Seducing The Ice Queen

It was only after she heard the footsteps walk away, did Alice breathe a sigh of relief. She had not expected things to go so out of hand. Rushing to the washroom, she washed her red face carefully and slowly untied the hospital gown exposing the redness around her neck and chest. There were even a few love marks which made her blush more furiously.

Changing into a fresh gown, Alice tried to organize her thoughts. She had indeed planned to ask K if he seriously liked her and would consider dating her but things had taken a different direction. As per her plans, they would have gone on a few dates before taking things further but all those plans had flown out of the window like little twittering birds.

Running her fingers through her hair, she tried to think of what she would say to him but felt at a loss. As she walked out of the bathroom, however a little part of her protested that love cannot be planned and she should feel guilty for using K's feelings but the lonely girl in her who yearned for love and who wanted to bask in his care did not understand all this. No, it was better to bury her head in sand and just live this little time freely. After this little time, she would have to bow down to that contract and that person...

Shaking her head, she refused to think anything and left the washroom.

Opening the door to her room, she looked around and was disappointed when she noticed that K had already left. Disappointed, she was about to go back in when he came in front of her. Her face started to blush again and she looked down, feeling extremely shy. At this moment, she knew one thing, she might not be in love with him but she did like him...a lot.

Seeing her shy face, K felt his heart burst with happiness and extending his hand, he caught her wrist and brought her forward. 

Alice looked in surprise at her wrist and when she felt him tugging her forward, she looked at him in question forgetting her previous shyness. But he simply smiled his mesmerizing smile and said, "Come with me." and she did go with him.

As she looked at his broad back, a song that she had recently heard, seemed to echo in her head. He was a pied piper and all he had to do was play the pipe and she would follow him everywhere..

He took her out to the vast gardens in the retreat and she continued to follow him. The piles of snow from the day before had gone down with only a thin white powder covering the whole grounds. The last snow of the season had fallen and soon, spring would arrive. And just like flowers bloomed in spring, Alice hoped their love would bloom in this spring.

A little while later, when they had walked deeper into the cover of trees, K stopped. As he walked backward and leaned against a tree, he placed both his hands on her waist and called out to her, "Alice?"

Alice felt her heart beat accelerate and she wanted to run away but she instead simply shook her head, refusing to look at him. But this time, K hooked a hand under her chin and made her look into his eyes. And seeing the emotions there, he decided to ask directly, "Alice, I like you. I have liked you from the very beginning. But you have kept me at an arm's distance. I tried everything to be close to you and have been willing to court you honestly. My heart... when it comes to you, I wear it on my sleeve."

This time, he noticed her slightly moist eyes and the courage that he had been lacking all this while came back, and he asked eagerly, "Alice, every time I flirted with you, all I saw in your eyes was amusement and humor towards a friend. I hoped to become a good friend to you so that you would look at me someday. But today, there is something different I see, Alice. Something that I have only dreamed of. Tell me, is what I am seeing in your eyes true or is it something that I am only imagining?"

His humility gave Alice the last push she needed and she could only nod her head and say, "K, I don't know if the last person that I dated meant much to me. I have never believed in love and since James Faye, I even stopped believing in family and trust. But after all this while, I know one thing, the only person I am willing to hand over my heart to, the only person I am willing to take the calculated risk with is...you. Adam Parry? Will you be my boyfrie..?"

Before she could even finish her sentence, Alice felt herself enclosed in a tight hug. This time she hugged him back and breather in his scent, letting her frayed nerves soothe her. A heavy weight seemed to have lifted off from her shoulders now that she had stopped resisting her heart to him. There was only one thing that she wanted to ask. Pushing him away a bit, she looked up into his eyes and asked," Then, K? Are you really willing to accept me."

Smiling widely he placed a hard kiss on her lips and nodded his head. Before he could say more, Alice continued," Then can you promise me something?"

Her tone seemed to hint at something which the exuberant and usually observant K failed to notice as he agreed to promise her everything she wanted. What she said, however, stunned him speechless.

"Promise me that you will never hate me."

A hint of warning came to the periphery of his brain as he simply stared into her eyes before he asked in a confounded voice, "Shouldn't it be a promise to always love you?"

This time, Alice gave him a sad smile and cupped his face with her small hands, "K, I am a businesswoman and I know what I want. I already am aware you love me. And knowing you, once you give your love to someone, you will never take it back. For that I trust you. What I don't trust is myself. In the future, if I do something to hurt you, then can I ask that even of you don't talk to me, you will never hate me?"

K wanted to assure her that he believed her. That she would never do something that could make him hate her. Even though he wanted to say all this, looking at her, he could only promise," Come what may, Alice Faye, I promise to not just love you forever but also to never hate you."

Hearing the promise, Alice's wavering heart finally found stability and going on her tiptoes, she touched her lips to his, tasting their warm sweetness as well as her own salty tears. She need not resist her feelings anymore. She had found someone who would keep them safe for her for life. She wanted to tell K that she would forever be thankful for his love and cherish it for life. She pushed all her feelings into the kiss promising every promise that she could not say verbally because even though she could lay the world at his feet, she could not promise him a lifetime.

With their arms holding each other tightly, the two lovers kissed passionately, each of them hiding the fears in their heart but hoping for a better tomorrow. Finally as the snow started to fall around them, the two people separated. Laughing loudly, K turned her over, making her lean against the tree as he fell down on his knees,"Alice Faye, would you like to be my girlfriend?"

Giggling, she nodded and was once again collected into his arms as he picked her up and twirled her around in happiness. It was only as they were fully wet because of the snow did the two return to her room, hand in hand.

K was already planning to close the door and push Alice against it to continue where they had left off earlier but who would have thought that they would be caught red handed on the very first day of their new relationship.

Because as soon as the door opened, the five people turned their heads in unison and all five caught the hands that were tightly clasped. Phillippe, Apollo, Gyeom and IM could only stare in shock while Felix was the only one who still held his senses and said,"Finally!"

He then walked over to IM, poked the man in the shoulder and said,"Learn something from them."

Before walking mover to the couple,"Congratulations to both of you for finally becoming sensible.. The people in this room may need a while to recover. Why don't you take sister in law to your room?"