Chapter 381 - I love you! (1/2)

Aleksis was very happy that she could hear Alaric's voice again. Inwardly, she was grateful that Takeshi met up with her and graciously gave his cellphone so she could contact Alaric.

She would never tell Nicolae that she no longer needed the chip from him. She was actually afraid that the man would put a bug on the chip to investigate her. Indeed ... it seemed that Nico was not the shady type to do such a thing, but Aleksis didn't want to take the risk.

In the feud between Terry and Nicolae versus Rhionen Industries, Aleksis was caught in the middle. She must now think of ways to reconcile them, or at least protect Alaric so Nicolae would not find his tracks.

”I am with Little Prince Siegfried,” said Aleksis in a happy voice. She then put Takeshi's cellphone before her dog's mouth and tickled Little Siegfried Prince, ”Hello Little Prince Siegfried ... this is Big Prince Siegfried on the phone ... Come on, go bark and say hi... ”

Alaric laughed at Aleksis' antique behavior and her cute fat dog. He really missed both of them.

”Don't force it. I know your dog would rather open its mouth to eat than bark.”

”Haha... you're right.” Aleksis pulled her dog towards the lobby then sat down on one of the most comfortable sofas there.

”Are you okay?” Alaric asked. He was very relieved to hear that Aleksis' voice was still as cheerful as ever. It turned out that the girl could not take his calls because her phone-watch got broken, not because she was with other men who were better looking than him.

”Yes, I'm fine. Sorry, there had been a misunderstanding between Takeshi and Mischa, and Nico ... But I heard they were after the real criminal.”

”Who is that Nico? I've never heard of this friend of yours ...” Alaric was a little annoyed at how Aleksis called Nicolae's name so intimately. He remembered that the young man did look very close to Aleksis.

”We are just friends. He is kind to me, yesterday he happened to find the people tailing me before Takeshi and Mischa noticed.” Aleksis was completely unaware of the change in Alaric's tone of voice. ”He also wants to help me fix the access chip on my watch. But now I don't need it anymore.”

”He sounds smart, and he seems to be a really cool guy. I heard from Mischa, he is also quite tough and can fight Mischa really well,” remarked Alaric again.

Inwardly, he scolded himself for being jealous. He should not care and be able to act like it was nothing, but it was proving to be a challenge. He still remembered the photo sent by his men earlier, which showed how close Aleksis and Nicolae were.

”Yes, many people adore him. If you open Splitz social media, you will see how popular he is.”

”Hmm...” Alaric already knew because he had been exploring Splitz to find information about the other man.

”I heard that one of the criminals who wanted to kidnap me is dead. Is that your man's doing?” Aleksis asked him.

”That's right, Takeshi killed him. I don't know how an argument among regular students of a university managed to involve the mafia, but clearly this time they chose the wrong victim,” Alaric said.

”Mafia? Which mafia? What kind of argument?” Aleksis asked, not understanding. ”Are there mafia kids on my campus?”

”Hmmm ... actually, this girl didn't want to acknowledge her mafia father and chose to live in the dormitory, but for some reason yesterday she came to her father and asked for help to kidnap you. At least, that is the case according to the information that Takeshi got.” Alaric frowned and tried to digest the situation, ”She must be so angry at you. Otherwise, she wouldn't resort to this.”

A student holding a grudge against Aleksis who was also living in a dorm? Was it Rosemary???