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Dangerous Heartbeats 8 - Unanswered questions
♡ Alfred ♡The Next Day,X-Y Restaurant"I assure you that you've made the best decision," David smiled as he tucked the documents into a brown envelope and then turned back to us."Any payment to be made will be reported to me first""All the information concerning the two available sites and the design of the resort has been sent to your emails, I'll be meeting up with both of you frequently to monitor your progress and report to the Mayor""You can start working anytime this week, but I suggest you start now so you can meet the nine months time frame""If that's all, we'll be seeing in our next meeting.""Goodbye, Mr. Miller, Ms. De Novo." With one last smile in both our directions, David pushed the chair backward and got on his feet, walking out of the VIP room. I exhaled and glanced at Skylar, whose blue eyes were trained on her phone. She had been silent since we came here. Only talking to David. Yeah, ignoring me? She totally was.I was even surprised that she had agreed to i
Dangerous Heartbeats 9 - Amore
♡ Skylar ♡The next morning...8:55 am...I sat at the vanity table, staring at my reflection in the mirror. I slowly reached for my shoulder, staring at the small, almost invisible scar on it. It was one of the few injuries I had gotten from the fall, and it had healed over the years. Somehow, I wished I could heal as easy as they did, but sadly, I couldn't. And now that Alfred was supposedly back in my life, all the pain I had been trying hard to push down was resurfacing."Daddy!" I heard Aurora's voice followed by a squeal, and my eyes narrowed in confusion.Daddy? Aurora would never call Ethan, daddy, and there was no other male that visited us.I immediately stood up from the chair and put on the black jacket, which stopped a little above my knees. I grabbed my bag and walked out of the room."Where's your mommy?" I heard a familiar voice, and I halted on the stairs, my hand gripping the railing.'Did I just hear wrong, or is it who I'm thinking?'I quickened my pace and made m
Dangerous Heartbeats 10 - Always an Asshole
♡ Skylar ♡Alfred brought the car to a stop in front of the site. I immediately got out of the car, surveying the area. It was large. Approximately 40 acres. Great choice for the resort. I had to admit, Alfred was right.From where I was standing, I could see the mountains peeking from the distance, and I knew if we were up closer, it would be a more beautiful view."Beautiful, isn't it?" I heard Alfred ask behind me, I could feel his breath against my neck. That's how close he was.I sucked in a breath as I moved away and turned to him."It is, maybe it was the perfect choice,"He smiled, tucking his hands in his pocket as he accessed the vast plain land."Not maybe, it was the perfect choice,"."Cocky much?" I snickered, and he chuckled."I can already see the resort standing beautiful here," he sighed, and I nodded."Common, we have a lot to do before we leave," he added.We spent the rest of the afternoon analysing the condition of the site and looking around, taking note of any
Dangerous Heartbeats 11 - Nightmares
♡ Skylar ♡Fear.That was exactly how I was feeling as I slipped off the cliff. I felt myself dropping into the cold sea and I fought to swim to save myself but I couldn't, the water had engulfed me, holding me down with a kind of force I couldn't fight back. I was slowly losing my breath as I fought to swim to the surface. Trying to push my already bloodied arms and legs to no avail.The thought of me dying continued to ring in my head, making me panic even more.I splashed and splattered, but I just couldn't. The wound from the gunshot wasn't doing any good eitherways. Slowly, I lost all the air I had been holding, feeling myself being carried away under the water. I couldn't breathe any longer, I couldn't bring my hands or my legs to push off, my body stopped trying to survive, to break free from the raging waters, as the water filled every part of me, engulfing me, drawing me into the darkness.With the little strength in me, I tried to keep my eyes open, to try to push one last
Dangerous Heartbeats 12 - All of me
♡ Skylar ♡"So will you be attending the opening party?" I turned my eyes to Hannah once the traffic light turned red.She chuckled. "You think your sister will give me an invitation? You know she loathes me too. " I snorted, tapping my fingers on the wheel as I glanced out of the window before looking back at her."I wasn't going to get one too, if not for mom," She grinned."Well, Goodluck tonight, you'll have lots of fun,"I glared at her."Fun? It's Samantha's party.""Maybe this would give you the opportunity to make new friends," she shrugged. I tore my gaze away from her, glancing at the traffic light, which was still on red."No, thank you,"I really didn't have friends. I never had friends, making friends was never my thing, and i don't think it will ever be. It's not like I'm too proud to do so. It's just that friendship is a commitment, and I don't want that. I'm fine with Hannah and Ethan anyway. "You'll be fine, okay?" I looked at her, a scowl on my face."Yeah, mo
Dangerous Heartbeats 13 - Head over heels
♡ Skylar ♡"So, 250 rooms in total""Six pool, five restaurants and bars, two game rooms, one dance class, one karoke room." "One ballroom, yoga room, gym, wine cellar and basketball court," I listed out while pointing it out on the plan."That's pretty much everything," I added.Alfred nodded."I guess, did we forget the rooftop pool?""It's there,"He nodded. I leaned back on the chair and tapped my phone's screen. I sighed, seeing it was half past two. I still had lunch with Ms Parker before I headed home."Are you listening to me?"My eyes swept to Alfred's. "What?""I said we should meet the day after tomorrow,""Okay,"I grabbed my bag and got on my feet."Goodbye, Mr Miller."His lips curled upwards. "See you tonight, Amore."I didn't know what that meant, so i just ignored his words and headed out of his office.7pm"Amore," a familiar voice called as I stepped out of my car. I slammed the door shut, turning around to meet Alfred's gaze.So this was what the asshole meant
Dangerous Heartbeats 14 - Do i know you?
♡ Skylar ♡Catherine Rodriguez. Yes, the scheming bitch was standing right in front of me, a smile on her face. For someone who has sported lots of fake smiles, I wasn't dumb enough to not know she had one on.I took in a breath, crossing my hands behind my back to hide my clenched fists. I mean, it's not that easy to pretend to be someone else. Like you want to badly hit that person who hurt you, but you cannot, because in the eyes of that person and everyone, you are a different person and so self control comes in at that point of your life. But in my case, my self control was running out, that was, even if I had any."It's so nice to finally meet you in person," she started, taking a step closer."As you've been declining every meeting, I try to set up with you," she added, obviously pained that someone rejected her."What can I say? I'm quite busy these days" I shrugged.She chuckled, lowering her head."Of course you are," she mumbled under her breath, but I heard anyway."If
Dangerous Heartbeats 15 - Move on
♡ Alfred ♡Skylar shut her eyes, her eyelashes hugging each other as though there was something about me she didn't want to see. I could feel she was holding back from something. But what it was, i didn't know."Please just leave, Mr Miller," she breathed out.My lips parted, but a gruff voice cut me off from whatever I was planning to blurt out."Hey, do you think this is some kind of couple-make-up ground shit?" I slowly let go of her shoulder and turned towards the direction of the voice.Three thugs were standing right in front of my car, their arms crossed as they stared at us in disdain. "Hey, aren't we talking to you?!" The middle one who seemed to be their leader asked."Why don't we take his girl, then maybe he'd speak," the first taunted.Well, those people were right when they talked about all that was going on here at night."You're not taking anyone, and I'm not his girl," Skylar yelled and everywhere went silent.What was she doing? Causing trouble?"Amore," I called
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