Everywhere was dark, just like how my heart felt at this moment. The moment I had read that note in the cabin, something inside me died. I had lost count of the days. I had been locked up in the basement by my own father. No one to talk to, no sliver of light, just darkness, silence, and the occasional sound of footsteps bringing in food once a day by my father's bodyguard. My muscles were screaming from fatigue and weakness. My throat was dri, and my heart…my heart was in poeces. Plus, the pain that was constantly coming from my heart. Coupled with my situation, that made everything worse. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Alex’s face. His lips, whispering those words that shattered me. It was a mistake. I was dissatisfied. I forced my eyes open. I didn’t want to see it again. I know this was a punishment, but I would endure it until my father's anger cools down. The loud screeching of the basement door echoed throughout the small space, followed immediately by the sudden b
Andrian pov My father’s eyes flared with pure rage. The next slap was so hard that my head snapped to the side. “You disgust me” he scowled He held up his hand, stopping me from apologizing. Before I could react, he brought out the almost faded photograph of my mother. It's her only property that I have managed to keep when my father was cleansing her from our lives. Hence my nervousness. “You are the heir , my seed that will inherit all this wealth. But you are ungrateful, after all I have done for you. You still disobeyed me to keep this, this abomination. He was talking about the picture. “She is my mother…” “She is a slut, a weak and stupid woman who killed herself.” My father screamed in the little basement. “Don't ever call her a slut again” I warned, already seeing red for him disgracing my mother. “You dare talk to me…” “My mother didn't kill herself, you killed her, you are a murderer, and a manipulative bastard” There was a pregnant silence following my rants.
Alex’s POV I told myself I wouldn’t care. I told myself Andrian’s absence was his problem, not mine. But as the days passed, as the whispers grew, as the competition loomed closer and he still wasn’t here, my patience started to wear dangerously thin. He was supposed to be here. I needed to see him. I needed to know his reaction. And the fact that I didn’t? It was driving me insane. ************************** I felt like a ghost. Two weeks. It had been two whole weeks since I last saw Andrian, and in that time, everything had changed. Linda was pissed at me. Apparently she was not happy about my little stunts, and peter? Well Peter was nowhere to be found, always busy and I was ashamed to meet him, not after. Had betrayed his trust. And Andrian? He was just… gone. It was like he had never existed, like he had never been a part of my life. But I felt him. Everywhere. I couldn’t focus in class. I barely paid attention during rehearsals. I moved through the da
Alex povToday was the day of the competition, no conference, and still no words from Andrian.I stared at my reflection at the gigantic mirror in my room. A fine man in a royal blue tuxedo and a bow tie, together with a matching ribbon, stared right back at me. I curled my hair, not after I had dyed it pitch black. And to be honest, I was proud of my handwork. But I couldn’t smile. “Honey someone is waiting for you” My mother's voice floated up from downstairs. I had tried to convince her not to come for the school conference, especially knowing that she is working tirelessly to make sure that everything was going smoothly in my fathers company, but she had insisted, even canceling some Important meetings just to be there.I looked at myself one last time before going downstairs to see who was waiting for me.But froze at the stairs as I saw who it was. Linda.She was already dressed in a blue flowery dress. She looked stunning , and I could help raise a brow at what I was seei
Alex pov I have lost him. The guy I had ever loved, my first kiss, just walked in with a dangerously stunning woman after weeks of absence without even sparing me a glance. My heart was shattering into pieces. I could not breathe well. Andrian and his devilish whore had captivated the whole hall. That nobody had noticed when I had slept out of the hall. But Linda, my best friend, noticed me sneaking out of the hall. My tears were falling uncontrollably, blinding my vision. “Alex”, Linda called behind me, her quick steps following me, as she ran after me. I stopped when I was far away from the happy gathering, facing her eventually. “It's my fault, Linda. I messed up, I am a fool…” Linda pulled me into a hug, stopping me from my rambling. "Shut up, Alex," she murmured, rubbing my back soothingly. "You’re not a fool." I clung to her, my breath coming out in shaky bursts. I had held it together in the hall. Forced myself to look strong and unaffected ,but I know that I was dyi
Alex povIf I could rewind the hands of the clock, I would gladly do so to forever avoid this night from happening.I should have never done this.I should have never told the Vice-Chancellor to organize this competition between us.At the time, I had been blinded by anger, driven by revenge. I wanted Andrian to suffer the way he had made me suffer, to feel humiliated, just as I had felt when he walked into the college on the first day and broke my heart.I was looking for revenge.But now?I wanted nothing more than to take it all back.But it was too late.The MC’s loud voice continues to ring throughout the hall. He was explaining the rules to the confused crowd, who had no idea of what was about to happen.I wanted to just disappear forever, but if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.I caught sight of Linda confused, face mouthing words to me. She was asking what was happening, but I didn’t have the energy to answer. I couldn’t tell her that I was responsible for this.“Ladie
Andrian’s POVI walked off the stage, oblivious of the commotion and uproar that my actions had caused.But none of it matters anymore.Nothing in this life matters again. I clenched my fists so tightly that my nails dug into my palms. My chest burned with frustration, anger, and something I couldn’t quite name.I was supposed to be angry at him.I was supposed to hate him.Alex.The person who had done the most painful thing to me. He had betrayed me.He had cheated on me.I had seen it with my own eyes, him with another man at the club, tangled in an embrace that should have been mine.It was so real, and from all indications, his note said it all that he never loved me. I was a fool to open my heart to him.So why?Why did I help him?I should have let him fail. Should have watched him stumble and fall in front of everyone, just like he had let me fall. But the moment I saw the panic in his eyes, the moment i saw he was in a desperate situation, he has a frozenon stage,And wi
Alex’s POV I stood there, frozen. The Andrian hard words continued to ring in my head, each one slicing through me like a hot blade to the heart. "I hate you, Alex." I couldn’t breathe. My chest felt tight, like someone had reached inside and crushed my heart in their fist. Andrian’s face, when I dared to look, was contorted in pure rage, and with all the anger, I could see that he was saying it straight from his heart. And it haunted my mind. His voice, so full of venom and pain, echoed in my head over and over again, refusing to stop. "You disgust me." "You’re a selfish, manipulative bastard." "I should’ve let you fail." I sucked in a shaky breath, but it did nothing to calm the storm raging inside me. The pain that was coming from my heart was so much that I felt like my heart was being ripped out of me. I wanted to move, to say something, to chase after him. But what was the point? He was right. In my ignorance, I had done a lot of bad things that I am now regretting.
Alex’s POV The morning light streamed through the curtains, casting a golden glow across the room. The soft sound of the distant waters gives the scene a peaceful and otherworldly atmosphere. I stirred from my sleep. My muscles screamed as I stretched myself. my body was aching in places I never knew could ache. My whole body was sore, and my back felt like it had been through a battle. but the warmth pressed against me made it all worth it. Andrian’s strong arms were wrapped around my waist possessively, as if he couldn’t bear to let me go at all. his chest continued to rise and fall gently, behind me. I turned slightly, careful not to wake him, and watched his peaceful face. He looked so different like this, no arrogance, no fierce possessiveness, no weight pulling him down, just a man completely at ease. A lazy smile spread across my lips. Last night had been…well it was a rough night. The way he touched me, the way he held me, as if I was the only thing that mattered in th
sexual content ahead ‼️‼️Alex pov “You are mine” andrian growled like an animal. I couldn’t help the ecstacy that ran through my body from his deep, possessive words. I have never thought of someone owing me before. Hell no, I don't even have such fetish, but hearing andrian say it. It brought out a lot of things in me. My heart shook, almost answering to his statement. “Yes, I am yours” I said back, matching his tempo. One time, I was standing on the beach, and the next andrian lifted me up like I weighed nothing. His hands rested on my bottom as he painfully squeezed. I gasp, the pleasure running inside me was too much to comprehend. I clung to him for dear life, as I let andrian abuse my mouth. I was completely at his mercy. A whimper escaped my lips as he trailed traces of kiss from my jaw down to my neck. My toes tingle, and everything suddenly becomes blurry to me. The stars, the genlt waves lapping against the shore, the breeze, everything stilled. As I stared at
Andrian pov “Alex!” He was whole. Alive. I wasn’t dreaming. His blue eyes met mine, and for the first time in over a year, I felt the ground would open and swallow me. His face held no atome of expression. I wanted to gauge from that, but I found nothing. only his blue eyes was fixated on me, staring at mèso intensely. It suddenly felt like the world, my surroundings, everything had disappeared, only Alex was in my world. For the past twenty minutes, neither of us had moved, neither of us had spoken. We just stood there, staring at each other like if we so much as blinked, the other would disappear. “Alex…” I repeated. Unable to form concurrent thoughts. His name was a whisper in my mind, a ghost I had never truly let go of. All this time, I had tried to delude myself, and I had moved on. But seeing him standing in front of me. All those feelings I had desperately locked off came rushing out like a dam. He was, real, standing right in front of me, looking both f
Andrian pov Today was another bright day. The sun was already getting ready to shower the island with its blissful light. It was a day of work. Another day of burying myself in work. The world had long since moved on. And so had I. Or at least, that’s what I kept trying to let myself believe. It had been over a year since I left the hospital, since I turned my back on everything, the empire, the fortune, the past. My father’s reign had crumbled into dust, his empire swallowed by scavengers. It should have mattered to me. It should have made me feel something. But it didn’t. The one thing that mattered to me most has been taken away from me by the same man who calls himself my father. Without hesitation, I came and testified in the court. That was all it took to send him to life imprisonment , for attempted murder, and involvement in drug dealing and human trafficking. Well, I was also surprised when all the evidence was dug up. I know that my father was a fraudster and a w
ALEX’S POV Six Months Later Darkness. That was all I had known. I have lost even a sense of time. I didn’t know how long I had been here ,but I only knew that it's been a long time. Time didn’t move here. There was no past, no present, no future. Just an endless abyss where memories flickered like broken film reels, playing over and over again. I was awake, and at the same time, I was not awake. I could hear voices that sounded like the voices of the nurses and doctors coming in every day. They would whisper in hushed tones before leaving immediately. And every time, I would scream and shout at them. I tried to ask them what was wrong, but each time, I was met with nothing. At times, my mother would stay with me for days. Talking about sweet things when our family was whole again. I was playing in the snow, or my father took the little me to the children's park. I could feel her sadness coming out in waves, but I can't do anything about it. I could only.lie down, to li
Andrian POV Six Months LaterThe world had moved on.People carried on with their lives, the city bustled like it always did, and Rufus' empire together with all the assets had long since been divided among greedy hands, swallowed by vultures disguised as loyal friends and business partners.Well, ever since the arrest.I sighed for what felt like a hundred times this morning. I looked through the window, envious of the way people went about their normal daily lives. Moving on with their lives.Unaware of the lonely and broken heart, that was still stuck in the past.For me, time had stopped six months ago, on that blood-stained floor, with Alex's limp body in my arms, his breath shallow , as his life continued to seep out. That was the day my own world shattered into nothingness.I stood by the large window of my penthouse, staring blankly at the city below. The skyline of Manchester stretched endlessly, lights flickering like stars against the night, but it all felt so... empty, so
Alex pov It was as if everything had stopped, even time itself, had freezed. But it was more of the calm, before the storm. I mentaĺly counted down from 3,2,1… Before all hell was let loose. But the thing was that I was not there when it did. I was still in a trance, from watching andrian throw the key to the hungry monsters before I felt myself being dragged out of the room in a hurry. The sound of gunshots firing behind our back, echoed throughout the building. “Common keep up, if you want to live” andrian words reached me, but I was not making sense of it all. Nothing that has happened in the past 20 hours made sense. But one thing that made sense is that I have failed as the heir to my fathers legacy. No matter how it turned out, the truth still remained that the key is now with one of the evil monsters, and the secret wealth of my father would be plunged all because I was stupid enough to fall for a boy. “Leave me alone” I suddenly said, stopping myself from being dragge
Alex pov The world was closing in on me. I felt like I would vomit, but every time I wanted to do so, nothing came out.I was devastated as an understatement. I was crushed both mentally and otherwise. i couldn't believe that Andrian was demanding a share in whatever wealth that was hidden in the Davidson save.Was this his way of doing back? After I abandoned him again on the island. But I had no choice.They had made sure I didn't involve anybody, even andrian.But seeing andrian standing there negotiating with the evil people, I could not help but ask what I had done wrong.“Why?”It was not too loud or directly directed to a specific person in particular, but andrian finally looked my way. My heart shook as he looked at me with no emotion in his eyes.“I am sorry, Alex, but I can't stop myself from doing this.” I shook my head, and I was not satisfied with his answer. “We promised each other. I thought we did…” My voice trailed off, cracking at the end.This was my father's mi
Alex povLuke turned dramatically, motioning to the guards near the door.The door swung open again, and two large men dragged someone inside.My heart stopped.Viper.His face was bruised, blood dripping from his forehead, from all the places they had injured him. His hands were bound behind him, his head hung loose at the side, but he raised it up when he heard my voice."No."Panic crashed into me like a tidal wave."Viper!"I called for the second time. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Viper, someone I had known to be all mighty and mysterious, was reduced to this state, barely hanging on for his dear life. his dark eyes flickering to mine before he gave a weak, bloody smirk."Hey, kid." His voice was low and filled with pain.I could barely hear him, but I could still see the unwavering light in his eyes. It has not yet gone off.Luke chuckled."You have a strong and loyal lackey, I must commend. Let’s see how long he lasts, shall we?"The guards threw Viper to the ground