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"Hey…" I said quietly. "emm...How long have you been there?" He swallowed. "Long enough." "So, you heard all of it then" "yes I did , is there more I should know about?" he sounded annoyed. "No.Listen to me, Alex…" "So you're not who you said you are." He blurted out. I stepped toward him. "let me explain ok, I can explain." He took a step back, eyes wide and his face a little pale,clear signs that he’d heard everything. "What is there to explain, the fact that you are not you or the fact that you are a wealthy figure posing as my fucking bodyguard?" He stared at me, completely lost. I was lost to. I "Who the hell are you?" he demanded. His voice sounded a bit too harsh. "Can we sit and..." "No. you will tell me who you are and why you are in my life and when you're done leave my building." His words sliced through me like a knife. I’d fought criminals, come close to death… But nothing.absolutely nothing, felt as terrifying as the way Alex looked at me. I forced mysel

Alexander’s POVI opened the door… and came face to face with my father.For a second, my breath stopped.God, I wished it was Aiden, back to annoy me into functioning.And a huge, shameful part of me hoped it was Ethan.But no.“Hello, Father,” I mumbled, just loud enough for him to hear.“Are you going to let me in or what?” he asked, already irritated.I stepped aside stiffly, letting him enter my apartment. He walked in like it belonged to him, like everything in my life always had.“What do you want from me?” I asked, my voice cold.He didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he walked in taking in the sight of everything.Finally, he sighed and turned to face me.“We need to talk, Alexander. Sit.”“I’ll stand.”He scowled. “For once in your life, stop being difficult.”I clenched my jaw but sat down anyway. My father lowered himself into the armchair across from me, his movements slower than usual… almost shaky. His eyes looked tired—older.Something twisted painfully in my gut.He ru

I couldn’t remember the last time someone made me as frustrated as I was while I kept checking my phone and waited for Ethan to at least message me.He didn’t.I dressed up to go for the dinner my father asked me to attend, but I unconsciously kept ruining my hair with my hand. My nerves were everywhere,anger, worry, heartbreak,all tangled together in a way that made breathing feel like a chore.The moment the elevator opened, I stepped out with my face buried in my phone. Then I heard Ethan’s voice.“Alex!!”He shouted my name with a kind of urgency that didn’t feel real. I snapped my head toward the sound—and then toward the direction he was looking at.My blood ran cold.A man in a dark hoodie emerged from behind a black SUV, gun already raised. It all happened too fast. The only thing I remember clearly was Ethan’s expression—wide eyes, raw fear, and something that looked terribly like desperation.Before I could even understand what was happening, Ethan slammed into me, shoving m

I woke up to find myself at the hospital. The last thing I remember was Alex's scared expression while he helped me on the floor in his parking lot.The beeping sound was too loud and the room was too bright. My head felt heavy and my eyes tried to adjust to the situation. Hey,” Alex said , his voice breaking. “Hi. You’re okay. You’re—God, Ethan, you scared the hell out of me.”I tried to say something but nothing came out.Noah grabbed a cup of water with straw and guided it to my mouth.“You’re… okay,” I rasped.Alex's eyes watered “You took a bullet for me. I think you’re the one we should be worried about.”I gave a small smile and tried to talk again but my body was too weak and exhausted.I was Half awake when I heard Noah's voice “Alex… stay close to Ethan.”“What? Why? What’s happening?” Alex asked“Uhh… is this where I run?” Aiden asked a bit too dramatic.“No,” Noah murmured.“This is where none of us move.”I slowly opened my eyes again to find that they were all still an

I held Alex at the back seat of his car while he sobbed, as the chauffeur drove us out of the Blackwood estate. Seeing Alex like this made me have a series of violent thoughts roaming free in my head. I was so close to telling the chauffeur to turn the car around for me to go back inside the house and made sure his father never saw the light of day again before he could even think of hurting Alex."shhhh..." I whispered as I patted his hair softly. "let it all out, I know it hurts." I didn't need to know what his father had sat to him but I knew it was something terrible. By the time we got to the penthouse, Alex had calmed down but his eyes were a bit puffy. I just wanted to make him feel better. The elevator ride was quite. Alex really wasn't the quiet type when you get to actually know the real him. the moment I unlocked the door he went straight to the showers with his clothes on. I followed right behind him, he didn't even bother taking of any piece of clothing he just turned