Chapter 2 A Look Alike

• Alex Point of View
• I didn’t expect to see Chloe walk into my office after being gone for weeks. She looked as beautiful as ever. Safe and I had been together before I met her sister, or rather-half-sister Alice.
• I had just been surprised to see someone who looked like Chloe. We ended up having a passionate night. Blinded by how much she looked like Chloe, I had even proposed and married her.
• “Can I help you?” I said sort of coldly and Chloe sighed. She sat at the desk facing me.
• “Alex, you can’t say that” she said and I scowled. Did she really mean that? She had disappeared for years and now she was back. What did she want anyway?
• “What do you want?” I snapped and suddenly she looked teary-eyed.
• “What do I want? I want you Alex. I came back for you” she said, and I laughed humorlessly.
• “Quit lying to me” I said, and shook my head.
• “You left for a week. No calls, no text, nothing. Now you expect me to believe you?” I asked, and she lowered her head down for a second, looking guilty, then she scowled.
• “It was Reyna,” Chloe said, and I frowned. What did Reyna have to do with all this?
• “What about Reyna?” I asked, and she broke down in a sob. Much as I wanted to be angry at her, I couldn’t bear to see her cry.
• “Shhh” I crooned softly, standing up to pull her into my arms. She sniffed and wrapped herself around my back.
• I pulled away and wiped the tears from her eyes.
• “Reyna threatened me. She asked me to leave, or she'd do horrible things to me.” She said and I scowled.
• “She did that?” I asked. I am so angry right now. So she had really made Chloe leave the country just because she didn’t want Chloe to be with me.
• “Am sorry I blamed you earlier” I said and she shook her head.
• “It isn’t your fault Alex, you didn’t know. My friend is very tricky and manipulative. She is also very jealous”, Chloe said, and I slammed my fist on the table. This needs to be stopped. I was done with Reyna's problems. I should just go ahead and grant her divorce and be done with it.
• But I still hesitated. I don’t know why, but anytime I thought of letting Reyna go. I just couldn’t.
• “Is she with you?” Chloe asked and I shook my head.
• “She left” I said, and Chloe frowned.
• “You gave her a divorce?” Sha asked and I shook my head.
• “No, she asked me to” I answered, and Chloe stared at me in surprise. I was pretty much surprised when she asked me to grant her the divorce.
• “Why?” Chloe asked and I shrugged. I grabbed a bottle of beer from a shelf and poured it into a glass and drank.
• “She found out about us. She had known the entire time” I said, and Chloe raised a brow, smiling, uncertain.
• “This is what we’ve wanted. Why didn’t you grant her a divorce” she asked, and I shook my head.
• “I can’t” I insisted and took another gulp of the beer, sighing as it burned down my throat.
• “Alex, what’s wrong? We are supposed to be married. Me and you, not her”, she said. He shook his head.
• “I can’t just bring myself to sign it, much as I want to,” I said bitterly, and poured another drink.
• “Alex, I have something to tell you” she said, and I stared at her. She looked deadly serious.
• “What is it?” I asked and she sighed. She wrung her fingers nervously. “You might not like it” she said, and I shook my head.
• “Just tell me Chloe,” I said, and she nodded. She ran her hand down my chest.
• “Reyna wasn’t always faithful. She was dating several men.” she said, and I stared at her in surprise. What did she mean but that? Much as I resented Reyna, I very much knew she didn’t have the heart for that.
• “That’s not true” I said, and Chloe looked at me with disapproval.
• “Then I am lying?” She asked. Her voice was a little bit sad and I sighed. I brushed a hair away from her forehead and she closed her eyes. She wrapped her hands around my neck and I kissed her softly on the lips.
• “I didn't mean it that way, love. I just never thought that Reyna of all people could do this” I said and frowned. Why was I even holding back? All I had to do was sign the damn divorce papers, but I just couldn’t. It was like an unseen force was pressing me back.
• Chloe pulled away and smiled at me, she looked so beautiful and stunning that I just stared, but that was not what made me stare. It was the fact that I could see Reyna's face on her own. It was unnerving how two friends looked so much alike, and it made me annoyed. I could not get rid of thoughts of Reyna from my head. Why in seven hells could I not even sign the divorce papers? Maybe the best way to forget about her was to even get engaged to Chloe and there’s nothing I’ll love more.
• “I have something for you” I said, and she grinned at me. I went behind the desk and opened one of the drawers and took out a box. It was the wedding ring I had given to Alice, which she had dropped when she left. I handed it to Cloe and she beamed.
• “Oh Alex. I am so happy. I love you” she said, and I captured her lips before pulling away. I stared at her bright gray eyes— eyes that seemed to pull me into their depths.
• “I love you too, Chloe. Will you do me the honor of being my wife?”