Chapter 289 - Alaric (1/2)

Aleksis finally regained consciousness half an hour later. Her head hurt and for some time she had to gather her thoughts to remember what had happened.

”Ugh... where am I?” she muttered. Aleksis blinked and looked around. It seemed like she was in a medium-sized bedroom. There was only one bed and a small work desk there.

A moment later she remembered what happened before she passed out. Someone told her that the Prince Siegfried she was looking for was already dead... That was so shocking that Aleksis could not help but feel extremely sad and collapsed.

The wait and expectations of eight years ended in a sad anticlimax...

Without being able to hold back, she started crying uncontrollably.

Aleksis was an expressive girl. She spoke bluntly, she cried and laughed so easily, and now she was lamenting in deep sorrow that her first love was gone.

The sound of her crying made the man sitting outside intrigued. He got up from his office chair and walked slowly to the door of the room and opened it carefully. He was stunned to see such a beautiful girl now in tears and crying so sadly.

Why was she so sad? he thought, confused.

He then opened the door and entered the room. He stretched out a handkerchief in front of Aleksis' crying face, which made the girl gasp.

She turned to the side and found the masked man standing beside the bed holding out his handkerchief.

Apart from her fathers, Caspar and Lauriel, Aleksis had never seen another man carry a handkerchief before, and for a moment the sight stunned Aleksis.

”Th... thank you,” she whispered softly as she took the handkerchief and wiped her tears and wet nose. ”Where am I?”

”Hmm... in my office. You fainted, and I thought you wouldn't want to wake up in the middle of a crowd, so I brought you here...” the man replied.

”Oh...” Aleksis remembered that Rhionen Industries had an office on ten floors of the Continental Building. Meaning, that guy had an office here too?

”Why are you crying so sadly?” asked the man. His voice was gentle and attentive, which made Aleksis frown. She was trying to think hard, where she had heard this voice before.

”I... I'm sad because you said my Prince Siegfried is dead...” Aleksis answered in a bitter voice.

”YOUR Siegfried Prince?” The man seemed amused by Aleksis' behavior, which he thought was cute. ”When did you become his owner?”

”Ugh... that's not what I meant...” Aleksis said. ”I am not his owner. I am indebted to him and I would love to meet him again to repay his kindness to me... So, I am very sad to know that he had died.”

”Hmmm...” The man nodded. He then left the room without another word. His behavior made Aleksis curious and she hurriedly got out of bed and followed him into the living room.