Sapphire averted her eyes when her eyes met Alexander's but she could still feel him staring holes into her head, why can't he just try to look somewhere else.
Sapphire rubbed her neck, this man is the only one at the table that is capable of making her nervous without trying.Melissa fisted her hands at the side of her dress as she stared at Alexander and her sister, the man was giving all attention to her and she was enjoying it, trying to cover her face and neck with her hands.She doesn't want to accept the fact that Alexander may be interested in her sister instead of her, she had approached him first, she had shown him all the tricks she had up her sleeve, why is he staring at Sapphire like she is the only one in the room.They tricked her, she was supposed to be the one getting married to him not the good for nothing sister, at the end of the day, Grandmother still likes Sapphire the most.She fooled everyone in the family and made sure she got married to this man.Turns out the old man who is the grandfather was the CEO of Triple A's until yesterday when he gave the position to his grandson, Alexander, two days ago.Matriarch Emiliana was still choosing favorite, she stayed with the family all these years and what?!She saw a favorable position and put Sapphire there. She definitely won't allow her to have a peaceful stay in the family and her mission starts now.She looked around the room where everybody was and stared at the Aldines one after the other. She couldn't find anyone that's good enough, she gritted her teeth, there must be another, Alexander can't be the only good one in the family.She stood up and stood at the window facing the backyard where there was a field, she got out of the room and went towards the field when she spot Alexander talking to another guy, even though he was not smiling or laughing at whatever that guy was saying, she noticed that they were at least friendly with each other.She smirked and walked towards them."That's Andrew, Alexander's second cousin, they're quite close,"Someone said behind her and Melissa jumped in shock, the lady came to stand beside her, she was one of the Aldines."Ladies heartthrob, many ladies want him, so I'm not surprised that you are one of them," the lady said, adjusting her brown hair that has a golden hue in the sunlight of the afternoon."Who are you?""Even though I don't mind girls crushing on him, I don't like some girls doing that, Especially YOU,"Another girl with blonde hair came out from behind a tree, staring down at Melissa, she glared at her, her chin was raised and her pink lips were curled in distaste.Melissa does not need anybody to tell her that this girl doesn't like her, not in the least."And who the hell are you?" Melissa scoffed."Bitchy much, you should have respect for your in-laws and that's no way to speak to your elders,""Spare me the bullshits," she said and noticed a girl on a wheelchair wheeling to the place they stood. "I believe respect should be reciprocal and besides the elders should not speak to the younger like that," she rolled her eyes and stared at the girl from in the wheelchair.The girl clicked her tongue in distaste while the second girl tried to talk."Alicia, don't waste your breath on this turd," she said gently, staring at Melissa in disgust."What?, T... Turd? Are you talking to me right now," Melissa stuttered."Except from being too obtuse to grasp the meaning of common words, you're supposed to be the sophisticated girl of the Conrads or so I have heard," she continued and Melissa stared at the crippled girl in shock."But what would you expect from a slut? After getting no way with Xander, she moved quickly to his cousin,Drew. How wanton can you be?" She said before turning to Alicia, go, sis. We have no time to waste with this ninny,""Judging by how bad the sibling who stayed home is, I wonder how bad the one who ran away is," Alicia said before grabbing the handle of the wheelchair, "Let's go sis," she wheeled her away and Melissa breathed out in frustration."That's how they are, both of them--," she stopped to check her phone. "Sorry, I have got to take this,"The lady beside her said walked away placing the phone on her ear.She looked at the field and both men were gone, the Aldines sure have rude bitches, she was already on bad terms with them,she wondered what Alicia's problem was, behaving like a crazed ex-girlfriend and that spineless brat representing the little devil.The only good thing that came out of this encounter was that she managed to make those brats hate Sapphire before meeting her personally.They probably hate her more than they do her.She turned and spotted Sapphire talking with the Patriarch of the Aldine family.She bawled her hands and glared at her with hatred.»»»»»»»»"Haha, I now understand the stink eye you were giving me throughout the dinner," Patriarch Aldine said chuckling and Sapphire smiled, she had managed to escape from Alexander’s prying eyes, only to fall into his grandfather’s palm.The way Alexander stares at her gives her butterflies in her stomach yet it makes her want to run away, she is not capable of giving the man whatever it may be that he wants."You must be like, this pedophile of a man at his seventies consented to the marriage between him and a girl the age of his grandson, how disgusting, but you couldn't deny that Emiliana likes to play games, but still how could she say I am getting married to you, a granddaughter of her, she's really something,""Yeah, grandmother is really something , even though it was an absurd idea to marry you, I still found myself believing that she wants the best for me," she replied with a smile, her eyes overlooking the entire estate.Alexander was talking to a guy at a distance and Melissa was standing with three girls from the Aldine family, that probably won't end well."Yeah, I know what's it's like, even though Alexander is so grumpy I still can't find myself thinking that he would do the company any bad, no matter how many times a day he grumble secretly about how much he doesn't want it," The older man said and smiled, his eyes crinkling at the sides.Anybody could tell that he loves his grandson.He turned to her and smiled, "you didn't want to come back do you?"he asked but she only started. "It must even be more difficult now, you are getting married to some dude you don't know,""And how are you so sure about me not knowing him?" She asked, raising an eyebrow."Even the social butterfly doesn't know him and you who changed cities so many times before settling in a very remote town with little or no connectivity?" He dusted his jacket and Sapphire stared at him in surprise.Alexander is a very private man, yet they still met, she had already met him before she knew that they were arranged together.She knew that she wasn't going to have the dramatic loveless married life that couples who are arranged together have in movies, Alexander won't allow her to."It must be much more difficult when you learned that you are going to be seeing more of Oliver, you would probably hate his gut so much now, but be rest assured. You will have the positive side of the coin because Alexander is like his boss, you are the first daughter of the Conrad family so they don't really stand a chance against both of you," he exhaled heavily "whatever the way, you are welcome into the Aldine family."He smiled at her and walked away while she bore holes into the back of the in-law who knows about her so much and more.That name........Oliver, her ex-fiance who gave her his wedding invitation a week before their wedding.Part of the reason why she came back is because she wants to show them hell, she has money now, she is rich but they probably can't guess and she is getting married to a billionaire who seems to fancy her.Maybe the marriage isn't such a curse after all, it can be a blessing in disguise if she plays her cards right.Sapphire left the Aldines' mansion in a hurry, she had seen Alexander coming towards her and her whole being enter flight mode, she ran out of the door and got inside her car as fast as she could.She looked back and saw the man staring at her car, he must think that she is crazy, even she thinks that she is crazy, who on earth ran away when they saw their fiance.They would probably spend the rest of their lives together.She isn't ready to get too deeply involved with another billionaire, the last billionaire -Oliver- who she got involved in turning her into someone who thirst for revenge.She drove her car into the parking lot of a supermarket and parked. She has to get all the things that kids need in order to give her kids a good welcome.They are picky and mischievous cute little things.She entered the supermarket and took a cart, enjoying her normal life and feeling like she was back in Gisborne.She was so lost in thought that she did not notice that someone else was also rea
Melissa stood at the stairs and watched Sapphire enter, she definitely went for exercise considering her clothes and the bottle in her hand.She took out her phone and walked up the stairs, she didn't raise her head once. She eventually bumped into Melissa who was just standing. She didn't raise her head or try to apologize, she just continued walking."Have you lost your manners because of your stay at that countryside,""Oh, I thought you have turned to a pillar, seeing as you have been standing at that spot for the past thirty minutes and not every single mistake has to do with manners, you saying it every time you see me not only makes you obnoxious but also a clown,""You have got to be kidding me, I lost face when you weren't here because of those bitchy things you did to Heather before you left," she said and Sapphire just stared at her, bored out of her mind.It's the same story all over again.How bad things were twisted, she loved Oliver with all her heart and considered Hea
A kid stood with her hands crossed as she glared at the older guy in front of her, they were at the airport."Yeah.. adults have the permission to be rude to kids but kids can't be rude to adults, this world mentality is quite twisted." She said and rolled her eyes, sniffing her nose."Look here kid, you shut up and get out of my way, I have somewhere to be and it's quite urgent," The exasperated man in front of her said in frustration and tried to side step her but the girl was quick witted."Look here adult, you listen to me and stare straight into my eyes, I have an urgent matter to solve and it involves you, so you have to stay right here," she adjusted her nose mask and put her hair behind her ears.She hardly reached his waist and had to stare up at the man so the difference in their height almost made her glare comical, the passer-by couldn't help but be amused."Let me just go, you kid of the devil,""That's what I'm talking about, you have zero humbleness in your fucking brai
Sapphire bit into her burger and stared around, many people all around, dragging their luggage into and outside the airport, one of the ideal places to get lost and stay found, crowded space.She had dropped the kids off with Luci and came to pick up her brother, the kids were excited by the fact they had an uncle who was good to their mother.She exhaled and rested her back on the bars while the bodyguard stayed on guard, staring to and fro.She slumped on the chair, the day was so tiring, from bitchy girl to jerk face assholes, a father in law that knows way too much about her and sister who would be planning her downfall right now, she feels like that burden of the whole world is on her shoulder."There he is," the guard on her right said and she immediately snapped her head towards the direction, that brown hair is one of the things she just couldn't forget before she knew it.She was already hugging him so tightly, he didn't complain and hugged her back just as tight.Yeah, yes,
Marcus stared at the door and sighed, he couldn't believe that this is how he is going to lose his job, one of the files that devilish kid tosses in the air went missing.He knew that immediately he told Mr. Aldine that he couldn't find it up to this moment, he would just toss him his sack letter and some file explaining the reason why he was sued.His phone rang and he jumped, he took the phone out of his pocket and the name he saw made him flinch."Yes, sir,""Are you going to enter or you are just going to keep standing there, if yes, move down the hall and find another door to stare at,"He said and hung up.He exhaled once again before entering, he walked to where he sat and put the files he was holding in front of him."Mr. Aldine," he greeted while he already took the file and was scrutinizing it."Look who finally decided to grace me with his presence, are you sure I am worthy of it sir?" Alexander said, even though the words contain humor, his voice and his expression lacked
Sapphire entered the restaurant and thanked Luci in her head for forcing her to dress up, even though she cared less about what any motherfucker would think, the restaurant would definitely make her feel and look like a pauper had she come in the clothes she wanted to wear in the first place.She could feel eyes on her and she knew that she wasn't overdressed, she was in quite comfortable clothes and she used no designer bag that screamed, 'check inside me, you will definitely find some notes.' But her body shape is a total attention magnet, she is beautifully curvy and she knew that.A woman came to meet her and she realized that she must have been standing like a fool for the past few minutes."Do you have a reservation ma'am or are you just on the way out," the woman asked politely in a condescending way and Sapphire stared at her for a minute.In the past she would have made a fuss about the tone and given a quick witted answer and that's if that happened because everyone knew he
"I.... God....I didn't expect to see you here," he stuttered out."Neither did I," she replied calmly, "not that I expected to see you again," she was clearly unfazed, the air around her was filled to the brim with grace and elegance.He obviously didn't expect that because he flinched.Now maybe she made an incorrect thought earlier, netizen are bad and the kind of the man staring at her like she sprouted horns are the worse, he was her ex-fiance best friend and seem to still be, he is a grade one asshole, to think that she once dined and wined with this guy, that thought almost made her hurl."You have changed a ton,"he finally said after opening and closing his mouth in order to find the right word but he failed, a bad set of words, logically any word he said was bound to be bad to her ears."And you haven't changed at all," she replied back almost immediately and the guy just stared at her, different thoughts running in his head."Can you get out of my way or I also need to 'earn'
Let's go to the registry in five days" He asked and she was shocked, was that all he had to say to all she said and if he was saying that, does that mean they are still.... "We are still getting married." "What about the kids and the fact that I can't give you kids of your own,""You already have kids so it's not going to hurt our marriage if you can't bear children and if the family insists on having one of my blood, there's something called surrogacy." He finalized and Sapphire stared at him like he had turned psycho, who's okay with all that? Is he secretly a psycho?Was the man thinking that they were flimsy excuses in order not to get married to him, newsflash, they were all true, she has kids and something may be wrong with her womb.Even though the memories surrounding that discovery hurt her a lot, just thinking about it is making her nauseous but it still has to be said."Look," he said and dropped the fork and at that moment the light had to change its tone to something dar