Genevieve.I wanted to run back to the bathroom especially when I saw Mr King staring at me like I was the last piece of candy in a candy shop. I stood there awkwardly without knowing what to say, should I say something or did he know I had no clothes to wear?I kept on staring at the floor when I had him say,“Need something, Eve?” His voice was deep and I had to bite my inner cheek not to do something stupid at the mention of my name.I nodded my head and said without looking at him,“I….I don’t have my clothes, Mr King, I left them back home,” I told him.“Look at me,” he ordered but my eyes remained on the floor.He took a step forward, “Eve, look at me,” he said and I found my body following his command.“First of all you can call me Alexander, and secondly you have to look me in the eye when talking to me,” he said.“Wait here,” he walked past me into another room which turned out to be a walk-in closet. I wasn’t surprised when the colors there were just black and nothing else.
Genevieve.I was wrong when I wished that the day would go smoothly for me because none of everything was going well for me.The paparazzi wouldn’t leave us alone even as we drove past them at the gate. I had thought they would have left by now since there was nothing more to talk about. But I was wrong as soon as we drove past them they all entered into their respective cars and chased after us.Alexander’s driver couldn’t lose them no matter how hard he tried, they were just too many and I hated the attention.Finally, after driving for a few minutes, the car pulled up in front of a two-story building with the name ‘King’s Closet’.I looked at the building and then back at Alexander who was still sitting unmoving beside me.“Why are we here?” I asked knowing this building in front of us belonged to him.“What do you mean?” He asked back like he didn’t know what I was talking about.I sigh, “Why is your driver stopping here when we can park at the car park and enter without the press
Genevieve.Samantha returned almost an hour later with too many clothes, I don’t even know where to begin as they were much.She didn’t come alone, she had four people to assist her and those four people had their hands full with clothes.“Drop those here,” she instructed the girls while they did as she said.“Alright, time to get you dressed up,” the way she said it felt like I wasn’t putting on anything before.Before I could blink, Samatha was holding my hand and dragging me to another room. I looked at Alexander in panic, though he’d just introduced her as his sister that doesn’t mean that I trust her a hundred percent.“Don’t worry, she won’t hurt you,” Alexander said as if sensing my worry.I nodded and then followed Samatha to the room, she went out and came back a minute later with her hand full of clothes.I stared at it warily before taking my eyes off them.“Am I going to try all of these clothes?” I asked while still eyeing the clothes.She gave me a bright smile, “yes,” s
Alexander.She was different.So different from the one I met many years ago, I have had my doubts since I met her that night; nobody has been on my mind but she has been ever since I met her and so I had my investigators dig into it. I wanted to be sure it was her before telling her.She was too pure and innocent for this evil world, and right now staring at her I could tell she wouldn’t be able to pull off this revenge on her family.She’s too soft and tears up easily but she should worry, I’m ready to be by her side. Ready to support her and have this revenge for her.She blinked at me, trying to process what I just said. I was merely teasing her, I love seeing her all worked up.And should I add how cute she is anytime she is flustered?“I….you can’t stay here and watch me bathe Alexander,” I almost groaned.I love hearing my name from her little mouth. Fuck! I can’t help but picture the things I would do to that mouth of hers, things I would do to her body while she screams out m
Genevieve.I want to freak out so badly but I can’t, I can’t do anything that would jeopardize the pain Alexander had. So I had to pretend to be okay, but deep down inside I knew I wasn’t.I tried to put on a hard mask every single time, acting like I didn’t care about anyone or anything they did. I indeed care, all I was trying to do was try to hide that little girl at the back of my mind.The little girl who wanted to smile and laugh every day as she walked through the garden with her family, the girl who wanted to find her family and maybe a sibling or two and hug the life out of them, forgive them for not searching for her early and get to know more about them after so many years.The girl who would be happy with her family lives a quiet life. Get married to her first love and then grow a family with him.That’s what I wanted.To be that girl.That beautiful, happy free girl.But I couldn’t and it hurt.It hurt every second of every day to know I would never have that life, it hur
Genevieve. Immediately I processed the words, I pushed him away from me. What the heck! He didn’t just say that, I glared at the man who was busy chuckling at me. “Why….why would you touch me with it?” I asked, right now I was scared to look from the bottom of his waist. Gosh, how can I be so dumb to not know that it was his…….his…..thing? He has been rubbing me with it for a long time now and I have no idea. “What? Why are you glaring at me like that?” He asked like he didn’t know why. The bastard. “Why didn’t you tell me?” I asked. “What should I say, that the drama you pulled turned me on,” his eyes turned darker as they stared into mine. “But…..but that shouldn’t….” That shouldn’t have gotten him hard right? Me just placing my hand on his chest shouldn’t get him that hard right? Right. “You should know that whatever you do, whether little or not, will get a reaction from me.” He told me. “Why?” It doesn’t make sense to me, I thought before a man can get hard
Genevieve.I relaxed a bit in the person's hands but after remembering who it was, I quickly tried to pull from his hold.“Let me go!” I snapped at him but that didn’t stop him from tightening his grip around my waist.He pulled me closer to himself, making sure my head was touching his chest.“Stay calm Genevieve or you are going to get hurt,” he said but I wasn’t getting any of that, I wanted to free myself from him.I wonder what he was doing here in the first place, he shouldn’t be around the restroom unless he has been watching me all night and decided to meet me here since he knew I would be alone.“You bastard! Let go of me!” I screamed at him but he didn’t move.“You weren’t saying this to him when he was busy touching you like he owned you.” He snapped and I frowned trying to know what he was talking about and then it hit me.“That’s none of your business Marcus, let me go,” I told him.I tried hitting him but it seemed like the man’s body was made of blocks because he wouldn
Alexander.I couldn’t focus after Genevieve left my side, my eyes were constantly looking at the door hoping she would walk in at any time but it’s over six minutes now and she hasn’t returned.My fucking guards were nowhere in sight, I swear I’m going to fire those fuckers ass if anything happened to my Eve.I wasn’t paying attention to what the men were saying, I didn’t want them around before so they can fuck off if they think I’m being disrespectful by not listening to them.My whole attention and mind were on Eve, I would only relax if she was right here beside me.“Mr King, are you listening to me?” The old man asked and I almost snorted.No, now get the fuck away from me.“If you’ll excuse me, gentlemen I have to be somewhere,” I told them.They all frowned but tried to cover it up,“But Mr King, we aren’t done with our conversation yet…”“I know. Can we do this another time?” Or more like never.I didn’t wait to hear their reply before leaving. On my way out of the hall, some
Epilogue. Genevieve. I have always dreamed of having this life filled with happiness and joy and I can’t believe I have it all. It has been two months since Alexander proposed and it still feels like yesterday. Dahlia had been buried—what was remaining of her—while the woman who turned out to be her mother by birth was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. I didn’t know how burdened I was about that day until I saw her being walked out of the courthouse with handcuffs around her wrists. She is gone, she will no longer hurt me and any of my family again. Samantha and Jeremy are dating officially now and though Alexander had a hard time wrapping his head around the news he had no other choice but to give his blessings. I rubbed my sweaty hands against my dress again, I still couldn’t believe I was the one in the mirror. The custom-made wedding gown looked so pretty with diamonds that could blind anyone all over the body. Mom—Enzo’s mother—made sure I had the best of the be
Alexander. I got a call later that day that the car Dahlia and her accomplice were driving got into an accident, Dahlia died on the spot while her accomplice was rushed to the hospital. Everyone was still waiting for her to wake up and tell me what she knew. Genevieve woke up a day after being in the hospital and for the first time after hearing of her supposed death, I burst into tears. I didn’t realize how much I had missed her until she was in my arms and I was hugging her. She told us what she heard while she was in a coma, why Dahlia did this, and why she was trying to escape. It still doesn’t make any sense to me, she was the one who got adopted and yet she wanted a bigger share of the family’s wealth. I blamed Mr and Mrs Parker for treating her like a princess over their daughter, if they hadn’t made Dahlia feel superior this wouldn’t have happened. Speaking of Genevieve’s parents they heard about her being alive from the news. Every single TV station was announcing the
Alexander.It has been a week of hassle, a week of unfruitful work, and endless search. After that long week of searching for Genevieve, I was finally able to find her, just as I had thought all this while Dahlia had a hand in her accident.“Drive faster,” I shouted at the driver. It wasn’t his fault but I was impatient. I couldn’t wait to get to her on time, what if something had happened to her? What if she's in bad shape and couldn’t move? What if she hasn’t eaten for a long time now?A lot of what-ifs popped into my head and they were all negative thoughts.My leg bounced up and down as I stared out through the window.“Nothing is going to happen to her,” Jeremy said beside me.I looked at him and forced a smile. I feel grateful for having a best friend like him, he stood always there when I needed help. Apart from Jeremy, my father was the only one who knew about this—about us searching for Genevieve—when everyone concluded she was dead.“Don’t worry.” He added placing his hand o
Dahlia.It has been a rough week for me, first, the plan didn’t go as planned and next, I was being followed by Alexander’s men and now the bitch wasn’t waking up.I was burning with so much rage and anger that at times it felt like I should go into that basement and cut every wire connected to her off. I don’t care if she dies, I don’t care about the papers anymore.I just want her gone from my life.I haven’t hated anyone the way I hated her, she was just too pure and everyone who saw her loved her. While I was painted as the black sheep of the family.I was giving her just today, if she doesn’t wake up by the end of the day then I’m killing her for real.I looked at myself in the mirror as I tenderly rubbed my skin, I looked stressed out because of her. Everything that’s happening to me was because of her, I would have been happily married to Marcus by now if it wasn’t for her.Every failure in my life was all her.Letting out a sigh, I packed my hair, took a bath, and wore a black
*****The faint sound of a beeping sound pulled me out of my deep sleep. Slowly but surely my eyes that had felt like they were glued together opened but immediately had them shut when the bright lights attacked my eyes.I waited for a few minutes before opening them again and this time I wasn’t attacked by the lights like the first time.I blinked and stared at the dark ceiling for a while, before taking my eyes off it and looking around at the room I was in.The low beeping sound continued and only when I saw the IV pole and some other machine by the side of the bed.Where am I? I wondered.This doesn’t look anything like my room or anywhere familiar.I blinked and tried sitting up only to let out a curse and fall right back on the bed.Jesus! It felt like my whole body was on fire with just one movement.I didn’t try getting up again, my eyes went to the door, and wondered who was going to walk in through it.My arms hurt, my legs hurt, my whole body hurts.The place looked differe
*****“I can’t do it. They are already suspecting me enough, I don’t want to draw more attention to myself.” A familiar voice said in a hushed tone.That voice. Where have I heard it before? I know I have heard it somewhere but where?“Do it, Delilah, you have already come this far, what more can stop you.” Another unfamiliar voice probes into my head.Who was that?“I can’t do it. If you so much want to have revenge on them why can’t you do it yourself, do not use me. I’m not your tool, I have already gotten what I want and that’s her.” The familiar voice said again.Her?Who were they talking about?“Do you think bringing her here will be the only way to end this? No, Delilah, it won’t. We have to do what was planned and there’s no backing out on this?” The unfamiliar voice spoke again.“No, I can’t do this. I can’t do it.” I heard nothing after that. Quiet. The whole place was quiet……I flinched as I heard the loud sound of something hitting the wall and breaking into pieces.“You f
Alexander.The funeral was over and during the whole thing, I made sure to read everyone’s language around me. Anyone could be the one behind Eve’s accident, any one of them could be holding the real Genevieve.Mr and Mrs Parker weren't seen again after I had the guards escort them out, they should be glad that I wasn’t that mean towards them.They wouldn’t have left this place with their shoulders still raised high if I had said everything they did to Genevieve.I stood there watching as they lowered the casket to the ground, I remained there as they covered it with sand until there was nothing left.I was still there when everyone started leaving, I don’t know why it felt like I needed to pay a last respect to whoever was killed in that car instead of my Eve.She’s not the one and I hate how everyone was crying and crying.From my peripheral vision, I saw how Samatha and Jeremy were holding each other. His arms around her seem suspicious, it doesn’t look like the way a friend would
Alexander.After getting Mom to calm down, she left only after I promised her I would get ready and meet them downstairs.I could hear some voices from outside my room but I haven’t been able to go out and the people out there haven’t been able to come in. They know I wouldn’t like seeing anyone and I like how much they respected my space.“I know you aren’t dead, Eve,” I whispered to myself as I wore my suit jacket.I’m only doing this because I want to make whoever did this—that hurt and maybe have Eve—that I’m miserable without her.They should see that I’m broken and have moved on from her, I know that would get them to loosen up a bit. And maybe, just maybe I could get a lead from there.I stepped out of the room without bothering to comb or brush my hair, I walked past the two people camped outside my door and went downstairs.I knew their intention was to stay around me, watch over me, and make sure I did not do myself any harm.I may be out of my mind now but that doesn’t mean
Alexander.I stared at myself in the mirror and couldn’t believe I was looking right back at me. I looked different, crazy, a madman. Yes, that's what Sam called me and that is what I am.I went mad the day I got a call from the cops about Eve in an accident and the fucking hard part of it was that she didn’t survive.Neither she nor the driver survived the accident.She was burnt to ashes when the car went up in flames and couldn’t be saved—according to the fucking cops.I didn’t believe it, I didn’t want to believe that my Eve was gone. That something happened to her, that she wasn’t here with me anymore.But as the day passed and she didn’t return home, the feeling of losing her began to sink deeper into my heart.She’s gone.She’s no longer here with me, she's gone and I could do nothing about it.My hand clenched beside me as I kept on staring at myself in the mirror, I took notice of the eye bags under my eyes.I haven’t been able to sleep since I got that call, hell I have raid