The next morning Alexander was up and about earlier than usual as he relieved the guard outside Isla's room earlier which the guard appreciated since Alexander took his place instead.In reality, it was those brutal nightmares that kept him up all night after he had gotten Isla safely to her room and made sure the medic cleared her before taking his leave for the night.By the looks of it, she slept through the night which was good cause she needed all the rest that she could get in order to wear the exhaustion off.The previous night he had been absolutely terrified for what might have been the first time or if he ever felt that way it wasn't often enough for him to recall that feeling but last night when the lights went off and gunshots were heard with people screaming, running in every which way in their panicky state for a moment he was back hidden behind a rock like a coward that he considered himself for that day while his comrades died through the hands o

The moment they were out and clear of Mr. Gambino's study room and guards Isla took off in a sprint heading straight out the main door of the main house with Alexander following suite."Wait!" He tried to stop her, to ask her what's wrong as they ran right to the gardens.Isla however, even though remotely aware of Alexander's presence, couldn't even hear him over the wind whooshing through her ears and the cold tears streaming down her face as she blindly ran not looking anywhere, trying to run away from this whole situation, trying to escape this cage."Isla listen to me" he tried to reason with her, tried to stop her but she wouldn't as they ran farther away from the main house.Alexander's patience finally ran thin as he picked up his pace and easily caught up to her, grasping her arm and yanking her right towards him as he brought both of them to a halt.Isla let out a heart wrenching sob as Alexander held her face in both his hands, making he

"Oh crap" escapes Isla's mouth when they pull away, breathless, staring wide eyed at each other as they came to terms with what just happened."Oh crap sounds about right" Alexander grumbles out as he looked at her flushed face, her lips plump and wet and eye lashes still damp from her previous crying spell."Oh no, no no this shouldn't have happened, I shouldn't have kissed you" she said in a panicky state, trying to scatter off his lap but he held her in place, his arms tightening around her."Why? Do you regret it?" he asked, brows raised, face sincere."No! I mean yes ... I mean no! I mean I don't know!" she said frustratedly waving her hands. I have found it absolutely endearing.Then again he found everything about her absolutely endearing."It's simple. Do you like me Isla? Are you attracted to me? Cause I sure as hell am I can't bear to see another man close to you even today, I killed Jamerson a thousand differe

A week of stolen kisses and sneaky romance passed by since they made their relationship official. The sneaking around had its own thrill and they had both gotten pretty good at it, plus, Isla had made it a habit to sneak over to the pool house and sleep on top of him instead of in her own bedroom and since then Alexander had been distracted enough from thoughts of her on his mind that his nightmares had gotten infrequent and he was getting proper sleep, waking up in the morning to the beautiful sight of her face.Mr. Gambino was holding his annual party at night. He hosted one every year apparently it was a Gambino family tradition. Isla was skipping around the mansion with Ace, looking at all the decorations, Alexander close behind."Miss Prim always does an immaculate job with the party planning even last year masquerade theme party was well planned" Isla complimented as Ace ran off to annoy one of the workers by tugging at their pants.Isla was quick to learn

Alexander woke up to the buzzing of his phone on the bedside table as he squinted at the faint blue light the illuminated from the phone.He looked down at Isla who was soundlessly sleeping on him, making him her personal mattress, she stirred a little at the commotion but went right back to her slumber as Alexander's fingers weaved through her silky strands with one hand as he picked up and answered his phone with the other, looking at the caller ID to see it was one of the security team members."What is it?" he asked, voice groggy as he massaged his temples to get the sleep away."We have an urgent thing to take care of. Meet us at the compound in ten to lay out the plan" the guard said making Alexander scowl."Fucking hell. Fine" with that he hung up keeping the phone back.He was not at all happy to be woken up from such a blissful sleep at 3 in the morning. They can count on him being a cranky ass mother fucker on that account.He kiss