AUTHOR'S POV "He finally agreed to leave," Henry said as he pushed the door to Franklin's room and walked in.Hazel was reading a story to Franklin and tilted her head up as he walked in, she tried hard not to look at the way his shirt stretched as he closed the door."He did? You're sure he's not lurking around Katherine like a cat on padded paws? Alex wouldn't leave that easily."He laughed and nodded."You're right. Alex normally wouldn't leave that easily but he was more exhausted than he would ever admit and I guess a little bit of push made him finally give in."He was dangerously close to her.That was what Hazel noticed as she raised her head to stare at him.Even the scent of his perfume was intoxicating...too powerful."Good. He needs that rest."It was difficult for her to look him in the eyes when his gaze on her was so overpowering and sent shivers down her spine..the good one."What about you?" His voice lowered and he rested his hand on the hospital bed, inadvertently
ALEXANDER'S POV I tried to argue as Henry dragged me out of the hospital but it was to no avail. He was adamant, there was no change of Henry's mind whenever he got into this strict older brother mood."What if Katherine wakes up and I'm not there?" I asked him for the third time as he pulled me by my arm and dragged me to my car.He sighed, looking exhausted like a father of twin sons who kept begging to play at the park."Hazel's here, Alex. I'll be here also. Katherine doesn't necessarily need your presence, what if she gets startled by your look and goes into another coma?"I stopped and that almost sent Henry flying into the passenger door of my car."What do you mean?"He gave me an "are you kidding" look."You didn't take a look in the mirror at all? That's a first! For someone who is obsessed with his face, you seem oblivious of the fact that you not only look sleep deprived but also look.." he glanced up and down, "Well, mad would be an understatement."I scoffed and walked
ALEXANDER'S POV It's been two days.Forty fucking eight hours!!!And yet Katherine is yet to wake up.I managed to maintain my composure in front of Franklin for the past two days but it was hard.I was slowly losing my mind.Franklin's questions didn't even help matters and the fact that I had to constantly reassure him, even though I wasn't even convinced, yet was just a different ball game.All I see and hear is the oxygen mask in front of Katherine and the sound of it slowly beeping.My patience was as thin as a piece of spaghetti, if there was something even smaller than that.Nate sensed it also.He avoided coming to Franklin's hospital and whenever I tried to meet up with him in private, he always comes up with the excuse that he has a patient to see and runs away.But not today.He has to give me an explanation today otherwise he won't be able to do anything else.My footstep was heavy and I knew without being told that I looked like a crazy man, unshaved moustache, rough ha
ALEXANDER'S POV I waited for the nurse to turn her face towards me but it took a lifetime and that got me scared.Henry left not too long ago and after making sure that Franklin was asleep and okay, I decided to check up on Katherine.The sight of two nurses in front of the room made me worried and I ran towards them.Now the fact that the nurse couldn't turn to face me made my heart beat faster.Was there something wrong?Did anything happen to Katherine?I took a quick glance at the window and the lines on the heart monitor told me that she was still alive, the oxygen machine was still hissing and her chest still rose and fell.But you could never tell with anything medical. It could be that her lungs have more issues than they noticed at first.Or could it be her head."Nurse...?"Panic was already taking a better part of me and I almost grabbed her hands to turn her face to me but she was quicker as she slowly turned towards me.I don't know what I expected but a nurse with big g
UNKNOWN POV Stalking had become my favorite plaything—better than touching myself. Nah, not sure this is better than... God, you’re such a fucking bitch!" I laughed at myself, almost giddy at my own antics.Still, the laughter couldn’t drown out the truth eating me alive. Ever since I found out that the cops didn’t suspect the fire was an accident, I’ve been restless—not exactly worried, but afraid my plans might be destroyed before they even come into bloom.Ruining someone else's plans was definitely Katherine's strongest suit because why can't she just die?Or simply leave, if not die?She just had to fight for her worthless life and ruin everything for me.My legs were sore from sitting inside the cramped van but there was nothing I could do, one move and I would expose myself in front of everyone and that was the last thing I needed.For now, it was certain that the identity of the culprit was still unknown, I wouldn't want to speed up their investigation by exposing myself.The
ALEXANDER'S POV "What's this about?" I asked in a hushed voice the minute we got to the lobby.He looked around him with that same serious face, scrutinizing every single person in the place with us and everything before he finally turned his face to me.It was on occasions like this that I got reminded of his Marine background. He spent too many years working with me as my personal assistant and being too close of a friend for me to realize that this man was actually a trained Mariner or the fact that he has a black belt in taekwondo and would have probably gone deeper into the military if I hadn't met up with him and asked him to work with me."What is it, Henry?" I asked again, this time with a calmer voice."The fire at Katherine's house wasn't an accident, Alex."Yes, and the fork is found in the kitchen.All that suspense and urgency only to be told the one thing that I was already aware of."Go figure!" I rolled my eyes at him and sat down.He sat down beside me also."No, I k