eyes
“Please Grace…six years ago we lost each other, last night was our second chance…let’s not lose that too”
He had seen the indecision within her, waiting silently as she had once more dropped her eyes, her mind wondering if perhaps there might be another option. “Last night…was wonderful…but I can’t stay Alexos…I’m sorry…I…”
Grace had felt him stiffen and sigh; felt the change in him as he had firmly pushed her to arm’s distance. She stopping talking as he had moved around his desk and taken a seat in the large leather chair, Grace surprised to see the difference within him, his features suddenly more controlled. Gone the lover of that morning now someone she had never met before, someone cold and aloof, uneasiness seeping deep within her. As she had stood nervously unsure what to do he had watched her, his look assessing before he had given another small sigh.
“I am sorry to hear that Grace” his hands reaching over to pull a small folder into his hands “When you phoned me six years ago…I was furious, I mean I was so angry Grace. I believed that you and your parents had set the whole thing up. I couldn’t understand why…but I was damn sure that I was going to make you all pay”
She had watched him a sensation of unease filling her still so surprised at the change in him.
“I discovered that your father’s business was not doing quite as well as he pretended. He had to take out a hefty loan to tide him over some problems. A loan which I was able to acquire”
Dropping into the seat beside his desk her eyes had opened with disbelief.
“W…why?” she had muttered softly as his dark eyes had glowed so black and cold “Because I intended to punish them for your actions”
Gasping she had shaken her head “N…no my parents had nothing to do with what happened”
Alexos had watched her with a small sneer on his handsome mouth “I know that. When I had everything I needed, I went to visit them. Your father was furious, and your mother was grief-stricken. The poor woman could hardly stop from crying the whole time I was there”
Grace had groaned softly, her mind picturing her mother in tears, biting her lip, the pain filling her own eyes.
“Your father told me that he had disinherited you, and I knew then that I was not the only person you had duped” A contemptuous look on his face “Your poor parents were just as much victims of your selfishness as I was. I left without even informing them that I owned the debt…I decided that they had suffered enough”
Grace had stared up at him, pain on her lovely face
“You bastard” she had managed, her voice hardly audible as she had held down the tears that threatened. Throwing the folder over to her side of the table, his voice had been cruel. “People in glass houses sweetheart…” silent as she had picked it up and flicked through the sheets that confirmed all he had said Grace looking warily at him.
“What do you want Alexos? Why are you showing me this?” For a second he had watched her, his hands clasped together against his mouth before sitting back in the chair.
“I am showing you this because I want you to stay”
Looking at him with a frown of surprise she had licked her lovely lips. “I appreciate that you didn’t follow through with what you had planned…and I am sorry for what happened…and I know that after last night you might be thinking that…”
His laugh had stopped her soft words, her eyes looking back at him in confusion.
“No…last night as far as I am concerned was just an added extra, a very unexpected one…but most enjoyable” He leaning forward “Let me make myself clear Grace…I am not ASKING you to stay anymore, I’m just laying out what could happen if you DON’T stay”.
Smiling once more as the colour had drained from her lovely features, his mouth had curled softly.
“Truth is I really don’t give a damn if you are with me because you want or don’t want to
“Please Grace…six years ago we lost each other, last night was our second chance…let’s not lose that too”
He had seen the indecision within her, waiting silently as she had once more dropped her eyes, her mind wondering if perhaps there might be another option. “Last night…was wonderful…but I can’t stay Alexos…I’m sorry…I…”
Grace had felt him stiffen and sigh; felt the change in him as he had firmly pushed her to arm’s distance. She stopping talking as he had moved around his desk and taken a seat in the large leather chair, Grace surprised to see the difference within him, his features suddenly more controlled. Gone the lover of that morning now someone she had never met before, someone cold and aloof, uneasiness seeping deep within her. As she had stood nervously unsure what to do he had watched her, his look assessing before he had given another small sigh.
“I am sorry to hear that Grace” his hands reaching over to pull a small folder into his hands “When you phoned me six years ago…I was furious, I mean I was so angry Grace. I believed that you and your parents had set the whole thing up. I couldn’t understand why…but I was damn sure that I was going to make you all pay”
She had watched him a sensation of unease filling her still so surprised at the change in him.
“I discovered that your father’s business was not doing quite as well as he pretended. He had to take out a hefty loan to tide him over some problems. A loan which I was able to acquire”
Dropping into the seat beside his desk her eyes had opened with disbelief.
“W…why?” she had muttered softly as his dark eyes had glowed so black and cold “Because I intended to punish them for your actions”
Gasping she had shaken her head “N…no my parents had nothing to do with what happened”
Alexos had watched her with a small sneer on his handsome mouth “I know that. When I had everything I needed, I went to visit them. Your father was furious, and your mother was grief-stricken. The poor woman could hardly stop from crying the whole time I was there”
Grace had groaned softly, her mind picturing her mother in tears, biting her lip, the pain filling her own eyes.
“Your father told me that he had disinherited you, and I knew then that I was not the only person you had duped” A contemptuous look on his face “Your poor parents were just as much victims of your selfishness as I was. I left without even informing them that I owned the debt…I decided that they had suffered enough”
Grace had stared up at him, pain on her lovely face
“You bastard” she had managed, her voice hardly audible as she had held down the tears that threatened. Throwing the folder over to her side of the table, his voice had been cruel. “People in glass houses sweetheart…” silent as she had picked it up and flicked through the sheets that confirmed all he had said Grace looking warily at him.
“What do you want Alexos? Why are you showing me this?” For a second he had watched her, his hands clasped together against his mouth before sitting back in the chair.
“I am showing you this because I want you to stay”
Looking at him with a frown of surprise she had licked her lovely lips. “I appreciate that you didn’t follow through with what you had planned…and I am sorry for what happened…and I know that after last night you might be thinking that…”
His laugh had stopped her soft words, her eyes looking back at him in confusion.
“No…last night as far as I am concerned was just an added extra, a very unexpected one…but most enjoyable” He leaning forward “Let me make myself clear Grace…I am not ASKING you to stay anymore, I’m just laying out what could happen if you DON’T stay”.
Smiling once more as the colour had drained from her lovely features, his mouth had curled softly.
“Truth is I really don’t give a damn if you are with me because you want or don’t want to
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