DaniVillaroel

"Brian, let's go."

Alexander stiffened once he heard her voice calling out to some man whom she mistook him to be. He was tempted to remove the man's name away from her lips, but he stood there without answering and put back his glasses on. He covered up himself, the only way through which she could identify him; his deep green eyes. He knew that she would never forget his eyes in a million years. She had always gazed deep into the depths of those green orbs memorising each and every detail.

Rose stood there analysing his weird behaviour, his cologne seemed to be very familiar, extremely magnetic and manly. She had once been captured by this scent, The church. She scrunched her eyebrows as realisation hit her and looked at him. She decided to go near him and that's when he started speaking.

"I ..." he spoke as he slowly turned himself , " am not Brian ma'am." He said, and faced her, revealing himself to her.

Rose stood there astonished. Her lips parted, her breath hitched and she almost trembled with fear at the discovery of some unknown intruder at her home.
He was tall, the same as Brian. He wore a stiff black suit crafted for his body and a white shirt within paired with a black tie. His hands were stuffed into his pockets. His face was covered with his sunglasses, revealing only the lower half of his face. He had a neatly trimmed stubble that was spread across his jaws evenly.
Rose stood there clutching the sides of her dress with fear, as she looked at him.

"Who are you?... Wh.. What are you doing here.?" She asked him in a trembling voice.

Rose was scared to death, it was almost seven in the evening and it was dark outside. She barely had any neighbours around who could save her from this nightmare standing in front of her even if he killed her. Her screams would go unnoticed.

"What are you doing here?" She yelled out again when she did not get any reply from the man who stood in front of her..

All this while since he had turned towards her, Alexander had been eyeing her through his sunglasses, up and down, ravishing her and reliving all his dreams, replacing this beauty in the place of her fifteen year old form that had dominated his dreams and life all these years.

Beautiful..., he thought to himself and the corner of his lips moved slightly upwards. His heart constricted as he looked at her eyes filled with fear,trying to recognise the person behind the sunglasses but in vain. His gaze then fell on her lips, those alluring red lips that called out to him, he slowly licked his upper lip and caught them in between his teeth releasing it slowly. He fisted his hands inside his pockets in an attempt to resist himself. His gaze travelled through her soft creamy neck and rested on her breast. Rose had fisted her dress at the sides so tightly that she had constricted her dress and pulled it with fear which gave out a more clear shape of her to his hungry green eyes that were feasting upon her beautiful form from behind those dark shades. His jaws visibly tensed as his eyes moved downwards, filling his head with various sensuous images of his Rose. He took his time to look at her, to ravish her and save her image forever in his head.

Ten years, ten long years had done so much to them, Alexander was sure that she wouldn't be able to recognise him. He was not the same Alexander back when he was home at California. He had changed, he was all man, with the right amount of muscles and a toned body to die for. He had worked out all his frustration, anger and emotions on building his body vigorously. He was merciless on himself.
His facial features had changed drastically, strong sculpted jaws with evenly spread stubble. He had a dark aura radiating from him that made people hide themselves away with fear.

He sighed and closed his eyes before he opened it once again and spoke in a deep dark voice that made Rose shiver.

"You'll know me when the time comes Miss.Rosenne. . . . but not now."

He took a step forward and she stumbled backwards with fear and gripped onto the wall behind her. He smirked and looked at her.

"Don't go out with him, or you'll regret it." He slowly whispered and turned away making his way towards the door.

He acted upon jealousy and warned her not to go out. When he had heard her removing another man's name with happiness, his body tensed with jealousy and anger. He would not let her go now. Never again. But he did not want her to know him this way, he had other plans, other plans to reveal himself to her.

He stopped once he reached the door, and after a few seconds of silence, he took in a deep breath and said,

"Until next time Rose."

He walked away from her, once again, leaving her to drown with fear and confusion. He had warned her not to go on her date. How did he know that, how did he know her name. Roseanne kept standing near the wall looking at the door through which the unknown man went away a few minutes back. She heard the gravel crunch under his footsteps and an engine of a car bringing itself back to life. She stood there silently until she could not hear the sound of the car maneuvering it's way away from her house.

She had still fisted her dress with fear and slowly closed her eyes and felt the blood gushing through her fingers once she loosened them.
She made her way towards the couch and sat on the edge still trying to figure out what had happened a few minutes back. The man in suit looked eerily familiar, she was enchanted by his beauty ,but a dark and dangerous aura emitted out from him which made her shiver with fear at the same time.

She closed her eyes and tried to remember if she had met him before. She shuffled through her memory and she scrunched her eyebrows when she couldn't find even a single memory of him. But those lips, they resembled the shape of someone she knew, but she couldn't recall who it was.

"Rose."

She gasped at the sudden voice and turned towards the door.

"Hey are you alright? ..You look like you saw a ghost" Brian said as he smiled softly at her, and made his way towards the couch placing himself next to her.

"Ummm...I don't know..I..I mean, there was a man in here and he...He was standing there looking at the pictures ..and..He... he went away after warning me not to go out...I..I don't want to go.." she stammered with fear still dominating her.

"Hey...Rose, calm down okay? Let's not go out , if you don't want to. We'll have dinner here. I don't want you to..."

"A few men had come home the day I agreed to go out for dinner with you."

Brian scrunched his eyebrows and looked at her with confusion.

"They...They wanted me to sell this house to them." She said and looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"Why dint you call me Rose?" Brian asked her after a few minutes.

"What did they say?"

"They asked me to sell this to their boss . He is buying the land on either side of this property and my house happens to be a hindrance. I did not agree to sell it and ...and they said that I would face consequences for the decision I made. They said that I would meet their boss very soon and....wait ...oh god...was he their boss?"she looked at him wide eyed and fear was written all over her face.

"Hey Rose, calm down...I am here. I wouldn't let anything happen to you. Don't worry. Forget this right now, alright? We'll talk about this later okay "he said holding her shoulders and gently shook her.

She shifted herself on the couch and gripped its leather tightly eyeing the floor.

"Hey" he whispered, and hugged her from her side.

"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen" he softly whispered as he stroked her arms.

"How about we make dinner at home, and you tell a few things about your family?" he asked as he changed the topic and diverted her mind towards something else. He slowly unwrapped his hands from her and rested them on his lap.

She nodded and smiled at him

"That sounds good." She said and got up hesitantly, making her way to the kitchen. Brian followed her.

"Can I ask you something?" Brian asked as he leaned on the counter and looked at Rose cutting the vegetables.

"Yes, go on." She said eyeing him from the corner of her eyes simultaneously as she cut the vegetables.

"Who is Alexander Hunter?"

Rose abruptly stopped and turned towards him.

"Wh..why do you ask that?"

"Just a little curious you know" he said, and smiled at her.

"Well" she cleared her throat and sighed as she continued

"He was my neighbour back in California. My best friend, my first crush and.." she hesitated as she continued, "my last love."
She turned back and resumed her work making herself busy.

"Hmmm...where's he now? "

"I don't know Brian. I don't want to talk about him."

"Oh ...alright. Sorry Rose." He said ,still observing her.

"That's alright."

"Do you still love him?" He asked not letting go of the topic.

Rose put the knife down and looked at him once again as she scrunched her eyebrows.

"Why Is.."

"It's just a question Rose."

"He was my first love Brian. He was extremely close to my heart. I don't think I can forget someone like that. I have tried my level best to erase him from my life, but it does not seem to work." She said looking straight into his eyes.

She did not know what got into her for speaking that way.
But that is when she realised, that she could never really get over Alexander Hunter. She could not forgive him, but at the same time, she could not forget him too.

Brian observed her as she turned away from him and moved towards the stove to stir the soup.

He straightened himself and cleared his throat loudly gaining her attention.

"Well, its time to forget him then." He smirked and winked at her before leaving the kitchen.

____________________________________

Alexander laid on his bed boring holes into his ceiling with his deep green eyes. A small smile had settled itself on his lips ever since he got into the car. He was in a state of immense happiness and delight.

The thought of Rose made him feel alive. The image of her standing in front of him after all these years made his smile grow even wider. Her black hair, her smooth soft skin, and those beautiful curves made his body shift uncomfortably on the bed. He wanted to touch her, hold her tightly against his body, make crazy love to her, memorising each and every inch of her body, and never let her go. He clenched his jaw ,closed his eyes and gulped at the images of her flashing in front of his eyes.

He purposely pushed away the thoughts of her calling another man's name in front of him. If he brought that into his head now, he would grow wild with rage. Alexander was an extremely jealous and possessive creature, and he would never let anyone touch what was meant to be his. And now that he had found her, he would never let her slip away from his hands.Never again.

He picked up his phone from the night stand and scrolled down through his contact list.
He pressed on a name and placed the device near his ear.

"I need information about a woman named Roseanne Hart by tomorrow. Every single detail. I also need eyes on the house. Watch her all the time." He ordered one of his men and cut the once he got his reply.

He scrolled down again and pressed onto his right hand man's name; his most trusted.

After a few rings he spoke up.

"Jacob, cancel all the deals scheduled for the day after.
And yes, ask Marcus to bring that woman who stays in the property we need . . . . Yes, the resident of that house who is presently blocking the sale . . . I need her in my office day after tomorrow, sharp at eleven . . that will do . . yes . . good night Jacob" he said, and placed his phone back on the night stand.

He sighed and folded his hands behind his head staring at the chandelier hanging above his bed. The dim lights that emitted through the sparkling crystals brought him peace. He smiled, a beautiful breath-taking smile that came directly from his heart. He had smiled this way after so many years and all of that was because of her, his Rose.
He closed his eyes and sighed, silently thanking the God's above for granting his one and only wish.

"Soon Rose. . .very soon."

________________________

Hello my loves:)

Am sorry for the delay. I had a little trouble while writing this chapter. So it took a little time.
Please comment and let me know what you feel about the chapter? Please??
And am sorry for the errors, since it's all being typed through my phone. Let me know if you find any mistakes and I will change it:)
Thank you all for the reads, votes and comments :)
Vote, comment and enjoy...

Until the next update,
INSPIRE19.