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
Eliana returned home feeling frustrated.It was the first loss she had encountered against Alexandra yet it made her feel so minimal and useless.She sighed, leaning back in her chair as she tried to calm herself down but no matter how hard she tried, there was a little voice inside her that kept on telling her she wasn't good enough for this match."You're not good enough.""No one likes you. No one wants you here.""You are just an average girl who has no future except you steal the things other people have."And those were just some of the things she heard over and over again replaying in her mind like a broken record.And it irked her out. She hated these negative thoughts in her head but they refused to go away, refusing to let her do anything else than dwell on their existence. And every time she came across them, they always seemed to be louder, reducing her efforts and making her feel useless.She had what it took to make everyone else bow under her. She had what it took to ma
The next morning, Alexandra woke up feeling like she had crossed into the wrong day.She stepped out of bed and did her usual morning routine, getting ready for work and walking down the stairs."Good morning." She greeted after spotting Isabella. The elderly woman was already laying the table out with the help some servants."Good morning." Isabella greeted back, after she had finished seconds later. She thanked the servant and dismissed them just as Alexandra arrived at the table and took her seat."How was your night?" She asked while slipping into the chair opposite Alexandra.The blonde nodded her head as she reached for her eating utensils and dished herself a small portion of food."It was short but pleasant." She informed and spooned her food into her mouth.Isabella nodded her head, following her granddaughter's actions seconds later.When Alexandra notices that silence was settling over the dining table, she glanced over to Isabella and smiled softly before taking another bi
The jingling sound of the bell above the café door caused Alexandra to look away from the conversation at hand once more. She had been seated by a table built to accommodate three people, with Leon beside her and Lucien in front of her. Although she would have chosen another seating pattern if possible.Leon took yet another sip from his coffee, placing the cup down to fix his gaze on Lucien in front of him before he began speaking."I know you both would rather be at different locations," He began, glancing in the direction of both the younger ones he was with. Lucien had his gaze fleeting from place to place, trying his best not to stare at his object of desire seating right in front of him and looking all lovely. Alexandra on the other hand, had her gaze fixed solely on the cup of thick black coffee in front of her.She swear she felt her mouth start to water as she took in its smell and the steamy smoke that left the cup while being fixated on the black café mug. She couldn't reme