Chapter 466 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

Being a photographer who mostly dealt with models, he had seen his fair share of beauties in their various states of dress and undress to be moved by the physical attributes of a woman.

Returning to his studio after every long day of work to find her waiting, excited and eager to hear all about his day and the people he had met, had gradually become the highlight of his day.

Seeing all the changes she had made both in his life and in the studio in the short time she had been with him, it was difficult not to be interested in her. She had been so involved in his business that he had almost started to forget about her dreams of becoming a model.

“Sara, can I have a word with you?” Aaron asked one evening, four months after she started living and working with him.

“Do you even need to ask?” Sara asked with an amused smile as she went to sit on the wooden seat across from him that served as their dining.

“It has been four months,” Aaron reminded her with a solemn expression. It wasn’t that he wanted her to leave, but he needed to know her plans.

“Four months is gone already?” She asked, surprised.

“Yeah. How time flies,” Aaron said quietly as he watched her closely, and then she leaned forward in her seat.

“I know you said I can only stay for three months, but can’t you change your mind? I really love living here and working with you,” Sara said, looking at him with hopeful eyes.

“What about your modeling ambition? Are you not interested in pursuing it anymore? You can’t do that if you remain here just taking photos of other models,” Aaron reminded her.

“No. I don’t want to do that anymore,” she said, and Aaron looked at her skeptically.

“Why not?”

“Have you seen the number of models that come in and out of your studio daily? There are models everywhere. I thought because I was pretty and I had the body for it, I was special and could become a supermodel, especially after that bastard gave me false assurance. But I’ve come to terms with reality. It was a silly dream,” Sara said with a shake of her head.

“Listen, Aaron. All I need right now is a chance to prove myself to you. I really do love this job. Employ me, and you won’t regret it, I promise,” Sara said solemnly, and Aaron smiled at her.

“I can’t deny that you have been very helpful in the last four months. I only wanted to be sure that working with me isn’t going to hinder your personal ambition in any way…”

“Not at all. I assure you. If anything, this has helped me redirect my focus,” she quickly cut in to assure him.

“That’s good to know. Since you’re good at the job and willing to work with me, I will be paying you for your services from now on. Also, we will be moving out of here soon. I want this place to be solely for work purposes. Maybe we can move into a two-bedroom apartment, and you can have a room to yourself. That way, you can be more comfortable, and you don’t have to move your stuff around. What do you think about that?” Aaron asked, and Sara screeched happily as she left her seat and went around the table to embrace him.

“Thank you so much, Aaron. I love you,” she said as she gave him a smacking kiss on the lips, and then as though realizing what she had done, her eyes widened, and she quickly pulled away from Aaron, who was looking at her in surprise.

She cleared her throat, “I’m sorry. I don’t know what I was thinking. I shouldn’t have done that. I’m sorry,” she said apologetically, and without waiting for him to respond, she quickly ran away from there and went outside.

Aaron remained where he sat, not knowing what to think or how to feel about Sara’s action and then her reaction following it.

He waited for some time, and when she didn’t come back inside, he went in search of her and found her seated at the foot of the wooden stairway that led to the studio.

“Why are you out here?” He asked as he joined her and sat beside her.

“I feel embarrassed,” she confessed.

“Why? It was a simple mistake. You don’t have to feel embarrassed,” Aaron assured her.

“It wasn’t a mistake, Aaron. I’m in love with you. I’ve always been in love with you from the first moment I walked into your studio, but you never took note of me,” Sara said, surprising Aaron.

“You are in love with me?” He asked in a very low voice, and she gave him a nod.

“Why else would I want to remain by your side? Why do you think you were the first I came to when I was duped?” She asked, and Aaron felt his mouth go dry.

Before now, he had always been so engrossed in his job to get into any serious relationship, especially as most ladies he knew were not interested in going into a relationship with a man who was always surrounded by beautiful half-naked models. So he occasionally he had mixed business with pleasure and had flings with some of the models who were interested in him.

Sara turned to him when he didn’t say anything as she had expected him to, “You don’t have to feel pressured by my confession or anything. I understand if you don’t feel the same way. It would be hard for you to feel the same way when you see such beautiful people every day. I can’t be compared with them in any way,” she said with a wistful smile.

“Don’t say that,” Aaron scolded her.

“But it’s the truth. I’m just a pretty stupid homeless girl who was too naive to know she was being scammed,” she said with a self-deprecating smile, and Aaron shook his head.

“You’re better than that. Everyone makes mistakes, and you can’t keep beating yourself over it. Let’s go inside. It’s getting cold,” Aaron said and led her back inside the studio.

It took Aaron some more weeks before he finally opened up to her about how he felt, and once he did, Sara was over the moon

with joy. Their relationship had started perfectly. Maybe too perfectly.

It seemed to Aaron that they were a match made in heaven, and their love was written in the stars. And he had fallen hopelessly in love with her, giving her all of him and all he had.

Some months later, they moved from the studio to their apartment as planned. But not as employer and employee, but instead as lovers.

And a year later, he was over the moon with joy when she announced over dinner that she was pregnant.

“Pregnant?” He had asked quietly since he wasn’t sure if that was what she wanted even though it was everything he wanted. A little boy or girl that looked like them.

Sara bobbed her head, “I’m so stupid,” she said with quivering lips as she buried her face in her palms and cried.

Startled and heartbroken by her tears, Aaron took her into his arms and consoled her, “You are not stupid. Please stop crying,” Aaron said as he patted her back and kissed away her tears.

“If you don’t want the baby, we can abort the pregnancy,” Aaron assured her as she cried, and as if that seemed to reassure her of something, she looked up at him as tears flowed down her cheeks.

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