She hadn’t pushed him, yet his death was on her hand.Alexandra stood at the edge of the cliff, staring down with a blank expression on her face.How exactly had things spiraled out of control so quickly? One moment she had control over everything and then the next someone was dead.How?“Madam Grey.” Michael’s voice called out from behind, but unlike usual, it sounded far away like she was in a totally other universe than he was.Slowly, she turned around and looked at him. He held out a damp napkin for her and it was only until her eyes glanced at her hand that she realized blood had gotten on them when she sliced David’s cheek.“Thank you.” She said and collected the napkin, swiping her hand and disposing of it down the cliff. The moment her hands were cleaned up, she no longer felt like there was any need to dwell on what had just happened.She was no killer, David Smith had jumped by himself and she didn’t need to torment herself with possibilities that just might have never work
“Biological Mother and child…” Alexandra muttered Doctor Andrew’s words and her eyes fluttered with disbelief the moment a thought like that crossed her mind.Biological? There was no way. Nova Grey had been her mother and was always going to be her mother. She even had the right documents to prove it… except those documents were forged.‘No.’ Alexandra shook her head, shaking the thought away. She could never doubt her mother. Nova had been a mother amongst many. She cared for her and cherished her like no other. She had been the gentlest soul to exist, there was no way she could have lied to her and no way in hell was Cory her biological mother.It just sounded far too unrealistic!Maybe there had been a mistake with the machine; after all it had been a while since her father changed the machines back at the hospital. A little reworking should fix it and prove that she had entirely nothing to worry about.“Doctor Andrew, not another soul should know about this until it has been clar
The bell above Kyoni’s cuisine dinged as Alexandra stepped into the empty restaurant. She nonchalantly handed her card to the attendant at the door who then charged the entire bill of renting the entire restaurant out. As she collected it, he bowed his head in respect, as usual.“Have a nice stay, Madam.” His words were laced with proper etiquette befitting of a door man, unlike any other Alexandra had came across. He was also dressed in fancy attire, meeting the cuisine’s standard and rating.As she walked further into the restaurant, it didn’t take her much time to locate Eleanor. The elderly woman was calmly seated in the furthest seat at the back of the restaurant. Unlike the dress she had worn this morning, she now adorned a black gown with golden collar. He entire being screamed power as she sat with her shoulders positioned right and her face stoic. She looked completely unapproachable, like she was on another level completely from the aristocracy world.Any sane person would h
Eleanor was aware of the truth; that was all Alexandra needed to know. Her talk with Eleanor ended lasted no second longer. After she had confirmed all she needed to and made her word known, she stood up and exited the venue without another second to spare heading home to rest fir the day after all she had been through too much for one day.Eleanor was surprised, even after she had revealed her trump card; Alexandra still seemed to be a wrecking ball.Things surely weren’t turning out the way she had expected.Alexandra rest for a whole day, giving Cory just as much time before she began heading to the hospital a day later. Two days gone and brought ime and rest to sort her emotions out. No matter the amount of pain she felt in her heart each time she thought about her not being biologically related to the people she had grown up calling her parents, she was still half way relief that she was not related to awful people like Eleanor and the bunch.Well, she wasn’t totally sure about h
See, a little heart to heart never hurt anyone. The truth was out and behind them, easy peasy.Well, that was easier said than done because the moment Alexandra began to listen to Cory’s explanation, her blood boiled.“I’m so sorry, Alexa.” Cory sobbed. Alexandra was still trying to understand how this had gone from a simple talk to Cory bawling her eyes out like she had committed a grave sin. All she did was… well indirectly abandon her biological daughter and Alexandra truly wasn’t angry.How could she after Nova and Miguel had given her the picture perfect life. They loved her dearly and never for once mistreated her, not even when she was in the wrong and her peers envied her for that. What other life could have been perfect.“Aunt Cory, don’t… don’t cry, there’s no need for that.” She tried to calm the woman down. “All I want is an explanation. Why… how are you my biological mother?” Alexandra calmly asked. She was approaching this situation with the most rational mindset. Any sm
Alistair and Alexandra. Cory had smiled gleefully when she had given them both that name. It sounded supreme in her ears and she was glad, but never had she expected one to have an unspoken hatred for one and the other to never know of the other’s existence. She had never foreseen a future like this one up until that moment and now, watching her life play down the path she had unintentionally set for herself seemed draining, both mentally and physically.She sighed. “Don’t say that, Allie.” She tried to sweetly dismiss the male’s words without starting up another fight. The least thing she needed right now was for one twin to hate another, she didn’t need that.But the male, Alistair had a totally different notion of the whole situation and wasn’t buying Cory’s sweet words. He settled down into the chair beside her bed and arrogantly crossed his legs.“Why? Did I say something wrong?”Cory sighed once more. She should have known the type of son she had given birth to. He was stubborn,
As soon as Alexandra stepped feet into the premises of Grey Enterprise every single employee could tell that their boss was in a bad mood. Her usually calm expression held a tint of anger as she matched towards the presidential elevator but before she could reach it, someone stepped into her field of vision.It was Lucien.“Mr. Albrecht.” Alexandra said and this time, she couldn’t help but roll her eyes. She was just done with dealing with half of a family drama and wasn’t ready for her ex husband’s own. “I don’t remember having a meeting with Albrecht Empire today, explain your sudden visit.”“I heard what had happened to Madam Rossi, how is she?” Lucien asked and took a step forward. It was the first time he had seen her since the incident back at the construction site in Paris. She still looked beautiful, empowered and dominant but beneath all that, she looked exhausted and tired out.Seeing this worried him. “Are… are you okay?” He couldn’t stop himself from asking.His question m
A whole week had passed since Alexandra newly found crisis and her encounter with Lucien. Eleanor had remained silent since then, probably planning another scheme of hers; Alexandra presumed. During the lengthy time span, she took advantage of it and tried to get done as many important works as possible.She held conference, shareholders meetings and launched new projects all in a bid to busy herself and forget about whatever had abruptly popped up the week before. Be it her new found family which she wanted nothing with, or the incident with Lucien which, thanks to a video shared, was now surfacing the internet like wild fire with all sort of captions.She had just finished addressing yet another meeting for her company’s newly launched electronics line and plopped down exhausted into her work chair. It swayed a bit under the sudden weight it had been subjected to but soon came to a standstill.“Here’s your Coffee, Madam Grey.” Michael said as he placed down a cup of steaming hot cof