Semua Bab THE CHARISMATIC MRS. BELMONT; BACK FOR REVENGE : Bab 41 - Bab 50

ALICIA"What did you just say?" Jade's voice threw closer, the door widening as she walked in with a look of confusion on her face. She paused at the entrance of Zach's office and looked around, scanning our faces. "You were planning on keeping that away from me?" She asked, her voice unsteady as she threw closer to the desk I was leaning on. I glanced at Zach and lowered my head to the file in my hand. I couldn't bring myself to tell her that she was given out by her own mother."Alicia, I don't think it's something you'd want to hear... It's not somethin–" she raised my hand, cutting me short."I thought you of all people would understand how I feel." She started, my voice breaking.Jade stood there and stared at me with a look that felt like it was drilling a hole through my chest, her gaze moving back and forth between me and Zach while the tears started gathering in the corners of her eyes. I tried to take a step towards her and opened my mouth to explain that we were only tryi

JADE"Welcome, Mr Grey." Dad said with a huge smile on his face. I paused, observing every movement they made from behind the pillar, my gaze stuck on Vivienne 's form. They walked into the living room and sat in a small circle, Sarahalready seated on the couch in the middle.Sarah’s face turns pale in an instant and I watched from behind the pillar as she shrinks back into the cushions of the couch.I was completely surprised because in all my years of living in this house, I have never seen my mother look so small or so terrified. Vivienne assesses the environment with a cold gaze and when she finally speaks up, her voice filled with so much disrespect and disdain that it makes the very air in the room feel heavy. "Just rush through whatever it is you have to say, Sarah," Vivienne snapped, her voice cutting through the silence like a jagged blade. "We don’t have all night to waste in this place. The air is practically stagnant with your desperation."Beside her, Mr. Grey sat like

JADE"My broth–" I repeated, the words hooking in my throat the moment I thought about the existence of a relative other than the ones that had ruined my perception of the word "family".She smiled and shook her head slightly, her eyes glancing at the staircase for a moment. I turned around, following her gaze like there was someone watching us from the staircase but the stairwell was empty."Is–is he here?" I asked, my eyes moving back to her face that now looked bright even in the dim light. Her gaze lingered on the staircase and I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion as I raised my hand to reach out to her."Alicia?" I called out as my hand came in contact with her skin. She jerked up in shock as her gaze returned to my face."He's not here– not anymore, that is." She clears her throat calmly and I squint, a chuckle bubbling in my throat."He was here?" The words slipped out of my mouth."Yeah, Killian left a while ago." She replied."Who's Killian?" I asked, the name sitting strange

KILLIANI stared at the figure that had on a large sweatshirt and joggers seated on the couch in front of me. I ran my eyes over her facial features yet again for the fiftieth time that minute.I was seated in front of someone I thought I had lost over a decade ago.I couldn't believe it. No one possibly would.I stared at the picture in my hand, the last picture I had taken of her. The same one we had used at her burial and I felt a cold chill go down my spine, causing a fresh wave of guilt to come over me."Killian?" I looked away from the picture and that was when I noticed she had moved closer to me on the couch, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion and worry."Is everything okay?" I forced a small smile through my teeth and nodded in affirmation as I felt my heart shatter into a thousand pieces."I'm just wondering..." I started, lowering the picture to the table, turning it over, my gaze fixed on a face I couldn't recognise but I couldn't help it.Besides the DNA test that was yet

ALICIA"No, stop." I whispered, pulling away from his form as I placed my hands on his shoulders as a barrier between us. I kept my gaze centered on the ground, avoiding his eyes that I knew were filled with disappointment.A disappointment I had caused him, yet again.A pang of guilt ran down my spine and I couldn't help but feel bad for him."Zach, I– I'm so sorry bu–but I can't..." My voice trailed as I took a step away from him, trying hard to swallow the lump that was stuck in my throat."I don't think we should be doing this." I continued, my hand finding my fingers, giving my eyes a new point of focus.For a while, we stayed still, the air heavy with the silence and the breaths we were both drawing hungrily."Alicia," he called, his voice soft and controlled to my surprise despite the second rejection I had just issued him.I finally looked up and he was closer than I expected, not in a way that crowded me but in a way that made the space between us feel intentional, like he ha