Chapter Thirty-Three

I am frozen on the spot, what the heck am I going to do. I want to know what's going on, but I also don’t want them to see me.

My phone starts buzzing in my hand again, I should not answer. I do not want to talk to him, at the same time he needs to know this.

It buzzes in my hand a few more times, then I hit the green button.

“Gen, where are you?”

“Why does it matter”.

“What do you mean why does it matter you left without saying anything”.

“You said plenty enough for the both of us last night Grey”.

“Look can you just come back we need to talk this out”.

“I can’t I’m busy”.

“When will you be back Gen. We need to talk about this “

“I don’t know if I will be back”


“What’s that supposed to mean, please will you just come back to the apartment I’ll have jack pick you up”


“No Greyson”

With that, I put the phone down. I will go back eventually but I will go back when I have a solid plan and when I know what the hell Alex is doing with Brittany.

I Manage to slide back in the room behind someone else, sliding into a table far enough away that I can see them, but they cannot see me, and I watch.

She practically throws herself at Alex as she sips on champagne at 10.30 am, what gets me the most is how much she seems to be enjoying it.

Taking my phone out I snap a few pictures of them, then I know exactly what to do. I slide further down in my seat and dial Alex’s number, eyes still fixated on him.

He pulls out his phone and then steps away from Brittany who does not look fazed.

“Hi Gen, I’m so glad you called”.

“Hey Alex, yes me too. I know you wanted to meet up, so I was wondering if you were free for brunch in half an hour?”

Watch him as he remains silent on the phone looking between his watch and the blond at the bar.

“Sure, I can do that I may be a little bit later than half an hour”


“Okay no problem, shall we say the usual place?”

“Okay sounds great, I’m looking forward to it”


“Great. By Alex”

I watch as he makes his way back over to her, he starts talking and his face seems to distort. She is visibly angry as she slams her glass down.

A few moments later Alex leaves presumably to meet me. Brittany remains a few moments longer and then pulls out her key card and heads for the hotel lifts.

Once it’s clear I head outside and hail for a taxi, as I climb in and it starts moving, I see Alex walking in the direction of the restaurant.

Once outside the restaurant I wait, having no intention of eating with Alex. Around 10 minutes later he walks up to me smiling.

“Shall we go inside?”

“We left it a bit late to book and they are full”.

I point in the direction of the park.

“I thought maybe we could get coffee and walk?”

We buy some tea and coffee from a small vendor just inside the park and begin to walk. I am desperate to ask him what he has been up to, to see if he will tell me the truth but I need to wait.

I cannot appear too pushy and I suppose I must see what Alex will say to me first. There is an uncomfortable silence between us.

“Look Gen, I know you are really mad at me still, but I am so sorry”


“I’m not mad”


In a way I am not, at least I am not mad at what he is apologising for.

“I’m confused but not mad “


He sighs and stops walking ushering me towards a bench.

“I don’t know what made me wait until that day to tell you how I feel”


“I just don’t get it, Alex, after all that time”


“Well, I was with Mia, and then every time I thought about asking you out after we broke up, I chickened out”.

“So, you tried to kidnap me instead? That logic is flawed Alex”.

“No. That wasn’t the plan. I just thought when I told you, you might feel it too, and you would come with me willingly”


“I see “


I don’t what would have made him think that I’ve always loved Alex, but I’ve never given him any indication it was more than that.

“I assume that it means you don’t feel the same”.

“It’s not that I don’t love you Alex, but I don’t love you in that way and I’m sorry to say I never have”.

“But I saw the way you looked at me sometimes”


“I looked at you like a woman who appreciated a man nothing more”


“What’s that supposed to mean”


“It means you’re not attractive and I appreciated that, but I just wanted what’s best for you, I never thought that was me “


“Right. So, answer me this then Gen. If you do not love me, are you in love with Greyson”.

If he had asked me this yesterday, I would not have hesitated to say yes to him, but now I’m not sure.

“Why does it matter?”

“What do you mean why does it matter? If I can't make you happy, I at least want to know the person you are with makes you happy”.

“Then Yes, Greyson makes me happy”


That was not a lie, thinking back to some of the times we have had together I could answer that one honestly.

“I never thought you would be one to fall for his charms Gen”.
The tone in his voice has changed, he sounds angry now. He stands up to put his rubbish in the bin before checking his watch.

“I’m sorry Gen, I forgot I have somewhere to be”.

I am shocked that he would just walk away from me because he did not get to hear what he wanted. He gets a few steps away before he turns back.

“You know you should be careful Gen, there are quite a few people out to get Greyson, you don’t want to get caught in the crossfire”.

With that he carries on walking away, his words leave a chill down my spine. Did Alex just threaten me?
I sit on the bench a little longer going through my options.

Maybe I should just go back to the apartment. It's getting late now, and I should tell Greyson what I saw. I reluctantly pull out my phone and dial his number.

“Genevieve”

“Yes Greyson”

“What’s going on, will you please just come back so we can talk this through “

“I’m on my way I’ll be back in an hour”.

“I’ll come and get you just wait”.

“No, it’s fine. I think you are still over the limit; besides, I like the walk”.

He reluctantly agrees and I begin the walk back. It feels like hours but, it was twenty minutes and I made it back to the apartment.

Climbing into the lift my bag still on my shoulder I wait for the doors to open on the floor. One they open I see Greyson standing waiting for me.

“Genevieve, are you okay?”

He grips my face as if he has not seen me in years.

“I’m fine, can we go inside?”

He nods, taking the bag from me and carrying it inside. We both take a seat on the sofa.

“Look I’m so sorry about last night, I don’t know what I did but I’m sorry”


“How can you apologise when you don’t know what you’re apologising for?”


He does say anything just looks shocked.

“Anyway, that’s not important right now. That is something so trivial.”

“What do you mean, where did you go this morning “


“Well, that’s a long story, after last night I decided that if you wouldn’t help Brittany then I would, so I went to her hotel.”

“What do you mean help her? Help her with what?”

“Help her to set herself up when you and Max discard her.”

“But she is in the wrong for this too”.

“I don’t disagree with what she did was wrong but what you would have done to her was worse. To take everything from a person and humiliate them without a care in the world is wrong”.

He contemplates my words for a second, then it is like a lightbulb goes off in his head.

“That’s why you are mad, isn’t it? What I was willing to do to her was... It was what he did wasn’t it “

“Yes”

He grabs hold of my hand and squeezes.

“I’m sorry. For real this time”

It is hard to stay mad at him when he is currently giving me his puppy dog eyes.

“Accepted. Although it doesn’t really matter now.”

“What?”

I take a deep breath knowing that what I am going to share with him is going to make him even angrier than he was last night.

“Well Greyson, it seems that your brothers game has more players than he realised”.

Pulling out my phone I show him the picture I snapped of Brittany and Alex. He stares at it intently.

“But she's drinking, and where is the bump??”

“I don’t know but look who she is sitting with?”

“Alex”

It comes out as a whisper; I can tell he is trying to process all of this information.

“I don’t understand. Max thinks she pregnant and Jack to her to the hospital when we were away”.

I shrug my shoulders; I too have no idea what is going on. Greyson pulls out his phone and a few seconds later there is a knock on our front door.

“Thanks for coming up Jack”.

Jack walks in and looks around the room awkwardly so I give him a small smile.

“Jack has a seat, there is nothing to worry about I just need to ask you a few questions “

“Okay Sir”


A now incredibly sweaty Jack is sitting in silence waiting for Greyson to speak.

“Jack, when we were on holiday and you had to take Brittany to the hospital”.

“Yes Sir”


“Did you go into the room with her?”

He thinks for a few moments.

“No sir, she asks me to wait outside and I obliged as the situation was sensitive”.

“Okay thank you”.

Greyson paces the room a few more times before stopping.

“Jack, I need you to find out the name of the doctor that saw hers a matter of urgency”.

“Yes Sir, I’ll get right on it”


Jack stands and exits the room.

“Greyson what are you thinking?”

I watch him pace again.

“I’m thinking that we need to end this once and for all”.

“I know we do Grey, but how we don’t even know when this party of your fathers is?”

He walks over to the door and pulls something from the table beside it.

“Actually, that we do know. This came for us today”.

I open the envelope and begin to read.

“Two days? Your dad’s party is in two days ?”


“Yes. So, we have until then to figure this whole thing out”.

“Wow talk about adding in some pressure Grey, what are we going to do?”


Greyson finally sits back down.

“Well, we change the slide for sure, people have to know Max is a cheater and then there is the issue of the fake pregnancy”.

“I think I know what to do about that. Leave it with me. But we are going to have to deal with Alex again soon”.

Greyson raises his eyebrow at me. I tell him all the events of today including how Alex had pretty much threatened me before he walked away.

Something changes in his eyes.

“He threatened you?”

“Well yes, but I don’t think it was anything serious. It was more of a passing comment “


“Of course, it's serious Gen, he obviously has it out or you and for us, the guy tried to kidnap you on your wedding day. I’m not going to let you out of my sight”.

He pulls out his phone and starts messaging furiously, no longer focused on me.

“That’s a bit dramatic don’t you think?”

He begins walking towards his office.

“No, it’s not. I protect the ones I love”.