Page 36 of Game of Revenge
The truth was that I had completely forgotten. Alejandro shook his head and got up. A second later, he was back with the pills, and I didn’t have the patience to argue with him.
“I could get used to this,” I teased.
He gave me an unexpected smile and took a bite of his food. That smile sent butterflies coursing through me.
“Thank you for the flowers.” I added. “But, I’m curious, why Dahlia’s?” He gave me one of those penetrating gazes that made the earth move around me.
“They remind me of you. Beautiful, elegant, bursting of life. And I noticed how much you like them.”
A small smile on my lips, I looked away, feeling my cheeks flush and my pulse quicken.
“Where are you sleeping?” I asked shyly, still avoiding eye contact.
“In the connected bedroom next to this one.”
I almost choked on my juice. I had noticed a door near the bed, but I assumed it was storage. He had a door connected to this room, and the door did not have a lock from what I recalled.
“Is that why you so graciously gave me your bedroom? So you could spy on me?”
“Well,” he said, sitting straight, his jaw tightening, “you did try to escape again, which of course was very stupid and put your life in danger.”
Anger was flashing in his eyes. The audacity of this man had no limits.
“Because Juan attacked me!” I yelled as I got up from my seat. “How do you think I got out of a locked room?!”
“Stop lying!” he shouted. He got up from his chair so fast it hit the balcony railing.
I took a step back, my eyes wide with fear. My hands started shaking. I walked in the room, livid, Alejandro on my heels. He grabbed my left arm and turned me to face him.
“You decided to run away when he came to get you, remember?”
“After he tried to choke me!”
“Why would—” Alejandro stopped talking. He frowned, shock and anger distorting his face.
“Let me go,” I said, shaking myself to get out of his grip.
“Stop it” he grunted, shaking me. “Let me see.” He ordered, a visible swallow going down his throat.
He pulled me close to him. I stopped moving, shocked by the electricity I felt rise all the way through my nipples as they brushed his chest. Alejandro passed his hands delicately over both sides of my neck, his gaze burning through me. I let out a slight breath, aroused by the touch of his fingers.
Alejandro suddenly let go of me and rushed out of the room like the devil was behind him. What is his problem? I wondered. I went to the bathroom to take a closer look at my neck. I gasped when I saw the bruises surrounding my collarbone where Juan had choked me. My neck was tender to the touch, but I hadn’t noticed the bruises this morning after my shower.
I got startled when I heard what sounded like furniture breaking, accompanied by someone shouting. It was Alejandro. My heart skipped a beat. He had left looking like he was about to go kill someone. Juan!
I ran as fast as I could out of the room, heading in the direction of the noise. As I got to the stairs, I saw Alejandro push Juan to the floor, punching him with so much force it looked like his head was going to penetrate the tiles. Juan was fighting back, but Alejandro, blinded with anger, was not letting him go.
“Stop!” I screamed. “You’re going to kill him!!”
As Alejandro turned around, I started going down the stairs.
“Stay where you are!” he shouted.
Juan took the opportunity of Alejandro’s divided attention to punch him in his stomach, and he fell on his side. Juan attempted to hit him again, but Alejandro was faster and hit him back. A few men, with Dolores right behind them, finally separated the two men.
“Take him out!” ordered Alejandro, shouting at the top of his lungs, “or I am going to break every fucking bone in his body!”
Two men were carrying Juan outside. “Te vas a arrepentir, imbecil! Te juro que me las vas a pagar!” Juan screamed. “Y tu tambien,” he said, looking straight at me.