Episode 24 Green Fir Growth 2

💦 ACE 💦

 {💔 He's broken... She will heal Him ❤ }

 (🌺 He's arrogant..... She's crazy 🌺)

🔥 Billionaire Romance 🔥

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 🌺 Alex 🌺

"Sarah, have you grabbed those files for David yet? He sent an email asking for them" I ask my PA while looking through my hundreds of never-ending emails 

"Oh I forgot, I have the folder with me Miss, however, I haven't had a chance to stop by his office yet," she says 

"That's alright" I answer knowing how busy she gets 

"lll bring him the files right away" she answers 

"No worries Sarah, I'm about to leave soon anyway so I'll drop it off before I go"

 "Perfect!" she hands me the files and I pack up to go home after ending a long ass day at work Stepping out of the elevator, I stop by the one and only "David Zay's' office.

I knock on his door and hear him call out "Come in'" 

"Miss. Anderson, what a surprise, how are you doing today?"

"David, nice to see you again. I hope you're doing well.

Here are the files, it's been busy upstairs and haven't had a chance to bring it down" I say laying down the folders on his desk 

"That's fine, I appreciate it. So tell me, Alexandra, do you have any plans for tonight?" he asks getting out of his office chair and walking closer to me

Trying to think If I had any plans, I answer "Im pretty sure I'm free, why may I ask?"

 "Well I was wondering if you would take up my dinner offer we discussed yesterday?" he asks

 "Oh, that would be lovely" I answered, why the hell not.

 "It's settled then, let's meet at Chanson D'Amour tonight at 7 pm?" he asks

Oo a fancy restaurant I see...

"Sounds great to me! I'll see you then" I say with a smile

I leave his office wondering what will happen tonight, I mean it will be great to catch up but I haven't really gone out for a fancy dinner with anyone ina really long time. 

He also seems like a nice guy, which is why Ace probably trusted him so much to leave him in charge of his company.

Stepping out of the building, I see the all-to-familiar face waiting with his shades on

 "Look at you looking all-to-cool," I say with a giggle

 "I dress to impress" he answers opening the car door for me 

"How were your lonely hours without me Liam?" I say entering the car

He opens his door and enters the driver's seat. Turning on the car, he begins to drive

 "Well, I must say it was quite lonely and boring having no one to talk to" he smiles jokingly looking through the rear mirror at me 

"Ah Liam.. I wish I had nothing to do all day" I laugh

 "Also- can we stop by the pharmacy. I need to pick up my medication" I abruptly say before he enters the highway to go home

 "Of course Miss" he answers.

He drives to my local pharmacy and parks in front of the door. I needed to get my refill on my anxiety pills so I walked out and Liam followed.

Walking up to the pharmacist, I give her my name and she pulls out my file.

With Liam beside me, the lady gets my prescription and walks over to the register to check them out for me

 "The refill on the Sertraline for Alenxadra Anderson correct?" she confirms

 "Uh um, ya that's correct," I answer 

"Do you need me to explain how to take them or are you good?" she asks

 "Im fine, thank you" I take the bag and leave with Liam still following me.

The awkward silence back to the car was broken when

Liam spoke

 "How long have you been on it?" he asks.

I take a long pause, hearing the sound of my heartbeat...and then I exhale breathing into my words

 "A-a while now" I hesitantly answered. I don't usually like it when this topic is addressed. But I liked him.

Liam just looked at me and nodded.

"We should go," he says

I look down taking in a deep breath "We should."

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I enter my room and decide to take a shower before getting ready for my dinner 'date' with David. It's not really a date...is it?

No. Just two friends/co-workers going out for a friendly dinner to catch up. As FRIENDS.

Right?

Okay well, I clearly need to stop overthinking everything.

Hopping out of the shower, I wrap a towel around my hair and put on my robe. I walk downstairs to grab a small snack as I wait for my hair to dry.

 I also forgot to tell Liam about my evening plans when we were coming home from the pharmacy. I guess I just got so caught up in the moment when picking up the anxiety pills that I forgot.

 Hopefully, he's still here so I can tell him.

As I walk down the stairs, I see Molly watching her favorite TV show. I hop on the couch beside her and give her a hug.

"My dear, how was your day?" she asks me.

Acting like a child, My face was snuggled around her arm so my answer was muffled "It was okay" I say 

"Someone's tired" she says giving me a kiss on my forehead. 

She really was my mother figure and we really had grown closer this past year.

I sit up and look at her with a smile "I'm going out tonight!" 

"Really! Hun that's great, it's about time you get out a little" she answers

 "I guess... I'm going to dinner with David Zay from Anderson Tech. He worked with Ace and-" she cuts me off 

"Oh, David. He's a nice young man. He and Ace were very close friends, he used to come by all the time. But dear, be careful with that one, he's a player" she says giving me that look.

"A player? Really?" 

"Well, I always used to see him with a new woman when he would come by with Ace after a party. Maybe it was just his old playboy self. He might be different now.

I'm just warning you my dear" she says pinching my cheek

I smile and stand up

 "Don't worry Molly, we're only going as friends. And besides, it would be wrong considering he was Ace's close friend."

 "Okay, well have fun!" she says

I stop by the kitchen and talk a bowl of cherries with me upstairs. Before I climb up the steps, I notice Liam entering the door.

"Liam! I just wanted to let you know that I'm going out for dinner at 6:30. Are you free or should I just drive myself?" I ask.

He looks me dead in the eye "Alex... I WORK for you. Of course, I'm free to drive you.

That's literally my job..." he says and I let out a laugh

"Sorry, Im clearly not used to this. Well, I'll see you at 6:30" I say and head up the stairs.

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Time passes and I get ready for dinner. I put on a black long sleeve turtle neck fitted dress with a long nude color coat. I put my hair into a sleek bun and paired the outfit with ankle-high black boots. 

To finish off the look, I put on light makeup with a bold red lipstick. Not gonna lie, I looked classy.

I was excited to go out considering I hadn't been out in a while.

I meet Liam at the car and tell him which restaurant to go to.

"What's the joyous occasion?" he asks

 "Catching up with a friend from work," I say 

"Oh really? That's great" he says

After a 30 min drive, we reach the fancy restaurant and he stops at the front.

I look out my window and see David waiting for me at the front of the restaurant.

"There he is! I'll text you when I'm done" I say with a smile

Liam looks out the window and says to me.

 "You're meeting with David Zay!?"

A little shocked at his reaction, I answered "How do you know David?"

He tries to collect his thoughts and says "I've seen him around. Uh, maybe driven him before."

After a slight pause, I look at him "alrighty then. I'll text you when I'm done. Thanks again"

"Ill be around here," he says looking straight ahead.

He kind of looked a little annoyed and wasn't the happy spirited Liam he usually was.

I get out of the car and David walks up to me.

"Alexandra, you look beautiful as always." 

"Thank you" I answer with a smile.

After checking our reservation, we are walked to our table and given menus. The restaurant was very beautiful and elegant.

 Shimmering chandeliers and a black with gold accent color scheme, it was very expensive which is not what I'm used to.

I brought a scarf with me since it was a bit chilly outside.

I lay the scarf on my chair behind me and sit down at our table.

"So tell me Alexandra-" I cut him off gently 

"Please David, call me Alex."

 "Well then, Alex, how have you liked working at Anderson Tech?" he asks

Before I can answer, a waiter comes up with a cart carrying various wines and champagnes.

"Good evening, my name is Shane and I will be your waiter. 

May I start you off with our finest alco**l collection?" he asks

David looks at me, "for the lady first"

I awkwardly smile not knowing what to order and just say, "Il have champagne please"

Again... Im not really used to fancy restaurants so I don't know what fancy alcohol to order.

The waiter poured me a glass of champagne which by the way, was SO good.

David orders some long-ass name drink that I can't even pronounce.

"Il give you some time with the menus," the waiter says and leaves.

We start to make small talk and get to know each other better. He actually was a really nice guy! We talk about work and My past and his past. 

What I like to do, what he likes to do. You know, just getting to know each other.

The waiter takes our orders and leaves.

It was nice to be out. Socializing and clearing my mind from troubles and worries.

"You and Ace were pretty close friends right?" I ask him

He takes a minute to answer and lets out a breath "We were. I sure do miss him. You know, we would go out after work to this basketball court nearby, and this man... he never played by the rules! He would hog the ball and make baskets" he says laughing at the memory.

I smile as he starts to talk about his memories with Ace.

It was nice to hear these stories about him, who he was as a person.

As David is talking about his memories, I suddenly hear the heart-clenching melody in the speakers of the restaurant. It was the song Ace used to play on the violin in his room.

 I haven't heard this beautiful melody since him. Since he used to play it. David's words turn into a mumble and then silence.

 The music of the violin was the only thing ringing in my ears. I close my eyes and hear it pounding against my heart. I felt like it was suffocating me and all of a sudden I opened my eyes and saw David shaking me. 

I think I was having a panic attack? I look around and there are people. 

"I don't wanna be here. I wanna leave" was what I was saying in my head.

I couldn't breathe. I needed my anxiety pills.

"Im sorry David. But I have to go" I say and quickly get up.

I somehow make my way out of the restaurant with pools of tears. Luckily, I see Liam standing in front of the car on his phone in the parking lot.

I walk closer to him and sob out "Liam" with tears streaming down my face, He quickly looks up and runs to me after seeing my state.

"Alex! Oh my god, are you okay? What happened-" I cut him off and hug him tight as I cry in his embrace

 "L-Liam, I... I heard the m-music playing and, and I-I just got lost. I couldn't think and i-it reminded me of h-him and and" I try to say as I cried

He cuts me off with shushes as he rubs my back. He was probably so lost as to why I was crying.

"It's okay, it's okay" he whispers.

I shakingly open my purse and take out my anxiety pills.

I take two and put them back in my bag.

I notice David calling my phone but I just send him to voicemail. I really couldn't talk right now.

"I feel so b*d leaving David," I say with more tears streaming down my face.

Liam comes closer and starts to wipe away my tears with his thumb "It's okay, don't worry. You can explain later. Just try to calm down" he says, looking into my eyes and pulls me into a hug again.

He was So comforting. Being in his arms just calmed me down and made me feel safe. Also warm.

I lift my face and look into his icy blue eyes. He looks down at me, pushes away a few pieces of my hair away from my face, and caresses my cheek. 

Breathing heavily, I look at his lips and back at his eyes. I start to bite my own lips and can't help but inch closer to him. 

His other hand is resting on my lower back and he too pulls me closer. I put my hand at the back of his head and all of a sudden, something comes over me at the moment and I can't help but plunge into a kiss.

 I claim his lips on mine and he doesn't hesitate to deepen the kiss. His lips were so soft and I pushed myself closer to him.

 He lowers his hand that was resting on my lower back and all of a sudden I snap out of my thoughts and back away from the kiss.

Both of us panting, I look up at him "I-im sorry. I don't know what came over me and I-I didn't mean to-" he cuts me off

He grabs my hand "Alex it's okay"

We are both interrupted by a voice, we turn and see David holding my scarf.

"Alex? You forgot your scarf in the restaurant. I tried calling you but you didn't answer. I wanted to know if you were okay" he says passing me the scarf.

F*ck. Did he see the kiss? Omg. He probably saw the kiss.

I take the scarf "Thank you so much. And Im really sorry for walking out like that. It was just, the song playing at the restaurant was a melody Ace used to play all the time on his violin and it brought back melodies.

I started to have a panic attack and couldn't stay inside any longer. I'm really sorry again for walking out like that". I answer

 "It's fine, I understand. I will talk to you tomorrow. You should go home and rest" he says in a monotone voice.

He probably saw the kiss...

After he leaves, I look at Liam "We better head home," I say and awkwardly get into the car 

The whole car ride home was really silent. I guess we both didn't want to talk about the kiss. I mean, it was a really good kiss. 

It was so powerful and his embrace felt so familiar. But it obviously was a mistake and we just got caught up in the moment.

 I was stressed out and wasn't in the right state of mind... He was there when I needed comfort.

The pills start to take a hit on me and I start to doze off into a deep sleep in the car.

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