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

she's willing to put herself through such kind of pain just

breathes,

continues, showing the hooded guy sprinting off while

ice.

are all sure his gaze alone is enough to

you?"

father turns to her, his fury now redirected. "Melanie," he hisses.

this isn't true.'

eyes darting everywhere but at her

"I-I-”

humiliated me!" he roars. "You

wails. "She doesn't belong here! She's just some orphan playing

forward, his

who won't be belonging here anymore. You'll be a

daughter playing house. You

favor." He cocks his head to the

on the receiving end of

gesture to your father too." He says

and the old man

he's seeing his worst nightmare come to

I didn't mean

"I'll make

Please..." Her father joins in and I watch with no words forming in my

get the footage so

chest. Something that shouldn't even be done because when he swallows these three, it's

exhales shakily, rubbing his temples again. "I

board.

"I expect more than

on this case myself." Alex speaks and Mr.

record it for you since

Melanie breaks down into

on her. Alexander,

me, his expression

he says. "Let's

My feet finally obey,

my pulse still erratic. I still can't believe what just

hallway is deathly silent as we walk. My footsteps

too uneven.

presence beside me is a force

suffocating. His expression remains cold, his

fixed straight ahead.

He

a word. But I can feel the weight of his fury pressing against my skin, making it hard to

the

outside. The afternoon air is cool, but I feel

front of us seems ominous, like a trap waiting

He moves first,

The sound of it unlocking

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