Payment? A kiss shall suffice.

Ariel's heart was filled with dread, yet she pretended to be fine.

"I never thought that for the sake of getting rid of the debts, Ari would do something so stupid," Ariel spoke aggrieved. Her eyes turned teary as she batted her eyelashes that were adorned with her pearl-like tears. "Maybe it's our fault. Our family never gave Ari a sense of security, perhaps if we did then she would have come to ask us for help instead of looking for someone so dangerous."

Her words were filled with nothing but concern for her little sister, but inwardly Ariel was panicking and furious. She could not wrap her head around the fact that Ariana was actually acquainted with Nicolai De Luca.

How did this happen?

'Will Mister Fletcher blame me for this?' Ariel wondered worriedly. The more she thought, the more she was scared. Ariel knew that Mister Fletcher was a vengeful man, he would definitely try to get back at her.