D POV
I met Karen a few years ago when I was doing my residency. I immediately fell in love with her. She had just moved away from London, and she was starting her life again.
She was working at a funeral agency. I met her when my grandmother died. She was the one dealing with everything.
The way she handled everything with such class and always showing me that I was going to be okay made me fall entirely in love with her. Her caring eyes and her beautiful smile made me realise she was the one for me. She is a little older than me, but I am okay with that.
We went out on a date , and she told me about her past, how her boyfriend dumped her for her friend and how she suffered from that.
The boyfriend was a dick and
So, Dave was Karen's boyfriend before he met Alice, and it was all part of the plan. Did you see that one coming?
Alice POV I am making the bed when the doorbell rings. I look through the window, and I see the reporters taking photos, and I see Devin with his shades in his eyes and with his arms crossed. I run to the door, and I slightly open it so he can come in. I close the door as soon as he steps inside, and he gives me half hug and a kiss on the top of the head āHello, sweetheart. How are you doing?ā - he asks me while we go to the front room. The conference is being televised, and I canāt wait to see Harry taking down that bitch. Sheās been lying and manipulating Harry. I never thought I would hate someone as much as I hate her. Devin grabs us both cups of coffee, and we sit watching tv. Once the conference starts, I start
Hi everyone. I am sorry I havenāt updated the book as often as I would like. My personal life is a mess at the moment. We had some unfortunate and unforeseen things happening, and I donāt have the time to sit and write. You all know I work full time (40+ hours per week, and I have a toddler). I am trying my best when Iāve got a few minutes to type something, but itās complicated, and honestly, if I write, I will end up killing everyone because of everything that is happening to me. My life is literally upside down at the moment, and writing is not coming easily. I do apologise to all of you for the wait. I donāt know when I will be updating, but Iām hoping that my life will be a little better by the
Harry POV After the initial shock of seeing Karen and that asshole passed, we sat at the dinner table and had some good food and even better wine. Dine and Wine sound good to me right about now. Alice is looking worried, and I know she is still thinking about Karen; how can she not? This is all messed up, and if I hadnāt seen her in front of me, I wouldāve thought she was still far away, and people were lying. But I saw her with my own eyes, no one told me. The bitch is back, and I am not happy about it. I know sheās got something up her sleeve, and being with the douchebag, David makes things even more suspicious. I knew I couldnāt like that guy, not just because he was married to the love of my life or for the fact that he broke her heart but because he is an asshole that is with Karen. How can he? āAre you sure it was Dave?ā - A
Rita POV I go back home after watching the disaster that the press conference was. I canāt believe that Karen did that. What a bitch. I understand why Harry did what he did, and I honestly understand his anger and saying all of that. I deserve the heat that I am going to take because of it. I just donāt want my children involved in all of this. Henry is only a baby, and I want him to grow up to be just like Harry, respectful of woman and respectful of everyone; I want to be proud of the man he will become. If I keep doing this, he will grow up involved in lies and manipulations, and I donāt want that for my son or for myself. I want to have a normal life where I can raise my children peacefully. When I arrive, I walk straight into Henryās bedroom, and I start packing all of his essentials, everything he will need for us to stay away from here. I am
Harry POVRita explained all of the connections and all of the misunderstandings that happened lately and even her accusations. I can see she is sorry, but I don’t know if I will ever be able to forgive her. What she did was extremely serious. She could have destroyed my entire career, not to mention Alice’s.Her career had to be put on hold because of all the serious things being said about her. Especially now that had come out what Alice used to do when we met, and how we met.Rita told us about an exclusive interview that Karen has booked to be held tomorrow. According to Rita, this interview is going to cause a lot of damage.Alice passes me my phone straight away, and I start dealing with lawyers and Devin to get everything under control. Not to mention my publicist. She has a hard time keeping everything as private as possible. Still, older photos are coming out, photos of the wedding in I
Harry POV āAnd how did you have access to the rubbish bin? Did you have a warrant to go searching for it?ā - Steve asks, and I take a deep breath pinching the bridge of my nose. For fuck sake. Where are you, Rita? āNo, but it was outside his houseā, - the officer says, and Steve automatically jumps at them with his sharp mind. āStill inside his property line, so, officers, we all know that nothing will happenā, - Steve says, and I stop paying attention to the conversation that is going on. I can only think about Rita. More than ever, I honestly think she is in danger, carrying my child. Fuck. I start to get agitated on my seat, and Steve nudges me to stay still. I stop moving, and as soon as the officers leave, I stand up, and Steve looks at me. āI am worried about her; where is she? How did her phone end up there? What is going on?ā - I ask Steve that shrugs his s
Harry POVIt’s been a couple of days since I have had that serious conversation with my mother in law. We have kept in touch, and I do believe she is actually worried about Rita. I don’t know what the hell is happening, police have no more clues, and we managed to prove that I had nothing to do with her disappearance. I have more to win with her around than her missing. We are own the middle of a custody battle and a divorce. With her missing, everything stops, and I can’t be with Alice.I lift my eyes from my newspaper as soon as Alice walks in the room with Henry attached to her hip. He’s chirping and going, and she looks so happy. I can’t wait to form a family with her. Have our own kids. Have Henry as an older brother and maybe have a little girl. I don’t know what Rita is having, it is too soon to know, and she didn’t let me go with her to the appointments anyway. That got me cross.He
Alice POVHarry collapses next to me and I can’t help but to close my eyes while he looks at me. When I open them he is looking directly at me, into my soul. I am still breathing erratically trying to catch my breath.Harry was brutal today. I understand his needs and most of the times I actually enjoy his sexual preferences. I never thought I would. But this time my body is aching. I cried during his penetration but I can’t lie, it was very pleasing in a weird kinky way. The pain he made me feel at the exact same time he gave me extreme pleasure made my walls collapse around him and give in. My body is his to do as he pleases and if this is what he wants from me I will happily give it to him.He looks at me and smiles. I clear the tears from my eyes and I can see the worry all over his face. He turns on his side to look at me while I’m still laying down and I can&rsqu
Abbey POV āMUM, MUUUUUUUMā I scream from the top of my lungs, and I can hear her running up the stairs with dad following her. āWhat happened? Are you hurt?ā 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. āYouāre getting old, dadā, I say jokingly, and he gives me a stern look that breaks as soon as I offer him one of my biggest smiles. āWhat happened?ā Dad asks, āWhy were you screaming the house down?ā he keeps asks as they both take a couple of steps into my room. āI got into Oxford Universityā, I say, and mum starts to cry immediately as dad walks to me with open arms, and I hug him tightly. āOh baby, I am so proud of youā, 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. āMum?ā I let out, and she hug
Harry POV Itās 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 coupleās 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 havenāt decided on the name yet, but we are working on it. I want Harrison, but Rita doesnāt want another name starting with H. We have to sort it out. We sold the flat an
Devin POV āDevin, come here pleaseā, 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 Itās 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 Iāll just go for a trail ride and try and clear my head. I havenāt 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 donāt 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, itās 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. āLeave her alone, she is mineā, I tell Devin and he shoves my hand away from his arm placing both his hands in his pockets again. āShe 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 doesnāt I am sticking around until she tells me to give upā, Devin tells me and anger builds up in me. Devin approaches me and whispers in my ear āI know you let her fall on purposeā, 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 doesnāt 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 theyāve 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 donāt 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 wasnāt 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, heās 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 werenāt on such a public place I wouldāve shown him how wrong he is, how all I want is Aliceās 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. āWhere is she?ā, I ask as I get inside the bathroom and I canāt see her anywh
Devin POV I havenāt 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 couldnāt bare the idea of going back. I have been keeping in touch with Ritaās 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 canāt cave, Iāve almost lost everything once and I canāt do it again. Once more Harry got everything heās 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 couldnāt 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 wouldāve gone back to normal, but they didnāt. Harry is distant, and I donāt like his touch anymore. In fact, we havenāt 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 canāt 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 Ritaās 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