Now and Forever novel Chapter 30

"Bethany?!" I exclaimed, my eyes wide open.

"What are you doing here?!" This girl is so unbelievable! She would really come all the way to Hawaii just because Alexander's here?! On his honeymoon?!

I stared at her wide eyed as she just smirked back at me and took a sip from her champagne.

She was wearing a midnight blue to piece swimsuit and as usual she looked amazing.

"What? Worried I came here to steal your husband? On his honeymoon? Oh come on Amelia, how shallow do you think I am?" She took a step towards Damon.

Very shallow Bethany, I think you're very shallow.

"Anyways... Damon, you said you were going surfing." She said as she looked over at Damon.

Wait, hold up. Are they dating?!

"No Amelia, we're not dating." Damon said with a soft smile on his lips, which were nothing compared to Alexander's lips.

Just saying!

If they're not dating, how do they know each other and why did he tell her where he was going?

I crinkled my eyebrows in confusion as I looked in between the both of them.

"Amelia, this is Bethany-" no shit Sherlock.

"My sister."

Pardon? Hot man with the nice hair say what?!

Yeah, I think he had nice hair, deal with it!

I looked in between them to make sure they weren't lying.

Damon just chuckled while Bethany rolled her eyes and took another sip from her champagne flute.

"Wow." I whispered and took a seat on the chair.

"You guys really are siblings?" I asked and looked up at both of them.

They nodded their heads yes.

"But.. But you guys look nothing alike." I reasoned as I looked at both of their facial features, looking for similarities.

"It doesn't matter. Damon, can you please lend me your card to buy a dress for tonight's gala?" Is, she, serious?!

Doesn't she have like a billion designer dresses she can wear to.. whatever's there tonight?!

"No Bethany, you packed a lot of dresses so I'm sure you can find something to wear." Damon said.

"But.. but I've worn all of them." Bethany whined.

"No, Bethany, wait..." he then turned to me, "Amelia, did you even know about the gala tonight?"

"No, is that why you guys came?"

Damon nodded his head yes and Bethany took a sip from her drink.

"Did you bring any dresses that you could wear to the gala?"

I shook my head no, my eyebrows furrowed out of confusion.

He smiled, which I noticed he does a lot, not like someone else I know. *cue mental eye roll*

"How about, we go, and buy you a dress?"

"What?!" Bethany and I shouted at the same time.

"It's either that, or you borrow a dress from Bethany. Choose." He then turned on his heel and walked away, board in hand.

As I was still watching him go, Bethany grabbed my hand, her claw like nails digging into my skin.

"Hey!-" I was cut off by her dragging me to the entrance of what looked like a hotel.

"What are you doing?!" I screamed in horror as she continued dragging me.

"I'm not going to let my brother buy you a dress! If he's not going to buy me one, he shouldn't buy you one either!" She gritted in between her teeth.

"I'm not going to let him buy me a dress!" I whisper shouted when we were in an elevator along with other people.

"You don't know my brother like I do! If I don't lend you a dress, he's not going to stop until he buys you dress! He'll even come over to wherever you're staying!" She whisper shouted back.

"And thats a bad thing because...?" I trailed off, referring to him coming to the villa.

"I don't think Audrey has told you, but him and Xander don't get along. If he comes over to your villa, they'll beat each other up to a pulp!" I don't know if I'm over exaggerating or something, but I swear I heard fear in her voice.

"Fine! You can let go of my arm now." She let go and I massaged the part she had gripped.

"Why do they hate each other anyway?" I asked when we were in the hallway.

"Why are you still talking to me?" She asked.

"Because- you know what? Never mind. I also don't know why I am." She rolled her eyes and continued walking.

She opened the door with a key card I didn't know she had and pushed the door open.

At this point, I'm not even surprised that they were staying in a presidential suite.

I followed her through the living room, the hallway and into her bedroom.

She walked into her closet and I followed.

She walked over to some clothes that I assumed were the evening gowns because they were long dresses.

She pulled out a navy blue dress and tossed it over to me.

"You can wear that one because I don't look nice in it." She feigned a smile.

"Then why do you have it?"

"Get out Amelia."

"Fine, no need to be rude about it." She rolled her eyes at my comment and continued looking through her dresses.

As I was walking on the beach, towards the villa, my phone rang. I looked at the caller ID and rolled my eyes.

I silenced my phone, ignoring the call and continued walking, enjoying the feeling of sand in between my toes.

"Where the hell have you been?!" Alexander shouted when I walked through the back door.

"The beach." I answered and walked past him without giving him a glance.

"Since 3:00?!" I then checked my phone and it read 6:40.

"Mhm." I replied and walked up the stairs.

"Amelia!"

"What?"

"Would you stop and look at me while I'm talking to you!"

I stopped in my tracks and looked at him, dead in the eyes.

"What do you want? I have to get ready for the gala that you never told me about." I turned around and walked into our room.

I left the door open because I know that he was following me.

"I was going to tell you if you hadn't run out to the beach!"

"You could have called." I said as I put the dress on a hanger, at this point, I don't even know how I was so calm.

"You wouldn't have answered!"

"Gee, I wonder why."

"Amelia, look at me!" He took a hold of my arm and spun me around. And pay attention to the 'took a hold' not 'grabbed' but 'took a hold.'

"What was that all about?!" Alexander whisper shouted in my ear. A shiver ran down my back involuntarily and goosebumps rose on my arms.

"What was what all about?" I asked, playing dumb.

"You know what I'm talking about, that smile?"

"What? I was just being polite."

"Well try being polite in a different way."

"How else am I supposed to be polite without smiling?!" This was honestly getting frustrating.

"You can smile but not like that!" Is He for real?!

"L-"

"Trouble in paradise?" I was cut off by non other than - drum roll please - Bethany freaking Kingsley! That's right, I know her second name!

It really is a bad combination of names, I mean, Amelia Knight sounds waaay better than Bethany Kingsley. And I'm not being bias about it!

"No, just a little misunderstanding, that's all." I said, putting on a smile on my face.

I took in her outfit and my god!

She was wearing a light purple evening gown that was so tight -even tighter than mine- she wore it like a second skin. It was sleeveless with a deep neckline that showed off way more than it supposed to.

She snorted and looked over at Alexander.

"What are you doing here Bethany?" Alexander asked without even giving her the chance to say something.

"For the gala of course, what else? You didn't know I was here? I thought Amelia told you, where else could she have gotten that dress from? Anyways, see you later Xander." She then sashayed away, making sure to swing her hips.

"I think you missed out that little detail Amelia."

"Well we weren't exactly on talking terms now were we? Now, if you could excuse me, I going to go get something to drink." I then peeled off his hand off my waist, suddenly feeling cold.

"I thought you didn't drink?"

"I don't, just because I said I'm going to get a drink, doesn't mean that drink has got to be alcoholic." I said slowly like I was talking to a five year old.

"Why are you talking like that?"

I shrugged and turned on my heel, walking towards the bar.

I'm surprised they even have a bar at this place. I mean, it's so fancy!

I took a seat on a stool and ordered for lemon water with a tinge of mint in it. I know, boring, I wasn't really in the mood for anything else at this point.

As I was sipping on water, someone touched my shoulder, I looked up and saw Damon.

"Hi Damon." I greeted with a polite smile on my face.

"Hi Amelia, what's a pretty lady like you doing sitting here all by herself?" He asked with a mischievous smile on his face.

I rolled my eyes and giggled at his comment.

He took a seat next to me and ordered champagne.

"Why is it, every time I see you, Alexander isn't around?"

I shrugged my shoulders and sighed, just as I was about to say something, I'm someone cleared their throat behind us and put their hands on my waist, as if being possessive.

I looked back in confusion and saw non other than Alexander.

"Time to go Amelia." He said without even sparing a glance at Damon.

I looked over at Damon and saw him smirking.

"But.. but we just got here." I furrowed my eyebrows.

Alexander gave me a look as if he was pleading with me to just oblige.

"Fine, we can go." He nodded and got my clutch off the countertop and held my hand then led us out of the ballroom and into the parking lot where the car was parked.