ALICE'S POV My body melted against his when his lips crashed against mine and that asshole decided, it was the best time to pull away. I opened my eyes and glared at him, feeling my lips tingle with the touch of his lips. He was using that famous push and pull tactic on me in this moment and even if I felt like grabbing his soft hair somehow to force him to kiss me again, I was too stubborn to admit that. My evil heart was whispering something to assure me and it was really-really assuring. ' It's lust. Anyone would want to kiss someone like Damien Knight Castillo. ' He leaned in all of a sudden and pecked the tip of my nose, making me glare at him harder. He knew what he was doing, as usual and my heart was becoming weak against his little stupid tricks. He slowly set me down on my feet and stepped away from me. His shirt was wet from the front now. He glanced down, just as my eyes travelled down. “ You can co

ALICE'S POV “ I love you. ” I deadpanned, keeping a straight face, while my eyes observed his reaction. He blinked blankly. One time. Two times. Three times. This made me highly uncomfortable. Okay. So I just told a man, that I loved him and he was blinking at me blankly. Ofcourse, I said this to shock him and make him believe me and I did not really confess to him seriously, but his reaction was really-really disappointing. “ That didn't work. ” He spoke after the long pause, making me throw my head back against the headrest. He knew I was just trying to get his mind off the right track. “ It didn't. ” I whispered tiredly, my eyes still drilling holes in his head. Stupid. Stupid me. Stupid Damien. Stupid world. I groaned and closed my eyes to not feel so embarassed anymore. Out of all the things in the world, why did I have to say this? Probably, because you real

ALICE'S POV“ Nothing... ” I lied nervously, before moving towards him and then past him to leave the study room. He did not seem like he knew I was going through the album or I even saw the picture. Maybe, he got that picture when he was running the background check on me. The picture was from the time I went to Maldives five years ago. I was sitting at the shore all alone, while I watched the breath-taking sparkling water. It was at night that everyone decided to sneak away and go to the Vaadhoo Island. It's a beautiful and faded memory, as I think back to it now, but the night was not entirely pleasant as I recall it. It was lonely and scary. Sighing, I went to the dining room and sat down on one of the chairs still thinking about it.Damien knew everything about me. Everything. He knew about things even I could not remember anymore. It was scary how past always stuck to us.

ALICE'S POV “ Alice. ” Damien's soft voice woke me up. Blinking my eyes open, I stared at him confused at what he was doing sitting on his toes in front of me. “ What happened? ” I croaked out and glanced down to find myself dressed in one of his shirts again. I sure slept like a dead body when he was around. Lifting my gaze, I met his steely grey orbs and a bad feeling made my head hurt instantly. His eyes were cold just like his expressions, but there was just a feeling telling me that there was something wrong. “ Get dressed. Alder is here to take you back. ” He sighed, his eyes boring into mine. A wave of shock hit me hard. It was just last night that he was hellbound on not letting me go then what changed now? I thought we had some sort of moment right there. I could feel it. “ What happened Damien? ” I asked again, pushing myself in a sitting position. Damien was still on his toes, his eyes follow

ALICE'S POV “ Tell me Mom. ” I urged her to get it over with already. I was tired of all these secrets. Leaving my hands, she averted her eyes away from me and fixed them in front of us instead. I followed her line of sight and my eyes landed on our family photo hanged on the wall. A lump formed in my throat when my eyes stopped at my father's smiling face. Happy times. There were happy times too. “ Jonas Lincoln and I studied in the same college. He was not this rich then. ” Mom's voice caught my attention and I turned my head to look at her side profile. Was she going to tell me how she cheated on my father now? “ We were friends. ” She added and turned to look if I was paying attention to her. “ We were just friends. ” She repeated her words, detecting the anger in my eyes that was directed at her. I kept my mouth shut wanting for he