"Did seeing him affect you?" Colton asked Mallory. All she was thinking about was what Nick had said to her. She didn't blame him for investigating she was simply surprised of what he was capable.
Mallory looked at Colton and knew he was speaking about Ezekiel but in that very moment she didn't care about him either.
"No, I'm just bummed that you're leaving tonight" Mallory slightly smiled. Lying was something she could do so easily. "When are you heading back to Oxford?" He asked.
"Tomorrow morning. I'm flying off to New York and doing a one day stop before leaving Tuesday morning to England" Mallory nodded. "Will you be staying in a hotel?" Colton asked.
Mallory had thought about it and had also thought about staying with Noelle and her mother however with everything that her uncle Benjamin did to Noelle's mother and Noelle herself she didn't feel comfortable. She has crossed out those options but now that her grandfather had given Noelle his villa she thought about asking Noelle if they could stay there instead since it wasn't far away from the airport.
"I think I'll be staying with my cousin, she just inherited homes and half of the family company" Mallory smiled. She knew Noelle would do good things with everything she had just received.
"Really? Good for her" Colton smiled. "Do you think I should come back to Chicago?" Mallory asked.
"Is England not working out for you?" Colton asked. "It is but sometimes I wish I was home instead" Mallory shrugged.
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Once Mallory took Colton back to his hotel so he could head to the airport she drove back home. She stepped into the foyer where her mother was just walking to head up to her bedroom.
Mallory liked the idea of her grandparents coming back to their home. However she wouldn't be there as often due to college.
"Grandma have you seen Noelle?" Mallory asked as she set her bag in the glass table. "I think she went up to her room"
Mallory thanked her and opened her bag to take out the card Nick had given to her. She looked at it and stuffed it into the pocket of her coat before she headed up to her room. Mallory stepped into her closet and changed into something lighter since the house was warm.
She put on her white Alberta Ferreti dress and put on her thigh high black boots. She decied to grab her hair in a low bun before going over to Noelle's room but she wasn't there.
There was a maid who was fixing her bed. "Is my cousin in her bathroom?" Mallory asked. The maid shook her head no and said she had just left downstairs.
Mallory nodded and walked down the hall. She went down the stairs and found Noelle stepping out of the kitchen with a glass of lemonade.
"Hey, can we talk?" Mallory said to Noelle who nodded. "Is it about Ezekiel?" Noelle asked.
"No it's about Nick" Mallory said and grabbed Noelle's hand. She took her out to the balcony so nobody would listen to them. "What about him?" Noelle asked.
"Colton and I went out to the bean you know tourist stuff and then we both headed over to a nearby coffee shop to grab some donuts. Ezekiel used to take me there sometimes before school started and you know my luck, I bumped into him and Nick" Mallory nodded.
"So you saw Nick?" Noelle slightly frowned not getting Mallorys point. "Yeah but Ezekiel stepped into the shop and so did Colton because Nick asked to speak to me."
"He asked me to tell you to meet him. However I think I spoke for you and said I wouldn't tell you." Mallory looked at Noelle.
Noelle took a few seconds to respond. Mallory thought Noelle would get angry but she didn't she simply responded with a "good"
"Do you want to see him?" Mallory asked. "I don't know" Noelle shook her head.
"I need you to do me a favor and it's okay if you say no I totally get it but if you could it would mean a lot" Mallory said.
"What is it?"
"I need you to see him" Mallory said. "Why?" Noelle frowned.
"He sort of found out something about my past that I'm not to proud of and said he'd tell everyone beginning with Ezekiel if you didn't show up to see him" Mallory gulped.
"Is it that bad?" Noelle asked.
Mallory looked at her then inside the house before pulling Noelle a little more so nobody would hear. "The summer before I met Ezekiel I was still in a relationship with Dimitri. Nick found out that I went to a clinic for an abortion when I told everyone I went to Amsterdam. He said he'd figure out Dimitris name and tell him too" Mallory tried to whisper.
Noelle was shocked but wasn't going to judge Mallory, "So you were once pregnant with Dimitri's baby?" Noelle asked.
"What did she just say?"
Both Noelle and Mallory turned around to see Dimitri by the balcony door. "I'm sorry" Noelle said to Mallory.
"Mallory! What did she just say?" Dimitri said as he walked towards her.
"What are you still doing here?" Mallory asked Dimitri. "Your sister is still arguing with your grandfather but that doesn't matter. What did she say?" Dimitri looked at Mallory then at Noelle.
"Nothing, you shouldn't be listening to others conversation" Mallory said to Dimitri. "Can you leave us alone, please" Dimitri said to Noelle who looked at Mallory.
Mallory nodded and Noelle excused herself and stepped into the home.
Mallory began walking down the steps to head to the lake but Dimitri followed her. He reached for her arm and grabbed it making her stop by the pool. "Is it true? Where you and I going to have a baby?" Dimitri looked at Mallory.
Mallory didn't answer but she looked back at him. She pulled her arm away.
"Is that the actual reason why you broke up with me?" Dimitri asked. Mallory could see the hurt in his eyes.
