Chapter Twenty-Six: Emiliana.

Theo was amused at the fast thought and reply he got from Alice, so in his conclusion, it's either Alice has already thought this through or she's being the smart badass she has always been. Alice left Theo in an awe reaction to her room to take a shower and relax a bit before heading back to the hospital.

Alice entered her room and shut the door as soon as she was fully in. She wasn't surprised to see that her room which she messed up while hurrying over to Valentino's a day before had been cleaned and all her clothes were back in her closet and neatly kept. She only smiled and looked back with the hope of looking directly into Theo to show how grateful she was but was slightly disappointed to face the door which she shut after she had moved into her space.

Not knowing what to accomplish first, Alice went into the bathroom and decided to use the bathtub so Soul could be able to relax. Sitting in a bathtub can be as comforting as ever, Alice has never realized this up until now. She was so glad she had chosen choice, Alice had lots on her mind most time and sometimes she wished everything would disappear from her life so that she could be a normal girl, with a perfect life that included a boyfriend, her mom, a dad, and sibling if necessary but I guess she couldn't wish for more than a peaceful life right now. Valentino was one of the problems she had right now and she couldn't wait to eliminate him from her life for a better course. Speaking of Valentino made Alice a little more tired and with that being said she didn't realize she was already dozing off in the comfort of her bathtub.

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Valentino was trying his best to convince his mom that he was ok but it wasn't working so he was determined to discharge himself by agreement or by self-will and he did. All he needed was to speak a word either with him behaving like a mom's child or like a grown-up he was.

"Baby please stay a little more" Mrs. Annabelle was so worried about Valentino because he's gone through similar stuff which maybe made him an introvert for almost a year and even now it still had effects on him.

"It's fine, don't fret Mom. I need to get back to work" He said to his mom while he packed up his stuff without looking her way then asked for any of the guards outside to come in."Get the car ready" He said to the man who entered. And with that being said they left immediately after a quick bow.

"I will be right here with you and don't forget Alice will be coming back to hospital soon to keep…."

"F**k" He reached out for his phone "Mom I need to make a quick call, I will be right back."He walked out of the room in search of a calm space, he came to a place where there was an empty wooden chair which sat down on and dialed Alice's number, after the first beep without an answer as he was about to dial the number again a lady walked up to him.

"Hi, can I sit?"She asked with a smile on her face. Valentino couldn't refuse her knowing fully well that it was not his property so he signaled her to sit and she murmured a thank you before sitting down. A few minutes passed and Valentino wasn't still able to reach Alice; he stood up and was about to walk out when the lady seated beside him called to his attention.

"Hey am Emiliana, you can call me Emile. Are you a patient or are you here to see someone? A doctor or anyone sick."

"Is she trying to start a conversation between us? Who the hell does she think she is?" Valentino's head was spinning around with thoughts, he stared at her for some time with his cold ferocious eyes, and then a gaze that was supposed to scare her away.``Am Valentino '' He replied coldly and walked away immediately.

"Valentino," She smiled to herself.

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Alice was having a comfortable nap inside her bathtub without realizing how long she had stayed.

"Bang..Bang..Bang.. Alice..!!" Alice was beginning to come back from her wonderland just with the sound of someone banging at her door. Five seconds after she opened her eyes, goosebumps came surging all over her body. Cold. She quickly stood up and out of the tub, took a tower, and wrapped it around her body, out of the bathroom she went.

"Alice, are you ok?"

"Yes Theo is fine, I will be right out now could you please stop banging on my door like you want to break into it."She reported immediately to Theo to get him out of her portico. She went to her mirror, brought out her hand dryer, dried her hair, and made her fall out of the cold.

*Sh*t I am supposed to be at the hospital now" Alice screamed as soon as she noticed her wall clock and what the time was. She hurriedly got to her wardrobe, opened it, and noticed yet again how neatly everything appeared to be. No stress she only moved over to where her hoodies were and took out her ash-colored hoodie and black pants. She did a little touch-up on her makeup and stared at herself a little bit more in the mirror because leaving her room.

"Theo am out, see you later" She got to the apartment door and opened it just then it stuck in her mind that she had forgotten her purse and phone. She hurried back to her room, saw the purse alongside the phone, took them, and zoned out of the room.

"Take care of yourself, wifey"Theo shouted after her.

Alice was already in her car when she decided to insert her phone into her car call plug only then did she see the missed calls from Valentino."Something must have come up" she spoke out loud to herself since she was the only one in her car.

"Hey, sorry I didn't know you were calling. Is anything the problem?" Alice asked.

"Come over to my house. NOW…!!"