LOGINAlexandra Jones is an eighteen year old spontaneous, alluring and fervent senior. She is the daughter of William Jones, the CEO of J&C Enterprise so she has everything her heart desires. Alexandra finds herself becoming obsessed with the one person she can't have. She is aware that she is crossing an uncrossable line but she is willing to risk it all for him. The question is...will he do the same for her?
View More今日は私の誕生日だった。
手の込んだものではないけれど、彼の好きな料理を作ってテーブルに並べていた。 朝は何も言われなかったけれど、誕生日だから早めに仕事を切り上げて帰ってきてくれるはず。 そのとき、テーブルの上に置いたスマートフォンが小さく震える。 何気なく画面を覗き込むと、差出人不明のメッセージ通知。 開いてみると、一枚の写真が添付されていた。 「…なにこれ」 そこに写っていたのは、私の婚約者だった。そして彼の隣には、別の名家の令嬢。 ヨットの上で、二人はためらうことなく唇を重ねていた。 指先から力が抜け、スマートフォンを落としそうになる。 頭が真っ白になる。 信じたくない。信じられない。 けれど、写真は残酷なほど鮮明で、私の心を容赦なく切り裂いた。 私は震える手で電話をかける。 「…もしもし」 「もしもし。どちら様でしょうか?」 受話器の向こうから返ってきたのは、聞き慣れない女性の声だった。 私は確かに彼の番号を押したのに。 「……すみません。間違えました」 そう言って、私は慌てて電話を切った。 胸の奥に広がるのは、言いようのない不安と恐怖だった。写真に写っていた光景と、今の女の声が重なり合い、私の心を容赦なく締め付ける。 二年間、私は彼を信じ続けてきた。 「家の事情」や「家族の圧力」と言われて、婚約していることを周りに打ち明けられなくても、私の心が揺らぐことはなかった。 彼を信じることが、私にできる唯一の愛だったから。 それなのに。 夕暮れ時、玄関の扉が乱暴に開く音が響いた。 肩にかけたジャケットを雑にソファへ投げ、私の顔を見ても一言の挨拶すらない。 「…亮介。これ、どういうこと?」 そう言って写真を突きつけると、あっさりと浮気を認めたうえで言い放った。 「あぁ、俺の婚約者だよ」 その言葉を聞いた瞬間、胸の奥が冷たく凍りついた。 写真の中の光景はただの誤解であってほしいと願っていたのに、彼自身の口から肯定されることで、希望は無惨に打ち砕かれる。 私の存在は、彼にとって婚約者ではなかったのだと突きつけられ、足元の世界が崩れていく感覚に襲われる。 「婚約者…?じゃあ私は?」 自分でも情けないほど弱々しい問いかけだった。けれど、聞かずにはいられなかった。 二年間、彼を信じて待ち続けた私の立場は何だったのか。 「仕方ないだろ。親が勝手に結婚相手を決めたんだから」 仕方ない。その一言で、私との二年間を切り捨てるのか。 彼にとっては、親の決定がすべてで、私との時間はただの余白に過ぎなかったのだろう。 「どうして……私じゃだめなの?」 涙に濡れた声で問い詰めると、彼は冷酷に私の頬を打った。 「まさか、本気で俺と結婚できると思っていたのか?何もないお前が、俺と…?はっ。身の程知らずにも程がある」 頬の痛みよりも、心の奥に突き刺さるその言葉が、私を深い絶望へと突き落とした。 二年間、信じて待ち続けた日々が一瞬で嘲笑に変わった。 涙がこぼれそうになるのを必死に堪えながら、私は自分に問いかける。 「……じゃあ、私との二年間は何だったの?」 胸の奥から言葉がこぼれ落ちる。 医療研究の仕事に苦しんでいたあの頃、彼は優しく囁いた。 "仕事なんて無理して続けなくていい。それより、ずっと俺のそばにいてよ" あのときは、私を思っての言葉だと信じていた。 でも、それは愛からの言葉じゃなかった。 気づけば、仕事も居場所も失い、今の私は何も持っていない。 彼だけが支えだと思っていたのに、その支えすら幻だったのだ。 「思い出してみろよ。俺が本気で未来を語ったことなんて、一度でもあったか?」 確かに、彼は未来を具体的に語ったことはなかった。けれど私は、彼の曖昧な言葉や優しい仕草を未来への約束だと信じていた。 「私は…言葉がなくても、隣にいてくれるだけで未来を信じられた」 信じたいから、信じてしまった。 二年間のすべてを、彼の一言一言に縋って生きてきた。 「未来を信じる?お前が勝手に夢見てただけだ」 「私は本気であなたを愛してた。あなたも、同じ気持ちだったと思ってたのに」 私が辛くて泣いていた夜、彼は黙って隣に座り、背中を撫でてくれた。その温もりに救われ、孤独から解放された。 過ぎ去った瞬間にすぎないけれど、確かに愛はあった。 「まさか。ただの遊びだよ。お前は俺の退屈を紛らわせてくれただけだ」 涙が頬を伝うが、必死に声を絞り出す。 「……あなたを信じていたのに」 未来が、音を立てて崩れていく。As the school holiday neared, Alex watched her family excitedly pack up everything they needed for the trip. Knowing her dad, he was probably just focused on the tennis things and nothing else. She had already packed her things Wednesday night so she could rest on Thursday while her family tore the house apart trying to find their things. Alex enjoyed going to the lake house. It was a yearly destination for her family and Alex was very serious about family traditions. Alex knew this trip would be entirely different from the trips they took before but Alex guiltily looked forward to spending a whole week blessed with Oliver's presence. Alex sat at the bottom of the stairs while she thought about Oliver. Alex was used to getting whenever she desired so the fact that she couldn't have Oliver made her want him even more. She thought about how he gently caressed her skin, it was a simple reminder of what could have been, but sadly had no chance of being brought to life.
"Well then find out who did it!" William barked at one of his employees. He squeezed his stress ball at his desk. He found out someone was stealing from the company. "Can you get Oliver in here!" He yelled as his employee was leaving. Moments later Oliver walked in. "Hey man, did someone shove a stick up your ass or something?" William stood up and walked to the window. He was on the 56th floor. He loved looking out the window. Oliver joined him at the window. "There's a couple of thousands missing. Someone has slowly been taking money." William couldn't let anything happen to the business. Both he and Oliver had worked so hard to have the company where it was and he wasn't going to let some employee he probably hasn't even met ruin it for him. It was a big company so he had no idea who ran what. That's why he had people to do it for him. "What!?" Oliver began to feel his anger boil inside of him. He left the room and went through all the camera footage until he spotted som
Alex stared at her phone in disbelief. How the hell did he figure out her username? She never used her full name on her socials. She opened the text and sent him her phone number. Alex preferred phone calls over texts because she never responded to people. Less than a minute later her phone rang. "How did you find me?" Alex giggled. "I found the guy your friend was making out with, he gave me her username so I went onto her account and found you. I really missed you and wanted to hear your voice again" Part of Alex thought this was creepy but it also didn't count because it was a dashingly handsome man. "You're sweet Oliver. I hope we can meet up again soon." "I'd love nothing more." His deep voice sent chills down Alex's spine. "Listen. Is it okay if we spoke tomorrow. I feel exhausted." Alex asked while fighting the urge to fall asleep. "I'd say yes but I have lunch with my best friend Will. I'll call you afterwards alright?" Alex agreed and hung up. The next morning
"Jesus crepes, my head hurts!" Ava whined as she sat across from Alex at lunchtime. "Well, you have to suck it up because we still have class for four more hours." Ava groaned and placed her head on the table. She loved going out, but she hated the aftereffects. Alex handed her a bottle of water and two painkillers. It didn't matter how often Alex told Ava to drink water to avoid the hangover; Ava never listened. "So tell me more about Mr. Stud muffin," Ava said after taking a few gulps of water. "Can you please stop calling him that? His name is Oliver." Alex complained. "But anyways, there isn't much to tell. We had a drink. I almost kissed him. We-" Alex got cut off by Ava."Hold the fuck up. You didn't kiss him?" Ava asked in confusion. "Of course not. I don't even know him, Ava. I'm not just going to make out with some random guy." Alex lied. She would have made out with him in a heartbeat. She thought about it all night, but wouldn't tell Ava that. "Oh, come on, you must h
"Are you having a good time?" Alexandra heard a husky voice ask from behind. The music in the club made it rather difficult to hear him. The flickering lights weren't helping either. "What!?" She yelled out, hoping he would hear her over the music. He smirked before letting out a chuckle. "I
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