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
Lucien had just about read enough when he slammed another folder shut. It had been three days since he last saw Alexandra and in those three days, he had devoted a solid amount of his time into finding out about what had happened between them twelve years ago, yet he couldn’t find one single thing.But his reading hadn’t totally gone to waste. In that short span of time, the redhead had discovered more about Alexandra than he had ever thought he would. Some of the discoveries left him confused, others fascinated.The biggest one yet was when he found out that the blonde herself had taken an un-understandable liking to anime at the age of twelve. He couldn’t wrap his head around how the person he knew was a sucker for anime. There just was no way he could picture that in his head, yet it was how she was.“Mr. Albrecht.” Lucas called out as he knocked and stepped in Lucien’s office. In his hand were a new pair of suit and a cup of coffee in the other. “These are what you requested for.”
The moment Lucien laid his eyes on Alexandra, there seemed to be a dull ring in his ear. It was like some sort of dull alarm bell that only he could hear.“Mr. Albrecht, what exactly are you doing here?” The sound of her ice cold voice seemed to cut through the sound, bringing the dull ring to an end.Lucien blinked once and then swallowed. Yeah, what was he doing here? obviously he wasn't going to tell her that he had come here all because he wanted to remember something that just might have not transpired between them both. “I came to pay my respects.” Those were the only words he could say after all the internal debate he held even though he knew it was a white lie.Alexandra glanced behind at her parent’s graves and then glanced back at the figure of her standing ex husband. Was Lucien that sort, and was it merely a coincidence that he had shown up during one of her monthly visit? Well, with Lucien, anything was possible, and even if it wasn’t a mere coincidence, she dare not make
“The date for the company visit.” Lucien informed as he undid the buttons of his wrist. “There seems to have been a few minor faults from my company’s end.”“And what is that?”“The date’s been moved back by a week.”Alexandra’s brows visibly creased at this information. A week back? Meaning she had less than a week to complete her schedule made for two weeks. Oh hell no!“I know it’s a bit abrupt, and I apologize for this error on my company’s end.”“Well your apology won’t fix my freaking schedule.” Alexandra bit back those exact words and remained silent. There was no need creating a fuss over something that had already been done. Fixing her creased face, she uttered.“I understand.” Her tone was sharp and well composed. Something Lucien didn’t see much in all women. Noticeable, she adjusted the right arm of her dress, covering up the exposed part of her cleavage that had began to show as her dress had slowly draped down. Lucien didn’t say a word and quietly turned his gaze away.T