As Alphonse opened his eyes he came face to face with the beautiful lights of the chandelier hanging from the ceiling and when he turned he faced the vintage walls of his living room.He slowly picked himself up from the makeshift bed on his couch and wondered what happened and how he got here."Peter" he called for his butler weakly but the old man was nowhere to be found.Alphonse picked up the glass of water on the table beside him and drank the cold content inside of it."Charlotte" he called again for the other occupant of the house forgetting what happened and had transpired between them in the early hours of the day.Gently but slowly he picked himself up from the couch and headed upstairs where he would lay comfortably and figure out what was going on.He stumbled towards his bedroom, still weak but needing to lay in his bed and relax his weak limbs.At the top of the stairs he stood and wondered why his house was empty, where was Peter and where was Charlotte and what happene
"It's a week until the elections and there are protesters everywhere. This is a good sign for us, they're saying the mayor did nothing to reduce the tax and their pays. Rather Harris is busy increasing taxes every single day. Even last week she passed a bill to add two more percent to the tax. This works for us now because Mr. Fischer will pick on this and reassure the people of increasing salaries and looking into the tax increments" Olivia said to Peter as he escorted her into the house and into Alphonse's study. "Okay, things are looking bright for us: I just need to prepare him for a press conference in the next one hour. But first we need some of his employees in the office to grant the press some interviews and tell them how good of a boss he has been to them since he took over the seat" Peter said to Olivia who nodded in approval. "Yes. That's it Peter, pick some of his best employees, the married ones with beautiful faces. We can't have some angry and stressed looking people
It was two days to the elections and Alphonse sat down going over last minute plans, he had sent his people out to campaign instead of him. Having Peter and Olivia stand in for him and giving them enough funding as usual. He had stopped his stupendous and large intake of alcohol after quickly seeing a therapist and spending time with Paul the last three days. They played games from hunting birds and pool, all done to lift his spirits but what made him happier was visiting Jennifer Warner in her and Paul's new home. The woman had welcomed him and given him a sweater she had knitted for him while she was recovering, Alphonse gladly collected the clothes and spent time with them while Jillian cooked for them. He enjoyed his time with them and for a while he forgot about Charlotte as he enjoyed life with his new found family. After that he promised to check up on them regularly since he enjoyed the stories Jennifer told him, the woman a little too infatuated by him and loving him li
Alphonse took an excuse to go and take the call that had come through his phone, he would have sat to hear the results of the elections but this was the private investigator that he had hired secretly to look for Charlotte. The elections had happened yesterday and everyone came out en masse to vote for their respective candidates and right now he had people who gathered in his house to watch the local news with him and hear the results of the elections. But as he sat with his people, Olivia on edge, drinking wine and eating a lot of popcorn and chocolates, Peter warning her about eating junks and eating real food, Paul assuring Jillian he would get the takeouts for their night together and Cake for his mother as she requested, his mother checking in on him every second, he wished he had someone who cared for him like Charlotte did and sat with him now to calm his raging nerves. Soon the call came in and he stood up quickly to go his study and take it as he did not want anyone to kn
“Congratulations” a voice said from front of Alphonse and he raised his head from his phone. Since Peter was not around and the house was empty, his security detail outside were under strict orders to not let some certain people inside his house, he had forgotten to add her name. He was in his study in a meeting when his security called him to inform him that he had a visitor, the way Alphonse had arranged his list of wanted visitors, whoever was important was who was let inside his house. So he deemed the visitor very important since he knew it was not any of his family members, so he excused himself out of the meeting to go to his living room only to meet Carla Harris. She sat smoking with a smile, her leg swinging on top of the other as she crossed it. Alphonse paused and put his phone in his pocket before sighing and folding his arms in disappointment. “Not now Carla” that was his greeting to her and little did she know that it was for her own good also. "Why? I'm not here
"Christ!" Carla yelled as she was almost thrown over the seat but her seat belt held her back.she pushed her scattered hair out of her face and her pants increased when she saw the reason for the accident she was about to have."Ma'm? Are you okay? It was not my fault, they came out of nowhere" the driver explained as he tried to regain his composure and check on Carla's well being."I told you to drive fast you dumb fuck, you almost killed me so shut the fuck up. I will fire you after this" she yelled at her driver as she unhooked her seatbelt.As soon as she raises her head up, her eyes caught the reason for her mishap coming out of his car, his security holding the door open."That fool, he is going to get it from me" she huffed in grave anger as she unlocked her door and went outside the car, slamming the door shut as hard as she could, her driver flinched and Everest braced himself for what was about to happen."Carla, I..." Everest did not get to finish his apology before Carla
“I came as fast as I could, had to pick up your clothes from the laundry man and pick up your new shoes from Chanel. Although Cartier said your jewelries would come in later the week. I have your schedule arranged for today already all you have to do is show up and smile” Carina went on as soon as Carla opened the door to her penthouse.Where she had been stowed away for the weekend- with Everest, of course.“Good morning to you too, Carina” Carla said, with a small smile as she collected her dress and reduced the weight from the younger woman’s hand.Being the keen person like she was and like her father, Carina quickly noticed something different with Carla.She was not welcomed with the usual scowl and orders, Carla Harris greeted her a “good morning”.She slowly raised her head from her MacBook to meet a smiling Carla.“That’s a first, what’s going on?” Carina asked“What?” Carla asked feigning purposeful ignorance.“You said good morning, the last time you told me that was four y
TWO YEARS LATER"I want the mistletoe to be placed at the top of the stairs, a little bit higher and behind the chandelier there. It is to be well hidden and very conspicuous. Couples who will end up there won't see it but we will. And when we do, they kiss. Case closed. what's my schedule for today?" Alphonse asked Peter as he arranged his tie.He was getting ready for work and as usual Peter was there to fill him in on his schedule for the day and right now they were making plans for the Christmas party Alphonse was expected to host.He has started to hate plenty of gatherings of late and they tire him out quickly, mostly because he saw too much of affection and romance between couples and every single time it reminded him of what he had two years ago.Two years ago she left without a trace and he called off his search for her, two years since he had moved on.It was winter now and everyone wanted an invite to the Christmas party the senator was hosting. He had chosen the Christmas