LOGINMARK“Have you seen what you have caused?” Alexa accused me bitterly, and I couldn’t hold back my tongue.“No, Alexa, this is all your doing,” I told her.I had been trying really hard to get away from Alexa because seeing her and knowing that she had gone back to Donald Shell was torture to me. Worse, she had to appear looking so gorgeous that the only thing I wanted to do was kiss her and feel the touch of her delicate skin.The only way to control my desires and my anger was to keep my eyes away from her and try as possible not to engage her, but just as she knew how to light up my passion, she also knew how to infuriate me.“And you really didn’t have to say that,” I told her.There had been many times I had felt embarrassed, but never like this.We all knew that I did have a long term relationship with Ivy, and that I was also married to Alexa, which was already awkward, but stating it in front of Mr. Silver was even more humiliating. Worse, he now knew that I had had sex with b
ALEXAI heard the last part of what Mark said to my dad right before I walked into the boardroom, but suddenly, he had fallen quiet.“It’s good to have you here before we can even begin, Alexa,” my dad said with a smile, and I immediately felt like they were forming a gang against me.With Mark around my dad, I always felt inadequate or out of the league, and I didn’t like the feeling.“I think we should just begin,” Mark said tightly.And then his eyes were away from me and his jaw was tight.Was he about to start avoiding me again and acting like I wasn’t right here? “So, now that I am here, you aren’t going to say what you were about to say to my dad?” I asked Mark, willing him to freaking look at me.But Mark kept his gaze on my dad, and it annoyed the hell out of me.“I really don’t have all day,” Mark said firmly. “And I would advise that we get on with this so that we can get wrapped up in time,” he added.“Alexa, please, sit down,” my dad said calmly.Of course, he would take
MARKMy conversation with Brent was disturbing, and as much as I was still finding it hard to believe, I knew that I would have to follow his lead.“Good morning, Mr. Mark,” my secretary said.“Good morning,” I responded. “Is Mr. Devon here yet?” I asked her.“Yes, he is,” she responded.“Ask him to come to my office,” I said.“Yes, sir,” she responded and I went into my office.Mr. Devon came into my office not too long after that, and as I stared at him, I wondered if Brent could have made a mistake.Even though Devon had been on my nerves for weeks now, it still didn’t change the fact that he was more than just an employee. He was my dad’s friend, lawyer, and confident, and even after my dad passed and I became CEO, Mr. Devon had been nothing but an anchor of support.I couldn’t forget how he saved me from losing the company to those bloody shareholders who tried to take advantage of the fact that I was in coma. “Good morning, Mark,” Mr. Devon said, cutting through my thought. “Yo
ALEXAI wanted to listen more, but one of them turned and saw me, and Mr. Gerald was alerted.He turned, saw me, and broke into a smile.“Alexa, please come in,” he said, gesturing at me.I got up and went into the small office.“Good morning,” I greeted all three of them.“You all remember Alexa Silver, my former stylist, don’t you?” Mr. Gerald asked his friends.“How could we forget?” One of them asked lightly.“She turned your fashion game around,” the second one said. “Unfortunately, you couldn’t keep up,” he added.But they were all speaking in light tones, and when they laughed briefly, I understood that they weren’t taking things too seriously, which made me smile a little.“Alexa, this is Tom Hardy and Glazer, my friends and business partners,” he introduced.The men shook hands with me briefly and professionally.“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Alexa,” they said.“The pleasure is mine,” I responded.Even though I was exchanging smiles and pleasantries, I knew that I wanted to h
ALEXAI arrived at my fashion store in the morning, and the first thing I saw on my desk was a bunch of flowers and a short note from Donald Shell.I was barely even done reading through it when Noelle entered without knocking.“Good morning, Alexa,” she greeted. Then her eyes caught the flowers, and her eyes widened with delight. “Are these from Donald?” She asked with hopeful anticipation.“Yes, they are,” I responded drily, but Noelle was too excited about them to even notice my mood.“They are beautiful!” She screeched in delight. “You have to be the luckiest man in the whole of Paris!” She added gleefully.Contrary to how Noelle was feeling, I was getting really fed up with the flowers, and I was already concluding that I would have to give this to my secretary because I didn’t know what to do with them or where to put them.“Isn’t that right?” I said dully.Noelle took her seat without being asked.“You haven’t told me all about Toronto,” she said, urging me.I looked at Noelle,
MARK“That cannot be true,” I stated when I got out of my shock.“I am not wrong, Mark,” Brent said. “I have never been wrong, and this will not be my first time,” Brent added.“Mr. Devon?” I asked myself out loud in disbelief.“Yes, Devon Charles,” he responded again.“How did you come to this result?” I asked Brent.No matter what, I still couldn’t believe this, and yes, I knew Brent was great at what he did and was not known for lies or false results, which was why I was confused.“I already knew that it came from your company, so I had someone dig into your company staff members, with your permission, of course,” Brent started and I nodded in agreement.I already hired him to find out whatever was going on in my company discreetly, so I wasn’t surprised, and I didn’t even need to know, in particular, how Brent had been able to get into my company. This was his specialty, and he knew exactly what he was doing.“I started by checking out their handwritings from their signatures, and







