Dangerously innocent

Chapter One

Alana's Pov
August the 8th,
I look at myself in the mirror, all i see in myself is a girl pretending to be who i am not. I am girl who is always good, who never makes mistakes who knows everything, i am a innocent girl who does not have a care in the world, thats how they perceive me to be!

I may sound like i have lost my identity, but i cant lose what i have not found.
I am a 17 year old girl and on the verge of owning my mothers company, on my 18th birthday. My birthday is in 9 days, i will soon be a business woman, i will be the woman with billion dollar company.
People may thinking, why are you unsure about owning this company? Its a billion dollar company under your command! You will soon be a billionaire! Well my friends, it all starts identity finishing off with prosperity.
-Alana Carter.

I close my journal and put it to the side.
Their is a knock on my bedroom door, I look up and tell whoever is at the door to come in. A familiar figure appeared, she had a long black formal dress on, it is mother.
"Yes Mamma, what can i help you with?"

Alana Dear, hurry up and get dressed for the business dinner we are going to! I looked down, and played with my thumbs for a second. "Mother i am a feeling a little ill, is it okay if i don't go this time?" I asked with a questioning voice.

"Nonsense dear! You are about to be a business woman Alana! You will attend this meeting, otherwise their will be a consequence that you will not like Alana! Now hurry up and get dressed! We have to be their by 7:30pm"
I reply with a soft whimper, "of course mother please forgive me I should not have questioned you." My mother replies with a nod she walks out my room and closes the door. I got up and looked at the time its 6:45pm.

I quickly got dressed into a long red sparkly no back dress, i put my makeup on, I did a smokey eye look with soft coral lipstick for the lips, I than put on my red heels and placed my hair to the side plugged in my hair curler, and started softly curling my hair.

Once i finished preparing myself, i exited my room and descended down the staircase where my mother was awaiting me.
"Alana dear, you look lovely"
"Thank you Mother, you do too."
"Like Mother, like daughter." My mother said.
"More like "like grandmother, like granddaughter" i whispered to myself.

My mother and I exited the front door and carefully went down the stairs in my 6 inch heels, i held on to the gold coloured metal railing next to me fearing i might fall down on my face flat with the six inch heels I'm wearing. I felt light rain drops falling on my olive skin.

My mother and I hurried into the black BMW and my mother reversed out of the drive way, went around the water water fountain and stopped for a minute at the gates waiting for two men to open the gates for us. We finally raced out on to the street and racing to the party.

My mother and i finally arrived at the "business meeting" we walked into the lifts and I pressed level 10 we waited until the ding and the doors open, my mother and i walked out of the lifts, i fixed my dress and we entered the room my eyes wandered around to every person sitting in their sits my eyes stopped at one person.

His eyes are a bluey gray, his eyes resemble 3 shades of a metal gray. My eyes travelled downwards, towards his lips he licked his lips and smiled.
I coughed and looked away, my mother tugged at my arm and i quickly averted my eyes elsewhere.

I took a step forward and smiled at the mid aged gentle men and greeted him.
I walked around the room greeting everyone, i felt a tickle upon my ear, i turned around only to be greeted by a man as tall as the centre point tower!

Okay maybe I'm exaggerating, but he was pretty tall okay maybe I'm a little hypocritical i am only by the looks of it 5 cm shorter! I starred him down, but he wouldn't budge.
I did not want to be the first to look away but my called mother called me.

"Alana dear, do you know this man?
I looked at my mother trying to make her go quiet. "Alana dear, answer me it is rude to stare."
"Yes mother i do he is a..."
"Friend" the deep voice beside me said.

I looked at him with a questioning yet relieved look. I don't want my mother to give me a lecture for staring down strangers, i have heard enough of her voice already. She is already controlling my life enough and knows too much for me to try and disobey her.

My mother turns her nose up and walks away.
"Hello, I am Xavier I am intrigued to get to know you."
Hello, nice to meet you I am Alana Carter."
I already know who you are princess, i just need to get to know the real Alana Carter."
I give the so called Xavier a death stare and just try to walk away from that electrifying body.

Before i try to walk away i am captured by the waist and brought in from my back to Xavier's torso. Xavier whispers in my ear something that makes my knees go weak and my body unable to hold itself up. "Please let go, their are people looking." I say in almost a whisper.
"You would not want that, your body speaks for itself Alana Carter. I shiver at my name, they way he says my name makes me go weak".

No i do not know let me go! Before my mother comes out"
"My mother is coming let go Xavier."
"Alana?" My mother questions
Xavier lets go of me in front of my mother.
"I thought you guys are friends are you lying to me Alana?"
"No mother i am not" i say with my head down.
My mother comes forward and says to me "Alana, i have raised a girl with respect,dignity and independency. I swear to God Alana if i find out you have been whoring around with your co-workers i will not only kick you out of my house but make sure i will not let you leave this country for your tour, and just imagine Alana what will the people say about our poor little author ? Only one thing pops in my mind and it is to expose the truth Alana".
"You can not mother, I am your daughter! How can you do that to me?" I said in shock.
"You may be my daughter, but you are also your fathers daughter too. You are just like your dad." She said.
I may be his daughter but remember you are the one who raised me meaning you are the one who influenced me." I said in a vicious tone.
"Do not talk to me like! I am your mother you shall respect me even if you hate my guts. I can take everything away from you easily, be warned! You should not have gone with your father that night Alana! It is your fault that your father died! It is your fault that this family fell apart, it is your fault for blinding that girl in the fire that YOU created. It is all your fault but what are you greeted with? Respect even though you don't deserve it."
Stacy, also known as my birth mother turns away in her perfect looking black dress lifts her head up and starts to walk away.

I am bawling my eyes out at this stage, Xavier is just standing next to me stunned at what just happened. I turn around to him, "Are you happy now?" I ask. He does not reply .
"Alana..." Xavier says.

"Don't" i whisper.
Xavier lets me go and i finally race out to get some air.
"Know this is not our last time" Xavier yells behind me.
It has to be, I barely even know him! He already knows too much.

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This chapter is not edited but will be edited in the next few days.
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