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

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

Melanie breathes, her

guy sprinting off while

pure ice.

sure his gaze alone is enough to burn-"Who

you?"

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

this isn't true.'

her eyes darting everywhere but at her

"I-I-”

humiliated me!" he

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

step forward, his

yet, it's you who won't be belonging here anymore. You'll be

You almost

favor." He cocks his head to the side

the receiving end

and pass on the gesture to your

the old man

he's seeing his worst nightmare come to

didn't mean

"I'll make

Her father joins in and I watch with no

he get the

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

rubbing his temples again.

the board. Expect

"I expect more than

case myself." Alex speaks and Mr. Dalton is up in his

sir. Of course. We can even record it for you since

Melanie breaks down into

as her father turns his wrath on her. Alexander, however, is

me, his expression

on," he

My feet finally obey,

my pulse

we walk. My footsteps feel too loud, my

too uneven.

me is a force

expression remains cold, his

fixed straight ahead.

He

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

my eyes on the floor, my heart pounding

afternoon air is cool, but I

ominous,

He moves first,

The sound of it

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