“Yeah.” Xalia chuckled and pulled away from the hug, she smiled at him and he held her hand.
“Are we cool now?”
“Yes.” She replied with a nod.
“If you are going out, make sure you inform me first?”
“Yes, I promise.” She replied with a smile and they both walked out of the suite, they walked back to Xalia’s and met Allison and Henry sitting next to each other.
“You done?” Henry asked Draven and he nodded in response, they stood up and Xalia smiled at them as they walked out.
“So, did you guys do a quickie?” Xalia asked and Allison rolled her eyes.
“We just talked, that’s all.” She replied with a shrug and Xalia sat next to her.
“Allison I really don’t want you to get hurt. If you keep hooking up with Henry you will grow feelings for him and it will become worse if he doesn’t feel the same way back.”
“Yeah, I know.” She sighed and Xalia wrapped her arms around her.
“It’s fine baby.” Xalia muttered and Allison took a deep breath.
“Oh God, please take your husband’s clothes off.” She groaned and Xalia laughed. She pulled away from her and shook her head.
*******
HOURS LATER
AT NOON
Xalia exhaled as the phone rang, she ran her hands through her hair waiting for him to pick up the call.
“Hey.” She heard his voice and she felt her heart do a happy dance.
“Draven.” She called.
“Yeah?”
“I and Allison want to take a drive around and maybe buy a few things at the mall. Can I go?” She asked and for a while he was quiet.
“Yeah, sure.” He replied after a few seconds.
“Thank you.”
“Go with two guards. If anything happens, call me. Okay?”
“Yeah. Bye.” She replied and he ended the call.
“Let’s go.” She squealed and Allison giggled.
SOMEWHERE IN ATLANTA
Draven dropped his phone and ran his hands through his hair, he kept staring at the map in front of him and Henry watched him.
“Was that Xalia?” He asked and Draven nodded in response.
“Are you worried?”
“No.”
“She is really a good person. I like her.” Henry said and Draven looked at him with a glare.
“No, I don’t mean like her that way. I just mean she is cool.” He laughed and Draven rolled his eyes.
“You know, she saw you murder multiple people at once and she isn’t so freaked out.”
“She was.”
“Oh. So you told her who you are already?”
“No, it’s none of her business.” He replied and ran his hands on a line in the map.
“Well, last time I checked, she is Mrs. Wade.”
“Shut up Henry.” He said and his phone beeped, he picked it up and looked at it. He suddenly picked the gun on the table and corked it.
“It’s time.”
Henry sighed and also picked up a gun on the table.
********
“Allison, he said there is a limit on the card.” Xalia warned as Allison picked expensive bags.
“I know but I am so sure, the limit is up to like millions of dollars.”
“What makes you think so?” She replied as she stared at a jacket.
“You really don’t know how rich your husband is.” Allison chuckled and moved closer to her.
“That is a masculine jacket.”
“Yeah, do you think Draven will like it?” She asked with a smile and Allison shrugged.
“I really don’t know his style but you are his wife, he will appreciate it.” Allison said and she nodded, she picked up the jacket and shopped for a while.
Getting to the counter, Xalia noticed eyes were on her and a lot of people were mumbling.
‘Isn’t she Mr. McCall’s daughter?’
‘She got abandoned on her wedding day and ended up marrying a stranger.’
She heard multiple things and Xalia started to feel uncomfortable.
“Hey, can you hurry up?” Allison snapped at the girl behind the counter.
“Hey, ignore them.” Allison whispered and she nodded.
“Two hundred thousand dollars.” The girl said and Xalia gave her the credit card. They paid, their clothes were packed and they left the store.
“That was intense.” Allison muttered as they walked to the car.
“Can we go back to the suite now?” Xalia asked sadly as they got into the car.
“Sure baby.”
***********
AT NIGHT
Xalia stared at Allison as she slept peacefully, it was almost midnight and Draven wasn’t back. She decided to take a walk around the hotel since she wasn’t feeling sleepy.
She stood up from the bed and walked out of her suite, she walked to the elevator and pressed the button, it opened and she stepped in.
“Okay, so what floor?” She mumbled as she stared at the numbers.
“How about third?” She asked herself and pressed it, she exhaled and ran her hands through her hair.
The elevator opened and she walked out. She noticed a door and opened it, she looked around before walking in and she smiled seeing it was a lounge.
“Allison would love this place.” She muttered as she sat at a table, she looked around and noticed there were only a few people around.
A man walked up to her and smiled at her.
“What would you like to have, ma’am?”
“Hmm, a cocktail is fine.” She replied and he nodded before walking away.
Xalia sighed as she zipped the cocktail out of her glass, she really felt relaxed and comfortable.
“Xalia.” She suddenly heard a familiar voice call her name and she looked up to see Kyle. She felt her heart race and her mouth parted slightly.
‘Kyle? Here? Seriously?’ She screamed in her head.
“I thought Draven said I won’t run into him.” She mumbled and breathed out.
“Hey, what are you doing here?” He asked with a smile and she frowned.
‘Is he just going to pretend like everything is okay?’
Xalia scoffed and shook her head.
“Nothing.” She replied and he sighed, he sat opposite her and exhaled.
“I know I owe you a lot of explanation and… ”
“Oh, so you know.” She cut him off as she fought her tears.
“All I want to say is I didn’t mean to do what I did, things happened and… ”
“Oh my God, you’ve got to be kidding me.” She scoffed and a tear rolled down her eyes. She thought she could be strong in front of him but she couldn’t control her emotions.
“Can you even listen to yourself? Kyle, you could have told me but you went ahead and decided to embarrass me on our wedding day. You were fucking my sister and you fucking proposed to me, who the hell does that?” She asked, trying her best to keep her voice down.
“Xalia, I think you are overreacting.”
“What the fuck Kyle?! I am overreacting?” She screamed and everyone turned to them.
“Keep your voice down.” Kyle warned faking a smile at people
“Why the fuck am I even talking to you?” She scoffed and stood up, she rushed out of the lounge and he ran after her.
She rushed into the elevator and pressed the button, Kyle rushed in before it could close and she groaned.
“Why are you following me?” She yelled and he pressed the button to the first floor.
“Just listen to me okay?”
“No.”
“It wasn’t my fault. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
“Oh please.” She sniffed and rolled her eyes.
“Xalia, I love you.” He said and moved closer to her, he held her waist and her eyes widened in shock.
“Let go of me, Kyle.” She groaned and struggled with him but he held her firmly and pinned her to the wall of the elevator.
“Come on, you can’t tell me you didn’t miss this.” He chuckled and sniffed her hair, Xalia struggled with him and tears streamed down her eyes in fear.
“Let go of me, please.” She whimpered as he sniffed her neck and held her firmly. The door to the elevator opened and Draven paused as he stared at them.
Kyle pulled away from her and Xalia shivered, she saw Draven and burst into tears.
“Excuse me.” He muttered and tried to move out of the elevator and Draven stood in front of him.
“Where do you think you are going?” He asked and pushed him back into the elevator, he pressed the button and the door closed.
“Draven, it’s not what you… ” Kyle trailed off as Draven punched him, he fell to the floor and groaned in pain. He stood up and Draven punched him again, he winced in pain.
His nose started to bleed and he placed his hand over it.
“Fuck.” Kyle muttered.
Draven held his shirt and slammed him against the wall. He groaned in pain and struggled to free himself but Draven seemed to be stronger than him.
“Stay the fuck away from my wife. If you come close to her again I swear to God, you will be six feet under the fucking ground.” He warned and let go of him.
Kyle rushed to the door and pressed a button, the elevator opened and he glared at Draven before rushing out.
Draven moved to Xalia who bent at the corner and cried.
He pulled her up and she shook in fear.
“Please don’t punish me, I… I didn’t want to talk to him, he followed me and pinned me to the wall, I didn’t do anything with him, he was… ”
“It’s fine, I know.” He cut her off and held her shoulders.
“Stop crying.” He said softly and pulled her into a hug.
“You have been crying a lot lately.” He muttered and creased her hair, she held onto him tightly and closed her eyes.
“It’s okay, you are okay now.” He whispered and kissed her hair.
*****
“Fuck!” Kyle yelled as he got into his car, he held his bleeding nose and groaned in pain.
He brought out his phone and dialled a number in his contact list.
“Hey.” He heard the voice at the other end.
“Hey, are you busy? I need you to do a job for me.”
“Who am I dealing with?”
“Allison, Allison Park.”