NOTE: The "Aether" in the title refers to the god of space. Not the Aether of Genshin Impact. And the novel may switch from 3rd person to 1st person POV.

WARNING: H4man Tr@fficking and Hints of obsessive behaviour.

* * \= Doing/Thinking, " " \= Texting/Saying

FL: Estelle ML: Ian

August 15, 20XX 4:30 pm.

I'm late on rent again, What should I do?..

My job barely gives enough money to pay my bills.

*message rings*

*picks up phone*

"What's up bestie?"

"Oh hey Candace, can you help me because I'm behind rent again. "

"Sure! let's meet up in XXX tomorrow at 9:30 am."

"Okay!"

Tomorrow

"Estelle, I managed to find a job for you! the position is being the secretary of Group X's chairman."

"Candace how did you manage to get that type of job for me!?"

"Estelle, don't worry about this. I have my ways, ehe. Anyways the interview will be on next Tuesday at 3:15 pm."

"Fine..."

"You should probably write a resignation letter to your boss, Estelle."

"Oh yeah I almost forgot about that!"

"Time flies fast, it's already 10:45 am. I'm going to be late. Bye Candace."

"Bye Estelle."

At Work

*Sh*t, I'm late..*

"Oh look who came!" she said loudly to the point that everyone in the room could hear it.

"I'm already late, Shannon. I have no time for your shenanigans."

"You stupid bi-"

"Leave her alone Shannon." he said

"Uhm- Hi..Director Liam.."

*Liam!*

"Estelle come with me, I have something to discuss with you."

With Liam

"Liam, what did you want to discuss with me?"

"Estelle, someone is looking for you at the office."

"Who is it?"

"I don't know, but their outside the office."

"I'll go and meet them"

Outside the office

"Hey, why are looking for me-"

I barely could keep my eyes open. But all I know is I'm in a expensive looking car. And the car is going on a highway.

Why would they do this to me?

Did I offend someone powerful? Did Shannon plan this? but Shannon doesn't own any expensive cars. (as far as I know)

At an auction

"We've brought the girl."

"Okay, here's your payment."

During the auction

"We have a gorgeous girl, up for bidding! The starting price in 3 million!"

"5 million!"

"5 million! any higher?"

"10 million."

"10 million any more bids?"

"15 million!"

"Okay! 15 million, the winner of this bid is Mr. Ian."

At the Manor

*So this is what she looks like...*

"Ugh..What's happening.."

"You finally woke up."

"Who are you?!"

"Don't worry your safe here. I will assist you to the dining area."

At the dining area

"So your finally awake."

"...Who are you?"

"Ian is my name."

"Why did you bring me here?"

"I bought you from an auction."

"A WHAT!?"

*runs quickly back to the guest room*

"Sir, should we bring her back here?"

"No need."

In the guest room

*What do they mean by I was bought from an auction...?*

*Ugh..What should I do?...I know! I should just run away?..But where's the exit of this place..I should probably plan to find the exit first..*

A few weeks pass and Estelle slowly earns Ian's trust, to the point that she could runaway already but just incase Ian finds out and blocks the only exit she knows, she stays for a couple months to try and find another exit before she runs away. But unknown to Estelle, Ian develops an obsession with her.

*Finally I can leave this place soon!*

Estelle leaves the Manor and manages to find the main road to the city.

Meanwhile at the Manor.

"She left?!"

"BRING HER BACK HERE IMMEDIATELY!"

"Yes, Sir!"

With Estelle

*sees Ian's servants*

*They found me this quickly?!*

Ian's servants found Estelle very quickly and they managed to get her forcefully back to the Manor.

*You will be looking at Ian's POV for this part of the story.

"Your finally back Estelle..

"You!..."

"Why did you leave Estelle?!"

"..."

"ANSWER ME!"

"I..."

"I left- because I don't want to be here with you…I HATE YOU-…"

"…"

*Why did you betray me...*

A thought suddenly hit Ian, saying Why don't you lock her up or break her legs so that she can't leave you..No that's too violent..He suddenly thought of that boring medical book his mother forced him to read.

Ian suddenly hits one of Estelle's vital points to make her pass out.

*Finally…Reading one those boring medical book paid off..*

*We'll be together forever..*

Author's Note:

**Finally finished this took me what 3 or 4 days. I actually had another idea for the ending of this oneshot but I got lazy and it was too time consuming for me lay out on how was she going to end up at this place for the ending to make sense. But I will use the ending that I made for this oneshot for another one that I will do sometime in the future. But it will be much simple than this. There's a lot of plot holes? in this story but don't worry I MIGHT address it if I can into a story.

I planned a schedule for this novel already.

1 to 2 story(ies) per week. But I will be taking a short break to replenish my "creativity"(if I even have one.)

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Word Count: 600~700 words

WARNING: Obsessive Behavior, S3xual Scenes, Mvrder.

FL: Invidia Envie ML: Zachary Wood

*Ugh...What should I do Zackary is going to think that I'm just playing him and he might blacklist me..I have an idea hopefully this works..*

Invites Invidia Over..

"Invidia, I know that your struggling with somethings..Let's make a deal."

After the discussion...

"I accept.."

*Great!..*

At Group X's Headquarters..

"Candidate No. 44, Please come to room 5"

*Here I go..*

"Hello my name is Invidia Envie, I am 23, and I graduated from XXX University with full honors. Bla bla bla"

*I finished that interview pretty well, I am definitely going to score that job, I just know it. I'm one step closer with Zachary Wood then I will work my way up to hopefully becoming Mrs. Invidia Wood. My dream man and life is going to be close. All that work in High School was worth it. I'm already imagining my perfect life.*

The next day

*Scrolling through her emails to find out whether she landed the job.*

"Dear Ms. Invidia, Congratulations on passing the interview, you will start next Tuesday."

*I knew it, I'll tell Candace later for now let's go shopping as a reward for passing the interview. That sounds great and I almost forgot there's going to be a 20% off sale at XXX.*

Next Tuesday..

*Eeeek, I'll be seeing Mr. Zachary~*

At the office..

"Hello, I have an appointment with Zachy!~"

"Oh is it Mr. Zachary?"

"Yes~"

"I will call him please wait for a minute."

*Calls Zachary*

"Hello, Mr. Zachary, someone is waiting for you at the ground floor."

"Oh I'll be right there."

When Zachary went to the ground floor.

"Oh hey Zachy-Boo~"

"Hey, Melany, So where are we going?"

"To the regular spot Zachy~"

When they left..

*Who is she?! Why did she call so affectionately?!

That b*tch seduced Zachary so easily. It looks like I need to up my game since my perfect dream life is slipping away from my hands.*

Meanwhile, with Zachary and Melany..

Zachary gr0pes Melany's bvtt

"Aah~..Baby your so impatient..hmph~"

"I'm really getting impatient so don't make it I'll leave you here."

"Zachary, Baby don't get impatient. Let's do it here now."

Later that afternoon..

Zachary walks in the office

Invidia sees nail scratches at the back of his neck.

*Zachary and that wh0re did the deed.. I need that stupid b*tch out of the picture but how..?*

During Invidia's break, she searches for Melany's identity so that she knows who she is dealing with devises a plan on how to get rid of Melany.

And decides to wait for a month, as not to get Zachary suspicious. A month has passed since Invidia started to take action and her plan is working. And she succeeded on getting rid of Melany. She waits a few more months before she tries to seduce Zachary because if she does it after Melany disappears it will arouse Zachary's suspicion. A few months pass and she successfully seduces Zachary.

*Finally my dream life is here..*

The End

Word Count: 535

You finally made it to the end. I will address some of the plot holes in this oneshot.

First up is about Candace's deal with Invidia, Candace gave Invidia the chance to become Zachary's assistant because Estelle didn't attend the interview and she would be considered mocking Zachary because she promised Estelle would attend the interview so in a hurried state she calls Invidia as her backup because she still can't find a job yet.

Next, what did Invidia do to get Melany out of the picture, I won't go into detail but Melany was a small online influencer that managed to get the attention of Zachary. So she managed to lure Melany into her trap by an endorsement and asked to meet her at XXX and "photoshoot" for her product. And k1lled her. The garbage collector found Melany's body and reported to the police. You probably know how that went.