Chapter 38 Thirty eight
Stella walked into his company, her heels clanking on the ground as she took every step.
"What are you doing here again?" Eugene stood up blocking her before she could get into Liam's office and she pushed him out of the way, immediately, and walked into the office.
"Hey." She folded her hands as she dropped her bag and stared at him right in the eye.
"Stella, what the hell are you doing here?" Liam closed the document he was reviewing as he stared at her.
"The fashion show is just some days away. How are you going to solve the fact that you don't have a designer yet?" She raised her brow.
"What do you want?"
"I'm not here as your ex girlfriend, okay? I'm here as the representative of SH Apparels!" She shot, desperation all over her face.
"I'm sorry, Stella. But whether you are here as a representative or as my ex, it doesn't matter. Point is, I'm not interested in having a conversation with you. I'm cutting all ties with both SH Apparels and you too." He said calmly.
"Do you know what you are going to lose for this? All your hard years of keeping the best company and best CEO of the year. You think it's easy to watch all that dissappear?" She fired.
"If that means you are going to dissappear along with it, then yes." He said to pointedly, "I'm not participating in the awards for this year. I pulled out anything that I might be winning or so... I don't think we have any business together. By this start of next month, I'll find a new designer to work with and you won't be bothered by us again. Whatever ongoing project we have together would also have to be terminated." Liam said and she bit her lips.
"You...." She folded the finger she was about to point towards Liam and pressed her lips tight.
"You'll regret this." She swore and Liam smirked slowly as he pocketed one of his hands and picked the telephone, pressing a number into it.
"Come escort Stella outside. She is not welcome here as from today." He said to the phone.
"Liam, what are you doing?" She asked, confusion setting in her face.
"This is the last time you'll step your foot into my company." Liam said and she scoffed.
"You guys got divorced because we came back together, I wonder what she'll do if she finds out I was pregnant then."
Liam stiffened as he stared at Stella, rage in her eyes.
"I lost my child because you went to find Alexa. You know how she is, Liam. Alexa would blame herself for as long as possible and she'll hate you, since you are just a man who jumps from one woman to another, as long as she has your baby."
"You won't dare."
"You'll have to find me this time for me to keep my mouth shut." She smirked and immediately the security rushed inside. She walked past their middle and left the office before they could touch her.
The door closed and Liam took a deep breath, his steps faltering before he collapsed on the chair, his chest tightening.
"She can't find out about that." He muttered, his eyes closing as he tried to steady his breath.
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"It has already been finished." She smiled as she escorted Ryder into the designing room and the clothes were shown to him in the glasses.
"Wow, they are all beautiful. You really live to your name, Alexa. Velvet Vixen." He smiled, his hand, touching the small of her waist.
"You have to see the back..." Alexa said, moving away quickly as they turned the cloth on the robot, showing the back. The clothes were all designed specially and they all looked beautiful.
"When can I have them?"
"We'll have them delivered to your company this morning. I need them to be tested by the models to see if we need any adjustments to be made."
"All the measurements were given to you, I don't think that will he necessarily important. After telling me about the sinking of the ship, I wondered if you wouldn't meet up, but Alexandra, you really did more than expected. You are a goddess." He said and she smiled.
"It's my job. Just because something unexpected happened, doesn't mean the contract would be terminated. I hope we have more contracts in the future." She said professionally as she took his hand, giving him a shake.
"I would like to treat you and your workers to dinner." He said.
"No!" Alexa refused immediately before the workers started to clap.
"It's our routine for me to treat them to dinner after a finished job. I can't let someone take that over." She said.
"Of course, I can just pay for-"
"Thank you, Mr Welland."
"Ryder, please." He corrected and she chuckled.
"Thank you, Ryder." She said instead and he pulled his hand.
"I would wait for it to be delivered and maybe after the awards ceremony is over, we will have dinner together...again." He proposed skillfully.
"I will think about that." She said and he nodded, walking away.
"I think Mr Welland has an eye on you, ma'am." Doreen walked closer.
"You should have something with him. Just imagine Velvet Vixen and Helix merging together." Doreen said excitedly and Alexa glared at her.
"Nope. Just imagine the boss and Mr Jordans getting married-" Carol started and went mute when she saw the way Alexandra looked at her. Doreen shook her head and Alexa sighed.
"Stop having such fantasies. We are better off alone and we can do more." She said, dissuading them from their fantasies and they nodded, all except Blue who looked distracted.
"Blue, are you okay?" Alexandra asked and he nodded immediately, his face pale.
"Let's round up with the cloth. When it's four pm, we will leave for dinner." She said and walked into her office. Blue blinked, his face red.