Chapter 345 - Aleksis Dillema (1/2)
Aleksis waited for a while but Alaric did not reply to her message nor did he call her. She assumed that Alaric was already sleeping, so she didn't want to disturb him. She then prepared to go to school. However, she was determined to teach those corny girls a lesson for bullying her two days ago.
Aleksis decided to return to live in the penthouse and she ordered the Continental Hotel staff to bring her belongings which she had brought to the dormitory. Her relationship with Rosemary was bad, so she felt that there was no reason for her to stay there anymore.
Besides, now there was Lauriel in the Penthouse. She certainly preferred to spend time with her godfather when she was not in school.
Ah, that's right ... she had to introduce her two other bodyguards to Lauriel, so that Lauriel wouldn't become suspicious. Therefore, after breakfast, she called Carl and Sascha to come to the penthouse and meet her.
”Uncle Rory, I would like to introduce some people to you. This is Carl and Sascha ... my two other bodyguards,” Aleksis said as the two well-built, cold-looking men arrived. Inwardly, she hoped that Lauriel was not suspicious by the fact that the appearance of the second pair of bodyguards were completely different from her bodyguards yesterday. ”Carl, Sascha ... he is my family. I call him Uncle Rory. You remember, right, that every time I go to live with Uncle Rory, you didn't need to escort me ...?”
Carl and Sascha nodded. During their eight years of working with Aleksis, there were months when they were not needed, because Aleksis lived with her Uncle Rory and their employer assumed that Aleksis would be safe with him so she did not need Carl and Sascha to protect her.
Both of them looked at the young man in front of them with respect. Lauriel did look young, but there was something in his appearance that commanded immediate respect; it was as if he had the soul and charisma of someone who was already very senior. They wondered who this man really was ...
”All right ... Uncle Rory will stay with me here until ...” Aleksis turned to Lauriel, ”Uncle, what are you planning to do here?”
Lauriel shrugged, ”I don't know yet.”
”All right ... as long as Uncle Rory is here, I don't need your protection. You can please go on vacation.”
Carl and Sascha looked at each other. They did not dare to go on vacation as ordered by Aleksis. Even if the girl did not need their protection, they should better stay in Singapore and be prepared, in case she ever needed them.
”There's no need for a vacation. You can watch over her as usual,” Lauriel said suddenly. ”Don't let me interfere with your routine.”
”Eh ...?” Aleksis felt rather surprised because this was the first time she saw Lauriel behave like this. He usually did not want to be followed by bodyguards when he was with Aleksis. His attitude made Aleksis rather worried. She was afraid that Lauriel was suspicious of something.
Ugh ... Alaric honey, please hurry home, let us face my family together ... she said to herself.
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Aleksis had two classes that day; at 10am and 2pm. After breakfast, she immediately prepared to leave for campus, escorted by Carl.
On her way to the university she sent a message to Takeshi informing him that as long as Lauriel was in Singapore, she would stay at the Continental hotel and she would be picked up by a driver, so that Takeshi and Mischa would not be suspicious because she was with Carl or Sascha.
Uff ... luckily she was Aleksis, a very smart girl. Playing cat and mouse between two pairs of bodyguards from Alaric and from her father, and Lauriel, was not difficult for her. Another girl would probably have given up and cried when she was in such a difficult situation.
When Aleksis set foot on campus, this time in a very different appearance, she felt a significant change in the way people stared at her. The girls who yesterday looked at her with scornful eyes, now looked amazed. They did not recognize her as their common enemy, the girl who had lunch with Terry.
”Hmm ... first class is at Building B,” she murmured while reading the schedule.
Aleksis looked so beautiful today in her very expensive clothes; she looked like a supermodel. Her steps were full of confidence, and she ignored the astonished looks of the many young men who stared at her passing with eyes full of admiration.