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RECAP
Praveen is a starry-eyed young groom, dreaming of a fairytale life with his husband. But what happens when the fairytale has no happily ever after? Watch as Praveen deals with the disappointment of his broken dreams. A courageous story of a young boy's struggle in the world that is against him... Can he survive and find true happiness? Destined hearts starts now.
Feel the passion...
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"That is you in the picture?" Antonio gasped, pointing shakily towards the magazine. He quickly rushed to Praveen, grabbing the magazine away from him. "B-but, how? When? Where?"
Praveen shook his head, frowning at the question his husband was asking. "That day when I was locked out in the room, I came out and found that you had already had the shoot. Mr. Lopez felt really bad that he decided to have the shoot. I couldn't turn him down so..."
"But..."
"Oh, stop whining!" Granny chuckled, slapping his hand a bit. His eyes were still glued on that cover. "Praveen, dear, you looked really different."
Praveen sighed, smiling at granny. "I know granny. That's just another part of me that I haven't seen for a really long time. Actually, I used to look like that before I started wearing glasses."
Emilia was really surprised. She went to Praveen and looked at him. "I am so proud of you, Praveen. This is a really high fashion photo."
"Thanks, mother." He nodded. "I am really sorry that I didn't tell you that about the shoot earlier."
"You don't have to apologize." She rested her hand on his shoulder. "It's a shame that my son didn't get to shoot with you. I am proud of the both of you, son but most especially you because you've proved that you can do anything those models can do."
Bruce on the other hand was standing there looking like a constipated monkey. He was burning, mad because of what he had seen. Praveen was his competition, he thought as he clenched his fists, looking straight at Praveen. He wanted to vent out! His body was about to start shaking in anger.
He moved his eyes to Antonio, seeing him looking at the cover like he wanted to rip it made him want to cry. He could tell by the way Antonio looked at that magazine that... anyway, he didn't want to even think about it. Praveen had won against him and he needed to beat him.
Ethan chuckled when he saw the look in Bruce's eyes and he had an idea. "You know, this is really nice considering that it was your first photo shoot. I would say that you've..." He eyed Bruce, giving an evil grin when he saw him frown. "...done a lot compared to some of these models, even Antonio's photo isn't that hot."
They all laughed except for Antonio who was still staring at the magazine, Bruce who was burning in anger and Andrea who was still shocked by the news of Praveen's photo shoot. The boy had guts and she knew it wasn't gonna be easy to do something to him.
Antonio slowly opened the magazine and the first photo he saw inside made him feel really cold and weak. In that picture, Santiago was seated on a classy office chair with a big building behind him, dressed in a beautiful gray Designer's suit with his shirt half way done and his jacket off but it was with Praveen who was holding it seductively in his hands.
Praveen was wearing a beautiful black designer's skinny jean with a white shirt and yellow snickers and his hair tied in a braided ponytail. He looked like a true model, especially with his body language. He had his foot between Santiago's parted legs and then leaned down in a position that made him closer to Santiago's face. It was as if he was teasing him.
Antonio had seen such a pose before but there was something about the way Praveen and Santiago took it that made his blood boil. They had a smile on their faces with Praveen pulling the tie of Santiago, office romance.
Antonio couldn't believe what he was seeing. For the first time since his marriage to Praveen, he felt really mad at seeing such a romantic photo of him with another man. It felt as if... he didn't even know how to explain it. His heart was racing beyond miles.
He flipped through to the next page and he just got weaker. This time, Praveen was in front, pulling Santiago by his necktie with a really brilliant smile on his face, slightly looking behind at the handsome man behind him who had one of his hands around his waist. Shit! Antonio clenched his fists, going to the other side of the page.
This time Praveen was alone, dressed in a beautiful red designer's shirt that was tucked in a beautiful white designer's skinny jean that showed his gorgeous curves that almost looked feminine. He was standing in a place filled with flowers with the brightest smile Antonio had ever seen on him. His hair was being blown backwards, revealing his gorgeous face. It was almost as if Antonio had never seen him before. He couldn't believe that was the same boy standing right next to him.
He slowly started passing his hands on that beautiful picture, a smile popping up his face but before he went far, he withdrew and then went to the next page. But he lost his cool when he saw Santiago holding Praveen as if he was about to fall, holding his waist tightly.
Praveen was holding on tightly to the man's shirt, both of them looking into each other's eyes. Antonio closed the magazine and looked at the boy that was talking to his granny, his mother and Celine. He looked really different, smiling at the people he was talking to and were congratulating him. He had no expression on his face because he felt a little mad.
"He's hot, isn't he?" Antonio heard a voice say to him.
He looked passed his shoulder, seeing his friend with a smile. He chose to ignore him and just looked at Praveen, getting lost in him. Both of their eyes met but Praveen decided to look away and talk to the people he was talking to.
Meanwhile, Bruce was still standing there feeling out of place. People in that fucking house hadn't given him attention like that when his and Antonio's magazine had come out a few hours back. They were acting as if Praveen was the first model to have ever appeared in a magazine.
"Fuck!" He said under his breath.
"This is absolutely amazing, Praveen." Granny said with a smile on her face. "Now I can see that my two sons are celebrities."
"No, granny." Praveen shook his head, smiling brightly. "I only took this photo shoot because I felt like I had let the crew down. They had so much expected to see me in magazine and they felt bad when I explained what had happened. I didn't do this because I wanted to be famous."
"But you are." Ethan said, coming closer to him with his eyes on the phone. "The people online are demanding answers as to who the model in the picture is." He said, looking at Praveen with a bright smile on his face. "There are reporters right now at the modeling company and they demand answers right away."
"What?" Andrea gasped, feeling extremely mad. "But that's impossible. Praveen knows nothing about modeling and besides, there is nothing good about that photo shoot. I still think Antonio and Bruce's is hot though."
Everyone looked at Andrea in shock, wondering why she would say such a thing. She looked at them with her eyes moving from side to side, shrugging. "What? I am only saying the truth. All of you saw that Antonio and Bruce's magazine has been the highest rated magazine of their history in the few hours it came out. That to me seems like good modeling."
Ethan shook his head and then just chuckled softly. "You think so?"
He opened his palm, showing his phone to her. He was showing her the number of sales and views that had happened in just two hours after the release of the magazine. When her eyes landed on that phone, her mouth fail open as her eyes widened. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Her heart instantly started pounding deep in her chest as anger and envy got the best of her.
"This is impossible?" She shook her head. "I am sure those views and sales are all fake." She chuckled bitterly. "He's the owner of that company and can do anything just to..."
"This is the official website, Andrea." Ethan was a little pissed by the way she answered. "Not everyone is narrow minded like..."
"But it's impossible to sell..."
"50,000 copies and 10 million views in 2 hours." He asked with a raised eyebrow. "This is possible and it's because when you're good, you're good."
Andrea clenched her fists, looking away in anger. She could tell that Bruce was dying inside because of the way he was looking. There were a lot of things going on through his head. In his years as model, he had been getting more views. His pictures, magazines and commercials had been getting high sales than any other model in the industry but never had he reached such sales or views in just a few hours. Those usually took weeks for him to reach. He was so mad that an amateur like Praveen had dethroned him and that meant war.
Antonio on the other hand felt as if the entire world had just fallen on his shoulders. He was looking at Praveen non-stop, getting angrier and jealous at the same time. He had supposed to take that photo shoot with Praveen that particular day and not some guy that had his hands all over him.
His heart was racing his anger, his breaths coming out harshly. He couldn't control himself at all. He knew that being there and listening to his family members telling Praveen that he looked hot with another man made him really mad.
