Chapter 38
Alexander POV
"And that-"
"Mr Knight, I''m sorry to interrupt butBethany Kingsley called and says she wants you to call her-"
"Well tell her I''m busy." I interrupted Charlotte when she popped her head through the door.
"I did sir but she said it was urgent and that you need to call her back, right now."
Oh Jesus Christ..
"I''ll be right back." I walked out of the meeting all the while scrolling through my phone for Bethany''s
number.
"This better be important Bethany." Was the first thing I said when she picked up on the second ring.
"It.. it''s Amelia! Pleasee quick I.. I don''t know what to do!" She sounded panicked which wasn''t
verymon for Bethany so this must have been very important.
"What happened to Amelia?"
"I.. I don''t know! She got a phone call from somebody and she.. she just fell down and started crying! I
don''t know what to do Alexander! Pleasee quick!" Bethany sounded like she was on the verge of
tears at this very moment.
"Reschedule the meeting for tomorrow." Charlotte nodded and looked at me like she was concerned.
"Is everything alright Mr Knight?" All she got was a brief nod before the elevator doors slid shut.
***
"What the hell happened?" I asked when I walked in and saw Amelia sprawled across the floor,
sobbing very loudly if I may add and Bethany trying tofort her, looking like she wanted to cry
herself.
"I.. I don''t know, she.. she got a phone call and whatever that person said to her made her drop her
phone," she motioned to the bits and pieces of what used to be Amelia''s phone, "and she dropped
down then started crying." She looked so scared it wasn''t even funny.
"Amelia?" I walked over to her and knelt down beside her. "What happened?" I asked softly pushing a
strand of hair behind her ear.
When she didn''t answer, I stood up and shifted her, put an arm under her legs and another one on her
back and lifted her up bridal style. She immediately wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her
head into my chest, her tears wetting my shirt.
"I.. is there anything I can do?" Bethany looked at me then looked at Amelia like she was going to
break any second.
"Call Isabe." She nodded and scrambled through her contacts for the number.
"I.. Isabe? It''s Amelia," she stopped to listen to whatever Isabe said, "uh yes, please can you
"Ye.. yeah at their house." She hung up the phone after hearing what Isabe had to say and put the
phone in her purse.
"What did she say?"
"She said she''ll be here in 20." She looked at Amelia who had stopped sobbing, tears rolling down her
cheeks silently.
"Thank you Bethany." She nodded her head and smiled weakly, still looking at Amelia concerned.
Bethany left and I carried Amelia upstairs to the bedroom, her still quietly crying.
"Isabe will be here in a few minutes, okay?" I said and put Amelia down on the bed. She didn''t
respond but just looked at the wall behind me, tears still flowing down her cheeks.
***
"Amelia?" Isabe knelt down beside the bed where Amelia was still silently crying. She sat up on the
bed and Isabe gave her a hug, she herself crying.
"What''s wrong?" She wiped the tears that continued rolling down her cheeks.
"M.. mom." Was all it took before they both broke down into tears.
I walked out of the room, leaving them tofort each other.
"Hello?"
"Charlotte I need you to send over some files from my office, I won''t be returning to work until
tomorrow." I opened the door to my study and and took off my jacket.
"Yes sir but umm.."
"But what?" I sat down behind my desk and loosened my tie. "Isn''t it usually Le who does that sort of
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thing?"
"Charlotte?"
"Yes sir?"
"Did I stutter?"
"N.. no sir?"
"Then get me the damn files and don''t forget myptop too." I hung up before she could respond and
sighed in exasperation.
"Hello?" I answered thendline in the kitchen when it rang 20 minutester.
"Sir we have a Charlotte Webster dropping off files and aptop, should we send her up?" The security
guard at the gate inquired.
"Yes you can send her up." I hung up the phone and sat on a stool at the kitchen ind, waiting for the
doorbell to ring.
Ding dong..
"Evening sir." Charlotte greeted and handed me myptop. "Charlotte." I gave her a brief nod and
epted myptop.
"Oh and uh sir?" She scrolled through the files and folders in her arms, "you and Ame- I mean Mrs
Knight have been invited to an event." She pulled out an envelope with the words ''Mr and Mrs
Alexander Knight'' written across it in cursive and handed it to me.
"Is this all?" I asked when she had handed me a bunch of files.
"Yes sir." I gave her a brief nod and closed the door with the side of my foot, the files filling my arm
space.
"Okay, let''s get on with this.." I opened up the first folder and started reading.
3 hourster...
I sighed and leaned back in my chair, resting my eyes. Just for a little while.
"You''re tired." I opened my eyes to see Isabe leaning against the doorframe, looking at me dead in
the eyes. I sat up and picked up a file from the bunch that were scattered across my desk and started
reading it.
"No, I''m not and it''s just 8 pm." I indicated at the clock that was situated on the shelf next to the floor
length window.
"Yes you are and when was thest time you had a good night''s sleep?" She crossed her arms and
made her way over to me.
"It''s was the day before yesterday." I put my sses back on and looked at her, only now realizing how
raw her eyes looked. "Oh you mean the night you slept at midnight?" Okay, do girls tell each other
everything? Because how else would she know if Amelia didn''t tell her? Just asking..
I sighed then put the file down and looked her dead in the eyes, "I sleepte because I have to work."
"I understand your work is important but so is enough sleep at least once a week. Now get up and get
yourself ready for bed." She gave me a look that left me no room for argument so I obliged and stood
up.
I switched off the bedsidemp and climbed into bed, mentally thanking Isabe for making me go to
bed as soon as my head hit the pillow.
***
"What?" I snapped into the phone without looking even looking at the caller ID.
"That''s not a nice way to say hello to someone now is it?" I groaned when I recognized the voice to be
non other than Le''s.
"What do you want?"
"I called to apologize for missing work." No need to apologize, I was actually very happy thank you very
much.
"And?"
"Well that''s it silly! What else do you want me to apologize for?" She giggled and burped at the end.
"Are.. are you drunk?" I sat up and rubbed my forehead, way too tired for this.
"Nooo wait- am I? I don''t kno-"
"Le, what do you want?"
"You! I want you! But I can''t have you because you''re-"
"Married." As fake as this marriage is, It still has to look real.
"Exactly! You''re married but you don''t really love her do you?"
"That is non of you business so if you would excuse me, I''d like to hang up now."
"No wait-" I pressed the end call button and put my phone back on the bedside table, not forgetting to
look at the time; 3:54 am. Well congrattions Le, you''ve sessfully rid me of all the possibilities of
going back to sleep.
Might as well do some work.
"What are you doing?" I stopped putting on my shirt midway and turned to where I heard Amelia''s voice
from.
She crossed her arms and leaned against the door frame, a questionable look on her face.
"Putting on my shirt." I slipped the shirt over my head and walked towards the door, aiming to get out of
the closet.
"I can see that." She pushed herself off the door frame, giving me space to walk out of the door.
"Why are you awake?" I asked.
"I couldn''t sleep. You?" She followed me out of the room and down the hallway. "Couldn''t sleep either."
"I couldn''t sleep because I just lost a loved one, what''s your excuse?" The she said it so casually one
might think she didn''t cry a river yesterday.
"I got an unexpected phone call."
"Le? Yeah, I heard-"
"You were awake?" I cut her short and opened the door to my study, Amelia following me inside. "Well,
yeah. I told you I couldn''t sleep so I heard you talking to her." She fastened her night gown and sat
down on a chair in front of my desk.
"Exactly how long were you awake for?" I sat down on my chair and opened myptop, the work I
didn''t finish yesterday immediately popping up on my screen. "Around 1 am." She said it so casually I
had to look up to see if she was joking and of course, she wasn''t.
"What were you doing-"
"What''s this?" She interrupted and picked up the invitation Charlotte had dropped off yesterday.
"It''s an invitation to an event." I picked up a folder from my ''not finished'' pile and opened it. "What event
is it?" She flipped it to see if there was anything at the back and when there wasn''t anything she flipped
it back and ran her fingers over the cursive writing.
I shrugged and continued reading the folder. "Well can I open it?" She sure does ask a lot of questions.
"Sure." As soon as the word left my mouth she carefully ripped the envelope open and pulled out the
invitation card.
" ''Mr and Mrs Knight, you are cordially invited to attend The Benson foundation''s 10th annual
Fundraising Charity Ball..'' " she started reading, " ''Saturday November 3rd, seven pm to midnight The
Hotel Montir, Starlight ballroom h h h New York h h h dinner, cocktails and formal
attire.'' " She checked the back of the card to see if there was anything which there was. "Oh and the
dress code is ck and white." She added on and slipped the card back into the envelope, making
sure to seal it.
"I''m hungry." Wow, she changed the topic so quick. "Do you want something from the kitchen?" She
asked as she walked towards the door. "No." She looked back, nodded then walked out of the study,
not forgetting to close the door behind her.
"I got you a coffee." I looked up and saw Amelia holding a mug; probably the coffee and a sandwich in
her other hand; on a te of course.
"ck. Just how you like it." She set it down on the desk and smiled proudly, like she had
aplished something big in life.
I looked at her, then at the mug and back at her. When her face fell a bit; just the tiniest bit I sighed and
picked up the mug and took a sip.
Something tastes different.. not different bad, but different good?
"Well? Do you like it?" She sat down, not taking her eyes off me. "It''s okay."
"You totally like it!" She bit her bottom lip to try and control her smiling but oh, my, god. Wrong move
Amelia, wrong move.
Oh how I''m grateful for the desk separating the two of us because it would be utterly embarrassing if
she saw ''someone'' getting a little excited if you know what I mean..
"You know, you''re no fun." She said after after a minutes silence making me look up and and raise an
eyebrow at her.
"And?" I leaned back and crossed my arms, waiting for her answer.
"Do you ever do anything else apart from work?" She said and mimicked my movements.
"As a matter of fact; I do."
"And what is it you do if I may ask?"
"I go to the gym every Saturday morning."
"That doesn''t count." She said narrowed her eyes.
"And why is that?"
"Because you already have a body of a gre-" she widened her eyes and stopped mid sentence when
she realized what she was about to say.
"I have a body of a what?" I leaned forward, putting my elbows on the table, a smirk tugging at the
corner of my lips when she blushed.
"You know what I mean!"
"Actually no, I don''t. Please, enlighten me." I leaned back again, still smirking at her reaction.
"Ugh! Never mind! You know what? I''m going to go bother Be now. Have a good day." I chuckled
when she stormed out of the study, still blushing like crazy.