NovelEnglishChapter 169
“I promise never to cause you unneeded stress again,” Alexander continued in that rough, low voice of his. “I
know that your life is already stressful enough withoutadding to it.” He swallowed, and | watched his throat
bob up and down, mesmerized by that simple action. “I don’t want to be the reason you worry, Olivia. | want to
bring you peace.”
A quiet gasp escaped my lips, and my legs trembled. His words sent a shiver up my spine. What was he saying?
Why did this sound like the beginning of a confession?
Alexander let out a long, slow breath and tore his eyes away fromas he looked up at the ceiling. “I want you
to know that | will never force you to do anything.”
“I know that, Alexander,” | assured him in an unsteady voice, wondering where he was going with this.
He looked back down atwhen | said his name. Then, he took a step away from me, and my body protested at
the loss of the heat that always radiated off of him. His expression changed until it was unreadable.
“What do you say that we put all the previous...unpleasantness behind us and pretend like it never happened?”
he suggested, and a tight- lipped smile crossed his face.
“That sounds good,” | said quickly.
When | sat back on the couch, | couldn't help but think that Alexander had that conversation withbecause he
was going on a trip with
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another woman. Had he askedto work late just so he could set clear boundaries in our relationship? Because
if we were being honest with ourselves, we had both blurred those lines before.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt| resisted the urge to roll my eyes as | reviewed another financial report. Alexander was givingbusy work. He
had only askedto work late just so he could talk toalone. Whatever. At least | would make more money
on my paycheck this week with overtime.
An hour passed, and if | was being honest, | barely focused on the numbers in front of me. | was thinking about
Naomi Wright. Maybe her sudden appearance in Alexander's life was a blessing in disguise. With her taking on
the romantic role in his life, then I could focus on my true role as Alexander's assistant. Once Alexander and
Naomi’s relationship went public, then the gossip about him and | would die down. Maybe | was looking at this all
wrong.
But then | imagined Naomi’s perfect face, long legs, and that suggestive white smile that she kept flashing at
Alexander. Without meaning to, | crumpled the corner of an important document. My stomach swooped when |
looked at the damage, and | glanced up at Alexander. Thankfully, he wasn’t paying attention to me. He was
looking down at his phone, typing out a message.
My hands clenched in my lap. Was he texting Naomi?
At midnight, Alexander said that it was tto go home. Thankfully, Gai offered to drivehbecause |
didn’t want to accept a ride from Alexander. He didn’t even look up as he wishedgood night. Something that
botheredeven though | wished it didn’t.
When | got home, | hopped in the shower, then dressed in my most comfortable pair of black sweatpants and an
oversized pink shirt. My stomach was still upset, so | searched my medicine cabfor stomach pills, but I didn’t
have any. | tried to just go to sleep, but it felt like my stomach was on a roller coaster ride with the way it twisted
and
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Ajeem tub
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When the clock struck one at night, |
groaned. It was no use. | needed,
stomach pills inorder ¢0 sleep. My
eyelids WPped as | grabbed my car
keys off the counter and drove to the
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After driving around for twenty
minutes, | sighed in relief when Hn
spotted a pharmayiKat was open at
His Pat NST But as | flipped on my
turn signal, the hair on the back of my
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someone was watching me...
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“I wonder where she’s headed?” Alexander asked his bodyguard.
Alexander and Richard were in the car watching Olivia. They had been following her from a distance ever since
she left work with Gai.
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rubbed his eyes. He had gotten very
little sleep ever since he started
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“I don’t want to scare her. She’s been on edge all night,” Alexander explained. “I can tell that something is
wrong.”
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