Heartless

Chapter 4

"Just leave it alone Reed. He's dead, that's the end of it." I shouted as I pushed him away and made my way down the long hallway.

"Fine. Your bedroom is the first on the left" he shouted before slamming his study door closed.

I soon found my room. It was huge, with a king sized bed, en-suite, walk in wardrobe as well as a TV.

It was gorgeous, with a colour scheme of grey and white and multiple vases of flowers to add colour. I could definitely get used to this.

I noticed all of my belongings were already placed around the room. I can't believe he broke into my apartment...actually, I can believe it.

I rushed over to my jewellery box to double check that my locket had made it safely and fortunately it had. I breathed a sigh of relief before looking around the rest of my new room.

It was beautiful, which meant that I couldn't hate it as much as I wanted to.

A single tear dropped down my cheek after I reminisced on the conversation I'd just had with Reed. He didn't even see me as a person, just an object that he now claimed as his own.

I wasn't sure if I'd be able to last in this house alone with him. Luckily, it's so big that I can probably avoid him. I'll just live my life ignoring him until I want to go out.

I suppose that could work.

He doesn't seem too eager to be friends and neither am I. Honestly, I want nothing to do with him or his awful mafia.

I was perfectly happy with my life in Maple Creek before he came along and ruined it. I suppose Logan was partially to blame as well, but now he's gone for good.

The only thing I know for sure, is that I hate Reed Eastwood.

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The next morning I woke up at around 8.30AM after I barely slept all night due to the thoughts and questions running around my head.

I quickly showered and changed into my clothes for the day and headed downstairs. I knew where the kitchen was as I'd made myself a snack before I went to bed, but the rest of the house was a mystery to me. It was far too big for one man, that's for certain.

I walked in and jumped slightly when I saw a girl already stood behind the kitchen island. She had long pastel pink hair and bright blue eyes which were accentuated by her makeup.

"Oh, good morning! You must be Julia." she smiled as she rushed to hug me.

I wasn't sure who this woman was as Reed had never mentioned her before. She seemed around my age and was really sweet though, maybe she'd make this move a little easier on me.

"Erm yeah, that's me."

"It's so nice to meet you, I'm Ivy."

"Oh Blade mentioned you last night, are you Reed's girlfriend or something?" I asked curiously.

"Oh no silly, I'm his maid. I also cook for him when Jocelyn isn't here." she giggled.

"Jocelyn?"

"Sorry, I keep forgetting that you're so new around here. Jocelyn is the old lady who usually cooks for Reed. I'm the maid and we're pretty much the only people who work in the house apart from the security guards."

"Well thank you, that's nice to know."

"Oh please, sit down, I'll make you some breakfast. I hope we can become good friends, I'm quite new around here myself and it can get pretty lonely."