Chapter 39

Alex let go of Helena's embrace. The woman showed a sullen face. His purpose in coming here was to see how they would respond when they saw his dressed like this.

"You must remember when you insulted me? You called me a nerd." Alex pointed at himself.

Back then, Alex gave up too much for Helena and her family. He was willing to be told to do anything. Like a servant at home. Not considered a husband or son-in-law in this house. Their treatment was really not good for him. All of that, he never forgot.

"Honey, please forget everything and let's start again from the beginning. I promise to be faithful to you. I will never cheat on you again," Helena said as she caressed Alex's hand.

No matter how Helena persuaded him, he would never yield. He had received enough of this heartache. Mrs. Sandra has continued to stare at him since then.

"Alex, please come back with Helena to build a peaceful household. I want to see you both happy."

He didn't want to stay at Helena's house for long. Alex stood up immediately and Helena told him not to go home.

"Your home is here, Lex, and you're still my husband." Helena pulled Alex's hand and told him to sit down.

He didn't want to give up. Helena could be rude to him and he could do it too. Don't expect Alex to be like he used to be too weak for Helena. That woman had no meaning in his heart anymore. He couldn't keep a woman who liked to cheat on him in his life. In front of his own eyes at that time, Helena and Bram were making love and were naked in the room. His heart broke when he saw that scene.

Alex also brought back the time when Helena was with Bram. Mrs. Sandra, who at that time approved of Helena and Bram's relationship, was just silent beside him. Mrs. Sandra doesn't say much anymore.

"My home is not here anymore. You've all kicked me out. And now I want to go home," Alex said as he kicked the table and stood up.

He ignored Helena's plea to stay. Alex flashed a smirk. Then he got into his luxury car and drove home. Finally, Helena's family already knew who he really was.

***

Knock! Knock!

Someone knocked on Helena's door. She opened it immediately. Helena looked to the right and left, but no one came to the house. Then, in front of the entrance door, was a large gift box. Helena immediately picked it up and opened it. However, Helena was very surprised after opening the box. Inside was a piece of paper with blood written on it and a doll with its head cut off.

"Who sent these things? Show your face right now, don't hide!" Helena shouted.

The woman was absolutely terrified. She hurriedly entered the house and left the box at the door.

***

Watching in the car, Alex could still stare at Helena's house. He had ordered someone to secretly place a mysterious box there. So that Helena would be terrorized by it every day. Alex wanted her to pay the price for insulting him.

"This is not enough, Helena. I want to see you suffer even more." Having had enough of seeing Helena terrified, he quickly left and headed to his company.

***

Alex drove the car in a calm state, looking at the road ahead while whistling. Despite Helena's family, he felt at peace. His current life is indeed much better.

"Helena asked to go back to the way things used to be. Bastard!"

Suddenly, his concentration was broken. A woman was running around and accidentally hit the front of the car. Fortunately, he managed to stop the car in time. It looked like the woman was being chased by someone and who asked for his help. He quickly opened the car door to let her in.

It turned out to be true, the woman was being chased by two men. He immediately started the car and drove away. The woman caught her breath with difficulty and sweat soaked her clothes.

"Thank you, you helped me," she said, looking at the two men through the rearview mirror.

"What happened exactly? Who are they? Why are they chasing you like that?" asked Alex, who was curious.

"They both wanted to kill me because my parents had gotten into a lot of debt. And I still can't pay it back." The woman was still fidgeting beside Alex.

"Then, where are your parents?"

"My mom and dad are dead. I'm the only one at home. I don't dare to go home for fear they'll come again." The woman, who had yet to give her name, was still bowing her head.

Alex felt sorry for the woman beside him. Living alone was not easy, let alone always being chased by other people who wanted to collect debts. He asked her about her name.

"What's your name?" Alex ventured to ask.

"Laura Jasmine. What's your name?"

They were introduced to each other. Alex already knew the woman's name and planned to give her a job as a maid at his house. Instead of her having to go back home and be harassed again by the debt collector.

"How about you live in my house and work as a maid? Would you like to?"

The woman named Laura was very happy to get a job from Alex. He immediately took her home and introduced her to his parents. He put the business at the office on hold.

***

He and Laura arrived home. Alex took her inside and introduced her to Mr. Ibas and Mrs. Pamela. For some reason, his mother didn't seem happy to see Laura. Perhaps, because there were already many servants in the house and Laura was too young to work here. His mother talked to him for a while.

"Alex, don't we already have so many servants in our house? Is it still not enough?"

"I feel sorry for Laura, Mom. She lives alone and doesn't know what to do. So, I brought her here to work." Alex answered Mrs. Pamela's question honestly.

Mr. Ibas had no problem with Laura working here. Finally, Mrs. Pamela agreed. Alex felt relieved that he had helped Laura out of a difficult life.

"Laura, you can stay here and work today. I hope you feel at home. If there's anything, just tell me," Alex said with a smile.

"Lex, thank you for helping.