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
Alexandra Slipped her right arm into the hand of her coat, seconds later, she slipped her other arm in and sighed out in relief. Finally she had done the right thing. No more bad blood with Lucien and focusing on her blooming career, what else could be better. If she could, she’d give herself a well deserved pat on the head.Speaking of well deserved pats- Alexandra slipped into the driver seat of her car and fetched out her phone- there was someone she urgently needed to phone. She tinkered with her device, scrolled through the call logs then dialed the number. The phone didn’t ring for more than thirty seconds and just as she had finished buckling up her seat belt, the line connected.“Doctor Bello.” She called out.“Chairwoman, good day.”“Good day to you too. How’s Michael doing?”“Awesome news actually.” Doctor Bello’s voice had a happy edge to it. This got Alexandra curious. “Michael woke up and is responding well to treatment.”Alexandra felt her heart swell at the news. Michae
Mazikeen blinked. The girl in front of her with lush blonde hair imitated the same action. She blinked again and so did the reflection.Finally having had enough of the stare off with her reflection, the teen turned away from the mirror and sighed.Her eyes found the luxurious clock hung above the TV and she chewed on her inner check as each passing moment reminded her of her impending torment.It was the last Saturday of the month, and as per the long existing tradition, her family had to go over to the Langer Family Vila for a wholesome picnic time.Sure, any normal person would enjoy such outing, except her situation was different. The reason why she dreaded their usual family picnic was because of a certain noirette boy that always seemed to make her life a living hell each time she encountered him.Vincent Langer, the original ruler of hell. Or so she put him, but for some reason, only she did.Even her own mother thought he was a saint.Bloody hell, the whole Seattle saw him as
~Five years Later.~Alexandra stood in front of her parent's grave- both Cory, Nova and Miguel- dressed in a fashionable black dress that draped down as far as her knee.Her hair- which had now grown back to it's full length- was packed up neatly and rolled into a bun at the end, accompanied by the black net cap she had on her hair.Alexandra stood with a bouquet of white roses in her right hand and daisies from the nearby meadow on the left. Those were not only symbols of peace, love, and hope but also reminders that life was still going on. She looked around slowly as if giving herself a moment to reflect upon how things have changed since then.Five years ago, when she had lost everyone she loved and was shattered to the core after her divorce with Lucien, Alexandra thought her life would never be same again. She had felt helpless and hopeless that time even with all the power and must accomplish goals, but now as she looked at both her adoptive mother and Biological mother grave w
Alexandra rushed off to the location on her screen as soon as she could, even though she wasn't too kin on it. On her way there, she couldn't stop herself from asking all the what ifs, re-running even those possibilities that did not exist in her head as she drove.What if something happened to Darius?What if some enemy of hers got to him?What it Eleanor had sent someone after him?By the time she turned up in front of the given location, her mind was feeling with all sort of possiblities that she didn't even know that the house she had pulled up in front of was one of Darius's.It was only after she had rushed up to the front door and found it open that she took the time to examine her surrounding and this only made her worry all the more.Whoever she was going up against now had been smart enough to bypass Darius and his security and even broke into his house.Alexandra had felt her mind begining to reel once more when she calmed herself and reminded herself that she dealt with El
The next two days after that passed by quietly. Alexandra hd released the tap of her father's black box footage to the police after turning in the driver and after a few days of searching, they found Eleanor passed out on the floor of her house in her paralysed state.Eleanor was admitted into a hospital under sever watch to take care of her and later on admitted into the prison's medical center while her trial was underway.Although she had been saved from the dehydration and over thinking that caused her to pass out, her case of paralysis couldn't be solved and even thought it could be, Alexandra made sure that that option was rendered invalid.Apart from that, the other development that had brought a smile to Alexandra's lips was when Leonardo was suddenly caught at the air port while trying to flee with Eleanor's last fortune under a fake name.He was charged with a few crimes, one of them being his illegal use of a fake identity and the other being his illegal stash of cash.Botto
~Day One Out Of Seven.~Alexandra returned to the Grey Manor that night after her conversation with Eleanor over the phone had ended.The first thing, or rather, the first person she saw as she stepped into the house was Darius. He was pacing around the living room for a while until he noticed Alexandra and quickly rushed to meet her."Alexa... Where were you?" He asked, his voice dripping with concern and worry.Alexandra softly sighed out. "Calm down, Darius." She said while gently stroking his hair. "I'm fine. I just had to take care of something little.""What?""I found out how Eleanor knew about my pregnancy. The waiter back at the cafe was a spy for her and he must have reported our conversation to her that day." Alexandra informed."What?" Darius was angry, but then seconds later, his face crumbled and a tinge of guilt set in.I'd the waiter had only reported their conversation that day and Eleanor found out about their unborn child, then it was his fault. He couldn't stop his
Eleanor pressed the button and imagine in that moment how it all played out.The best part of it all being that Alexandra was finally out of the way and she had emerged victorious after the long battle.No other thought could have made her smile the way she did.Eleanor's train of thoughts were interrupted by the sound of her phone ringing. She frowned, not taking too lightly to the fact that one of her useless henchmen or sons were distrubing her moment of celebration.She reached for her phone and picked it up, ready to lash out brutally in whoever's name was written on her phone screen, but to her utter dismay, it was an unsaved number.Eleanor stared at the digits of numbers across her screen with creased brows.'Who is it this time?' She thought after a while as she answered the call and placed her phone to her ear."Who is this?" She asked sternly.The other end of the line was silent for a while. Eleanor could make out the sound of someone mumbling in the background and then th
Six out of seven of those days bad gone by. Eleanor had been unusually quiet. One would have almost thought that she bailed and ran away.But Alexandra knew better than that. She knew that the woman who had raised her in disguise as the perfect grandmother was more of a deadly predator than her sins gave her credit for.In other words, she isn't one to tuck her tail between her legs and run away. It was just a matter of time until she acted.'A matter of time...' Alexandra pondered those last few words as she watched as the last fragments of oranges, reds and yellows faded into a dark gray. The sunset had gone, and the blanket of night began to cover the world in the darkness of its shadow.After a while, she pulled her gaze away and sighed, focusing on the pile of work that was on her table.Because of Darius's over protectiveness, she had worked less in the last few days and barely ever came to the company. Today, she had escaped by miracle- miracle meaning that she had made more th
For the first time in a long while, Alexandra felt panic shot through her as she read the letter in her hands. She allowed the paper drop to the floor after awhile as her thoughts became more loud than the sound of her heart beat.How was it possible? How could Eleanor have found out that she was pregnant?Alexandra thought, after all she had done everything in her power to make sure that Eleanor did not find out. To make sure that the news of her being pregnant did not reach the ears of any of her foe. Yet, here she was, hyperventilating over the fact that Eleanor had learnt of her child's existence while breathing like some dying cow.'Calm down, Alexandra.' she tried to calm herself as soon as she noticed how ragged her breathing was becoming.She found her way back to her bed and sag down, controlling her breathing and thoughts together. After a while, she picked up her phone and dailed Darius's number. The line rang for a few seconds as usual before Darius picked up."Alexei? Wha
Alexandra arrived at Albrecht Manor an hour later. She was welcomed nice and warmly, remembering her of the days when she once used to be their mistress and was looked down on, snickered at and even laughed at.Memories of the olden days flooding in made the blonde clench her teeth together. She bo longer wanted to think of those days. Her Chapter with the Albrecht family was over and sincerely speaking, she was happy with her life with Darius.Sure, she did get sad at times while thinking of all the grief she has had to endure and all the pain Eleanor has out her through, but Isabella's wonderful food and care, Alistair's headstrong way of supporting her, Darius's unlimited love and affection that grew by each day and her unborn baby made up for all that sadness.So now, she wanted to finally close things with the Albrecht family and return to her content life as soon as possible.Drawing in her breath, Alexandra prepared herself, carrying her shoulders well, before she stepped into