Suddenly Becoming A Mum - Chapter 119

“Sir, Madame has gone out with the young master.”

Alexandre folded his hands before his mouth. “Why wasn’t I told about this until now!” With a cool smile he looked up at his secretary. The skinny boy trembled under his gaze.

“Who called?” The sound of his voice was icy, hissing, like the frosty north wind.

“The Butler Monsineur Fegeard. He called to inform you that the young madame and master went out with your mother, Lady de Valois and Lady Louise.”

He swallowed hard. Maman! He started to massage the place between his eyebrowns.

“Are the bodyguards with them?” Alexandre asked visibly tense.

“Not directly, sir.”

His mind was growing tense. “What means, not directly!” He could no longer suppress the tremor in his voice as the sharp line between his brows grew deeper and deeper. There was this oppressive feeling in his stomach area.

“Lady de Valois regarded this bodyguard as a nuisance. She did not want them anywhere near her.”

Alexandre’s heart began to tremble wildly. Maman! He wanted to groan loudly. What was he hiring bodyguards for anyway. He just wanted her to be safe. But no, his family knew how to interfere. He’s seething. With all due love, he was about to wring his mother’s neck. Damn it! Just three days ago, there was placed an enormous bounty on Lily’s head, and now his mother was dragging Lily around without any protection. Banging on the table he stood up.

“The bodyguards…” Did the secretary hurry to say. “Guard the young madam from a safe distance.”

Distance! Alexandre cursed heaven and hell in his mind. From a distance! Sure, that was definitely not safe enough. He suppressed a shiver at the thought of what could happen. From a distance, it wasn’t safe at all. If he could, he’d lock her up at home! Actually, that wasn’t a bad idea…

“Where are they?” Alexandre growled. Once he thought that peace could finally return, it was already pre-programmed that the opposite would happen.

“Out to dinner at Le Petit Gusteau.” It shot out of his mouth as fast as it shot out of a pistol. The man’s eyes were slightly widened as he awaited the next order from his powerful boss.

“Get me Nicolas.” Alexandre ordered harshly and began to massage his temples with thumb and ring finger. Damn it! He had to hurry. How defenseless she was. He didn’t want to think about what could happen. But it drove the cold sweat down his back. And his mother? He’d deal with the problem once he got there.

There was a knock at the door of his spacious corner office. “Come in!” He barked.

“You asked for me.” Nicolas exclaimed soberly and locked the door behind his back. His face was blank, like a blank piece of paper. Nothing gave away a thought, unlike the secretary before him, whose fear Alexandre could literally smell.

His personal assistant appeared neat and competent. That’s what Alexandre liked about Nicolas. This man was dependable. Even after an exhausting long day at work, there was no wrinkle on the royal blue suit, the shoes were shining as if he had just polished them. Nicolas was the perfection of an assistant. Alexandre could calmly leave the helm to him.

He glanced at his Rolex. Just before 3 pm. Actually, not the right time to go. There were two meetings left. Fuck it! “Reschedule all important appointments for this afternoon. I have to go. I’ll leave the rest to you.” Alexandre suddenly rose from his leather work chair and grabbed his charcoal suit jacket to throw it over his shoulder. “And let my car drive up.”