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CHAPTER 2 Repaying His Kindness

Alexa watched as the man's expression changed abruptly, and she wondered why the man had so many emotions at once. Was he going to help her or not?

“What? You don't even know me, young Miss,” the strange man said with a smirk and Alexa felt there was something more behind his smirk, but she did not care, she just wanted the man to help her escape from the thugs. “It doesn't matter, are you in or not?” She asked impatiently, jittering with fear, maybe the man was going to turn her down.

“Why not, the offer is tempting, and it's not like my help comes for free,” he says clamping his hand with Alexa, leading her away.

Alexa felt adrenaline rushed through her as the man's hand clamped with her, but she was happy he was willing to help her.

The men running after got to them and Alexa quickly hid behind the man. “Let go of the girl!” The man yelled from the behind and the man stopped momentarily.

Alexa's chest hammered against her chest in fear, wondering if the man was going to give in, but she was mistaken.

“If I were you, I would turn back immediately,” the man says, turning around, but Alexa did not bother, she just heard the men retreating footsteps, and she wondered what the man did, but she did not even get the time to think as the man dragged her with him.

Alexa looked at the suite the man dragged her to, and she wondered if the man thought she was being serious with her offer.

“I can't thank you enough for helping me, Sir, but I really don't mean what I said earlier in the passageway….” Alexa was saying, but she trailed off when she saw the obscene act of the man.

“Why are you taking off your clothes! Don't you dare come near me!” Alexa yelled, taking a defensive pose while looking at the man, but the man just glared at her, not bothering with her tactless act.

“Don't worry, I won't touch you. I won't even do that if you strip naked,” the man said with an irritated voice, and Alexa gasped.

Was she supposed to feel good about that?

“Your smell is all over me, I don't like it” Alexa hears the man say coldly, and she stares at him surprised, it was all because of her smell in the first place.

Does she smell? She asked herself in her head, sniffing her body, and she could say she smelled alright, but why was he making a fuss?

“Ohhh, ok then I should go now, thanks for helping me,” Alexa says, standing up from the couch, and she decided to walk towards the door, but the man's voice stopped her.

“Where did you think you are going?” The man asked, and that halted Alexa's steps. Was she not supposed to leave?

“My house, I need to go home, right?” Alexa asked like she was asking for the man's permission, which she wasn't.

“How can you go home when you haven't paid me back for helping you, "the man said, taking off his shirt completely, and Alexa blinked profusely, not understanding what was going on?

She couldn't see the face of the man very well as the light in the room was dimly lit, but she was sure he meant. But how was she going to repay him?

“How am I to repay you? I just hope you are not some sort of psychopath,” Alexa says, taking a defensive pose as she covers her chest and the man hissed in frustration.

“Did you think you were a woman?” He hissed and Alexa felt terribly offended by his words, and when she wanted to say something, the knock on the door interrupted her.

“Go get the door,” the man instructed, and Alexa wanted to refuse, but she found herself going to get the door. The man has an aura that you can't disobey.

A man came in, and she bowed his head to the man, who was standing looking at her more like assessing her, and Alexa felt conscious.

“President, I have carried out your order,” the man bowed and Alexa felt confused. “President, is he some sort of president or what?” She hissed, but the man's next words wished she didn't have a tongue at the time.

“What are you saying? Of course, he is like a president, he is the president of Heather's Corporation,” the assistant says and Alexa gasped hearing that.

What! He is the president of Heather's Corporation, is that true?

“Are you saying the man in front of me is Maurice Heather….the Maurice Heather we all know?” Alexa asked, and the assistant nodded his head.

“Ahhh!” Alexa yelled, and she saw the men looking at her with a confused look, and she immediately jolted back to her senses. She has been abusing and mocking Maurice Heather all this while.

Maurice Heather, the heir to the Heather group, one of the most powerful men in the country, the man whose only name sends shivers to thousands of people, the man who conquered the world economy by making several investments that turned into success.

The man, who can ruin a company with just his finger raised, the man that rules the business world and the underground as the rumors say, that man was Maurice Heather, the man standing in the same room with Alexa.

Alexa felt her breathing constricted and age wished she could just disappear, but that wasn't going to happen.

Maurice bored his eyes deeply staring at the girl and Alexa felt uncomfortable with his stares and he retracted his gaze, walking to the couch in the room.

“Are you married?” Maurice asked to take a seat on the couch, and he crossed his legs while his assistant stood beside him.

Alexa looked at the man, but she knew it was better to start talking than the man to force her. “No, I am not,” Alexa answered.

“Any diseases, loans, boyfriends, or babies?” He asked and Alexa gasped, hearing his words, but she swallowed her displeasure knowing she could not say anything to the man.

“No!” She says, even though she would rather not answer. “No boyfriend?” He asked again and Alexa rolled her eyes, wondering why she needed to answer that once more. “Yes sir, I already have so much on my plate I am not adding to it,” Alexa says, hoping the man would let her go.

“That's nice, I think your qualifications are good enough,” the man says and Alexa wondered what he meant.

“My qualification?” She asked and Maurice nodded his head. “Yes, your qualification to be my contracted bride,” he says and Alexa widens her eyes.

“What? What did you mean by that?” She asked, and the man just shrugged his shoulder. “It's just as you have heard you passed in being my bride,” he said, and Alexa wondered if the man had lost a screw in his head.

When does she take an audition to be his bride? What the hell was the man saying?

“What? What are you saying?” Alexa asked hurriedly, wondering what she was hearing.

Wasn't the man a gentleman? Why was he joking around?

“Why should I marry you?" Alexa asked, her voice oozing with confusion…

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