To Love You

5:{Persistent Woman}

It was around quarter to nine when Alec was able to arrive at a high-rise condominium, he stopped his car in front of the entrance of the main building. As he stepped out of the car, a plump and stout employee immediately arrived to assist him. Alec handed his car key to the valet driver and left him with a short instruction.

The valet driver started the car and he was about to drive off when Alec came and stopped him, he rolled down the car and anxiously asked Alec what was wrong as he was afraid that he had made a mistake.

However, Alec just told him to open the compartment to get his phone as well as the paper bag that was on the passenger seat.

Alec looked at the valet driver who was clumsily getting the things he had instructed him to get, he sighed and reassured the man that he did nothing wrong or anything that offended him. “Careful with the things.”

Alec received his phone as well as the paper bag and dismissed the valet driver whose name was John. He entered the building and he was greeted by the employees, “Good morning, Sir.” He did not forget to greet them back as he was far from a snobbish person.

He went into the elevator and pressed the floor of his unit. While watching the number go up, he couldn’t help but fidget his phone as if stopping himself from doing something.

Seemingly lost in thought, Alec almost walked out of the elevator on a different floor but he immediately noticed that it wasn’t the floor of his unit. A sweet old lady entered the elevator holding a basket full of baked chocolate cookies.

“Hello dear.” Greeted the lady. “Would you like some cookies? I baked these for my son but it seems that he isn’t home, it’s my first time going to such huge buildings as this one and I almost lost my way hehe. Too bad I wasn’t able to meet my son and give him these.”

The aroma of the newly baked cookie wafted around the closed elevator and Alec couldn’t help his mouth from watering. He was ashamed to admit that his taste in food was comparable to that of a child, he enjoyed sweet things and hated bitter-tasting food. He opened his mouth to refuse such a generous offer when the elevator finally arrived at his unit’s floor.

Sensing that the handsome youth she was with was about to refuse her offer, she immediately stuffed the cookies in his hands and waved him goodbye, “Think of it as a gift from granny.” She said and sweetly grinned.

Alec stood dumbfounded as the elevator closed. He stood there for a minute before completely recovering from the events that transpired.

There were only two white doors on that floor and Alec walked towards the door on the right. After inserting his key card, he went inside the spacious unit. Inside was a living room with a sofa set and a wooden coffee table at the center, Alec set the paper bag down on the coffee table and went to the kitchen.

The first thing he did was to open the wrapped cookies and take a bite off of one of the cookies. He couldn’t help but be reminded of his childhood when freshly baked cookies were always present every afternoon. A bitter memory flashed through his mind which caused him to stop chewing.

‘If she were still here.’

Alec stopped himself from reliving some of his suppressed memories and chose to enjoy the cookies made by the sweet old lady instead.

After finishing almost half the cookies, only then did Alec chose to stop and store the rest for later. He drank a glass of water and washed his hands, then he proceeded to take to clothes from the paper bag and put them in a basin with water and soap to soak. He mentally made himself a reminder to wash it later.

Alec then went to wash and change out his workout clothes. The shower door opened and steam wafted out. Alec stepped out of his bathroom with his towel wrapped around his waist, the towel hung so low that it might fall from a slight breeze.

Drops of water trailed down Alec's neck, his chest, and his abdominal muscles, and finally disappeared into his V line which has shadows of a happy trail. Alec took a towel from his cabinet and used it to take off the moisture from his hair.

Alec then went inside his walk-in closet which was neatly arranged and with nothing out of place. He grabbed his boxers and gray sweatpants to wear.

…

In a spacious living room with floor-to-ceiling windows that showcased the wonderful view of the city, the sunrays shone down on a man who was lazily sprawled across the sofa.

He was sighing as he had encountered an extremely huge problem. He was staring at his phone which had the messaging app open.

Alec was contemplating on whether he would send a message or not, ‘And if I choose to send a message, what would I even send to her?’ He asked himself.

He was woken from his state of contemplation when the doorbell buzzed. He stood up and walked towards the door, he looked at the intercom and saw a blonde woman waiting outside.

“What do you want?” He said, his tone harsh and disregarding the other person.

The blonde woman outside the door suddenly became alert after hearing Alec’s voice from the intercom, “Alec, your father has requested for you to come back to the main house for dinner.” She said in the most soft and sultry voice she could muster.

It was clear from her demeanor that she was flirting with Alec. She pulled down her dress a little to showcase her cleavage and made sure that the camera was showcasing her.

Alec’s uninterested voice rang through from the intercom again, “Tell him that I’ll be there.” The woman outside remained in her spot without any intention of leaving.

Having been aware of the woman’s intention, Alec dismissed the woman. “You can leave now.” He said.

The woman seemed to panic, there was obvious refusal in her eyes. ‘Mr. Makhosi has given me this opportunity to get close to his son! I must get a chance to tie him down!’

“But Alec your father requested that I accompany you all the way. I can wait outside or you can let me in-.” The woman was aggressively cut off by Alec.

“I told you to leave, don’t let me call the security on you and have you purposely dragged again like last time.” Alec’s voice was laced with annoyance, he had dealt with this woman multiple times and he can almost commend her for her sheer will.

It was an obvious ploy by his father to get him to be together with a woman from a prominent family. It wasn’t that he wasn’t aware of the woman’s background, in fact, he knew that she was from a high-class family from Europe who had royal blood. This makes their family one of the prominent families.

So yes, it’s not that he does know who she was, it was just he simply did not care about her.

Hearing Alec’s statement made her remember the utter humiliation she had faced as she was being dragged by the security. Thankfully, she had the power to suppress the media from spreading news of it.

She did not want to lose this opportunity but at the same time, she did not want to suffer such a humiliating experience again. ‘Let’s withdraw this time.’

She huffed and turned on her heels, two men in black suddenly appeared out of nowhere and followed suit.

Alec heaved a sigh of relief after getting rid of her, he sat back down on the sofa and continued contemplating. He completely forgot about the exchange he had a few minutes ago.