Bella’s POV“You know that guy?” Mary asked as I returned to the kitchen and joined her by the sink.“Yeah, I do know him but for some reason… he claims not to know me anymore,” I said as I resumed my job of cleaning out the washed plates.“He is new around here. Maybe he just forgot.” Mary shrugged
“Hey Bella with the beautiful hair, what are you doing down here?” she asked as she got closer.I pulled a strand of my hair and rolled it in my finger as her compliment made me blush. “I was going to my room when I saw you take the bend down here,” I said.She raised her brows questioningly as she
Darius’ POVI picked up the file on my desk for the tenth time and tried to read through it again. The words jumbled as my brain refused to stay focused. It could only focus on one thing and that was Bella.She had imprinted herself everywhere. I couldn’t do anything without thinking about her. Yet
“…I know I can’t have you. I know that we can only be friends,” she finished.I dropped the file I had been struggling with on the table and settled further into my seat. Then I asked her, “What really brings you here Annabeth?” She was a very smart woman. Perhaps the smartest I have met in my life
Bella’s POVThe idea of leaving Darius started a conflict in my heart. A small part wanted to stay while the larger part wanted to leave.When I met him, I thought he was a monster and I considered him as such yet his fake tenderness made me hope, he could be the one to close up the hole in my heart
I felt overwhelmed with emotions as I didn’t know how to start thanking her. I took her hand and pulled them to my heart. “Thank you so much, Annabeth. I don’t know if we will meet again, but I am truly grateful for this,” I said as my eyes shone with unshed tears.“You are most welcome,” she said
Darius’ POVAnnabeth’s words resonated in my head times and again. It refused to away no matter how hard I tried to ignore it. It stayed present and it ate at my brain and heart like a deadly disease. I didn’t want to lose Bella like I had lost the one before her. Annabeth was right, but I refused
I opened it and a small smile rested on my lips. It was just the kind of gift I had in mind. It was a small gold bracelet.It would fit perfectly on her small hand, I thought as I got off my chair and walked out of the office.I went straight to her room. I wanted to barge in as the king that I was,