Ally has never seen so many gems and diamonds in one place.“Oh, no. I cannot wear any of that.” Ally tells her quickly. Even the wedding ring Ally is wearing isn’t all that extravagant. The initial ring that she was given was chosen by Meg. It was big and bulky as if Meg tried to choose the biggest diamond, she could possibly get her hands on. After the wedding the jewellers came to see if the ring fit perfectly and the owner noticed that Ally feels uncomfortable with the size of the diamond. He gave her another ring that is equally elaborate but with more smaller diamonds. Even though the ring is still far more than Ally would have chosen for herself, it does feel more comfortable on her finger.“Of course, you can.” The woman replies with a friendly comforting smile. “There is nothing that can compare to your beauty but these will only make your eyes shine more brightly.” Ally cannot help but stare at the woman.“Let us try this one.” The lady says and takes out a black velvet box.
Ally looks at Eric. The way he stares at her tells her that he can see her very clearly right now.“I probably have.” Ally starts to tell him. Erik slams his fist on the desk.“Why the hell would you do this. Where is my actual wife?” Eric boulders at Ally. She takes a step back to get a little more distance between them.“I can explain everything.” Ally tries to tell Eric. He slams his fist on the table again and walks around it to come to stand directly in front of her.“I do not even want to hear it. You know the family rules. As a curtesy, I will give you the luxury of a choice.” Eric glares down at Ally.“A choice?” Ally stammers. She knows the family rules but she cannot think what choice she has to make.“Yes, Alicia. A choice. You can decide how you want to leave this family.” Eric seethes at her.Ally knows exactly what he means. He does not even have to say it out loud. The choice for the women in this family has always been to disappear or die. Only one woman could get the
“Oh, I am so sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you.” The woman tells Ally. She has slightly greying hair that she has put up in a tight bun. She is neatly dressed and is standing with her hands clasped in front of her. “I am Ruth. I am in charge of running the household.” She says in a friendly voice.Ally stares at her. There is not much of a household here, is there?“I unpacked your things while you were in the shower. If there is anything not to your liking, please let me know.” She smiles at Ally. Ally nods at her.“Dinner will be ready in fifteen minutes. Would you like to have it in your room?” Ruth stays as friendly throughout the conversation, even though Ally does not respond much to what she says.“Yes, thank you.” Ally forces herself to speak. She is too tired and really just wanted to get into bed.Ruth nods and walks out of the room. Ally walks to the bed and sits down on it. There is a box on the bed that Ally recognises. She put the box underneath one of her pairs of sho
“Where is Max?!” Eric yells into the hallway. “Send him to me!”Gareth follows Eric as he storms back to his office.“Sir, Max left with Mrs Ally.” Gareth tries to break the news in a way that would not make Eric even more furious.Eric comes to a dead stop and swings around to face Gareth.“What?” Eric gives Gareth a cold hard stare. “When?”“It seems that Max packed Mrs Ally’s things and took her out the door the moment you told her to leave.” Gareth keeps his voice calm even though Eric seems to get more furious with every second.“He took her from the house?” Eric asks harshly.“Yes, sir.” Gareth says. “We tried to track them but both their phones are switched off.”Eric pulls his phone from his pocket and dials Max’s number. He waits a second and then swears under his breath as he dials Ally’s new number. Again, he swears and thrusts the phone back into his pocket.“Find them!” Eric bellows and storms back to his office.Eric goes to stand behind his desk. He looks at the tray of
Megan leaves the office and heads to Eric’s office. She walks past two ladies in the hallway, cleaning as if they did not see her. There is a very tense atmosphere in the house. Meg has not seen Bennet even once, which she is very grateful for.Meg taps on Eric’s door and enters before he could invite her in. Eric glares at Meg. Meg walks up to his table as if she isn’t phased by his death stare. Inside, her heart is beating rapidly. She knows that she may disappear any moment. She has been told this much when she got here the first time. It was her main motivation to get away.Meg places the diary in front of Eric. He does not take his eyes off her.“What is this?” Eric asks as cold as his heart feels.“This is your mother’s diary. It would do you really good to read it.” Meg tells Eric. There is a lot more confidence in her voice than she feels in her heart. “And this, is your marriage certificate.” Meg continues, placing the piece of paper on the diary. Eric breaks his stare from M
Eric sits in his top floor office. He looks at yet another email from a private investigator telling him that they could not find his wife in the last year. She has covered her tracks perfectly and there is no sign of her. They have searched everywhere.Eric has been searching for her for the last year. He spared no costs when it came to finding her, yet, she still has to be found.The restaurant downstairs is up and running again. Eric cannot imagine how he would have survived the last year if it hadn’t been for him starting up the restaurant again. He worked non-stop. When he had a few moments, he spent them finding new private investigators to search for Ally. It has been the longest and busiest year of his life.He stares out of the large floor to ceiling windows that make up most of the top floor outside walls. He loves his office here. It looks more like an open plan apartment than an office really.In the large open space, he put his desk and shelves with books and files, in th
Eric feels furious.Divorce Agreement?There is no way in hell he would ever sign it. Ally is his wife. He spent the last year searching for her. He will most certainly never let her go again. Eric stands in front of the window where Ally has a full view of him. He looks up at her and tears the document in shreds. He turns and dumps it into his trashcan. Ally looks at Eric and starts to laugh. She turns around and leaves her office.Eric looks back at the cube invitation that Ally sent him. He walks over to it and removes the dome. He picks the fork up and gives the one bite cube a closer look. It looks exactly like the Ally’s Lips he invented. Eric decides to take a chance on tasting it. If Ally tries to poison him, he is sure it would be better than getting divorced anyway.Eric puts the fork into his mouth. The initial taste is exactly that of the dish he invented. Ally’s Lips. He savours the tastes in his mouth. Every layer leaving a different sweetness on his tongue. He swallows
Erick walks across the street, back to his own restaurant. He does not go through the kitchen as he always does. He takes the elevator directly to his office. He is still furious at Ally for handing him a new set of divorce documents. He tore them up and placed them back in the envelope which he left on the table. As he walks into his office, he sees the waiter entering Ally’s office across the street. The lights in his office are still off, which gives him the benefit of being unseen. He stands and stares as Ally receives the envelope from the waiter and carefully looks inside. She shakes her head and angrily walks to the dustbin where she tosses it away with a little more force than necessary. Eric cannot help but laugh at how angry Ally seems. Did she really think he would just sign the documents? Surely, she must know better than that. Eric remembers choking on the bite-sized Ally’s Wrath the woman sent him. He is very glad she did not see him choking on her bitter hatred. She wo