His deep brown eyes were still tightly closed, and his hands remained sideways as he slept peacefully. Even in his dream, for the first time, Alexander could confess he never had such peaceful sleep before. Just suddenly he began shaking. His hands began making strange movements while his eyes shut tighter than normal. From there his head moved left and right and he began mumbling some words that were uncertain to the person fitted right beside him.
" What is he saying? Mr. Alex, are you alright?" Her voice sounded with a look of worry all over her face, when he didn't stop mumbling to himself, she held his hands and tried to calm him down by leaning closer to him and placing her hands on his forehead.
" Mr. Alex, you're okay. Nothing gonna happen. You're safe" When she had said this, she used the duvet to cover him properly after checking his wounds. Alex immediately forced his eyes open while still breathing hard and when he saw her hands close to his body, he immediately held them with force.
Due to a little shock seeing him this savage, Alyssa widened her eyes in shock trying to find the right words to utter.
" what the hell are you doing here?" Alex questioned with a weak gaze. One thing Alex had loathed since he was a kid, especially after losing his mother was letting people witness his weak state, whenever he was sick, weak, or frightened he would keep all the pain to himself and overcome his sickness on his own too. He had always stayed alone during this period and only remembered his mother's last words before he was taken to his father.
*Don't you ever let anyone see you as a weakling, fight and learn to defend yourself*
His eyes turned bloody red again as he glared at Alyssa, and his grip on her hands became tighter due to the anger he wasn't trying to suppress.
" Mr. Alex... You..you are hurting me"Alyssa managed to spill out trying to release her hand from his forceful grip, but he wouldn't let go instead.
" you were in pain, I just couldn't watch you in pain all by yourself. "Alyssa confessed still struggling to release her hands. His silence made her curious about what was wandering through his mind at the moment. His eyes didn't even shift or flicker from gazing at her. Alyssa couldn't tell either what he was going to do next, but she felt the desire to lean closer and hug him tight.
" Get out"Alex finally broke the immense silence that filled the room startling Alyssa. He released her hands and took his gaze away from hers while turning roughly. As he tried lifting himself from the bed, a light wince escaped from his mouth making him retreat from doing so.
" Didn't you hear me? I ought to lose my temper any moment now". His voice sounded so frightening and as he turned to look at her, he could feel the fear that surrounded her making him release a smirk on the left side of his lips. He despised himself more for letting her see a weak side of him and wished there was a way he could let her forget everything she had seen.
Alyssa stood up without taking her gaze away from him and forced a smile before turning to leave. As she held the doorknob, she recalled something she had heard him utter while he was asleep but dismissed the thought of asking about it.
Immediately Alyssa closed the door behind her, Alex sat up on his bed and released a deep long breath to make him calm. He clenched his fist while his eyes examined his deep wound. Seconds later, he stood up without minding the pain and quickly grabbed his t-shirt.
The thought that he still had a long way to go in establishing a name for himself, and infusing fear in others made him furious. Not only that, but Alex also had the thought of building his business empire mostly to cover up for his true identity. Plans of maybe changing his name back also clouded his mind but that was the least of his problem.
His hand grabbed the door knob and he turned the door open immediately. As he took his steps out of the room, Alex slid his hands to the side of his pockets, while some strands of his hair were left to cover his eyes and some remained free at both sides of his head.
His phone whizzed at his back pocket making him release his hands from his pocket to draw his phone. His eyes suddenly lighted up a bit immediately after he got a glimpse of the message, but his expression changed back when he read all of it.
As he slid his phone back into his pocket, Alexander started towards the stairs and neither did an idea of what to do jerk right in his mind. His troubled state made him unable to realize he was approaching the lady he wasn't willing to see but needed something from.
When Alyssa realized he was back to his senses, she immediately took her gaze away from him and lowered her head a bit.
~Get out~ She cleared her throat at the remembrance of this statement and swiftly turned the other way to leave, she had no idea why he had called her into his home and it kept on pissing her off.
" Follow me" Alex stated without even taking a look at her. When she remained silent he turned and began taking his steps hoping she would tag along too, but his subconscious mind warned him otherwise.