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"I also feel like he is into bribery and corruption. SH Apparels also have deals with smuggling." Alexa muttered.
"How did you find out all these?" Liam asked.
"He took the money from my account without a trace of where it went. He must have been into it for a very long time. As for the smuggling, it was Blue's mother, Grace. She'd been working with SH Apparels for a long time. I believe she was paid off a lot of money that would last her a long time."
"Why would Grace do that? Stella fired her, didn't she?"
"She feels like the reason why Blue was sent to France is because I want to drop him." She said.
"Is she being a loving mother or she is dumb?" Liam muttered slowly.
"All parents love in their own way. I can't really blame her, all she wants is a better life for her son and that's what I plan to give Blue. So I want her name to be blotted out if things come to light." She announced.
Liam sighed, "Why are you working so hard?" He asked.
"I don't want to be the way I was few years ago. I was totally disappointed in myself." She shook her head.
"I made you that way, didn't I?" He asked.
"Please...." She waved her hand, "Don't even think of pitying me."
"I won't. You are almost stronger than me now. Do you know how many proposals I sent to Velvet Vixen which you rejected? It was a big embarrassment that the first company in New York couldn't land a project with Velvet Vixen while other smaller companies could." He said.
"Well...I'm not sorry for that." She shrugged.
"Don't worry, Alexa. I'll get Velvet Vixen back for you." He said.
"Don't rush it. I'm actually using this opportunity to take a rest since I couldn't for the past five years." She relaxed back on her chair.
"What would you like to do?" He asked.
"I would like to take a break after the world's runway week and then go to Hawaii for a vacation for a month." She muttered.
Liam smiled slowly, "It'll come." He muttered.
"Of course, it will." She muttered.
"I've gotten enough of this. How can her lowly children come to my office and start talking to me rudely?" She snapped in anger as she picked up a glass of wine.
"The kids might be a problem." Ryder replied.
"Or course, they are. You want Alexa, I want Liam. The kids are a huge problem in getting this feat." Stella hissed.
"Just wait for a while. There is still a secret Alexa doesn't know about Liam, isn't there? When she falls hardly for him, we'll break her trust in him once more. Then, she won't be able to love him again." He smirked and Stella smiled.
"You are really smart, Ryder. If Sam hadn't proved hard to get, I would never have come to you. The world works mysteriously, doesn't it?" She muttered.
He stared at her lustfully and she got the hint, pulling her skirt off slowly and seductively as she dropped the cup of wine on the table and walked towards him.
Ryder reached out and pulled her forward until she got on his laps.
"This would soon end, Stella. So please me like you haven't before." He whispered against her skin and she giggled.
Alexa stared at the show glass the next morning, Doreen beside her in the car. They were going for a meeting with Mr Colt when she has suddenly asked Doreen to stop.
She focused on the show glass and the lady with dark brown hair came into view, holding women's clothes. She stretched it to Liam and he shook his head slowly, probably telling her the cloth didn't fit her that well.
"Isn't that Mr Jordans and Miss Adele?" Doreen immediately asked and that fueled Alexa's irritation.
"Miss Adele? Who is she?" She asked, her nose flaring lightly.
"Oh, she was the host of the party last two nights. She was the woman Mr Jordans was dancing with."
"What company does she own?" Alexa asked.
"She doesn't own a company." Doreen said and Alexa's head swung towards her.
"Then what..."
"Her family however has a lot of connections and all that. People curry with her for information and connections to people at the top coast. Even without a company, her family could easily be ranked among the first five powerful people in New York." Doreen explained.
"How come I don't know her?" Alexa asked thoughtfully.
"You aren't someone who curry for favor. You believe in pure hard work." Doreen said.
"Fair enough." Alexa nodded.
"It seems Mr Jordans and her have a great chemistry. It's beautiful. If I had a son who is the owner of a conglomerate like him, I would also like Adele to be my daughter in-law." Doreen said and red color filled Alexa's face.
She flexed her fingers angrily as she gritted her teeth, "Unfortunately, Doreen, Liam's mother isn't someone like you."
"I wasn't necessarily talking about him. It was just an imagination."
"Then give birth and imagine her marriage with your son!" She snapped before hitting the car loudly.
"Move it, move it!" She shouted and Doreen immediately started the car and drove off.
Alexa folded her hand as she stepped out of the car, her bag in one of her hand, her fingers tightening on it with each second.
She couldn't understand why Liam didn't submit the divorce papers and think that he could mess around with other ladies. They aren't even divorced yet, until they sign another paper which is going to be submitted to the court. Technically, what he as doing was purely cheating and he wasn't even hiding it.
She had never caught him on the street like that with Stella, never. At least, not until their divorce.
"Your face is so tight, boss. Mr Colt might be afraid." Doreen said and Alexa glared at her, before realizing she had a point.
She cleared her throat, dropping her hands to her side as she released the hold on her bag.
"Smile." Doreen put her thumb and her index on her lips, widening it with a smile. Alexa shook her head and moved her out of the way.
But the moment she got into the house, she smiled, "Mr Colt."