Seducing The Ice Queen

Using the last location of her phone, K drove towards the Cardy Hills hurriedly. As he drove, he seethed over the cunningness of Adken Perry and vowed to not lot him live if something were to happen to his Alice. Though he knew Alice was not one to do something irrational the fact that Cardy Hills were known for being dangerous with land slides happening frequently and it was also known as a suicide point..

When he finally reached the place a few hours later, the place was too quiet and there was no way for him to ask around for Alice. Calling Benji again he asked if she had been found but it was no use. Finally with no other way to look for her, Adam decided to drive into the hills and look around for her continuously. She would run out of fuel soon enough!

As he had predicted, Alice ran out of fuel as she had reached the first peak. Getting out of there, she walked to the edge and looked down at the dark endless abyss. This is what her life had been like before him! But then he had to come and ruin this for her. And now that her life was full of colors, returning to this would be even more painful!  She was willing to overlook everything for him! Even if he had a hundred secrets that he wanted to keep from her he just had to refuse to tell her and she would never pry. 

But this pertained to her. He had not known in the past but he knew that she had wondered what had happened at the time! She had been curious for the person who she had met so long ago! Adam had known that she had been troubled by the knowledge of the past and the lack of her memories. And yet, he had chosen to not tell her. 

How did she get to know him? How did they meet and why did he not meet her again? Tears continued to stream from her eyes as she sat down slowly and hugged her knees to her chest. He had made her think that he thought of her every moment. He had made her feel that she was special to him, something more than a fling, but now she had her doubts! Did they have a fling in the past and he had assumed that he would have one with her again? Otherwise why hide the past?

This is how K found her. Sitting on the edge with her head resting on her knees when she had fallen asleep and almost lost her balance to directly fall of the edge. Running to her, he pulled her back and hugged her tightly. Coming out of her stupor, Alice tried to push him away but taking her to the car, he made Alice sit on the front and held her face, "Alice! Listen to me! Please don't Adken Perry poison what we have! Whatever he has told you are lies and half truths. You cannot let this get to you! Alice! Alice! Are you listening!"

Stopping himself from forcefully shaking her, Adam breathed a sigh of relief when Alice nodded and said, "I know, K. I know that they are truths that he has presented in a way that would cause a fist between us. But why did you not tell me?"

Adam looked at her questioning gaze and for the first time since he had heard that Adken Perry met with Alice did he wonder just what he had told her and how much. Having trouble meeting her eyes, Adam asked," What did he tell you?"

But instead of answering him, Alice questioned him quietly," Just what all things are you hiding from me that you have to ask what he said?"

Before Adam could explain anything, however, his phone started to ring again. He had just declined the call when the phone started to ring again. Deciding to answer, he was about to tell Benji that he would call later when the other man said, "It's urgent K! It's about Alice Faye! It seems that there was a fire in a psychiatrists' office and some reporters have found that Alice Faye was a patient there. They have not made the contents public but they have made insinuations and already the matter is spreading! I have already taken actions to suppress the news but someone seems to have paid a lot of money to make this go viral! Combining this with the time when she had fainted a while back,  they are using this to create hype! James Faye has called in a press conference already to explain the matters of the past and something about claiming responsibility for her! This is already pre planned and the news reporters have already started calling for interview with Alice and even you have been dragged into it! And Lucas Ivy has also posted that he would like to know the truth as a 'concerned' share holder!!"

Nodding, K said, "Thanks, Benji! I'll just call you back."

"Alice.."

But the vulnerability and accusation had already gone from her eyes as Alice stared away from him. She had already heard what was said on the phone. And if there was one thing Alice Faye knew well to do was to solve the challenges thrown her way and keep her personal feelings aside. 

"Let this go, K! Whatever Adken Perry said changes nothing from what we had planned! We need to focus on that. James Faye and Samaul Faye have already made their move. It seems the father son duo has finally separated and now have different agendas. The target for James Faye seems to be me now instead of Faye Group while Samual is still after the Faye group. By releasing the medical reports, James Faye has created a hurdle for his son. Wait a minute.."

Jumping off Adam's car who was still in shock over her sudden change in attitude and watched as she opened the door of her car and grabbed a file. This was something that we had not planned or even suspected. Samual Faye wanted me to take the blame for this and handover my shares to him and if I didn't then he would reveal this! So now, if he does it, I can simply claim that it was my insanity and maybe get away with it. But naturally, he wouldn't be able to have the shares because even if I were to transfer, they would be invalid, citing my mental imbalance."

Adam looked at the file, now in his hand and then at Alice who had turned away from him with her back ramrod straight. Throwing the file aside, he walked to her and turned her around," No! Alice this is not important! What is important is you! Our relationship! Do you think I give a fu** about whether Samual Faye has Faye Group or not! Everything I want to do is for you! And at this point we need to talk about us!"

"There is nothing to talk about, K. I told you we are okay! I know what Adken Perry is like and whatever he has told me will change nothing! So let us focus on saving Faye Group and me now. In case you do not want to help me then I won't force you."

"Alice! How can you say nothing will change when I can see the change in you! What has that man told you that is making you look at me like I am a stranger?"

But Alice simply shook her head and refused to look at him, trying to push him away, "We can talk about it later, K! Now we need to proceed with our plan. Let's go."

Still not looking in his direction, Alice went to sit in the passenger seat of his car. The walls that he had patiently crumbled were not built high up and stronger than earlier. By now he had already guessed what it was that Adken told her. At this point, she was on guard against him would not really listen to whatever he had to say. He could see that she had put back on her icy cold aura to dissuade him. But he had his way. This was a wound that she had received because of him. And he would not let this wound fester.

Sitting in the car, he slowly turned around the car and drove back towards the city. What K did not know was that in that moment, everything had changed for Alice. K had been the only one that Alice had come to believe that she could trust. Even her grandmother who had explained everything had not been able to regain her place in her heart so for K this was going to be an uphill battle! In her heart, she swore she would never be so vulnerable again. Yes, she loved K but she would never show that love... Because she had realized that the person she trusted the most could become her biggest mistake.