" Gray."
" Are you still at frat?"
" Yeah but I'm about leaving. Alexa sent me a text to meet her at school's lot."
" Ariel , it's 10pm. You should come home."
" Gray I need to discuss something with her. It's been long I last saw her and we need to talk." I say and slide into my car.
" Are you inside your car?"
" Yeah."
" Come home straight. You shouldn't go there. Manny just called me that he saw Vladimir's men around that frat house. Start coming home or I'm coming to get you."
I blink my eyes to the information and look around the parked cars for anything that look like Vladimir. There's no one instead of fleet of cars around the park.
" Ariel."
" How did you know?"
" Manny is
I mutter to myself and smack the steering wheel at the stupid traffic. Alexa is in the hospital , but why? Did he shoot her? I sigh and look ahead of the traffic , vehicles already started moving.Gray chose to follow me but I refused. I wanted him to stay back while I rush to the hospital to check on her. I just hope she's okay. But what if she's not? They found her body on her doorpost. I speed past other cars and halt outside the hospital. I rush out of my car and shut the door furiously. I run into the hospital to the waiting room and Piper is waiting with Brandon." Ariel."" What happened? Where's she ?" I ask and take in deep breaths." She's in her hospital room. She got shot and someone dumped her almost unconscious body on her doorstep. The frat guys who returned from frat yesterday night found her unconscious and rush her here. We were informed yesterday but we had to check in today. The doctor in charge asked us to call her mom."
I watch Jhene help her baby with her bags. She won't stop glaring at me and it's totally annoying. What's her problem ? Yeah , because I'm dating Gray and she couldn't make him look at her.I ruffle Kennedy's hair and smile at her before slipping out of her room. I open Gray's bedroom door and walk in. He sits on his bed with a laptop on his lap and he's typing. I roll my eyes and shut the door." I thought you will stand there forever." Gray says as I walk to his bed." How come you notice everything ? Even the slightest thing ?" I ask and stand in front of him beside the bed.He chuckles and push the laptop aside from his lap. He grabs my waist and pulls me down on his lap." Where have you been ?" He whispers into my hair. " I've been looking for you all my life." He continues , caressing my thighs.I chuckle at his flirty attempt and smirk at him. He raises his brows and tilts his head to the side waiting for an answe
Daniel comes back to me and look at this new occupant. The other bartender already give him his drink." You want something?" Daniel asks the guy." How much did Gray pay you to look after his little girlfriend?" The guy asks Daniel." What do you really want , Cage ?" Daniel asks." Mind your business man , or I won't hold back to fuck you up." He threatens Daniel." If he do shit , call me okay. I'd better have Gray kill me or fire me than have you throw a punch at me." He directs his last statement to the guy before leaving.Cage or whatever his name is, chuckles and turns to look at me." Why did Gray have to bring you here , Ariel?"" How did you know my name?"He chuckles again and chug half his drink." You are Gray's. Who doesn't know you. You shouldn't have come here in the first place . The fact that you're in his club doesn't mean they can't hurt you." He winks and smirks." I don't know wh
I wake up to an empty bed the following morning. I rub my eyes and blink them. The bustling and rustling of the busy city below us can be heard. I mean this is New York , what am I supposed to expect.I push the blanket aside and sit up on the bed with my feet not even close to the floor. I sigh and walk to the floor to ceiling glass walls that view the city. I itch my eyelids and push the white drapes aside. I look down at the city below the penthouse and they look tiny.I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and yesterday’s incident flows into my head. Gangsters. Gangsters who wants him dead and also they want me as bait to get whatever thing they need from Gray. I don’t even blame them that much. What ever shitty business Gray did , I’m sure he hurt a lot of people. And this stupid shooting stunt isn’t ending any time soon. I drop the toothbrush and stare at my reflection. I look a bit weird because of last night’s stunt.
Okay Ariel.Don't panic. Think positive. Maybe the doctor's took her out for some treatment and they couldn't do the treatment in her room.What if they shot her again?What if she's kidnapped?What if she's dead?What if—?Jesus , for Christ sake think positive. If anything happens to her , her parents will never forgive me. No matter how hard I try to apologise." What the fuck! Where the fuck is she? She was right here , right?" Piper rambles.I think I'm the only one who's panicking." Okay. We should look at the bright side. She might be around. Let's check under the bed. Maybe she was attacked by some weirdo and she was pushed under the bed." I say.Piper looks at me weirdly and blink her eyes. God , why's this even happening in the first place. Obviously I know why , I said i don't want a college student as a boyfriend and then I chose to date a mystery man called Gray Carter. So much for fall
"Alexa!" I squeak surprisingly and pull her into a bear hug. She giggles and hug me with one hand while the other holds Blue firmly. " Jesus." I smile and shut the door. " Sup girl! You look pretty. Damn , when last did I saw you?" Alexa asks sitting on the couch. " Last week." I sigh and sit next to her to observe her. " How are you? What happened? We checked on you yesterday at the hospital and then boom , you're gone except for a dead man underneath your bed." I explain. She exhales sharply and drops Blue on the floor. " Vladimir sent someone to kill me after he discovered I made it. I woke up from coma yesterday and I saw him , he wanted to inject me to death and make it look like an overdose." She shrugs her shoulders and rub her palms down her hair. " So what happened?" She smirks and cocks her brows." You know I'm a good fighter. I punched him and stabbed his eyes with the needle. And
I stand up from my chair and rush after Leslie." Ariel." Alexa calls out but i ignore them." Leslie." I call out her name once I'm outside the restaurant.She stops walking down the sidewalk with Hazel. She turns to look at me and crosses her arms. I stalk towards her and sigh. Her mascara already smudge her eyes and she looks pale. I take a step forward and stuff my hands in my back pockets." I'm really sorry about what happened." I say.She raises her brows and laughs. Hazel chuckles and glares at me." Stop acting like I'm the cause of whatever thing that happened back there. I wanted to make sure you're okay."" Why should you care?" Leslie asks." Maybe because we're sisters and we should always look out for each other."" I don't fuckin care about you. I mean you're this little tiny girl who's got popular and almighty Gray wrapped around her fingers. And you have a fuckin Ferrari too. Don't act
"What!" I exclaim.I mean I didn't expect Leslie to be this wicked. I tried not to make her feel hurt by always covering up for her and she has the nerve to turn the table around." Ariel." Mom and dad turns to look at me as they drop their forks.I look at Leslie who scowls at me. I bite my tongue in order to stop myself from punching her. If she's not lucky , I don't mind sending her to the hospital again. I am trying not to flip right now." Ariel is it true? You got pregnant?" Mom asks." This is crazy. First you asked me if it was true and secondly your beloveth daughter thought it was nice to turn the table around." I chuckle." What do you mean? You committed an abortion?" Dad asks with rage.I ignore their questions and look at Leslie ." You're such a coward. You're just jealous of me because you've never been with anyone who's willing to give you everything. Why don't you be mature and tell our par