Shopping
The next few days were so stressful for Ellie. She noticed how the employees were behaving whenever they sees her. Some had even started bowing to her because they didn’t want to lose their jobs.
She begged Alex to just forgive those people and forget about it, but he made sure he fired fifty employees like he said. One thing she noticed about him was that he was so stubborn, and he would do whatever he wanted even if someone tried to change his mind.
The week ended so fast, and she thought she should just clear her head by visiting Jasmine. Maybe it would prevent her from thinking about Alex. On Saturday morning, she got ready and went downstairs to leave the house as soon as possible because she didn’t want Alex to see her, so she didn’t bother eating breakfast.
She was surprised to see him sitting on a chair in the dining room. “Oh my goodness! What is he doing here so early in the morning?” Ellie thought. She decided to just pretend like she didn’t see him. She looked away from him and walked towards the door to leave when she heard. “Where are you going so early in the morning?”
She turned back and sighed before answering. “I’m going to see my friend.”
“Friend,” Alex said to himself. “It’s good you’re ready. Eat your breakfast; we’re going to the mall.” He said nonchalantly, without moving his eyes away from his phone.
Ellie thought she heard him wrong. “I just told you I was going out to see a friend,” she said, walking closer to where he was sitting so that he could hear her very well. Alex also looked up at her and answered with a smile. “And I heard you.”
“You heard me?! Do you even know what you’re saying? I just told you I’m going out, and the only thing you could tell me is to eat and follow you to a mall.” She said this, raising her voice in anger.
“Calm down, bunny. Don’t get too worked up; you know it’s not good for our baby.” He teased with a smile.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.
“Just stop calling me that stupid name!” She said this, running her hand into her hair in frustration. “I’m going, and there’s nothing you can do about it; you don’t control my life.” She said this before turning away from him to leave, but Alex didn’t even bother running after her; he just looked up at her and smirked.
She got to the door and tried to open it, but she realized that it was locked. She looked back and saw him smiling at her. “Just sit down and have your breakfast silently, or I’ll feed you myself.” He said with that same smile that was making her so angry.
She felt like shouting and crying at the same time, but she held it in and walked to the table. She sat down and ate the food in silence without looking at him, even though she knew his eyes were on her till she finished the food. After she finished eating, they left the dining room and went outside to get into the car. She didn’t bother greeting or saying anything to the driver; she just kept silent till they left the house.
Alex kept on smiling; he knew how angry she was, but he still liked her the way she was sulking. He had decided to keep her around him so that he could be assured that she was safe. People were starting to find out about her, and it won’t be safe to let her go anywhere without tight security.
They went to a big mall in the city. Alex got out of the car and offered his hand to help her out of the car, but Ellie did not even bother touching him, not to mention accepting it. She got out of the car herself. Looking around, she saw that two cars were at their backs, and some guys in black suits came out of them and surrounded them. She did not bother asking him anything because she didn’t want to have any discussion with him. Noticing this, Alex just smiled and led her inside the mall.
She knew those men were definitely going to call people’s attention to them with the way they were following them and moving people away from coming close to them. Ellie felt like entering the ground with the way people were staring at them. They took the elevator to the fifth floor.
Even when she was in the elevator, she felt like choking, but she kept trying to hold everything in. Ever since she met Alex, she couldn’t help but get angry every single day. She has always felt like just shouting and destroying things, but she always managed to calm herself down and transfer the aggression to her pillow every night.
They entered a shop, and a young lady walked up to them. “You’re welcome, sir and ma. Please come this way.” The lady spoke, directing them towards a couch. Alex suddenly held her hand as he walked towards the couch. Ellie also tried removing her hand from his, but his grip was so tight. “What do you think you’re doing?” She asked, raising her eyebrows at him.
“Are you still sulking about not going to see your friend?” He asked with a smile. “Oh, come on, don’t get angry because of that.” He gave her a teasing smile, which Ellie found really annoying. She didn’t bother looking at him. “You know what? You can go after we finish shopping,”
“Really?” She finally looked at him and asked calmly.
“I give you my word, bunny.” He said with that same smile. Even though she wanted to shout at him again for calling her bunny, she just let it go because of his promise. They sat down while the lady went in and brought some designer baby clothes for them. “Do you really have to do this now? The baby bump is not even showing yet, nor do we know the sex of the baby.” She said,
“That doesn’t stop us from shopping, Bunny. You don’t have to worry; we will shop more after the bump and after knowing the gender.” Alex answered with a smile; he packed a lot of the baby’s clothes while Ellie was just sitting down and looking at him. “It’s his money; just let him waste it, El.” She said to herself,.
Alex also picked up some clothes for Ellie and told her to try them on. She wore some of the clothes in the changing room and went out to show him, but whenever Alex didn’t like it, he would take another one and tell her to try it. She kept doing that till she lied about being dizzy.
He paid for the clothes and left the store with his bodyguards. They were about to go out of the mall when Ellie heard someone call her name from behind. Ellie!