Alexandra couldn’t remember when the color of her delicious meat soup had become red. She glanced into the plate of yellow liquid then at her grandmother who was also looking at her.Her heart began to pound, skipping several beats in-between as her mind brought up a thought.Had she been poisoned? But when?She glanced at the table, trying to figure out which dish had carried the key piece, but when she couldn’t deduct which dish had been poison, her gaze flew to her grandmother. The only person who she believed would have a motive to hurt her and the culprit.But before she could open her mouth and accused the elderly woman, another wave of rough cough ripped through her lips. Alexandra felt like her entire inside was being torn to shreds as her body shook with a new wave of cough.After it subsided, she glanced at her hand to see a new round of red drops on her palm. With shaky gaze, she looked towards Eleanor who looked calm and she knew.The last thing she saw before her vision w
It was probably a stupid thing to say, but he couldn’t take it back now.Lucien’s gaze on him seemed to be tearing him in half. The atmosphere had surprisingly dropped in temperature, and if Darius wasn’t mistaking, the lighting of the hospital had dimmed as well.He knew he had done… said something he shouldn’t have. Probably pushed the wrong button of the country’s biggest business tycoon. If he’d survive the night after that stare, he’d thank God.When Lucien had not shook his hand, Darius retracted his hand and stuffed it into his pocket, exhaling through his lips in that moment.“Alexandra is currently resting.” He informed the glaring man.Sadly, his words fell on deaf ears. Lucien’s ears- for some reason, had been ringing since the announcement of his introduction. The blood inside his body seemed to rise up and boil along with it.Fiancé? Ha, what a classic prank!Lucien wasn’t one to pick at baseless proclamations, and as much as he wanted to grab Darius by his collar and pun
It was some time during winter back at high school, one of her usual reoccurring dreams. Alexandra stood under the large oak tree of her school, dressed in her uniform. The person standing in front of her had his back turned towards her as he stared out across the vast field.Dry leaf slowly fell from the tree above, gathering around her feet like some romance teen movie. Except nothing about this moment was romantic. She could feel it, almost as if she was living this dream more vividly than the rest.Finally, when the boy turned around, half of his face had been blurred out by dark shades, his chestnut brown hair being the only thing Alexandra could barely recognized.“You know,” He spoke, the sound of his honey soft voice startling her. “Vengeance can be sweet, but destructive. If you feel like the whole world has wronged you so bad, why not just get stronger and show them what you’re truly made of. That way no one would dare mess with you again, right?”The sound of his last words
Darius had returned with the doctors less than ten minutes later. They ran a few checks on her and clarified her health. However, she was instructed to stay on the hospital grounds for another few days, a week at tops. Apparently they needed to make sure the poison didn’t have any further side effects on her. Alexandra accepted without a fuss, although she hated hospitals, she was in no rush to leave, get back to work or pay her atrocious grandmother a visit.She decided to leave all that until when she was in the mood for it.“That’d be all for today.” The doctor said as he completed his check up on her. He packed his things and smiled at her. “Ms. Grey please be mindful of what you eat in the future, you were very lucky that your Fiancé was near you at that moment. Although the poison dose ingested was not fatal, it still could have caused a lot of damage to your body, coupled with your allergy.”The doctor had said so much, but out of all, Alexandra had only heard a select few befo
The next few days spent at the hospital went by quickly. During those three days, she had gotten her share of company and disturbance. Theodore for one, when he had found out about the poisoning, he turned beat red from anger, literally. She had gotten a ear full of scolding from him, had to make a few promises even she knew she wouldn’t be able to keep and promised to call him once she got discharged.However, that did not stop the blonde from popping up in her hospital room at least twice a day. During one of those occasions, he had a run in with Darius- who only showed up once in a blue moon, not like Alexandra cared; she was doing just fine without his presences and didn’t or wouldn’t need it anytime in the near future.Theodore and Darius however, seemed to hit it off pretty fast and became friends. The two chatted, laughed and exchanged numbers with each other despite the glare she had been shutting their way from across the room.All in all, Alexandra was utterly tired of stayi
One of the things Alexandra had not factored into her day… today was encountering Lucien. In her hospital room. Well then again, who would factor running into their ex husband slash business partner in their hospital wing?No one! No freaking sane person!“Bloody fuck!” Alexandra cursed aloud at the male sited leg crossed in one of her wing’s couch and placed her palm over her racing heart. “What the hell are you doing in my hospital room Lucien? You know there something called knocking?”“I did knock; you just didn’t seem to be in.” He admitted in a heartbeat as he adjusted on the couch, finding a more comfortable spot, making her scrunch up her face in disapproval.Why was he getting all comfortable like he owned the whole freaking hospital. She really prayed he actually didn't.“So you saw it fit to just barge in?” Alexandra scoffed loudly and matched over. “I think you’re beginning to forget your boundaries Mr. Albrecht.”“And what are they?” Those some how pissed her off. She fol
Alexandra didn’t want to get herself involved any further. She could feel his stare as she stuffed the duffle bag, but yet, she did not turn around until the black bag had been packed and zipped up. When she spun around Lucien was still in his spot, arms folded above his chest and expression neutral, yet, she could tell that the expression on his face was somehow different than that of minutes ago. Somehow, she could just tell, it looked more composed and light.And as usual, she couldn’t tell why.The blonde had accepted her fate. She and Lucien were meant to always have their run ins. They were like karmic soul mates, meaning their continuous circle of encounters, hate and love, anger and neglect was not ending anytime soon, according to the universe’s playbook and as much as she hated to admit it, she had to come to terms with it. That was just how her life was now; there were certain things that just stuck without much effort.Lucien newly found interest in her life happened to be
Darkness.That was all she could see. Alexandra blinked her eyes twice at the darkened ceiling then sighed. She turned over and reached for her night lamp, turning it on with a click. Almost immediately, the whole room was illuminated by the bright purple light.She stayed still on her bed for a moment longer before turning over on her side and curling into a fetus position.She felt disturbed. It had been a whole week since she had been discharged from the hospital yet she had been unable to get even the slightest lead on Natalie Marsh. The contact number she had been given had already been disconnected by the time she tried calling and the residential address had been vacated long ago.It was like the woman had vanished into thin air, taking her existence with her. This was trouble for Alexandra since if she couldn’t get one single information about her on both the net and her database, she’d have to result to hacking into the country’s database, and last time she had done that it h