Chapter 69: Regret

Kia's POV

Then it hit me, I remember the day I walked into Alexia's room, I saw the fear in her eyes because she had not expected that I would come in there by that time of the night. She was clutching a book tightly to her chest before she hid it under the pillow.

"What is that?" I remember asking the minute I noticed her hiding something under her pillow.

"It ... It is nothing sir" she quivered, unable to look me straight in the eye. 

"It doesn't look like nothing to me"  I let out a throaty laughter. Stretching my hands to grab it from her.

"It truly is nothing" she insisted, not making any moves to hand it in.

"Nah ahh little mouse, now hand it in" I was losing my patience with her already.

She shook her head

"Hand it in now" I demanded.

I scanned through the book and it was filled with clothing designs, but this one, she had outlined it specifically, drawing butterflies around the page. 

I looked at the dress in the tablet and again and I knew it was the exact same dress I had seen in Alexia's sketch book.

"Kia, can you even hear me?"  Hazel's screeching voice caused me to pull out from my mild flashback. Cringing at the horrible way I had treated Alexia in the past.

"Of course of course. Um... This designer do you happen to have a picture of her and what she looks like? 

"Sadly, no. signer is being known for her oddly anonymous behavior. Can you imagine she appears on interviews with a mask? We were only able to denote that she was female from her body frame and voice. Other than that. No one knows what she is like. Even I would kill to get a glimpse of her" 

"Ohh, it is quite sad that a talent like her chose to,  remain anonymous," I said rather sadly than I had intended it to.

"Oh well, she will definitely come out of her shell one day and I will be there. Waiting in line as her number one fan!!"

"I should be going upstairs now.

"Hey, hold up thought you were accompanying me to the mall for the shopping?

I know you just want to freedom to buy as many things as you want. Here have this" I said, throwing her my ATM card. 

Surely, as I had guessed, she beamed at the sigcardf the black catd.

", Awwn, thanks my darling Kia. Forget about the comments I made earlier. I will seSheou later. Muah" she blew me a kiss before strutting out the door and into the car, obviously on her way to squander a lot of money and prove to those who cared that she was as well capable of buying the entire pack.

I went upstairs and lay in my bed till it was well into noon, the rumbling of my belly signifying that It was long overdue for me to eat. Standing up reluctantly I made my way downstairs for the second time today and walked straight into the kitchen. 

The leftover avocado toast being the only thing left from today's breakfast, I grabbed it and made to leave for my room, till a hand grabbed me.

"I am sorry sir, but"

But what Haati? What made me rush up to me in such a manner? I almost dropped my plate!

"I.. I am really sorry sir. She breathed, "I might have  overheard a bit of you and ma'am Hazel's conversation about.....", her voice trailed off, but judging from the flustered look on her face, I knew quite well what she referring to.

"Since when did eavesdropping become a polite thing?" I asked.  A bit calmer that it surprised me.

"I am sorry but Ionid not eavesdrop ok your conversation. Ma'am Hazel's voice was loud enough to be heard."

"So why are you coming up to me, telling me this?"

"Because... I.. because I might have a solution to your problems" I burst out laughing hysterically, knowing what she was driving at. "Alright let me make this simple. I have no plans of getting iinvolve anotheryet aanotherwoman, you understand me?"

"Not everyone wants to end up in your bed sir" , she said tears streaming down her cheeks. "Even if everyone wants to get into your bed, I, Haati Alfonso will never ever daydream about getting in your bed. O Will leave you now."

"No, Haati. I am sorry. For my outburst now and in for that of the morning. I have really not been in the best of moods."

"Because of Alexia?" She suddenly asked, out of the blues, her words catching me by surprise.

"How did you know about her?" I questioned. Even I could hear how my voice quavered at the mention of her name.

"I heard about her a couple of times" she shrugged. Keeping me tongue tied.

"I heard you treated her quite badly," she said with a Faraway look in her eyes.  "I am guessing that is the reason for the you know..." She hesitated, "issue."____

She was quite right and I knew she was. I knew my problem came from the awful way I had treated Alexia. I could not shake off the fact that she might have cursed me or something. I mean she more or less had every right to do so. 

"She had not cursed you" Haati said, as if reading my mind. "But you had hurt and broken a pure heart. So the universe cursed you instead."

"Do you think there is a way I can solve it? You know like appease the universe or something?

"My grandma... Well she is a witch," she said taking a step back... "I am aware of the rivalry between the wolves and the witches."

"Why are you telling me this?" I asked my gaze still fixated on her.

"Because well, she can help you and I can see that you are not all a bad person. You are just surrounded by the wrong crowd"

I let her words sink in. Remembering the time when I had given Amber a lot of power, remembering how badly I had treated Alexia. No I was definitely a bad person, but I was not going to tell her that.

"Is there a way I can appease the universe without having to meet your grandma? I asked still unsure about meeting with a witch.

"You would have to find Alexia and apologize.

"But I had already searched everywhere-

My words were cut short when the television made an abrupt sound.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Stelle Gavinoch and with me is the most talked about designer. Welcome, The Well known ALEXIAN of ALEXIAN stitches to star news interview and why's more she is without a mask" the moderator beamed from the television.

I had initial plans of switching off the TV so as to continue my discussion with Haati, when I saw that face. The face that had haunted my dreams every night. 

I guess Haati must have seen the look on my face that had prompted her question, "I believe she is the one" 

I nodded a slow answer to her question. There waI no miItaken who i was staring at. 

It was Alexia!!