~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
On the drive back home Lucien could concentrate. There was so many things going on in his head that the male thought that he would be involved in an accident even before he got home.Much to his dismay, that didn't happen.Parking his car, he stepped out with a sigh and slammed the door shut. That was more than enough announcement to the servants of the house that their master had returned.The first person that approached him even before he could step inside was Regent. The elderly male quickly sensed the displeased aura surrounding Lucien and tried his best to sooth that aura of better still, avoid it."Welcome Young master Albrecht." The butler greeted with a bow.Despite his anger, Lucien still found himself cringing at the title he was addressed with.Ever since Leon, his father, showed up out of the blues, the servants of the house had ever since addressed him with the title of Young master and not master like the previous days. Probably because they now knew that Leon was still
"Alexandra Grey has something I want." Eliana said as she tapped her well manicured finger against the window glass of Alexandra's old bedroom, staring down at the gardeners below who were trying their best to aid the dying garden.Pitiful, she thought and turned her attention away, fixing it back on Lucien who was giving her, not only a death glare, but a confused look alike. She almost felt like chuckling after seeing it."Well, to be exact, she has someone I want." The female added in, intending to defuse Lucien's confusion, but only added all the more to it.Alexandra had someone Eliana wanted? Who could it be? Was she possibly holding a family member or relative of Eliana hostage?No. Lucien shook thoughts of such off. The Alexandra he had come to know was genuine and too sincere to go down and dirty like that. Even if it meant she wanted something desperately, she just wasn't that type of woman, and that was what he admired and what made him keep falling for her all the more, ev
First of all, before Alexandra's mind briefly wheeled with questions, she felt a strange sense of Deja Vu hit her.What was he doing here?There was no way he could be...Before Alexandra could deny her thoughts, the foreign stranger walked towards where Mr. Bianchi and his wife sat and each hugged them."Mother, father, it's good to see you guys again."Alexandra swallowed at his words and felt her appetite drop. Even if she had used strange soccery, there was no way she could have predicted that he and Darius were related.And step siblings for that matter! Those two looked nothing like each other.While Darius had thick dark hair and green entrancing hazel eyes, The foreign stranger had bright blonde hair and blue eyes that seemed depth-less. And it wasn't only their looks that constracted, even their personalities were at odds.From the few odd minutes Alexandra had talked to the foreign stranger, she could tell he was an outgoing person. Someone who stopped at nothing until he ha
"What exactly is going on here?" Alexandra quickly made her presence known as she matched up to where Darius was and stood behind the familiar looking girl.She folded her arms and watched as the girl seating beside Darius turned to look at her, her eyes seemingly doubling in astonishment as she finally realized Alexandra had returned. Much to Alexandra's surprise, the face that she gazed down upon was a familiar face, Eliana Curt, if she remembers correctly."Ms. Grey, what a pleasant surprise." The cherry hair female quipped and quickly got to her feet, forgetting that she had been trying to pull a fast one on Darius as she walked to where Alexandra was standing just a few feet away.The blonde sized her up and her expression darkened. She really didn't like the girl for one single thing and today just proved how much her gut was right."Miss Curt, if I remember correctly?" Alexandra asked and she nodded her head enthusiastically like a child."Yes, correct." She beamed, but her smi
Throughout the drive back to Grey Manor, Darius was tentative with everything he did. He could notice that Alexandra had quickly gone mute as soon as she stepped into the car and throughout the drive back, she had kept her gaze trained on the window, facing the scenery outside the moving vehicle and barely glancing his way even when the car had a few bumps.She was probably angry at him. Even he would be angry if he suddenly cane back from getting her medicine only to see some strange guy hovering around her. Darius chugged it up to that and as soon as he had parked his car in the drive way of her house, he gently placed his hand over hers."Alexa..." He cautiously started, but as soon as his hand made contact with hers, she flinched and snapped her head his way."What? Have we arrived?" She asked glancing around."Y-yes. You okay?" Darius was quick to change his route of questioning.To hell with her being angry at him. He cared more about whether she was okay or not.At his question
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