Lily unconsciously glanced at Alexander before answering Olivia, “Nope, why?”Olivia sighed in relief, “Looks like he doesn’t have your number.”“Yeah,” Lily agreed.“He called me yesterday asking if I have your number. I asked him what for, but he refused to tell me. However, he sounded uneasy, and I was worried he’d cause you trouble. You didn’t give him your contact details, right?” Olivia asked again, trying to ease her worry. Lily rolled her eyes and commented, “Why would I do that? I’m already kind enough not to have blocked him.” “I’m glad to hear that. I didn’t give Nate your number either, so don’t worry. Still, with today’s technology, if he genuinely wanted to obtain your number, he would be able to. I feel so relieved after informing you about this. It’s good that you’re aware that he’s looking for you. I was worried he might be up to no good.”Once Olivia got off the phone with Nathaniel, she immediately called Lily to inform her about this.Olivia tried asking Na
Lily’s eyebrows went up in surprise. Firstly, she realized that it was a girl’s name. That was not the critical part. The main issue was that she saw Alexander furrow his eyebrows.With a tap on the screen, he rejected the call.Before he could put his hand back onto the steering wheel, another call came in. Just the ringtone alone was enough to make one nervous.Sighing, he put one hand by the window and reached out with his other to reject the call. Lily blocked his hand. “Answer. It might be urgent.”“I can leave if that’s more convenient for you.” as she said, she undid her safety belt.“It’s not necessary.” Alexander tugged on her. He picked up the phone and answered, “What is it?”“Sob sob sob sob…”Sobbing came from the other end of the line, scaring Lily. She blinked, wondering if she was hallucinating. Alexander was speechless. He looked a little impatient too. “Call me again after you’ve finished crying.”After that, he hung up the call.Lily did not know what to s
After Alexander completed his task and started the car, he saw his wife give him a meaningful gaze. He instantly felt subconscious. “Brittany’s family and mine are family friends. She’s like a sister to me.”When Lily saw how uncomfortable he looked as he tried to explain to her, she could not help but laugh as she asked, “Sister?”He thought the word “sister” sounded weird. Coughing lightly, he said, “Sister, of course. I don’t have that kind of relationship with her.”“What kind of relationship?” she asked quickly.Alexander was stunned.Lily did not want to tease him, but it was the first time she had seen him act this way. She found it fascinating. The more uncomfortable he was, the more she felt like teasing him.He did not have to explain himself. Given his status, even if he did not make any moves, all kinds of ladies would throw themselves at him. He was good-looking, after all. It was quite something. “Lily,” Alexander said helplessly.He sighed and was about to say m
Alexander looked at her back with his brow raised as he asked in a cold voice, “Do you think I should remove her from my blacklist then?”“Of course, you should!” Lily thought that was the right thing to do and nodded. While working, she continued, “You said that both your families had been family friends for decades, so it’s impossible for you to cut her off just like this, right? If you blocked her, so what? Are you not going to meet her anymore? Are you not going to meet her family anymore? It’s better to talk things out. Blocking her is really…”“What is it?” His voice became colder. He got up from his seat and was now standing behind her.“It’s nothing!” Lily poked the Marseille soap with her finger, feeling its smoothness. Looking at her fingertip, she laughed. “I just think it’s a little childish.”‘The girl just cried in front of him for a while, and he blacklisted her phone number and blocked her on every possible social media. Could they really not meet forever? That’s im
Due to curiosity, Lily leaned over and saw ‘Brandon Oakley’ on the screen. She looked at Alexander and saw the impatience in his gaze, but still, he answered the call. “What is it?”Brandon was stunned, maybe because Alexander looked too severe or his voice was too hostile. Initially, he had a lot of things to rant about, but he just widened his eyes and could not say anything now.“Pfft!”Lily could not suppress it anymore and let out a chuckle. She could see the face of the man on Alexander’s screen and found him funny. The thing was that Brandon called at the wrong time. Alexander was obviously in a foul mood, so when Brandon requested a video call with him, Lily pitied him.“You have a woman with you there?” Brandon had a sharp hearing and could capture Lily’s voice, although it was soft. At that moment, his voice seemed to have returned to him as he spoke with the emotion he initially had, rebuking Alexander fiercely, “Alex, there’s a woman by your side now! Tanny was right!
“Sure, but…”Before Brandon finished his words, Alexander called his name again, “Brandon…”“...What?” Brandon asked as he thought, ‘Why does he need to call me with that tone? It gives me the chills.’“Don’t video call me next time.”“W-Why?” Subconsciously, Brandon knew that nothing good would come from Alexander, but he could not control his urge to ask.“Ugly.” Then, Alexander ended the call.Brandon was speechless, while Lily was stunned for a moment before bursting into laughter.‘Is it okay for him to insult his friend this way? He’s so mean, so I bet he made many enemies for himself out there. Whatever. He’s not scared of them anyway.’Watching the video calls Alexander had been on felt like watching a comedy to Lily. The thing was that she had to suppress her laughter. She could not help it earlier and made a soft sound, but Brandon had caught it.Suddenly, she remembered that Brandon called her a vixen who seduced Alexander and made a mental note to get back at him i
It was Lily’s first time making Alexander angry, and he continued to fume the entire night and said no words to her. Although he did not lash out at her nor did anything to show his anger, she could feel that he was upset.‘Is he mad because he thinks I’m jealous or because I’m not?’Lily had little experience in relationships. When she was still dating Nathaniel, she had never once felt jealous. After all, Lily focused on working for their future and regarded Melanie as their mutual friend. She never thought that anything would happen between Nathaniel and Melanie.When she found out about Nathaniel’s affair, she felt betrayed, used, and lied to. It made her mad and upset. In retrospect, she was angrier than she was upset. As for jealousy, she felt none of that.She wondered if Alexander wanted her to be jealous or the other way around. However, he said nothing was happening between him and Brittany, so Lily felt no reason to be jealous.Before she could find an answer to her que
‘God knows!’The way she rolled her eyes was so adorable to Alexander that he smiled. The joy spread from his eyes to every corner of his face, delightful like the spring breeze."All right, let bygones be bygones. Let's not talk about that anymore." Then, he raised his hand to caress the top of her head and asked, "Who called?"With a pout, she patted down her hair and thought to herself in confusion, 'Let bygones be bygones? He’s the one who was angry yesterday. Yet today, he seems like a completely different person.' However, seeing that Alexander was back to his usual self, Lily could no longer be bothered. "Lisa called. She invited me to dinner today and said I would go. So, do you have any plans today? If you don't, then I'll go see her.""Nope. You can go." He smiled.Alexander had two other clients he had to meet. Although it did not matter, he wanted to settle any business-related things in one sitting since they were already in Westwood. "By the way, I heard you ment