Aubrey's POV" Why?" I asked her in surprise.The waitress looked uncomfortable, " I don't know. He just ordered this for you and your friend." She said. Alexis smiled, " Thank you. Did he leave a name?" She asked excitedly and I rolled my eyes. She was happy for free food. Didn't she know that not all free things are profitable? " No, he said that he's a friend."" That's...." I nudged her hard and smiled at the waitress, "Thank you." I said. The waitress walked back to her position, and I looked at the croissants. I'd never experienced a stranger buying me things before, " Do you think we- I should take this?" I asked Alexis who was enjoying her pint of ice cream. " Well, it's not like he can poison you. He only paid for what you ordered and added an extra. What's the big deal?" She shrugged. " You are a freeloader." Her mouth fell into a pout and she placed a hand on her chest, " That's so heartbreaking. I never expected you to say that." I rolled my eyes at her theatrics,
Aubrey's POV " Are you okay? Aubrey? Aubrey?" Alexis hit my arm, and I snapped back to the present. " Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.""You are far from fine. Why did you space out like that?" She asked and I didn't say anything. " Are you sure that you're okay?" She asked me. Her face filled with concern. " Yeah, I'm good. I just need to make some calls." I told her and she nodded, her gaze fixated on me in concern. She didn't believe me but I didn't have the time to convince her." Okay," She replied and I walked a few steps away to be out of ear shots." Hello, Josh." I called the first person who came to my mind. He was the best person to inform. It was you direct to be a coincidence, " I think I have a stalker." I told him. " You don't say." He replied. Then I narrated everything that had happened, " What do you think?" I asked him. He sighed, "I should have known. I told him that it was a terrible idea." He said and I scrunched my brows. " Told him what? Known what?" I probed. " I
Aubrey's POV Ellie walked into the house and Alexis rose to her full height. " Ellie, right? Your friend?" She asked. "Hmm." I nodded as she walked in. It was then I noticed her small overnight bag. " Who brought you?" I inquired and she looked at me. " He's downstairs?" I whispered and comported myself when I saw that Alexis was staring at me deeply, " Okay, come in. You must be tired." I said and she followed me into a spare room." You can stay here." I said and watched her drop her bag on the floor gently. " I'll bring some towels for you right now." " Don't bring them yet. My father misses you, he wants you to come back." I sighed, " Jumping right into the heart of the matter, are we?" I asked and she nodded, " Let me check up on my friend and I'll come back." I told her. I didn't want Alexis to feel bad, I noticed that Ellie didn't respond to her cheerfulness earlier. She was not in the living room and I heard a faint noise coming from the kitchen. Could it be that she was
Aubrey's POV The doorbell rang and we looked at each other for a minute before walking out of the room. I peeped through the hole and saw him standing outside my apartment. The one who has been on my mind since I returned. It was foreign seeing him again in the flesh. I knew this was not the time to drool but I couldn't help but admire his new haircut, he had a parting in the sides and I turned. " Your father." I mouthed to Ellie. Alexis walked out of her room with a cup in her hand, and she stopped in her tracks when she saw us staring at each other. "What's up?" She asked and we shook our head. Actually, I did, while Ellie kept staring at her as if she knew her before. No one was speaking and I jumped when I heard the knock again. " Why aren't you answering the door?" Alexis inquired while looking at me in curiosity." Nothing, it's probably one of those pranksters" " What if it isn't?" Alexis asked me and I shrugged. How was I supposed to explain Mr. Knight's appearance to
Aubrey's POV The lights flickered on when we entered and I was greeted with the presence of close to ten people sitting in the living room on a sofa. Did he bring me to join a cult? I wondered and halted when he pushed me gently to proceed. " What are we doing here?" I mouthed. He was the only one I knew and right now, it seemed as though my tryst level was waning, I couldn't relate to the fact that I was standing before strangers like a sacrificial lamb. " She is pretty." A male voice said and I was forced to look away from the chair I was staring at. I turned to see the owner of the voice descending from the stairs in slow motion. My heart was palpitating greatly. This is it, I had watched such scenes like this whereby..."I can hear your heartbeat." Hello? Was it supposed to be slugging around? " You needn't fear." He said. I might not know a lot about those species, but I knew that everyone here was powerful. There was something about them. Probably it was the way they sa
Aubrey's POV It was almost like deja Vu except that I was alert this time experiencing 't my heart was thumping strongly. I looked into a pair of mocha eyes—impassive and trained on whatever object he saw behind me. He shook his head slowly at me. "Don't move." He mouthed and I heard a gunshot. It was then my heart kicked into overdrive. What did he mean by me not moving? He pulled me closer to his side and I crashed to the ground. My thoughts; We are in an open space, I could get killed! I was going to die and leave my sister behind. Was this how I was going to die?" Run behind that car." He instructed and pulled out a gun from his pocket and handed it to me. " Can you shoot?" Another gunshot rang in the air and the bullet landed beside me. My heart left my body at this point. This wasn't a dream, I was in the midst of a shooting spree and I could lose my life. Adrenaline rushed through me and I ran tow
Aubrey's POV I blinked twice when I discovered that no one was making a move to salvage the situation, why the hell was no one me talking about anything? " Uh, this is my cue to leave." I said, breaking the unusual silence, if they refused to say anything that was cool, but u wouldn't be here for it. "Tell me something, George. What do you intend to achieve? You know damn well that I am not relinquishing ownership to you." Mr. Knight asked and folded his arm. George held onto me and pressed the gun into my head, " You don't want to try me." He replied with a little amusement in his voice. "I am aware of your involvement with your partners. It's quite bold of you to think that I would not be a step ahead." He said." Okay." Mr. Knight said and walked away. "What are you doing?!" I screamed after him when he didn't turn at the right time, " Are you just going to leave me here?" I called in horror. I found it hard to believe that this was happening to me. " It seems like you will
Mr. Knight's POV " You killed him?" My sister asked as she paced about my office berating me in her mind for killing her beloved brother. " For her?" She cast a withering look at Aubrey, if she had her way, she would have landed her a hot slap. " He tried to kill her. Deal with it." Josh interjected and she shot him a stare, she was the middle child so she was used to getting her way all the time.I saw Meg rub his hand slowly, she was still in the grieving phase, I bet all that she was seeing right now was the fact that I killed her brother because of a lady, who was my mate, " Make me understand this. You watched him kill his brother because of you. Wasn't there a way you could have stopped him? Mates stop their significant other from making terrible mistakes. What do you hope to get from this?" She challenged Aubrey. Josh growled, " Quite talking to her in that manner. He tried to kill his mate for goodness' sake. You don't expect him to applaud him." He said in defense. Helen