CHAPTER 19 : DON'T TOUCH ME!
Eleanora instantly stepped in front of Alexander, shocking the person who was nearing Alexander.
The pitch black room wasn't helping anyone in the situation. The person panicked, and attacked Eleanora first.
Thankfully Eleanora was able to spot his hand and tried to defend herself, but unfortunately instead of grabbing his hand, she held on to the dagger he was attacking with.
All this happened so fast that even Eleanora was unable to process it. And her situation was not allowing any movement from her side. The more she was trying to defend herself, the person was pressing the dagger more powerfully.
'God! I can not hold him for much time. This is-' Eleanora was thinking at her fastest speed, trying to make a way out when someone grabbed the intruder's hand.
"Die." Eleanora's spine stiffened as a low voice was heard too close to her ear. A voice that carried no emotions but only a murderous aura that seeped through Eleanora's bones and froze her soul.
"CRACK!"
And the next moment, the dagger was on the floor as the person attacking had his wrist fractured by Alexander.
"THUD!" The door to the VIP room was pushed open from outside and a few men entered, out of which Tyler was quick to turn the light switch on while capturing the person whose face was covered in black mask.
"Dr. Rosenhein, your hand." Tyler said with concern while looking at her bleeding palm, as a pool of blood formed at her feet.
Eleanora, who stood frozen at her place finally moved, looking at Tyler with a horrified gaze first before turning around towards Alexander who was too close, his murderous aura still emanating.
"Alex.. Alex…" Eleanora's voice started fading as her eyelids fluttered and her vision darkened, though Alexander immediately caught her in his arms, his expressions finally changing.
*HALF HOUR LATER*
"Did he?" Alexander asked in a low voice to Mason to which he shaked his head nervously, signalling a 'No'.
The killer was captured and taken to the dungeon where Tyler was torturing him. Alexander was waiting in the worst of his mood for the assassin to spit out some information so that he could find someone to avenge him as well as Eleanora.
Alexander's mood was suffocating every single living creature in the room, excluding Eleanora of course who was still unconscious from sudden fright.
'I should have directly ordered her to sleep in the adjacent room. I thought everything would be under my control but I miscalculated. Fuck this is so-' Alexander ran his hand through his hairs frustratedly while facing the dark city through his glass balcony.
"Alex!" He heard a faint noise, making him turn abruptly towards Eleanora's direction.
Eleanora had slowly opened her eyes, the sudden light making her squint and cover her eyes, but the bandaged hand immediately reminded her of the events that preceded her fainting incident. Hence she sat upright with a jerk and called out Alexander in panic.
Fortunately she located him near the balcony and for a moment she was relieved but something wasn't right.
'What's with his face? Was he injured as well? Oh no! I called him Alex again! He must be angry over this. Yes it must be this-' Eleanora was thinking while almost face slapping herself when she paused, her body turning into a statue.
'My. Mask.' Were the only words that came to Eleanora's mind, as she watched Alexander take slow, deliberate steps towards her, making her heart beat frantically.
Alexander took a seat beside her bed as a cold bead of sweat rolled down her spine, her body stiffening completely.
'Doomed-' Eleanora was thinking when Alexander raised his hand and Eleanora jerked back with so much force that Alexander's hand froze midway with shock.
'Is she scared of me? But didn't I save her? God! How does she manage to look this fine even when she is hella scared! Is this why her fiance is so insecure? I mean why not! She is just-
Alexander Laurent! For fuck's sake, she is scared! Take a look at her and do something instead of engaging in your stupid thoughts.' Alexander was done thinking as his hand retreated.
"Are you alright?" Alexander asked, trying to make his voice gentle.
But Eleanora had tightly shut her eyes as she leaned back, the shock from exposing her face to Alexander as well as his violent aura moments ago reminding her of his true personality. Alexander was well capable of slapping her hard, which was why she jerked so badly.
"Eleanora. Don't be scared. That man is gone. He won't be able to harm you anymore." Alexander said while trying to bend forward, hoping to comfort Eleanora a little, though he was way too awkward for the same.
"Don't touch me!" Eleanora shouted so loudly that Alexander needed a moment to recollect himself from this initial shock.
But the expression that came next was worth fearing. The black in his eyes darkened even further as he directly gripped her chin, making her look at him in the eyes, his gaze making sure that only fear circulated in her body.
"Dare you raise your voice one more time. I will make sure that nobody gets to hear that sweet voice again." Alexander literally whispered those words, but the rage beneath was so evident that Eleanora could feel her heart in her throat.
It was the first time that Alexander spoke so much, clearly showing how infuriated he was at Eleanora's stunt.
"Is that clear?" Alexander asked as the room temperature dropped by another ten degrees.
Eleanora, who was scared to as much as breath loudly, only managed a small nod, as she felt her eyes watering up.
"Words, babygirl. I need words." Alexander said, his fingers moving upwards from her chin as his thumb stroked her cheeks with feather-light touch.
"Y.. yes." And Eleanora sniffled as finally a tear rolled down her eye.
"Better." Alexander said, his smile not reaching his eyes as he wiped that tear from her cheek.
'Those lips - damn! Kissing them would be-' Alexander was thinking as his thumb slightly brushed her lower lip, making Eleanora shiver, stopping Alexander from his chain of thoughts.
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