Alena Fleur
"When can we start working again?" I asked Elian when we were eating our brunch on the patio of his estate.
"We will get the clearance today, so from tomorrow, but it's Friday. I don't want the opening day to be the last day of the week—"
"So, Monday. Great," I said happily. "I can spend the next three days, warming up your heart."
Elian glared at me and said, "You can forget about that because you are going back to your apartment after this meal."
I gasped dramatically. "How can you kick me out after sleeping with me last night?"
He flashed me a tight-lipped smile and said, "We just slept on the same bed,
Chapter 26: Mission JealousyAlena FleurOn Monday morning, I entered the office with a confident smile.I didn't avoid the private elevator like the plague I had been for a week before the office closed down. I was pleasantly surprised to see Elian and the CFO of our company, Kevin Williams."Good morning, Mr. Storm," I greeted professionally, then gave Kevin a less formal smile and said, "Hello, Kevin."Elian arched an eyebrow at the use of the first name. He knew I didn't call anyone by their first name, except Anya. But it was part of Lance and my plan.When I talked to Lance on Thursday night, he gave this brilliant idea that I just had to flirt with someone else to make Elian realize what h
Chapter 27: TherapyAlena Fleur"Elian, you don't think I sold out our company, do you?" I let out, my voice rising at the accusation."No, of course not. I'm not saying that. I'm just saying your laptop is the only one that wasn't checked—" Elian tried to reason."You're indirectly saying that I copied the data from my laptop—""Will you just listen to me? The data might have been copied from your laptop, but it wasn't you, I'm sure of that."I calmed down a little after he said that. "So you mean to say, someone else copied from my laptop and sold it out?""We can only be sure if you let Jace check your laptop," Elian replied.
Chapter 28: New PlanAlena FleurIt was torture to seat through the whole therapy session as the words "someone who loves her" kept ringing in my head.Although the result of the therapy was pleasant. Just through our first session, I had regained the memories of the start of my second year when I met Elian.In our university's backyard garden, I had been twirling in the first snowfall of the year giddily when I heard someone cursing the snow in disgust—and that was how it all started.When the session was over, there was an excited skip to my steps.Kevin was obviously gone, given that Elian was here now."Alena," Elian called out when we were outsid
Chapter 29: DesiresAlena Fleur"But why would Anya do it?" I realized the answer as soon as I said it. "Of course, she would. She needs money for her mom's treatment."Anya's mother was on life support from a severe car accident a few years ago. Anya was her only daughter and her husband was a useless alcoholic. The poor girl was left to fend for her mother and herself.I almost didn't want to believe that Anya could be backstabbing me.She was the assistant of the previous COO for a whole year. I had been a little afraid that she would hate me since her previous boss was fired because of a huge blunder he made. But after I met Anya, I realized I had nothing to worry about. She has always been so utterly sweet to me. She would give me rando
Chapter 30: Tracing MemoriesAlena FleurThe rest of the week wasn't as eventful as I hoped it would be.Elian and I had an unspoken rule that no romance during work—free and break times were an exception. As much as I felt giddy to see him anytime, it was in our best interest to keep our work and private lives separate.I made sure that spending more time in Elian's cabin didn't catch Anya's eyes. The last thing I needed was for Anya to get on my back actively, knowing that I was involved with Elian.I wasn't afraid of Anya. Not that much, at least. After all, I had been secretly training under the personal trainer Lance sent for me every day after work. I now knew how to use more than three types of guns, how to get out of being capt
Chapter 31: ProtectorElian StormI pushed Alena against her apartment door, kissing her deeply.God, I had missed this so much—her slender arms around my neck, her nimble fingers in my hair, her body pressed against mine, her soft lips on mine. I missed her so much it was crazy.What the hell was I thinking about so much? I loved her more than anyone else. I wanted to be with her. There should have never been any questions or rejections.I had a talk with my brothers who made me understand that there would always be negatives in life and I shouldn’t let that fear of something going wrong to dominate me. Meanwhile, I had let the fear of losing her again take control and pushed her away. All of that was stupid and cowardly.
Chapter 32: TeasingAlena Fleur"Keep it in my room," Elian said to the maid who had just taken my clothes bag from him.I raised an eyebrow and asked suspiciously, "What's that about?""You are staying in my room," he simply said, heading up the stairs that led to his bedroom."Why?""I don't like the idea of you staying in another room while you are at my place.""You do know that we just started dating today?" I asked just in case he messed up the timeline, following close behind him."So? We will just sleep together and cuddle. It's all innocent, Alena," he reasoned.
Chapter 33: VacancyAlena FleurI was sleeping peacefully in Elian's arms until there was a knock on the door.I cracked an eye open to search for the clock in the room until it landed on one. It was only five-thirty in the morning.Who the hell has business with Elian so early in the morning?I tapped Elian on his arms that were wrapped around my bare waist, mumbling, "There's someone at the door. Open it."Elian grumbled something incoherent and rolled over to the side, indicating he didn't want to get up now.Giving him a kick in the shin, I sat up, my brain dysfunctioning. I put on the white shirt I had worn last night and went to get the door.