Dominating Hearts

Chapter 4

Shopping with Alexander King, was a pain in the butt.
He keep criticising the clothes I choose, in one way or another.

Walking into Forever 21, he guided me to the pants section.

To be honest, I've never been to this store ever before. Moms income was really low, which meant limited clothes from cheap shops.

"No.", Alex stopped me from picking a comfy looking pair of jeggings, and instead handed me two ripped jeans and a bundle of different jean shorts.

"No more pants for you, let's go check out the skirts."

I raised my eyebrows at him, " But we only bought two skinny jeans!"

"So?", he asked me.

"Shorts are really revealing!", I cried out.

Alex smiled at me.
"Don't worry, I picked out normal daily wear shorts, not short shorts."

Three hours later, a few tears and shouts included, we were heading out of the mall, arms filled with loads of shopping bags.

"You didn't even let me see you in those dresses and skirts. ", Alex whined making me roll my eyes.

We had previously made a deal that if I buy those dresses and skirts, he'll not interfere into the ones I want to buy, therefore I didn't show him how I looked in them. I silently changed into them in the trial room, all the time wondering that what would happen to these expensive clothing after my departure from this world.

Alex hadn't let me pay for a single of the clothing bought for me and insisted that he pays for it.

Well, more like shoving me to the side and paying for it , while I pinched his hands.

Eh, we are a violent team.

"So, where to?, Alex asked me once we were seated in the car.

"Wanna pick some lunch with this hotshot?", he offered smirking while looking at me.

"Umm, no. Thank you."
To say he looked surprised beyond belief might be an understatement.

Probably since no girl has ever turned him down in a heartbeat.
Well, well, well, Mr Player, there is a first time for everything.

"Why?"

"I'm tired, I gotta go home. I'm not feeling well.", and that was not a lie.

Ever since my illness, I always had a problem if getting tired easily. I needed to rest, or else I could get dizzy and faint anytime.

Yeah, this cancer was a lot tougher than it sound to be.

"Oh. Okay then. I just figured you'd want to start our game, you know. Since, I have to make you fall for me and all that crap.", he explained, without looking at me.

"There's a next time for everything.", I told him.

Alex didn't reply instead started the car, I told him the directions to my house, resting back into my seat as I did.

Fifteen minutes later we arrived at my house.

I noticed Alex staring at it weirdly and then glancing at me.

"Are you using me for my money?", he blurted out, causing me to stop from trying to undo my seatbelt.

"Excuse me?", I asked him. I noticed his eyes drift of to my house, and I turned to look at it as well.

I stared at my house, trying to look a it from Alex's point of view.

It was not a secret that he lived in a huge mansion, at the end of the town. Alex's parents owned huge law firms, and were both very rich and powerful.

My house, in comparison to his, was not at all a palace.

It was a small, two-storey house with peeling peach paint. It looked kind of old, but yet it was homey at the same time. It was my home, my safe haven, and I didn't care whoever it was, had no right to go judging it, without knowing the reasons and the whole story.
And certainly not Alexander King.

Turning to him, I cleared my throat loudly, so he glanced at me.

Glaring at him fiercely, I told him," Haven't you ever heard the term, don't judge a book by its cover? But certainly, even if you've heard it, you give it no heed. You, Alexander King, have no rights to judge me or my living condition without knowing my past.", I snorted," and even if you did. I doubt you would care. So please, before making any assumptions that I'm using you for your money or anything, get that in you thick skull, that I'm not like those other girls of yours. And to say, I would ever fall for a jerk like you. Game on, Mr King, let's see who wins this."

And saying so, I jumped out of his car and into my house, hurriedly opening it and closing it behind me.

Leaning against it, I took in deep breaths to calm myself.

The bell rung, causing me to jump with fright.

I opened the door, to find Alex standing outside, his hands filled with heaps of the shopping bags, I had forgotten in his car.

Mentally cursing myself, I took them from him.

Alex sported a blank look on his handsome face, and he kept on sighing.

Jeesh, was I that hard to be in a room with?

He suddenly turned back and looked at me.

"I'm sorry.", that's all he said, before he left me standing on my porch.

And I've never heard that Alexander King has apologised anyone for anything.

What game is he playing?

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