Harry POV
“Nice to meet you” - I reply shaking her hand. I feel a jolt of electricity down my body. How is it possible that after all this time she still has this effect on me?
“Excuse me” - Alice says and walks out of the room.
“How do you know her?” - I ask as Rita comes back to the bed.
“We went to the same university. She was friends with a couple of my friends” - Rita says and I nod my head
“Why?” - she asks and I shake my head - “just curiosity, you’ve never talked about her” - I let out
“We weren’t really friends. She was friends with my friends” - she says before she gets hit by an
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Alice POVOnce I see the baby in Rita’s arms and Harry kissing her and looking at the baby with adoration I felt as if I could die. He’s got the life I’ve dreamed for me. He’s got the lovely wife and the baby. And me? Yes, I have love and a wonderful marriage but...I thought I had forgotten about Harry. I thought I was over him. But who am I kidding? Harry is the love of my life and although I do love Dave he will never be Harry. Once I finish with Rita I leave the room asking for another midwife to cover for me. I feel as if my heart was breaking again reminding me why I left in the first place. Harry never came looking for me. He never cared. Why would he? He was in a relationship with Karen. I was just means to an end. Karen was right about him all along and I was a
Harry POVIt’s been one year since Henry was born and I couldn’t be happier. He is giggling and going all the time. Rita decided to stop working to be with him at home. I agreed with her decision. We never needed her to work as money was never a problem for either of us. Devin is the Henry’s godfather. And he keeps drooling all over the kid constantly. Today he is babysitting Henry so that I can take Rita out on a date on the night before Henry’s first birthday. She deserves to be treated like a Queen. After all, she gave me my biggest treasure. “Are you ready?” - I asked walking into her dressing room. Rita is sitting at her vanity table finishing her make up. She
Alice POVDinner was completely terrible. It was awkward. Rita kept looking at me and Harry as if she knew something happened. I feel terrible. We are in the taxi going to my house when Pat breaks the silence.“So that’s your Harry” - she says“He’s not mine” - I say looking out of the window.“Even a blind person would be able to see your chemistry “ - Pat says and I look at her“What do you mean?” - I ask “He still loves you, and you love him, I don’t know who you’re trying to fool” - Pat says“He betrayed me
Harry POVI am kneeling in front of Alice. Ready to ask forgiveness for whatever I did that hurt her so much that made her disappear and believe in Karen instead of me. That bitch never admitted anything about what she did to me and Alice but I know she’s done something.I patt myself in the back for a job well done getting rid of her. Devin definitely has a brilliant mind. I focus on the task ahead. Get Alice to forgive me. I don’t know what I expect from this conversation. I just want her back in my life. However, she wants it. I just want her back. I love her too much to stay away. I’m not letting her disappear again. No way in hell. “Karen told me a lot of things about you” - Alice says and I hold her hands on mine.
Alice POV As I am getting dressed I feel ashamed as I never felt in my life. What have I done? I see Harry running inside the house probably to get some clothes but I walk down the street and I turn around the corner. I sit on the floor in front of a big gate and I feel my heart-shattering. I love him. But I can’t do this. I really can’t. I stand up after what felt like hours and I call an uber luckily it arrived quite fast. I clean my tears with the back of my hand and I get in the car. Once I close the door I close my eyes and I see his face. Why did I do this? He’s married and he has
Harry POV“Anything else sir?” - My P.A. Asks. “Yes, cancel my meeting tomorrow with China” - I say “Yes sir” - she replies“Reschedule it for next week, I’m not coming in tomorrow “ - I tell her“Yes sir”“Take the day off” - I tell her walking back into my office with her on my tale.“Thank you, sir. Everyone is waiting for you in the new club down in Clapham” - She tells me“Thank you” - I reply grabbing my phone and keys from my desk.“Did my wife call?” - I ask her“No sir”
Alice POVI still can’t get my head around what happened. One minute I was seconds away from being raped and the next Harry was fighting the guys and I was kicking some ass. Now here he is, professing his love for me and I am telling him to go be with his wife and child. Harry place a soft kiss on my lips and I feel the tears stream down both our faces. My heart is shattered. I think I’ve never been this broken. He is the love of my life and I am telling him to stay with his wife and kid instead of telling him to fight for me. God how I want him to fight for me. To tell me he loves me and nothing else matters. To tell me he needs me to live and that he won’t let me go again. I wish I had the strength to allow him to be with me.The door slams opened and Harry takes
Harry POVWe arrive at mother’s house around a half-hour later and Henry is asleep. I don’t want to wake him up so we sit in the car a little while longer. I know. Weird but I’ve always heard to never wake a sleeping baby. And I intend to keep that one. “What are you going to tell your mother?” - Devin asks“Good question” - I say looking out of the window and seeing people walking into the house.Mother always throws big parties for her birthday. She likes to be the centre of attention. Not long after I hear Henry moving and he is awake. I take him out of the car and we go inside. I take his nappy bad with me instead of passing it to the lady at the door.
Abbey POV “MUM, MUUUUUUUM” I scream from the top of my lungs, and I can hear her running up the stairs with dad following her. “What happened? Are you hurt?” she says, almost breathless, as she opens my bedroom door. Dad stops right behind her with his hand on his chest, trying to catch his breath. “You’re getting old, dad”, I say jokingly, and he gives me a stern look that breaks as soon as I offer him one of my biggest smiles. “What happened?” Dad asks, “Why were you screaming the house down?” he keeps asks as they both take a couple of steps into my room. “I got into Oxford University”, I say, and mum starts to cry immediately as dad walks to me with open arms, and I hug him tightly. “Oh baby, I am so proud of you”, dad says, kissing the top of my head. He is a lot taller than me; I am just a little bit taller than mum, a couple of inches, but that still makes dad tower over me. “Mum?” I let out, and she hug
Harry POV It’s been a couple of months since Alice chose that dick over me. Rita suggested we worked on our marriage because she was willing to let the past be in the past and forget about everything that happened between us if I could work on our marriage because of our children now that Karen and Alice are out of the way. We have been doing couple’s therapy, and I have to say that it is actually helping me heal from the fact that Alice chose Devin over me and is helping me to see that Rita is the best option for me. She wants the same things as me, has the same values, and wants our children to have a happy family. My relationship with my parents changed for the best since they helped Rita hide from Karen, keeping her and my son safe. We are having another boy, we haven’t decided on the name yet, but we are working on it. I want Harrison, but Rita doesn’t want another name starting with H. We have to sort it out. We sold the flat an
Devin POV “Devin, come here please”, Francisca says and I walk towards her from my improvised desk in the front room. She has the design for the house for me to approve, we go through everything and I ask her to change some small things, like the window features, and to keep the balcony exactly the same way it is right now, I have my morning coffee outside every day now and I actually enjoy it. I can understand why Alice used to do it. I have asked her to get someone to make the maze disappear as it is a difficult place for me, I used to love it when I bought it, and the first time I took Alice in there, we shared our first kiss, she got lost and when I found her she hugged me and kissed me, but then, it was in front of the maze that she chose him over me, she decided that he was more important than I was. I walk back to my desk and I hear a lot
Devin POV It’s been three days since the Gala and I am back at the cottage, I am having an architect to come and check everything out to do some remodelling of the house, I need a bigger and more comfortable work space and I definitely need it quieter. The staff in this house have no sense of keeping to themselves and leaving my life out of their business. Maybe after the meeting I’ll just go for a trail ride and try and clear my head. I haven’t been able to focus on work for the life of me. All I keep thinking is Alice, and how she might be back in his arms and I am here moping around. I shake my head and I walk back into the house and into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee when the doorbell rings, slowly I walk to the door sipping my coffee and I open it. The architect is waiting for me with a smile on her face, Francisca, she is Portuguese an
Harry POV As soon as Alice left Devin walks out of the room and I grab his arm tightly. He looks me in the eyes and I don’t recognise my best friend anymore, he looks like a stranger looking at me, he looks more confident and more independent. Not that that is a bad thing, it’s just different from the Devin I am used to. Devin always kept his head down after all his drug addiction, he has a man slut but he kept himself in the dark from everything else. “Leave her alone, she is mine”, I tell Devin and he shoves my hand away from his arm placing both his hands in his pockets again. “She will be the one to decide if she wants me to leave her alone, the day Alice tells me to go, ill go, but if she doesn’t I am sticking around until she tells me to give up”, Devin tells me and anger builds up in me. Devin approaches me and whispers in my ear “I know you let her fall on purpose”, Devin says and I take one step back looking him deep in his eyes, he
Alice POV The police wants to ask me some questions, obviously Harry doesn’t want to leave me alone but the police insists, they need to get our testimonies separately, they want to hear both sides of what happened and they want to see if the stories match, They say they’ve heard Devin already and they have given us a few minutes because of the traumatic side of things for me. Harry says he is not leaving my side and that they can ask us both questions at the same time, I know they are just doing their job but I have to say I like the idea of not being alone with anyone I don’t know right now. The police starts asking me questions as in, how did Karen take me upstairs to the roof terrace. I said she cornered me in the bathroom when I wasn’t expecting her and she said Devin and Harry were fighting up there all because of me. I look at Harry and once more his face is unfazed, as if nothing ever shocked him, he learned to hide his true emotions
Harry POV Alice leaves to walk into the bathroom and I see that Devin is getting ready to follow her, no, not on my watch, he needs to stay away from her, he’s done more damage than good, I need him far away from Alice, I walk to him holding on to his arm and telling him to stay away from her, and for the first time he faces me telling me to let go of him and that I am making her unhappy. What the hell does he know about happiness? All he has is failed relationships because of his little obsession with me. Devin calls me self centred and if we weren’t on such a public place I would’ve shown him how wrong he is, how all I want is Alice’s happiness by my side, all I want is to hear her laugh and see her smile again, see her eyes shining when she smiles and looks at me, see her biting her lips when I approach her and take her in my arms. “Where is she?”, I ask as I get inside the bathroom and I can’t see her anywh
Devin POV I haven’t gone back to London in over a month, I changed my phone number and I have been conducting my meetings from the cottage, I sold my flat and all my properties in London, I couldn’t bare the idea of going back. I have been keeping in touch with Rita’s mum and she updates me about Henry, he is my godson after all. I stopped reading the news and I am keeping to myself. I know Rita is still gone and I know that Harry is probably panicking. I have been taking care of my horses and of my mental health, I stopped drinking and went back to my meetings, I need to keep focused, my will to do drugs was too strong and I can’t cave, I’ve almost lost everything once and I can’t do it again. Once more Harry got everything he’s ever wanted and I was left with nothing. I roll to my side on the bed and I keep reminding me that we were younger back then, Harry couldn’t have done it on purpose. I
Alice POV I have been back in London for over a month, and I have to say I am not happy, or I am not as happy as I thought I would be. I thought that after our conversation, things would’ve gone back to normal, but they didn’t. Harry is distant, and I don’t like his touch anymore. In fact, we haven’t had sex since we came back to London. I am starting to notice small things about him that are making my skin crawl. Harry forgave me for sleeping with Devin, but I can’t say I forgave him for sleeping with Karen. I understand his reason for doing it, I know he is worried, and I know how much he is struggling with Rita’s disappearance, especially with Henry asking about her constantly. I know he is worried about the child Rita is carrying, I know, and I am worried too, but I think he went too far like; he enjoys the challenges like he enjoys when someone tries to control his decisions, and he does it to pro