Dangerous Obsession

Chapter five

Alicia broke down in her butler's arms as he swayed her back and forth comforting her. His hands rubbing up and down her back reminded her of how her mother used to comfort her when she cried. Tears continued to roll down her face as she looked up at George.

“George I don't want to get married to that man” she told him with a pleading voice.

“I know Ms. but I can't do anything about this situation” he told her.

Seeing Alicia cry this much broke his heart though he was a good friend of her father, he still remained their butler and cant interfere in such matters.

“What if he is a killer or abuses women?” Alicia asked bringing him out of his thoughts.

“ I don't know Mr. Andrews on a personal level but I do know that he is not a killer or an abuser” George said trying to console her.

“That is the worst part of it all, nobody knows that man personally. He has no friends or relations” Alicia said frustratedly.

Alicia searched Damien up on the internet while back at work just to know who he was. But all she could find was his performance in the business world and no personal records of him; no family or friends.

“Alicia, for you to have searched him up on the interest shows a slight interest in this situation but if he has no personal records of his family that just means he is a very private person not that he is someone bad.”

“I didnt search him up because I was interested, I did it because I knew I had no choice but to marry him,” Alicia retorted.

“I just wanted to know who I will be getting married to,” she said under her breath.

“No problem, whatever reason you had, I am sure it is a good one.now you have to go to bed, it is late already” George said standing up.

“Alright I will head to bed now, thank you so much” she said.

“You don't have to thank me, you are like a daughter to me so I would always take care of you.”

“Alright, goodnight George” alicia said walking towards the stairs.

“Goodnight Alicia” George said watching her ascend the stairs going towards her room.

Alicia walked into her room feeling drained both physically and emotionally from all the crying she had done in one day. Climbing into her bed, staring at the ceiling she thought of how her life took a drastic change in the last 48hrs; first she walked into her lover and her bestfriend having s*x then she did something she had always been against now she is about to be married to a total stranger. Feeling tears roll down her face for the thousandth time, she pulled the duvet to cover herself while crying herself to sleep.

The next morning, Alicia felt like there was a construction going on in her head, the heaviness of her eyes and the painful thumping in her head was almost too much for her to endure. Getting down from her bed to prepare for the day,she just had one thing going through her mind; I may feel like s**t but I wouldn't look the same. Her loud ringtone rang across the room making her wonder why it was even loud in the first place.

“Hello” she answered the call without looking at the caller id.

“Alicia, thank God you answered I have been waiting for your call since yesterday” the person on the other end said.

Alicia immediately became irritated upon hearing the voice of the other person on the line.

“Daniel, what do you want?” She asked irritatedly.

“I sent your favourite flowers and chocolates yesterday to your office saying on the note attached for you to call me?, didnt you get the delivery?”

Taking a deep breath to calm herself down,”yes I got the delivery yesterday but decided not to call because I had better things to attend to.”

“Better things?, if this cold behavior towards me is because of what you saw, please let me explain what happened.”

“Daniel there is no need for any explanation, I am very sure what I saw was real and not an illusion.”

“Alicia please just let me explain myself, it is not really what…..” Daniel started.

“Daniel, I have work to get to and so I need to get ready but do me a favor and never call my line again” Alicia said then hung up the call.

Pacing around her room, Alicia tried to calm herself down, wondering what gave Daniel the guts to still call her after what he did. First her so called bestfriend came knocking on her door now he is calling to explain himself like she is a kid and doesnt know what she saw. Blocking his number on her phone, she walked into the bathroom to get ready for work.

Alicia walked down to the dining room to have her breakfast, seeing her father's figure at the table made her feel like going back to her room to continue her tears of despair. Walking to the table, she took her seat without looking at or greeting her father.

“Don't I get a greeting anymore?” Her father asked looking up from the paper in his hands.

“Good morning Father,” Alicia said bitterly.

“Good morning Alicia, how was your night?”

Alicia looked at her father like he was crazy.

“My night was good thanks for asking” she replied with a bitter tone.

“Alicia” her father started before looking up at her,” there is no reason for you to be bitter this morning, I have made my decision and there is nothing that can change it.”

“But father, don't you think you are being so sel…..” Alicia started.

“Good morning Mr. Johnson, Good morning Ms. Alicia” George interrupted stopping Alicia from completing her sentence.

“Good morning George” Alicia said with a tight voice, furious that George interrupted her on purpose, preventing her from giving her father a piece of her mind.

Breakfast was then served for both of them but she had completely lost her appetite so she stood up, picking up her bag.

“Alicia, the event planners for your wedding are coming in today so make out time from your schedule to meet them” her father told her.

“I will do just that Father” Alicia said before walking out of her house.