Falling in love with my kidnapper

CHAPTER 14: DESTINY

CHAPTER 14: DESTINY

*Alison's pnt. of view*

When I arrive at the kitchen Alek is already making breakfast. He looks so sure while he moves from side to side of the kitchen taking things and cooking. He's making fried eggs, toast of butter and jam and coffee. I notice that I'm still in the kitchen's door looking at him. So I enter and sit in the island stool. 

- Finally, you arrived - he says

Suddenly a question arrives from the bottom of my brain. 

- Who has taught you to cook? - I ask

- Here rises again you curiosity - he laughs 

- Yes. I thought we already made it clear some time ago that I am curious. 

- Curiosity kill the cat

- Aghh - I snort - you're avoiding the question - I stare at him with narrowed eyes. 

He laughs even louder than before. Seems like he's happy today. 

- Wow, curious and smart. - he smiles at me and I blush a little. 

I pout, looking at him with puppy eyes. I don't know why I'm doing that. He's my kidnapper, I shouldn't be trying to know things about him or be here, smiling at him as he was my everything. But I can't stop it. I love when he smiles at me, and he infects me with happiness. I'm probably stupid, I'm not going to deny that, but I've never felt like that before, and for now, I'm not going to try to stop it. 

- My mother 

I don't know how many time I've been wandering in my thoughts, but Alek has finished making breakfast. 

- What? - I answer 

- It was my mother who taught me to cook. We used to cook together. 

Alek put a cup of coffee, a toast and plate of fried eggs in front of me, and continued talking. 

- I've always loved to cook. My mother noticed that and taught me to cook since I was 10. I liked that more than the fighting lessons with my father, not like my brother. For him being with my father and being like him is a privilege. For my father, cooking is women's work, and me learning to cook is a dishonor. - he says with a disgusting tone - "a mafia leader must be tough, ruthless, a true man…" 

- I'm sorry, but he seems like a disgusting person. - Alek's smile had disappeared when he started to talk about his father. It seems like he didn't appreciate him much. 

- Despite all of this, he has always been kind with my mother. Believe it or not they love each other. That's why I'm still with him. I don't like anything related to the mafia, I hate it. 

- And your brother? - I dare to ask

- He's delighted with all of this. He's like my father, and if it was for him he would trample me to be the leader. But it's my destiny, and it's what I'm expected to do.

- You don't always have to do what you're expected to do. 

- Says the girl that is going to marry a man he doesn't love to take the throne because it's what is expected from her. 

- You have your point there. But I'm not strong enough to say: "I'm not gonna do it" 

- You should do it 

- Yo too

- It will turn out that we aren't as different as we thought. We both are destined to live a life in which we do what people expect of us, although it will make us miserable and unhappy. 

- Aham

- Now, breakfast time. It'll cool down. 

After breakfast Alek proposes to me to go out and relax in the pool of the house. We don't have anything more interesting to do here, so I accepted. Lying in the towel, with the sun touching my skin (I was wearing one of the swimsuits I bought when we were at the hotel) I can't stop but think about what Alek had said previously. When I return to the castle, I'll have to deal with real life. An unhappy life. I'll have to marry the prince of Nauru, I'll be in a marriage without love, I'll have to be a princess with eighteen years, and that scares me a lot. I don't know how to do it! Although it's not the way I would want it to happen, Alek in some way saved me. Yes, he kidnaps me. But now I have more time to think and know what to do, or how to manage things. I'm happy being with him now. We've had our plusses and minuses but I'm happy now. When I think of returning to the castle a feeling of anxiety and sadness. Despite all of that, I miss my parents and I miss Lili (my best friend) , Tim (my couch), and some people of the castle, who have always been kind to me. They must be worried, especially my parents. I've been disappeared for more than two months. My eyes get filled with tears. I miss them so much. Although being with Alek isn't as bad as I thought, I want to be with them. I squeeze my eyes. 

- Alison, come to the pool. You're going to fry there. 

I open my eyes and look at Alek that is in the pool, also with the swimsuit we bought that time at the hotel. 

- Ok, I'm going - I shout a little so he can hear me. 

I get up from the towel, and walk across the grass until I reach the edge of the pool. I back out a little to gain impulse, while Alek looks at me trying to find out what I'm about to do. I start to run and when I reach the edge I jump and I come down near Alek, and splash him out. I laugh when I see his fake anger face looking at me. And here's where war started. Alek throws water at me, and it enters my mouth because I can't stop laughing. I give him back, throwing even more water at him. When he sees he can't beat me he stops throwing water and I offer him that we make peace. I stretch out my arm to shake hands and Alek takes my hand. But he pulls my hand in his direction and my chest collides with him. Our heads are so close. I look into his eyes, but he betrays me and ducks me under. When I get out of the water I look at him with an angry face and go swimming to the opposite side of the pool where he was. 

- Alison, come on, it was only a joke - he's moving closer and I'm planning my revenge.

When he gets me and puts his hand on my back, I use a technique Tim taught me and jump on his back. We laugh a lot. 

- It 's getting dark. It's better if we dry and go dinner. - he proposes

- Ok

We get out of the pool, Alek moves the towel closer to me. We enter and while I change into my pajamas he starts to make dinner as always. 

When I enter the kitchen, Alek' s talking on the phone. He hangs up and looks at me. He seems upset. 

- Dinner is ready. You can take it to the room and eat there. - he says with a tough tone. 

- Ok - I don't dare to answer back. He looks very angry. 

I take the dinner and go to the room. I close the door and sit in the bed. But, what has changed? We were good! Why does he treat me so bad all of a sudden? It could have been the call? A tear slides in my cheek. I shouldn't be crying. But it hurts. Until now, I didn't notice how much he matters to me. But he does. And now I'm screwed. What am I going to do now?

Hi readers! 

Here's new chapter! Hope you like it! What do you think the person of the phone said to Alek to change his mood all of a sudden? And, do you want to read the point of view of Alek in next chapter? 

I wait for your responses! Bye for now!