He was always there. Everywhere she went, Lucien had always been there, and that was one thing that baffled Alexandra about his existence. Lucien was unaware of this, and the more he tried putting his presence back into her life, the more she shrank away, scared to be hurt by the man she had once loved but broken by.She wanted to minimize contact with him as much as possible, but Lucien wanted the opposite. Staring at the redhead standing at the door, her face slowly fell and all the relief and assurance she had felt seconds ago while speaking with Darius slowly began to dissipate.Staring at her emotionless face, Lucien felt like he wasn’t welcome at the moment, but despite that, he pushed forward and asked. “Mind if I come in.”Alexandra swallowed as her eyes fluttered. Weakly, she nodded her head. “Suit yourself.”After her words, Lucien took his time stepping in. He gently closed the door behind him before proceeding towards her hospital bed. He stopped at the foot of the bed and
Not long after Lucien had left, the night sky opened their door and it began to rain down, as if the universe was rubbing Alexandra’s ordeal in her face. The blonde stayed quiet and blankly stared at the empty flower vase, planning her next moves out.The door to her hospital wing pulled open, distracting her from whatever plan she had been brewing in the past five minute of silence. Darius stepped in with his hands half full of snack bars and a can of coke. After he had closed the door, he stood in his spot and looked around the room, sensing something was definitely off from when he had first left.“Did something happen while I was away?” He questioned with narrowed eyes.Alexandra chuckled. Once again he had read the room with she even needing to tell him. He was weird; his presence annoyed her and at time made her feel safe. It was like he was this sort of protection bubble that she so desperately wanted to get rid of, but each time she remembered how it has comforted and kept her
Listening to the sound of the hospital monitoring machines beep loudly, Alexandra stared down at Michael as he laid unconscious in his hospital bed, dressed in a patient gown and covered with small bruises all over. The assistant’s face looked nearly drained of any color it usually held during their working hours, and along with the bruises, scratches and oxygen mask placed over his nose, it proved to be the worst state Alexandra had ever seen him in.Her heart clenched and her jaws along with it. Harming her was one thing, but harming the people close to her was another. If after this Eleanor still bore a wild dream that she was going to go easy on them, then she was the biggest dreamer Alexandra had ever met, because she was going to put them through whatever hell Michael was going through.Sure, murder was illegal, but no one said anything about assault. Maybe just a few beatings here and there. This time around, she was ready to play their game their way.“Following the examinatio
Several days had gone by since that main incident. Four days if Alexandra was to be precise. In those four days it had nearly been like hell for the blonde. Theodore had made it his duty to monitor her every move in those days. He stuck around, did work while in her room and only ever left after getting important calls from his company and father, Darius on the other hand only popped in once in a while. Never the less, she appreciated their concerns and the free time Alexandra got to herself she’d spend it in the hospital’s green house which she had just installed recently. Although it wasn’t as glorious as Bianchi medical center’s green house, the garden still held some worth of its own.Today being one of those days, Alexandra had decided to spend it in the comfort of the hospital’s garden again. She sat on the stationed bench there and glanced at the flowers, especially enjoying the ones that were finally in blooming season. The scent and pleasant aromas really did calm her mind an
“You’re just going to let her go?” Darius asked as he sat down on Alexandra’s hospital bed and watched as she watch the fired nurse through the blinds of her window, index finger pushing the curtain to the side.“Yeah.” She answered with her gaze still trained on outside, head tilted to the side.“Don’t you want her arrested for invasion of privacy or something like that?”Alexandra scoffed as she stepped away from the window, fixing her gaze on the male seated on her bed. “What’s the fun then?” She questioned, earning a look of scrutiny from Darius, but before he could question her intent, she spoke up again. “That reminds me, weren’t you meant to be somewhere? Why were you at the green house after you had left?”To answer her question, Darius reached into the pocket of his summer coat and fetched out a small slender object. He tossed it to her just as she sat down on the chair facing her hospital bed.The blonde caught it with easy and opened her palm. There, in the center of her pa
From the comfort of the back seat of her car, Alexandra surveyed the venue for Eleanor’s birthday celebration and watched as people flocked in. The party was already in full swing and bustling with well wishers for Eleanor. Alexandra had no such intention. Unlike the rest of the guests attending today, she didn’t come here to smile and utter fake words, her purpose was different and set in stone, nothing was going to change her mind.Her gaze was pulled away from the venue by the vibration of her phone. She glanced at the device laying beside her and reached for it. On, turning the screen on, it was a message from Theodore.The words simply read. “Found him.”Alexandra smiled. Perfect. The pieces of her plan were finally complete. How easy was her life being right now?Without further a due, she swiped the message away and reached for her burner phone. She texted Stefan a location and tucked the burner phone away in the secure hold of her glove compartment. When she was sure that ever
The amount of anxiousness Eleanor felt but kept hidden, Alexandra could feel. No matter how much she tried to bury the emotion, some part of her still gave it off.Taking a sip from the wine she had just picked up, Alexandra scanned the room for a certain person, her smile broadening when her eyes landed on the approaching figure. Stefan walked his way up to her, weaving through the small amount of crowd that blocked his way every now and then. When he arrived in front of her, the brunette gave her a cut nod and bowed his head to which she responded with a nod of her own.“Did you receive my little present well?” Alexandra asked with a subtle smile on her lips. Stefan nodded his head. “Good, le talk on the balcony, it’d be more convenient there.” She suggested and began leading the way towards the designated location, only stopping once when she felt Eleanor’s piercing gaze on the back of her head.She looked over her shoulder and allowed her smile expanded. Raising her wine glass, sh
“So tell me, now that you’ve met me in person, do I live up to the rumors.”Was she what the rumors had made her out to be? The two females really couldn’t find an answer out for that question in their shivering minds, but one thing they did know was that Alexandra’s beauty and elegance far surpassed anything the rumors had ever try to make her look like. Under her razor sharp doll gaze, they slowly began to feel suffocated and any sign of their previous pompous attitude slowly withered away.Alexandra stared at the ladies with now folded arms as the bucket laid by her and she awaited their answers; not like she really needed it.“I thought you both had a mouth full of things to say about me?” She questioned coldly. The girls gulped. Sure, they had indeed heard more than a hundred gossip about the female herself, but now that they were in her suffocating presence, they dare not mention a word.Slowly, they were both beginning to regret what they had said about Alexandra’s mother witho