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Juliet slowly reached her hand out to his face and tried to caress his face like her heart was telling to, but Alex turned his face and moved a feet away from her... He knew he wouldn't be holding himself back if she did so. "I should get going," Alex said in a low voice and hesitantly looked away from her... Juliet sighed and wanted to face palm herself. Why was he confusing her this way... What was wrong with him. why was he acting? This way, all of a sudden, was she too fast? "Are you really going to leave again?" She asked him, eyes filled with confusion. She reached out and held his hand... Alex stared at her and had to fist his hand so hard that his knuckles started to turn white so he wouldn't kiss her... he wanted to hold her hand again and caressed her face... she was so beautiful and tempting... he knew he had fallen for her already... he fell for he the first time he saw her... he could feel his heart pumping so fast on his chest... The spark between them was mesmiring... Just being with her made him feel like life was worth living... she made him happy in his sad life... she was like a bright colour to him... a rainbow after a gloomy sky... How could he not fall for her? It was hard not to... "I just need to clear my head," He managed to say in a low voice and hoped she would let go of his hand so he could leave... He knew if he stayed for a few more minutes, he wouldn't be able to control himself anymore... "I need to clear my head too... why don't we go for a walk? " She suggested, her eyes filled with anticipation and hope that he wouldn't turn her down... Why was she making things hard for him... "Or would you prefer to be alone?" She added, and she slowly let go of his hand when he nodded. Alex could see the disappointment in her eyes... She was finding it hard to understand him and why he was acting this way... "I will call you," Alex said, but she didn't nod or answer him. she just turned away, not wanting to watch him leave... She didn't want to look pathetic and hold on to him... What if she had been misreading his signals the whole time... what if she was the only one who liked him and he was simply just being nice to her? thoughts like that kept popping into her mind... Did he like someone else? Alex stared at her for a few seconds before he finally turned and hesitantly walked out of her front door... Shs heard his footsteps as he left and waited till he was out of her door. Juliet finally turned when she heard her front door close, and she watched as he walked to his car... Her eyes filled with sadness and confusion. Maybe he didn't like her. But the way he looked at her, she wasn't blind, he cared for her... he was confusing her. If he didn't like he then she would prefer if he didn't show up in front of her anymore and make her fall for him the more... She didn't want to be left with a one-sided crush and ended up being the only one who would be hurt in the process... "idiot!" She muttered under breath when she opened her door to look at him, but he was already in his car... Alex got into his car and drove away... He had gotten on her nerves already... She went back into her house and slammed her front door... feeling both disappointment and anger... He had been so caring earlier that day, and now he had made her mad... what was his problem... ______________ _______________ "You are such a fool," Alex muttered under his breath as he drove away from her house... He wanted to stop his car and go back there to let her know how he felt... he felt like he was going to go crazy because of how conflicted he was feeling... A frown immediately settled on Alex face when he drove past the spot that a car almost ran them over.... He parked his car and walked over to the place... The moment replayed in his mind again... his eyes scanned the area, and their were no cctvs nearby... so there was no way he could show what happened to the police... Patrick was yet to call to give him feedback even after he had given him the plate number of the car... He sighed deeply and walked back to his car.... He dialled a number, and the call was answered on the second ring... "Have you found out who it was?" He asked Patrick, who he had called at the hospital... "Not yet, sir, but I will in a few minutes. How is Miss Juliet? " "She is fine, assign another person to watch her." L Alex instructed he had seen the window bars at her house, and it wouldn't be hard for someone to break in... He would have to have some installed new ones and a security system around her house... Even though what he really wanted was to move her to a new place that was safe... He had a penthouse and wished she would agree to stay there, but he knew she would immediately decline his offer... She had no reason too... He wasn't even sure if he could show up in front of her again after what had just transpired between the both of them... "Have you found out who it was?" Patrick asked the person he called to run the plates after ending the call with his boss... "I will be right back," Max said to him, and Patrick sighed, glancing at his watch... He only has less than thirty minutes before Alex would call him again to ask about it, Alex hated to be kept waiting... Who the hell had such a nerve to try something like that... Max came back a few moments later and handed a piece of paper to Patrick, and Patrick's eyes immediately grew wide when he saw the name of the paper... The car was under Mr Dawson's name, and it couldn't have been him... Someone immediately popped into his mind, Gina... Alex was going to be furious about this! Patrick sighed deeply as he dialled Alex number, he could already imagine the look on Alex's face... what was her problem? Was she crazy!