Harry POV
It’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.
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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
Harry POV As soon as we get to bed, Alice falls asleep fast. Thatās a good thing. I need to talk to my P.I. and try and get all this shit sorted. I canāt wait any longer for Rita to come back. Soon Henry will ask for mummy, and I donāt want to lie to my son. Whatās the point in being a billionaire if I canāt use my money and connections to find Rita. I get up and make myself a cup of coffee because I know this will be a long night on my phone and laptop. I sit at the desk that is in the corner of the room and open my laptop. I keep the light to a minimum, so I donāt wake Alice. As soon as I open it, I start to receive video calls from different apps. I firstly answer my P.A. and sort out some business before I manage to handle anything else. Devin has been texting and trying to help, but I know he is busy with his new life, and I donāt want to drag him down with me. I open my emails to
Karen POV Itās been more than twenty-four hours since the interview, and I havenāt heard anything from Rita or Harry. I throw the empty glass of whiskey against the wall smashing it into small tiny pieces. Who the fuck do they think they are to ignore me like this? āKaren, baby, calm downā, - D says, and I give him a side glance. He is starting to annoy me. He is too easy to manipulate, but he is not the smartest of the bunch. Yes, he is a doctor, which gives me access to many things I need, but he is starting to annoy me. āPiss offā, - I say, walking away from him when he tries to stroke my arm. I walk into the bedroom, and my phone starts ringing, and thatās music to my ears. āHelloā, - I answer softly. āWe need to talkā - I hear Harryās voice on the other side, and it makes my stomach turn as it wakes all the butterflie
Harry POV After talking to Dev and Alice about Karen, I decided to meet up with her. I need to try and find out what she knows. I need to use my charm and get her talking. I hate to do this, and Alice wasnāt pleased, but I assured her that nothing would happen. I just need to make sure that she is telling me everything she knows. I start pacing around while Alice sits next to Dev on the settee. They both look at me as if I have all the answers to all of our problems. I got Karenās number from my mother in law that swears sheās on my side and wants her daughter and grandchild back. I still donāt believe her but here goes nothing. I press the call button, and I keep my eyes on Aliceās while she gives me a little nod taking her teacup to her mouth. āHelloā, - I hear Karen say and automatically, my stomach twists in disgust. I make a face, and I can see both Dev and Alice biting their tongues, so they donāt laugh. āWe need to talk
Alice POV I come back from the kitchen with two mugs full of coffee, and I place them both at the coffee table while Devin laughs about something on tv; heās watching some reality tv crap. Heās distracted watching it while I count the minutes until Harry is home and back in my arms. I canāt shake this horrible feeling in my stomach about him meeting Karen. I know sheās got something up her sleeve, and I am scared about it. I am actually scared for Harryās safety. Itās been a couple of hours since Harry left, and all of a sudden, Devās phone starts to go mental with messages. He puts his mug down on the coffee table while he sits foreword on the settee, and I can see the panic in his face and how he is hiding his screen from me. And then I receive a g****e alert. I have one with Harryās name. So whenever something about him comes up online, I am notified. I grab my phone when the third notificat
Devin POV Harry hasnāt left for more than a couple of hours when my phone starts to go insane with messages and alerts on his name. FUCK I put down the coffee mug, and I start to get tense. What the fuck are you doing dude? I receive photos of his publicist saying paparazzi have been following Harry and got photos of him kissing another woman. His publicist had no clue what to do because that woman is not Alice and definitely not his wife. Alice grabs her phone, and before she can see the fucking pictures, I grab it and stand up, throwing it against the wall, smashing it into a thousand little pieces. She screams at me, but I honestly donāt give a fuck. I donāt want her to see this before I make it disappear. I donāt know what Harry is thinking, but whatever it is, it's fucked up, and Alice doesnāt deserve this. Especially with that bitch. Alice grabs my phone for a plot second and fall
Harry POV āWhere is she?ā - I ask, trying to keep my cool. And how the fuck does she know about the pregnancy? I thought Rita didnāt tell anyone. Fuck. Karen really has Rita. āSheās somewhere safe for now, but if you donāt do as I say, she wonāt beā, - Karen says, showing me a smile. I nod my head slightly. āThis is how we are doing this, I have reporters outside waiting for us, we will walk out holding hands, and you will kiss me, you will kiss me as if your life depended on it because your wifeās life doesā - Karen says, and I canāt help but think about Alice. I am going to lose Alice, and I canāt lose her. But I canāt let this maniac hurt Rita and the baby. āFineā, - I say, and she smiles, holding my hand on top of the table. I move it, and she gives me a stern look. āThen you will take me to your hotel in Waterloo, and you will have mind-blowing sex with meā, - Karen says āThereās no way in hell I will ever
Alice POV I mustāve fallen asleep because when I open my eyes I am in the middle of a really comfortable bed. It is massive and the light is threatening to pass through the blinds, I move and I feel a fluffy blanket on top of me and I pull it up to my chest and I grab it tightly. It smells of Devin. Slowly I open my eyes again and I canāt really remember where I am. I look around but thereās not enough light to actually see where I am. I sit on the bed and I am hit by everything that happened yesterday. The story is repeating itself. I get up and I notice a bathroom attached to the bedroom. I go in and get myself sorted. Theres a new toothbrush and toothpaste for me in the sink that I grab and take care of. I look at myself in the mirror and I can barely recognise myself. I look pale and my eyes and face are puffy and red from the crying. I take a deep breath and look away. Thereās some clothes
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