Now and Forever

Chapter 31

No one spoke of what had happened for the rest of the honeymoon and we were currently on the jet,

making our way back to New York.

Alexander hadn't spoken a word to me since that day and only would when we were in public not make

everyone think that everything was okay in between us but in reality, it wasn't and even then, he would

barely say five words to me.

He, as usual, was typing away on his laptop doing what I assumed was work and I was watching Netflix

on my laptop.

"May I get you anything Mr Knight?" Oh, did I forget to mention that the air hostess was not so

discreetly trying to get Alexander's attention ever since we took off and that was like over 2 hours ago?

No? Ok then, now you know.

This was like the fourth time she was doing it and I don't know why, but I felt really irritated which is

weird because I would usually just laugh at her.

"No thank you." Alexander said without even looking up at her.

Her face and then she looked over at me, her eyes blazing with anger.

You know, the funny thing is, all the girls that want Alexander all hate me as if I was the one that chose

myself to be his pretend wife.

She glared at me and turned on her then stomped off.

Okaaay then.

***

"Amelia!" I was immediately tackled to the ground in a bone crushing hug by none other than Audrey.

"Hey." I said as I tapped her on the back, barely getting enough oxygen by how much she was

squeezing me.

"I missed you so so so so much!"

"I missed you too Audrey, now please get off me, I can't breath." She let go of me and pulled me up

with her.

Next hug me was Alexis.

"I missed you so much Amelia!" She said when she engulfed me.

"Aww, I miss you to Lexi."

All the while, Alexander wasn't in sight, probably in his study.

"We have a surprise for you!" Audrey said as she clapped her hands while jumping up and down.

"Aww, thanks guys but can it wait till tomorrow? I'm really tired and I just want to blackout." And on cue,

a yawn escaped my mouth.

"Yeah but we won't be here tomorrow, that's the surprise!" Alexis said with a huge grin spread across

her face.

"What? Why?" At this point I didn't even care, I just wanted to get my butt up to bed.

"We moved into Alexander's penthouse! We got our own house so that you two can have your own

space since you just got married." Audrey explained with the same facial expression on her face.

At this point sleep had gotten lost and I just wanted to burst out crying.

When they both noticed I wasn't to happy for them their faces fell and they looked concerned.

"What's wrong Amelia?" Alexis asked when I didn't say anything.

I forced a smile on my face and looked at both of them.

"Nothing, I'm good, I'm just happy for the both of you, that's it." They both didn't look convinced of my

excuse and looked at each other then back at me.

"Talk about it tomorrow?" Audrey asked with a look of concern written all over her face.

"Sure." I weakly smiled and they both gave me a hug while saying goodbye and walked out the door.

I walked up the stairs with what Audrey and Alexis just told me swimming in my thoughts.

I got to the room and surprise surprise Alexander wasn't there.

I went to the closet and grabbed a pair of pajama shorts and an oversized t shirts that was longer than

the shorts.

I didn't bother showering since I was tired and it was 12:38.

I climbed into bed after changing into my pajama shorts and closed my eyes, sleep catching up to me.

***

Crack! Snap! Crack!

I woke up to a start to the sound of lightning and the pitter patter sound of the rain beating against the

windows.

I looked over at Alexander and he was sleeping peacefully like the the thunderstorm didn't bother him

at all.

My heart was beating heavily against my ribcage in horror when the thunder crackled loud.

I immediately sat up and pulled my knees to my chest.

Alexander stirred in his sleep and opened his eyes slowly, then furrowed his eyebrows when he saw

me.

"What are you doing?" He asked in a groggy voice then sat up while rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

"Nothing." I whispered while rocking back and forth, looking outside the window.

He followed my eyes to see where I was looking then looked back at me.

"Are you scared of the thunderstorm?" He asked in a low voice like he was talking to a five year old.

I slowly nodded my head as I averted my eyes to his.

"Come here." He said then lied down and patted the spot right next to him.

I looked at him as if asking for permission and he nodded his head slowly.

I untangled myself and crawled over to him.

He lied on his back and I put my head on his chest and he surprised me by putting his hand on my

waist and pulled me closer to him.

He then got my hand and draped it over his torso and wrapped his arms around my body.

"Better?" He whispered and I nodded my head.

It made me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside and wanna know what the weird part is? It felt right.

My eyes started drooling with sleep and right before I closed my eyes fully, he kissed the top of my

head and whispered a 'good night'.

***

The next morning, it felt like someone was breathing on the nape of me neck and just before I was

about to scream, the familiar scent of Alexander calmed me down.

My back was pressed against his chest and his arm wrapped against the skin of my tummy because

my shirt had ridden up and my bra was about to show.

I opened my eyes and smiled to myself when the memories of last night came rushing into my head.

Alexander stirred in his sleep and I quickly shut my eyes and stopped smiling, pretending to be asleep.

His arm tightened around my body and he placed a chaste kiss on the nape of my neck.

"Morning." He whispered in a groggy (sexy) voice.

My heart skipped a beat at what he just did but I didn't dare make a move to ruin his mood.

He then untangled himself from me and made his way to bathroom. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

When I was sure he was out of sight my lips broke out in a huge grin and I had to bite my lip to try not

to squeal at what happened now and last night.

I looked over at the clock on the bedside table and it read 7:45.

I sat up and got my phone from the charger and went through the messages I found.

A few minutes later the bathroom door opened and out came Alexander in only a towel that was

hanging dangerously so low on his hips that his 'v' line was showing.

My eyes widened and my mouth and throat got dry.

When he saw me a look of surprise washed over his face but was quickly replaced with a blank one.

He walked across the room and into the closet without a word said.

I furrowed my eyes in confusion as to why he just acted like that and climbed out of bed and went to

the bathroom to have a shower.

After showering, I wrapped a towel around my body and opened the door.

Just as I was getting out of the bathroom, Alexander was opening the bedroom door, all dressed up like

he was going to work or something.

"Where are you going?" I asked even though I knew the answer to the question.

"Work." He said and walked out of the room without even sparing me a glance.

I stared at the door with tear glazed eyes until my eyes betrayed me and poured out tears like the

Niagara Falls.

I repeated my shorts and oversized shirt then went down stairs to get a tub of ice cream from the

freezer and went back upstairs all the while wiping tears away from my cheeks with the back of my

hands.

Three tubs and a lot of tears later, it was 9:00 am so I decided it was the right time to get ready.

Audrey had sent a text earlier on saying we should meet at 10:00 in a cafe that's like 2 blocks away

from the penthouse.

Since it was a grey sky today, I decided to wear blue skinny jeans, a black long sleeved shirt and

heeled black knee length boots.

I put a little concealer under my eyes to make my eyes look less swollen from all the crying I did and

finished my look with a black handbag.

***

Forty minutes later, it was 9:54 and I was just pulling up in front of the cafe. Through the window, I

spotted Audrey and Alexis sitting opposite of each other and they both looked like they were deep in a

serious conversation.

I stepped out of the car, my phone in hand and locked the door behind me then made my way to the

entrance of the cafe.

"Hi Amelia!" Audrey jumped up and engulfed me in a huge bear hug when they both spotted me.

"Hey Audrey." I parted her on the back and broke free from the hug and gave Alexis one too.

"So, how are you guys doing?" I asked as I slid in next to Alexis in the booth.

"Actually, today is about how you're doing." Audrey all of the sudden went into serious mode.

"What? I'm fine, if you're talking about yesterday Alexander and I had gotten into a small fight on our

way back but we resolved our issues last night." I lied, hoping it wouldn't catch up with me in the future.

They both narrowed there eyes at me and I looked back and forth at them.

"When you guys told me that you had moved out it came as a surprise and I was sad because I

thought Alexander and I wouldn't have solved our issues by then and I wouldn't have anyone to talk to."

Well, it's somehow the truth, I wouldn't (correction: I don't) have anyone to talk to when I go back home.

Luckily, they both seemed to be satisfied with my answer because they stopped narrowing there eyes

and the sides of their mouths tilted up.

"So... how did you guys sort out your issues last night?" Audrey asked while wiggling her eyebrows.

"Yeah, how did you?" Alexis asked with an evil smirk playing at the corner of her lips.

"Why are you guys- oh! What? No! We didn't solve our issues by sleeping with each other!" My face

and neck heated up real fast when I finally caught on.

"What? Why not? Have you guys even ever had sex?" Audrey asked like it wasn't the most personal

question ever.

"That's private!" I whisper shouted at her in horror.

"What-"

"Anyways, what are you guys planning to do today?" I interrupted Alexis before this got to deep even

for me to lie my way out.

"We were just going to go say hi to Alex at the office before we go shopping afterwards, wanna come?"

Audrey said as she waved a waitress over.

How can I come if he isn't talking to me?

"No, sorry, I have something to do today."

"Oh, maybe next time." Alexis said and Audrey nodded her head in agreement.

Wow, I should really get a prize for lying and people actually believing it!

We all ordered something to drink and eat and talked for a long time.

It really felt nice having someone to talk to after such a long time.