Chapter 35 Thirty five
"We've gotten the ship, unfortunately, it seems there was a malfunction done by someone on purpose." Johnny said and Alexandra sighed as she closed her eyes. Jace and Jade were correct, something had happened. She felt it was connected to Stella but she couldn't prove it without evidence.
"Thank you for finding out, Mr Johnny." She said after a while of silence.
"I'm really sorry for this. This is a problem on our part and we'll love to refund, even if it's half of the payment."
"Thank you, Mr Johnny, but both the money and time was the problem. I can see clearly that it is not your fault."
"Ma, the goods have arrived." Doreen said and Alexandra nodded.
"Goodbye, Mr Johnny. Thank you so much for your time." She said and ended the call.
"Let's go. All hands are to be on deck for the designs, we have to get ready for the Fashion week. It's just a week and some days left." She said as the walked hurriedly to the design room.
"Blue, do you have the new designs you talked about ready?" She asked the moment she got in.
"Yes, I do." Blue said and the page on the projector changed, showing a beautiful princess gown.
"Wow." Alexandra muttered with a smile. "You are really one of my best." She said as she patted him on the shoulder and Alexa nodded.
"Thank you so much."
"Ma'am, Mr Welland is here." Doreen said as she walked into the room after getting a call.
"Mr Welland? Oh my God." Alexandra closed her eyes and rubbed her temples as she turned to Doreen.
"Please take care of this for me. I'll have to try and calm him down." She said and quickly walked out of the room, her heels clanking on the tiles as she walked to her office.
"Mr Welland." Alexa said as she got into the office and saw him sitting, his legs crossed.
"Ryder," He said as he got up. "Call me Ryder, please. I don't like the formality between us." He pouted and a smile escaped from her lips.
"I don't think this is right time to become informal with you. I'm really sorry for all the stress and confusion."
"I'm not here for that, Alexandra." Ryder pursed his lips as he clamped his hands together in front.
"You have passed through a lot just because you got a contract for my company and I'm really sorry about it. I feel you are stressed. I came to take that off you." Ryder said and Alexa blinked.
"How would you like to go on a lunch with me this afternoon?" He asked and she opened her mouth, but no words came out. He was right, she had been working since morning without eating anything and she was famished. But going for lunch with someone who was suppose to be annoyed with her was something entirely.
"Mr-"
"If you try to say no, Alexa, I'll be disappointed. Please....let me take you for lunch. You can think about my work later." He said and she smiled a bit.
"Alright, fine. I'll have to tell my designers I'll be absent, but I have only an hour to spend, please." She said and Ryder shook his head nonchalantly.
"An hour? Fine. We can do a lot in an hour." He muttered and she chuckled as she went out of the office. Few minutes later, she was back and she picked her bag,
"Let's go." She said and he nodded.
Her legs itched her a bit and she looked at her ankle , it was getting red. Her heels must have been tight, she had rushed to put something on, she didn't have enough time to check.
"Are you okay?" Ryder noticed the disturbing look on her face and she replaced it with a smile immediately.
"Yes, I am." She replied immediately. He drove them to a fancy restaurant in silence and when they got to the door, they bumped into Liam.
"Alexa." He called and she looked up.
"Oh, you again?" Ryder rolled his eyes as he stared at Liam.
"What are you doing here?" Alexa asked.
"It's a restaurant." Liam replies and she shrugged about to go inside when Ryder said something.
"How are your kids?" He asked and glanced at Alexa who had a surprisingly neutral look on her face. She looked at Ryder,
"You know about Jace and Jade?" She blinked.
"You know about his kids too?" Ryder asked and covered his mouth with his palms, "I thought you were hiding the fact."
"Why would I do that? They are my children. I would hide my kids." Liam said, a scowl on his face and Alexa looked at him slowly. He seemed serious and a little bit angry that Ryder would say such.
The place seemed to get hot and Alexa bit her lips slowly, looking in-between the two men, before she cleared her throat softly.
"Will both of you get out of the door? Some people are trying to walk through." She said and turned, walking into the restaurant.
"Alexa," Liam called as he accidentally saw the blood stains on her ankles and she turned, a sigh leaving her lips.
"Liam, just go, please."
"I'll pick up the kids." He changed his sentence and walked out immediately, leaving the place immediately.
"I don't understand. Why are you guys informal? And why do I get the feeling that you are more to his kids than just knowing each other? Are you Liam's cousin sister or something?"
"No." Alexa said as she got a good spot as sat down on one of the chairs. "Jade and Jace are my kids." She said and Ryder raised a brow as he tilted his head a little.
"You and Liam had kids together?" It seemed he couldn't believe his ears as he asked again.
"Yes. We have kids together."
"How?"
"I don't want to go down that lane again, please." She said, ending the topic as she picked up the menu and Ryder scoffed lightly.
"When were you planning to tell me this?" He asked.
"You are not comfortable with me having kids?" She asked in return.
"If I'm not, what will you do about it?" He asked and she smacked her lips lightly.
"I will always choose my kids above anything and anybody, so don't expect otherwise."
"That was what I thought." He said and she smiled a little.
"He's back." Ryder nodded his head towards the entrance and Alexa turned, as Liam walked towards them, a small black bag in his hands.
He dropped the bag on the floor beside her and bent down to her legs, as he took off her shoes.
"What are you doing?" She asked, her eyes wide in shock as every one turned to look at the romantism.
"Don't force yourself to wear heels that don't fit." He said and placed the pair of flip-flops in front of her, then he placed two small bandages on her ankles.