Just as fast as their meeting had started, it had ended in more peace than Alexandra had imagined. Ezra had been pissed at first, but as soon as they stepped into the conference room and Alexandra got talking, his interest was once again piqued and just like half a year back, he took interest in doing business with her once more.“Two months is an awfully long amount of time to put a business meeting off for.” Ezra told her as they both stepped out of the conference room and Giselle rose to her feet, retrieving her coat from the coat hanger nearby.“Yes, I am aware of that and sincerely apologize for allowing my personal matters interfere with my business life.” Alexandra said and bowed her head subtly. She meant her every word and tried to show it as sincerely as possible.Seeing this, Ezra could no longer hound her on the matter and tucked his hand away in his pocket with a sigh. “I hope you keep up to your words this time around, Madam Grey.” Immediately after his words, his phone
It was just as Alexandra had predicted.It didn’t take more than an hour after she had stepped into the golf course, fully clothed in her golf attires, that Syrian stepped in.As she watched the blonde approach her with a casual walk while leaning on her golf club, Alexandra was disappointed to some extent. She had better thought that Anthony would have fallen prey to her traps, but sadly she got stuck with Syrian, the presidential wannabe.Well, either of them worked. Be it the smarter one or the dumber one, both were perfect for her to start her first act of justice.Alexandra waited until Syrian had come into close talking range before she leaned off her golf club and addressed him professionally. “Mr. Cross, you are late. One would have almost thought you left me hanging.”Syrian chuckled. “My apologies. There was a little dispute that caused a breach in my schedule, but best believe it will not happen a second time.”Alexandra nodded her head while thinking. ‘Of course there was.
He had lost this battle.Alexandra’s words ringed in his ears over and over again, dulling out the pain of his busted lips for a short amount of time before he doubled over and began to laugh uncontrollably.He, Syrian Cross, had lost a battle, to a mere businesswoman that believed she knew it all. The thought of it made his entire existence feel like a joke and with each passing second, he found it more funnier and laughed louder as his body shook.While this was going on, Alexandra simply watched him, not fazed one bit by his sudden change in demeanor. One second reality was raining down hard on him and the next second he was laughing like a maniac. Alexandra had seen his type, watched them crumble and later on dealt with them.Psychos like him were no skin off her nose.After a short amount of time had gone by, Syrian finally stopped his theoretical display and wiped an imaginary tear off the corner of his eyes.“How laughable.” He mused and fixed his gaze on Alexandra. It was diff
Money laundering. Fabrication of paper companies and even evasion of taxes. All of the Cross’s family crimes were put into light for the display and entertainment of the world.Alistair couldn’t have felt happier.Staring at the screen of his phone and reading the trending hot news article, the blonde felt like half of his goals had already been archived.Of course this didn’t happen by his very own hand, but he was well aware of the person behind the deed. While People might have been running wild on the internet and butting heads together and trying to find the anonymous person who had tipped the media off about such a huge scandal, Alistair knew all too well who it was.Swiping the news article away, he proceeded to his phone book and dialed on Alexandra’s number which was saved in his phone list. The line seemed to ring on for a while and after some time he was directed to voicemail.‘The hell?’ He thought as he pulled the phone away from his cheeks to glance at it. In all of thei
[Won’t be able to stop by your place, heading out to have drinks with a friend.]Darius read the message displayed across his screen as he held his phone up with one hand while the other held a shaving razor against his chin. He sighed out seconds later and placed his phone down on the wash hand basin as he continued shaving.Great, now he had to go out and buy the very same groceries that Quinn had finished. He couldn’t remember how many times he had warned her to go easy of his groceries. Not because he was financially strapped, but rather because he found going grocery shopping a hassle and ordering online was just as useless, the thing never works out well for him.“Just great.” He muttered after scraping the last of the shaving cream off his face and leaned down to splash water across his face.After that, he looked in the mirror to ensure that he had shaved well, only to see that he had missed a spot. He picked up the shaving cream and applied it on the subtle spot he had missed
“Talking in the open seemed too much like a hassle.” Alexandra informed Leonardo as Zion poured them each a cup of steaming hot coffee.Seated within the walls of one of Grey Enterprise’s many conference room, Leonardo allowed his gaze travel for a few seconds, admiring the interior of the company he had never gotten to see. Finally when his gaze landed on the steamy cup of coffee, he flinched and made no attempt to pick it up.Alexandra on the other hand, she took a sip from her cup, relished in the feeling before tilting her head in Leonardo’s direction. “Do you think I poisoned it?” She asked with a smirk and when the male flinched once more, her assumptions were confirmed. “Doing that is too much trouble for me. And besides, you are not worth killing.”He wasn’t worth killing? Did that mean that he was finally off her radar? Leonardo thought as he watched Alexandra place her cup down and fix her gaze solely on him.As if reading his mind, she uttered. “Don’t have foolish thoughts,
The price was steep.But Leonardo paid it with his full chest. Standing at the edge of her window, Alexandra watched her cousin leave after their meeting. She had heard a lot of things from him, things which were sure to help her in the long run and in return for her helping Vivian, Leonardo had agreed to help her with whatever she needed.Although she didn’t completely trust him. Just yesterday he was her enemy, no way was she going to blindly put her trust in him. She was smarter than she had once been. Repeating the same mistake twice wasn’t an option for her any more as that would only lead to a possible failure.Turning around, Alexandra pulled out her phone from her protect when she felt it vibrate. She glanced at her screen and saw it was a text message from Quinn. Without hesitating, she clicked on it and opened up the message.[I can’t seem to reach him.] Her text was plain without any further meaning but strangely it made Alexandra’s heart clench.She swiped away the massage
Darius felt the color drain from his face. His heart did a tumble and he could feel the pit in his stomach enlarge.Throughout all that, he managed to ask. “What?”At this, Cain reached into the pocket of his inmate suit and pulled out a few pictures. He tossed them on the table, allowing them scatter across the table and give Darius a full clear view of what were on each of them.Hastily, he reached for the closest picture and grabbed it off the table. A sigh left his lips when he was it a picture of him and Alexandra together. Several more after that followed and each one of them backdated towards the previous months. Even up until the point in which he had ran into her at the convenient store and they had shared snacks.Looking at all the pictures, Darius felt utter rage. “You bastard.” He sneered.But Cain obviously didn’t seem affected by his words. “What? Did you think you were the only one doing the watching?” He chuckled and crossed his arms. “Think again kid.”Darius balled h
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