REJECTED: The Alpha Behind The Mask

Victoria’s POV

”This can’t be true.” I yelled out.

I can’t believe it, how can I be in the year 2021 when all I could remember was that it was a few weeks to my eighteenth birthday, and now I’m in the year 2021, which means I should be twenty-four years old.

This explains why the tone of my voice sounded a bit different. No wonder, I felt my body having a different shape and my hair became longer.

“Get me a mirror.” I pleaded in fear and panic.

The doctor signaled his nurse, who handed a mirror to me.

I took a deep breath and slowly stared at the mirror, only to see a more beautiful and older me in the mirror.

“How is this possible?” I whispered to myself and gently ran my fingers on my face.

“It’s been six years now, we are in the year 2021.” the doctor explained again to my hearing.

“2021.” I whispered to myself.

If we are in 2021, then where is my Aunt, and how is she doing? What have I done with my life for the past six years? Did I go to university? Did I pay dad’s debt? All these thoughts buzzed in my head as I stared at everyone in the room.

“Where is my Aunt?” I asked in panic.

“She is in California,” the green-eyed man replied.

“Sir.” I stood up and rushed to him. “Sir, can you please take me to my aunt.”? I begged with my two hands in front of him.

He released a heavy sigh before speaking, “Firstly, I’m not sir, but my name is Eric, and secondly, I will take you to your aunt once you are discharged.” he smiled at me and went for my cheek, but I moved away. I hated the way I felt whenever he was close to me.

Tiredly, I walked back to the doctor and peered at him with curiosity before speaking up,

“Does it mean I won’t get my lost memories?” I asked in fear.

“You will, but we don’t know the exact time. Some takes days, some takes months and some even years,” he explained.

Hearing those words from him, I slowly shook my head and relaxed on the chair with my eyes closed.

My last memory was me preparing dinner while my aunt was in the living room watching a TV show.

“Don’t force yourself to remember anything.” the doctor warned, and shook my arms, bringing me back to reality. Slowly, I opened my eyes and stared at everyone in the room before meeting the eyes of the green-eyes man.

I must confess, his eyes were the most amazing sets of eyes I have seen in a man. It lightened up whenever he smiled, but I could also notice there was sadness in those eyes, despite how hard he was hiding it from me.

“Who are you?” I asked curiously.

“He is nobody.” I heard a voice from the door and saw a man walking in.

“Sea blue eyes man.” I murmured to myself.

“Stop this, Elliot.” the green-eyed man spoke angrily.

The sea-blue-eyed man ignored him and walked up to me. When he got to me, he lowered his head to my face and flashed me a big smile before speaking up, “That man over there is the reason you are here.” he expressed those words like he was so sure of it, which made me move my gaze to the green eyes man who met eyes with me and quickly looked away out of guilt.

“What he just said, is that true?” I asked, hoping it wasn’t true.

”Mister?” I called out to him, which made him move away from the wall and tried coming closer to me, but I stopped him with my hand.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

“Stay back.” I yelled in panic and stood to my feet. “What did you do to me?” I asked as I moved closer to him.

“Let me explain.” He pleaded, “There is nothing to explain.” Sea-blue eyes man cut him off.

“You have to stay away from this man, you hated him and wanted nothing to do with him.” Sea-blue eyes man warned me and took hold of my hands. “Let me explain everything to you.” He smiled at me and led me back to my seat.

“I will be back to run another test on you.” the doctor said and left the room.

I stared at the green eyes man who stared back at me with guilt in his eyes before looking away.

“You have to listen to me, please don’t listen to him.” green eyes man pleaded, still avoiding my gaze.

I stared back at green eyes man who took a seat before me and was about speaking, but I signaled him to stop, “I would prefer not to hear it.” I murmured to his hearing.

For strange reasons, something in me was not anxious to hear about it, it felt like it was better I did not hear what he was about to say.

“I will definitely get back my lost memory.” I said those words, walked back to the bed and sat on it.

“Please leave.” I murmured to their hearing and laid back on the bed as I felt tears clouding in my eyes, but none of them made a move.

“I said leave.” I cried, covering my face with the pillow, and heard footsteps indicating they were leaving.

“No.” I cried out as I took my face off.

How did I get here, how can it be six whole years gone, why do bad things keep happening to me?

I sat back on the bed, closed my eyes, but I still couldn’t remember anything apart from the dinner I was preparing that night.

I left the bed, walked around the room aimlessly with tears-filled eyes.

I picked up the mirror from the chair and stared at my face one more time. Indeed, they were telling the truth, my face was a bit older, my brown eyes were still the same, small lips and longer hair.

I stared at myself in the mirror, and it felt like I was staring at my older twin, the person looks exactly like me but much older.

I kept back the mirror and continued walking around the room with folded arms as I struggled to remember any of my lost memory, but I couldn’t remember a thing.

Tiredly, I sat back on the bed, wiped off the tears from my cheeks with the back of my palms and took a deep breath to calm down my nerves.

I moved my gaze around the room until my gaze fell on some clothes folded and kept in a corner.

Quickly, I stood up from the bed and went for the clothes. I picked it up and took a better look at it. It was a turtle-neck short blue dress, black jeans and a black jacket.

Staring at the clothes in my hands, I could tell it was mine.

I released a heavy sigh and went for the pocket of the jeans, but found nothing. I went through the pocket of the jacket and noticed there were a few foreign currencies and a card.

I took a good look at the card and discovered the card belonged to one prince Liam Morrison.

I closed my eyes and tried to remember how I got this card, but still couldn’t remember a thing. I kept back the clothes, walked back to my bed and sat on it and continued staring at the card in my hand.

Staring at the card, I realized this prince stays in California and was also a CEO of a company, but how on earth did I get the card of such a wealthy person? Who did I become after six years, what happened in my life, how did things later turn out for me? Did I pay up dad’s debt, or was the house taken from me?

All these were questions I needed answers to, but no one could answer these questions except my Aunt, who I needed to find.

The door opened, and a nurse walked in, flickered a big smile at me before speaking, “I’m here to give you your drugs.” She handed some drugs to me, which I took from her and swallowed them with some water.

“I will be outside. Call me if you need anything.” she said, and was about walking away when I called her back.

“Please excuse me.”

She turned and stared at me with a big comforting smile on her face.

“Do you need anything?” she asked.

Judging from the way she talks to me, I believe I could get little information from her.

“Please, can you tell me how I got here?” I asked, almost like a plea.

She stood there and thought for a moment before taking the seat before me.

“You were rushed in by one of the men a few days ago, your head was badly injured, and you were bleeding profusely.” she explained with a pitiful look.

“Which of the men?” I asked,

“Mr. Eric, he was the one who rushed you in.”

“Green eyes man.” I murmured to myself, this explains why he couldn’t defend himself when the sea-blue eyes man accused him of putting me in this condition.

I took a deep breath and wondered how I had a hit on my head and why he would hit me on my head this badly.

Were both of us having a fight, or did I do something bad so that he got angry and hit me? I need answers to all these questions.

“Don’t you remember him?” the nurse asked,

“No.” I slowly shook my head as I tried to remember him or the sea blue-eyes man, but my memories were blank of them.

“Too bad, he claims he is your boyfriend.” the nurse murmured to herself, but I could clearly hear her.

I felt my head spin around, and I couldn’t control myself from panicking due to the information I just got.

“Boyfriend?” I asked with stunned eyes.

“Yes, when he admitted you, he wrote he was your boyfriend in your admission form.” the nurse replied and stood to her feet.

“Does it mean we had a fight, and he did this to me?” I mumbled to myself, but the nurse heard me. She blinked a smile and placed her two hands on my shoulders like my aunt will always do when she sees me worried or distressed.

“I know you are going through a lot, and you need answers, but I can comfortably tell you that Mr. Eric really loves and cares for you, maybe you should ask him some questions.” she smiled and patted my shoulders before leaving the room.

“He cares for me.” I murmured to myself in disbelief.

Nervously, I stood up from the bed and wandered around the room as so many thoughts buzzed in my head.

How on earth did I start dating a man? For all I can remember, a relationship was never my goal, all I wanted was to pay up dad’s debt and go to the University. Then how on earth did I date such a handsome man?

By his looks, it appears he was wealthy, putting on expensive watches and clothes. Even when he speaks, he speaks with so much authority and power, then how on earth did I meet such a man and even date him?

I roughly ran my fingers through my hair as I struggled to remember anything about him, but I couldn’t.

I was still in deep thoughts when realization hits me, “Oh my goodness,” I exclaimed loudly as a thought buzzed in my head.

If we were really dating, that means we must have had sex together, and I’m no longer a virgin.

”Goodness.” I felt my legs become weak, and my palms became sweaty as the thought of having sex with such a fine young man rang in my head.

With panic, I sat back on the bed and wondered how my first time was. Was he my first boyfriend, or did I date someone else before dating him? So many questions that needed answers.

And the sea-blue eyes man who was he to me, and why do I feel so close to his daughter Catherine like she was a lost friend to me.

So many mysteries that need to be solved.

Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my head, which forced me to lay back on the bed. I tried to force myself to stay awake, but before I knew it, I drifted to sleep.

Slowly, I opened my eyes while I exclaimed in pain as I tiredly massaged my forehead. Curiously, I looked around the room and met eyes with the green eyes man seated on the one-seater couch before me.

Staring into his eyes, I could notice his green sparkling eyes were dull and out of life and for a strange reason, I couldn’t explain why I felt a sharp pain in my heart, seeing him that way.

Slowly, I sat on the bed and noticed he was still staring at me with no emotion on his face.

I sat on the bed and gulped nervously as I felt his gaze on me.

“Hey,” he called out and slowly walked up to me. “It’s noon, and you haven’t eaten, so I thought I should get you some food.” he stood a bit far from me and handed a bag of food to me.

I stared at the bag in his hand for a while before taking it from him. “Thanks.” I whispered and opened the bag of food, which contained a cheeseburger and hot dogs.

Staring at the food, I realized he didn’t know I didn’t like hot dogs, and I wondered how long we must have dated that he couldn’t notice that I didn’t eat it.

Slowly, I picked up the cheeseburger and took a bite of it into my mouth and chewed slowly while his gaze was still on me.

I took another bite of the cheeseburger and totally avoided his gaze.

“You don’t eat hot dogs?” he asked, “Yes.” I replied and took a bite of the cheeseburger into my mouth.

I heard him sigh before taking the seat before me, while I ate in silence, and none of us said a word until I finished eating.

I drank some water and left the soft drink he bought for me.

“Thanks.” I whispered to his hearing while he nodded his head but did not say a word.

We sat there in silence for a while until I decided to bring up a conversation, so I would find out more about myself.

“How long have we been dating?” I asked with my eyes on him. He stared at me with stunned eyes before speaking. “How did you know that?”

“It doesn’t matter, just tell me how long we’ve been together.” I asked, curiously.

He kept quiet for a while before responding, “Three years.”

I nodded my head and thought If we’ve been dating for three years, that means I’ve lived three years of my life knowing him.

“Do I have friends?” I asked,

“One, just one friend,” he replied.

I nodded my head to his words because I knew he was telling the truth. I remembered I was the type who doesn’t keep friends, so definitely I wouldn’t have many friends.

We sat there in an awkward silence until I spoke up again, “Where do I live.” I asked so that I would know if I really paid dad’s debts.

“When you were in California, you were sharing a room with your friend, but here in Australia, you stayed with Elliot and his family.”

His words made me realized I had not paid up dad’s debts and must have lost the house, but where was my aunt staying?

“You promised to take me back to aunt.” I asked, almost like a plead. “Yes.” he nodded his head and avoided my gaze.

I relaxed when I heard those words from him, I just needed to see my aunt and get my answers from her.

I held gaze with him and noticed he was staring at me with so much interest that I felt like he was trying to pierce through my soul.

I gulped and looked away when I felt cold shivers run down my spine, and I marveled why my body would react this way just with his mere gaze on me.

“Were you my first time?” I did not know when that slipped out of my lips.