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
Words alone could not describe how lightweight Alexandra felt as she stepped out of Octavia’s room. It felt good to have hit the witch and more than that, it felt good telling the obvious truth to her face.The blonde sighed and straightened her posture as she continued roaming the hospital grounds on her crutches, trying to get whatever fresh air she could before returning to the room. When she stepped into the comfort of her room, Darius was already seated back in his original spot, phone in hand and a pen in his other. He somewhat seemed focused on a drawing he had sketched down in the little time she had been gone and only realized she had entered the room after the blonde plopped down on her bed.“You back?” He called out while gently placing the pen down and his phone away. He folded up the paper he had been drawing on and fixed his gaze on Alexandra.She nodded her head to his question and exhaled. “I really needed that walk.” She mused and afterwards, turned her gaze on him wi
Lucien felt enraged after his conversation with Darius. He had just about tolerated enough, starting from Octavia down to Darius and it was about time that he cut down on the amount of people who were now taking him for a fool. And the first person on his list was Octavia, Darius's case would have to come a little later, after all, he doesn't plan on using his entire time in Paris for callous things. He was a man of business and business he was going to do.Standing in front of Octavia's hospital wing, Lucien inhaled deeply before opening the door. On the inside, the petit noirette stood with her back facing the door and her eyes and figure facing the vast scenery outside the window.She heard the sound of the door opening and closing, followed by shuffle of Lucien's shoe sound, but chose to ignore them all."Why are you here?" Lucien was the first to break the silence that hung between them in the room. "And how did you know I was in Paris?" He further went on to question after she r
The hours that followed Alexandra's stay in her hospital wing that day went by in a flash. Quinn who had heard of the situation from Darius came rushing down in hours and when she was in the room, she couldn't help but Express her discontent with the whole situation."The nerves of that girl." She had huffed out after Darius had finished explaining the whole situation to her. Now she had one more person to add to her hate list.Alexandra who quietly sat back and watched the whole scene on fold before her eyes was somewhat happy. Seeing someone else angry in her stead was a warm feeling to her icing heart.A few more hours were spent talking and laughing in all and by the time the duo of friends were ready to take their leave, Alexandra was feeling all smiley."Just call if you need anything." Quinn said as they walked out the door and waved each other goodbye.Alexandra nodded her head in agreement even though she knew she wouldn't be calling and just as Darius was about to step out,
"Huh?"Alexandra blinked her eyes at the door, confused at the whole situation.What the hell had just happened? One second she was talking with her grandmother and the next she's being shoved into a storage room? What the hell?!She sighed out in annoyance and quickly patted through her pocket, searching for her phone. Her movement abruptly came end when she could not feel the rectangular shaped object. Exasperated breaths passed through her lips as she recalled the device had slipped out of her fingers when she had been shoved into the room.'A sneaky attack befitting that of a villain.' She thought with a scoff.Stepping forward, the blonde gently banged her fist against the metal door."Michael? Michael can you hear me?! Anyone?!" She yelled at the top of her lunges but sadly, her attempts were in valid. "You've got to be kidding me." She huffed out and slammed her fist against the door once more, hissing only seconds later as she had accidentally applied too much weight on her sp
As per Alexandra’s words, all the staffs and workers present were gathered together under Lucien’s command. Whispers travelled through the small number of crowd and each person constantly glanced at their side, muttering words to the next person beside them.In front of them all, Alexandra and Lucien stood with their arms crossed, the blonde observing each and every staff’s moves. They all seemed normal and that proved quite hard to determine the real culprit and seeing as the building was still undergoing constructional work the security camera were yet to be activated so finding the culprit wasn’t going to be as easy as when she had exposed Octavia back at the auction.She sighed. Well, no victory came easy.“I know you all are aware as to why you’re here. Just to be clear, it is concerning what had recently happened to Ms. Grey. Be it a harmless prank or an actual assault, the culprit will be punished accordingly.” Lucien’s deep voice boomed across the space they stood on, echoing
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