Chapter 6 - The Ballroom

Raine's POV (continuation)

Just as everyone started socializing I took it as my cue that my role ends here and sat in the corner waiting for my boyfriend and his family to come as he messaged me that they would be late. Just as I was about to give him a call I saw them entering the room and him making eye contact with me but I didn't go meet them as no one except for his family know abouy thr relationship and I prefer it that way for now.

After breaking eye contact with him I gave a smile to all his family members which showed my dimples not knowing that a lot of people were looking at me because of the fact that he was looking at me only to end up being mesmerized by my smile but just as I realized that I schooled my emotions and went back to my own thoughts as there were a lot of things happening differently. Others going back to socializing as it was more important than the small moment of mine in a room filled with business opportunities for the people present in the room.

Alice's POV

I entered the ballroom to find my family members all there waiting for me and as soon as we reached we started greeting others for a while and with each passing second I grew tensed worrying my sister won't come just like in my dream, just as I was about to call my sister I saw my mom call and shout at her to come early to which she responded with "I will be there in 5" and when the time was up and I didnt see her I started searching the ballroom with a hope she was talking to some one and found her sitting in one dark corner of the room and locked eyes with her asking for a waiter to bring her to join us which she did without any defiance to my utter shock.

Just as she entered the brighter area of the room I saw how beautiful she was with her galaxy dress and little makeup. She came to us and before I could ask her anything my mom spoke telling her to behave which she did without any defiance shocking the entire family.

After my introduction was done by my dad and we started socializing she went to the corner and smiled with her dimples showing which I didn't know existed until now looking at the entrance of the opened door reaveling a group of people making me stunned realizing who she was smiling for because I thought she fell in love a lot long after me taking over the company and not this early. But she masks that smile very quickly before anyone could get a proper hold of it and dwells in her own thoughts as we go on socializing.

At 11:00pm the ball came to an end with everyone including us leaving the hotel to our home which left me exhausted and tired but I wanted to speak to her only to realize that even she has left the ball without telling any of us long back and I realized how we didn't care for her.

I wanted to search for her but decided against it the last moment so as to not alert my parents about anything I myself am not sure about. I went back to my room as soon as we reached home with my mind filled with thoughts of how in my dreams I overdosed her with drugs and when she didnt give the information I required even in that state and how I threatened her Boyfriend and his family to give up the company and caused their death slowly and painfully right in front of her eyes using her as my stepping stone and shield. And this is when I realized that I have no right to even have a little bit of anger on her for everything she did in my dream as I was the sole reason for everything that happened not only in my life but also her life. I can't even imagine how much pain she felt when her lover of so many years died when I can't bear the pain of my lover's death of 4 years even if it was just in dreams.

When I thought through everything I realized I have to make sure everything is right and I don't harm anyone especially Raine and her loved ones according to my dreams. I was glad that I dreamt of something like that be it true or not that happened for years from now.

With all these thoughts I went to a deep slumber only to be woken up by my mom to have my breakfast and go to work.