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
In spite of the entire attitude she had given him earlier on, Alexandra had fallen asleep the moment she closed her eyes. It was almost too adorable for Lucien to watch. He quietly chuckled-careful not to disturb the sleeping female as he stood behind her.After a while, he reached down and soothingly adjusted a few strands of her hair out of the blonde’s face. This in turn caused her to groan and stir in her sleep a bit.Guess she wasn't so much of a heavy sleeper.Not wanting to disturb her any further, Lucien stepped back and tucked his hands into his pocket. His fingers grazed the plastic object in his pocket and he pulled it out.Tediously, he stared at the identification card smudged between his fingers tips then glanced back at his sleeping ex wife before shoving it back into his pocket.Well, it had served its use; there was no need for him to keep it around after today.** ** ** **For Alexandra who had fallen asleep easily, morning came in a blink of an eye. She stirred arou
No matter how desperate she may have been at that moment to lay out her bait for the biggest fish, Alexandra couldn't rush to see someone while still dressed in the clothes she had worn for a whole day and slept in. Her soul just wouldn’t allow her, so firstly, before anything else, she needed to rush back home and freshen up, have a change of clothes before zooming off to wherever it was she wanted to go.Or so her perfect plan had been painted out in her head. Upon arriving at her house, by the foot of her gate, Daniel stood with his arms crossed boldly over his chest. Obviously at first she had just thought of ignoring him and driving pass, but then he stepped in her way, refusing to budge even after all the screams that had been thrown his way by the security. They were just about to forcefully throw him out of the way when Alexandra stuck her arm out of her window and raised it, telling her security men to stand down.As she stepped out, Daniel shot despiteful glares at her, not
Her very being emitted aura of superiority. Stefan could feel it as he sat in her presences. He wasn’t sure whether it was the way she carried herself or just the way she had been born. Either one, Nature or nurture, she didn’t seem like one to fool around or to try and fool.“This is a fair Bargain Mr. Miller, so what do you say?” Her voice had a sweet yet intimidating tune to it and accompanied by the way she had dressed, the blonde looked like the angel of death in his eyes. Only that she wasn’t, she was herself, the real and truest version of Alexandra Grey that could ever exist.“Having your uncles arrested, doesn’t that diminish the capability of Grey Enterprise? What gain would you have then?” Stefan asked.“I stand to gain a lot. Let’s be transparent here Mr. Miller, I sent you those documents because no other person seemed suitable for this job. It’s a win-win so why don’t we stop prolonging this and be our best versions while we cooperate.”“And if I refuse?” Stefan dared to
“I’ve bought back the snacks you lent me.”Darius typed the message on his phone, read it once then clicked on the send icon.Seconds later a reply came. “I shared them with you; there was no need for you to refund me.”He read the reply and nodded his head, typing a reply of his own. “Does that mean I can eat it? You sure you don’t want it?”“Touch even one of my Mochi and I’ll make sure you never get a single job in the whole of Seattle.”Darius read her reply and snorted. Was she really being so extra over one silly snack? Without bothering to reply, the noirette placed his phone down and went back to what he had previously been doing. He ruffled his small hand towel around his hair in a bid to get out the water and then after a while, he tossed the towel away and exhaled.A cool shower after his evening workout was always the best option. It was the only thing that seemed to put his mind at ease and calm his pounding heart down.Strolling over to his fridge, Darius glanced at the
Over the next few days Alexandra kept to her word. She provided Stefan with more than one tangible evidence to indicate that Benjamin and Daniel had been involved in shady business.The evidence was sent to him but as per his own side of the bargain, he wasn’t really doing a superb job in keeping it up. So far he had found nothing relating to Natalie Marsh and although he had promised to check and provide her with CCTV footages, Alexandra still wasn’t pleased.She clicked the send icon on her burner phone and placed it down, ending their current conversation. In that exact moment, Michael passed her a tablet from the front seat.“Ms. Grey, please take a look at this.”The blonde collected the device and scrolled through what was on the screen.“Twenty Five thousand dollars was withdrawn from Daniel Grey’s account earlier this morning at the central bank. There is no record of what happens to the money after that.”She took one further glance at the document and discarded the tablet. “