His Purchased Wife

"Aurora Kings, we did it!"

And I sat down on the bed, my sleep formally ruined with my assistants screaming over the phone.

I managed to sit up while rubbing my eye to get rid of the sleep. "Emily Smith, have you looked at the time, it's 2 AM. What was so important that you couldn't wait till the morning? Or at least for a civilised hour, two in the morning! Girl, you ruined my beauty sleep." I muttered in anger as I stood up and went to the mirror checking if I had any baggage under my eyes.

Yup! I take my beauty really seriously.

"To hell with your beauty sleep Aurora, You will scream louder than me when I tell you what exactly happenedy

I rolled my eyes, she was talking as if we got selected in my Miss Worlds. beauty pageant.

"What happened Emily?" I asked.

"My dear Aurora kings, We got selected for the world’s biggest jewellery show. Oh My God, I can’t believe our designer house got such a big opportunity."

I frowned. "What! But how is that possible Em! We never participated in any show?"

dramatic pause before speaking again. "It was me who sent your designs to them, as your last design was unique in itself.

me?" I was shocked.

to ask you. Please don’t be angry Aurora, and see we

got this opportunity. Can you believe it? You know, in excitement, I’m still pinching my arm as I think it’s a dream in which all these things are possible. Damn! I can’t believe luck has done such

of having our own brand will come true if we win this show. We would do it on our own, Aurora,

A shiver ran down my body imagining Emily's excitement. I wanted to believe it but couldn't. There was an

If we win this show we could be the next, Belle

calm myself and control my emotions. "Emily, tell me everything now!" I

in every round based on

judges?" I asked, her excited smile rubbing on

names include Rawls, you know that

in the USA. And everyone knows how strict he is about his work. I still remember the day when I first went to meet him with my designs after dad called him. There he told me that he couldn't accept me as an intern because my designs were not fresh. Since then, I have worked day and night to bring out the rawness

of self-doubt immersed inside me? I bit my lip in anticipation but then Gabe's words came to my mind over me having no identity of my own. His words hurt me fiercely when he suggested that I would be depending on him after marriage and offered me a job as a dishwasher in his restaurant. The feeling of self-doubt was still there but another feeling enthralled

I have an identity of my own and after