The sun had set, and city lights began to shine as it illuminated the whole city of Lyon. It was already seven in the evening and two hours have passed since Jingfei cried in Alexander’s arms. She had also a short talk with Lihua, and Jingfei had to lie when her best friend asked if she was crying. Before their phone call ended, Lihua had remainded her to take care of herself and not to get sick.
The young lady is squatting on the couch as she hugged her favourite pillow that Lihua gifted to her. “Here, place this one your eyes to stop the swelling.” Alexander, who came back from the kitchen, handed an ice pack to the young lady.
“Are you good now?” He asked as he sat in front of her. Jingfei nodded, &ldqu
Alexander woke up before the sun could rise, he sat down on his bed and reminisced about what had happened last night, his lips suddenly curved into a smile, “I am truly going to start dating Jingfei?” He mumbled while hugging his pillow. While feeling the bliss and giddiness, Alexander reached out for his phone to check if any of those women had messaged him again but he was stupefied when a bunch of miss calls from the same number greeted his eyes. “And what does he want with me again?” The young man mumbled as he dialled the number. After a couple of rings, the person finally answered the call, “Alexy, why did you not pick your phone last night!
While everyone at the Heroux residence was busy preparing for the arrival of their young master, at the jewellery store, Jingfei was contemplating which one of the two necklaces would suit Madame’s taste. “Alex, which one of these will your mother like?” Jingfei asked as she glanced at the young man who was busy looking at the rings.“Alexander!” Jingfei poked Alexander to get his attention.“What is it?” Jingfei pointed at the two necklaces, “Which one should I buy?”Alexander stood beside Jingfei and glanced at the necklaces, without saying anything he called the sales lady, “Please pack these two necklaces.” The sales lady nodded and were about to pick the box when Jingfei spoke,
Alexandria crossed both her arms on her chest, and with one brow raised, she stared at the man from feet to head, “I see, you are still doing fine. Out from the prison are we?” She scoffed. “Pffttt- Ahem!” Alexander held his laughter as he glanced at his cousin who was staring at him, expressionless. Hugo calmed himself down as he remembered why he was at the Heroux residence, “You see, I didn’t come here to talk about the past. Aunt Royella invited me.” “And why would mom invite a mur- Oh! Hugo, you are here!” Both Alexander and Alexandria turned around when they heard their father's voice. “Why are you thre
Jingfei was lying on her bed and was boredly staring at the plain ceiling. The young lady then heaved a deep sigh as she remembered what had happened two days ago where she visited the Heroux residence along with Alexander. She had fun talking with Alexander´s parents and Alexandria- who dragged her towards her room after they had taken their lunch. But the most unforgettable moment for Jingfei was when a very familiar and nostalgic face suddenly appeared at the entrance of the kitchen. It had been two days, yet she could still clearly remember his face staring at her while she was in shock after seeing the young man's face. “He may have his fac
Later that evening, Lucien woke up with the sound of his phone ringing, “hmmm” Lucien groaned as he lazily took his phone out from his pocket and answered the call without glancing at the caller's name.“YOUNG MASTER LUCIEN! WHERE ARE YOU?” Lucien instantly moved his phone away from his ear as soon as the caller shouted his name.Lucien put the call on speaker and tossed it on his bed, “Start talking” He uttered while closing his eyes again.With a worried and trembling tone on his voice, the caller spoke again, “Young master, whe-where…. a-are you? Mademoiselle Oceane is looking for you right now
While Lucien was having his dinner, the young man felt that someone stopped in front of his table. He slowly raised his head to see who the person was.A young lady, who he thinks is still in her twenties, was looking at him straight in the eyes. “Yes, how may I help you, young lady?” He politely questioned while placing his spoon down.“Monsieur, may I know if you are Lucien Heroux, the fiance of the famous model, Mademoiselle Oceane Delisle?” The woman directly asked him.Lucien frowned at the lady’s question, “Pardon me, but how did you know?” The young lady then showed Lucien her phone and there he saw himself dressed in a white tuxedo while Oceane was in her white dress and was facing the young man. The photo was taken during their engagement party when he a
At the Amusement Park Jingfei glanced at her phone, it was already exactly eight-thirty in the evening when Alexander pulled the car off in front of the amusement park’s entrance. “You two can buy our tickets first, then wait for me at the ticket station. I will just park the car.” Alexander uttered as he glanced at Lucien in the mirror. Jingfei unfastened her seatbelt and looked at the young man beside her, “Make it quick, okay?” “Are you that excited to ride a Ferris Wheel tonight?” Alexander questioned as he shuffled the young lady’s hair. “Of course, tomorrow’s the last day of my day off and I have to stay at home
The atmosphere became awkward when no one dared to speak after what Jingfei said. “Ahem! What ride will we go next?” Alexander spoke to lessen the awkwardness between them.“Oh! I want to ride the carousel after this, then we should also ride the roller coaster and enter the haunted house after. We got the unlimited rides ticket so we can try the other rides also and have some fun games as well.” Alexander’s face twitched after hearing what the young lady beside him suggested.“Pffttt!” Jingfei and Alexander glanced at Lucien, “I’m sorry!” He hurriedly apologizes with a stern expression. Even though they are not that close, Lucien knows that his cousin is afraid of roll
A year had passed since I received the letter that Alexandria handed to me during the chaotic wedding day of Oceane and Hugo. I finally got to call that man by his real name. It’s also been a year and a half since he didn’t came back from his so-called business trip. After reading the content of the letter, my whole world almost collapsed. I wanted to call him but I have no means to do so since his number was no longer available as well as is his email and social media accounts. They were all deactivated and deleted. Not even his family and close friends were able to contact him and Giovanni. The sound of the sea as the waves gone back and forth from the shore back to the ocean gave calmness to my soul as I stared at the fiery red with a tinge of yellow and orange hue sky, waiting for the sun to set and wishing that tomorrow... a bright new day... he would comeback to me.“You forgot your shawl again!” I felt a warm thick cloth hanged o
A week had already passed since Alexander went to a business trip. He was supposed to come back after three days but... not his body nor shadow have appeared. Jingfei had become worried that something might happened to him and tried to contact him but the number he was using was no longer available. She tried asking for Alexandria and his parents but none of them were able to reach him as well. Madame Heroux tried to pull some strings to ask the airport for his flight details but she only got the information of his three days flight and no further information aside from that. “You really don’t have any means to contact yor brother? It’s been a week since he left but no calls and messages or even emails come from him.” Jingfei mumbled as her eyes stayed focus on the huge flat screen.“Don’t worry about him. Alexander will comeback before Lucien and Oceane’s wedding the day after tomorrow. Maybe something had happened in
The soft mattress sunk as Alexander sat down beside Jingfei. The woman was giving him a glare while pulling the thick blanket to cover her naked body underneath. “What happened to your promise? We didn’t even finish packing your clothes.” Jingfei’s loud vocie echoed inside the man’s Alexander turned his head on the floor to see the scattered clothes of him and Jingfei. “Not that! Over there!” The woman pointed his piled clothes on top of the chair and the suitcase laying on the floor. Jingfei could feel her face burning when Alexander stared back at her with a playful look on his face. “We can just finish that later. Don’t tell me you didn’t enjoy me pouning on top of you? My back stings right now, wife.” Alexander’s roared a laugh when the woman hid herself under the blanket. “Would you please stop laughing, Alexander!” Jingfei lowered the blanket as she took a peek on Alexander wh
“Did something happened at the company?” Lucien buckled his seltbelt first before taking a glance at the woman beside him. Nymphis started the car’s engine and had a glimpse of the rearview mirror. “She just said that the investors demanded for your attendance at the meeting. I almost forgot about the meeting as well.”“Was it about the expansion of the apparel store? Or the one where I invested in a movie?”“Both! I guess? You didn’t even consult me about that movie thing.” Jingfei sneered as she drove away from the mall’s parking lot.“It was an abrupt decision. I read the proposal from your study room and just affixed my signature. Sinclaire Wise will also be one of the cast so it won’t be a problem.”“She’s not even that good so could you please stop sponsoring my cousin’s projects?” A glint of irritation could be heard from the young lady’s voice
Her eyes slightly widened as her lips parted a bit. Jingfei didn’t expect that just after two weeks since that incident had happened, she will encounter him at the jewelry store where she is choosing her engagement ring. The memories of their meeting for the first time after seven years flashed like lightning on her head. She realized that she haven’t said what she wanted to say after remembering that she just left him after he explined everything. “Darling? Are you alright?” Alexander’s deep and gentle vocie got her back to her senses. She looked up to him and smiled, “Yes, I’m alright,” she reassurely uttered before shifting her gaze back to Nymphis and the real Lucien. She stood up and plitely questioned Nymphis who was apcing towards them. “It’s been a while. What are you doing here Miss Nymphis? Did you just got here?” “Yes indeed it’s been a while, Jingfei. And oh! We we
Jingfei was buckling her seatbelt when Alexander popped inside the driver seat. He just finished conversing with one of the head chefs. As he was wearing his seatbelt, he could feel the intense stare from the woman beside him. “What is it darling?” He turne his head to look at Jingfei whose lips were a bit extended into a pout. “You should have not announced it yet darling!” She exclaimed in a low tone, refering to their engagement.“Why? Did you not like that others knew about your proposal?” “That’s the case why I don’t want them yet to know that were engage since it was me who proposed. I am n-“Alexander reached for the woman’s hand when he saw her worried expression. “You don’t have to worry that you... a woman proposed to me. Yes we’ve grew up and knew that it is the man who asks the woman’s hand for marriage but I don’t care what would others say about y
*clink* *clink* *clink* The sound of the glass bottle colliding with each other echoed in the whole first floor of Nymphis’ house. Her blue platform heels halted in front of a wasted man laying on the cold floor. It’s already eight in the morning and like the scene she witnessed yesterday morning, the real Lucien was knocked off on the cold floor again.“Hah!” A breathy sight escape from the young lady’s lips and without hesistation, Nymphis kicked the man with all her might. Not minding if he would scream in pian but she doubt that he could still feel pain.“Wake up! Are you planning to kill your liver and other organs, or what?” Her voice echoed and Lucien could only groan not because of the pain inflicted by Nymphis but because of his throbbing head. Folding her arms together and resting it on her chest, Nymphis tilted her body a little bit to have a clear look on Lucien’s wasted face. “Do you still
“Are you alright, Alexander?” Tilting her head, Jingfei asked when the man didn’t give her an answer.“Why are you standing in front of your door and dressed like that? Elite told me that you are not feeling well.” The woman’s lips curved upwards, she chuckled at what the man said. “I’m probably sick but not from what Alexandria have told you. Here-” Jingfei handed a black long rectangular cloth to the man, “wear this and don’t try to peek at my back. Just look at me as you pair your eyes with that.” Alexander confusedly stared at the woman as he grabbed the long cloth. As what Jingfei had instructed him, he paired his eyes without even taking his gaze on her lovely face. “Why am I getting blindfolded today.” He mumbled as the image of his sister doing the same thing poppes to his mind. “How many finger I’m having on air right now?” The woman raised three of h
Alexander firmly stared at the woman beside him. “What nonsense are you spouting?” His eyes almost squinting and a crease on his forehead was visible.“I’m not spouting nonsense. I’m telling you the truth! Before you go to your business trip. You’ll hear her explanation. I won’t tell you everything because it’s not my business to tell it to you after all. I was just giving you hints so you’ll open that godd*amn eyes of yours and see that Jingfei truly loves you. You better go see your doctor and get some treatment once you know things. And by the way, when are you leaving?” Alexander’s face was still filled with confusion but nonetheless he still answered his sister. “The day after tomorrow.” Taking one cupcake from the box. Alexandria briefly looked at her brother before shifting her whole body towards the direction of the view that overlooks both trees and the city. Clasping both her han