Love, Lies and Billionaires

“This was you, wasn’t it?”

“How nice of you to pay a visit, Mrs. Blackwood,” William smiled, amusement on his face.”These walls truly have missed your presence”

“Oh, shut up” she walked up to where he stood in his office and pushed the paper to his chest. “What the fuck is this?”

William, stunned yet amused, took the paper, looked at it and chuckled. “Who’s this clown?”

“Ha ha, very funny. You can call yourself a clown for all I care, but you need to stop this and at least send an email or something,” she said sarcastically.

“What the hell are you saying? I’d never do a thing like this. If I wanted to threaten you, there are other ways I could do that” a mischievous grin played at the corner of his lips.

Maren rang her nose in disgust. This really was the worst time for his dirty, mindless words.

“Alright, what makes you think I’d do this huh?” He asked to compose himself after seeing her facial expression.

Now, thinking of it, Maren didn’t know why it could have been him. She probably just got angry with what had happened the last time and thought maybe he’d been the one behind this.

She clicked her tongue and snatched the paper from him, then turned around towards the exit.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“I’ll be coming for my son! Be safe alright?” he called after her.

“Go fuck yourself,” she said and banged the door shut behind her.

*****

As soon as the elevator doors opened, she strode down the hallway with heavy steps which led to Alexander’s office. It was morning, and she knew he would definitely be available at that time.

With her brows furrowed and her hand clutching tightly to the rectangular envelope, she stormed into the office with no courtesy whatsoever. “Alexander!” She bellowed as she pushed the door inward, letting herself in.

Both Alexander and the two men seated at the other side of his table were both startled and confused. They all had their eyes on her, but Alexander was the most angry.

But she didn’t care. She was down for business. She needed answers. Alexander stared at her for some seconds before he turned back to the men seated before him, who looked annoyed despite knowing her status.

“Please excuse us,” Alexander said to the men, trying to contain his anger. The men obeyed and slowly stood up and walked towards the exit.

Maren walked closer to the table and pulled out the paper from the envelope. “Playing a prank on me, huh?” Maren said and slammed her hand on the paper, which she had placed on the table. “What does this look like to you?”

Alexander turned to the boldly written texts and raised an indifferent brow before pouring himself a glass of wine.

“I’d really like you to explain why your enemies are coming after me, Alexander. ” Her voice was covered with anger.

Alexander took a sip of the wine and kept his gaze on her without uttering a word.

“You know this isn’t funny anymore. I need you to find who’s doing this Alexander. I need to know that Nathan is safe, that I am safe!”

Alexander remained indifferent and silent. He just stood up and walked to the massive window behind his chair and began looking outside, as if waiting for a war to begin.

“Fucking say something!” she thundered, making him turn around to view her.

He walked back to the table. “Well then,” he downed the rest of the contents in the glass and set it on the table. Maren just watched him. “Since we’re supposed to explain things, how about you explain this?”

Pulling open the lower drawer of his table, he pulled out a phone which was obviously not his and sild it to her.

Maren’s eyes went wide with shock. Her heart beat rate multiplied the longer she stared at the picture in front of her.

‘What the fuck were you thinking?’ her mind raced ‘He’s Alexander Blackwood. Of course he’s going to have spies around…Funny how you thought he wouldn’t find out, you little slut’

“Oh, so now spy on me?” It was out before she could stop it and even if she’d stopped it, she was at a loss for other words to say. At least her anger had subsided.

“This was brought to me by an informant. But before that, this was emailed by a member of the press asking for a huge sum of money or this goes out,” Alexander said, veins were starting to build at the side of his neck.

“Is this what you do when I give you breaks? You’re the wife of a really influential person, Maren. You shouldn’t be doing this, especially not in public!”

“You really shouldn’t be prying into my private life, Alexander. It’s none of your business.” She folded her arms and averted her gaze to the ground.

Alexander’s brows furrowed. Like what the hell was this bitch saying? With angry steps, he turned around the table to the other side where she stood.

Maren looked up too late and before she could look at him, he was already so close to her that he got her pinned to the wall.

“The moment you said I do on the altar made you my property and whatever happens to my property is a sole business of mine,” Alexander said, surprisingly quietly and staring straight into her eyes. “Alright?”

Maren, who still had her arms folded, could only stare back and nod as his gaze commanded so much obedience that knocked out every word she could think of.

“You shouldn’t be seen just anywhere. Maren and I do not want to see you anywhere around William. Do not tarnish my image with your carelessness.”

“You can’t tell me what to do, Mr. Blackwood” her voice was calm but filled with mockery. She was trying hard to muster courage and stand up to him.

Before she could utter another word, she caught a movement of his hand from the corner of her eye and quickly shut it, expecting the worst. For the next few seconds, everything was still until she felt the warmth of his hand on her face.

He tucked the strands of hair which fell on her face behind her ear. “Don’t make me do things both of us will regret, my love.”