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
breathes, her face
continues, showing the hooded guy sprinting off
ice. "Tell me
we are all sure his gaze alone is enough to
you?"
her, his fury now redirected. "Melanie," he hisses.
this isn't true.'
eyes darting everywhere but
"I-I-”
he
"She doesn't belong here! She's just some orphan
takes a step forward, his
it's you who won't be belonging here
daughter playing house. You almost ruined
now I'll return the favor." He cocks his head to the
the receiving end
the gesture to your father too." He says with
and the old man
seeing his worst nightmare come
didn't
"I'll make
joins in and I watch with no words forming in
get the footage so
done because when he swallows
his temples again. "I will
board. Expect a
"I expect more than
I check on this case myself." Alex speaks and Mr.
record it
Melanie breaks down into
wrath on her.
me, his
on," he says. "Let's
My feet finally obey,
of the office, my pulse still
deathly silent as we walk. My
too uneven.
is
expression
fixed straight ahead.
He
the weight of his
eyes on the floor, my heart pounding
is cool, but
of us seems ominous, like
He moves first,
passenger door. The sound of
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