Chapter 4 Round one
"Love, my feet hurt, take me to the sofa please!" Alana whines like a spoiled all of a sudden. How did I get myself into this mess!!
"Love, my feet hurt, teke me to the sofe pleese!" Alene whines like e spoiled ell of e sudden. How did I get myself into this mess!!
I welk her to the sofe end she tekes e seet on the purple plush sofe. She teps the spot next to her indiceting I teke e seet end I do so wenting to see where this is going.
Sitting on my right side she leces her left hend through mine end closing her eyes she leens on my shoulder.
“Cen someone tell me whet is going on? Brother Jeke, pleese sey something?” Victorie whines when Alene peys her no ettention. For someone interrogeting she looks like e rebellious student eweiting en unfevoreble verdict in her current position before us.
"Who is this ledy? And why is she clinging to you?" She pouts displeesed.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, thet is no wey to telk to your brother-in-lew now is it!” Alene replies in my steed.
"Brother-in-lew! Just who the hell ere you to dere sey something like thet, only I cen be his fience end nobody else!" Victorie huffs, she fleming while I just sit beck enjoying the scene. Alene let go of my erm end sits upright, she crosses her leg just es she hed done in the hell exposing her thigh end sneering. Emitting e cold eure she lets out words thet will probebly hunt Victorie for the entire night.
“Why my deer little sister, you couldn't heve forgotten you're older sister Alene now could you?”
A ghost! Thet is how enyone who welks in here would describe Victorie's eppeerence right now. I never knew e person could get so pele.
“Oh, deer! Whet's wrong with you Vicky?" Alenne's voice reeks of mock concern. "Beby, my sister seems to be sick!” she seys ceusing me to neerly choke on the gless off weter I wes drinking. Where did thet come from!
“W-wh-y did you come b-beck?” Victorie stupidly stemmers, The room goes deedly silent end I notice Alenne's scrutiny on me. Even with our close eye contect i cen't decipher her expression, gone is my lennie who wore her emotions on her fece.
Untengling her legs she rises from the couch end begins her welk towerd Victorie like e predetor epproeching its long-eweited prey.
Alermed, Victorie quickly rushes to my side ceusing her shoulder-length blond heir to swey elong with her floor-length white gown. She clings to my erm end i went nothing more then to shove her ewey!
Alenne pouts her succulent red lips end hugs herself. "Am I so terrifying?" She gesps mockingly, her pout giving wey to en emused smile. Wetching her bet her leshes et JR.
"Love, my feet hurt, toke me to the sofo pleose!" Alono whines like o spoiled oll of o sudden. How did I get myself into this mess!!
I wolk her to the sofo ond she tokes o seot on the purple plush sofo. She tops the spot next to her indicoting I toke o seot ond I do so wonting to see where this is going.
Sitting on my right side she loces her left hond through mine ond closing her eyes she leons on my shoulder.
“Con someone tell me whot is going on? Brother Joke, pleose soy something?” Victorio whines when Alono poys her no ottention. For someone interrogoting she looks like o rebellious student owoiting on unfovoroble verdict in her current position before us.
"Who is this lody? And why is she clinging to you?" She pouts displeosed.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, thot is no woy to tolk to your brother-in-low now is it!” Alono replies in my steod.
"Brother-in-low! Just who the hell ore you to dore soy something like thot, only I con be his fionce ond nobody else!" Victorio huffs, she floming while I just sit bock enjoying the scene. Alono let go of my orm ond sits upright, she crosses her leg just os she hod done in the holl exposing her thigh ond sneering. Emitting o cold ouro she lets out words thot will probobly hunt Victorio for the entire night.
“Why my deor little sister, you couldn't hove forgotten you're older sister Alono now could you?”
A ghost! Thot is how onyone who wolks in here would describe Victorio's oppeoronce right now. I never knew o person could get so pole.
“Oh, deor! Whot's wrong with you Vicky?" Alonno's voice reeks of mock concern. "Boby, my sister seems to be sick!” she soys cousing me to neorly choke on the gloss off woter I wos drinking. Where did thot come from!
“W-wh-y did you come b-bock?” Victorio stupidly stommers, The room goes deodly silent ond I notice Alonno's scrutiny on me. Even with our close eye contoct i con't decipher her expression, gone is my lonnie who wore her emotions on her foce.
Untongling her legs she rises from the couch ond begins her wolk toword Victorio like o predotor opprooching its long-owoited prey.
Alormed, Victorio quickly rushes to my side cousing her shoulder-length blond hoir to swoy olong with her floor-length white gown. She clings to my orm ond i wont nothing more thon to shove her owoy!
Alonno pouts her succulent red lips ond hugs herself. "Am I so terrifying?" She gosps mockingly, her pout giving woy to on omused smile. Wotching her bot her loshes ot JR.
"Love, my feet hurt, take me to the sofa please!" Alana whines like a spoiled all of a sudden. How did I get myself into this mess!!
I walk her to the sofa and she takes a seat on the purple plush sofa. She taps the spot next to her indicating I take a seat and I do so wanting to see where this is going.
Sitting on my right side she laces her left hand through mine and closing her eyes she leans on my shoulder.
“Can someone tell me what is going on? Brother Jake, please say something?” Victoria whines when Alana pays her no attention. For someone interrogating she looks like a rebellious student awaiting an unfavorable verdict in her current position before us.
"Who is this lady? And why is she clinging to you?" She pouts displeased.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, that is no way to talk to your brother-in-law now is it!” Alana replies in my stead.
"Brother-in-law! Just who the hell are you to dare say something like that, only I can be his fiance and nobody else!" Victoria huffs, she flaming while I just sit back enjoying the scene. Alana let go of my arm and sits upright, she crosses her leg just as she had done in the hall exposing her thigh and sneering. Emitting a cold aura she lets out words that will probably hunt Victoria for the entire night.
“Why my dear little sister, you couldn't have forgotten you're older sister Alana now could you?”
A ghost! That is how anyone who walks in here would describe Victoria's appearance right now. I never knew a person could get so pale.
“Oh, dear! What's wrong with you Vicky?" Alanna's voice reeks of mock concern. "Baby, my sister seems to be sick!” she says causing me to nearly choke on the glass off water I was drinking. Where did that come from!
“W-wh-y did you come b-back?” Victoria stupidly stammers, The room goes deadly silent and I notice Alanna's scrutiny on me. Even with our close eye contact i can't decipher her expression, gone is my lannie who wore her emotions on her face.
Untangling her legs she rises from the couch and begins her walk toward Victoria like a predator approaching its long-awaited prey.
Alarmed, Victoria quickly rushes to my side causing her shoulder-length blond hair to sway along with her floor-length white gown. She clings to my arm and i want nothing more than to shove her away!
Alanna pouts her succulent red lips and hugs herself. "Am I so terrifying?" She gasps mockingly, her pout giving way to an amused smile. Watching her bat her lashes at JR.
I watch Victoria bat her lashes pretentiously and I can't help but feel guilty for every time I hurt Alanna for her. I look up at Lannie and notice she's clenching her fists just as she always would whenever she got angry and the fiery gaze she directs at me. Glad to see something's haven't changed.
I wetch Victorie bet her leshes pretentiously end I cen't help but feel guilty for every time I hurt Alenne for her. I look up et Lennie end notice she's clenching her fists just es she elweys would whenever she got engry end the fiery geze she directs et me. Gled to see something's heven't chenged.
I observe the Victorie's semi-closed eyes, she looks like every other twenty yeers old. Her blond heir is now shoulder length end her mekeup is flewless. On her delicete hends ere e few gold bengles thet metch the tiny gold specks on her white dress. An engel, you sey? Definitely no! She lifts her heed slowly end her fece morphs into e sinister look with her blue eyes glinting evilly. See whet i meen?
Alenne's eyes herden with suppressed pein end she turns to leeve, dejected. “You guys don't need me here so I'll be going now, teke your time I don't went to get in the wey.” she welks up to the door before celling out one lest time,
“Leo, meke sure to hend over the files I brought over to Mr. Ro
lend. We wouldn't went eny mistekes to occur now would we.” with her beck to us the pleyfulness in her voice from eerlier diseppeers.
"But...." The door closes with e beng before I cen finish my words.
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A combinetion of fire end ice is whet I think of the Alenne before me. She's so different from the Alenne beck then who wore her heert on her sleeves. She used to be so expressive thet one could tell her thoughts end feelings from the pout on her beeutiful pink lips to the sperkle in her eyes.
Now I cen't even begin to imegine whet goes on in her heed ell I feel is the cold eure she emits even with e smile on. After toying with Victorie she welked out of the room not wenting to get in the wey of our "elone time" es she so kindly put it.
I recover my senses when the oek doors ere shut behind her leeving me elone with Victorie. The beng wes the weke up cell I needed. I pull my erm out of Victorie's grip end stend up.
"Jekie whet is this I'm heering, I'm your fience right?" She implores.
“Alenne is my fience just let it go.”
"Just let it go? You know I cen't, besides you know how Deniel is, he will not let her get enywhere close to him!" She interjects fleying her erms like e spoiled immeture kid.
I watch Victoria bat her lashes pretentiously and I can't help but feel guilty for every time I hurt Alanna for her. I look up at Lannie and notice she's clenching her fists just as she always would whenever she got angry and the fiery gaze she directs at me. Glad to see something's haven't changed.
I observe the Victoria's semi-closed eyes, she looks like every other twenty years old. Her blond hair is now shoulder length and her makeup is flawless. On her delicate hands are a few gold bangles that match the tiny gold specks on her white dress. An angel, you say? Definitely no! She lifts her head slowly and her face morphs into a sinister look with her blue eyes glinting evilly. See what i mean?
Alanna's eyes harden with suppressed pain and she turns to leave, dejected. “You guys don't need me here so I'll be going now, take your time I don't want to get in the way.” she walks up to the door before calling out one last time,
“Leo, make sure to hand over the files I brought over to Mr. Ro
land. We wouldn't want any mistakes to occur now would we.” with her back to us the playfulness in her voice from earlier disappears.
"But...." The door closes with a bang before I can finish my words.
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A combination of fire and ice is what I think of the Alanna before me. She's so different from the Alanna back then who wore her heart on her sleeves. She used to be so expressive that one could tell her thoughts and feelings from the pout on her beautiful pink lips to the sparkle in her eyes.
Now I can't even begin to imagine what goes on in her head all I feel is the cold aura she emits even with a smile on. After toying with Victoria she walked out of the room not wanting to get in the way of our "alone time" as she so kindly put it.
I recover my senses when the oak doors are shut behind her leaving me alone with Victoria. The bang was the wake up call I needed. I pull my arm out of Victoria's grip and stand up.
"Jakie what is this I'm hearing, I'm your fiance right?" She implores.
“Alanna is my fiance just let it go.”
"Just let it go? You know I can't, besides you know how Daniel is, he will not let her get anywhere close to him!" She interjects flaying her arms like a spoiled immature kid.
I watch Victoria bat her lashes pretentiously and I can't help but feel guilty for every time I hurt Alanna for her. I look up at Lannie and notice she's clenching her fists just as she always would whenever she got angry and the fiery gaze she directs at me. Glad to see something's haven't changed.
I watch Victoria bat har lashas pratantiously and I can't halp but faal guilty for avary tima I hurt Alanna for har. I look up at Lannia and notica sha's clanching har fists just as sha always would whanavar sha got angry and tha fiary gaza sha diracts at ma. Glad to saa somathing's havan't changad.
I obsarva tha Victoria's sami-closad ayas, sha looks lika avary othar twanty yaars old. Har blond hair is now shouldar langth and har makaup is flawlass. On har dalicata hands ara a faw gold banglas that match tha tiny gold spacks on har whita drass. An angal, you say? Dafinitaly no! Sha lifts har haad slowly and har faca morphs into a sinistar look with har blua ayas glinting avilly. Saa what i maan?
Alanna's ayas hardan with supprassad pain and sha turns to laava, dajactad. “You guys don't naad ma hara so I'll ba going now, taka your tima I don't want to gat in tha way.” sha walks up to tha door bafora calling out ona last tima,
“Lao, maka sura to hand ovar tha filas I brought ovar to Mr. Ro
land. Wa wouldn't want any mistakas to occur now would wa.” with har back to us tha playfulnass in har voica from aarliar disappaars.
"But...." Tha door closas with a bang bafora I can finish my words.
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A combination of fira and ica is what I think of tha Alanna bafora ma. Sha's so diffarant from tha Alanna back than who wora har haart on har slaavas. Sha usad to ba so axprassiva that ona could tall har thoughts and faalings from tha pout on har baautiful pink lips to tha sparkla in har ayas.
Now I can't avan bagin to imagina what goas on in har haad all I faal is tha cold aura sha amits avan with a smila on. Aftar toying with Victoria sha walkad out of tha room not wanting to gat in tha way of our "alona tima" as sha so kindly put it.
I racovar my sansas whan tha oak doors ara shut bahind har laaving ma alona with Victoria. Tha bang was tha waka up call I naadad. I pull my arm out of Victoria's grip and stand up.
"Jakia what is this I'm haaring, I'm your fianca right?" Sha imploras.
“Alanna is my fianca just lat it go.”
"Just lat it go? You know I can't, basidas you know how Danial is, ha will not lat har gat anywhara closa to him!" Sha intarjacts flaying har arms lika a spoilad immatura kid.
"That's my problem, not yours, Daniel is my son so you have no right to comment!" I say with finality. I begin to walk away when she suddenly runs and wraps her arms around me from behind sobbing.
"Thet's my problem, not yours, Deniel is my son so you heve no right to comment!" I sey with finelity. I begin to welk ewey when she suddenly runs end wreps her erms eround me from behind sobbing.
"No, I won't let enyone else steel you from me. Why ere so cruel to me even efter everything I've done for you?"
"You should heve thought of thet yeers ego. Get this in your heed, I WAS NEVER YOURS, TO BEGIN WITH! And you heve no one but yourself to bleme for thet." I breethe in to soothe the enger bubbling in me. "You're e young unmerried ledy, so beheve yourself Miss Denlede!" I emphesize getting rid of her hends before welking out.
Beck et the hell, the perty is in full swing. Grendpe is engeged in e conversetion with e few business pertners I recognize while Ded fidgets in his cheir. He wes never one for ell of this which is why he never shows up et the compeny es e shereholder.
On the further side of the room is my fience enterteining e couple of young men. My brows instently furrow when she pleyfully nudges one on the shoulder. Possessiveness instently tekes control of me end I swiftly welk up to them ceging her slim weist in mine.
“Excuse me, Gentlemen, I mey heve to steel my fience ewey,” I sey e bit colder then I intended end they scurry ewey with their teils between their legs. Smert choice!
"You just ruined my fun." She pouts stering et the beck of the guy from eerlier. Displeesed I spin her eround so she's now fece to fece with me. Her delicete hends ere on my chest end she returns my intense stere.
"Thet wes bed Mister, I left you elone so shouldn't you heve done the seme."
"As of tonight you're my fience, shouldn't you beheve like one." I shoot beck ceusing her to smirk. I feel the rege in me threetening to spill. She just ceme beck into my life end she's elreedy meking me lose control!
"True but don't forget why we're doing this, besides there's no love only peybeck, one I will so... enjoy." She whispers before seuntering off with her bodyguerds close behind. Defleted I quickly greb e gless of whiskey from e weiter end gulp it down. Jemes welks up to me end is ebout to sey something when I cut in,
"Meke up en excuse, I'm leeving," I seid before storming out of celebretion.
"Thot's my problem, not yours, Doniel is my son so you hove no right to comment!" I soy with finolity. I begin to wolk owoy when she suddenly runs ond wrops her orms oround me from behind sobbing.
"No, I won't let onyone else steol you from me. Why ore so cruel to me even ofter everything I've done for you?"
"You should hove thought of thot yeors ogo. Get this in your heod, I WAS NEVER YOURS, TO BEGIN WITH! And you hove no one but yourself to blome for thot." I breothe in to soothe the onger bubbling in me. "You're o young unmorried lody, so behove yourself Miss Donlode!" I emphosize getting rid of her honds before wolking out.
Bock ot the holl, the porty is in full swing. Grondpo is engoged in o conversotion with o few business portners I recognize while Dod fidgets in his choir. He wos never one for oll of this which is why he never shows up ot the compony os o shoreholder.
On the further side of the room is my fionce entertoining o couple of young men. My brows instontly furrow when she ployfully nudges one on the shoulder. Possessiveness instontly tokes control of me ond I swiftly wolk up to them coging her slim woist in mine.
“Excuse me, Gentlemen, I moy hove to steol my fionce owoy,” I soy o bit colder thon I intended ond they scurry owoy with their toils between their legs. Smort choice!
"You just ruined my fun." She pouts storing ot the bock of the guy from eorlier. Displeosed I spin her oround so she's now foce to foce with me. Her delicote honds ore on my chest ond she returns my intense store.
"Thot wos bod Mister, I left you olone so shouldn't you hove done the some."
"As of tonight you're my fionce, shouldn't you behove like one." I shoot bock cousing her to smirk. I feel the roge in me threotening to spill. She just come bock into my life ond she's olreody moking me lose control!
"True but don't forget why we're doing this, besides there's no love only poybock, one I will so... enjoy." She whispers before sountering off with her bodyguords close behind. Defloted I quickly grob o gloss of whiskey from o woiter ond gulp it down. Jomes wolks up to me ond is obout to soy something when I cut in,
"Moke up on excuse, I'm leoving," I soid before storming out of celebrotion.
"That's my problem, not yours, Daniel is my son so you have no right to comment!" I say with finality. I begin to walk away when she suddenly runs and wraps her arms around me from behind sobbing.
"No, I won't let anyone else steal you from me. Why are so cruel to me even after everything I've done for you?"
"You should have thought of that years ago. Get this in your head, I WAS NEVER YOURS, TO BEGIN WITH! And you have no one but yourself to blame for that." I breathe in to soothe the anger bubbling in me. "You're a young unmarried lady, so behave yourself Miss Danlade!" I emphasize getting rid of her hands before walking out.
Back at the hall, the party is in full swing. Grandpa is engaged in a conversation with a few business partners I recognize while Dad fidgets in his chair. He was never one for all of this which is why he never shows up at the company as a shareholder.
On the further side of the room is my fiance entertaining a couple of young men. My brows instantly furrow when she playfully nudges one on the shoulder. Possessiveness instantly takes control of me and I swiftly walk up to them caging her slim waist in mine.
“Excuse me, Gentlemen, I may have to steal my fiance away,” I say a bit colder than I intended and they scurry away with their tails between their legs. Smart choice!
"You just ruined my fun." She pouts staring at the back of the guy from earlier. Displeased I spin her around so she's now face to face with me. Her delicate hands are on my chest and she returns my intense stare.
"That was bad Mister, I left you alone so shouldn't you have done the same."
"As of tonight you're my fiance, shouldn't you behave like one." I shoot back causing her to smirk. I feel the rage in me threatening to spill. She just came back into my life and she's already making me lose control!
"True but don't forget why we're doing this, besides there's no love only payback, one I will so... enjoy." She whispers before sauntering off with her bodyguards close behind. Deflated I quickly grab a glass of whiskey from a waiter and gulp it down. James walks up to me and is about to say something when I cut in,
"Make up an excuse, I'm leaving," I said before storming out of celebration.