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 allALICE'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
ALICE'S POV The drive to the penthouse was a long one. It was the most suffocating time in my whole life. I had started hating myself even more. I vowed on never returning for the second time and yet I failed miserably. He knew how to get me back to him. Begging and on my knees. He was indeed the best ever manipulator I ever saw in my whole life. “ You shouldn't provoke Boss. ” It was the best advice from Alder. He offered me this useful piece of advice when I got down from the car defeatedly after a long suffocating ride. Slowly, I made my way back to the penthouse. The place Damien Knight Castillo announced that I would have to stay at. My heart was thumping violently against my ribcage ready to burst out any moment. I wanted to run away and hide from him. First, he trapped me with my father's illness and now he wanted to bound me because of my brother's dream. My family was my wea
ALICE'S POV I was slipping in and out of consciousness. I did not know what was a dream and what was the reality anymore. Everything was blurred. I thought I heard Damien whispering something to me yet it was unclear what he said. I thought that I saw him laying beside me in the same bed with his hand caressing my cheeks but I could not see anything clearly. I felt lightheaded and everything seemed like a painful dream until it all turned into nightmare. I was back at that place. Darkness surrounded me completely. My breath hitched finding myself unable to look in the dark. I pushed myself to stand up on my feet and ran in the familiar direction. “ I am scared, Dad. ” I cried out and banged on the closed door, but no reply came. My heart started to beat faster, fearing the darkness that was engulfing me“ I am sorry, Dad. I swear I won't do it again. Please let me out. ” I banged on the d
ALICE'S POV He leisurely turned around to face me, letting me gaze in his steely grey stunning orbs. “ Kiss me. ” The words slipped out of my mouth. I was dumbfounded. Truly this time. Damien leaned in to scrutinize my face to see if I finally lost my mind. My eyes moved away from his on their on as I found it extremely hard to maintain eye-contact with him at this moment. What the fuck Alice?! Out of all the things in the world, why did I- I sighed out and slowly lifted my gaze to find Damien still frozen on his spot. Maybe, he was giving me the time to change my wish or something. My heart almost stopped beating when he pushed himself to stand straight to his full height and then started walking towards me. I stared at him. Sitting still on my spot, I followed his figure with my eyes. He moved around the kitchen counter and strolled towards me. Everything wa
ALICE'S POV“ Mom?! MOM. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ” I yelled out when she kept dragging me behind her, like a ragdoll. I lost my balance two times and barely managed to not faceplant myself. She stopped in front of my father's room where Ace was already standing. He watched us with curious eyes while Mom left my aching wrist and huffed out. “ What happened? ” Stepping forward, he asked worriedly. “ Ask Mom! I don't know what's wrong with her this time! ” I hissed out, rubbing my wrist to soothe out the ache. “ What happened Mom? ” Ace turned around to face Mom, who was glaring at me. What did I do now? “ YOU! ” She raised her finger and pointed towards me. For the first time, I noticed everything about her. She was trembling. Her face was beet red. Her breaths were coming out in pants. And her eyes... Those lig
ALICE'S POV Mom was behaving so strange. That was all I could think about as I stared out of the glass wall of the penthouse for hours now, while I waited for Ace's call. It was already night but he still did not call. This was causing me anxiety. On the contrary, I thought about all possible reasons behind Mom's behaviour but nothing made sense to me. Her face from earlier flashed in front of my eyes and another wave of curiosity and worry hit me at the same time. She looked so afraid. Of what? That was the ultimate question in my mind. What was she so afraid off? My chain of thoughts broke when I heard the sound of the penthouse's door opening. I was in the living room so I turned my head around to glance towards the door. My heart was suddenly beating out of rhythm. My eyes stared at the door until his figure appeared inside. He lifted his head and our eyes met. I was seeing him after five days. I h
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ALICE'S POV Suddenly, he had pushed me back and his lips were on mine in a blur moment. Each muscle in my body tensed up tasting his lips that were coming down hard on me. Okay? Damien was kissing me? My eyes were wide open in shock. My heart was not beating at all. My hands were glued at my side unable to touch him, because he never wanted me to touch him on my own. All in all, I was a first degree idiot. Atleast, I behaved like one in every situation. He licked my lower lip with his tongue and my eyes closed on their own. My hands clenched the bedsheet at my side. This felt different. Fireworks exploded in my head everytime he sighed against my lips. His lips were not hard now. It was just a soft caress that made me dizzy in the head. My hands went cold as I clenched the bedsheets harder. Something was squeezing my heart in my chest and forcing it to beat out of rhythm. No kiss had ever felt this good