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Keir walked down the stairs as he stared at the little parade going on in their hall, he wasn’t one to attend this kind of thing. 

He preferred being locked up in his office occupied with work than standing here bickering about irrelevant issues but because he knew how stubborn his mother could get when it came to issues like this, he decided to swallow his pride plus it was more about the fact that Octavia was attending the event as well.

 Now that he thought about it, it was definitely because Octavia had called him earlier that she was coming to see him.

He was so lost in his thought, he barely noticed the women staring at him in amazement. He was so lost in his thought, he barely noticed the women staring at him in amazement.

“Keir,” his mother called out to him when she noticed him coming down the stairs with his usual blank expression as he adjusted the cuff links on his suit properly. When he got to her he placed a kiss on her cheek, she smiled at him.

“This is Alexia,” his mother said showing him the lady standing next to him. He stared at the lady and she seemed less concerned by his presence which was unusual, his mother was always fond of introducing him to some of their shareholder’s daughters.

 He had gotten so used to it that he wasn’t surprised she was doing yet again reminding him that she was a very stubborn woman but this lady didn’t even bother to stare at him once.

The ladies his mother had introduced to him in the past had always been all over him once they saw him and it annoyed the hell out of him that he always ended up walking out on them.

Laura stared at her son waiting for him to say something or walk out as usual but that wasn’t going to stop her from introducing him to beautiful ladies, it wasn’t that she wanted him to get married but at least she wanted him to have a companion that she could interact with and decide if she was fit to be his wife. 

Alexia was one of her childhood friend’s daughters, she had developed a liking for the beautiful girl when she went shopping and her childhood friend had told her all about Alexia’s achievements. It was pleasing to her that the young lady had things that were similar to her son.

“Which shareholder’s daughter is she?” Keir asked shocking Laura, she had expected him to walk away as usual.

“She is one of my childhood friend’s daughters, her name is Alexia. Alexia, this is Keir, my son.” Laura introduced them to each other as Keir offered Alexia a handshake taking Laura off guard with a smile on her face. Was Keir offering his hand to Alexia? 

Well, maybe this would be her last introduction as this was progress. Keir had not only waited but he was offering a handshake. Laura stared at Alexia, motioning her to say something.

“Okay,” Alexia said not accepting Keir’s handshake.

Alexia came to the party because her mother informed her that she would be meeting potential clients for her business, she had gotten her makeup done and wore the best dress in her wardrobe only to get here and was being introduced to Laura. 

From the way the conversation was heading between her mother and Laura, she knew instantly what the two women were driving at and it annoyed her so much that her mother would lie to her about this nonsense.

Even if she had wanted to introduce her to a man couldn’t she have done it properly instead of allowing her to reschedule a very important meeting, she had gotten two glasses of champagne to down her annoyance and she would have taken more if not out of respect for her mother. 

She didn’t want to look like a little spoilt brat so she decided to wait a bit, see Laura’s supposed son, and get out of there immediately.

When she had seen Keir coming down the stairs she was amazed at how handsome he was, truly Laura wasn’t bluffing when she said her son was a handsome man but one glance and she could tell there was more to his handsome face and whatever it was she wasn’t planning on being a part of it.

Keir couldn’t believe the nonsense that had just befallen him, it had taken a lot for him to offer her a handshake and he didn't even know why he had done it, how could this lady reject his handshake or was she blind and his mother forgot to tell him.

He heard his mother clearing her throat but she knew it was more of a sign for Alexia to shake his hand which she eventually did but he barely felt her hand as she dropped it staring around but not at him. 

Okay, he was done here, who the hell did she think she was? There were a lot of ladies in this room who were dying to shake his hand and she had made it seem like it was nothing.

“Is that all Ma’am?” he finally heard her speak, her voice was soft and subtle but he could sense she was upset. Why was she upset? Wasn’t this what she wanted, to meet him or did his mother force her to be here?

“Em…I mean, you both can get to know each…”

“I have a meeting in the next hour,” Alexia said checking her wristwatch to be sure it was in one-hour time. She had already called her assistant to reschedule her meeting immediately and she wasn’t planning on missing it for any of these chit-chats. 

She didn’t have the energy for it and from the looks of things she wasn’t sure he was interested in it either as he had even been reluctant to come downstairs since the event started.

“This is my business card,” she continued bringing out her business card and handing it to Laura as she headed out immediately not giving a glance to Keir.