Loving my Former Enemy

Chapter 14

Alina POV:

Ever since Arthur left me with those words, I had been trying to figure out what he meant by them.

Of course, Lucas was a weird guy. One moment he seemed normal, and the next he was irregular. His changes when he responds or talks give me chills thinking of his comparison with Louis.

That’s why I decided I was going to keep distance from Lucas, because I didn’t know how to feel or if I should fully trust him yet?

Now Arthur Is telling me to get closer to him? Why, though? I wondered what there was for me to find out about him if I was supposed to spy on him. Was he truly hiding something from me, lying this entire time and Arthur knew about it?

I also wondered that, but then fell into an abyss of confusion as I thought how could Arthur know if he was being shady or not just by one encounter. He couldn’t possibly have, right?

’There’s only one way to find out’ , I thought inside my head, sighing out loud.

”What’s up?“ Lucas said from somewhere. I jolted out of my trance and looked up at him.

”Oh-umm…nothing much, just thinking about a few things.” I replied.

”What are you thinking about?” He asked me.

”Nothing.” I said and got up from where I was sitting on the couch. I ran my hands through my scalp, feeling stressed all of a sudden.

“Would you like to do something else today? Are you hungry again?”

I shook my head and politely declined. “I’m a little sleepy, so I’m gonna go take a nap.” I told him.

He nodded. “Alright, that fine. Let me know if you need anything...”

I decided not to reply and walked up the stairs slowly. My mind was focusing on his behavior, how he acted around me and his demeanor. He seemed fine at the moment.

What Arthur was saying had me in a stressful place. I knew he wasn’t one to lie about things, but Lucas had already told me that he wasn’t keeping things from me and it was just the way he was.

So why did he want me to spy on him so badly? When it comes to spying, you’re usually trying to find something or get information that the person won’t tell you and sometimes it’s information that you need.

The only reason I would have to spy on him would be out of those reasons. But what would I be looking for anyway?

I successfully walked up the long stairway and walked inside the bedroom. Closing the door behind me, I walked to the bed and sat on it.

Even though I told him that I was sleepy, the truth was, I was restless. Not one thing in my body was sleepy. But I was very curious.

I laid back on the bed with a sigh and looked up at the ceiling, wishing the answers to whatever questions I’m looking for…would just appear without me going mad looking for them myself. But…we all know how it goes.

Sitting up, I looked around the room and my eyes landed on a television that was on a wall. I wonder how I didn’t notice it before.

Since I told Lucas that I would be asleep, I would have to spend as much time in this bedroom as possible. Though, any noise from the Tv, would sell me off and tell him I was lying.

So I turned my attention to the window, where I could see a bright sunny day, trees all around.

I felt so weird here, as if I didn’t belong. I wasn’t made out to be here. I felt extremely out of place, especially around Lucas.

The place was beautiful, from the art museum and the many small shops around, the people who seemed so happy and comfortable, but even those things weren’t enough to change my mood. I was gloomy on the inside, reminiscing all the time and feeling doubtful about my decisions. I couldn’t find anything here that will take me out of my dreadful and guilty thoughts.

But then I reminded myself that one day in just a few months, I would finally become a mother. Just thinking about a baby in my arms, was definitely a shock and gave me weird chills, but at the same time I felt happy and it brought a smile to my face as I imaged it in my mind.

My hand caressed my belly and my smile grew. Even though this baby wasn’t even close to being born and I wouldn’t feel him or her yet, my soul did. I felt instantly attached and I promised myself that I would never let any harm come to it. She or he will be happy and fulfilled by hook or crook, it was my only wish for my baby.

My head played different visions of my future, how things could be. Though, they weren’t real, they felt so real as if I was living in the moment.

I prayed that my choice would be beneficial to the both of us, and that everything would go according to plan.

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I sat there for a while, just picturing myself in beautiful visions, where everything was perfect.

The moment I came back to reality, I sighed. There was nothing for me to do here that’ll keep my busy and out my head.

I wondered where Lucas is and what he is doing at the moment, but I shook the thoughts away. I need to be able to give him trust.

Getting up from the bed, I remembered that he mentioned there was a bookshelf close by.

I left the room without another thought, and strolled to the room where I could read my worries away. Reading a g********l always helped soothe my mind and body.

I walked inside the room, going straight to the shelves of books ahead. I ran my fingers across each and every one of them, contemplating on a good book.

I will admit, he had good taste in novels….most of them I noticed here, I had already read and happened to enjoy.

Grabbing a copy of my favorite story, which would be Wuthering Heights, of course. I proceeded to leave the room and shut the door behind me, quietly.

As I was walking back to the other room with the book in my hand, I heard a faint noise. It sounded like whispering.

Lucas and I were the only ones here, and I knew that it had to be him. ’Besides, if he really is hiding something, maybe I’ll uncover it.’ I thought.

Turning my direction off the nearby room, I walked in the other direction where I heard the whispers coming from.

I carefully walked down the hall and looked at each room. As I walked, the whispers got louder.

Then up ahead, I found a door slightly open and the whispers could be heard coming from it.

I walked towards it and stopped a few meters away, so my face wouldn’t be visible inside the door.

I stayed against the wall by the door, and put my ears closer towards it. I refrained from gasping, the moment I heard Lucas.

I couldn’t hear everything, it was like his whispers were going in and out, but I heard clearly enough.

His voice sounded a little uneasy, but his words sounded confident. He was telling someone something about keeping a secret, meaning he lied to me.

I asked him what he was hiding from me, and instead of a confession, I got more lies. What was it he really couldn’t have me know?

”Tristan is scum, he won’t be getting her back.” I heard from him clear as day, making my eyes widen.

He knew Tristan? Then he must’ve known about me even before the trip to Ms. Kathy?

Who was this man really? If he was lying to me already, could it be true that he really was trying to hide his identity from me?

Is he some sort of enemy and trying to get revenge by using me? I hated these situations, and from what it sounds like, I was in one yet again.

One moment he was nice and I felt like he wasn’t hiding anything from me, that he should be trusted…but now I know that it was just a facade, a mask that I fell for so easily.

Deciding I heard enough for one day, I attempted to turn around and walk away, but that didn’t happen as well as I hoped.

The moment I started to walk from the door, my grip on the book had loosened and ended up falling from my hands onto the floor. I silently gasped, internally cursing myself for being so clumsy.

”Hold on, I’ll call you back.” I heard from Lucas, and the door immediately widened.

I quickly picked up the book and tried to walk away as fast as I could, not trying to get caught, but it was already too late.

”Alina? What are you doing here?“ I heard from behind me, and halted my steps.

Turning around, I tried to hide the nervousness and curiosity with a fake smile.

”I…I woke up a few minutes back and got bored. So, I left to go get a b-book.” I lied.

”Yeah, but what are you doing….here?” He said again, gesturing to our surroundings.

”Uhm…I got lost going back and heard something?” I decided to say.

I could see the suspicion on his face, he knew I was lying, just like I knew he was lying.

”Yeah, I was talking to one of my buddies. You didn’t hear anything, did you?” He asked, skeptically.

I slowly shook my head. “N-nope…didn’t here a thing.” I said and let out a small nervous laugh.

He gave me a fake smile. “Oh, okay….you sure you didn’t here anything?“

I gulped down the lump in my throat. “Yeah, s-so su-sure.” I hated that my voice betrayed me.

”Why do you seem so nervous, then…?” Lucas decided to ask, leaning on the wall and keeping a curious eye on me.

”Erm, I am totally not nervous.” I said back, glad that this time I didn’t stammer my words.

“Oh, okay…do you need anything?”

I shook my head. “No, it was just a clumsy mistake. Forgive me.”

He chuckled. “I forgive you, Alina.”

I nodded and gave him another one of my fake smiles, which he returned.

Without another moment, I turned back around and walked away quickly with the book, but not before saying, “See you later.”

Once I shut and locked the door to the bedroom, I let out an exhausted and relieved sigh. That was too close.

Sitting on one of the chairs in the bedroom, I sat the book beside me. My head couldn’t process the meaning of what he was talking about.

I was sure that he knew about me and Tristan way before Ms. Kathy, but I didn’t know he really was and what he wanted from me.

I brought Arthur’s words into consideration as I figured he knew something that I didn’t. If it weren’t for him telling my I should keep an eye out for him, I would have probably never ran into that encounter and found out he knew Tristan.

With all this new news, I was exhausted and worried for the future to come. If he was Lying to me all along, I couldn’t trust him and I would have to leave soon. Really soon.

Figuring that Arthur didn’t have much longer to give me enough time, he’d be back for me in two or three days.

Even spending another second here was risky and dangerous, since this man could be anyone…but I couldn’t just leave and get lost in this town.

Arthur knew where I was and if I left, there would be absolutely no way to find him.

I’m sure that Lucas suspected that I heard his conversation, but I could also see that he wanted to believe me.

As long as the both of us kept up this oblivious fake facade of being cool, then I wouldn’t blow my cover and he wouldn’t blow his.

So for the rest of the few days here, I would at least try and figure out who he was. And even if things went wrong, I would be leaving real soon anyways.

With that thought stuck inside my head, I picked up the copy of Wuthering Heights and replaced my worries and fear with a good book, letting my body and mind ease as much as it could in this type of situation.

But even as my mind became eased with the romance drama of Heathcliff and Catherine, I still couldn’t stop feeling like I was missing a puzzle piece that was right in front of me the entire time…

TO BE CONTINUED….

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