Ellise was miserable. She'd broken up with her cheating boyfriend two and a half weeks ago and it still hurt. She wouldn't get out of her room and her queen sized bed seemed to have become her favorite place on Earth. Naturally, her bestfriend was worried about her and was desperately trying to bring her out of her shell. "For the third time, no! That's not happening" "Please, Ellie. I need you to come with me to Sandy's birthday party!" Anne, Ellise's best friend pouted, big blue eyes reflecting just how desperate she was.Ellise groaned, burying her face in her pillow."My parents won't let me leave this house. Not after what happened to Maddie" she mumbled, hoping that Anne wouldn't try to persuade her any further."I talked to your parents. They agreed"Ellise raised her head instantly, her eyes wide with both shock and disbelief."What?! You're lying!""Nope, I'm telling the truth""You've got to be kidding me, how the hell did you do that?!" "Well, it took some effort but it w

Alexander felt conflicted. He felt that he'd made a horrible mistake by listening to the slobber heads that he called his friends. He didn't want a girl in his life, not after loosing the first one he'd fallen in love with. He didn't think his heart could take any more heartbreaks. He shouldn't have brought her home, but it was a little too late now. She was so beautiful with her long Auburn hair in shinning waves down her back. Her dress had hugged her beautiful curves in such a perfect way that had made him want to kiss her senseless. He could vividly recall how her big brown eyes had filled up with tears and fear.He didn't want her to be afraid of him but still, he felt that it was the only way to prevent the both of them from falling for each other. He couldn't deny the fact that she reminded him of Liv, his exgirlfriend and this only made things a little harder than necessary. Ellise didn't know it yet. But, he was doing her a favor by keeping her in his home. It would be assu

         Alexandre wasn't pleased about the fact that Ellise had seen him in a vulnerable state and he started to avoid her. Despite how badly he had treated her, she'd tried to comfort him the best she could. He felt ashamed of himself. Ellise truly didn't deserve to be treated wrongly and he wished he could make things right. He really did. But, he was afraid that if he did that, he wouldn't be able to keep up his facade.     Avoiding her was already proving to be a difficult task because he could literally see her everywhere. As soon as he closed his eyes to sleep, her image would float into his mind and his mind was always infiltrated by thoughts of her.His feelings for her was growing and while he admired her when she wasn't looking, these feelings were escalating.He was sure that Ellise hated him. He had been nothing more than a jerk to her. As much as he would admit t

    Sitting on a chair in his study, Alexandre monitored the base unit of his mafia, from his laptop. There was a knock on the door. "Come in" he said, not looking up from his laptop as he watched Dmitri, his consigliere who was having a meeting with a representative from a rival gang. "Hmm, so focused. I see" He looked up.Ellie was carrying a tray containing his breakfast as she approached him. He grinned, sitting up."So breakfast, huh?" He said"Yup, you don't want to pass out while working, do you?" She responded with a smile on her face.He returned the smile and watched her set down the tray."Oops" she muttered."What's wrong?" He asked, raising a brow."I-uh-Cecillia asked me to get your meds for you" she said."So?""I guess, I forgot. I'll go and get them""No, it's fine. I'll take them later" he replied, taking a sip of his black coffee."You aren't mad at me?" She asked and he f

        "Your knuckles are bruised" Ellie commented as she inspected the painful looking bruises on Xandre's scarred knuckles."What did you do?" She demanded in a stern voice."I might've punched the wall to take out my frustration" "I don't like seeing you get hurt, Dre" she said, dabbing the tender skin with alcohol wipes. He stared at her quietly and she winced."Sorry"He kissed her forehead, watching her as she cleaned the cuts. "It doesn't really hurt" he told her."Try to avoid getting hurt, okay?" She said, placing a butterfly kiss on his injured knuckles."I'll try" he stated, a small smile tugging at his lips.....     Lacey sashayed into the Loides' mansion, determined to get back at Xandre for practically throwing her out of his house. In order to do this, she decided to pay his parents a visit, knowing fully well that they would reprimand their son for treating her w