her days contemplating on life. Because her legs no longer functioned and she needed to be in a wheelchair she always had a personal assistant by her side. That day she was watching the birds who flocked in their backyard and Greta suddenly felt thirsty so asked her assistant to bring her a cup of warm water or tea. The assistant nodded and left her alone to do the task.
In the meantime, she was thinking about how close she was to escape death last time. It was such an unexpected incident, she knew someone was trying to harm her, perhaps accelerating her death so they would be able to inherit something from her. Then she came to a terrifying realization. Whoever tried to harm her must be one of her own descendants o
Related chapters
ADONIS SECRET Chapter 26
"To be suspicious is not a fault, to be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect."-Lu Xun-***Vian had just returned from work that evening, she was tired and there was nothing she wanted more than a comforting cup of tea and a long warm bath. She entered the house and took a deep breath, the scent of her perfume still lingered in the air, somehow managed to calm her down a little. She prepared herself to go to her room when she suddenly heard a woman’s voice calling her name.She turned around and saw a blonde woman standing there. Vian stopped in her track as the woman approached her. She had recognized the woman as her grandmother’s assistant, although the two of them had never had any proper interaction with each other she knew her before and wondered why she had bothered her that night which was highly unusual.“What is it?” Vian asked with a tired voice. The assis
ADONIS SECRET Chapter 27
"And sometimes you need your knight in shining armour."-Kirsten Dunst-***Vian woke up that morning and started getting ready for the day. It was Saturday and she planned on going to the address her grandmother had assigned her to go. She would just go there in the afternoon and her grandmother had told her she could arrive at around one for lunch time and the person intended to be given the gift to would also arrive at roughly the same time.Since it was weekend, both Adonis and Vian decided they would take bath together since they had more time to spare. Their relationship had gotten a bit closer ever since their last date. It was a good thing Adonis started asking her out, they had sorted out everything that had distanced them from each other before. Even though he had not told her about who he actually was and it would be a surprise for later on, he still managed to make her trust him more and she had actually started to pu
ADONIS SECRET Chapter 28
"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."-James Baldwin-***Vian waited for the man to show up to retrieve the gift and in the meantime she was busy people gazing and observing her surrounding, being in the present moment had always been quite calming for her. Instead of worrying to much about things she could not control she let her body be in the present moment. Though the serenity would not last long because soon enough she saw a familiar figure from afar.It was none other than Carson and the history repeated itself. Actually no, she never had any moments with him like this but her initial instinct was to run away as fast as possible from where she was. Her feeling was telling her to go but her legs felt like they were glued to the table floor and by the time she was able to stand up he was already approaching her.“Vian, I am glad I am finally able to meet you
ADONIS SECRET Chapter 29
"The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness."-David Foster Wallace-***Carson laid down in his bed after he was done playing with the random prostitute he had hired to accompany him that night. The red haired woman had her arms wrapped around his chest while her face faced him. The woman had a smudged red lips on the side and slightly messed up hair, but it was the aftermath of their sex session which lasted for nearly an hour.“How do you like it?” She asked him as she trailed her nails across his chest in a seductive motion, subtly making an attempt to arouse him again. He turned to her and put on a fake smile as a response, barely saying a word, which was more his style. He enjoyed her performance but she was not enough for him. Nothing was really enough for him and he did not know why. No matter how many women he had sex with, it was never enough for him. Not because o
ADONIS SECRET Chapter 30
"The way you dress is an expression of your personality."-Alessandro Michele-***After all the chaos they had been through, Adonis decided to remain silent about the matter about Greta until he found more proofs, though he might have to confront her about letting her grand-daughter meet up with that sort of psychotic man. It was not as if she was innocent or she did not know about it, she knew exactly what kind of man Carson was. At this point his reputation was no longer a secret, yet he still made her go and for Adonis, it was simply unforgivable. The woman might be the head of the house and yes she might be the eldest which meant by nature he needed to respect her.However, the more he figured out about how messed up she was the less respect he had for her. Their relationship was already questionable in term of civil rating, but it became worse after the events which had been happening as of lately. The only thing he could b
ADONIS SECRET Chapter 31
"It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life."-Paulo Coelho-***The best thing about going to a spa is how heightened your senses would be the minute you enter the space. From the scent of calming familiarity, blends of different floral or tea scented massage oils mixed with a bit of wood, the perfect placement of lighting at each corner and the soft, relaxing music which you could hear the minute you were there worked like magic to bring you in a mood of serenity. It was the best place to play with your senses.Though one could do spa at home, nothing could beat the experience at a real spa, unless you have a professional bringing home the spa into your house, which includes the interiors needed, for some people, at home spa actually meant at home spa. The manor lacked it despite its luxury design, but once the two of them moved out from the manor, she would definitely ha
ADONIS SECRET Chapter 32
"Your direction is more important than your speech."-Richard L. Evans-***After the relaxing spa experience, their body was relaxed and recharged, Vian decided they would need to do it at least once each month just to live better and Adonis agreed to it. They went out and entered their car. As she took a seat, a grumbling sound was heard in the air. It came from Vian who was starving since she did not each much.“Are you hungry, my love? What do you want to eat? Let’s go have dinner together.” She was hungry but she was not really feeling anything heavy. She thought about it for a second and listened to her gut.“I want to eat something light, maybe some salad. Can we go to a salad bar in town?”“Okay, my love. Let’s go and have some salad if that’s what you’re craving.” He drove the car to a salad bar at the heart of the city. Of course, they served more
ADONIS SECRET Chapter 33
"There can be no progress without head on confrontation."-Christopher Hitchens-***Someone needed to set things straight. Adonis decided it was time someone told Greta she could not just play with her own descendant’s life just for the sake of protecting her own life. The old woman had always been the kind of person who only cared about herself. Never paid any attention to other people’s happiness. For her, the family’s image was more important than how they members were feeling, she put no second thought before putting Vian’s life in danger just like that.He knew he would probably stir up some fire within the woman and he knew he was supposed to help Vian gain her favor but at this state he saw nothing good coming out from merely trying to impress her. It was like trying to move walls. You can’t do it, the only thing he could do was to express how awful it was for Vian to went through what she di
Latest chapter
