🌹R O S E III🌹

🌹CHAPTER TWENTY - SEVEN🌹

The next morning Alexander's arms held me as I woke up and it would appear that he held my body throughout the whole night which only makes the smile on my face even brighter. "You can let go now" I tell him as I already know that he's awake even when his face is in my back.

When my mom had driven me home I think that Alexander was the one that brought me inside as I don't remember ever waking up to see him. As I had fallen asleep in the car. "I will never let you go" He whispers into my ear. His husky morning voice brings shivers down my spine.

The way that he affects me is unlike any other. I let out a giggle. "Well, I need to use the bathroom and I'm sure that you don't want to be holding me while I'm peeing" I tell him as I try to wiggle myself free from his arms but he holds me even tighter and chuckles.

"I'm temped" He says and I roll my eyes as I already know what he wants to see. Men. "I could always pee in the bed and on you" I joke but that was enough for him to let me go and we both laugh. I turn around in bed and look at his smiling face.

"You do realize that I was joking?" I ask him and he nods his head and I laugh again. "I know, though I did want to see how far you were willing to go" He says to me. I take his hand into mine and kiss his knuckles. "Did you have fun yesterday?" He asks me.

I smile as I remember the happy day that I spent with my mom and how much fun we had together. It was actually the best day that I could have with my mom after the things that have happened. "Yeah, it was amazing. Unlike anything I've ever done" I tell him with a smile on my face.

The smile I'm sure has not even disappeared from the moment that I woke up and the smile that is going to remain on my face for a very long time. "I was worried something were to happen to you. You did ditch the bodyguards" He tells me and I roll my eyes as I let out a giggle.

"That was my mom's idea. I did not even know where we were going until we had arrived and I'm sure she has already told you were we went. And I am sure that you did interrogate her when we arrived" I say and he laughs but the smirk that has appeared on his face tells me all that I need to know that it was the truth.

He doesn't say it but I already know that he did question her, a lot until she either left or grew angry at him. "Now, I want to check out the company today. Since I feel much better and I want to know what has been happening" I tell him. I have the need to see what has been going on with the company.

Besides, now that it is going to go all over the world, I want to be there in the office. A year and two months have passed since I've set foot into my office and I feel like I need to be there, be in my own office and be the CEO or co-CEO since I d own it with Alexander.

"I will be there with you, it might be hard to be there after so long" He says. I want to tell him that for me it feels like only two months have passed and not a year and two months but I don't say that because reminding him of the fact that he along with everyone else have suffered for over year while I did not is something that I don't want to do.

No one wants to relive this horrible thing, least of all him. "I had expected you to be there. After all, I assume that lots of things have changed and it's not going to be the same. I will need someone to show me what has been done" I say to him. I sit up on the bed and I notice that we have not let go of each other's hands until now.

"A lot has changed. But not all" Alexander says to me as I stand up. Nodding my head I go into the bathroom and take a quick shower and once I'm back into the room I notice that he isn't here. I use the time to dress myself and then I head out of the room.

When I go to the dining room for breakfast I see that Alexander is already there and dressed. I walk and sit there. "The clock is only six in the morning. We're quite early this day. Do you want to use the time to work on your novel, which I'm sure you're eager to get back to after so long?" He asks me.

I smile as we are eating breakfast. "That would actually be lovely" I tell him. I look over to the clock to see that he's right, we are up really early but that doesn't matter, gives me some time to work on my novel which according to everyone else I've not been working on for one year and two months but for me it's only two months.

It's so confusing to have time passed but for me it doesn't feel like it, it's also hard to come back to a life like that. We eat our breakfast and then I go to the room where I take my laptop and put it on my lap where I open it and pull up my novel.

Reading where I was last brings back memories and it seems so long ago that I was in my old bedroom in my mom's house and was writing that. Back then, I was so angry at Alexander but now I can't even get mad at him, I would not even dream about it, unless he does something to mess up which I'm sure he will do someday.

Putting my fingers on the keyboard and I allow them to just glide along and dance on the keys as I start to type and continue my novel and the smile on my face can most likely be seen a mile away from here but that doesn't matter because all that matters is this moment right here.

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Being in the car as Alexander drives to the company brings out every nervous feeling there is. Somehow it's strange to think that I'm nervous about entering my own company but then again a long time has passed. I can't help but wonder how everything is going to be now.

Is it even the same? Most likely not but what if it is? I know that there aren't going to be the same employees as were when I was there but I wonder any of the new ones would even recognize me. Will anyone know who I am? "Don't worry, you'll be fine. Just remember. You're the boss. You have a right to be there and this is your building" He tells me.

Alexander has been trying to reassure me that it will be all right, and I know it will be but that doesn't stop me from worrying this. Perhaps it is the fact that I've not been there for a year and two months or the fact that I came from a coma and everything will be different.

The deals and the projects that I was working on have all been solved and I'm not even sure what I will be picking up. "You'll be there with me, right? You're not leaving?" I ask him. I don't think I will be able to do this without him by my side.

He's after all the one alongside with my mom have been handling this but he knows everything that goes on there and besides he's my rock and I know that with him by my side, I can get through everything and I can defeat the world if I want to.

"Of course I will be there, every second. I'm not leaving you alone even if you have to use the bathroom and this time I'm serious" He says and I left out a giggle as he parks the car. Looking outside the window to see it. My company. Ace Inc. it stands there with pride.

The building is still beautiful and it looks the same. At least from the outside it does. "Come on" He says to me as he goes out of the car and I follow behind him. I gulp as we walk to the entrance. The security guard that stands there allows us to pass without a second thought.

Perhaps because he knows who Alexander is as I'm sure he doesn't know who I am because this one is a new security guard as I've never seen him before or I don't remember ever seeing him before. We enter the building and I'm met with the lobby.

It looks exactly the same as it was when I left it. The one thing that doesn't remain the same are the people, some are ones that I've seen before while others are people that I don't know. When we walk I feel like everyone is looking at us and maybe they are, I don't know.

Making me even more nervous about this whole thing. Alexander takes my hand which does give me the strength to walk to the elevator. I smile at him as the doors close and then that feeling happens. The time in the elevator slows down like it has always done when we're together.

I may not know why that happens but I know that I do enjoy it. Looking up at him I take a deep breath. "I think I'm ready for this" I tell him. He smiles sweetly at me but not once does he let go of my hand. Perhaps it because he knows that I need it or because he wants to.

Either way I know that I'm not going to let his hand stray away from mine. I need him and I need his touch to get through this. I can't even tell why I am this nervous to be here. This building is what I built from scratch and it belongs to me (and Alexander) and I should be walking in here with pride and not nervous feelings inside my whole body.

The door of the elevator opens. We look at each other and I nod at him. Telling him that I am really ready. And together we walk onto the top floor of the building. The familiar faces are all over while there are also new ones but I smile at them as they look at us.

Somehow I don't feel as nervous when I see that there are people that I've seen before and have spoken to and people that I know by name. Makes me think that this is just a normal work day and not a year and two months later that I'm coming here after being in a coma after being shot alongside my fiancée.

We start walking to my office and my heart is pounding in my chest as I feel like it wants to escape my chest and go somewhere else. But, on the other hand there is also the excitement of seeing my office, of being there again. Of being here again after so long.

Standing in front of the doors to my office, I feel more nervous than ever for some reason. "Go on" Alexander whispers to me and I nod my head as I open the door to my office.