{"id":498,"date":"2026-01-21T15:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/?p=498"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:36:35","slug":"paper-vows-novel-chapter-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/paper-vows-novel-chapter-12\/","title":{"rendered":"PAPER VOWS Novel Chapter 12"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
PAPER VOWS<\/div>\n
CHAPTER 12 (SPONSORED BY Anonymous)<\/div>\n
ARIA WILLOW<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cWhat time is it?\u201d I ask, my head still under the blankets. I know Kelly is somewhere in the room. Kelly is my helper. She does everything I tell her to and goes everywhere I tell her to.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Today is a Saturday, I don\u2019t plan on getting out of bed anytime soon. Maybe the only thing that will get me out of bed is showering and eating. My stomach is starting to complain. I haven\u2019t touched my phone since the sun came out, so maybe that too.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cIt\u2019s now ten minutes after eleven am, Miss Willow,\u201d Kelly finally answers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cEleven? Why didn\u2019t you wake me up?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Kelly pauses for a second, as if she is thinking about her response, \u201cI tried to wake you up, Miss Willow. You told me not to wake you up if I wanted to keep my job.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cRun a bath for me. I am ready for my bath now.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
I get out of bed and stretch. I am wearing my white pajama set that has pink bears on it. It\u2019s shorts and a string top. I got these as a birthday gift from my grandmother. That reminds me, I need to visit her \u2013 I am always promising to visit her, but life gets in the way.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
I walk towards the window and look outside. I am on the second floor of my parents\u2019 mansion. My family is one of the richest families in GoldenRock. We might not be billionaires or millionaires, but we are rich and respected in GoldenRock. My family is so rich that I have never worked in all my thirty-eight years on this earth. I still live with both my parents, and they take good care of me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cYour bath is ready, Miss Willow,\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cCan you get something to wear for me. Something comfy, I will be indoors all day.\u201d I get my phone from the bedside table and head to the bathroom. I plan on going through my messages while relaxing in the tub. My phone has been off since last night \u2013 I needed a quiet night.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Messages flood in as soon as I switch on my phone. I swear, everyone always wants a piece of me. This is why I always switch off my phone. As much as being rich is fun, it\u2019s also overwhelming when it comes to having a social life. Everyone is always trying to get a piece of me; journalists, newspapers and radios always want to write about me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
The first topic I see when I log into Twitter is Dante and his new woman trending. I see he has moved on. Who is this woman? She is not even famous according to these reports. It seems they are all over the new paper\u2019s social media pages. I scoff when I see a picture of her smiling and kissing Date. What is Dante Lyon up to? The Dante I know is very private.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Instead of moving on from it and focusing on other things, I start look for this girl, it\u2019s not even that hard to find her. She seems like an ordinary person. Not even pretty if you ask me. Why would Dante choose someone like this? She is a downgrade from me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
I won\u2019t lie, it stings a little that she is all over the media like this, yet he didn\u2019t want anyone to know we were together. We hid our relationship until it ended. Not even my family knew I was dating Dante Lyon. He always said it was best that we keep things hidden, yet now he is showing his new girlfriend all over social media. When they say the other gender will embarrass you, this is exactly what they mean. He always wanted to keep things lowkey with us. He was never around until I gave up. A year later, he is happy with another woman.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
I bathe and head out to get dressed. I am wearing denim shorts and a plain white t-shirt. As much as I am trying to ignore it, the Dante thing hurts. This same man, who is letting everyone talk about him like he is Jesus, got rid of anything about us that was leaked. He made sure no one breathed a word about us. Now, here he is with his new woman, looking all sorts of happy. I see more of the woman than Dante, but that\u2019s besides the point.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cMiss\u2026\u201d Kelly tried to speak, but I interject.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cCan you shut up Kelly. I just woke up! Can\u2019t a person have some peace in this house?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
In a low tone, she answers, \u201cI am very sorry, Miss Willow, but your mother is asking if you could join her outside.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cWhatever, bring me something to eat.\u201d I furiously stride to the door. Kelly rushes ahead of me to get the door for me. I then head outside to where my mother is. Old people and tea. I don\u2019t know who told them to always be drinking tea.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cHey, Mom,\u201d I sit next to her. And where the hell is Kelly with my food? Does she want me to die of hunger?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cHey Ari, were you still sleeping? You usually wake up early.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cI was a little tired,\u201d I say and reach for the grapes on the little table in front of her. \u201cWhere is Kelly with my food? She knows I haven\u2019t had anything to eat in the morning.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cAre you okay?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t I be?\u201d I ask, picking more grapes and tossing them into my mouth.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cAnyway, I wanted to show you something,\u201d she reaches for her phone, then hands it to me. \u201cLook at this. It\u2019s trending all over GoldenRock.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
I take her phone to see what she wants to show me. I roll my eyes when I see that it\u2019s the scandal with Dante and his new woman. \u201cWhy are you showing me this, Mom?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cDante Lyon is trending. He is never seen with a woman; I think he will marry this one. You know, for a second, I thought this man was gay. He is forty-two and has never been seen with a woman.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Rolling my eyes, I say, \u201cWhy are you in people\u2019s business? What do you know about Dante Lyon?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cEveryone in GoldenRock knows about him. I always wanted him for you, but I thought he was gay. If I knew that he was straight, I was going to organise something for you. You deserve to be with a rich man like that.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Only if she knew that I have been there, done that and got the t-shirt. \u201cCan we talk about something else? It\u2019s clear Dante Lyon has a person in his life. Let\u2019s hope he is not playing with her \u2013 one never knows with men.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cWhen a man that private displays a woman, he is serious about her. I smell wedding bells.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cWhere the hell is Kelly with my food?\u201d I raise my voice. I no longer want to hear about Dante and wedding bells. That man wasn\u2019t ready to settle when he was with me. He was always busy when he was with me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cHere is your food,\u201d Kelly finally arrives with a tray. It takes everything in me not to hit her with it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cAre you trying to get fired?\u201d I ask Kelly, who just stepped back a little. What took her so long? What is hard about getting already-made food in the kitchen?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cApologies, Miss Willow.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cWhose side of the bed did you wake up on?\u201d Mom asks. I decided to ignore her and focus on my fruit platter \u2013 sliced pineapples, mangoes, grapes, watermelon, oranges and strawberries.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cKelly is acting like she doesn\u2019t want a job.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Mom just shakes her head and sips on her tea. I pick up my phone and look at the trending posts of Dante and Jade. It seems Jade Marshal gained one million followers in one day. People are so nosy; dating Dante doesn’t make her anything. She is still the girl who was working as a receptionist not so long ago. Yes, I\u2019m stalking her.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cOh my God!\u201d Mom gasps, her focus on her phone.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cDante Lyon just posted for the first time on his Instagram,\u201d she says, mouth still open in shock.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
I quickly log into my Instagram and look for Dante. That is the only social media account Dante has. The account is ten years old; he has millions of followers. He has never posted anything. I bite the inside of my mouth trying to contain my breathing. I am fuming.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Dante has never posted anything on his social media, and the first thing he posts is his woman. She is wearing a black dress, and she is smiling; Dante has his hand on her chin. They look like they are in the car. Dante took the photo with the view we are getting. We can only see his hand – I know that hand even in my sleep.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cThe picture already has thousands and thousands of likes in just five minutes of being posted,\u201d Mom says to me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cAren\u2019t you too old for this, Mom. Please leave young people’s business,\u201d I toss the plate I had dished myself on the ground and furiously stride back to the house.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PAPER VOWS CHAPTER 12 (SPONSORED BY Anonymous) ARIA WILLOW \u201cWhat time is it?\u201d I ask, my head still under the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paper-vows-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}