“Why, I have done nothing to him,”
“Alanna he loves you!” Adrian shouts and I cannot believe the words that he is saying.
“No you are crazy,”
“No I am not, he has been trying to get me to break it off with you ever since I have been here, and he wants me to leave you.”
“What about Katharine?”
“Don’t let that fool you, he is only using her.”
“Adrian I think you may be mistaken,”
“No Alanna I am not, he loves you.”
“He can’t possibly, he hates me.”
“That it all just an act you don’t know him like I do, that’s what he does to hide his feelings.”
“But he is your step brother, how could he?”
“Alanna things with us haven’t always been great.”
“But you told me that he was your brother, and that he meant everything to you.”
“I said that because it is true, but he blames me for putting your life in danger. He never wanted to come to New York I had to beg him to, believe me he is not here for me.”
“He never even saw me before he came here.”
“That’s all you think,”
“What?”
“Let me ask you Alanna, did you by any chance receive a single red rose in London?”
“Yes but you sent that.”
“No I sent you the bouquets of flowers and the earrings, Michael sent you the rose.”
“I don’t understand,”
“He saw you that night at the New Year party; he was so into you, but too nervous to come and say hi.”
“I saw him that night, he was with you and you came over to me, not him you have to tell me more.”
“The next day I phoned him and I asked him where he was. I knew his father had plans for him to go to a shoot with him, but he never showed up. He told me he had gotten with a girl and forgotten all about it, but he was telling lies Alanna. I was watching your hotel I had a meeting nearby, and I stopped there first to see if I could see you. I thought that maybe you could have been going out or something. Anyway what I saw was Michael, I knew he was lying and later on that night, I checked his car. There were two photos of you and roses all around the front seat.”
“Adrian I saw a car that day, but it was the black Lamborghini.” “Yes that’s Michael’s car.”
“What, is he the person who is following me?”
“No Alanna, he just has the same kind of car but he does love you.”
“Adrian I don’t care if he does, I love you.”
“Maybe Michael would be better for you, at least with him you wouldn’t be in danger.”
“Don’t say that I could never be with him, I could never be with anyone other than you.”
Adrian does not reply, the car pulls up and we get in without saying a word. This is crazy I cannot deal with this. Why would Michael love me? He has never showed any interest. He has given me more reasons to think that he hates me. I am starting to think that Adrian would not be saying all this for no reason. He must have solid evidence that Michael feels this way; and I could think of nothing worse than to come in between two brothers. I love Adrian but, in a way, I feel sorry for Michael. If he does have these feelings then think of how hard, it must be for him to see me with Adrian. How he must feel knowing that I am in danger. As for Katharine I will have to talk to her, I cannot have my friendship ruined with her. Adrian opens the door of the black Rolls Royce and we are back at the hotel.
“I will wait here go and get your stuff, I will take you back to your dorm.”
“What, I thought I was staying here till you leave, what’s going on?”
“I need some time alone to talk to Michael; I can’t leave things like this with him.”
“Are you mad at me?”
“How could I be mad at you?”
“I don’t know, I feel so strange about all this,” he makes a face to me that signals me to hurry up and get my stuff. Therefore, I rush up the stair and into the room.
“Oh you scared me, what are you doing in here?” I say to Michael who is sitting at the dining table, his shirt is half-open and there is blood on his face.
“Waiting for Adrian, you got a problem with that?”
“No I don’t,” I start to walk away but I turn to him. “Michael, Adrian thinks that you have feelings for me.”
“What would give him that idea?”
“I guess it’s just a combination of a few things.”
“Don’t flatter yourself.”
How could this guy be capable of loving me? He acts as if he hates my guts. There is no way he loves me, Adrian has to have it wrong.
“I won’t bother you, Adrian is downstairs, and I am going back to the dorm tonight.”