New Feelings

Dave's Pov

“ Stay still” I cautioned her shivered legs that wouldn't stay put for me to apply the paste to it. Her eyes glued in on every touch of the ice paste on her sore, sticking her fingers in the cushions that were , sure to have begged mercy to her nails.

“ About what I said…” her eyes widened on the topic, letting her body fixed a tough posture on the couch with hard gaze on me. Clear as it was, that wasn't her favorite topic and if not the fact that her leg was in my hands I was sure she would have walked out.

“I just want to say am sorry. I really am Alice, the words were inappropriate and the tone was uncall for” well maybe some but the tone was perfectly called for. But not on her, I swear my guts were fenced on heights to punch the hell out of Peter.

I don't know how he managed to get in my paths everything time.

Her lips split in for seconds then glued in, I couldn't tell what it was but I was certain her lips wanted to say something but…

“Thank you” she let out her leg from my clutch the second I was done.

“Will you be able to walk on it?, I can help you to your room” my offer was declined, damn that girl was piece of work and damn it stroke as a challenge to figure her out.

There I stood in watch of her leg leaping on the stair with every step. Not once did her face turned for support nor crawled back on her words.

“Bullet “ his visible self came crawling to my eyes, squatting his posture to the centre

“Why did you let this happen?. It's your job to protect her at all time, how did you let her get hurt when you damn....?“ the words halted on his polished eyes that dared not stare in mine, it crawled to the other side in still calm and froze robot.

“Mr Stone, he is on the line”

May stormed in,

Aware to me who he could be, the fists were set to steam the hell out of his cowboy face.

her hand lend the phone in my grasp with nod, she pushed forward with a visible disappearance, not before winking an eye to Bullet to take a dodge from my scolds.

I always quizzed how she got on his defense every time he was being scolded, and more to it she wasn't the type to invade in others matters yet his was differ.

“Peter, what do you want” I asked through the phone,

“Let meet” he said with still. It was so him , always thinking he has the upper hand.

“And why is that?. I don't have time to play with you boy, find another play mate” the smirk was a sure on my lips , on his sour huffed.

“I think I should, why not have Alice come over and have a nice platedate with me” he said getting my blood to rushed through my veins. I still couldn't tell how her name always got my cool to spike out of order.

It was nothing of love, that I can hundred percent assured. It was just my male ego , that one being offended to have another man of my status eyeing out on a person that was supposedly mine.

The kind of possessive pride I'd on her wasn't shown out on real husband to his wife.

“ Are you seeking death" I coldly asked and he better be sure of those words.

“I'm at your company, meet me in thirty minutes or I might just change play mates”

The call went dead as my right brain to guide me through the rough thought or cruel decision.

Nothing much, like my mind deceiving itself.

'you ain't going there cause of his threat, but only because it your company and you need to attend meetings'

All through the drive I rushed the words in repeated, while within I was aware of the reason of showing up. Even Bullet had taken notice of my urged to reach in haste and the constant peep at my wrist wasn't helping keep the cool I so desperately wanted to hold.

“You're early” he greeted with a smirk and raise from my seat.

“Who let you in, Anna”

Her presence made shown the second I scolded her name out in third. A compulsory secretary I was handed by my marketing director.

“Who let him in?“

Her body shifted on the hard tone, she braced her posture, hitting a hard gulp she front the truth to my face.

“I did” she responded in coward look. That was the one look I abhored in people, I lived half my years cowarding in fear and torment and witnessing in others spite torned memories. If you wanted me to take serious it best you face in my eyes.

“ And what did I said about that?“

“I apologize Mr Stone, he claimed to be a friend of yours and told you ordered he wait in your office” she ran the words out, squeezing herself of breath.

“ Anna, he's a fraud. You don't just believe everything people say to you, not specifically him. Look at him, a lay on his face, the next he ves have security drag him out” I ordered, while the bug laughed his way to Anna .

“ Your boss is insane, why don't you come work for me, huh”

Anna sprint out before he could further with his second verse of his proposal.

“What do you want to talk about?“ I asked resting an arm on my seat .

“Devorce her”

Huh!!!

Huffed

The nerves of him. Did he really thought it through, what made him think I would do as he told?.

“I know you well to know you got marry to her only for a purpose. She doesn't love you”

“And she loves you?, have you asked of her choice?“ My cool was scraping with each second he opened his wild mouth.

“I don't have to. Devorce her and I'll have an investment in your company, double and also help you get the DC contract. That's what you want right?“

Right, the DC contract was a huge one that could land my company to a high length, a french company to sign a partnership with us, I'd work on it for years but yet to succeed.

And no doubt he had the link to grant that dream of mine to true. That what comes with being a third generation of multi billion family, they don't know hard work or value what others earn, they only knows how to show off.

“It simple Stone, just devorce her and the partnership will be yours “

“Not today buddy. Alice is mine, no deal will have me devorce her, not specifically for a scam like you.“ It felt good, so dam good to watch his face broke in disbelief.

Scowled and detest of my loose lips that went all out to display my glory.

“ Don't regret your choice Stone “

“I won't “ I assured

“ You know nothing about her, I was her first man and you're nothing “

It took everything in me to ease my balled knuckles from punching the hell out of his baby face.

“ You're a past Peter,while am her present and future. She told me you were a mistake she hopes I will help to erase and as her legal husband am obligated to assist my beloved wife wipe every stain “

His Jaw clenched out, his eyes soon set in fury. I watched his fingers piched the hell out on the pen.

“ If you're done, you can take the lead out . The door is right there”

“Don't be too happy Stone,these days your secrets will caught up to you and when it does I'll be there to get what's mine”

“Trust me, I won't hand you such chance”

He took a rough walk out, sending harsh sound in my ears from the door.

The next I thought of rest I got a call on the office line.

“Yes Anna” I lazily responded

“Mr George is here to see you” she informed.

“George?“

What could have led his visit to my company that too with such short notice?.

“ George ” his face faded the peace on my lips, he laid a hand on his eyes as he storm his shoes in dizzy circles.

“George if you're in trouble, just say it.“ I prompt in with a smirk of his eyes widened. Oh how great it presented, him begging for aid.

“This isn't just about me Mr Stone, you also will get into trouble if it gets out” my eyes glued it way on his paused leg and unsteady fingers on his lap. I didn't know what it was but I sure did not like the sound of it either.

“What's the it?“

“The secret, you and I know what really happened that day and if it gets put we both will get into huge troubles”

His cracked voiced knocked my brain to the six months incident. The day was skimming to dark, I led my feet rant the floors of the stairs in other to evade any contact.

That wasn't much of a need as the building was empty of any worker but I could not take the risk.

His door was much of an aid, bold and broad it stated Director's office.

“ How could you do such an act that too to the company we have strive to build for years” his scolds reached my ears from the door, halted I held my hand on the door while a peek my eyes took through the thin gap.

“Me, don't you mean what you've done?. Look again brother, these papers prove you to be the guilty one ad not me” George said with a loose lips, his chubby legs took rounds Infront of his brother, stunning his gasped mouth and wild eyes that wanted to jerked out.

“What, but..how ,you..“ his fingers jittered through the massive papers that had countless prove ad deep signatures of his. “You're framing me..these are your doings”

“That's not what the paprlers says. See brother the Black empire is mine now as it should have been years, you stole it from me as you did the love of my life years back” his tone hanged out with lash of hate ,his fingers grabbed the collar of his brother shirt, disabling him of breathe.

“ You want to see him behind bar and not the other way “ another voice called through, handing Black the relief he was choking on.

“Mr Stone” George snapped through a finger. I watched him continue his legs dance.

“George, that's your problem not mine. If the secret comes out you're the only one that will have the police to deal with not me”

“True, but am certain you don't want that . I know of your mission of vengeance, you want to have him and his family ruin that's the reason you kept quite and helped in from start. Help me get rid of this threat and I promise you, my brother will suffer more than he has” he eagered out.

I needed him to destroy his brother and set theempire they valued to flame. And if getting him free from that threat would hand me the satisfaction of my desire then I was on for it.

“What's the threat?“ I asked

“The secretary escaped”

Right I forgot about her, she was the sole witness to the crime and scene, to cover his trace he had paid her an effty price to disappear with close lips. But her as revealed kept asking for more bill which got to his nerves and had his men on her tail.

The thought of her escape rang a word peter said about me being exposed soon. It was certain he was referring to the secretary and if he knew of it then it only meant Alice knew of it too.

“ I'll help you locate her , what you do to her is your choice but in return you…”

“Stain, I want you to get find someone for me”. I dropped the phone after the dead touch was touched.