Chapter 32 - She was completely unexplainable (1/2)

”I need flowers, chocolates and jewelry. The price does not matter. I only need it until the end of work.” Alexandre looked disapprovingly at the documents in front of him on his desk. He remembered her face flushed with anger. Alexandre clasped his hands over his head and tried again to focus on the documents in front of him. One of his newly acquired companies was already in the red. When Alexandre read the sobering account of this company, his mood was right in the basement. He should hire new managers. Managers who were worth the salary he paid them.

”This is turning out to be a bad morning.” He mumbled to himself. But his assistant escaped nothing. Nicolas looked like a reserved little guy, he reminded Alexandre rather to one of these young, arid scientists who preferred to entrench in a laboratory. But Nicolas was competent. Alexandre had to admit that. He would never find a better assistant, who could be a CEO himself and was repeatedly wooed by other companies. But his assistant was loyal.

”How's that?” His assistant asked and handed him two new folders. Alexandre frowned and was reminded of her face. His good mood was spoiled. He was fed up with her and many other things.

”Wives are exhausting!” It slipped bitterly out of his mouth.

This bitter taste was still on his tongue when he remembered this morning. He did not understand what the problem was. Alexandre had fulfilled her every wish. He had married her. Not entirely out of charity. But they were contract partners, true to the motto - one hand washes the other. He played a good husband for her. While she gave him power.

He bought her expensive clothes, jewelry. He gave her protection. And the most important! He had restored her reputation. She had gotten more than she could. With her reputation, she would never have had a husband. He had read the report about her. The last two years of her life. She would not have found a man of her class with this CV. She had worked in some dubious places, had lived without a male guardian.

But he had married her. What did she want more?

He did not understand her.

Alexandre knew some women could become angry out of the blue. His friends always put it jokingly on the female hormones. He had never thought that Lillian belonged to this kind of women. She had always been so calm. She was a good girl. Easy to control. The private investigator's reports had portrayed her like this. A typical upper-class lady. Restrained and modest.

But over time he had noticed that the reports had to be incomplete. He had to admit, the girl could pretend well. But it had not bothered him. Sometimes she was a bit loud, a little crazy, funny. He even liked that she was so ruthlessly honest.

She was honest.

And he would never know what she did next. Sometimes she was completely unexplainable.

Astonished, Nicolas glanced over his glasses. ”Exhausting? But the young Madame is always so charming?” He knew his assistant still from university days. The rather slender boy at that time had always been one of the best of the year. Which is why Alexandre had cast his eye on him early on. At the university, it was all about making contacts that were relevant to the future. And Nicolas Rameau was not only competent but also loyal. Alexandre has been trusting this guy for years. Although he sometimes annoyed Alexandre, like now.