Sinbound

Chapter 2

2.5 years later
Bexley

My alarm blares loudly next to my bed causing me to jump out of my dreams. I shut the alarm off and checked the time, it was 6:30. I usually meet Veyron and Ember before school. Ember has been with Veyron for about a year and a half now, at first I didn't like the idea of sharing my best friend but I ended up with another best friend. I jumped up and got in the shower but made sure to put my shower cap on since it wasn't hair wash day. When I was done with that I threw on my black skinny jeans that had a tear in the right knee, my plain white spaghetti strap crop top, and a cardigan that consisted of a black, white and light grey color and paired it with my light grey hey dudes. I let my long auburn hair tumble out of the shower cap as I removed it, my natural curls fell on my shoulders with such elegance. I didn't like much about myself but I loved my hair. I ran a light comb through it and just left it down before applying a small amount of makeup consisting of a darker shade of grey eyeshadow which really made my emerald eyes pop. I also applied some black eyeliner to the bottom and top of my eye before applying mascara and a light nude shade of lipstick. As I checked my watch I noticed it was almost 7 so I grabbed my cellphone and I run upstairs to the upstairs kitchen where I find Zya. She was our live in maid/chef and she had been my friend for a year now.

"You look rather lovely today" she says with a smile. I smile in return.
"You look lovely everyday" I said. She smiled shyly before turning and grabbing a drink and handing it to me.
"Bless" I said smiling at the drink. She made me a vanilla blonde latte every morning. I could've stopped by the coffee shop but it was easier and tasted 5x better in my kitchen and Zya added extra blonde Robusta, it's known for the amount of caffeine that overwhelms the drink.
"Have you seen my dad this morning?" I asked her glancing around.
"Last I knew he was in a meeting. Whomever it is, it's important because they came to him at the home office." She says before glancing to his office. I walk to his office and knock quietly before my father okays me to enter. As I open the door I see an older businessman with peppered hair and light grey eyes. He's rather handsome with his chiseled hair. He stands and turns to me before sticking out his hand and I shake it.
"I'm Declan, you must be Bexley" he said in a deep tone while smiling. I could easily swoon over him if it weren't for the possessive look in his eye as they scan my body from toe to hair line. I blush slightly before nodding my head.

"I am. It's lovely to meet you." I say quietly.
"Likewise" he says before turning to sit again but never taking his eyes off of me.
"I'm headed to school. After this week I should be done." I say as I turn towards my father. He simply nods but before I leave he stands and grabs a card off his desk.
"When you're done with school meet me here so we can talk. Call me when you get home." He says in a flat tone. I nod my head before grabbing the card and leaving. I wasn't aloud to have my father's personal number only his business number which he changes every week. I could feel Declan's eyes on me the entire time. I hear a honk outside and I run out to meet Veyron and Ember. I jump in the backseat and buckle so we can get to school before we're late.
"What took you so long?" Em asked.
"My dad's having a meeting super early." I said looking back at my house, I could see Declan and my dad are now on the back porch.
"Is that Declan Fraser?" Ember asks excitedly.
"You know him?" I asked confused.
"Who doesn't?" She started "he's known to be a dangerous and wealthy man." She adds.
"Yeah surprised your dad's meeting with him Bex" Veyron added glancing in the rearview. We have our own secret conversation through the mirror. When he started dating Ember we made a pact to keep her out of all of our family's secrets and businesses. We both know our fathers are in the mafia and that mine is the boss. Veyrons dad is my father's second in command or known as the underboss. Kauis is supposed to take over for their father one day but Vey and I want no part in that life. I want to be free to live my life as I please but I can't do that without my father's permission until I marry then it's my husbands decision. That's how it goes in this life. I would love to work. I want to be a mixed artist, little bit of photography, painting, drawing, cosmetology and makeup anything involving art or hair and makeup and I love it.
"Bexley?" Veyron said pulling me from my thoughts.
"Sorry got caught in my thoughts. I am not sure what it was about, I'm supposed to meet my father after school." I said glancing back at the rearview mirror again.

We pulled up to school shortly thereafter, we attended a private school known as East Robertson High. Although most of the other seniors had months til they graduated but I've always stayed ahead and maintained a 3.9 GPA and even though I'm graduating early I still have 4 extra credit classes that I've taken this year alone. I'm also on honor roll and when I graduate it's been said I'll be valedictorian I'm in the top 1-5% of my school for academic ranking. I take pride in my brilliance especially since I'm the lonely girl. I only have 4 friends Ember and Veyron of course but then there's also Kimberly who's a mutual friend to Veyron and I and also Derek's sister and then there's Derek. He's a capo's son so we grew up together Derek's father Arbor has worked with and for my dad since before I can remember. As we get out of the car we walk inside and I could feel it in the air that something was off about today. Suddenly I felt arms come around me and lift me off the ground and I let out a squeal before being set back down.
"Good morning gorgeous. You look sexy as hell" Derek says flirting as he always did. I smacked his arm and laughed.
"Shut up. It's never going to happen and you know it." I said letting out another laugh. He didn't drop the facade but I seen the slight bit of sadness as if my words had hurt him flash in his eyes before quickly disappearing. I suddenly felt terrible, Derek was a perfect guy in all ways. He was sweet as a gentlemen should be, he protected me as if I was the only thing he lived for, he listened to anything I had to say and he'd do it like his life depended on it, and he was quite admirably handsome. Derek's father was African American and his mother was caucasian, she died as mine did when we were young. Derek had a perfect medium brown skin tone that radiated off his well build. He had perfectly toned muscles and a chiseled jawline. He had dark black, curly hair which he kept longer on top and shaved shorter in the back and on the sides and he has light blue colored eyes that could make your heart melt. 'He was perfect, for someone one else' I thought as I stared at him.