I, Yes I Rejected The Alpha/ I, Yes I Was Stolen

Chapter 4

After we had all been served a slice of cake Rachel sat down.

"Bon appetit" she said putting on a fake French accent.

Everyone began to dig in, eating the cake. I could hear the squelch of the chocolate and the crunch of the MnMs. Between that and the nerves I was struggling to keep my breakfast in.

"Lucille" said Ethan.

In shock I picked up the spoon and tried the corner piece of my cake. It was delicious. Chocolatey and crunch yet sweet.

"What do you do?"

My mind raced. What do I do. Do I tell them the truth? Do I lie? Do I introduce myself as their daughter? What?! I panicked.

"I dont do anything" I said.

I bit my tongue and cursed myself silently. Why? Why? Why? Out of all the things you could have said you said the one thing that makes you look like an idiot.

"I mean I'm employed" I said.

"Well what about your life? Boyfriend? Friends? Parents?"

"We're always interested in Liam's friends" said Rachel, making me and Liam feel awkward.

"I have a fiancée back home" I said.

"Oh that's nice" said Rachel. "What's he like? Do your parents like him?"

"Honey one question at a time" said Ethan.

"Alex is erm great. He's really supportive of me so yeah" I said giggling nervously.

"And do your parents like him?" repeated Rachel.

Her question struck me. What do I say. Yes? No? Do I confess to them?

"My dad likes him yes. He very much approves of our relationship"

"That's nice and what about your mother?"

I tried to answer but suddenly found myself unable to speak. Mother would approve I know she would. But she wasn't my mother. This stranger sitting in front of me was.

Rachel quickly catched on to my sudden silence and decided to change the topic.

"Liam honey how's business"

I notice him shift uncomfortably before answering. Instead of listening I just tuned out. I realised that I didn't want to be here eating cake and making small talk with these strangers. I wanted to be home with Alex. Then realisation struck me. Alex was dead. There was nothing to go back to. I could feel tears coming.

"Excuse me where's your bathroom" I asked hoping my distress wasn't quite so obvious.

"Up the stairs and the door straight down"

I thanked her and excused myself almost running to the bathroom. I managed to make it there just before the tears came. I locked the bathroom door and cried into my hands hoping I wasn't being as loud as I thought I was. The tears didn't stop, they just came falling and falling. My heart felt like it had been ripped open and they were trying to fix it with sticky tape and blue tac.

Aware time was passing on, I wiped my eyes as hard as I could and went back downstairs. They were all laughing at something Jess had just said.

I cleared my throat prompting them all to turn to me.

"Thank you for such a lovely meal but I'm afraid I have to leave now"

Liam glanced up at me, his eyes wide in shock.

"Oh but you barely even touched your...

I didn't let her finish as I ended around her seat mumbling my apologies.

A hand grabbed me and pulled me back. I stumbled into Liam.

"You can't go" he said his voice shaking. I tried to pull away but he pushed me towards the kitchen.

"Yes I can" I said. I ran back into him. He grabbed me and spun me around, as he was doing so he tripped on a wooden table leg and pulled me down with him.

I landed on top of him my hair covering his face.

"What is going on?!" asked Rachel.

"Lucille is Louise" he confessed.

Oh no!

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