The Billionaire's Lost Lady

Chapter 23: Taken By This Devil

Jace

My car wasnt feeling fast enough. According to Sean, Selene had gone back to Carolina to live with her parents for the week. It was Thanksgiving, so, naturally, I was going to give her something to regret.

The streets felt the same and the crowds more decent. New York really was a whole new world compared to where we lived. I drove past the city lines to our secluded suburban area. It was like a little town in itself. Small coffee shops, McDonald's on every two blocks, with aside of a private coffee shop. Kids rode bikes on the streets and nowhere was a way where I could drive above twenty speed. I hadn't been back here since dad passed away.

So, four years.

I sighed when I passed my mansion. That's not where I was headed, I drove around the large one mansion block. Id gotten a mansion in the area after moving to New York for the sake of the fact that if I ever wanted to move to Carolina, I knew where to go. I didnt want to kove to my home in another more crowded eae by the outskirts of the city.

The gardens around were spaced with crowded park swings and slides. People walked around with their cats and dogs. Despite the little area being little and quiet, it sure was a festival every day of the summer months. I relaxed when Selene's beautiful white home came into view. The frame of the house was dark brown and the wooden body all white. I saw a porch yo front with a couple sitting chairs around a round table and their garden in the front was outlined with bushes of different flowers. The glossy green grass gave out a fresh aroma, as I parked on the street across from the house and sighed in relief when the place was in a quieter corner of the street. The garden across from their house was bordered from their place by a row of trees and since there were swings there, no children ran in there.

I buttoned up my coffee brown vest and checked my white shirt for crisp ironing. My chocolate brown pants were sleek on my legs and I was ready to make my move. Before I could cross the street to her movie like gorgeous home, I bent into the car and pulled put a large bouquet of red roses, the large vanilla cake in its cardboard white box and the gift basket of chocolates, strawberries covered in chocolate and truffle pieces. My hands were full I could only stagger my way to her door step.

I was ready to suck up.

I groaned in my own pool of creepiness.

The porch was up a three brown steps by the end of the granite road and I took careful steps all the way to the door. I placed the roses by the handle between my thighs and pressed the small white doorbell. Quickly pulling the bouquet in my free hand, I covered my face from the peephole in the dark brown floral pattern carving door and waited for it to open. I relaxed when clicks of locks sounded behind the door and soon a creak came to me.

"Who is it?" I heard a distance sweet call which I recognized to be Mrs. Arly. I smiled brightly lowered my hands, only to be highly disappointed by the face forth me.

Aaron Blane stood with a big smile, a soccer dad grey sweater and blue jeans. He looked so relaxed and casual in her house.

What in the holy shit fuckery is this? My brain cursed at me.

"Its-" Aaron started with a big smile.

"Aaron, would be so kind to hold this?" I pushed the cake box and the basket on top of it to him. He smiled awkwardly and took it stumbling.

"I just forgot something in the car. Can you ask Selene to come help me? It's a surprise for her parents." I smiled with most best actor in me.

His smile faded, then he nodded before yelling Selene's name inside the house and walking away. I ran back to my car with the roses still in my hand. I had to do this. I didnt care for anything anymore but I wasnt going to let Selene move on in her life so damn happily.