“One cup of iced decaf.” Alexandra said as she placed her card on the counter, sliding it towards the waitress. The female collected it and slotted it into her machine, deducting the needed amount before giving it back to her with a receipt.“One cup of iced decaf coming up.” The waitress bent to the side, trying to see around Alexandra as she asked. “And what about you Sir?”“Coffee.” The voice behind her responded and just like her usual days, Alexandra had herself looking behind at the familiar voice with confusion etched in her eyes.She huffed out a breath upon seeing Darius standing behind her. “What a coincident.”“Indeed.” Darius concurred as he stepped forward and placed his card on the counter, waiting until his bill had been deducted and his card given back to him until he turned to face the blonde.It was the first time she was seeing him in two weeks. She studied his outfit-a plain black body tight shirt, a red flannel underneath black leather jacket and a pair of causal
Alexandra did not share one, two but three of her Mochi snack. She just couldn’t get used to seeing the look on Darius face each time he stuffed a different piece in his mouth. After the third piece, they had both slurped down their beverage without even realizing it.Even she had lost track of time while sipping on her decaf and watching Darius’s expressions. He was an advanced version of her television with never ending channel choice. Some channels annoy you while the others intrigued and interest you.“Did you enjoy eating my snacks that much?” She asked with a tilt of her head right after Darius had popped the last piece of Mochi into his mouth.He chewed on it and sincerely nodded. “They were delicious. I’ll admit, I never expected you to have peculiar taste when it came to food.”Alexandra scoffed. “That’s rich coming from someone like you.” She leaned forward on her hands and questioned. “And what knowledge might you posses in the culinary department?”“Quite much if you care
Pin drop.Despite what he had thought before uttering those words, Darius instantly regretted it. It was the first time in twelve years that he had said it out loud. And the last time hadn’t ended so good, he had zero expectation for this time.Or so he thought, but the moment Alexandra chuckle and nodded her head, it felt like a tight thread had been unknotted from around his chest. He could suddenly breath so much better. And instead of staring at him obstructively, Alexandra simply turned her gaze towards the view outside once again without uttering a single word.Out of everyone he had ever met, she… Alexandra Grey was an exemption. She was weird.“That’s weird, you’re not going to try and call the mental asylum hotline?” Darius teased, but some part of his voice held what were his true feelings.Alexandra chuckled once again, and with a smile on her lips, she turned to face him. “All that just for someone’s dreams. I’m not a dream killer you know.”“Yeah, but you are weird.”“Tha
“Michael, head on out without me and send everyone home on an early leave, they’ve done well so far on the summer line up.” Alexandra said into her car’s speaker, Michael on the other line.“Are you sure Ms. Grey?” He inquired followed by the sound of shuffling. Alexandra chuckled; even though he sounded reluctant she could clearly make out the sound of him already packing to leave. She couldn’t blame him. When the sound on the other line had quieted down, Michael added. “I’m aware that they’ve done phenomenal on the summer line up but do you really want to give them time to slack off?”“They’re not slacking off, Michael. They’ve strived so far to make sure I don’t find one fault in this season’s theme the best I can do is give them some time to relax, well that and increasing their pay, but we all know the latter isn’t happening so send them all home early. I’ll stop by the company to grab my phone’s charger and you better make sure you’re all gone by the time I reach there.”“Sure t
You know that saying that goes; I know, somehow, only when its dark enough, can you see the stars. Vividly, Alexandra was starting to get a clear view of its meaning.Just as the whole room plunged into darkness- the lights outside her office going off immediately- light from a nearby billboard shone into her open window, accompanied by the glow of the moonlight, Lucien looked like the spitting image of the Greek God Zeus. Truly alluring for a woman who was trying her mightiest to say no to temptation.Her staring must have been that much obvious that it caught Lucien’s attention. He turned away from billboard outside just in time to catch her eyes glued on him. And just like he looked in her eyes, in his eyes, she looked just as bewitching and lovely. Her skin paled under the moonlight, a total contrast from her tanned lively skin complexion and her gray orbs stood in the dark. Compared to the beauty of the moon at night, Lucien found her eyes way more captivating.She, his ex wife a
Everything. At this moment in Alexandra’s life, everything seemed to be waving off course. Just when she had thought the only thing she had to worry about was her grandmother's scheming way, trouble begins to boil in her personal life. She really couldn't understand what the universe had planned out for her.Staring at the sign on the stair’s door, the blonde huffed out a breath of disbelieve through her lips. How on earth had she forgotten about the maintenance slip she had signed off two days ago? Had work been getting to her that much or was she just a natural airhead?Whichever option it was out of the three, she didn’t want to find out while standing like a complete idiot and staring at a damn door.She reached into her back pocket and pulled out her phone. Hopefully she could call Michael and he’d have something sorted out. Or so she thought because the moment she tried powering her phone, the device didn’t give any response, the screen remained blank no matter how many times sh
Alexandra felt her heart do a fluttery flip as she stared at Lucien. It wasn’t the first time he was apologizing to her, but this one out of all sounded the most genuine. Like he was now truly regretting his action and wanted nothing more than for her to forgive him, no hidden agenda.There was not a single human without flaw. Every living being on this earth has created a mistake in some way that they later lived to regret, Alexandra was no different. So if after all the apologies she had received from Lucien, she still insisted on not forgiving him, wasn’t she just being headstrong wicked?Once again, thanks to the universe’s playbook, she was looking like the villainess.What a hassle. Holding a grudge against him was too much work for her already overworked brain. And besides, if she was too focused on Lucien, she just might lose sight of her original goal and that, more than anything was the real reason she had decided to abandon everything and return to her family.She needed to
A few hours had quietly gone by since their last conversation. At some point in time Alexandra had almost thought that Lucien had fallen asleep, if not for the regular turn and toss her made every now and then. Lying on her couch, the blonde turned over and folded herself up. Just like she had thought, the temperature in the room had slowly begun to drop, it was a surprise to how that Lucien wasn't feeling cold.It was almost Summer so she really couldn’t wrap her head around how the room was becoming so cold. She sighed and turned over in her couch again before seating up. How Lucien stayed so still was beyond her ability to answer.“Can’t sleep?” Lucien asked, his deep voice which sounded hoarse being the first sound in hours to break the quietness in Alexandra office. As a matter of fact it was the first sound heard on the presidential floor in hours.“What do you think? Who’d be able to fall asleep in such conditions?” Alexandra said and pushed her hair back. She thought of gettin
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