I felt Johnson's breath close to my neck. It was reverberating and pleasing. I haven't felt this close to him in a very long time." Are you alright?" His voice resonated like a boomerang. Hearing him up close brought up so many memories to the surface. Those were memories of all the time we spent together since day one. Memories I wished I had forgotten." Is everything okay with you?" His repeated questions brought me back to the reality of the situation. I looked around me and saw the elevator alongside the people aside.I saw Johnson staring at me with loving eyes. Seeing his irresistible gaze upon me, it was difficult to resist but I managed my emotions. " I'm fine, Mr. Santos," I muttered in a low tone.Johnson was offended that I kept addressing him so formally and asked, " Why are you behaving with me as if we've never got acquainted with each other in the first place?"Before answering that question of his, the elevator arrived at its destination and opened its doors. People
" Is there something you're hiding from me, Alexandrine?" Johnson's question struck me like lightning. What was that question supposed to mean? Did I get found out?I looked at Johnson who expected an answer to his question. What exactly was I supposed to tell him? Not understanding what exactly he meant by " hiding something", I asked him, " What exactly could I possibly be hiding from you?"Johnson looked at me suspiciously and muttered without a second thought, " You hid lots of things from me." He stared at me. " For starters, I didn't know you were a talented designer until today. Why did you hide it from me?" Johnson's eyes had a strange look in them that I couldn't quite grasp.As he kept staring at me, more questions were coming my way. " Why did you give up your dream? For what reason did you give up everything and for who?" The remaining two questions saddened me as he was related to them, but how could I tell him that? It's not as if he would believe me even if I were to re
As she looked over at the one who had caught her from falling, she locked gazes with her neighbor, Officer Nathaniel Frost." Are you okay, Miss?" As he asked again, Alexandrine came to her senses as she realized he was holding her by the waist. She quickly got back on her feet." Yes, I'm alright." She answered. " I just felt a bit dizzy, but I'm okay." She added." Let me check something!" He muttered before putting his hand on her forehead to check her temperature. Her forehead was a little hot as he pulled away from her." You have a slight fever, Miss." He muttered worriedly. I put my hand on my forehead to check the veracity of his words and he was right. My forehead was burning a little." I didn't realize I was sick." She mumbled in a low voice but her neighbor heard her fine.Worried over her condition, he muttered out of the blue, " Could I help you out?"???Alexandrine looked confused over his question. What exactly did he intend to say?" I'm worried for you, Miss. You’re
" These designs are plagiarized and they are in no way the proprietary of Alexandrine Claire." The reporter muttered even louder so that everyone could hear the commotion.The audience couldn't believe what they were hearing. How could those beautiful designs be the result of plagiarism?Alexandrine was offended by the accusation thrown at her. How could those reporters accuse her of something so unprincipled? Something was definitely not right. There was no way she would have been accused of being a plagiarist otherwise." How could you plagiarize those designs and present them as your own?" The reporters were getting more and more out of line. " Shame on you, Alexandrine Claire! Shame on you!"Doriane and the team were wondering how those designs could have been plagiarized. One of the employees even believed the reporter's allegations against Alexandrine to the disappointment of Doriane." Could these reporters be right?" One of the employees expressed his truest opinions and Doria
Attempted Murder?Alexandrine was devastated at what had just occurred. She couldn't believe how the wedding show had turned into slandering accusations on her person that she had plagiarized her own designs. Who was Violet Sanders and why did she frame her? More importantly, what did Doriane think of all of this?Thinking Doriane would certainly fire her now that the investors and collaborators had nullified the contract, she rushed to her office to justify herself before the latter made some baseless assumptions about her character." Boss, may I come in?" She knocked on Doriane's office but no response was coming out. Alexandrine began to panic, but when she saw her coming from the opposite side, she gave out a faint grin.“ Alexandrine, what are you doing standing outside like this?” Doriane asked. “ Why didn’t you come in?” Alexandrine fixed her but did not see a glimpse of anger or disappointment on Doriane’s face. The only thing she saw was care and concern for her which wasn’t
“ What is Johnson doing here?” Alexandrine subconsciously wondered. “ Is he here for me?” Alexandrine became hopeful upon having that thought cross her mind.“ Officer Frost, would you please come with us for a moment?” Two police officers came looking for Nathaniel for assistance on the current case. Looking at Alexandrine lovingly, he muttered, “ I’ll be right back. It won’t take long, I promise.”“ Go tend to your work and don’t worry about me!” Alexandrine nodded, giving Nathaniel a slight grin which angered Johnson even more.Delighted that Alexandrine had grinned at him, he walked out of the ward happily. He didn’t spot Johnson as the latter had hidden quickly.Once Nathaniel was gone for good, Johnson walked into the ward. Seeing him, Alexandrine was happy, mistakenly thinking he had come to see her because he cared and was worried about her all the same. She went to him and held his hand firmly asking, “ Johnson, why are you here?”Johnson kept silent without a word. Alexandri
Alexandrine went inside Violet’s ward to seek an explanation from her but upon seeing her, she became fearful and started panicking.“ Get out! Get out!” She shouted as soon as she spotted her inside the ward. Alexandrine didn’t even have time to ask her for an explanation that she was asked to leave the ward by the doctors as Violet needed rest and tranquility.Outside, she met up with Nathaniel who asked her, “ So, how did it go? Did she reveal anything?” Alexandrine expressed her answer by nodding which he understood as not bearing any fruit.Nathaniel scoffed and muttered, “ Violet Sanders keeps insisting you’re the one who attempted to kill her in the car accident.” Alexandrine asked Nathaniel, “ What would my motive be in her scenario, huh?”Nathaniel’s response to that question was, “ To cover the plagiarism and because she went against you and denounced you for plagiarizing her designs.”“ What absurdity is this?” She was angry that someone she didn’t know and never heard of u
Alexandrine cried throughout the night that when she woke up in the morning, her eyes were puffy from crying so much. Her tears had tried and yet, her heart still stunk from the pain. " Enough, Alexandrine! Enough! You can't keep suffering for that man who doesn’t give a damn about you or your feelings." She muttered as she stood up and headed to the washroom.Moments later, after taking a shower and clothing herself, she was about to make breakfast when her Bell rang." I'm coming!" Opening the door, Nathaniel was standing there with a tray. Alexandrine guessed by the tray he had brought breakfast for her, so she let him in." Were you planning on making breakfast?" She nodded in response and he muttered, " Then, I came just on time, didn't I?"He put the tray on the table and asked her, " How do you feel now, Miss?" He was immensely worried for her due to the bad experience she spent in prison for something unrelated to her.Alexandrine responded, " I'll be okay, Nathaniel, I'll be