Alexandra splashed a hand of water on her face and sighed. She raised her head and stared at her reflection in the mirror. If one didn’t know the demons trapped within her they could easily think she has a pitch perfect life.But she didn’t.She switched off the tap and dried her face. There was no need for her to stay in here any longer than needed and she certainly wasn’t trying to delay her conversation with Lucien. She certainly wasn’t. Sure, she had never predicated having this conversation with Lucien, and had never prepared herself for one, but that didn’t mean she was going to chicken out. Maybe it was time she straightened things out with him and stopped holding onto the past. Maybe then she could find the happiness she wanted.The blonde nodded at her reflection. It was about time she placed her past in the past and actually lived in the present.She turned around and was about to leave the restroom when she heard a sound coming from the stall behind her. She narrowed her ey
The girls looked at Lucien in surprise, mostly Alexandra. Just a couple of minutes ago he was at their seat and now he was here, stalking towards this Anthony dude like a deadly predator. She didn’t know what to say.“Do you know who I am?!” The male on the floor barked in anger. Alexandra clammed her eyes shut and shook her head in pity.If only this idiot knew when to keep his mouth shut.Lucien stepped forward and stomped down on one of Anthony’s ankle, pressing down hard enough to earn a yelp from him. “Do I look like I care?” He spat. “People nowadays sure are gutsy.” He raised his head and scanned the women standing a few feets away from him. Their eyes held the right amount of surprise to tell him that they had not expected his presence, even Alexandra.Alexandra stepped forward and placed out her hand. “Lucien don’t, he’s not worth it.”Lucien? The name resonated with the bastard on the floor and he instantly began to shiver. “Lucien Albrecht? Mr. Albrecht? Please forgive me s
Natalie Marsh.Lucien kept the name in his mind as he sat behind his table, fingers moving as fast as light speed against his keyboard.It was just as Alexandra had told him. This Natalie Marsh of a woman was like a nobody in his database. He could barely get a single information about her. For a moment, he wondered if that was indeed the woman’s real name. Maybe he was missing something, not getting a clue that stuck out yet could be easily missed.He sighed and opened up another computer. A database popped up and he typed in her name and yet nothing came. He cleared the whole thing and paused. A thought came to his mind and he searched it up. The name Marsh popped up on his database but sadly no Natalie Marsh. Rather he found something that confused him. A family linage tree.Naomi Marsh and apparently she was related to…oh, oh no.Lucien leaned back in his chair as he took in his newest discovery with his hand placed over his mouth. That’s why she was so hard to find. He wasn’t hun
Eleanor finished giving her speech and walked back to the trio. She smiled gleefully as she approached them.“Wonderful speech Grandmother.” Vivian complimented as she leaned in for a hug. The elderly woman wholeheartedly accepted it while Alexandra ignored their over dramatic family moment.“Thank you darling, now go prepare, your speech is up next.” Eleanor said and shooed the female off, taking her stance next to Alexandra.The blonde remained silent with her posture held up right. It was only after a few second did she turn her attention towards Darius and with a smile she asked.“Get us some drinks please would you.”The noirette glanced between she and her grandmother and nodded his head. With a sigh, he turned around and walked in the opposite direction. Getting drinks was better than being involved in a family squabble, and trust me; he didn’t want to be involved in the Grey family’s squabble.Only after Darius had disappeared among the crowd did Alexandra turn to her grandmot
Thwack!“You damn insolent brat!” Eleanor raged as she struck her palm against Alexandra’s left cheek. The hit left a sting, nothing compared to Octavia’s iron fist but obviously a dent to her face.She placed her palm against it and sighed. She was well aware, and had expected something like this after pulling a stunt like that. In the corner of the room, Vivian sat crouched on a chair with her father and Daniel surrounding her like some sort of protective field as they tried calming the sobbing girl down.“My life is ruined!” She wailed and buried her face into Benjamin’s neck. “I can never show my face in public because of this. My life is ruined Grandmother!”“Are you seeing this? This is your entire fault. Quickly, apologize to your cousin while we’re still being lenient.” Daniel said while pointing an accusing finger her way. Alexandra scoffed. What a show her entire family was putting on. Truthfully, it wasn’t entertaining in the least bit.“Alexandra your uncle is right, apolo
Alexandra ran her fingers through her hair as she walked down the long hall and sighed. What a night. She wrapped her hands around her body and gently massaged it. Now that she had show her true colors to Eleanor, the blonde wondered what move next she'd pull.She wondered. At the stage in which this game had progressed, there was no way of knowing what cards the elderly woman would pull from underneath her sleeves. That was the kind of game Alexandra wanted to play, a game in which she didn't hundred percent know the odds, but was sure she'd win. That type of game gave her the thrill her life lacked.“You did well.”She flinched and her thoughts were interrupted as she felt something cold touch her cheek. She groaned as her cheeks stung.Grabbing the cold object, she glanced at it, then glanced at where it had come from. Darius gave her a taunting grin that she immediately dismissed.“You think so?” She asked as she popped open the lid of the cold object which had turned out to be a
~Twelve A.M, Grey Family Main Mansion. ~Vivian couldn’t stop her tears from climbing out. At first they had poured down in separate groups, dousing her makeup packed cheeks, but as the reality of her situation began to hit harder and the articles about her failed party night started rolling in, her tears couldn’t help but pour out in batches, gushing down her cheeks like endless waterfalls.On the chair opposite where she was currently weeping, sat her Grandmother. The woman was quietly gazing at her granddaughter as Benjamin and Daniel tried their very best to make heads of the situation. They had tried several soothing words, promises and even gotten many of the night’s articles taken down, but as the night’s incident was a hot scoop, it spread like wild fire. In less than an hour since its happening, Vivian had already made headline and just as Alexandra had promised, she was the topic of the night.However the incident wasn’t just going to disappear overnight. It’d be a life last
It was sometime around one during midnight when Darius returned home. The exact time, he didn’t care to know. He switched off the engine of his car and sat in it for a while, reminiscing about the night’s event. He chuckled when remembering the way Alexandra had clapped like crazy when Vivian had tried scrambling of the stage like a frightened chicken and nearly busted out laughing when he remembered Eleanor’s enraged expression. Now he was starting to partly understand why Alexandra took delight in causing tremors in the woman’s life. The other half however, he couldn’t seem to wrap his head around. Her hatred for the woman was just on another whole scale.It was like she didn’t even view Eleanor as family anymore. What had she done to receive such treatment?Well, that was a question only Alexandra could answer.Pulling himself together, Darius pulled out the key from the ignition and stepped out from his car. After ensuring that it was properly locked and parked beside his other pr
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