Vincent was in his apartment getting ready to fly to Cape Town with Natalia as soon as she was done with her meeting. Vincent has always been a silent partner. Natalia was the one who ran the show. He didn’t do much legwork. All he did was only shows face when it is absolutely necessary Vincent initially never wanted to be a part of this whole foundation but Natalia never stopped. She talked about the foundation even through all his treatments. He heard her talk about opening a foundation that helps people. Some who were like him, wanting to go through this alone but also for people with no means to have their families with them because of finances. Her heart was in the right place and he funded her just so she could shut up about it but she had roped her too. The company was much his as it was hers. Her foundation was birthed because of him. “Vincent,” Katy shouted, “Are you home?” Vincent sighed and walked out of his bedroom. “Hey,” Vincent closed his door, “Why are you here?”
It’s 6:15am and Vincent should arrive soon, which was Alice’s cue to dash into the main house so she can accidentally bump into him again. She did a double-take of herself in the mirror first. Clothes?Hair?Teeth?Breathe?She smiled, looking exactly how she wanted to look. Since it was still early morning, she didn’t want to apply makeup. It would come out as too obvious. The only thing she did was put on a little lip gloss."Much better." Alice posed and nodded with a satisfied grin and spun around in her bedroom."You are looking dashing this wonderful morning, Alice." She reached her hand at the mirror, trying her best to imitate Vincent's voice, smile and smoldering look."Why thank you Vin. You look nice too." She batted her eyes and blushed and cupped her cheeks.Alice closed her eyes and calmed her heart. The mission was not complete yet."You have got this Alice," she blew in a deep sigh, "Vincent will see you today."Alice walked out of her bedroom and went on her way to t
Vincent broke Alice’s heart in more ways than one. He became distant and started giving her a cold shoulder and pushing her away. He promised to be with her, and he told her once she was the only girl for him as he was going to be the only boy for her, but he broke his promise.All the progress Alice thought she had made with him was useless. The time they spent together in the past year was all for nothing. The girls started showing up at the house and left crying the next day the same way she cried daily whenever he brought a girl home. She blamed her age. Maybe when she gets to eighteen in a few months? Vincent would see her as the mature girl who can be girlfriend material.Alice still chose him and ran after him. Vincent was still the same boy who used to give her piggyback rides and chased her on the playgrounds. He is the same boy who used to come running to the cottage whenever he got a chocolate bar so they could share, regardless of the time. He was the same boy she has spen
“You have to show me your dress before you leave for the dance,” Katy gushed at the dress Alice showed her on the laptop with her legs swinging in the air.“Of course,” Alice nodded with excitement, “How about on the night of the dance you help me get ready,” she said while giving her a smile.Katy's face lit up. She got up to her knees, bouncing on the soft bed. “Really, I can help?” she screamed, and Alice closed my ears before the door slid wide open."What happened?" Vincent walked in searching for the threat, his stance ready for a fight. "Are you alright?"His knightly acts were not getting into Alice's head. He was no hero today. Maybe later when she is asleep because she can't control dreaming about him, but not now
“O.M.G. I’m going to sex you up, babe.” Megan screeched over the phone.“Meg will call you back,” Alice added and ended the call quickly.Her eyes bugged out, horrified, as she fumbled to save her phone, which she couldn’t hold in time from hitting the floor. She kneeled down to pick it up, her heart beating. She didn't know how much of her conversation Vincent had heard. If he did, Alice had decided as she grabbed her phone and got up that she would not care what he heard."Are you spying on me?" Alice straightened her spine and looked at Vincent.“We have a nine-year-old in this house who doesn’t need to hear your disgusting calls.” Vincent unclenched his fist as he stared at Alice. He ran his fingers ov
“You did what, girl?” Megan shouted, opening her mouth wide.“Shhh,” Alice glared at her, “Not so loud you want us to get chased out of the library,” Alice said, looking around with a sheepish look.She loved her best friend, but she could be a pain sometimes. Alice had given Megan a rundown of his conversation with Vincent, which piqued her interest instead of studying. Megan always says Alice's life was like one of the tv shows she watches with her mother. “Let them,” she said, standing up. “Come on.”“But we have an assignment to work on.” Alice protested.“Ally, don’t make me cause drama,” Megan dared her to keep sitting as she readied herself to shout.“And you say I have all the drama,” Alice shook her head, picking up her things, “For the record, I’m deciding to follow you because I feel bad for the people in here because of your loudmouth.”“Loudmouth, you say!” Megan shouted, and it was followed by a lot of glares in the library.Alice hurriedly pulled her out of the library
“When did you have time to go dancing with Simon?” Megan gushed, nodding her head in approval."Keep your voice down." Alice sighed. For someone who had told her earlier to count down from five, so Simon won't run away from her. Megan was doing the opposite of her advice."Well, don't keep me waiting.""Last night." Alice whispered.“You went dancing last night?” she screamed again.“Meg, people are staring again,” Alice looked over and her eyes landed on Simon. She was sure anytime now he was going to tell his friends to leave and it will all be her friend's fault. Simon winked at Alice. She smiled at him as she tucked her hair behind her ears, blushing.“What was that?” Megan asked with a questioning look. "Is he coming over here?” “No, but don’t look.”The opposite happened. Megan looked, and Alice was embarrassed. She had to grab her attention before she did something that embarrassed her more. Before Alice could say anything. Her phone buzzed, and her mood changed because Vincen
Vincent regretted how she treated Alice. She deserved to know the reason for his sudden change, but she was getting too busy for him. He blamed that guy who has been hanging around her all the time. Simon was making it impossible for Vincent.“Can we go to the amusement park today?” “No,” Vincent responded, making Katy’s face fall.“You are no fun,” Katy grumbled and stomped away from her brother.Vincent stared outside the window. He was studying the person who was making Alice laugh and smile. Simon had driven so early just so he could hang around outside the gate with Alice. They had been talking outside for almost an hour. He crossed his arms over his chest and scoffed. He couldn’t hear their conversation, but he rolled his eyes. There was nothing funny about the guy, yet Alice seemed to laugh at whatever he was saying. Here and there, Alice was grazing her hand at Simon, and Vincent wanted to go out there and separate the two of them. While he was at it, he would advise Simon o