UNKNOWN POV
I sat in the car, the quiet of the empty road stretching before me. Heading out of town, I received a call from Alex.
Unable to discuss much over the phone, he asked me to wait. A crucial conversation awaited with Alex, a key player in the soon-to-be-executed plan. Thoughts of manipulating events to make Maria fall for him occupied my mind – a crucial step in the design we had crafted.
It was a stepping stone to our success. The faster she fell for him, the sooner my plan would be hatched. Maria needed to fall for him; he needed to win her trust so she'd feel complete with him. Then, we could strike using this to our advantage. However, it seemed Alex had not progressed further since the last time we met on Maria's wedding day.
"We don't have time; the faster this happens,
