ALEJANDROI was fuming. How dare she? Who asked her? Who does she think she is? I was having a great day until I came home to see Iris with a cake in her hand, looking all happy and wishing me a happy birthday, one I hadn't celebrated in years.The last time I celebrated my birthday was when I turned eleven and that was the day I was kidnapped by her fucking family and almost lost my life."I think she did it intentionally just to trigger me."I packed around, my hand on my waist."She wanted to get a reaction from me. It's all a part of their plan because why would she suddenly think baking a cake and wishing me a happy birthday was a good thing? Paul Silver asked her to do that. I'm certain he's the one who told her to do this.""Are they trying to remind me of the past? Of the year that I was helpless? The year that I lost my happiness?" I mentioned.My eleventh birthday became a trigger for me after I got kidnapped and almost lost my life. That memory left marks for me that were
ALEJANDROThe one who said you can lie to everyone but yourself was correct because I was lying to everyone and I knew I was also lying to myself.I hadn't gotten myself since that night I shoved the cake on Iris face and shouted at her. I should be calm about it but I just couldn't hear it over me and it's been three fucking days.The last time I saw her, the next morning after what I did, she ran away as if she didn't want to see me. I had so many questions because of it. Why did she run away? She's a Silver and if she knew what she did then she should have acted fine but somehow it felt like she was affected or maybe I was reading too much into it.I sighed deeply feeling like I've fucked up real bad. It's been three days yet she has been on my mind although I've been away from the city working."They should show up in no time," Matteo informed me.We were currently away from the city, in a club for strippers and horny men but it was also more than that. Every night, from the detai
ALEJANDRO"So handsome, where will you be taking me to?" She asked, pulling my tie around my neck, her lips making a noisy and irking sound from the way she chewed her gum. “We will see about that,” I replied, looking away from her and looking around to see if Matteo was coming with the car already. After settling the payments with the accountant, Angela was given to me to take away. She was now clad in a sleeveless short dress, no longer just in her tiny panties. She was being all touchy but I wasn’t moved by her movements. I am that guy that could never fall for any women’s seduction unless I needed a release and fucked her but sadly there was one person who was succeeding and funny enough she wasn’t doing much which made me wonder if it was because she was using another method.Iris wasn’t trying so hard as Angela beside me. Angela had touched me and if I hadn’t moved a little from her, she would have grabbed my balls and publicly give me a hand Job and that’s if I wanted it.“Y
IVY"Iris.” “Iris. Are you listening to me?” I snapped back to reality when Maggie tapped me lightly on my arms. I heard her calling my name but was too lost in my own world to reply her. "Are you alright?" She asked, looking worried."Yes." I lied."Are you sure? You didn't seem like you were listening to me. Did you hear any of the words I said?"I mentally sighed. I had zoned out when I started thinking about my mother. I had a dream that she died and it terrified me. I woke up in the middle of the night with fear in my heart and was unable to sleep till now.I texted Paul Silver earlier asking if we could speak but he hasn't replied and for some reason, I felt that he saw the message and chose to ignore it because he was always active whenever he wanted to remind me of my job. I was worried. If after all that I do, I end up losing her, I'd hate myself more. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asked.A drop of tears slipped down my cheek and I quickly wiped it, not wanting Mag
ALEJANDRO"She didn't like it. Are you certain that she loves dogs? Cougar to be precise?" I looked at Matteo, waiting for his response because if for like a terrible person for making it seem like I wanted her to get bitten by the dog."Iris Silver loves dogs. I can find pictures of her with her dog for you. Maybe she's still angry with what happened and why do you seem so worked up?" Matteo asked.I glared at him instead. I disliked how he could be asking questions like he was interrogating me. "She was afraid of the dog. She didn't want it close and said she doesn't want one and she doesn't like animals." I explained."Or maybe she was afraid of you. You dumped the cake in her face anyway. The dog doesn't look like it could bite anyone," Matteo said in his defense making me want to punch him hard on his face."Don't test me," I warned. "So what will you do now? Keep pushing or just go with your other plans? It seems this path you are taking is bound to fail, you don't seem like
IVYI've never gone ice skating before. I don't know how to skate or do anything. I've never had the privilege to learn and do most things people would do as teenagers so when Alejandro mentioned it, I had to go search on it to watch the video and see how they do it.I might not be able to learn it through the videos but I might have ideas on how to do it. I stared at myself in the standing mirror once again to see if my outfit was good. I was dressed in A yellow long-sleeved A-shaped dress with long black tights under. I wanted to wear jeans but I didn't have much with me because the clothes that were in the wardrobe were all gotten by Alejandro's for Iris Silver and most of them were in the colour yellow.Iris Silver hates the color yellow so I was told by Paul Silver but somehow most of the dresses for her were in the colour yellow. I didn't dislike the color. It was part of my favorite color so if Alejandro had gotten it to piss her off, then he didn't win because sadlyIt's not
IVYWe were currently in a restaurant in the city to have something to eat after we left the skating rink. It was so much fun. I wasn't able to get it but I knew that I would sooner or later. Tonight was perfect. The way he looked at me, the way I looked at him. The way he spoke to me too. The way we laughed and how our hands brushed one another.It was too good that I had forgotten who I was pretending to be and enjoying myself. I was enjoying myself as Ivy, not Iris. At first, I felt bad but I told myself that it wouldn't be bad for me to let myself enjoy the moment after all I didn't have to suffer all the time. "So what would you like to have?" He asked."I'm not sure yet. I'm still looking at the menu. I'm a little confused about what to have though. I'm thinking. A lobster thermidor wouldn't be a bad idea.""Alright then. I will have anything that you want to have. Tonight is all about you." I felt my cheek flush when he said that. I love how he has been speaking to me all n
IVYIt's been two weeks of nothing but bliss in my life. Two weeks without any disturbance from Paul Silver reminding me of my work as a spy here and also two weeks of making good memories with Alejandro.I wonder why Paul Silver hasn't called or if they've forgotten me. He hasn't replied to my last message. I sent a few texts about my mother, it showed that the message had been delivered and read but no response.I might be a little selfish but after days of worrying, I chose not to and to enjoy my moments with Alejandro. We've been bonding a lot more after dinner and the little kiss we shared after he dropped me off in my room.After that day, we usually share small kisses here and there. I felt like what we had going on might feel rushed but he was taking his time, and he was gentle with me.I haven't seen him angry in weeks. He was always coming back home with either a cake, fruit salad, or anything edible that he knew that I would love because I love to eat.Just last night, I ha
IVY POV“You look beautiful dear.” Sylvia complimented from behind me as I stood in front of the big standing mirror in front of me.“Thank you,” I replied with a smile on my face, admiring myself too. The dress came in two days ago. Alejandro sent one of the maids to go get the dress for me for the charity event we’d both be attending today.Things have been going smoothly between the both of us lately. It’s like he’s back to being the same person I feel for. I didn’t question it, I simply went along with it, reminding myself that he wasn’t an ordinary man so feelings like that weren’t something he dealt with.He would come over to my room, we’d talk, and sometimes watch films together, mostly my preference which was surprising because we’d never watched a film together before.He would watch and most times, he was staring at me and not watching. Whenever I asked him why he wasn’t watching, he'd tell me that he preferred watching me.We would kiss every night before he left. Every n
ALEJANDRO LEONE POV It's been a week and I got nothing so I concluded that I might have gotten it wrong. Iris does have feelings for me. I've come to accept it but what I haven't come to accept was what I felt for her and what I planned on doing with it.I didn't expect her to confess to me that night after dinner. I never would have thought that she was crushing on me before we even met. So just as I did my research on her, she also did hers and ended up crushing hard.For some reason, I have been thinking about that for a while and each time I did, a smile would form on my face, which was rare and funny because it wasn't me. I've been away on a business trip. I received an anonymous text that my uncle Marcos was planning to do shit to me and I've been trying to trail his track and to see what he's up to.So far I've been able to learn that he has visited the Silver family twice. I had no idea why but I've been looking into it. I never trusted the Silverd and when I finally allowed
THIRD PERSON POV"What do you mean by that? You mean the heartless Alejandro has a heart and is interested in my look-alike?" Iris was surprised to hear the news that her mother just told her about. "I cannot believe this. Are you sure about this mom?" Iris asked."I'm not stupid when I see a man that is interested in a woman. Maybe it might be an act but he acted so well that I doubt it. I feel something is going on that we don't know and that girl, I don't trust her. I've never liked her away." Iris thought deeply about her mom's words. She still found it hard to believe after her mom told them all that went down at Alejandro's mansion."If she's keeping anything then she'd be the one to lose because she has her mother with us so I doubt, maybe nothing is going on and it's all an act from him after all…" she trailed off when she thought of something."Oh my goodness!""What is it, Iris?" Carmen asked her daughter inquisitively. "I told you I met Brittany some weeks back.""And
THIRD PERSON POVAlejandro's frantic action didn't go unnoticed by the Silvers after Ivy cut herself and he was already tending to her cut with so much interest.Ivy herself wasn't expecting him to act up so quickly and that made her more worried than she already was because she already told Carmen Silver there was nothing much going on between them when there was something although it wasn't defined and was unstable."You should have been careful," Alejandro whispered to her.He also didn't think that he would have jumped off his seat that quickly after she cut herself just to see how it was. It was only later he realized what he had done, acting without thinking once again because of Iris Silver."Come with me," he said.He wanted to go tend to her wound so that it didn't get infected. She wished he hadn't done so because she didn't fail to notice the looks on the face of the Silver and she wondered if he did too.He did notice it and that's why he hated that he had shown signs that
IVY"Dinner?" I was surprised to hear Al mention dinner with Iris's parents.What was the sudden need to meet them and have dinner with them? I thought to myself and then I thought of how it would give me the perfect opportunity to ask Paul Silver about my mom. "Yes. It's just we are married and it feels like both families don't get along that's why. I just want us to spend time with each other that's just it. I'm also sure you missed them too, don't you?" I forced a smile to my face. "You are right.""Alright then. I'm going to leave you now. I have some business to attend. I will call your parents to inform them so that they know the invite is from me. Have a nice day." He caressed my cheek and just as I was about to lean into his touch, he pulled away. I suddenly missed his touch and I haven't failed to notice the distance between us. He's always having something to do. At first, I thought that it was because he's business but lately, I'm starting to doubt that. I'm beginning
THIRD PERSON POV"I knew he was sneaky but I didn't know that he would do that openly and we'd be too blind to see it." Lorenzo Silver said to his brother who had just informed them of the snake amongst them."He will regret ever thinking he could trespass us. He wouldn't have had the chance if Iris was smart enough with her love life and worse she got herself pregnant with his baby," Lorenzo complained bitterly.Now that he knew that Marcos was the snake, he was angry because not only did he have to get rid of him but also the father of his soon-to-be grandchild."We will have to make sure he regrets this. We must get rid of him. We cannot keep him. That's why he chose to help because he was the one who had stolen from us but the question now is how did he come to bear on our conversation? It's not possible he overheard us when the door is always locked and it's soundproof." Paul Silver asked."That's it. He couldn't have been in the room at that time because the key to the room is w
IVY"You have every right to hate me you know. I won't hold that against you. I'm not just going to act like I'm some good guy and you know that.""What do you mean?" I asked.I already knew that he wasn't a good guy. He's a mafia which means he cannot be the ordinary man that I'm used to. Could that be why some days he's good and some days he's bad to me? Because he's not used to such emotions? Seeing how he always came back after hurting me made me feel like I wasn't trying to see beyond what he usually showed me and I felt a little guilty.He's not used to such and it's new to me too. He came back last night and had taken care of me. Maybe I could make things get better. So far he has been the only one trying to put so much effort so I wouldn't give up on him. "I didn't mean to hurt…."When you feel that way, it's better you speak to me than walk out on me and also when you feel that way, it's okay to keep quiet and not hurt me. I was hurt. You called me names and it's more hurtf
ALEJANDRO"Fuck!" I punched the bag in front of me with so much anger.Why was I affected by the way I saw her and the words I said to her? Why did it bother me so much? Until I discover everything that she has in her sleeves, I didn't want to associate with her. I wanted nothing to do with her and I thought I'd be able to handle it until I saw the look on her face and how hurt she was.She has fallen for me. This was perfect, just as I've wanted it and I should be able to use that against her but somehow my head was going crazy and I just couldn't help.I kept punching the bag hand, putting all of my frustration on it."Fuck! Fuck!" I cursed out as I recalled the look in her eyes and how heartbroken she was.I should have used it to my advantage. Getting her to reveal all of her family secrets, take them down, and break her heart, would have been better but somehow I just couldn't.The fact that there was evidence that she might be dangerous made me so bothered. I couldn't let my gua
IVY"Did he seriously do that?" Maggie asked.I've been in her room all day. I was unable to sleep last night. My heart was shattered and broken when Al left me in my room after I thought we were going to make love.Maggie knows of my feelings for Al. I kept her informed on a few but not every detail so she knew that I liked him. I cried all through the night, feeling like my heart had been ripped out of my chest. It was heartbreaking. I expected him to come back to my room, to tell me that it was fine but he never did.The next day came faster than I expected and still unable to get rid of the heavy feeling I had in my chest, I took my heart and came over to Maggie's wanting a shoulder to cry on. Sylvia was on a week's leave.I was now to sleep for some hours over at Maggie's and when I woke up, she gave me some porridge to eat, telling me it would help me. She soon asked me what happened to her I hesitated at first because I felt so embarrassed so she told me not to bother and pro