One stared at Alexander again, with a look of hope and determination in her eyes. She gulped down hard as she decided to take the move of pouring out what she had in her heart. “And what do you have to say? What is the threat about?” He asked impatiently, still looking around as if anyone would jump out and lay an attack on him.One took in a sharp breath and leaned closer, clearing her throat and slowly putting on a smile.Alexander squinted his eyes in surprise as he silently wondered why she would be smiling when there was sensitive information.“You told me that there was a threat to my company, and you had sensitive information. Tell me, what is going on?” Alexander asked again, with his fists clenched beneath the table. He was hoping that One wasn’t trying to play with his brain because if that was the case, it was going to be difficult to forgive her. One analyzed what she had earlier said to him and that was when she discovered that it wasn’t totally lies. Grey was a threat
One dejectedly returned to Grey’s mansion after an unsuccessful mission with Alexander. All through her way back to the house, she took some time to think about what Grey might really be up to.He had asked her to bring Alexander out, and that was precisely what she did. However, he didn’t show up like they had planned. She had countless questions for him, and she couldn’t wait to set eyes on him. Just as she walked, tears blurred her eyes and her throat tightened. Usually, she heard different stories about unrequited love, but she never believed that she would be in such a situation at some point in life. The look of Alexander’s face was scary. He had this cold gaze that made her shiver in fright. She had thought that he would consider her plight, but he made no attempt towards doing that. She got to Grey’s house and met his fiancée, who was staring at her with irritation and disgust.“I have some clothes to be washed. You would do well to take care of them before I’m back from my
Amelia’s PovIt’s been a long day…a very long one at that. My feet were hurting, and my body felt as though they were giving up on me.Earlier, I had tried so hard to stop Alexander from leaving. I even tried to tell him about One, but he wasn’t attempting to give me that chance. And so, I could only hope that he was making the right decision by going out to meet with her.From all what I felt was also jealousy. Inasmuch as I tried so hard to shove that aside, I felt sad that he might pick her up instead, since he didn’t see any need for me again.In the midst of all those thoughts, I resolved to cook dinner just as I waited for his return. For the first time, it felt great to cook. Perhaps I was trying to impress him or something of such. But then, my heart was all poured into the particular meal.Once I was done with that, I went over to the garage where I sat in a corner to wait for him. I was blank on what I was doing, or what I was currently up to. But then a part of my heart pu
Alexander’s PovMy eyes widened in shock as I gazed at Amelia who once said those words that got me scared. How could she have spewed it without any fear or restraint?She was quite bold, and I wasn’t expecting it…“What?” I asked in a voice that sounded like a shipper, secretly pinching myself hard to be sure that I wasn’t just having a dream or hallucination. “From the very first day I met you, I fell for you. It’s been a crazy ride all these while, but then, I promised to tell you the truth today…”, she continued, looking into my eyes and making me lose my stance. She was gorgeous and stunning that mere look at her made my heart stop for some seconds.“Even if you hated me to the core and despite how hard you tried to punish me, I still loved you”, she said and at this point, I caught sight of tears that welled up in her eyes.There was a sudden wave of peace that engulfed my heart just as I heard those words coming from her lips.“And do you know why I didn’t run away that day y
Back at Grey’s house, One was in her room, pondering on how miserable her life was and how there didn’t seem to be a way out of it.At first, when she started loving Alexander, she had thought that it was fate. She started having vivid imaginations of them ending up together and all of that gave her a sort of hope which she never knew existed. But then, in a split second, all of that went down the drain, as though it never existed. A slight knock on her door startled her and to her greatest surprise, she found Grey, standing by the door with a massive frown on his face.Her heart dropped that minute, but she wore a straight face as though she weren’t moved or concerned with his appearance.“What are you doing here?” She asked sternly, peering piercingly into his eyeballs.Grey clicked his teeth and walked into the room, with his hands folded to his chest. He gazed at One intently, after which he walked closer to her, with a dead glare on his face.“So…your relationship with Alexande
Grey couldn’t believe his ears. In all his business with One, he never made it known to her that he placed a tracker on Alexander’s car. So how was it possible that she sounded so sure about the location? “Repeat what you just said”, he demanded as he walked over to her, filling up the steps she left just as she went backwards.“I just tried to say that I would like to return to Alexander’s mansion. It is a lot better for me, and I would ease you of any stress my presence here might have cost you. And so, I would be glad if you help me with the location”, One said, trying so hard to appear and sound bold and aplomb.Her body was shaking fervently and the more she looked into his eyes, the more it looked as if he was going to pounce on her in the next minute.He scoffed and finally darted his gaze away from her. He walked back to his seat and slouched into it, with his hands placed on his chin and his eyes still fixated on her.“So…you know that I have an idea of where Alexander live
Amelia’s PovI sat down on the cold ground in my room, with tissue papers scattered around in a circular motion. I barely got enough sleep all through the night after the weird and heartbreaking statement that came off Alexander’s lips.It was meant to be a great night. Even, I ensured I made dinner and I summoned up such courage to tell him how I felt for him.The last thing I expected was him telling me to get rid of the child I had in my womb. That was totally uncalled for and I couldn’t help the way my heart shattered.“Cruel being! You want to get rid of your child?” I screamed on top of my lungs as I blew into another tissue and flung it across the room.I knew that I was yet to tell him that the child was his, because I had no idea of how his reaction would be. But then, was he that heartless that he would want to kill a poor innocent child?Did he even care about me? What if I die in the process of taking away the child? What would he do? He should have just told me that he
Alexander’s Pov“This baby is yours, Alexander!” Amelia screamed out of her lungs and for a minute, I thought that I had just heard wrongly.“What?”Slowly, I shifted my gaze back to her, struggling to keep my feelings at bay, even if it was quite hard.She was crying, and her eyes carried a sort of pain I haven’t seen in a while. More tears streamed out of her eyes just as she looked at me. “What did you say?” I asked in a voice that sounded like a whisper, just as I walked closer to her.She moved backwards, as though I was going to hurt her with any chance I got.“Stop moving backwards. What did you say?” I asked again.She took in a deep breath, ran her hands into her head and fell to the ground.“The baby is yours! Now you can kill me if you want to”, she yelled out of her lungs and increased the intensity of her tears.I was stuck and dumb that for a minute, all I could do was stare. She looked like a lost young woman, and realizing that I was the reason behind it broke me to t