Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia)

B*stard! He stole his woman, but didn't cherish her at all! The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Jeremy clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles creaked. Without another thought, he rushed to the stairs at the side of the elevator. He ran out of the nightclub panting, only to see the two figures entering a black luxurious car which then drove away.

He stomped the ground angrily. Just as he was about to hail a cab, his phone suddenly buzzed. It was from the manager who cwith him. Remembering something all of a sudden, he growled. "D*mn it!" He answered the call, "Got it, I'll cback right away!" After a day's work, Alicia got back hand especially followed news on the Western City. The bid should have been accepted by now. Why was there no progress? At the back of her mind, she knew that despite the countless experiments plus Waverley's proven capabilities; she was still afraid of making careless mistakes when it comes to land properties-related matters. Actually, Alicia had indeed modified the bidding document, but just sminor parts. At the very least, she still knew that the reserve price would be the most important of all. To be safe, she decreased the reserve price to as much as 60 million. This is because she was afraid of rounding up the figures. Just in case their competitor had any leaked information, and to avoid any mistakes, she could only just make minor adjustments. Therefore, she rounded down 7 to 1 and had the price reduced by 60 million. Besides that, she moved the position of sminor data. In this way, even if the other party had bidden for a higher price, they wouldn't have gone too high. After all, these were not just little money of merely a few thousand or even tens of thousands of dollars. However, as long as the bidding result hadn't been released, Alicia would still feel uneasy.

In fact, when she was caught on the spot that day, she hadn't mentioned that a man had taken the USB flash drive. This was because besides wanting to ensure her parents' safety, she also wanted Frederick to believe that he could continue bidding after taking back the USB flash drive.

If she had lost the bidding of this piece of land, and no matter who should be responsible eventually, she could not be excused from any blame.

Besides the fact that this land held his promise for his late mother, it was worth over 10 billion dollars. Even if Frederick hadn't blamed her, she would still feel bad. She even had such high regard for her own career, let alone such a huge and important project like this.

After that, she tried to avoid talking about it. In fact, she thought Frederick had been deliberately evasive about the topic as well. Perhaps it was because he had to consider her feelings, or that he was afraid this would beca barrier between them. Ultimately, as much as both of them had been careful in avoiding this topic, it still lingered at the back of their heads.

She certainly didn't want to be one to pour his money down the drain. Otherwise, sooner or later, he would get tired of her! Although she knew that the bid evaluation had many procedures and required time, Alicia still checked everything from beginning to end, albeit rather cluelessly.

She understood that the final results would worth more than a thousand explanations. She hoped that lady luck would smile on her so that the invisible barrier between the both of them could disappear. Her phone rang as she shut down the computer. She answered the call. "Hubby? I miss you!" As she was making smooching sound over the phone, the sound of someone falling cfrom the other end of the call. It was actually Chet who went weak on his knees and almost fell. He chuckled wryly. "Alicia, it's me..." No wonder Frederick was head over heels for her. She was really good at being kittenish. That voice almost made Chet couldn't help but drawn to her as well. If his boss had known that Alice had spoken in such a way to Chet and sent him flying kisses, he might have banished him to Africa.

"Oh? I'm so, so sorry!" Blushing in embarrassment, Alicia checked her phone screen instantly. It was indeed Frederick's number. So why was Chet the one speaking? "Mr. Reynes? Excuse me, but where is Frederick? Is everything alright?" Alicia asked. Why was Frederick's phone in Chet's hand? For a second, Alicia grew anxious and her tone changed drastically.

On the other end, it felt almost like a dream for Chet, until he was splashed by a bucket of ice-cold water and got back to reality.

"Don't worry, Alicia. Frederick is inside, signing a contract. My phone battery is almost dead. We're missing sinformation. Frederick said it may have slipped under your sofa. So could you help to see there's anything there? If there is, could you send a fax or photo of it? It is a piece of paper with shandwriting on it. We haven't noted it here yet, so..." "Okay! Hang on a minute, I'll look for it!" As she quickly walked to the sofa, Alicia tried to recall Frederick's favorite sit spot whenever he would visit at night. Kneeling down, Alicia pushed the sofa and used her hand to feel around for the object. Soon, she found two sheets of paper.

"Yes! It's here! There are two pieces of paper. One has a lot of words on it, and another is handwritten. Is it the agreement with TXT& Su?" After learning from Chet that other documents had their back-up copies except for the handwritten version, Alicia said, "I haven't fixed the fax machine. I'll take a few pictures and send them to you! If they don't seem clear enough, then I'll go out and fax them to you." Hanging up the call, Alicia took a few photos and sent them to Chet. She only felt relieved when Chet replied that he had received them. With her face flushing, she tapped on her lips lightly.

"Oh my, I spoke faster than my brain! How embarrassing!" Alicia glanced through the note. It appeared to be just a supplementary copy of the amendments to the agreement's terms, which didn't seem like classified information. Upon learning this, Alicia heaved a secret sigh of relief. "Thank goodness!" While Frederick couldn't seem to be bothered by the fact that Alicia might be privy to his work information, Alicia, on the other hand, seemed jittery. Even she questioned herself why the fear of being in touch with the very foundation of his career.

Patting her forehead, Alicia locked the two agreements inside her drawer. "Like seriously, I've done nothing wrong, so why am I feeling guilty or afraid?" She assured herself that she was an honest person who wasn't afraid of her own shadow. And she couldn't afford to be on tenterhooks and being worried all the time, or else it would make Frederick very uncomfortable. It's natural vel she would always be privy to his secrets more than anyone else. An example would be the existence of company TX, which she had never heard of!

It was a responsibility she had to bear for choosing a man like him And though, it had not been smooth-sailing all the way, it was still worth it! Alicia tried to relax by stretching her arms and legs and did sdeep

breathing yoga poses. As she gazed out of the window into the deep night Ο and blurry street lights, a tall and steady figure floated in her mind. Her red lips couldn't help but curve upwards slightly. It was already so late and he was still working? What a workaholic! As she was thinking about him, her phone suddenly rang again. It shocked her to the point that she almost stumbled. Was there another problem? She got up and quickly checked her phone. The caller was Jeremy! What was going on?

Instinctively, Alicia wanted to hang up the call, but she related this to the ΟΠ embarrassing blunder earlier and hesitated a little. It was already so late at night. Could it be a call from someone else instead? As she was about to swipe and answer, the call ended. But in the next second, her phone screen lit again.

Alicia answered the call but didn't speak first. On the other end, Jeremy's anxious voice cthrough. "Ally, is that you? Are you there?" X