Caroline pov Three days later Three days passed faster than I expected.Daphne and I had finished getting ready after a long time of preparing and trying out different clothes that are suitable for the event.Finally we settled on one. Daphne settled for a cream colored suit, with a flowery design at the edge of the skirt. While I settled for a simple emerald gown, with nothing fanciful on it. I had insisted despite her continuous disturbance for me to wear something else. According to her it's too “plain and not catchy” but unknown to her, i didn’t even want to be seen today. And I liked the dress, it felt right. soft. Not over showcasing anything.By the time we stepped out of the mansion, in a fit of giggling, our ride was already stationed , waiting together with rows of servants that lined up the front way of the Mansion in a neat row. I but when I looked towards the driver's side, my smile faltered, the moment I saw the driver.It was Xavier’s P.a / bodyguard.I sighed inw
Chapter 57: The inviteCaroline pov“Elijah!”Xavier stood in the doorway, eye blazing, and breathing heavily like he had just run through a storm. His eyes flickered to our connected hands, and I saw the way his whole body shook with raw anger like he couldn't wait to do something tragic.My fingers slipped from Elijah's grasp. I didn’t know what else to do, as my face burned with embarrassment, like I have been caught doing something wrong.I desperately wished that the ground would open and swallow me.But Elijah didn’t flinch, not for once. He simply turned around, composed, and spotting his usual smirk, like he had been expecting this.“Xavier,” he greeted coolly, like this wasn’t the most awkward situation imaginable. “To what do we owe the pleasure?”Xavier gazed at his brother for a moment, before he turned his attention to me. His eyes searched my face, for guilt, for betrayal, for an explanation I wasn’t ready to give.“Caroline,” he said, voice low. “Are you okay?”Everyt
Chapter 56: Bonding with the devil.Caroline POVThe sound of distant fire alarms and worried voices echoed in the distance.The flames danced higher, licking the sky red.Smoke choked the air. Filling up my small lungs as I tried to breath hard.I was a small girl, maybe six or eight years old, I didn’t know but at this point, I was trap In circle of fire, as I ran barefoot and disoriented. My strength was failing me, and it felt like the walls were closing in on me. the crackle of fire too loud, too alive.“Caroline!”A voice. Faint and Distant, echoed around me, but before I could find the source, it was gone.I turned toward the general direction I had heard the voice. but the hallway collapsed in a fiery burst of heat. I fell back, the floor splintering beneath me, the ceiling above me caved in, together with the burning wood, sparks clinging to my skin.I let out an ear splitting scream.My hand stretched out desperately trying to reach out, but, No one came.And then… silen
Chapter 55: Past demons Xavier POV The room was too quiet and depressing, just like how I was feeling right now. I closed the door behind me, allowing the silence to wrap around me like a dark blanket. The room was just like I had remembered. The bed was empty and clean. Her side still remained untouched. And Cold. Caroline is gone now. Something continues to tell me that I have lost her forever. I sank onto the edge of the bed, elbows on my knees, head in my hands. My fingers clenched into my scalp like I would tear my skin. The weight of it all, pressed down on me I had lost her. Not just tonight. But slowly. With every lie, every excuse, every time I let my demons win. I closed my eyes. But instead of darkness, I saw her, my demon from years ago. Even longer, I could remember. Not the caroline who walked away tonight, but the little girl from so long ago that my heart couldn't just let go of. It all started in a business party that was organized by the wells togeth
Caroline POVThe air in my lungs turned razor-sharp as I spun around, my heels slipping against the stone path.I didn’t wait.I didn’t think so.I just ran.Tears blurred my vision. The wine-stained dress clung to my knees as I pushed through the garden path with all my strength. my heart pounding louder than the music from inside. The once beautiful stars above blurred like melting silver in the sky.I couldn’t breathe.I didn’t want to, in fear that if I breathed too loud, I might choke on my tears that were gushing out like waterfalls.Xavier was in the garden, all alone with the joeline, making out…, After all the apologies and guilt.“Caroline!” I heard Daphne call behind me. Her voice was worried, rushed, apparently she was running behind me. But I didn’t stop.Not until my legs finally gave out near the marble fountain in the center of the party hall, far from the garden, and a distance away from all the noise. I collapsed on the edge of it, choking on the sob that tore its
chapter 53: shattered heartsCaroline POVI stood at a lonely corner of the room, swirling the glass of wine in my hand, my eyebrows furrowed in thoughts.I hated that I was still thinking about him.Xavier!Even after had literally abandoned me in the middle of the dancing floor, and dissappeared onto God knows where, a part of me wants to scream, to call him selfish, and to curse myself for even caring at all.But the other part… that treacherous part of me would not stop thinking about him.To say i was worried was an understatement. The shadowy look in his eyes, the way he looked so torned, so broken, like a man that was being eaten from the inside.“Don’t go looking for him,” I muttered under my breath for the hundred times since he left, lifting the glass to my lips. “Let him be.”But even though I would say that I don't care, I was still standing where he had left me, for hours now…waiting, I sighed, turned, and made my way toward our table. I needed to clear my head. I real