Chapter 15 ~ Fleeting warmth
Chapter 15 - Fleeting warmth
Athena
"Mr. King, what-" Mr. Dalton starts, but Alexander's cold voice cuts through.
"I suggest you think carefully before uttering another word, Dalton."
A heavy silence falls.
Melanie's father pales "Mr. King? Do you know this cri- young lady?"
Alexander doesn't even spare him a glance. His focus is solely on me, his eyes locking onto mine like he can read everything I'm thinking.
I try to figure out what he's thinking but I come up empty. He gives nothing away.
“Get up.” His voice is commanding. Making all the hairs on my body rise.
I remain frozen, my body is unwilling to obey.
Mr. Dalton clears his throat.
"Mr. King, this is a serious matter-'
Alexander's gaze finally shifts to him, sharp as a blade. "Serious? You mean this pathetic attempt at framing my-"
My heart pounds even harder. Hope is starting to grow like a balloon.
"Framing an innocent lady?"
And it pops.
Painfully so.
Melanie's sobs long ended. Her face is horrified. I bet she didn't
see this coming. Neither did I.. Her father turns red, but before he can explode, Alexander pulls
out his
phone and tosses it onto the desk. The screen lights up with a paused video.
"Play it," he commands.
Mr. Dalton hesitates before pressing play.
On the screen, grainy footage from a security camera shows Melanie in the parking lot. She's alone-
until a guy in a hoodie steps up to her. They exchange a few words, then suddenly, she throws herself onto the ground. She punches her own face.
Gasps fill the room. My own stomach twists in disbelief.
This little bitch! I even felt guilty..and sorry. What kind of insanity is
willing to put herself through such kind of pain
breathes, her face
hooded guy
is pure ice. "Tell me
sure his gaze alone
you?"
turns to her, his fury now redirected. "Melanie,"
this isn't true.'
her eyes darting everywhere but
"I-I-”
he roars. "You
her gone!" Melanie wails. "She doesn't belong here! She's
step forward, his towering
you who won't be belonging here anymore.
house. You
return the favor." He cocks his
the receiving end of whatever he has
be so kind and pass on the gesture to your father too." He
the
he's seeing his worst nightmare come to
didn't
"I'll make
I discipline her! Please..." Her father joins in and I watch with no words forming in my
he get the
be done because when he swallows these three, it's me he's coming
his temples again. "I
the board.
"I expect more than
on this case myself." Alex speaks and Mr.
course. We can even record it for you since you're
Melanie breaks down into
as her father turns his wrath on her. Alexander, however, is done giving
his expression
he says. "Let's
My feet finally obey,
out of the office, my pulse still
deathly silent as we walk. My footsteps feel
too uneven.
is a force
expression remains cold, his
fixed straight ahead.
He
word. But I can feel the weight
my eyes on the
but I
ominous, like a trap waiting
He moves first,
the passenger door. The sound of it
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