The first thing Alexandra notices as she stepped in was that Eleanor and Leonardo was nowhere to be seen.Ah, so those two were now playing hide and seek. Alexandra thought as she slipped into her seat with a chuckle.Just then, she felt her phone vibrate and she looked at the screen, smiling when she noticed it was a message from Darius.[Please be careful.] The message read.Almost as if reading the message, the blonde remembered that she was not alone.Before she could fly around like a fighting chicken but now she needed to be more careful. If not for her sake, then for the sake of her unborn child.Unconsciously, Alexandra's hands went to her stomach and rubbed soothing circles in them as she thought.Her attention however, was drawn back to the event at hand as Mr. Reed excitedly called on the business man of the year.Lucien stood up and lazily approached the stage. While everyone cheered and rained down praises on him, Alexandra remained still.As Lucien took the stage, accept
Alexandra was quick to dogde the next attack. She rolled out of the way in time just as the wood came down hard on the floor, dust rising from the ground.She jumped to her feet instantly, evading yet another attack from her ambusher. But just as she stepped back, a wave of dizziness swept over her, half from the hit she had taken and half being the handiwork of her unborn child.Her steps swayed and as soon as her attacker noticed this, he took the chance to attack. He swung the wood once more, and miraculously, Alexandra dodged.She took quick steps back, puting much needed distance between them as she took a fighting stance."You'd do well to know that you're on the wrong side of the table." She informed him, panting through her lips as she did so.The male smirked and held up his wood, a rather useless weapon if you asked Alexandra. But that only gave her a thought. If this man was using a wood, such a weak weapon, then he had no intention of finishing her off.Eleanor had probabl
The cheers inside the award parkour had grown severely by the time they stepped out.Alexandra made sure to support Stefan all the way as he had a limp in his step and entrusted him to the guards at the door once she came Across them.Stefan was taken for treatment and after a few words of dismissal Alexandra had managed to make sure that the incident remained unknown by other.The guards apologized deeply, bowed their heads one last time before returning to their posts.Alexandra sighed when she was finally alone and looked up at the sky. There were very few clouds as the sky had gradually darkened, the sun turning to face the other side of the earth while the moon shone down on them."I'm glad you're okay." She whispered with a shaky voice, letting her hand roam circles around her stomach as she leaned her back against the wall, letting herself enjoy this moment.That however, had not lasted more than a few seconds, as she heard the sound of approaching footsteps beside her.Turning
Feeling confused, Alexandra approached the door gently and peaked through the peep hole. She was surprised to see Darius standing there and swung the door open.Immediately the door opened and Darius saw her, the male was quick to rush at her."Alexa, are you okay." He asked in corner while trying to examining her. When he noticed the purple hue on her cheek, he cupped her cheek in his palm and his gaze darkened. "What happened? How did you get that?"Alexandra was still somewhat confused. How had Darius known the location of Cory's house even when she had not told him. Of course she didn't suspect him, Darius was one of those people she trusted unconditionally even though they had only known each other for less than a year.Rather than suspecting him, she was curious."I'm fine." She answered.Darius's grip tightened on her face. "Don't lie to me, Alexa." His voice lowered into an intense tone. "Are you alright?"She nodded and shook of his hand. "I'm fine, it's just a little bruise,
Darius returned from the convenient store less than thirty minutes later and had set the table by the time Alexandra stepped out of the shower.She changed into the flannel be had worm earlier since she no longer wanted to be in bed evening gown and sat by the table."Wow." She mused while glancing over the food a big smile on her lips."Like it?" Darius asked as he took his seat beside her.Alexandra was quick to nod as she picked up her spoon and began digging in. She moaned out in delight after she had stuffed the first spoon into her mouth. Although she wasn't one to eat fast, convenient store food, as they always left a sour taste in her mouth, this one surprisingly tasted perfect and soon Alexandra found herself digging into the various dishes Darius had gotten.The male chuckled with a smile on his lips as he picked up his own food and began to eat, making sure to keep an eye on her even still.After dinner was finished and she'd eaten more than enough to make up for what she w
~Twelve Years Ago.~~August Eighteenth, Two Thousand And Eleven.~The rain had just barely subsides when Cory stepped into the warm comfort of her house.Closing the door behind her, she viewed the beige, yet simple interior of the place she called home and sighed.In the distance, she could hear Alistair playing his console games in his room and screaming over several of his wins.She chuckled. A sad one, and momentarily wondered how long this peace of hers would last.However long it lasted, her goal was to protect her children. Cory thought and her grip hardened on the SD card she was holding.Soon, she was no longer by the door and now in her study. She pulled open her laptop just as she sank into her chair and connected the SD card shortly after.Cory sat still for a few minutes bracing herself before opening the file and clicking on the last video that back dated to a few days ago.When the footage began, Cory felt her heart skip a beat. What is going on here? What she was seein
~The Night Before.~Lucien watched as Alexandra interacted with the foreigner talking to her. Well it wasn't much of her doing the interaction, it even seemed like she wasn't too kin on talking to the guy.At long last, the male left and Lucien decided to step forward and talk to Alexandra. He still believed the their talk had not yet ended and that they could still work something out if all the patches were smoothed down. After all, there was nothing more important in his mind than a relationship between him and the girl who was now standing before him.As he got closer, he could hear her muttering a few words... No, she was muttering a one sides conversation, but it didn't seem like there was anyone else apart from herself and him present and obviously she hadn't noticed his presence, otherwise she would have snapped at him in the nastiest of ways.So who exactly was she talking to? Lucien thought as he stopped in his tracks.This time, he was a bit closer and could make out a few o
"What?" Alexandra asked, dumbfounded by his straight up approach."Are you? Or are you not?" Lucien pushed forward, remaining serious and stoic despite the look of confusion, disbelief and surprise written across Alexandra's face.Silence hung in the air for a few seconds, in which after, Alexandra sighed and shook her head."Leave." She ordered. "Get out of my sight before I make you regret showing up.""You still haven't answered my question.""Because I don't want to." Alexandra deadpanned and folded her hands above her chest, the flannel she was wearing briefly exposing her thighs skin. "But since we're playing the game of questions, here's one of my own. How the fuck did you find me?"Lucien remained unresponsive to her question. He didn't answer and instead he simply stood there looking like a male god, all muscle and sinew as he stared straight at her."Answer my question first?" His gaze clearly demanded wordlessly.This made Alexandra scoff out in disbelief, yet she still cou
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