“Oh my, you look different!” Elaine smiled lightly at the compliment from Rachael as she walked into the office, Alexander leading the way with quicker steps. After a very quiet ride, they finally got to the office and just like he seemed to have promised himself, Alexander was completely ignoring her. It was something she had gotten used to though. For a second, she almost thought he had changed and was going to be less cold around her since he was nice enough to take her shopping but even before those thoughts could settle, he had managed to whip them out of her mind. She didn’t completely understand him though. What did she have to do with him not wanting to get married? His marriage was his business with his dad and before she could voice out her confusion, he walked away from her and plunged them into nothing but awkward silence ever since. “I was worried about you,” Rachael continued, sympathetically. “You know, after what happened. Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?” “I
“This way, ma’am.” Elaine bowed lightly at the guard in front of her as he helped her out of the car, towards the restaurant a couple of meters away. Apparently she was to be on a date. With Frank Xavier. Alexander’s father. She felt shivers run down her spine as she recollected the day’s events. After an averagely eventful day, she had hoped to just go home with Alexander and prepare for her next day of work only for her to be approached unexpectedly by a man that claimed to be Frank’s personal chauffeur. It was more of an order than a request as he informed her of Frank’s plan to have them have a dinner date that night. Before she speak up, he confirmed Alexander knowing about the plans and from the look in his eyes, she knew he was being serious. Thus she was left with no choice but to sheepishly nod and go with him, more than thankful Rachael wasn’t in sight. They drove straight to a clothing store and on the chauffeur’s orders, Elaine was stripped off her formal office
Dressed in one of the dozens of office wears Alexander had gotten her, Elaine held onto a pretty bag also gotten from Alexander and patiently waited by his car for him to show up. She had purposely skipped breakfast after barely having an appetite and was ready to just get to work. It was a long exhausting night and she couldn’t be more glad morning had dawned already. After concluding Frank’s unexpected shower of gifts, they had dinner and then had his chauffeur drive them back home, another driver taking her new car home. They returned to the mansion late at night and already full from the dinner and the restaurant, quickly bid Frank good night and retired for the day. “What are you doing here?” She was quickly pulled out of her trance by a familiar cold voice. Immediately clutching on to her bag, she turned to face Alexander standing few inches away from her, eyebrows arched with his driver right by his side. “Mr. Xavier,” she swallowed, immediately taking a step backwards. I
Time for breakfast came and went by, Elaine refusing to step out of her room throughout. With a sigh, she got up from her bed and took a short walk around, nervously rubbing her palms together like she had been doing for the past hour. After driving her home the previous night, Alexander had made it clear to her that it would be his last time to have her ride in his car thus leaving her with no choice but to be confused on what to do next. She couldn’t drive and definitely didn’t want to ask Frank for a driver. With none of her available options seeming feasible enough, she was left with absolutely no means of getting to work. She couldn’t dare walk up to him again and try pushing her luck. If she was lucky, he was probably going to just ignore her and get into his car while leaving her behind. But if luck refused to stay on her side, she could get scolded or yelled at by Alexander. He seemed to be a natural and scolding her and making her feel terrified. He did it so effortles
It was finally the weekend and after spending the last days of the week away from work thanks to her inability to drive and get herself a driver, Elaine had decided to completely rely on Dominique to continue teaching her how to drive. Just as concluded on the previous day, they were to resume driving immediately after breakfast and Elaine was more than prepared to get back to work. It was a weekend and since she was already used to waking up early, she woke up as early as she could and quickly got herself freshened up. Changing into one of the comfy clothes Alexander had gotten her from the huge shopping spree he took her on, she tied her hair up into a ponytail and headed downstairs for breakfast. She had skipped breakfast for two good days and it seemed like Frank was barely at the table too as he didn’t call her or speak to her about it. Hoping things were going to be the same way, she walked towards the dining to see her little prayer get accepted. Though Frank was absent, t
Alexander was pissed. And even more annoyingly, he couldn’t quite place a finger on the actual reason. He was glad Elaine finally came downstairs for breakfast after skipping it for numerous days but for some reason, couldn’t seem to show it. Maybe it was how he noticed she had suddenly bonded with Dominique or it was how he recollected her skipping work and actually refusing to ride with him the day before. Truthfully, he had asked her to keep her distance but at least, she could have tried to plead with him since she pretty much had no other means to go to work that day. But instead, she decided to stay back and completely ditch work. It was all for the better anyways. He had an impromptu situation come up on his way to work and just had to turn around to head there. It’ll have been a whole hassle with her in the car so for that singular reason he was to be glad she didn’t tag along. But still for some reason, he wasn’t glad. He had watched with irritation as she and Domini
Elaine stared at her reflection in the mirror for a while, checking out her entire outfit over and over to make sure she was looking decent enough. She was dressed in a black gown reaching her lower thigh. Figuring out it was a work dinner, she had resorted to the internet for ideas on what to wear and thankfully, was able to spot a similar looking outfit among the dresses Alexander had gotten her. Paired with matching black flats, she had her hair tied up in a ponytail to show off her flawless shoulders in the off shoulder gown. Having absolutely no idea on how to get herself made up, she went with nothing but light lipgloss and was all ready for the dinner. Clicking her tongue, Elaine glanced at the wall clock in her room. Alexander had told her they were going to be leaving at 7pm and It was finally almost 7pm already. With an exhale, she contemplated stepping out of her room to meet up with him in the corridor or living room or just remain in her room until he showed up himse
A sigh escaped Alexander’s lips as he swiped to pick the call from his mum. “Son,” her voice was averagely cheerful as she spoke. “I’ve been calling you for a while now. Why weren’t you taking my calls?” “I’m sorry, mum,” he breathed out in response. “I was busy at- Work. Just work.“ “You still overwork yourself, do you not?” He heard her click her tongue. “Alex-“ “You can say I take that from you,” he replied her then sighed again. “You are also a workaholic yourself.” “Oh, please,” she chuckled. “At least I’m on a vacation myself.” He nodded like she could see her. She was on a vacation. The break she needed from her family and the never ending drama it contained. He could only imagine the shock she was going to go through on getting back. Loads of things had happened in her absence, the fact that her husband was about to take in a new wife topping the list. “Anyways,” he quickly said before she could read meaning to his silence over the phone. “Why did you call? Are you e