Chapter 53: Out Of Her Mind
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She raised her head and saw herself staring at Alexander's face, she gave herself a moment as she recalled the event of the past day, she quickly moved away when she realized that she must have been straining the man's wound.
She rolled to the other side and kept staring at him, the sunlight ray was directly on his face, the light made his black hair look like a very dark shade of blue, his jade-like brows, lip lashes, straight nose and pink lips made him look like something out of a perfect portrait.
What she didn't understand is how on earth this man who could get any woman he wants kept pinning after her, was she really worth it?
'Good morning," he murmured and used her body to shield himself from the ray of sunlight, he moved and a groan fell from his lips.
'Don't move too much, you are going to open that wound," she said to him and he nodded, a small smile on his face.
'Are you worried about me?" he asked, opening his eyes slowly, his eyelashes fluttering.
'Yes I am, now shut up and be careful," she told him as she laid on the bed. 'Are you feeling better now?" She whispered.
'I told you that I would feel better whenever I am with you," he whispered back and a blush rose to her cheeks but she looked away in order to avoid it.
His deep and breathy voice was just too much for her.
'Once again, shut up," she said, nevertheless.
'I got the wound when I met a bunch of people involved in the mafia," he said coolly as if he was talking about the weather.
'What? Mafia?" She asked, surprised. It is not rare to find people like him involved in the mafia, she didn't know why it shocked her.
'Yes," he said, nodding. 'My intention was to meet Zayn but his gang got into a crossfire with the other gang, so I got wounded,"
'Zayn is in the Mafia?" She was so surprised, the man didn't have any demeanor of a person in a gang.
'He is the don of his gang,"
'Really, color me shocked," she muttered to herself. 'So why were you the one that was shot, the opposite gang clearly knew that you aren't the don, you have the same build but at least.."
'I used to be part of the Mafia," he said curtly, looking away. She paused mid words and stared at him with a raised brow. 'I left it some years ago," he explained, still looking away, trying to avoid her gaze.
'You don't need to explain yourself to me," she told him but he shook his head.
'I have to..no, I need to, knowing your opinion matters, it does a lot actually,"
'You usually don't care about about anyone's opinion and what they think,"
'You are the only one with that privilege," He said as he turned to stare at her straight in the eyes.
'I don't care about the past of those who I care about, what really matters is the present. A billionaire whose record is squeaky clean is probably the shadiest of all, a little bit of flaw is always allowed." She said and gave a dazzling smile that almost left him breathless.
She is the most beautiful when she smiles.
'Is that what Matthew told you, that I am shady?" He asked and she stared at him before nodding.
'Yes, are you?"
'Do you care if I am?"
'Not anymore,"
'You used to?"
'Careful of anyone shady, yes I used to be, three years ago, but if I was still careful of them, the road would be clear for you, you won my kids' heart, that was a free pass, you are already part of us," she said and he smiled before moving closer to her, such that their faces were so close to each other, barely inches away.
'What are you doing?"
'I won your kids' heart, I only have yours left and when I have it with me, I would make sure not to never let you go,"
'Never?" She asked, staring at him with what other people would have said to be a blank look in her eyes, but she could see the hope hidden in it glaringly.
With him, he wanted her to stop hoping she would always get it, but everytime he took a step further she would take a half backward.
'Unless you want me to," he whispered, leaving all the decision up to her, he would follow through with anything she decides.
Her eyes scan his face trying to find an indicator that he was lying through his teeth like Oliver used to do, she found none except the fact that her eyes kept wandering to his lips.
Maybe she couldn't find any because her eyes kept wandering but he looked so handsome at that moment.
'Then when you do, never let go and when I tell you to, can you hold on tighter? Because I swear I would try to drive you away a million time after I am out of this daze,"
'I promise," he replied.
Their face was way too close, if they moved any closer their lips would touch but none of them made any move to back away.
Sapphire knows that she is out of her mind but she didn't mind it, her plans were already molding itself without removing Alexander out of the picture.
Alexander was deliberately moving slowly so that she could move away if she didn't want this, wasn't he just too perfect and a kiss won't really hurt, would it?
And their lips almost felt each other when they heard a loud shriek from downstairs making them move and pause.
'Thief! There is a damn thief in here," Luci yelled and it sounded like she was really panicking.
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Luci walked towards the kitchen, she woke up super early but she was sure that she would go back to sleep as soon as she drank some milk, it was barely noon and on a Saturday at that.
She moved to the kitchen and saw a man n black snooping through the fridge, he was taking some things from it and putting it in a small bag, her eyes widened when he took her favorite milk that she was here to drink into her bag.
'What the hell are you doing? And who are you?" She asked and the man turned to stare at her, she almost laughed because of how ridiculous he looked with the face moisturizing mask on his face, but she couldn't.
The man is a thief.
He turned to stare at her before he looked away, not bothering to respond to her, his attitude added to her grumpiness made her so annoyed and she marched to him.
'Hey," she tapped him on the shoulder but he didn't budge.
'Who are you?" She asked but he kept ignoring her. 'Reply now before I call you whatever,"
She paused but he didn't make any attempt to respond. Finally done with his nonsense, she opened her mouth and screamed.
'Thief! There is a thief in here!" She screamed and he turned to stare at her in disbelief.
'What are you doing?" He asked with a raised brow but it was her turn to ignore him
'There is a fucking thief in this freaking house, get your asses down before he escape!" She screamed and took his hand holding him in a way that it seemed to anyone like he was the one trying to subdue her.
