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"We're a perfect match
but
darling matches burn"
-red roses

One More Mistake
Chapter twenty-five

❱ When I walked out of the club and finally saw the beautiful lights of the city I let out a sigh. I felt like I was trapped, I hated that feeling though it wasn't because of the club. Rory and Alec made me feel entitled and there was nothing in this world that I hated more. I felt weak and pathetic, I didn't want to feel like that, especially when I was with them.

When I started to recollect my thoughts, I soon realized that Alec was my ride.

I looked around to find someone familiar or at least someone who looked friendly enough to help me out but I was surrounded with strangers. I couldn't get past their aloof facade.

I grabbed my phone from my purse before looking through my contacts. I had over a hundred people in my list though I only talked to one which was Caine. The rest were random people who couldn't care less about me. As I got past the list I stopped on one, and hesitated.

He did work for me and he was the only one who would actually come for me.

"Yes" was his response.

"I need you.." I didn't get to finish because he cut me off.

"Oh, you need me now, do you?" I rolled my eyes but continued.

"To pick me up, I'm..." again, he cut me off.

"In the city, particularly at a club. All alone, staring off at the beautiful sky?" I looked away from the sky, and narrowed my eyes. Soon I started to search around my surroundings but stopped when I locked eyes with him. He was staring off at me, standing across the street. He was leaning on the car while holding the phone with one hand while he waved the other one at me. His foot was across the other one and finally a smile took over his face.

Kace was following me.

"You followed me here?" I sounded surprised but I know I shouldn't have, he was after all my body guard, but I was truly surprised. I should've been annoyed but I wasn't right now, I was actually glad he was here. I felt a bit safer.

He ended the call and soon he was making his way to where I was.

"Take me home please" he smiled wider and I felt myself smiling back.

"I'll only take you home if you tell me you aren't angry with me"

"If you want me to lie than I'll lie and say I'm not angry with you" he shook his head but the smile didn't fade away. He turned around before making his way to the car, I'm following behind him.

"You love stalking me, huh?" even though he wasn't facing me, I knew he had his weird smile plastered on his lips right now.

"You love it" he said back, a chuckle following after.

"Maybe, maybe not" he didn't say anything back but when he turned back towards me he had that smile. He stood at the door before opening it wide for me to go in.

"Such a gentleman" I said sarcastically but the smile on my face was still there.

I should be mad at him, after what he did to me but how could I? He was going to be around me even if I didn't like it.

"Where to Ms, Nightingale?" I looked back at him from the rear mirror.

I was going to say home but then a certain person popped into my head making me change my mind. I needed to know how Caine was doing. I didn't care if he didn't want to see me, I just need to see him to know if he is alright.

"The hospital" he nodded, his eyes still locked with mine but I quickly looked away. My smile that once there, was now gone and replaced with a frown.

Through the car ride, kace and I didn't talk once. He probably seen my mood change and didn't know what to say. I was glad he didn't talk to me because my answers would've been dry and quick.

When I walked in the hospital, everything looked normal as it did everyday. The same nurses walked passed me, strangers walked past me with fake smiles or sorrow looks. It was always so gloomy in here so I didn't notice how it wasn't so normal. Everything was actually so different, I started to feel it when I was making my way to Caine's room. I was less than a few rooms away when I noticed someone standing in front of Caine's door.

I soon recognized who it was when the person took their hands out of their face.

It was Marie. She was a mess, there was tears pooling out of her eyes, her hair was tangled like she has been pulling it all along.

Then I noticed it, the look on her face.

She was panicked, afraid, angry, pained, it was like she didn't know what to do them but just let them out.

Finally, her eyes were locked with mine and that was when I knew, everything was not normal.

The world was still spinning, time was still ticking, people were still living their lives, though it was like my own world, my own time, my own life had stopped.