Fade's POV:-

"How are you feeling now?", He asked me as I wiped my tears away with the back of my hand. "Better", I whispered back as I sat in his office. I had ate some really effective pain killers that helped to reduce the pain a lot as the doctor had already suggested.

"Valentine?", I croaked out as Stefan's face turned from concerned to an angry expression as he clenched his jaw. "Don't worry about her, she won't do this again. At least for now", he replied his eyes turning sweet like honey. I smiled at him putting my head on his shoulder. He sighed as he took my one of my hand in his.

"Is everything alright?", I asked him. "I have to get some files ready, why don't you stay here, and I'll come back?", He asked looked at me and I smiled weakly.

"And Fade, Okay?", He said at the end and I nodded while giggling at his protectiveness. He left the room while I sat looking out the huge window into the vast city sighing as snow had already begun. I closed my eyes falling into a dreamless sleep.

A while later, Stefan came in putting some files on his desk as I looked at him rubbing my eyes. "You like sleep so much don't you?", He chuckled as he came over to me. I smiled sighing as I sat up. "Yeah and who doesn't?", We both laughed as I looked at the time.

"Woah it's like 3pm already?", I shrieked as I stared at the clock. "Well we have a lot of time left. You wanna do something?", He asked me huskily grabbing my waist. "Haha nice try but let's just go home", I spoke as his smirk was wiped off of his face.

"Tease", he spoke as I giggled pecking his lips. We went outside the door as Stefan locked it securing my hand in his while I smiled. Again many people gave us weird looks which made me feel really awkward. Why do people stare like can't you just do your own work for once?

Fast forward to coming back at the mansion. We both got out the car and I went straight to my room to change. After changing I put my hair in a bun as Stefan entered my room. "Cute", he spoke looking at me as I blushed looking down. "Thank you", I spoke as he made his way towards me.

He wore his normal clothes, a black hoodie with grey sweat pants underneath and hus hair messy. Ugh does he want me to die or something? "I wanna show you something", he spoke taking my hand. "What?", I asked his totally confused. "Come on", he said again clearly not wanting to tell me.

We made our way to a different section of the mansion, yeah like his mansiom was super big. Pffft rich people. We entered a huge library that I hadn't expected to be this astounding as it's golden colored walls made it truly look like a castle room. "Wow this is pretty", I spoke admiring the room. "Yeah, come on let's sit by the fire place", he spoke lightning up the fire.

I sat by him as he wrapped his arms around me. The library didn't have much light passing through as there was only one window here so it was kind of dark which made the room look cozy. I was sitting in his lap with him behind me as I had put my head on his chest. "You know I never had a mothers love", he spoke laughing a bit and I could feel his vibration at my head.

"My mother Yasmina died at child birth and my dad remarried after 17 years", he spoke again. "Oh I am so sorry", I spoke gently taking his hand in mine. "It's okay Princess. My sister is my step sister. My dad married a stripper, her name was Lorelei. She was 23 when she married my father while my dad was around 38. She only married him for his money", he spoke chuckling a little again. I felt bad for him now.

"So when I turned 18, my father died in a car crash which made me the next CEO of his company. Well Lorelei didn't like that. She came at me for taking money and sued me for it. Well you know what I did?", He asked grabbing my waist from behind me before whispering,"I shot her", he spoke while I froze.

"Wait really?!", I whisper yelled looking at him as he smiled nodding his head. "She didn't deserve Bailey, she was just a sweet child who would want love so I gave that to her", he spoke as I didn't know what to say.

"In that same year I met Valentine. She looked a lot like you, I mean I am not comparing but we met and we hooked up at a club", I felt really jealous at the last line as he said that looking away. "Hey don't worry about her okay? I left her because of her being really petty", he spoke grabbing my chin crashing his lips to mine.

I gasped as he pinned me to the carpeted red floor as a knock sounded on the door.

"Who is it?", He spoke. The door opened and it was Derek. "What?", Stefan asked annoyed. "Sorry to interrupt your but I have some news", by the look on his face it didn't sound good

Stefan's POV:-

This man had to ruin what we were doing like really, you would do that? But off course he had to say something. "Stefan can we talk alone?", He asked me as I shook my head. "It's okay, it's only Fade", he nodded as we all sat to the nearby table.

"So remember when you asked me to get everything about Fade's past? I found every single detail from her uncle", I felt Fade tense a bit beside me as he talked about her uncle. Well this is going to be bad. So I freaking found out that Valentine is Fade's step sister and she knows everything. Wait what the fuck?

"What?!", Fade yelled as her eyes widened. "Yeah well you see, Seth is your actual father and the story goes in year 1997, when first your father married Valentine's birth mother Flya, she died during childbirth of Valentine", he spoke as we both listened intently. I knew Fade didn't like this but we had to listen.

"Seth remarried in 1998 and you were born a year later. When you turned exactly 3, your mother Cristine had a huge fight with your father about business shares which resulted in Cristine leaving Seth with you and Valentine. Valentine never liked you because they both think you were the reason for splitting of thier happy marriage", Derek sighed as I realised Fade had been crying and her silent tears rolled down her cheek. I grabbed her hand but she didn't look at me for once.

"After your parents split Seth gave you to Huygen, your uncle. No one got know that it was Seth because he changed his last name", He spoke as Fade wiped her tears. "So am I the reason for everything bad happening in my life?", She asked whispering looking downwards in her lap, her tears smearing her face.

Derek nodded at me as he left the room while I grabbed Fade's small form and adjusted her in my lap. "Hey it's okay", I spoke as Fade sniffled snuggling into me. I couldn't believe it. It was the same Fade I saw years ago. It was the same Fade that I had always wanted to see again. I had seen her at a party and I saw her cousin there too. It's the same Fade!

I smiled as I kissed her forehead, lingering the kiss a little. "I love you", she spoke and my world stopped. I couldn't say it back no no not now at least. "I am sorry, I know you don't want to say it but I had to-", I cut her off by capturing her lips in mine as I tasted her salty tears on her lips.

She smiled into the kiss, pulling my face down towards her even more. "Fade it's the same you. I met you 5 years ago and it's you. I have you in my arms again", I spoke even though I didn't want to.

"I don't remember", her small voice spoke as I smiled again resting my forehead on hers.

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