ALICE'S POV
“ I found you. ” He shrugged his shoulders and winked at me.Blinking slowly, I nodded my head in a trance causing his creepy fake smile to turn into a frown. He did not seem happy with my reaction. What else did he expect?“ Are you not going to say anything? ” He groaned out like a three year old throwing an angry fit and stepped closer.“ No? ” I wondered as my lips pluckered out to form a pout.His shoulders slumped down when he exhaled dramatically. My lips twitched realizing how frustrated he was getting with me. I just wish he left me admist this irritating trance. I was not really into this whole date thing.Something was fishy about him. His eyes resembled Archer's too much to be just a coincidence but I could not bring myself to ask him if he knew Archer somehow. I did not want to think about that worthless Asshole who was surprisingly noALICE'S POV Shit. I flinched for the nth time as I sipped on my wine slowly. It's been an hour already. Hayes was dragging me around like a puppet. And everytime he got busy talking to people, my eyes always found Damien's figure. He did not look at me after that. He was too lost in having conversations with people in the party along with Madison who looked stunning as always in her green dress. During this hour, the one thing I found out from all the talks was that... The party was hosted in Damien's mansion. So, Yeah. This place was Damien and Madison's home. Nothing could make me feel more guilty. I even refused to look around. I just wanted to run away from this castle which looked like a prison to me. Sipping on the wine, I stared blankly at Damien and Madison. She was smiling brightly while talking to the people in front of them. Her hand never left Damien's arm. '
ALICE'S POV “ ALICE! YOUR FATHER. HE-HE...P-PLEASE COME FAST. ” Mom was crying over the phone as my eyes shot wide open in terror. “ What happened to Dad?! ” I asked worriedly as I heard Mom sobbing to herself. “ I am coming. ” Not getting any reply from her, I let out shakily and hanged up on the call to go see what it was all about. Damien's back was still facing me. As always, he did not care how worried and scared I was. Pushing past him, I was about to rush out of there when his hand shot out to grab mine. I halted in my way and turned around to look at him. “ Something is wrong with Dad. Let me go Damien. ” Hissing at him, I tried to jerk my wrist away from his grip but he was holding it too strong. When he did not leave my wrist, I lifted my head to glare at him. Tears were threatening to fall out of my eyes that I was barely man
ALICE'S POV “ Alice. Alice are you listening? ” Mom called me for the nth time. I could hear her. I could hear her voice clearly but her words failed to register in my mind. There was a constant ringing in my ears which made me feel like I was here but not here at the same time. Mom walked closer to me after watching me standing still in the middle of the corridor. She must have come here after I did not return for half an hour. During this past half an hour, all I did was to stand here like a statue, feeling numb out of my mind. My mind kept repeating the same words over and over again. Guilt drowned me worse than it ever did. It was all because of me that Damien did not let my father get the surgery on time. What did I do? I tried to gulp down the lump that was stuck in my throat, but it was not possible anymore. Mom touched my forearm worriedly and I stumbled back, fin
ALICE'S POV “ You did your best to kill him but Yes. He is still alive as you don't want him to die yet. ” I fumed and clenched my hands into fists. Silence. The kind of silence that makes your skin prick with thousands of needles and at the same time provides you with the solace that you desperately needed. The sound of my breaths reached my own ear just like the beating of my heart did. He did not say anything and let the suffocating silence rest heavily between us. “ Are you not going to say anything? ” Deciding to break the silence on my own, I asked out and pushed myself off the wall. In that moment, I wished that I could see his face, his expressions, his steely grey orbs. But a wish remained only a wish. “ I don't need to say anything. ” His tone was careless, void of any emotion. Anger ran throughout my veins along w
ALICE'S POV I walked away from Damien without thinking about anything. I just thought that I was going to find any other way out at any cost. Staying with him and continuing this contract shit, seemed too impossible to me now. Finding out about what he did to my father, was the last stroke to my endurance. Sighing, I threw my head back and gazed at the stars. I was sitting on the footpath, not really knowing where I really was, at this moment. After stepping out of the penthouse, I just walked and walked and walked. Directionlessly. I did not know where I wanted to go. I did not know what I wanted to do. As I walked and walked lost in my thoughts for God Knows Hows long, I eventually decided to sit down here. Now, sitting here, I could just look at the sky. The dark sky that was helping the moon shine so bright surrounded by tiny stars. There was nothing that I thought ab
ALICE'S POV “ It's because of Damien Knight Castillo. ” Hayes revealed and sat down on the couch facing me. I was dumbfounded. My hold on the glass loosened and it almost slipped out of my hand but I managed to tighten my grip again at the last moment. Walking over to the couch, I sat down in front of Hayes before placing the glass on the center table. “ What does Damien have to do with this? And what do I have to do with Damien? ” I asked out and relaxed back in the couch, trying to act oblivious to all of it. I had a hint about everything but I did not want to take wild guesses and make a fool out of me all over again. The corners of his mouth slowly curved up forming a knowing smile. He was so smug because he possibly knew about alot of things. The thought made bile rise up in my throat, leaving a bitter taste in my mouth. I flinched, but forced myself to k
ALICE'S POV “ Take the money from me Alice. Come to me instead of Damien. There is no difference in mine or his money, you know. ” Hayes offered in a superior tone that dripped with sheer Power. ' There is no difference in mine or their money you know. ' Archer had used the same words that night in the club before I fainted. The exact words. The exact tone. The same aura of superiority. A great pride in the money and Power they had. “ You and Archer are indeed brothers. ” I whispered out in a loud voice as I stared in his forest green eyes. They all wanted to toss me from one side to another continuously and take the name of money to shut me up. They all thought of me as the whore that I became due to my extreme stupidity. All they ever talked about was how I should come to them leaving the other so they all could have a fair share of me. It was something so small for all
ALICE'S POV “ Ace. ” It was not my voice. I did not call him. Hell. I could not even bring myself to open my mouth let alone grab his attention by calling out his name.It was my father. The same father who forgot all about me and when his son, Ace was in front of him after so long, it did not took him even a moment to recognize him. Mom was smiling but I could see tears that made her eyes glisten up. Dad was smiling too. After so long. They were a happy family. A complete one. And as always, I was out of place here. The odd one out. The unwanted Alice whom no one really needed. My heart was twisting painfully in my chest. I was happy to see my brother Ace after so long though. He looked so different from the last time I saw him. He was a grown up man now and not an impulsive teenager. His brown eyes shone with knowledge. His brown hair were slicked back to perfection. The clo