Back at Albrecht Empire, Lucien sat in the comfort of his office with the lights dimmed. He had his tablet held within his grasp and on the screen was the long list of Octavia’s call logs Lucas had provided.He had been looking through it for some time now and only one number seemed to stand out with its frequent communications and call history and when tracked back to its owner, it happened to be a certain man with the name of Marcus Sylvester.Lucien had never heard of him but suspected he was the person Octavia was colluding with to deceive him.The male sighed and placed the tablet down. Once again, Octavia was trying to blind sight him and take something that belonged to him away. Thinking of it that way angered him. But then that anger gave path for other thoughts to roam his mind.Had Octavia ever loved him in the first place? Had he really been the only one who had feel in love during all those years of them being together?How disappointing. Not only was he a fool in love, he
It was cold.No matter how much she stirred around, Alexandra could no longer feel that one warm spot on her shoulder and unconsciously, her body became disturbed.Where had her perfect warm spot gone to? The question floated her mind as she drifted in and out of her sleepy haze, unaware of the person watching her sleep. Just when she had begun dozing off, Darius had woken up and just like she had told him, she was right there when he woke up with her eyes closed.Darius took his precious time to observe her sleeping face. It wasn’t every day he got to witness her sleeping. In the process of watching her sleep, her head bopped and she nearly slopped to the side. Darius was quick to catch her and chuckled. She looked like a fierce beast when awake but like an innocent rabbit when sleeping.One could almost mistake the two.Scooting closer, Darius gently placed her head on his shoulder and relaxed back in his seat. He had gotten a well needed rest and truthfully, could now thing better.
Alexandra sat in her car with her head hung low.Ah, why had she panicked that way? Now Darius was feeling guilty for something he had not caused. And she… well she was left wondering what was so scary about liking someone.Probably the wounds caused by Lucien’s constant torment and neglect when they had been married. But even still, she had no right to stereotype people according to that experience. For all she knew, Darius might be different. No, he was different, Alexandra knew this and that was why her heart had unconsciously slipped even when she had reminded herself number of times that she had no room for romance.His annoying yet caring way of life. His humor and heartwarming characteristics. Darius was far way different from the man Lucien had been when she was married to him. Yet her heart still shrank away at the slightest thought of romance.That was something ironic being heard from the mouth of Alexandra Grey, a powerful business woman like herself, but it was only natur
Vivian had cried until her heart was content. Alexandra had felt kind of bad of her s she held Vivian in her arms and listened to her cry, but in an instant, she wiped away such a felting emotion and instructed that the head doctor from Grey’s medical center be summoned immediately.After the medical checkup was completed, Vivian, along with Leonardo was sent back to their place while Alexandra stayed behind to clean up the final mess.As she was about closing the strategy meeting Zion, she felt her phone vibrate once again. When she pulled it out and saw it was Lucien, she sighed.Out of everybody present on the earth right now, she was not in the mood to deal with his bullshit. If the world could grant it, she’d instantly block his contact, but as fate has it, she had entered cooperation with him, that she was now regretting. Maybe the land in Paris-which was the only thing tying her to Lucien- wasn’t as important as she had evaluated it.Her company stocks had gone up twice the mar
The grabby and touching hands, Vivian could still feel them each time she closed her eyes to sleep and this time, she woke up with a start, screaming and struggling with the blankets draped over her body.Leonardo was quick to find his position beside her as he rushed in from the living room and tried comforting her.“Sh. It’s okay now.” He cooed softly beside her ears after successfully getting her in his arms.She felt so fragile… almost too breakable for Leonardo’s sake and each time he thought back to all the doctor said, his insides burned with anger. Vivian had not been assaulted sexually, but yet, all the bruise and trauma inflicted on her was enough to break her.And the master minds behind the whole thing were his very own grandmother and her minion. Leonardo felt rage surge up inside him. He wanted to make them pay for their actions so badly. And that was why he was not hesitating to help Alexandra one bit.She wanted dirt of Agatha Grace and his grandmother, and then she ca
“One chance? What exactly does that mean?” Darius asked after they had settled comfortably in the sand and began watching the waters. It was dark but the scene in front was still worth it. “Does that mean I get unlimited time with you?”Alexandra chuckled at his question. She found it funny that someone like him was asking such a question. She turned to him and shook her head with a tight smile on her lips. “No. My time is worth money.” She added the last part in when Darius’s face sulked. “But, it does mean you get exclusive privileges.”Her words brightened Darius up once more and in a bid to get the answer out of her faster, he leaned closer and hastily asked. “Privileges like what?”Alexandra quickly took notice of how close his face lingered near hers and dressed her face back. Darius didn’t give up despite that and leaned in all the more.“Privileges like what, Alexandra?”Instead of answering his question, Alexandra used her palm and pushed his face away. Muttering words as she
The remaining few hours of the night was spent by Darius and Alexandra watching the ocean’s waves. It was a pleasant feeling yet Darius couldn’t quite shake off his conversation with Cain Michelson and found himself peeping over his shoulder every now and then and although Alexandra had noticed this, she chose to remain silent and not question him, after all, she already had too much on her plate to dish more problems out for herself.But after some time the direction of his gaze had changed and he began stealing glances at her. Alexandra noticed this and after sighing out, she asked.“What are you doing?”The reply to her question came shortly after as Darius confidently replied. “Stealing glances at my future girl friend, is something wrong with that? Or are you by any chance against that idea?”Perhaps not. Alexandra had thought later that night as he walked her back to her car and waited by her side until she had gotten in and driven away.She collapsed tired on her bed when she g
Eleanor was quietly sited in her study, tactically planning out another one of her schemes while playing chess all by herself when a servant of hers rushed in.“Madam, there’s trouble.” The servant announced while looking frantic.Eleanor who was about to place down one of her chess pawn stopped her movement and raised her head to meet that of her servant. The female servant had been panting when she gazed upon her and her disheveled figure almost made Eleanor believe that the female had run a hundred meter race.“Trouble?” She inquired with a tilt of her head. “How so?”The servant looked like she was about to open her mouth and relay the situation when a commotion from beyond the door caught Eleanor’s attention. The elderly woman glanced at the door in confusion and then returned her gaze to the servant in front.“What was that?” She asked while gently rising from her chair and seeing to it that she discover the source of the noise by herself.When she stepped out of her study and i