~A few days later~A few days had gone by since Alexandra’s discovery.It wasn’t even Friday yet and the whole working week had left her feeling exhausted.After signing last document for her morning schedule, she sighed and gently massaged her aching shoulder. Her whole life had become overly busy over night.But she didn’t mind it, rather, she was thankful. The business kept her mind from thinking of a lot of things. Her failed marriage and recent discovery included.With another sigh, she turned her attention towards the window.The third party who had been involved in the extortion of company funds was… Eleanor Grey.The name felt like soured sweets mixed with baking soda, not a good combination, as it lingered in the mind.There wasn’t enough evidence to prove it, but she had once thought that her uncle’s way of operating was far too smart for their kind.The means they had used to hire hit men against her. The way they had strategically transferred large amount of money from eac
Consider his offer? Alexandra found those words almost laughable as they taunted her mind, playing over and over like some broken track record.But like hell she was going to put his offer of friendship into consideration. Did she look so much like someone who needed to be placed in a mental asylum for Lucien to suggest such a bizarre offer?She hoped her rejection earlier was enough to smack Lucien back into his right mind frame, because if that didn’t stop him now, without a doubt she was going to take drastic measures to distance that man from herself.His presence- much like the rest of everyone- irked her.** ** ** **Octavia’s week had been nothing short of a nightmare. She rarely slept and when she did, she’d have the awful-est of dreams.Today, like the previous days, her dreams had repeated, and she woke up soaked in beads of sweat. Just as she broke down and buried her face into the center of her palm- pouring out her misery and devastation over her recent break up- she had
Octavia’s quiet acceptance to the whole situation had surprised Lucien. He had expected her to throw a fit, cause a scene or act like a toddler who’s lost her precious candy. She did none of those.Well, he couldn’t really care less.Walking half way across his suite, Lucien picked up his glass of wine from where he had previously sat and proceeded to his room. His steps only came to a stop when he caught a reflection of himself on a full view mirror hung on the wall.He stared at the reflection, blinking a couple of times as his mind seemed to whirl.Octavia was now out of his life, permanently, thus he could focus more on work. But for some reason, that wasn’t the case. In fact, his dedicated amount of time for work had reduced because of certain thoughts that he frequently found himself having.Some days they’d go into overdrive and he’d be forced to sleep it out or dull those thoughts with drinks.Slowly- even he noticed- it was turning into an unhealthy habit. He couldn’t really
“Achoo!” Alexandra wiped her nose with a new tissue paper.She was falling sick, probably a cold she caught from standing under the shower all night and then falling asleep with a damp hair. Theodore would give her hell if he knew that she was taking such poor care of her health. So it was best if she kept it away from him.Nodding her head to her inner thought, she disposed of her used tissue paper and turned her attention back to work. She was only half way done when the alarm on her phone began to ring.The alarm’s title stated ‘Death anniversary.’She looked at it and sighed, her whole face completely falling.With all that has been going on, she failed to remember that tomorrow was her parent’s death anniversary. She felt disappointed with herself.Some daughter she is.Turning off the alarm, she made a mental not to miss the anniversary tomorrow, pay them a visit and with her free time rest. She slid open her drawer and chugged down her cold medicine, not like it was of any help
Alexandra sighed and relaxed into her chair. She had done the right thing. No one on earth could convince her otherwise. Rather Benjamin’s words were just too funny. Her action would come back and bite her? Ha! Who exactly did he think she was?The only person who was on the road to regretting their decision was that woman. She was just as much of a traitor like the rest of her family.Sighing again, Alexandra closed her eyes. The back of her hand went up to touch her forehead. The temperature was well above the normal temperature of a healthy person, so she decided to call it a day, and just as she was about to stand up from her chair, there was another knock at the door.This time- thinking it was her uncle back for more trouble- she lost it and yelled. “Benjamin God so save your soul if you don’t get lost this very second.”There was another knock after her words and she exhaled through her lips. With reluctance, she called. “Just come in.”The door opened and when Lucien walked in
Up close, her breath felt so feverish against his lips. He could almost taste the lavender of her cologne like it had been sprayed directly in his face. All this facts were so omissible with the little to no distance between them both.Lucien’s hand rested on the arm of the couch, stopping his body at the last moment from compressing with that of his ex wife. But that didn’t stop the way his heart had shut into overdrive, beating manically against his chest.Deep down, he hope Alexandra couldn’t hear it.Well his prayers were answered without a second to spare. Immediately they had landed on the couch, Alexandra mind had gone into a totally blank state.Her whole body felt feverish all over and her insides felt like they were going to expand and burst due to all the heat that was growing inside. This feeling… this new feeling that her brain couldn’t process felt like it was going to swallow her whole. It was all too dangerous, yet, why did it seem like some part of her body did not fe
Much like the rain, the burning feeling inside of her didn’t seem to leave. Instead, by this morning it seemed worse, both the rain and her burning insides.As she stared at the entrance of the graveyard, she couldn’t help but sigh and touch her forehead. It was hot. Her fever had risen over night, but she dared not miss out the death anniversary of her parents. Right now, all she needed to do was buckle up and finish her visit to her parent’s graves, after that, her body could do as it wished.Alexandra nodded and grabbed the flower bouquet and her black long coat, throwing it over the black gown she wore and stepped out of the car into an already waiting umbrella. Michael who had been holding the umbrella, bowed when she stepped out.“Do you need me to come along?” He inquired.She collected the umbrella and shook her head. There was no need. “Just wait in the car.” She ordered as she strode off and passed the rolls and rolls of gravestone, only stopping when she arrived at the desi
Her fever was raising the more. Alexandra could feel it. Every passing second that she stood in the cold atmosphere of the rain; her fever seemed to rise up.Finally done with paying her respect, she wiped her eyes and bowed.“Don’t worry about me Mom, Dad, this is nothing. I've made a promise and no matter what, I’m going to carry it out.”After placing a two finger kiss on the head of the gravestones she bowed for the final time and turned around, but just as she attempted to take a step forward, her vision became hazy and her legs wobbly. Before she knew it, her body had descended to the floor and a sharp pain coursed through her knees.What perfect fucking luck she had. Out of all the days she just so happened to fall sick before her parents anniversary. As if the day couldn’t get any worse.“Fucking great. Just freaking fucking great!” She furiously pounded her fist into the wet floor, looking for some sort of way to release the amount of frustration she had been harboring. But s