Once, when Alexandra was eleven, her grandmother had returned from an overseas trip and brought along a priceless well painted piece of art. The elderly woman had gathered all her grandkids in the huge living area of Grey Manor and promised to gift the souvenir to the highest bidder. The kids had been confused by such declaration, but the thought of having such a eye catching item all too themselves pushed them to join the unsure game.The elderly woman had watched as all her grandkids used up half of their given allowance, yet, none of them wanted to concede, until she did… until Alexandra placed her total two month’s allowance and won the bid fair and square.Obviously, the young child later regretted her actions and sold it back to her grandmother at a higher price… which she later came to regret each time she would see the item hung up for display in her grandmother’s study.But slowly, that feeling of regret was soothed each time she remembered the look on her cousins’ face and h
Alexandra stood with her arms wrapped around her body, enjoying the evening’s breeze and no longer bothered by her past encounter with Lucien.It was a wonder how she could shove the thought of him out of her mind in little under ten minutes when in the past he was all she thought about.Another sigh escaped her pink lips and in that moment, she caught someone approaching from the perplex vision of her eyes.Octavia.As much as she tried to, the blonde couldn’t stop her lips from curving up in a wicked way. She had expected the brunette and was waiting like bait waiting for its prey.As Octavia got closer, she quickly wiped off the smile from her lips, placing on her icy mask as she turned to face the brunette.“Ariadne…”The blonde cringed at the sound of her past name. She always hated hearing it from Octavia’s mouth as the brunette never seemed to pronounce it right, spoiling the beauty of the name.Before the witch herself could utter another word, Alexandra cut in, voice stern an
“You truly lack manners befitting of high society.” Alexandra scolded and shook her head, sucking on her teeth the next second. “But what was I expecting from someone of your caliber.”Octavia sat in the pond like a wet cat, shaking from head to toe as she listened to Alexandra, heart burning with rage and murderous intent.Out of everything that had happened this night, this certain event had not been included in her plan.Yet again, she had been bested by a woman who was barely trying.The difference between them both was clearer than ever in the night sky.Concurrently, inside the after party venue, the commotion from outside had gotten the attention of most people. With champagne glass in between their fingers, people filled out of the building and towards the garden not too far off.On seeing Octavia seated in the pond, looking all helpless and pitiful whilst Alexandra stood tall and proud with lesser casualties, murmurs broke out amongst the crowd.“Oh my, what is Ms. Barrette d
“Huh? What’s going on?”“What’s wrong now?”Whispers of such filled the room, but yet, the main characters stayed silent.Lucien watched the blonde in front with observant eyes as her temperament seemed to boil hot as she stared at who he assumed an unfortunate relative of hers. But from the look of things, the female seemed more pissed about her phone being damaged than the fact that someone had just obstructed the truth from being revealed.This piqued Lucien’s curiosity more than it already had been.He wondered what she was going to do about this situation, and how she was going to solve it.Finally, when Alexandra spoke, her voice was mixed with new found venom.“Vivian, what exactly do you think you’re doing?”The questioned female slightly cowered under Alexandra’s gaze, but when she looked towards Octavia, who subtly nodded her head as a green light, she spoke out, loud and clear. “Sister Alex, please stop this madness of yours, I’m begging you. I know you’re one to always see
“Argh!” Octavia cried out in pain as she gripped her struck nose. The bone felt totally out of place and this caused her to wail all the more.Vivian, who didn’t want her fate to be the same, tried to desperately scram, but tripped over her own legs and landed on her butt. One could almost say she had two left feet.This earned Alexandra’s attention of only a split second before it was reclaimed by Lucien’s voice, however, he did not sound as angry as Octavia had expected.“Alexandra, this is crossing the line.”The said girl scoffed, already tired of correcting his use of informalities. “Crossing the line? When your fiancée tried slandering my name, that wasn’t crossing the line?”Lucien pressed his line into a thin line and kept silent. This time around, he didn’t know how to defend Octavia… was there even any reason to defend her? She had been caught in red handed.“Lucien…” Octavia cried out, still trying to keep her act of innocence. “Please don’t believe her. I’m innocent. She’s
Meanwhile, inside the hospital VIP wing, Octavia laid comfortably on the queen sized bed, scrolling through her phone and searching for the post she had made, only to find out it had been deleted.After a while, she sucked on her teeth in discontent and was about to fling her phone away when the hospital door slid open in a harsh manner and in walked Lucien.The noirette jumped off from the bed, a wide smile across her lips as she failed to notice the look on Lucien’s face.“Have all the bills been settled? Let me just pack my things and we can get-” Her speech was cut short when Lucien interrupted her, his words bringing her feet to a halt.“I think it’s best if you stay in the hospital for a few days and recover.”“What? There’s obviously no need for that, I’m fine. Let me just get this thing and-”“Octavia I said it’s best for you to stay here. Don’t make me repeat myself a second time.”Octavia turned around in her step and found that Lucien’s once warm expression towards her was
Alexandra slept soundly that night and woke up feeling the best she had in years. When she stood in front of the bathroom mirror to do her morning routine, the blonde beauty could swear she had aged backwards, visibly.This caused her smile to broaden.Her life was finally backed on the right track.And now, all she needed to do was find the perfect happiness.However, her perfect morning was ruined the moment she stepped foot outside her manor and was ambushed by a deranged Octavia.It all happened too quickly for the blonde to process. The first thing she knew before the pain settled in was an extremely pissed Octavia charging at her, and before she could react, the left of her cheek stung painfully as the sound of fist colliding with skin rang out in the open compound space.Everyone stood, stunned at the events outcome.Alexandra remained unmoving, actually surprised by the sudden attack.“You man stealing whore!” Octavia blared, about to launch yet another attack when Alexandra c
When Alexandra arrived at the conference room, Lucien was already sited in one of the chairs, legs crossed and fingers entwined. His whole being eluded a completely different aura than regular men while his assistant stood firmly behind him.Alexandra had to admit, no matter how long it had been since their marriage and separation, Lucien still remained as charming as she found him all those years ago.His lush auburn lock, ocean blue eyes and well defined jaw line, those were several of the factors that swooned the young girl that had fallen head over heels for him all those years ago.Gently shutting her eyes, she shook away every thought about her ex husband as she sank into the seat opposite facing him.“Mr. Albrecht, I didn’t expect you to come in person.”“I only saw it fit that I be the one to finish what I had started.” Lucien’s voice was on a medium tone. It wasn’t too high or low, and the tint of gentleness mixed in it made Alexandra doubt her ears.Laughing this off, she sa