Nova sat in the chair beside a hospital bed. Her lush blonde hair cascaded down her shoulders and stooped by her backbone as she stared down at the newly life given infant with an eye blinding smile. In the bed beside her, Cory sat upright, an infant of her own being held within her grasp.Both babies yawned almost rhythmically causing the two best friends to coo at the children.“She’s so beautiful.” Nova cooed at the child in her arms, watching as she flared her tiny little arms in the air. Nova brought the cute action to an end as she inserted her index finger in the baby’s tiny palm, creating an even cuter interaction. “She has her mother’s eyes.” She said and brushed away several of her baby blonde hair.The little child made a noise in delight and gaggled on her saliva.Cory sighed and pulled her gaze away from her now sleeping child. “Don’t say that Nova, you are her mother.”The blonde woman finally looked away from the baby in her arms at the words of her best friend. She for
It was like he had spoken utter rubbish.It was the first time since she had become ‘Alexandra Grey’ that Lucien saw the look of surprise on her face. Her doll gray eyes expanded almost inhumanly as she stared at him, dumbstruck by his words.Well, what other reaction had he expected after saying such a thing? At that moment, it felt like he had been remotely controlled to voice those words. But he was regretting it, all he did was have the courage to speak when the heat had gotten too much.For someone who has been praised endlessly as Seattle’s business tycoon, he sure did mellow in the presence of the woman who drove his crazy both day and night. And this was more the reason why he needed to speak his mind now. They were no longer high school students who played hooky with their likes and dislikes and he didn’t need to keep using the excuse of business to see her when he wanted.He knew that if he hadn’t taken this step now, then slowly but surely, Alexandra was going to be snatche
It was raining.Alexandra stood by the window, staring outside and watching as the rain drop went down her window. It came as a surprise to her when the heavens had opened their doors down on the earth, sprinkling little drops of water to nourish the ground below during the hot summer heat. The blonde rarely ever enjoyed summer because of many reasons, one of them being the hot atmosphere, but today was different; it was somewhat cold, at least for the short amount of time it was going to rain.Sighing, she pulled away from the window and sank down into the comfortable mattress of her bed, closing her eyes and shaking her head in a bid to clear her cloudy mind. She had much better things to think of, yet here she was, allowing Lucien’s half assed words to get to her. Throughout the day that had been the only thing she could think off. Suddenly hearing those types of words from him did indeed frazzle up her brain, but not in the way she had once expected.Her heart hadn’t been beating
When Eleanor had suggested they meet in a restaurant, Alexandra hadn’t expected her to come all alone and unarmed without body guards. So when Eleanor had sank down into the seat across hers without any suspicious movement, Alexandra found herself looking around.“Let’s get straight to the point.” Eleanor said as she sat down, her posture emitting nothing but elegance and her years of olden experience. “I want all this to end; family shouldn’t be going through such difficulties while facing each other.”Her words made Alexandra’s face morph into disgust. What the hell was she saying? End everything? How ironic her words sounded.“Grandmother, this isn’t why I was called out. I’ve kept up to your terms of the deal, so, relinquish the documents concerning the company’s shares that you have in your possession.”Eleanor reached into her bag without any form of hesitation and pulled out the document. She placed it on the table, her fingers still lingering on it as she stared at Alexandra.
The night was cold. Water washed up to Alexandra’s bare foot as she stood by the bank of one of Seattle’s most beautiful beaches. She swiftly inhaled the fresh beach breeze and just as quietly, released it through her parted lips.A peaceful night being spent by the outer banks of a beautiful beach after a tensed talk with her grandmother. She liked that. And to whom did she owe this gratitude of hers to?Obviously it belonged to the hunk who was currently approaching her, glasses of fresh juice held between his fingers. Darius Perce. Alexandra watched him with her hands folded, and only when he had come to stand in front of her did she unfold them and accept the generous offering he offered her.“Thank you.” She muttered whilst taking the glass off his hand and immediately took a sip. She sighed out once more and turned to face the dark ocean, paying attention however when Darius quietly took his spot beside her. Quietly, they both stood side by side and sipped on their juices while
“You’re leaving?” Darius asked as he slides out of the caves entrance after Alexandra, watching as she began to walk back on the path they had come from. Her entire temperament had changed, from being at peace and bubbly to suddenly being angry and stoic. Then again, that was always how she had been. Today had just been an exception.“I have things to take care of, Darius.” Alexandra informs while matching forward on the cold sand, barefooted. “Thanks for showing this cave to me, but I have work to attend to now.” She called out and waved her hand in the air, increasing her pace in a bid to get back to where they had once stood on the beach and retrieve her shoes.And God so help Vivian if when she reaches her company and still sees her making a fuss. She thought and increased her pace in the sand, feeling her feet sink in and pull back out with each step she took on the sand. Darius matched her pace, falling in right beside her.“Work?” He questioned once more as they began to emerge
Vivian knew she had fucked up the moment those words left her mouth, but she could not back them back now that they had done. She didn’t know when it happened, but immediately she had spoken, the entire air around Alexandra seemed to change, and in a matter of seconds, she leaped forward and closed the distance between them, not giving her enough time to respond before striking her across her cheek.It stung, badly. It stung so badly to the extent that it rendered Vivian speechless. She was sure, that at that moment, if Alexandra had put in any more strength, the skin on the inside of her mouth would have been in shambles.“Vivian Grey,” Shivers ran down her spine upon hearing her name come out of Alexandra’s mouth, and against her will, sweat began to crawl down her back, her body slowly began to tremble as it started registering the pain it had felt and whose presence it was in. “I can see that you no longer appreciate the life you live.”She had fucked up, real bad.“How dare you o
~Grey Main Mansion~The ride had arrived back at the main mansion safely, but Vivian was still yet to recover from the slap. It hadn’t been the first one given to her by Alexandra but yet this one stung and left a bitter taste in her mouth. It wasn’t blood, more like amplified malice and resent.“Have a safe night, Miss Grey.” The driver which had been assigned to take her home bowed at his waist and voiced as he held the door to her seat open rounding the car and placing himself behind the wheels the second she had stepped down.Vivian stepped out, somewhat daze and barely in the mood to speak any word back to the driver. When she entered the house, Eleanor had been waiting on Terrance and the moment she saw the young girl, all hell broke loose.“Vivian, it is half past midnight, where the hell have you been?” Eleanor questioned as she matched forward, dressed in her expensive night gown and hair ornament. “You have to understand that if you’re living under this roof, under my roof a