Obsession

Mira Singh exited her flight into McCarran International Airport and was immediately flooded with the sounds of slot machines ringing and the flashing of bright neon lights, as she walked past them.

It had been a very long time since she had travelled anywhere, and certainly not without her half brother, Jahan, by her side, so the experience was both nerve-wracking and exciting.

Luckily for her, Mrs. Morris, her part-time babysitter and elderly, former neighbour, was more than happy to stay with Jahan for however long Mira needed her to. She found the whole idea of chasing after love, very romantic and Mira hoped that Nicholai would agree with her.

She'd come to Vegas to apologise and win back his trust, but she knew that with a man like Nicholai Bach, it wouldn't be easy. As Natasha had told her before, Mira had really hurt him. So much in fact, that he'd left the State soon afterwards to focus on his businesses elsewhere.

Clearing the airport took some time, and then she was on the first available taxi to one of the most popular hotel and casinos on the Vegas Strip - which coincidentally was also owned by Nicholai. She had booked her room earlier, not knowing how she would be received by him and not wanting to be presumptuous.

Mira still couldn't believe just how badly she'd screwed things up with him. She'd totally misjudged him. She'd thought he was a rich playboy, with nothing to do with his millions but play with the world like a monopoly board. How wrong she was. In fact, she couldn't have been further from the truth.

It turned out that he had been an orphan.

She'd done some research on him. It wasn't very difficult to learn about his past, as he hadn't been hiding it. In fact, he had used his background to excel and to promote and motivate other kids like him.

He'd been in foster homes since he was three years old, never staying in any one place much longer than a year. By the time he was eighteen, he was immediately focused on making his first million by the time he was twenty one.