Chapter 734 She said, I am someone else now too
"Alright!"
Victoria stood there for a good half-minute before she finally got what he was saying.
She walked into the lounge, opened up the wardrobe, and when she saw her clothes still hanging there, she pretended not to notice and shut the door right away. Then she checked another wardrobe, rifling through three suits until she found a black one.
When she heard the door open, she turned around instinctively, holding a vest, and said, "Mr. Harrington."
"Find my underwear too. I didn't go home last night."
Victoria looked at him, puzzled. He was acting really weird.
Any woman would think it was strange that a guy asked her to find his underwear, and he even...
"Mr. Harrington?"
Victoria couldn't help but remind him.
She thought, 'How can he just undress in front of a woman?'
"I'm gonna take a shower."
Alexander said, already unbuttoning his shirt like he could only breathe once all the buttons were undone.
Victoria had no clue what he was up to, but when she heard the belt buckle, she quickly looked down.
She found his underwear in a hurry, tossed them on the bed, and was about to bolt.
But Alexander turned around after dropping his pants and said, "Call someone to take these for dry cleaning."
Victoria stopped, and after a quick three seconds, she said, "I'll be back in a few minutes."
Alexander didn't say anything and headed into the bathroom.
He felt gross.
The scent of a woman's perfume on him was like poison, making it hard to breathe.
Victoria came back half an hour later to grab the clothes.
He usually took ten minutes to shower, but this time...
When Alexander saw her come in, he was calm, still holding the wool vest, and asked, "Should I wear this over my shirt?"
"Up to you. I'm just here to get your clothes."
Victoria looked away, saying, "Just a sec."
There was a young woman standing at the office door, and Victoria awkwardly but politely asked her to wait.
The girl smiled and nodded.
Victoria was about to wait for him to finish changing before going in, but suddenly a warm, strong hand grabbed her arm, and when she turned around...
She didn't see much; she was already pinned against the wall. The fresh shower gel scent on Alexander made her face hot and her heart race. She looked at him, confused, and asked, "You..."
"I don't want others to see me in just underwear."
"I wasn't planning to look."
"I meant others."
Victoria was stunned. Wasn't she considered "others"?
Did he mean the girl outside?
The girl probably wouldn't dare to look. She had asked the girl to come in and get the clothes, but the girl didn't dare, so she had to come in herself.
Alexander looked into Victoria's clear eyes and couldn't help but murmur, "Do you understand?"
Victoria looked at him, not daring to lower her eyes, especially since he was half-dressed. "I am someone else now."
And she was just an ordinary woman who hadn't had sex in over four hundred days.
How could she have any improper thoughts about her ex-husband?
Thinking about what he had done to her before, she felt all her improper thoughts vanish.
The intense heartbeat and uneasy, flustered emotions she felt when he pulled her in calmed down when she thought of those things.
"You never were." Alexander's voice was low as he looked at her long, thick lashes.
Victoria said with a slight smile, "I'm just the mother of your child. In the future, you'll have other children, and then..."
Before she could finish, his thumb pressed against her lips.
She couldn't speak, just looked up at him.
He was like a complicated book, one she could never fully understand.
Victoria really didn't want to try to understand him anymore. But he was so real in front of her, and she could even feel his body heat.
"You're overthinking," he said softly, his thumb easing up but not completely letting go.
Victoria couldn't speak, her eyes becoming clearer. Alexander looked from her eyes to her lips, gradually losing control and leaning in.
Victoria saw him move and instinctively lowered her head.
But when she did, she awkwardly looked elsewhere.
He was wearing a shirt but hadn't buttoned it, his abs faintly visible, making her heart race.
Alexander glanced down too, then looked back at her, a hint of a smile in his eyes, his thin lips parting, "Victoria."
"What?"
"You..."
"Excuse me, are the clothes ready?"
The timid voice of the girl outside.
The grand office had already intimidated her. It was her first time in such a big office building, and she had reached the top floor, Alexander's office.
Alexander didn't finish his sentence, just looked at Victoria, sighing in frustration.
"Just a minute," Victoria said, raising her hands to push his arms.
But the tall man didn't budge.
Victoria got a bit anxious, looking up at him, saying, "Stop it, she's been waiting a long time."
Her soft voice, no matter how anxious, sounded coaxing, at least to him.
How long had it been since she spoke to him like this?
In the tone a woman should use with her man.
Alexander's heart wavered, but he didn't say anything more, lowering his head and stepping back while buttoning his shirt.
Victoria quickly escaped to the side, picking up his clothes from the bed one by one. But when she saw the underwear in his pants, she instantly shook it out, then grabbed the shirt and suit, and stuffed them in a random bag, running out.
Alexander glanced at her, seeing her face so red it seemed like it would drip blood, feeling a bit better, but it was far from what he wanted.
"Thank you."
He soon heard Victoria's polite voice outside, and then he accidentally saw the underwear she had shaken out on the bed, wondering if she noticed.
It was still the one she had bought for him.
And the shirt and underwear he was wearing now were also bought by her.
Before noon, Victoria received a message from Janaye on her phone.
Janaye: [I'm treating this weekend, please make sure to come.]
Victoria: [Congratulations! I'll definitely come.]
Victoria looked at their marriage certificate, happily replying.
Alexander came out wearing the clothes she found, seeing her smiling so happily at her desk, he couldn't help but walk over, "What's making you so happy?"
Victoria looked up at the sound, saying, "Janaye and Shoure got their marriage certificate and are having a wedding."
She slowed down when she realized it was him.
Alexander glanced at her phone and said indifferently, "Really? Then let's go together."
"That might not be a good idea. Eating with you would make my colleagues uncomfortable."
Victoria put away her phone, as it was already time to leave work. She quickly got up, grabbed her phone and bag, and left.
Alexander stood there, holding the pen she had used, speaking slowly, "Help me schedule dinner with Daisy."
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