**ALANNAH** My phone rang while I was talking to Connor and I walked in to pick my call. I froze when I saw there was no caller ID and I immediately knew it was Uncle Eddie, I slammed the door at Connor’s face, I would apologize to him later, I thought. “He....llo.” I stammered as I picked the call. “Connor Ace, 23, Multibillionaire, owner of ACE group of companies, two best friends he cherishes with his life and a Nanny he absolutely loves. Don’t push me, you have the details already. Pay me up.” “How much?” I immediately asked, I knew I was in trouble and there’s no getting out of it now, I can only heed to his demands. “20million dollars.” He answered. “WHAT?!!!” I screamed and immediately covered my mouth. “I don’t have that much money. I don’t.” I tried to explain even though I knew it’ll fall on his deaf ear. “Okay.” He said and I knew he was about to hang up. “Wait.” I said. “Leave Connor and his family out of it. I will pay it up. Pl
“What?” I asked surprised and wanting to know why he was staring at me. “He was abusive?” He said softly, I wanted to ask him who was but I remembered, he was talking about his dad. “He got really mad because my mum wouldn’t sign the inheritance over to him, she signed them to me instead and asked that I took over when I turned 18.” He started explaining. “So must of the time he’d come either drunk or angry and he would hit her so much that she wouldn’t be able to move and I couldn’t do anything, I just watch.” He sighed. “He would send me to my room and lock me up, sometimes for days. Julia and Adrian would sometimes come when he isn’t home and the would keep me company from outside.” He laughed “it was funny, they’d tell me stories and it would feel like I was with them until I fell asleep. Everything was horrible and quite traumatizing but, my mum loved him and he, he only loved her properties.” He finished sharing and I didn’t want to pressure him to share more. “
I woke up feeling better than I’ve ever felt before, I felt confident and even more beautiful than I’ve ever felt. Yawning and stretching I turned to see Connor still asleep, peacefully. Picking up my phone I checked the time. Shit, it was 10:45AM and I’d missed three calls from Camilo, I ignored that and I felt bad for ignoring him like that. Jumping up, I woke Connor up although I didn’t mean to. Connor sat up, he looked heavenly and once again I wanted him all over. “Good Morning.” He said scratching his hair and squinting before finally opening his eyes to look at me properly. “Where are you going?” He asked. “Where do you think?” I asked rhetorically. “Work, of course.” I answered. “Oh.” He said, getting up to join me, he was naked and I gulped down hard. “What are you doing?” I asked. “You ask too many questions, just get in the bath and let’s get ready.” He said to me and listening to him, I walked into the tub and he followed right behind me getting in aft
**CONNOR** I stopped walking and decided to go to Alannah and take her out for lunch today, I hadn’t told her anything , I just wanted to surprise her a little and she was. I got to her office and found Camilo was there already. Why was he there and what were they talking about? I looked over at Alannah to find her smiling and Camilo smiling back. Mad, I walked inside the office. “So where do you have in mind?” I heard Camilo ask Alannah and I immediately knew he was talking about taking her out to lunch. His presence alone annoys me and quite frankly, I have no idea why, maybe it was because he made Alannah smile, well I make her do more than smile I scoffed as I thought. And before Alannah would answer, I spoke “Nowhere, I’ll be taken her to lunch.” Alannah and Camilo both looked at me, surprised. Both freezing in their position like they’d seen a ghost. “We Leave in two.” I said again looking at my wristwatch. I saw the disappointment on Camilo’s face
**ALANNAH** It’s been a month since Uncle Eddie had called, I’d found a way to raise only 2million dollars and surprisingly my uncle had taken the money from me without much fuss. Adrian and Julia had gone on another vacation, a lot has happened this past weeks, then I remembered its also been a month and some days too since I’d reject Camilo. I still remember that day clearly and as usual he’d invited and took me out to dinner. “You look great, Alannah.” Camilo complimented. “Thank you. You too.” I said smiling and he took my hand and kissed it. It felt uncomfortable in a weird way. “Come.” Camilo said, inviting me to the table he’d reserved for both of us and pulled the chair out for me. “Thank you.” I’d said, sitting down and going through the menu. The waiter had offered a glass of water first and after deciding on what to order, Camilo decided to talk. “So, Alannah. There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you.” Here it comes I thought, I w
“Hey.” I heard Connor’s voice behind me, snapping me out of my memory lane. “Hey.” I said as I turned to kiss him. “What’s wrong? You Okay?” He asked looking worried and as usual stroking my hair. “Yes, I’m fine.” I answered. “I was just thinking.” I completed. “Oh Really? What about?” He asked before sitting down and pulling me to his lap too. “Everything. I miss Julia and Adrian too.” I said pouting like a little baby. “Should we go to them then?” He asked and my eyes lit up. “We can?” I asked in a squeal. “Yes. We can and in fact, we’re going.” He said before asking me to stand up, pulling out his phone from his pocket Connor walked out of his study and I could still hear his voice until they fade. I closed my eyes for a while to relax and my phone rang. I didn’t have to look at it to know who it was, it was my Uncle. I’d thought of ignoring the call, closing my eyes and laying back on the chair and just as my phone stopped ringing. I heard a
**ALANNAH** Connor told me we would be leaving for Paris tomorrow, I tried really hard to show my excitement even though I was not really excited, I was scared, scared that my uncle will once again find us and this time he will hurt Connor. I didn’t want Connor in any kind of danger, I feel it’s kind of like my job to protect him now from the danger of my uncle and besides he shouldn’t be caught up in all of this mess. It’s my problem, I should definitely deal with it. I sighed before smiling and cuddling Connor even tighter, he pulled me in and as usual gave me a kiss. Closing my eyes I drifted to sleep. “Good Morning.” Connor said waking me up with a kiss. “It’s Morning?” I asked scratching my eyes like a little girl. “Damn right it is.” Connor answered smiling. “Uhmm, I don’t know what kind of clothes you would wanna pack, so I moved your whole closet in here.” He finished talking. “You did?” I said, getting up and picking out my clothes. “I’m done.”
Dinner went well as everyone was catching up on where we’d left off, forgetting about the attack or my uncle, everything seemed a little bit normal again. We finished eating and we all went to the sitting room and settled for a movie. Adrian and Julia excused themselves before we finished the movie but we stayed through it, when the movie ended we both decided we were going to bed. Connor and I got to our room, pulled off our clothes and had our baths together, we played like little kids laughing, remembering and sharing our funny moments together. We got out of our bath and laid on the bed. “You were about to say something before we had dinner?” He asked. “Oh. That’s nothing, it’s fine. Don’t worry.” I lied as I told him between fake smiles. “You’re sure?” He asked. “Yes, I am very sure.” I nodded before laughing at my attempt to be a child. He laid down and I laid on his chest, listening to the rhythm of his heartbeat and hearing him breath. I closed my eyes.