Wild Rose 🥀

Chapter Five: The Real Him

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         Alexandre wasn't pleased about the fact that Ellise had seen him in a vulnerable state and he started to avoid her. Despite how badly he had treated her, she'd tried to comfort him the best she could. He felt ashamed of himself. Ellise truly didn't deserve to be treated wrongly and he wished he could make things right. He really did. But, he was afraid that if he did that, he wouldn't be able to keep up his facade.

     Avoiding her was already proving to be a difficult task because he could literally see her everywhere. As soon as he closed his eyes to sleep, her image would float into his mind and his mind was always infiltrated by thoughts of her.

His feelings for her was growing and while he admired her when she wasn't looking, these feelings were escalating.

He was sure that Ellise hated him. He had been nothing more than a jerk to her.
As much as he would admit that he had feelings for Ellise, he was genuinely afraid of himself. 

He was a mafia boss, a very powerful one at that. He had murdered and tortured people without showing the slightest remorse.
He was well aware of his severe anger issues as well as his PTSD and depression.

After the death of his first love, Olivia, his life had taken a horrible turn. Her death had broken him because he couldn't move past his self loathing and he wouldn't stop blaming himself. He believed that he wouldn't find happiness again, especially after he'd lost the only person who had kept him sane and grounded.

      Running a hand through his hair, he walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water. As soon as he lifted the glass of water to his lips, he heard faint voices coming from outside the kitchen.
Narrowing his eyes, he leaned on the wall to listen closely.

He rolled his eyes when he realized that it was Dominic, Dmitri and their girlfriends.
"You look absolutely stunning, my dear" Jade, Dominic's girlfriend said to Ellise.
"Thank you"
Alexandre bit the inside of his cheek. He could tell that she was blushing.
Who could deny the fact that Ellise was such a beauty? She would look pretty even while wearing an old sack.
"How long have you been living with mr Hot head?" Amelia, Dmitri's girlfriend said. Alexandre closed his eyes, waiting for Ellie's reply.
"Pfft-more like living with the devil. Honestly, it's been five frustration filled months"
Living with the devil?
Is that what she thinks of me?I should be pleased right? Alexandre thought, trying to ignore the ache in his heart.

He felt upset, knowing that Ellise hated him because he'd made her to.

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    Amelia and Jade were very friendly to Ellise. They had lunch together and thereafter, they convinced Xandre to let them swim in the pool. The irony of it was that Ellise couldn't swim and none of them knew about it.
Xandre, Dominic and Dmitri were sitting in the porch watching the girls as they settled down in the swimming pool area.

Ellise sat down on the edge of the pool with her legs in the water. She felt self conscious about the fact that she was wearing a polka dotted pink and white bikini that was very much revealing. Jade had convinced her to wear it and now she was regretting it.
She could feel Xandre's burning gaze on the exposed skin of her back and was trying not to feel embarrassed.

Amelia could see the tension between Alexandre and Ellise. She smirked and tossed a ball to Ellise. Due to Ellie's clumsy nature, she fell into the pool with a loud splash. Jade and Amelia laughed and she found herself laughing too. But then, she remembered that she couldn't swim. Her eyes widened with horror as she awkwardly flapped her arms and legs about, trying to propel her body towards the edge of the pool, but was failing miserably. She was starting to grow light-headed and was practically gasping for air. Jade and Amelia were completely oblivious to the fact that Ellise was in danger.