Still holding on to the tray of coffee, Elaine suddenly became conflicted. She had been too busy eavesdropping to remember to drop the coffee in and now that she was gone, what exactly was she supposed to do?Walk in and pretend to not have noticed Mya’s departure or return to the office and risk Rachael wondering why she didn’t give them their coffee ages ago.The latter seemed like the least feasible one of her choices especially since she couldn’t deny, was curious about what Alexander was still doing in the meeting room. He should have stepped out few seconds after his mother took her leave but instead, he was still indoors, locked.Summoning the courage, she tightened her grip around the tray and returned to the meeting room, immediately placing a knock on the door. One Alexander surprisingly replied to immediately.“Come in.”“Mr. Xavier,” her voice was soft as she stepped in. “I brought you coffee.”He was standing by the farthest end of the office, hands tucked in his pocket,
Elaine never had much experience consoling people. Growing up alone, if there was anyone that constantly needed consoling it was her and barely having anyone to do it for her, she took up that task herself but that was it. She never had to actually console anyone else making her totally clueless on how to console people. Or at least, so she thought. Cause apparently, all she needed to do was stare at Alexander for a couple of seconds to know what she needed to do. It was like it came so naturally. Like it was the right thing to do. The only expected thing for her to do. He froze in her embrace for what seemed like a couple of seconds before she finally felt him softening. He didn’t hug her back though, simply remaining in her arms while she wrapped them around him tighter, offering him comfort and companionship in ways he had no idea he needed. They remained in that position for a while and not even for a second, did any of them realize how weird and unusual what was going on was.
For reasons unknown to Elaine but known to Alexander, she had to return home with Frank’s driver personally driving her. It didn’t take long for her to know all of the reasons though as instead of driving her straight home, she was taken to a boutique where she was plopped into chair and dolled up to look pretty, her opinion being the least of things that mattered. She did look pretty. Dressed in a gold long gown that looked like what she should have worn to the company’s dinner a couple of days ago with her hair styled up nicely. Tiny jewels littered her neck and wrists and her green eyes were nicely enlightened. All it took was a short trip down memory lane for her to quickly remember what it was all about. What the whole fuss was about and why they were so bothered about her looking presentable and pretty. Alexander’s wife to be’s family was coming over. She chuckled lightly as she mentally compared her old life to the one she now had. Only a couple of months ago, if such an
“Would you like to get married to me?” Several heads turned in the same direction as Frank Xavier uttered those strange words. They probably wouldn’t have sounded as strange as it did if they weren’t coming from one of the biggest billionaire and largest business tycoons the city had to offer to a mere maid that worked in his mansion. “Eh?” Elaine, one of the numerous maids that lived off the Xavier family stuttered as her master uttered those words to her. “Sir, I-” Swallowing, she looked around her. Her day was definitely taking a way dramatic turn than she had expected. She had woken that morning with the intention to simply carry out her day’s duty as a maid in the Xavier mansion when she had accidentally fell from a ladder to fall right at the feet of her master, Frank Xavier.It was embarrassing but luckily the master didn’t have too much to say. He only complimented her which though was weird, she read no meaning to and then instead of leaving quietly, uttered such words tha
“WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY?!” Alexander Xavier woke up to the most bizarre news he had ever heard in his entire twenty seven years of living. One, his father was getting married. Two, he was also getting married. “You’re kidding right now,” Alex faced his cousin. “Aren’t you?” He should have known something was up the moment Dominique walked into his room the first thing in the morning. He couldn’t remember the last time he casually walked into his room early in the morning except something was really up. Another thing he could barely remember was when Dominique Xavier began to live with them. About 6 years older than him but anyone could barely tell. If anything, Alex looked older. Few inches taller than Dominique and having a broader body frame, he looked like the older relative. Unlike Dominique, he had brown eyes just like his mum and grew his hair longer than him. He, was the first and only child of the Xavier family. The Xavier family name was no news. They were beh
Elaine was fidgeting, her hands plucking at the hem of her gown.It was happening rather too soon. Not up to twenty-four hours ago, she told Frank Xavier she was going to court and marry him. Maybe she hadn't given her decision enough thought but what did she have to lose? Ever since she made the decision to work at the Xavier mansion she had made a mental conclusion that her life wasn't hers. She was simply the soul trapped into the body that was bound to live for others. If she had concluded she was going to be spending the rest of her life worshipping the master and the Xavier family, what harm could it be to do it right by their side. As a part of the family. As a Xavier. Frank said nothing but Elaine had a good experience with people so she could read them easily. All he announced was the wedding that was going to be coming up soon but Elaine knew it was going to be coming up very soon. Even sooner than she might have expected. He was excited. An excitement Elaine couldn't bring
Alex walked out of the living room with extremely slow steps. Though, he had successfully postponed his wedding, he still wasn't glad. He wasn't a workaholic but he spent most of his time at the office. His personal assistant was literally his personal assistant. They spent almost all the time at work together and had gotten very comfortable with each other at that. Changing his personal assistant wasn't going to be that much of a big deal. But changing it to someone who's presence he tried to avoid was a big deal. He exhaled, as he made his way to the garden. It was a Sunday and he was spending the last day he had before officially resuming back to work at home. Dominique was home and though his mum was on a business trip, he could only imagine how she was handling things.. He didn't want to believe his dad when he said he had told her about it already thus he couldn't bring himself to call her and ask. Though it was mainly a business trip, she was also on a vacation and deserve
“Good morning.” Replies were mumbled as Elaine made her way to one of the empty chairs on the dining table. It was few minutes past seven am and the whole Xavier family was already seated in the dining, having breakfast. It wasn’t something she considered extraordinary when she worked as a maid but now that she had to join them on the table to break their fast that early morning, it sure felt weird and abnormal. “Good morning, Elaine,” Frank finally replied Elaine in the loudest voice. He dropped his cutlery next to his plate, watching her as she made her way then sat in the farthest seat from him. “Come on, move closer. You don’t have to seat so far away, don’t you think?” It was Elaine’s turn to mumble as she stood up. She lightly raised her head, scanning the dining. Frank sat at the horizontal centre of the dining table with his nephew, Dominique seated right next to him having his breakfast in silence. By his side, his son and though Elaine preferred not to think of him as su