~Four years and Ten months before current date~*September twelve, Lucien’s birthday four years ago.*Alexandra sat in the familiar halls of Albrecht Empire’s medical center. Her hands were laced together as they gently laid on the gown she had adorned for Lucien’s twenty sixth birthday. It was a beautiful light blue gown with floral patterns and stopped just below her knees. While Alexandra had thrown on the dress earlier in the day, she hoped with her entire heart that Lucien would like it and he’d at least give her a compliment, even if it wasn’t one that came from the bottom of his heart.But then when the party had started, he walked in with Octavia leeching onto his hand and wearing the very same dress. Whispers began floating around the room and the look she had gotten from Lucien in that moment broke her heart. He looked disgusted.She fought back the tears and carried on for the night, smiling and welcoming whichever guest she had invited, after all in the eyes of the outside
Alexandra had recoiled back to her cabin after the conversation she had with Lucien and shut herself in. With the remaining few hours before they arrived at the marina, she busied herself with work, burying her nose deep and completing several document. In her opinion, it was the healthiest way to forget about the unpleasant things she didn’t want to think about. But in reality, it wasn’t.Half way through her work, the blonde had dozed off on her desk and didn’t wake up until the yacht had docked. The sound of Michael’s knuckled banging against her wooden cabin's door was what had drawn her back to reality and out of her world of daydreams she had accidentally slipped into.“Ms. Grey, we’ve arrived in Paris.” Michael informed as soon as Alexandra had opened the door.She glanced back at her window and noticed that the yacht had indeed stopped moving. Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, she yawned and nodded her head. “Yeah. Have someone get my luggage and have it transported to the re
Red with a chick combination of yellow. The dress couldn’t have suited anyone any better than it suited Alexandra. Along with her blonde hair flowing free, she very much resembled the angle’s trumpet that in her case seemed to have several thorns sticking out. A dangerous flower that could leave you for the worst-death- if not plucked and wielded correctly.Darius was slowly coming to understand that.Quinn followed the direction of the male’s lingering gaze and exclaimed. ‘Ah, Alexandra!” The sound of her voice was loud enough to cut through the crowd.The blonde looked above her shoulder, in their direction and a look of surprise flashed across her face. Quickly, she masked the look and raised her hand, giving them a gentle wave while Quinn began to march forward.“You are in Paris?” The redette’s words broke into different groups as she came to a stop in front of Alexandra who was beaming at her.“Business purposes.” She informed and turned towards Michael whom was standing diligen
As the cold translucent liquid ran down her face, Alexandra raised her head to glare at the person standing in front of her. Octavia glared back with an equally threatening look in her eye but Alexandra wasn’t shaken, rather she was pissed and more than anything, she felt like smashing the noirette’s face straight into the ruined stake on her table, but restrained herself with the remaining last of her self dignity.But damn did she wish that someone as pesky as Octavia could disappear from the world without a fuss? If only the noirette knew just how much of a favor she’d be doing the entire world’s population by doing something as little as that.“So she’s the reason why you’ve refused to neither pick any of my calls nor respond to the messages I send.” Octavia calmly spoke while eyeing Alexandra with disgust. She ignored the whispers and looks that were being thrown her way by the employees and turned to face Lucien who looked surprised.What sane person wouldn’t after finding out t
Pain.Alexandra regretted her choice to play the heroine the moment her body landed on the first stair and began rolling down until the very last. For a moment, she laid unmoving on the floor, allowing the pain to sink in as people began to gather around her and Octavia, gasping and whispering.Her head hurt badly, spinning in several direction and at some point things seemed to have blurred out for the briefest second, because when they came back to focus, she was being helped up by someone and what made matters even more confusing was that Lucien stood at the top of the stairs staring down at her with wide concern filled eyes.“Alexandra are you okay? Please say something.” It was only after the person helping her up had spoken that she recognized who they were by their voice.Slowly, still under the influence of the pain, she turned her head to the side and just as she had thought, relief washed over her the moment her eyes locked with familiar hazel green ones.“God damn it, Alexa
It was a thought that had slipped into Alexandra’s mind in quick seconds. It disappeared just as quickly as it had come, but nevertheless, it left a new feeling roaming her mind. Death, it was such a blissful punishment; too pure for the sin the people surrounding her had committed.She wasn’t going to grant them such a means to escape their impending fate neither was she going to stoop to their level and dirty her hands. There was a saying that went like this; if you want something done, you gotta do it yourself. But what if that saying was wrong and what if you could get people to do things for you without getting your own hands dirty.Like having a bunch of executioners waiting at your every call. The thought of it alone opened Alexandra’s eyes up to a new way of revenge and seated in the back of the ambulance, she couldn’t help but chuckle.Darius who was seated beside her glanced in her direction, his eyes narrowing into slits the moment he spotted the leering smirk on her face.
A few solid minutes had gone by before Michael returned holding three cans of chill drinks."Ms. Grey." He said and politely handed the drink to her, passing it to Darius right after. The noirette mumbled words of thanks as he received his share and popped the lid open.The drink made a satisfying sound that made all three in the room thirst for their drinks even more."Ms. Grey, would you like me to check out the site tomorrow in your stead?" Michael asked after he had taken a sip from his drink and appreciating the way the cold liquid had helped calm his nerves down.At the mention of the main matter at hand, Alexandra's eyes widened. She had totally forgotten about the visitation to the business site tomorrow. Ah, now she had to move around in crutches. What a hassle."Ms. Grey?" Michael persisted.Raising her hand, Alexandra waved him off. "There won't be any need for that.i'll see to the site by myself.""Like hell you would." Darius sarcastically shot from where he sat. When Ale
A baby? Octavia Barrette is pregnant?The shock delivered by the news was written clear on both Alexandra and Lucien’s face. No one had expected the bombshell of a news and the effect left them momentarily stunned, of course except from the doctor who was currently reading the medical details off from his clipboard thinking and believing that he was delivering good news."Ms. Barrette is currently four months pregnant.” The doctor went on to further inform.Four months? Alexandra felt her heart twinge. Lucien couldn’t have waited any longer after getting rid of her. To believe he was in the arms of another woman less than two months after their divorce angered her, and for the fact that that woman turned out to be the very same person whom had humiliated her and made her life a living hell only further fueled her anger.But what seemed to make her hatred grow all the more way the fact that Octavia had been aware of her situation, yet she dared do what she did? Putting an innocent’s ch
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