Chapter 567 - Mrs. Aleksis Linden (1/2)
While eating, Aleksis checked her phone and read the messages from her brothers. She immediately felt guilty and ashamed for driving them out for hours.
[We're done now. You can enter.] Finally, she replied to London and looked up at Alaric while coughing a little.
”Uhmm ... London and Rune will be here soon. Do we need to tell them what really happened?”
Alaric nodded. ”They need to know so they can prepare for things like this in the future. After all, there are a lot of bad people out there. Even if you do good, there will be people who will take the opportunity to take advantage of you. They must always be ready, or else they can become the next victims.”
Aleksis could only sigh. She knew how much Alaric disliked people in general, and today's incident only further upset him. She just hoped that he would slowly be able to change.
She could only grab his left hand and squeeze it softly. ”Do you want to drink wine? I'll pour it for us. Red wine or white wine?”
”Red, please ...”
Aleksis took a bottle of red wine from the cabinet and poured it for both of them. They then continued eating quietly.
Just after they had finished their meal, there was a knock at the door. London and Rune entered the penthouse. Their expressions were suggesting as if nothing had happened.
”Uhm ... about what happened just now ...” Aleksis turned to Alaric, hoping the man would explain the situation. The man just raised his hand and gave a signal for them to listen. He then took his cellphone and called Pavel.
”Pavel, this afternoon someone put an aphrodisiac into my drink while we were having a meeting at the office. I was careless because I was busy taking care of something. I want you to find the person responsible and bring them to me.”
”Sir, I was just about to tell you that,” Pavel answered in a troubled voice. ”Elien didn't show up at the celebration. After we tracked her cellphone down, we finally found her tied up in this hotel suite. It looks like she was caught by a criminal to be the bait to entrap you.”
”Where is she now?” Alaric asked.
”She is still in the Presidential Suite. When she was discovered she was hysterical and very agitated. The doctor is examining her now,” Pavel answered. ”Will you be going there?”
”No need,” he answered nonchalantly. ”I'll meet you at the event.”
”Yes, Sir.”
”A girl is locked up to bait you out?” Aleksis asked in puzzlement, ”Do you know who that person is?”
Alaric just shrugged. He finished his wine and patted London and Rune on the shoulders before saying to them lightly, ”You guys come with me to learn how to deal with problems like this.”
”Then, are we going down to the ballroom now?” asked the woman. ”Isn't it too late? It's already 9 PM.”
”They will not end the program without me,” Alaric answered calmly. He tucked Aleksis' loose hair behind her ear and then took a beautiful hair clip from his pocket and put it on her, ”This will make your hair no longer messy.”
”Ahh ... thank you,” Aleksis kissed her husband with a very happy face. London and Rune pretended not to see the intimacy between their sister and brother-in-law.
After making sure everything was arranged, Alaric then took Aleksis out of the penthouse, followed by his two brothers-in-law. ”Let's go down.”
The four of them descended to the ballroom on the 3rd floor. While inside the elevator, Alaric took the time to write a short message to one of his trusted men.
[Mischa, I want you to investigate Elien Mikhailova. You must still have a lot of contacts with underground organizations in Russia.]
[Yes, Sir] The reply from Mischa came a minute later.
The four who arrived at the entrance of the ballroom were very good-looking people so they immediately garnered the admiration of the ushers and organizers of the event. Most of the staff recognized their big boss. Still, the three other people who were with him equally attracted a lot of gazes since no one could recognize them.
”Welcome, Sir.” A senior manager hurriedly welcomed Alaric and his small group, then invited them in, respectfully leading them to a special table at the front. There sat Pavel and Sande and two other Splitz top management officials.
He held her hand as they walked and would occasionally turn his head with a smile and conversed with her in a low voice.
Even the top management people who had met Alaric several times before had never seen him smile!
But this time he looked so warm, so open, and his smile looked genuinely happy. It was as if he was not their boss who was famous for being cold and ruthless.