He’s strategy was too poorly planned out and besides, she had better use for her shares than to sell them off to some wannabe president. Facts was, with his type of mindset, his enemies were sure to see through his every plan and drag him down even before he could begin standing on his two feet in this industry.Alexandra needed powerful and formidable allies not dead weight.“Mr. Cross, whatever happens in my family and my company is very much of my business and none of yours, so I’d appreciate it if you could go straight to the point and explain your intention of coming half way across the country to visit my company instead of beating around the bush, after all, we all are working with expensive time, yes?”Syrian was stunned by her straightforwardness. She had seen through his ploy like an open book. His mouth hung agape for a few seconds before he chuckled to cover his embarrassment. “Forgive my curiosity, Ms. Grey and I’ll go right to the point. How’d you like to do business wit
“Shall I let her come through, Sir?” Lucas questioned, unsure of what type of action he should take.“Yes, please send her in immediately.” Lucien replied, much to his surprise. The man he knew barely received unplanned visitors except they were of top priority.“Understood.” Lucas quickly wiped the look of surprise off his face and bowed his head, turned around and then left. Seconds later, Eleanor walked into his office after a soft knock.Contrary to how he had once remembered her, the elderly woman looked well polished. She was currently dressed in a light red gown, heels of matching colors and a black handbag. He watched her slip into the chair opposite him with Elegance. She crossed her legs and arranged her fingers in the center of her laps all the while entwining them. Her style of seating reminded him of Alexandra’s own ways. Well, that wasn’t much of a surprise seeing as she was Alexandra’s grandmother.The apple doesn’t fall far from the three after all. He thought, but oh
The motion sensor placed above the prison door buzzed as it was pulled open. Benjamin, along with a guard walked in. In the visitor chair, Eleanor sat, her hands arranged on the table in front of her as she watched her son approach. After sitting him down and giving him a brief amount of time, the guard moved away to the furthest corner of the room and waited.“What are you doing here, mother?” Benjamin asked with a sigh. His expression looked disheveled and almost unnatural. Seeing this, Eleanor felt the strings of her heart being tugged on painfully. All she ever wanted was to secure her son’s future, yet, here they were, locked behind bars and awaiting judgment.“How are you, Benjamin?” She asked as her eyes fluttered and glossed over. No matter how heartless she may seem, no one was heartless towards their very own family and no mother could stand seeing her son in cuffs and branded as a criminal. It was just too emotionally wrecking.“How do you expect me to be?!” Benjamin was fu
Syrian had nothing useful to say and ended up being escorted out of the company after kicking up a fuss and yelling at Alexandra, telling her she knew nothing about who she was messing with. The blonde merely yawned as she remained seated in her couch, watching as he was escorted out of her company, she had seen plenty of his kind and wasn't fazed in the littlest.After he had finally been taken care of, Alexandra stood up and proceeded to her office. On her way into the elevator, Selena approached her with a phone in her hand.“Ms. Grey, someone’s on the line for you. He says he’s a judge from the court of law.”A judge from the court of law? Alexandra questioned herself. It only took a second before things clicked in her head. Ah, a judge from the court of law. How could she have forgotten?“I’ll take the call.” She said and collected the phone from Selena, bidding her away as she stepped into the elevator and clicked on her floor.“Judge Han, Greetings. I’ve been expecting your cal
Fresh screams of agony came from Anthony as Alexandra matched down on his hand with her heels. At some point she was sure she had heard a crunching sound come from below, but it was not like she cared, he at least deserved this much.“Now listen,” Alexandra began and leaned down, increasing the weight on Anthony’s already injured palm and earn another round of screams from him. “This is how it is going to go… hey, hey, shut up.” She instructed and brought her index finger to rest against her red glossed lips. Only when Anthony seemed to have lessened his noise making did she continue. “Now, this is how it is going to go; I’m going to take my foot off your hand and you’re going to walk out of here like nothing ever happened and you will never disturb Quinn again. And if you as much as think of harming me the moment I set you free…” she flicked her finger in the direction above his head. “That right there my friend is a CCTV and once I send the footage of all that has transpired here do
“Alexandra, thanks once again.” Quinn said and gently bowed her head while Alexandra waved back at her from her car. She had finished her appointment with Madam Williams, picked out several dresses and had quality tea time in the process.All in all, she was satisfied and convinced that she could now go back to work without unwanted thoughts roaming her mind.She waved one final time to Quinn before slipping into the driver’s seat of her vehicle. Straight back to her office she drove. Along the way, Alexandra felt relaxed, but not relaxed enough. Her mind and soul craved a certain relaxation and at peace feeling and before she knew it, she was taking a swift corner and driving in the direction opposite her company. With her mind taking the wheel, the blonde drove towards the direction of the beach she had been at a few days ago. She could just vaguely remember the route and it took her under fifteen minutes to arriveWhen she arrived, parked her car and stepped out, the fresh scent of
The sun had gone down about a few hours ago. Alexandra now felt more calm as she sat down in the sand with her legs pulled close to her chest, Darius sat beside her and they both continued to stare at the ocean, throwing in small talks here and there and surprisingly laughing to jokes brought up by one another.It was like they had known each other more than four months, more like old high school class mates that were holding their reunion and the only thing that had been missing in their midst was chilled drinks and snacks to munch on while chatting away.Alexandra had just finished laughing to one of Darius’s dad jokes that she weirdly found funny when she remember the conversation they had shared while sharing her snacks back at the café close to her company. She didn’t know if it was the right time to speak of it, but was still curios.“So, how’s that dream of yours coming along?” She asked while tucking her hair behind her ear as the breeze consistently pushed it around.Darius t
Alexandra was an enigma.That much was clear to Darius. She was like a spirited away ghost that didn’t want anybody’s help in carrying out its vengeance. Scary at times but passionate and he respected that and some part of him also wished he had the type of passion and burning fire she did. Maybe then he’d have been able to see to it that his mother was brought to justice.Darius admired that about her and couldn’t help replaying the conversation they had held both now and the previous night as he typed in his door’s pass code and stepped in. As the security machine beeped behind him, the male took notice of the fact that there was another shoe at the door. He narrowed his eyes and stepped forward.“Quinn?” He called out and almost immediately a response came from the kitchen.“Yeah? You back?” The voice of his best friend was followed by the sound of culinary. She stepped out of the kitchen as Darius began pulling off his shoes. “You’re back early.” She eyed him. “Why?”“Am I not all
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