Chapter 73: Chapter 73

In the end they went to the office together. Ray insisted on dropping off the mother and son before he returned to the office to carry out the pile of tasks from Samuel who was on strike.

Who knew that by the time he arrived at his office room, Samuel was sitting and working on his tablet.

"Oh, my—holy smoke! Mate! Hey, you're back!" Ray shocked. "Hold on! Am I dreaming? You finally came back because you felt sorry for my weak soul, right? It's good, it's good!"

Samuel snorted, not glancing at him at all. "What's so good? Big Boss isn't doing a good job, the employees can just go on strike."

Ray sat next to him and put his hands around his neck. "Why so stiff, buddy? You just came back, so I don't mind if you rest for a while. Relax, OK!"

Samuel rolled his eyes.

Seeing his oasis in the desert, Ray's mood improved. He forgot about the fight with his father and didn't think about discussing Alexa with him. He came out with a plan to hide her first from his family. He didn't want them to hurt his woman.

He casually worked while humming.

Samuel saw through him. "I heard you have a new girlfriend. So, is that true?"

"No," said Ray, uncomfortable.

"How could it not be? You're humming even amidst mountains of paperwork, shouldn't that be good news?"

"I'm glad you're back, Sam. It had nothing to do with anyone."

Samuel's dim eyes lost their light like a bottomless abyss. No one noticed this not even Ray.

His tone was still casual, "Why are you not honest with me? This Big Boss can move on now, that's good news."

Ray looked at him. "I don't know what makes you think that, but working alone really drives me crazy."

"You do look thinner."

Saying so, Samuel's gaze gauged Ray well. His cheekbones were a bit more prominent than Samuel had last seen them. His eyes bags were also thick.

"Hailey is the same as you," Samuel added darkly. "She fell into constant sadness."

"Sam ..."

Samuel interrupted him, "Don't you think this is unfair to her? She's so sad and he misses you so much. Seeing you can still hum and sing, she's going to have a headache from stress."

Ray didn't say anything.

"Ray, even though you guys have broken up, can't you comfort her? Just being friends is fine." Samuel looked at him, no sign of interrupting and started to persuade, "You broke off the relationship for no apparent reason, any woman who receives this kind of treatment will be depressed."

Ray's lips smiled bitterly. "How is she?"

"Bad. She seems to have lost a few pounds too, she hasn't been working out well lately. Just sleeping waiting for the end of the day." Samuel said it deliberately dramatic.

Of course, even if Ray was hurt, if the perpetrator was a woman, he still couldn't bear to cause distress to the other party. He seemed to take Samuel's bait quite well.

"Don't you owe this poor woman?" Samuel provoked him.

Finally Ray sighed. "Where is she now?"

"You're going to see her?"

"Maybe."

"It doesn't matter if the relationship can't return to how it was before. If you want to meet, then I will help arrange a time."

Samuel obviously had to manage it.

As long as Samuel wasn't around, Ray's working hours were a complete mess. He couldn't take anyone new, because Samuel would definitely come back, but without Samuel, he was so stuck.

"Just arrange it." He said final.

"Ok. This poor woman will definitely die on her feet looking at you!"

"How bad is she?"

Samuel's gaze was very reproachful towards him, mysterious. "Very bad, bud. You really dare to hurt a woman this time. Let your friend spank your ass!"

With Samuel back in the office, work hours started to stabilize, but the two elders of him still didn't leave him alone and kept urging him to go home.

In the end, after work that day, he returned to the main house to fight with the elders.

Ray knew what would happen if he didn't comply, so he stayed home to the main house for the next few days—again. Without Alexa beside him, he felt a longing that was thick as beef. Because he couldn't see the two people he loved, he could only tell Maggy to take good care of them.

But what Maggy said via text after the umpteenth day, shocked him.

[She has returned to her house, she felt uncomfortable here. That's natural. She said she was healed. You don't need to worry.]

Ray knew it. Several days without news, a woman will definitely be anxious and restless, even a woman like Alexa. She didn't send love messages like the other women, but he saw some of her phone calls.

He didn't have enough reason to answer.

In his room, he saw Alexa's contacts several times. He was in doubt about texting her, but also really missed her.

After a while he dared to send a text to Alexa, [Did something happen?]

This question refered to her consecutive phone calls. With this, Ray didn't need to immediately say he misses her, he will ramble like a young person in love.

After all, it was three in the morning, he had just arrived home and finished showering. Alexa must have slept. Ray just wanted to confirm that he was working overtime, waiting for a reply tomorrow.

However, who knew that when he was about to sleep, his phone vibrated. A reply appeared above the notification,

[You just got home?]

Just seeing that, he smiled and replied, [I still have to work overtime. Why aren't you asleep yet?]

Alexa replied quickly, [Your text woke me up. Come on, sleep!]

His lips curved, he could imagine her angry voice through the text, replying again, [Still have work to do.]

Alexa, [So busy? Did something happen? Your club went bankrupt?]

Ray, [Why does it feel like you expected it?]

Alexa, [You think a lot.]

Ray, [Okay, fine. Go to sleep, it's late. You have to work tomorrow.]

Alexa, [What about you?]

Ray, [Still have work to do :'(]

At the other end, Alexa frowned at the emoticon. This handsome and ruffian rich man was clearly full of deceit. It was so nice to act so spoiled and disgusting!

Was it appropriate for him to use emoticons at his age?

Alexa typed in a lie, [I can accompany you.]

At the other end, Ray felt guilty for deceiving her. [It doesn't matter. You sleep. It will be completed in one second.]

Alexa gave him a lot of question marks.

Ray imagined her cute expression, replying again, [I missed you, Lexa.]

The final reply, typed for a long time as he imagined her face and wasn't satisfied enough to imagine her in his arms too. To thought that his world was so full of spring flowers.

Alexa was a good woman. When talking to her, sometimes she was so full of expression, sometimes she could be very indifferent. Such a woman's character, when she was warm, it was as if her aura would make everyone feel like touching her for the whole night.

Ray couldn't prevent himself from indecent thoughts.

When his phone vibrated again, he knew it was her reply. Quickly he opened it to see the reply.

Neither short nor long, just enough;

[Me too. Take care of your health, don't be too tired from work.]

Seeing that, his heart jumped, he covered his face and laughed like a puberty teenager.

He felt like he could sleep with a smile on his face today.

He didn't even know that somewhere else, in a room that had been pitch black since the light of the last phone had dimmed, someone had cursed him to death.

"Miss you? Tch!" Alexa cursed. "Watch until I shower you with words of love, make you fall to your knees and drop you from the tower!"

This wasn't bullshit anymore.

Look how old bastard Ray was already in love with her. She was clearly close to her goal now. Already. Close. To!

... to be continued ...