Aria's Point Of View
I try to keep the horror in me as I find out that he's actually one of Ms Bentley's sons. Then I let my eyelids fall a little so that I won't look like I'm shocked and force a smile.
Then he leans over; so close that I can smell his minty breath. Did he just brush his teeth or something? Then his arms wrap around my waist and I realise what he's trying to do.
This is wrong. I'm not Carly Rae Jepson. I don't give out numbers to random people I meet, much less kisses.
I open my mouth to tick him off, but it turns out to be a fatal mistake when he clamps his lips over mine and slides his tongue in.
A/N: Just a recap. I wonder if y'all prefer me writing in POV's or third person. So that you can compare, I will write this whole chapter in POVs. (Update: [There will be a Third Person Perspective in past tense right after this!]
Aria's Point Of View
What the hell is wrong with him?! I try to push him back, but his grasp is too strong. Then I bite on his tongue.
As expected, he winces in pain and backs off.
"What the heck?" He says, frowning at me through his sunglasses. Then he smirks. "You're incredible.
He grabs my luggage out of the boot before walking to what I suppose is the main door. Signalling for me to come over, he opens the door for me and I thank him with a feeble smile as I walk in.
The first thing I notice about the mansion's interior is that its hall is at least a kilometre wide and long. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating but at least a hundred metres wide and long. Right in the centre of the lace covered ceiling hangs a huge glass chandelier, and horizontally, on both sides of it lays a row of lights. The walls are white, contrasting nicely with the wooden flooring and doors.
The furniture were all either outlined with silver or white gold. Seated on one of them is Ms Bentley. Rising from her seat, she flashes one of her smiles at me.
"Miss Luce, welcome to our humble abode."
I seriously feel the need to cough. Humble. Right. Then she turns to Dez and frowns.
"I told you not to run out. The chauffeur freaked out for a full ten minutes before reporting the loss of the limo to me."
"You said she was an important guest, did you not? So your precious son went to fetch her." He saunters a metre before stopping. "I'll bring her up to Anthony for ya."
Then, he grabs my hand and pulls me to the staircase.
"Screw you," I say it loud enough for him to hear.
"That’s polite," Dez exclaims in mock surprise. He lets my hand go, allowing me to climb the staircase properly.
"The whole of the second level is for The Royal Highness Missus Bentley's room. Third is the entertainment level and fourth the rooms. Fifth's the attic." Dez explains as we continue to climb.
"So y'all get much exercise." I say dully.
"Yup and there's an underground level for workouts." Dez says brightly. "Come on, we've reached the fourth level."
There are five doors on the fourth storey.
"The scenery gets better the further you walk down the corridor. Anthony had to give up his room for the special guest also known as you. Trust me, he's actually pissed but he won't show it."
I can't stand it anymore.
"Can you take off your sunglasses? Do you talk to everyone like this, seriously?" I face him and roll my eyes.
"It’s too dark, I can't hear you!" He smirks his signature smirk and stops at the third door.
I scowl as he twists the doorknob open. Once inside, he takes off his sunglasses anyway and I see his eyes which are grey in colour.
"Yo," Dez says to this guy sitting at a table poring over what I suppose to be work.
As Dez and I walk closer, I see the uncanny resemblance between both of the brothers.
"Twins?" I look up at Dez and mouth, scowling.
He nods, his grey eyes seemingly mocking me.
Seeing us approach, Dez's twin stands up and holds out a hand to me when we reach.
"Anthony Bentley, nice to meet you Miss Luce. You can call me by my first name."
I shake his hand half heartedly. I can't imagine myself being married to either of them. And it’s going to be a total utter mess.
"I apologise in stead for my younger brother." Anthony says.
"Huh?" I say blankly. Then I remember.
"What?" Dez protests. "Why do you think your own, cute younger brother does something to every other girl? And shes a special guest, ya know."
Then he scowls.
"Okay I did."
I bite my lips, trying not to laugh as Dez grabs my arm and pulls me out of the room. Sneaking a look at him I can't believe what I see.
He's blushing.
Immediately I look pointedly at what I suppose to be the door of my room. It’s at the end, the only one parallel to me. The others are adjacent.
He remains silent when he reaches.
"Uh, thanks, I can handle things myself." I say awkwardly. He gives me an equally awkward smile or what I would call a bad poker face. Then he opens the next door and enters, leaving me to watch the door close behind him.
Third Person Perspective in Past Tense version:
Desperate and disgusted, Aria bit his tongue. Dez winces slightly before stepping back.
"What the hell?" Dez frowned. Then he smirked. "You're incredible."
Grabbing the luggage out of the boot, Dez walked to the main door and signalled for Aria to come over. He opened the door, recieving a slight smile from Aria as she entered.
Ms Bentley was already seated when they arrived.
"Miss Luce, welcome to our humble abode." Ms Bentley smiled. Then her smile was replaced with a frown as she turned to Dez.
"I told you not to run out. The chauffeur freaked out for a full ten minutes before reporting the loss of the limo to me."
"You said she was an important guest, did you not? So your precious son went to fetch her." Dez retorted, sauntering a couple of metres. "I'll bring her up to Anthony for ya."
He grabbed hold of Aria's hand, leading her towards the staircase.
"Screw you," Aria whispered loudly.
"That’s polite," Dez exclaimed, his tone full of mock surprise. Afterwhich, he let go of her hand, allowing her to climb the staircase properly.
"The whole of the second level is for The Royal Highness Missus Bentley's room. Third is the entertainment level and fourth the rooms. Fifth's the attic." Dez explained as they continued to climb.
"So y'all get much exercise." Aria mutters.
"Yup and there's an underground level for workouts." Dez replied brightly. "Come on, we've reached the fourth level."
There were five doors on the fourth storey.
"The scenery gets better the further you walk down the corridor. Anthony had to give up his room for the special guest also known as you. Trust me, he's actually pissed but he won't show it."
Aria couldn't stand Dez anymore.
"Can you take off your sunglasses? Do you talk to everyone like this, seriously?" She turned to face him, rolling her eyes.
"It’s too dark, I can't hear you!" He smirked his signature smirk.
Aria scowled as he twisted the doorknob of the third door open. Once inside, he took off his sunglasses, revealing his grey eyes.
"Yo," Dez announced his presence to a person seated behind a table, poring over work.
As they walked closer, Aria began to notice their uncanny resemblance.
"Twins?" I look up at Dez and mouth, scowling.
He nodded, his grey eyes seemingly mocking her.
Dez's twin stood up when he saw them approach him and held out his hand.
"Anthony Bentley, nice to meet you Miss Luce. You can call me by my first name."
Aria shook his hand half heartedly.
"I apologise in stead for my younger brother." Anthony said.
"Huh?" Aria said blankly. Then she remembers.
"What?" Dez protested. "Why do you think your own, cute younger brother does something to every other girl? And shes a special guest, ya know."
Then he scowled.
"Okay I did."
Aria bit her lips, trying not to laugh as Dez grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the room. She sneaked a look at him, only to find out that he was blushing.
Immediately, Aria stared at the door at the end, the only one parallel to her.
Dez remained silent until they reached her door.
"Uh, thanks, I can handle things myself." Aria said awkwardly. Dez gave me an equally awkward smile before he opened the next door and entered, leaving her to watch the door close behind him.
(Update: A/N: This was a pain to re-write, :P. Kindly excuse mistakes! Thank you~)
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