Chapter 21: Chaos

“I’M SORRY, SIR. The madam specifically instructed that no one should come in her office. She is in the middle of a meeting right now and cannot be bothered to entertain guests.”

“I’m not just any guest! I’m her son, for crying out loud! This is my third time coming back here. And you’re saying she’s still in that meeting? Who are you trying to fool?” I shot back at my mother’s secretary. She recoiled. Felix had been trying to stop me but since he couldn’t give me the answer I needed, I went straight to my mother’s clothing company but her secretary and the guards stopped me from barging in her office.

I’d never been denied access to this place before. In fact, it was Mom who would always ask me to pay her a visit. But so much had changed in just a span of three days.

The more we play hide and seek, the more agitated I become. I’d been having a hard time controlling my emotions these days. It happened the second I heard Alexandra was marrying Luther. Since then, I felt like something