The next morning was not a pleasant one for One. She woke up with a massive scowl on her face just as she planned of what to do against Amelia. Amelia on the other hand was still lost with the events that happened last night. It felt like a dream, but then, each time she turned to look at Alexander, she became convinced that it was more than a dream.“One…get dressed for the conference. We can’t be late”, he said to One who seemed to be lost in her own thoughts on the couch where she sat.“Eleven…you would be locked here in the room. You can’t be seen by anyone…do you understand?” Alexander asked Amelia who gulped down hard and nodded her head in affirmation.Amelia gazed at Alexander just as her entered the bathroom. Her heart was filled with a lot of questions, but she knew that this was the wrong time to put it out. One was still there and the last thing she wanted was making things more worse between them. Alexander came in again that minute. It seemed as if he had an idea of t
Alexander’s PovI did my best to flash a very bright smile at the other business associates who had walked up to me with warm greetings but my mind was still heavily clouded by One. "Why is she taking so much time?" I mumbled, scanning my eyes around the conference room to see if I could catch even a glimpse of her, but yet again still nothing. "Alexander" A voice called from behind, startling me and making me turn around. Immediately Alan's face came to sight, I flashed him a huge smile. "Mr. Alan""Nice thing you did with the place""Well, I'm glad you like it""I would like us to work together on something, someday. What do you say?""That would be my pleasure. If you excuse me for a minute" With my unsettling gut feeling, it was difficult for me to have fun, not while I knew One was up to no good.My eyes glanced towards the wall clock; 10 minutes. It's been 10 minutes since One had left for her room. "That's more than enough time to even take a dump" I muttered under my breath
Amelia’s POVI was lost in thoughts as I stayed alone in the room. I tried to walk around for a while, but I couldn’t help but feel sad with the thoughts of being left alone in the room.Just then, One walked into the room with a big smile on her face. She dropped her shoes which I presumed had gone bad after which she folded her hands to her chest and walked over to me.“Tell me, Amelia…is this really what you want?” She asked while I looked at her softly, trying to think of what she was pointing at."So what's it going to be, Eleven?" One questioned with a smirk. "You could walk out right now through that door and never come back to this hotel. Isn't this everything you've ever wanted? Your freedom is being laid to you on a silver platter"And One was right. I wanted to desperately leave this room, this house more so than ever before as I'm now carrying a child. I needed to protect this child and myself at all cost but what If Alexander found out---"Stop overthinking this and leave
Alexander’s PovOn getting to my room, I scanned around but found no trace of her. Her small bag on a corner of the ground was no longer there. Although the room was still filled with One's things, it still looked empty. It felt that way too.In as much as I didn't want to confirm my thoughts, it was staring right back at me as clear as day; Eleven had escaped. "F*ck!" I cursed as I launched myself towards the wardrobe, flinging it wide open and as expected, my thoughts were confirmed. Her clothes, shoes, and bag that was right there at the wardrobe last night was gone. "F*ck! F*ck! F*ck!!" I screamed out my frustration as my anger reached the max. Just then, I came to the conclusion on the one person who could have helped Eleven escape; One. It just had to be her. I'd given her the card key to the room earlier plus she'd taken a long while for someone who needed to just change her shoes.A slow smile splayed across my lips as I realized just how perfectly planned One had played m
Amelia’s PovThe fierce mysterious stranger who didn't seem to be done torturing me yet, gestured to the two hefty men dressed in black suits and sunglasses standing by both sides of him. They were probably his guards as they were at his beck and call. "Deal with her""Yes sir!" The guards unified. Having sustained so much beating from this stranger, I knew I couldn't hold on for much longer if these men handled me so I'd retorted to pleading them, hoping they would be more merciful than their boss. "Pl-ease..."I stuttered "Please, let me g-" But it turned out I was wrong. One of the men dragged me forcefully by my hair along the ground as a loud scream escaped from my throat. It was unable to bear the pain. Not only did my hair hurt but my ribs too. My throat was sore, my head kept pounding as if they were bring trampled upon and my chest hurt each time I sobbed. Hot tears rolled down my cheeks as I wondered why no one from this massive crowd bothered to stand up for me. Was this
Chapter 5Alexander’s PovThe one man I loathed the most in the world stood before me, as if he owned the place and that just heightened my irritation towards him and also my desire to get him far away from Eleven as possible.His name still left a bitter taste at the tip of my tongue; Grey Williams. Our history together has been as bad as the war between Korea and Japan. We kicked off as business partners, who had struck a deal like always. It was a win-win for both of us but, Grey had ended up cheating me.Luckily, I was able to claim everything I'd invested into the business with the power I had so I didn't suffer much loss but, my resentment towards him had lived on since that day and I'd promised myself to give him a taste of his medicine; in a bitter way. But we hadn't met since after that day. Our business schedules never synched so he was almost as good as gone from my memories until now, that is. "We just had to attend the same business conference, didn't we?" I muttered un
Amelia’s PovThis was crazy and Insane. How did everything turn out to be a situation that was worse for me to handle? I was in the middle of two men and one of them was claiming to be my fiancée while the other that bruised my face was suggesting that I come with him.Would my life get any funnier?At this point, it seemed as though I was the main character in a comedy show because anyone who listened to my story would definitely break into a loud round of laughter.“Come with you?” I muttered as I turned to gaze at the man who Alexander called Mr. Grey. He had to be the worst person I had ever come across.Alexander had his faults. But then, this man was undoubtedly the worst. How could he have beaten me up in such a manner just because I mistakenly spilled his drink?Different thoughts swirled around my head as I tried to think of what to do at the moment. My heart was beating heavily, and it dawned on me that picking any of the men would have a heavy effect on my life and that of
Alexander’s Pov“Did she just call me her fiancé?” I asked myself as I staggered slightly while gazing at my furious Amelia, who was currently talking back at Greg.She had a sort of rage which I hadn’t witnessed in her for a while, and deep down, I felt glad. There was a wave of pride that engulfed me just as I watched her and at that point, I knew that I had no regrets for addressing her as my fiancé in the first place.“You should be glad that I decided not to press charges! But trust me when I say that if you play any more games, your stupid ass would sleep in the cell!” Amelia yelled out of her lungs while Greg staggered slightly and gazed into her eyes.“What the hell!” He muttered under his breath, unable to utter a single word.Amelia returned to me and grabbed me on my wrist and without uttering any word, she barged out of the scene.We went back to the room and the minute we were at the door, she let go of her grip on me. Countless thoughts clouded my head and for a split se