Chapter 4

Her hands were wet and stiff.Her hopes for a better life in another country seemed to crush and her gymnophobia reached its peak.She had to do the one thing she could do..cover herself with a towel and cry.

The life of an entrepreneur and musician's daughter was so hard.She had been exposed to fame at a young age and at age 16 someone uploaded her complete nudity online which drove the audience insane.Since then she feared seeing her own body and even feared exposing her body to other men or even her parents.

And here she was, relaxing in her bathtub with an unknown idiot making his way to her bathroom.This time,she would really kill herself if her body was uploaded online once more.No one cared about the details and explanation the last time it happened and they gracefully pointed their fingers at her.

"That's the brazen slut."

" She's just a disgrace to the youth these days."She would hear them say and once wished shd could cut the tongues of anyone who dared to taunt her, yet her mother forced her to be brave enough and face them.

"No! I cannot bear this humiliation mother.How could someone do this to me?" She bawled like a baby deliberately making her father sue the thirty-three year old man who had sold the pictures of her body to someone else in order to provide for his son's medical expenses.

The pain of life didn't stop there.She suffered the face of public humiliation at school by teachers and students which gradually transformed her into an introvert.

She kept to herself and said nothing until she was asked.But who would even ask her a question?No one dared to speak to her as parents had regularly warned their kids and even punished them had they dared to sit beside her in class.

"She's a bad example to my daughters.If you do not expel her I'll withdraw my kids from the school."They would occasionally exert pressure on the principal.

And that was how a bright student lost her spot in a prestigious academy and had to settle for homeschooling.

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"Are you even there or you fell and drowned shortie?"The firm voice came once again.This time it was gentle and soothing.It seemed so genuine and had a strange warmth around it that she could feel herself melting in the bathtub.

"Get a grip of yourself before you're defiled."She told herself.

The door suddenly opened and closed with a bang.The man behind the voice made his way to the bathtub and she decided to act fast.

"Aaaaaaaarrrggghhh. You unholy piece of a homeless cockroach.How dare you?"She threw her arms midair and hit him with the Aqualis soap she had just used.

"Get out you shameless fool! I wouldn't mind hitting you with this showerhead."She stood up pointing to the showerhead in her arms and the man who had entered started cursing, splashing water into his eyes.

"What the hell is wrong with you Bri?"

Then it dawned on her,the guy she just hit with a soap was Ari's youngest brother.

"Oh no!"She swallowed hard and decided to help yet she didn't dare leave where she was.What if that young lad did something to her?

"Can't you help me Bri? I've got soap in my eyes"He glared at her.

"You're 4 years older than I.What would I even do to you?"

"Just pour water on it and leave the bathroom at once."She ordered.He angrily rushed out of the room with her following stealthily behind .

She watched him pull the drawer open and put in any eye drop he saw straight into his eyes.That guy would look good if he wanted to get blind before he was even 21. She giggled at the sight of seeing him being so overprotective of his eyes.

"What do you want here?"She confronted him after she put some clothes on.

"My sister thought you murdered yourself because of whoever the hell you were dating...so she asked me to check up on you."He concluded.

"You know I'm older than you and you dare speak to me like I'm some kind of junior.You're inferior compared to me,you young kid.I own lots of cars."

"And I'm taller compared to you."He smirked with a knowing smile on his face.He closed the distance between them towering over her like a pillar and hugged her with his fingers twirling her hair."Don't die yet! Guys are jerks."He tried to comfort her.

"Are you a lady?"She quickly added.

"For you...yes.Others...no."She roared with laughter.

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Ari joined them a few seconds later with dozens of shopping bags and gift boxes.

"Ho my macaroni.I thought you died.You scared the hell outta me."

She hugged her tight fearing to let her go for another idiot to break her heart.

"Are you traveling?"Brielle asked with a puzzled expression.

"How do you find Aziel,my youngest brother?"

She turned looking at him from his expensive head to his expensive toe.He was fair in complexion,svelte with a chiseled jawline and dreamy abs.That guy was about 6 feet 6 inches with his dreamy biceps and icy blue eyes.He was too good for his age.

"He's..cunningly handsome."

Ari furrowed her eyebrows.

"The f***?My brother is too young for such a compliment"

"Why did you ask..?"She tried to diverge the topic.

"Well..you'll be staying with him in mama's Legendary Lima Mansion in Brazil."Ari squealed in excitement.

Brielle was happy to be running away from Argentina but living in a mansion with her bestie's youngest brother..alone.. in Brazil?Damn that was an unwanted test put by fate.She was going to lose the only person she had kept for ten years.