CHAPTER 18:
Maggie is a wreck today. She can't stop stressing herself out about the fact that she now has to report to HR about her engagement even though everyone knows as she suspects. Alexa will be presenting today which makes it worse. She couldn't talk to her in the morning as Alexa had to leave early.
She sees some other directors including Han who is a dear friend of Maggie.
"Hey!" she says with a big smile on her face.
"Hey, you!" Jan wraps her in a bear hug. They grew up together. She is one of Maggie's childhood friends.
"So good to see you! How are you?"
"I am good. Heard there is a hot presenter today," Jan says with a smirk.
"Hey!" Maggie warns. Jan admits her defeat laughing.
The sight of Alexa in her glasses with red lipstick melts Maggie in her chair. She tries hard to hold her composure and not swooning in front of everyone. Alexa blinks and smiles a little seeing Maggie in a mess. Of course, she knows what Maggie is feeling or she thinks she does.
"Hey keep your pants on!" Jan whispers to Maggie.
"Shut up!" Maggie whispers back.
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Maggie zones out during the meeting thinking about how she will announce the engagement to HR without raising a few eyebrows.
"Maggie do you have any question?" Her father's voice brings her back to earth.
"Uh yes," Maggie says in a stern voice.
"Mrs... Dr. Scott, why do you think this is not going to be a loss project for us?" Maggie's slip of tongue makes everyone suppress their smile including her father. Jan starts coughing. That confirms the suspicion Maggie was having. They know. It's not that Maggie doesn't want to announce it from the top of her lungs. She doesn't want Alexa to be the center of a joke because of dating the boss. However, Alexa seems unfazed. She answers Maggie perfectly and then Maggie goes on asking a bunch of related questions until everyone gets normal. Alexa, however, feels weird to be bombarded with such questions of which Maggie already know the answer to. She knows that something is bothering Maggie and she didn't tell her. She smiles to herself thinking that she has her ways to make her confess.
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Maggie gets startled as Alexa bursts through the room without notice. It's not only her; Maggie's assistant jumps from a chair a bit.
"What is it, darling?" Maggie asks with concern. There must be something if Alexa came to her without knocking at work. She is the one who is always on about workplace behavior.
"Can you give us a minute?" Alexa asks Maggie's assistant giving her a death glare. The poor thing almost rushes out of the room.
Alexa almost sprints to Maggie and drags her to the closet.
"What are you..." Maggie is stopped by Alexa's lips crashing on hers. They don't stop until they both are out of oxygen. Maggie's heart starts racing like a sports car for a few seconds then it comes back to normal. Alexa notices this well as one of her hands are on Maggie's chest. She looks at Maggie with her dark steamy eyes.
"Oh no. We are not doing that here!" Maggie warns her fiancee.
"Hey come on we are not doing anything here. I just wanted to talk!" Alexa clarifies herself even though her hands are on Maggie's waist.
"I know you are a mess because of something and you are not telling me, " Alexa pouts and sticks out her bottom lip which Maggie can't help but kiss.
"Evening. I promise, " Maggie softly kisses her girl. She promises to tell her even though she is afraid that Alexa might take it the wrong way and call off the marriage. She can't lose her again.
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Alexa is running late at the office. Again. She doesn't know if Maggie is still here as her phone died. She tried on the landline and no one answered. So it's again her and the security left in the building at 9 pm. A cough from her behind startles her. It is Mack. There is something about Mack which always creeps her out. However, she cannot point it out.
"So you are here late, " Mack says. There's something different on his face; something dark. And, Alexa curses herself not having a CCTV on her work area.
"Yeah running through the deadlines, " Alexa answers.
"Hand me the project. I will oversee it. You can go home, " Mack commands.
"Mack, this is my project and I will see it done. No offense, " Alexa gets pissed.
"That you won't, bitch!" Mack pulls out a gun out of the blue. Alexa gets dumbfounded. This is not how she pictured she was gonna die. She wishes to see Maggie one last time.
"Sure you wanna do this?" A voice startles both of them. It's Maggie. Mack turns around to see her and Alexa takes the chance to kick the gun out of his hand. Mack seems shocked. Alexa punches him hard under the jawline which makes him fall down and hit his head.
"Fuck!" He curses.
"Don't you ever dare to aim a gun at my fiancee and more importantly, to a kickboxer, " Maggie says as she ties him up with her scarf. As she finishes, she calls the security and the cops.
"Are you okay, baby?" She sprints to Alexa and checks her up and down for injuries.
"I'm fine!" Alexa reassures her.
"That's what I was afraid of. Someone already tried to kill us before. I was worried you would get hurt again because of me, " tears filled up in Maggie's eyes.
"Hey, hey, it's ok shush!" Alexa wraps Maggie with her adrenaline rushed body.
CHAPTER 19:
Alexa is quiet on the back of Maggie's SUV. She is wrapped safely by Maggie's arms. Maggie doesn't know what to do except for being there. She is worried if the incident with Mack has triggered any bad memories in Alexa. The driver announces their arrival. Alexa gets out of the car almost immediately. Maggie feels worthless. She just wants to make her girl happy again.
"Baby are you ok?" She asks entering the walk-in closet where Alexa has already taken off her shoes.
"Hmm, " Alexa gives her half of smile and goes to the shower. Meanwhile, Maggie's phone starts ringing. So she goes to answer it.
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The shower sounds too quiet. Too quiet to be someone showering and it makes Maggie suspicious. She enters the bathroom after a knock.
"Lexie?" She says softly. She sees Alexa sitting on the loo with the lid off. She is wrapped in a towel and her hair is damp from the shower.
"Baby, " Maggie kneels in front of Alexa trying to see her eyes. As she holds her hands, Alexa looks at her. Her eyes are red from crying. She starts crying again.
