At around ten in the morning, Alexander got back to Jingfei’s unit and when he reached the dining area, he saw his girlfriend sitting at the counter while staring at the bowl in front of her.
He slowly approached her and gently tapped Jingfei's shoulder, "What the problem? You're spacing out!" He muttered and Jingfei flinched when Alexander spoke beside her.
"Nothing, I was just thinking of something. Did you have your breakfast?" Jingfei asked while glancing at Alexander, who sat on the stool beside her.
The man nodded his head, "I already did! You are having cereal again." He muttered as he took a peek at Jingfei's plate.&nbs
The man in front of Jingfei kept his mouth shut and didn’t open the topic anymore until they were about to end their meeting. “If you have any adjustments for the wedding cake as long as it matches your chosen theme, please tell me ahead once you have decided to add something. I will find ways to include them in the details.” Jingfei uttered as she slowly stood up and walked towards the refrigerator. She then took two boxes and handed them to Lucien, “We made too many of the mini cakes. If you don’t mind having them, you can take the box, Monsieur Alarie.”Lucien gladly accepted the box and was about to say something but without any second thought, Jingfei escorted him towards her door, “I’ll see you again, Monsieur Alarie. As I said, please do inform me if you and your wife would want to alter or add any details for the cake. Inform me ahead of time. T
Alexander stared at his cousin and Hugo, who was sitting on the floor in front of his cousin’s unit, raised his head as he stared at the man, “Let me stay with you.” He blurted out while smiling.Alexander caught sight of the man’s two big luggages and frowned before answering Hugo, “Huh? And why would I let you stay with me?” He asked with a distorted expression.“Because we are close enough for you to let me stay in your unit. I swear that I will not do anything that you won’t like especially when it comes to your little girlfriend and besides I have a secret that is… I guess it would catch your interest, well if you are interested just tell me.- Hugo paused for a second and haughtily looked at Alexander - S
At exactly nine in the evening, Alexander and Jingfei went down from their floor to the lobby. They had to take Kuro for a walk at the nearby park. The two, along with Hugo, had already finished having their dinner twenty minutes ago and Hugo had gone inside of the unit that Alexander had prepared for them. As the two couples had stepped out from the building, the cold breeze gently brushed to their faces, “Are you warm enough?” Alexander asked and Jingfei nodded. “I am! You made me wear a thick sweet shirt and two thick jackets. It’s already enou
Madam Alarie saw her son walking towards them, she placed her cup down on the table and stared at the man. “It’s late. Why are you still here?” “I’m spending the night here. Your daughter-in-law is not in the country right now so I’ll be lonely in that huge villa- which the man would love too but Lucien felt that that house is a prison cell for him- and my own house is far from here.” Lucien explained as he took a seat at the one seater couch. But a place suddenly popped to his mind, Alexander’s apartment building. “Why I haven’t thought of that place.”
Few days had already passed since Hugo had taken shelter at Alexander’s apartment building where he had his own unit for free, and since that conversation he had with his grandfather and Lucien that night, he had not heard any news about his grandfather and his family, especially on his brother, Lucien Currently, Hugo was staring at the packed restaurant, “Li, you can stay in the lounge for a while. The other waiters and waitresses can manage here." Betty whispered to Hugo, who was standing near the counter, as she pointed to the lounge area for the employees.Hugo immediately went to the lounge area as he also didn't have anything to do since his only duty was to serve the orders and not get them. He would only be a distraction to the others since he wasn't doing anything, well aside from standing a
Jingfei halted, and Hugo, who was staring at the woman, shifted his gaze at the restaurant in front of them."We're here! This is my favorite place whenever I miss home." She muttered and glanced at Hugo, and smiled.The restaurant's name was familiar to the woman since it was owned by her Big Brother Li Wei which she discovered just after the day she arrived in the city."Let's get inside!" She uttered and Hugo glanced at their hands, "Uhm! You can let go of me now, Jin!" He mumbled and at that moment, Jingfei realized what she had done, "Oh! I'm sorry! Hehehe!" She quickly let go of Hugo's hand before stepping inside the restaurant."Come on in!" She uttered a
Once Jingfei got inside of her unit, she quickly tossed her bag on the couch and placed the paper bag on top of the table.Jingfei took all the containers from the paper bag and arranged them inside the refrigerator. Once she was done, she then walked towards Kuro’s cage, to check what he was doing and saw that the tomcat was still asleep. She opened his cage and took his cat bowl and filled it with his food. After making sure that Kuro’s containers are filled with cat food and water.Jingfei stood up and then made her way towards the living room, tossed herself on the long couch and grabbed her bag using her foot.“Ugh” She groaned when she successfully lifted her heavy bag towards her. Jingfei grabbed it and took her phone out and tried to s
The sun has not yet appeared into the sky but Jingfei was already awake and was complaining at the sharp pain she felt on her head. “Damn it! Why was I not able to sleep yesterday.” She complained again for the third time as she slowly stood up and walked towards her room’s door when it suddenly opened that startled Jingfe and caused her to almost lose her balance but a strong arm immediately caught her for support.“Are you okay sweetie?” Alexander worriesly asked Jingfei as he helped her stand back on her feet.“I’m fine! I was startled when the door suddenly opened, by the way? What are you doing here so early in the morning? It’s still four o’clock and we were supposed to leave the unit at six.” She uttered while holding her head as the sharp pain once again disturbed her.
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