Alessa faked sickness to get out of the date and work. Then she went straight home to find John walking around their living room trying to calm Matthew down.“Alessa, how are you? I was hoping to see you on this trip!” John exclaimed while adding shush towards Matthew.“Hi John,” Alessa glumly greets. “What’s wrong?” He asked putting Matthew down on a bouncy chair and strapping him in. “I ran into your brother this morning,” Alessa said, taking a seat on the floor right in front of Matthew rattling a toy to cajol him. “You did?” John asked, joining her. “Madison’s right. He’s moved on. From me, from his wife.” Alessa sighed.“Is that what it looks like?” John bitterly asked. “He is Kyle after all. He’ll suffer in silence. He did when you broke his heart, and he is doing it now when he is trying to protect you. Every time I come to see Madison, he wonders if I’ve gotten a glimpse of you. He wants to know how you are every hour of the day, but he can’t—““So he sleeps around?” Ales
Alessa wanted to not go to work. She wanted to stay with Madison, Matthew, and John, but they have very little time alone together. So when Wade called at five in the afternoon begging her to come in because her replacement, Wilson, had to be taken to the A&E because he stuck his hand in the garbage disposal as a dare—men—she agreed. “Please! If you're really ill, just wear a mask. I can’t seem to find a replacement for you.” Wade begged.“Okay, I do feel better,” Alessa lied. Plus it’s not like Aspen was going to come into the back to check if Alessa was there. All she had to do was stay in the kitchen. Alessa had to admit that potentially getting another glance at Kyle was a driving force for her decision to go to work. So she made her way onto the tube and finally after a train full of people shoving in and out, she made it into the back kitchen where Wade greeted her with a, “It's a lot of dishes, you sure you’ll be okay.”“I am good.” Alessa got to work and the satisfaction sh
“So you aren’t turning on Kyle for Aspen’s love?” Alessa asked.They were parked outside her and Madison’s apartment.“No, and it’s not something I am interested in doing either. I do think she isn’t as evil as he makes her out to be.” James added. Alessa rolls her eyes. “She’s got you blinded by her womanly powers.” James bursted out laughing. “I missed you. I would hug you but Kyle pretty much told me he would chop my nuts off if I did.” “Yeah, he’s been doing that a lot lately.”“Lately? Isn’t today the first time you saw him?” “Nope. We ran into each other in his hotel room. Him and one of his girls—which is why I knew why Aspen was there today.” Alessa explained. “Yikes. Are you mad at him?”“No—maybe a little bit, but I am not sure if I am allowed. We were never supposed to see each other again. He is doing what he needs to. So am I. For me it’s working like a crazy person for him—it’s this.” “He gets them your perfume. It’s demented.” James shuddered. “And he is also wo
It took Alessa months to catch up with all the work Madison did. From budgets to speaking events, to red carpet walks, and most importantly investments. Investments that in the last few months she fortunately made some good ones. PHAT was slowly climbing the ladder to becoming a household name. Articles were written about the mysterious CEO of PHAT who was leading the company into its golden era. What they didn’t know was that Alessa was learning most of this on the job. It did help that Alessa had her knowledge as Madison's assistant. Speaking of Madison, she went away, far away, in Thailand. In fact, all three of them were. James assisted Alessa in getting all three of them away from her. She wanted them safe for what she was about to do next.“I am not sure you should be doing this!” Madison had said right before she left. “But PHAT is yours now. Just promise me you will be careful.”“I promise, I will!” “Good luck! I hope you get your man back after all of this. I feel like I’ve
Alessa ran into the bathroom as soon as she was done and emptied the contents of her stomach into the sink, and since she had nothing but water all day, that’s all that came out. This was it. She was going toe to toe with Camelot and in turn Kyle Danny. The former, she was fired up for, the latter, she was still confused about.She heard a knock on the bathroom door. “It’s me.” James' voice hollered from the other side.Alessa cleaned her face, closed her eyes, letting the decision she just made catch up to her, and once she was ready, she opened the door, but instead of James, she saw Kyle.“What the hell are you thinking?” He screamed before she could clarify the confusion.“I don’t know what you mean Mr.Danny. I can understand your upset—“ Kyle cut her off halfway and dragged her back to the bathroom, locking the door. “Hey, you can’t do that.” Alessa protested.“Leave. You can’t be here. Frank is going to come—““Let him. I’d like to see him.”“Are you out of your mind!” Kyle yel
John texted her early the next morning. The text read ‘You will need to run into Melinda Iron casually. She is the organizer. She is staying at the Miton in Midtown. Usually at the hotel restaurant See her picture below.’Lucky for Alessa she remembered Melinda Iron. She had worked with her team a few years back for a feature in PHAT. John had sent a picture of a motherly blonde woman, with kind tired blue eyes, and normal wrinkles. To Alessa’s shock, she didn’t look rich, or someone trying to be young. Alessa arrived at the grand Milton wearing her usual clothes, jeans and a black shirt, and not the tight dresses she’d worn every day lately. The dining room had gold ceilings, dark red walls, and patrons all in casually expensive clothes. In the sea of the rich, she spotted Melinda, sitting alone on a table reading an actual newspaper. “Haven’t seen one of those in a long while! Mind if I borrow the business section?” Alessa asked. She was juggling a full plate of food she got from
Alessa didn't knock but banged on the door.“I am coming. I am coming.” She heard Aspen say on the other side. As soon as the door opened Alessa flung her hand straight at Aspen’s face. The slap was so hard Aspen’s face turned. She placed her hand over her cheek. “Should I throw you down and kick you so we are fully even?” Alessa threatened. “Or claim your first kid as my own since I lost mine because of your selfishness and stupidity.” Alessa's eyes were red and wet, but it wasn’t due to her sadness, it was anger.“Alessa,” Aspen stated like she had just understood who was at the door. “Alice Kelly, actually.” Turns out Aspen wasn’t talking to Alessa because a few seconds later James appeared.“What the hell?” He sighed. Alessa raised her hand again and her chest purred in satisfaction when she saw Aspen flinch, but before she could make contact again James grabbed her hand and pushed her back. Aspen yelled out a cry. “You shouldn’t have been pregnant to begin with. He was mine
Madison was right. Dante was a magician. Because even though Alessa had a slight makeover to turn into Alice. It was nothing compared to how sleek and polished she looked now. Her hair was no longer the deep red but today it was a softer orangy red with thin light bangs. He contorted her face to have more confident features—bold Smokey eyes, high cheekbones, and a deep maroon lipstick. This all matched with her corset top black gown that swept the floor.When she looked into the mirror in the penthouse bathroom showing her a view of her outfit and face, she felt like a whole new person. A part of her wanted to cry out for the old defenseless Alessa, but then the power she felt right now diminished that wish.A knock on her door jolted her out of her thoughts.“Miss.Kelly, your limo is here.” Someone said at the door. She grabbed her 24-karat gold clutch that Dante insisted she take and rushed out the door. She was just about to make it to her limo when she got a call from John.“Fra