All Chapters of Fake Dating The Tycoon Lawyer : Chapter 111 - Chapter 115

Electra’s mind is a muffled space as she journeys back home. Standing in front of the door it's as though she walked through a trance to reach it. She pulls on the knob, forgetting that she has to use the keys first. Electra dips a hand inside her bag to retrieve the keys when the door is pulled open.Irene stands in front of her, a look Electra is too distraught to notice drapes her face.“Um, did you forget your keys?” her voice is unnatural.Electra flashes her brows resignedly. Exhaustion and the weight of the event of today makes her shoulders drop.“Thank you.” That's all Electra manages to say.Irene's brows dip. “Are you alright? Was your first day that bad?”Electra sighs. “It was quite eventful.” She thinks back to the incident of meeting Andy and Jerry's reference to him as his brother. “Do you remember I told you about some goons I met the other day and my boss rescued me?” Electra begins, eyes narrowing as she relives that night in her head.“Don’t you want to come insi

Anders holds her against him. Her head on his chest, and face buried into his shirt. One hand gently keeps her head against him. The other hand wraps around her middle. supporting and preventing her knees from caving. Electra sobs against him. Wails of pain burst out of her, shaking everything inside her. Her shoulder quakes, shuddering with every breath as sadness ripples through her. Anders says nothing. He just let her cry. He holds her and lets her cry, his heart breaking at the sight. He's known Electra to be strong, resilient and able to hold her own. Seeing her crumble like this tears him apart. He had tried to reach her. Several times and not once was he able to get through. Her anger at him prevented her from taking his calls. Anders moves his hand up her back, rubbing back and forth in gentle, soothing motion. Maybe he shouldn't have done that. Electra lifts her head from his chest as though a veil has been pulled over her head. She moves, shifting away from him

Why is she smiling? She can't possibly be happy about what happened to Nikas. Electra waits impatiently for Irene to speak.“Your birthday is next week! Were you trying to hide such important information from me?”Electra gapes at her. Birthday? Her birthday? With all the mountain of problems sandwiching her, her birthday is not even on the list of things on her mind to even say it's the least.What is wrong with Irene? Did she hit her head or something?Of all the things she could be thinking of, it's Electra's birthday? How can she celebrate anything when the one who has celebrated with her every other year is fighting for his life on a hospital bed? Electra holds in her breath. She doesn't know what to feel, how to react to Irene's revelation. She just takes deep breaths to calm the storm brewing inside her.Add her birthday to the long list of things she has forgotten about. And there are more important things that she has been forgetting in the last couple of hours.“I know yo