Now and Forever novel Chapter 34

Alexander P.O.V

"Come in." I replied when there was knock at the door of my study.

"Oh there you are, I've been looking everywhere for you!" Leila strutted in wearing a pair of Amelia's sweatpants and shirt.

"Why were you looking for me?" I took off my glasses and leaned back in my chair, crossing my arms in the process.

"Well I came here to work silly!" She giggled and walked over to my desk.

"Couldn't wait till tomorrow? Because it's really late right now." I put my glasses back on and continued reading through the files that were in either hand.

"If it could I wouldn't be here now would I? And besides, working a little overtime wouldn't be the end of the world now would it?" She crossed her arms and tilted her head to the side.

"Now, what do you want me to do?" She grabbed the files that were in my hands in less than three seconds and skimmed through them, pushing a piece of hair that fell into her face behind her ear.

Okay I'm not gonna lie, Leila is really attractive and I don't know why it makes me feel guilty even thinking about her name when Amelia and I aren't a real thing but it just does.10

"Okay, so it says here Mr Williams, the CEO of Kord Industries wants us to put an investment in his company so I'm going to-" Leila looked up and looked around on the table, probably looking for a phone.

"Leila?" I snapped her attention back to me.

"It stopped raining." She looked outside and back to me with pure confusion spread across her face.

"So?"

"So... It means you can go home now. Come on, I'll walk you to the front door." I stood up and gestured her to walk ahead of me.

"Fine!" She huffed and walked out of the room, me following behind her.

"Just a second, I'll be right back." Amelia said to the rest of the girls when we walked past the living room.

"Are you leaving already?" She asked Leila and handed her what looked like the clothes she was wearing before washed and ironed, folded in a neat pile.

"Yeah, I apparently have to go back home but thank you for everything! I really appreciate it all." Leila said and Amelia just smiled and nodded her head.

The funny part? That actually wasn't Amelia's real smile, so why was she putting on a fake one? But Leila didn't seem to notice and walked out of the house.

"What was that all about?" I asked when she had closed the door.

"What was what all about?" She crossed her arms and put all her weight on one leg like she knew I was going to ask that question.

"You-"

"Amelia- oh hi Alex, can we borrow Amelia for I don't know, the whole night?" Audrey walked over and grabbed Amelia's hand.

"But we're not-"

"Yes we are! Don't worry hon you'll have me back even before you know it!" Amelia emphasized on the word 'hon' and I could see the lightest of smirks resting on her lips.

"Thank you! You're the best!" Audrey dragged her away before I could even reply and slammed the door shut upon their entry, making me roll my eyes.

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"Alexander." *poke* *poke*

"Alexander." *poke* *poke*

"Alexa-"