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..."No, she didn't," Adam says, he does appear to be a bit... not angry, but definitely not happy."I just thought that with everything happening with Autumn you have your hand pretty full, and there is the party and... I didn't even tell my mother yet, so." God, this was so stupid."Well we invite you now, I'll make sure to put your name on the list." I just hope this wasn't Enzo's way of a payback for inviting his ex."I'll be there. I wouldn't miss it." Adam says, this time looking directly at me."Great, I'll leave you now. And I will see you later." Enzo says as he turns to me and to my surprise kisses me on the lips. It's not a long kiss but it was definitely unexpected yet I knew it was just an act. We were selling an act, the only thing I still didn't know was whether Adam was buying it."Bye, Enzo," I say as we cut the kiss and Enzo walks by Adam to the elevator door and enters it. Perhaps I should have given him a nickname but I just can't see myself saying words like babe.
The day of the party Adam's POV"Where are we going?" I say as I follow Autumn and Alex as they walk in front of me in the maze garden. I have no idea what we are even doing here. "Hey wait up." Why are they so fast? "Pick the right turn, Adam," Alex says as she takes a turn and disappears from my sight while Autumn keeps going to the left so I keep following her. "Ok, what kind of a game is this?" I ask as I turn around thinking I would find my way out but I was already in too deep and I didn't remember my turns."Dont give up now Adam," Autumn says and continues to walk away from me, and Alex is nowhere to be seen. "Then wait up. How is it you know this place so well?" I ask as I hurry my step and with each glance back I realise I'm more and more lost. "You are the one who should know the path, Adam." Path to where? I dont know anything, I just keep on following Autumn until we come to a clearing where Alex stands with Enzo, nonetheless."What is he doing here?" I ask as he take
I decided I would leave a bit early and get to Richard's house before the party actually starts to have a moment of peace with Autumn because later that would be rather impossible. She must be nervous, for multiple reasons. One being the pressure off all the eyes that will be on her, and two... after tonight Domenic will know exactly where to find her after she managed to stay hidden from him for over a month. I have no idea what is going on inside her head, Autumn is difficult to read. But then again maybe I'm just terrible at reading people, otherwise I would know what it is that is happening with Alex.I let the security man take my car while I let myself into the house that is buzzing with catering people hurrying to get everything in order. "Mr.Taylor, aren't you a bit early?" Mrs. Hendrics says as she appears behind a corner. "And your parents?" "They will arrive shortly. I wanted to have a moment to talk with Autumn before, I hope that is not a problem.""Not at all, the haird
.... "You right Autumn, it is early for love," I say as I gently touch her cheek. At this point, I dont really know what love is supposed to feel like, but if I put in an effort it just might be worth it in the end. "But I am falling in love with you," Or so I thought since the first moment I saw you. "and if you let me I'd like to try and make you fall in love with me too." Maybe what we need is a little push in the right direction. Maybe we need a spark. "Adam, I'm..." Autumn wants to say something but I interrupt the by closing our distance and lovering my lips on hers. It was a gentle kiss, and once she ended up relaxing into it, perhaps she wanted to test out the possibility of us, but something was just not there. I couldn't tell if it was her or me... but that was no reason to give up just yet."Give us a chance, that's all I'm asking." Trying won't make us lose anything, yet we could gain something. That has to count. "But what about your family? What are they going to think
That was definitely one face I didn't think I would see today, or any time soon for that matter. Summer was here but from what Autumn has told me there is no way she would have said anything to him. After all, he does have an important last name, Aunt Eloise probably sent him the invitation out of courtesy. That and the fact he was Summers's brother. "Autumn, are you feeling alright?" I ask as I make sure to turn her from the cameras. "I'm fine." She says, but I'm not really convinced that is true. Autumn looks over at Miguel and motions with her hand calling him near. "I've seen him, do you want me to do something about it?" Miguel asked as we slowly moved her to the side. "Just keep him away from me, and do it discreetly. I dont want to ruin this night for my father." But it was more than that. Seeing Domenic after such a long time puts the love she feels for him to a test.Let's go further in, your father wants you to meet a few friends of his." I say to distract her while offer
"Autumn, do you want to talk with him? I could go outside, so your father doesn't worry." I ask Autumn as I turn my back to Domenic. I wasn't here to confront him, I was here to protect her and her decisions. To make sure he respected her will. "I'll talk to him, please make sure my absence isn't noticed. This won't take long." Autumn said as she put her small palms in my hands, the glance she made at Domenic told me he was not happy she surced for comfort with me. "As you wish, but Miguel will be by the door if you need him." I lightly kissed her forehead, but this was not to annoy him. It was so she would feel protected. So she knew that she was in a place with people ready to protect her. And so I left the office, going past Domenic as Miguel followed me out."Stay close by the door. If for any reason you feel like you should enter just go for it. I'll go find Richard." I tell Miguel who takes a stand next to the door as a guard, Domenic won't be able to hurt her. At least not phy
Alex's POVI couldn't sleep all night. I just stared at my hand, the same one Adam was holding. It looked like he didn't realize how long he was holding it, but I was. I was aware of every second, and I prayed for the moment to last forever. I wanted to believe the things Enzo had said to me. That deep down Adam cared for me, more than he realized. But yet again, even after I asked him again... as I tried to play at his so-called jealousy of Enzo he still denied it. He was preoccupied with Autumn. Sure she wasn't in a good spot, her ex showing up out of the blue must have rocked her. But it seemed it also rocked Adam. I feel like I need a break from everything again. When he was gone, searching for her I thought for a moment I was feeling better. The distance made everything easier and for a second there I thought there was an actual possibility of letting this dream go. But I was wrong. His return was all it took for me to get under his spell again. It's so hard to leave him beh
"What do you mean Autumn had an accident? When? Where?" I ask my mother as I try to wrap my head around the news. "I dont know the exact details. Autumn went to New York with Adam today, she said she needed to take care of something and that they would come back but Adam called Richard half an hour ago saying that Autumn was in a hospital. He already left for New York." I can't believe that just when Uncle Richard found her something like this happened. He must be devastated. "Alex, come home." She says. "Yes, of course. I'll be there as soon as I can." I say as I hang up the phone and start searching for my keys. "What happened?" Enzo asked, for a split second I forgot he was even here."My cousin had some sort of an accident and I need to go back home." So much for keeping my distance from that place. But I need to know how is Autumn, and her baby. I do not want anything bad to happen to her, she is too good of a person. It would not only hurt Adam, but the rest of the family as