Chapter <b>131 </b>
Just as I started to hyperventte, the door burst open, and Breanna led Alexander and Gai into the room.
I cried out in relief when I saw them.
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“I went right to your new workce to get help after I left<i>,</i><i>” </i>Breanna exined.
Alexander studied my pale face and anxious expression. “I can’t believe that asshole locked you in here,” he said.
Then, he wrapped his warm arm around my shoulders and brought me close to his side.
“You’re shivering,” he muttered and soothingly rubbed my shoulder.
My lower lip trembled as I looked up at him. “Why can’t something good happen to me?”
“Something will,” he assured me as he led me out of the private room.
That was the final straw that shattered my grip on my emotions. My eyes burned with hot tears, and they flowed down my cheeks. I tried to wipe them away so he wouldn’t see, but more just kepting. Soon, I was silently sobbing into Alexander’s side.
Like a gentleman, he covered me with his suit jacket and led me quickly through the busy restaurant so that no one would see me crying. He gave Gai his keys and instructed her to drive back his car to the office.
Then, he helped me into the passenger seat of my car and then got into
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the driver’s side.
As he drove down the busy road, I copsed into his side and continued to cry. Eventually, my overwhelming emotions began to subside, and my salty tears finally stopped running down my cheeks.
Once I fully calmed down, I realized that I actually felt a little bit better. Sometimes, you just need to cry to get all of your emotions out. It was cathartic in a way
My stomach swooped with horror when I realized that my face was pressed up against Alexander’s hard chest, and my arm was wrapped tightly around his waist. I’d been using him as my own personal pillow.
I froze, and with each second that passed, my embarrassment grew. Should I move my arm immediately or pretend to be asleep?
But Alexander must have noticed that I had stopped crying because his low chuckle filled the car, and he gently patted my head.
“You’re going to have to have dinner with me before you cuddle me like that,” he teased.
My cheeks flushed, and I sat up straight and attempted to fix my unruly hair.
“Are you hungry?” he asked in his deep voice.
I nodded, not trusting my voice just yet.
Alexander took us to a fancy upscale bistro. It wasn’t crowded like the Myst Dining had been, and for that, I was grateful. The server brought us to a private table in the back. After everything that happened in a short amount of time, my nerves were shot, but I did my best to appear calm.
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Alexander ordered for both of us, which I preferred since I didn’t even know if I had the ability to speak right now.
I took a sip of my cool water ss, and my teeth were chattering so much that they knocked against the ss.
Alexander raised one of his eyebrows. “I don’t think the ss is edible here,” he joked.
His teasing made my cheeks go even more red. By now, I was pretty sure that they were an unattractive maroon color.
Soon, our meals were served. My eyes widened as I took in therge seafood boil that Alexander had ordered for us. Since I didn’t really feel like talking, I tried to focus on my food, but Alexander seemed determined to get me to speak because he kept serving me the lobster bisque from therge bowl and peeling my shrimp for me.
“Thank you,” I kept muttering out of nervousness.
This was going to be a long meal.
*Olivia*
Since Alexander seemed determined to peel my shrimp for me, I returned the favor for him. Somehow, it turned into a game with who could peel the shrimp the fastest and then put it on the other’s te. Soon, our dishes became piled high with seafood. I had no idea how we were even going to eat all this food.
Once, Alexander flung a shrimp so fast that it slipped off my te and onto the floor. A giggle burst past my lips, and that made him smile.
“Yourughter is a wee sound,” he said.
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