Lahat ng Kabanata ng Arrangement With Mr Halloway: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

Elena.Something smelled delicious, like a bundle of cinnamon roll, spice, and heat. I wanted to wrap it around me like a blanket.I snuggled closer to the source, enjoying the strong, solid warmth beneath my cheek. If I could stay on that bed forever, I would, but I had promised to help Jaden learn finger painting today.I had to allow myself to have one more moment of coziness - had my bed been so wonderful and big, without any other human attached to my arms - before I opened my eyes and yawned. My room looked different. Weird. My bed was closer to the window for some reason. There were no pictures of Charlotte and I on the nightstand, no vase of roses by its side. And certainly no Charlotte and a silly Jaden with legs sprawled everywhere, on my bed.My eyes searched around the room until it landed onto the broad expanse of bare, tan skin by my side, and my stomach dropped. Familiar blue eyes stared back at me, with no hint of the concern I had seen last night.He flicked his gaze

Elena.Of all the ways I had pictured my Friday night going, getting trapped in my room by a man that Sebastian had considered to be dangerous, currently staring at me like I had committed the worse kind of treason was not one of them.“I am sorry, but I don’t think staring at me would have the desired effect you hope for,” I stroved for bravery even as I took a step back. He stared at me like he had something against me, and like he was ready to see me squirm.“I don’t believe I actually ever explained who I was to you.” His smirk was as dangerous as the devil’s, strong enough to break glass. Objectively, he was one of the most handsome men I had ever seen. With his hair as dark as midnight, his chiselled jaw, cerulean eyes, and a body like one of those Greek gods. But there was something sinister about him, something about his expression that would be considered ‘sinful’ to a set of women.He had the sort of vibes my ex, Charlotte’s father, was known for.“Ryan Walter of the Walter

Something was wrong.I felt it deep in my bones as I placed the piece of chicken into my mouth, chewing as silently as I could.“What if I told you there was actually a way to leave this estate that doesn’t involve the gates or Sebastian’s room.”Those words kept echoing in my mind any time I stole a glance at Ryan, Sebastian’s brother in law. It was currently two weeks since the incident happened, and this was the first time we were sharing a room together again.Ari, like always, sat close to him in a way that suggested they were together, but no one could ever prove it. I found it rather ridiculous to hide the relationship from people who couldn’t care less who one bedded in this place.Surely, some people needed some sort of relief when they were in a place like this. Starved of human attraction.I watched the door discreetly, and as often as I could, the sound of my heart pumping blood was the only thing I could hear. Jaden’s birthday was four days ago, and Sebastian avoided me l

Elena.He rolled a joint the first day I saw him, holding both leads to two different dogs in front of our manor's grounds. There were acres of forests all around us, the nearest house miles away from here.I was seventeen, fresh out of high school.James, on the other hand, was nineteen, his skin glowing while the moon highlighted his face. He wore a cap and had a sort of permanent smile on his face. A smile that kept drawing me in."Are you sure you want to go ourside, Elena? It is awfully chilly."I looked up at my dad from where I sat close to the door, lacing up my boots. "Yeah. I want to meet the friends of my new elder brother."Dad huffed and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "We just got here recently. Evangeline would be mad. She wouldn't want you to wander around with her barely there nineteen years old son."My smile dropped when the 'barely there' son walked out down the stairs, ignoring both Dad and I because surely he heard what Dad had said. I rolled my ey

Elena.A week after."You look like shit." Jaden commented one morning as he sank into the chair opposite mine, his eyes sharp as he appraised me. "And you haven't played with us for a week."I looked up from the book I was currently staring at and watched him with careful eyes. Age seven seemed to be the one for him, as he looked like a younger Sebastian now. Charlotte, beautiful daughter of mine, was his devoted best friend who followed him everywhere.She arched her eyebrow at me when I didn't respond to Jaden's statement after five minutes. "You haven't tried attending our classes for two weeks now."I dropped the book I had been staring at - not reading because I just kept looking at the words without comprehending anything - and leaned back, irritation coiling in my stomach as I saw Ryan's curly hair outside the room door.Stalking me like a predator.Ever since I was locked up for almost forty-eight hours at that shack in the woods, I kept away from Ryan and Ari like my life an