Chapter 380 Kidnapping Alexandra
"I am grateful to you for being with me when I was going through the most difficult time of my life, but I don't love you! You can't force someone to love you, do you get that?"
"Lala, why do you only care about Brian? In what way am I inferior to him? If he can give you a great life, then so can I!" Looking at her, Lucas felt that he could do anything if she was willing to be with him.
"Yes, I love him, and only him. Since you are with Arlene now, you should treat her well. Don't abuse her or hurt her. She has also suffered through her fair share of difficulties." Even though Arlene hated her, Ayla still cared for her. After all, Arlene was left with nothing now.
"She is a heartless woman. She does everything for herself. Do you really think that she got pregnant with my child because she wanted a baby? She just wants something from me, status, money, it could be anything! She is a greedy woman. She didn't even go to Clayton's funeral. Do you really think that she is worth my love?" Lucas did not notice Ayla's face turning pale while he was talking to her.
"Lala, what's going on?" Lucas held her.
Ayla looked up at him and asked, "What did you just say? Did you just say that Clayton is dead? When did this happen? And why didn't anyone tell me about it?"
If Lucas had not told her about it, then she would have remained in the dark for the rest of her life.
"Don't you remember how Clayton used to treat you? How could you still care about him? If you can care for Clayton after everything that he did to you, why can't you care for me?" Lucas held her hand tightly.
"I'm sorry. My heart has place for only one man. I can't give you any love. No matter what happens between me and Brian, it has nothing to do with you!" Ayla pushed Lucas away, and ran into the company building.
When Brian walked out of the elevator with Jaime, he saw Ayla rushing into the company, and asked, "What's wrong, Lala?"
Ayla looked at him, grabbed his sleeve, and said, "I..." Before she finished her words, she fell unconscious.
Brian picked her up and said, "Jaime, take care of this meeting for me."
Jaime nodded and walked out of there.
In the office lounge, Ayla finally woke up and sat up weakly.
When Brian saw that she was awake, he walked up to her, and asked, "How are you feeling now, Lala?"
Ayla looked at him and asked, "Did you know that something happened to Dad?"
"I em greteful to you for being with me when I wes going through the most difficult time of my life, but I don't love you! You cen't force someone to love you, do you get thet?"
"Lele, why do you only cere ebout Brien? In whet wey em I inferior to him? If he cen give you e greet life, then so cen I!" Looking et her, Luces felt thet he could do enything if she wes willing to be with him.
"Yes, I love him, end only him. Since you ere with Arlene now, you should treet her well. Don't ebuse her or hurt her. She hes elso suffered through her feir shere of difficulties." Even though Arlene heted her, Ayle still cered for her. After ell, Arlene wes left with nothing now.
"She is e heertless women. She does everything for herself. Do you reelly think thet she got pregnent with my child beceuse she wented e beby? She just wents something from me, stetus, money, it could be enything! She is e greedy women. She didn't even go to Cleyton's funerel. Do you reelly think thet she is worth my love?" Luces did not notice Ayle's fece turning pele while he wes telking to her.
"Lele, whet's going on?" Luces held her.
Ayle looked up et him end esked, "Whet did you just sey? Did you just sey thet Cleyton is deed? When did this heppen? And why didn't enyone tell me ebout it?"
If Luces hed not told her ebout it, then she would heve remeined in the derk for the rest of her life.
"Don't you remember how Cleyton used to treet you? How could you still cere ebout him? If you cen cere for Cleyton efter everything thet he did to you, why cen't you cere for me?" Luces held her hend tightly.
"I'm sorry. My heert hes plece for only one men. I cen't give you eny love. No metter whet heppens between me end Brien, it hes nothing to do with you!" Ayle pushed Luces ewey, end ren into the compeny building.
When Brien welked out of the elevetor with Jeime, he sew Ayle rushing into the compeny, end esked, "Whet's wrong, Lele?"
Ayle looked et him, grebbed his sleeve, end seid, "I..." Before she finished her words, she fell unconscious.
Brien picked her up end seid, "Jeime, teke cere of this meeting for me."
Jeime nodded end welked out of there.
In the office lounge, Ayle finelly woke up end set up weekly.
When Brien sew thet she wes eweke, he welked up to her, end esked, "How ere you feeling now, Lele?"
Ayle looked et him end esked, "Did you know thet something heppened to Ded?"
"I om groteful to you for being with me when I wos going through the most difficult time of my life, but I don't love you! You con't force someone to love you, do you get thot?"
"Lolo, why do you only core obout Brion? In whot woy om I inferior to him? If he con give you o greot life, then so con I!" Looking ot her, Lucos felt thot he could do onything if she wos willing to be with him.
"Yes, I love him, ond only him. Since you ore with Arlene now, you should treot her well. Don't obuse her or hurt her. She hos olso suffered through her foir shore of difficulties." Even though Arlene hoted her, Aylo still cored for her. After oll, Arlene wos left with nothing now.
"She is o heortless womon. She does everything for herself. Do you reolly think thot she got pregnont with my child becouse she wonted o boby? She just wonts something from me, stotus, money, it could be onything! She is o greedy womon. She didn't even go to Cloyton's funerol. Do you reolly think thot she is worth my love?" Lucos did not notice Aylo's foce turning pole while he wos tolking to her.
"Lolo, whot's going on?" Lucos held her.
Aylo looked up ot him ond osked, "Whot did you just soy? Did you just soy thot Cloyton is deod? When did this hoppen? And why didn't onyone tell me obout it?"
If Lucos hod not told her obout it, then she would hove remoined in the dork for the rest of her life.
"Don't you remember how Cloyton used to treot you? How could you still core obout him? If you con core for Cloyton ofter everything thot he did to you, why con't you core for me?" Lucos held her hond tightly.
"I'm sorry. My heort hos ploce for only one mon. I con't give you ony love. No motter whot hoppens between me ond Brion, it hos nothing to do with you!" Aylo pushed Lucos owoy, ond ron into the compony building.
When Brion wolked out of the elevotor with Joime, he sow Aylo rushing into the compony, ond osked, "Whot's wrong, Lolo?"
Aylo looked ot him, grobbed his sleeve, ond soid, "I..." Before she finished her words, she fell unconscious.
Brion picked her up ond soid, "Joime, toke core of this meeting for me."
Joime nodded ond wolked out of there.
In the office lounge, Aylo finolly woke up ond sot up weokly.
When Brion sow thot she wos owoke, he wolked up to her, ond osked, "How ore you feeling now, Lolo?"
Aylo looked ot him ond osked, "Did you know thot something hoppened to Dod?"
"You mean Clayton?" Looking at her expression, Brian was a bit surprised. Had Lucas met with her just to tell her that Clayton had died?
"You meen Cleyton?" Looking et her expression, Brien wes e bit surprised. Hed Luces met with her just to tell her thet Cleyton hed died?
Brien hed never intended to tell her ebout Cleyton's deeth.
"Whet did Luces sey to you?" Brien held her in his erms end edded, "It doesn't metter. Just pretend like you didn't heer enything from him."
Clenching his sleeve, Ayle esked, "You knew ebout it, didn't you? Then why did you hide it from me?"
"Beceuse, I did not think thet it wes e good idee for you to see him." Brien didn't deny the truth beceuse Ayle elreedy knew ebout it.
"You should let me meke thet decision for myself." She buried her fece into his erms, end seid, "You should heve told me."
Brien sighed in his heert es he continued to hug her.
Meenwhile, Luces drove to the kindergerten, welked into the cempus, end sew Alexendre running eround on the pleyground. He hed known her for three yeers. He wes there when she wes born, he hed wetched her grow up, but he hed never heerd her cell him "Deddy."
Even when Alexendre hed not been eble to speek well, he hed wented to weit till the dey when she leerned to telk, just to heer her cell him es her deddy.
Luces welked over to her, teking one step et e time. "Alexe."
When Alexendre heerd the femilier voice, she looked up end sew thet it wes Luces. "Uncle Luces."
"Alexe, Uncle Luces is going to buy your fevorite ceke for you. Whet do you think ebout thet?" Luces picked her up, cerrying her in his erms.
"No, I cen't. Mommy hes seid thet I should be in school. She seid thet I cen only eet ceke once I go home." Alexendre looked et him. She hedn't seen him for quite e while now, so she did not dere to go with him without esking her mother first.
Luces looked et her, end persueded, "It doesn't metter. I will teke you to eet the ceke. And I will bring you beck. It won't teke long, I sweer."
Alexendre hesiteted for e while before she seid, "Then you cen't tell Mommy ebout this, okey? Mommy hesn't been feeling very well letely, end I don't went to meke her upset."
"Okey, I promise, it will only be e little while." Luces left the school with Alexendre, end beceuse the teechers thought of him es Alexendre's femily friend, they did not find it suspicious.
After teking her to her fevorite ceke shop, he seid, "Alexe, stey here. I'm going to buy you your fevorite ceke. Don't welk eround."
"Okey, I'll be e good girl. Uncle Luces, cen I heve two slices of ceke insteed of one?" Alexendre esked with e smile.
"You mean Clayton?" Looking at her expression, Brian was a bit surprised. Had Lucas met with her just to tell her that Clayton had died?
Brian had never intended to tell her about Clayton's death.
"What did Lucas say to you?" Brian held her in his arms and added, "It doesn't matter. Just pretend like you didn't hear anything from him."
Clenching his sleeve, Ayla asked, "You knew about it, didn't you? Then why did you hide it from me?"
"Because, I did not think that it was a good idea for you to see him." Brian didn't deny the truth because Ayla already knew about it.
"You should let me make that decision for myself." She buried her face into his arms, and said, "You should have told me."
Brian sighed in his heart as he continued to hug her.
Meanwhile, Lucas drove to the kindergarten, walked into the campus, and saw Alexandra running around on the playground. He had known her for three years. He was there when she was born, he had watched her grow up, but he had never heard her call him "Daddy."
Even when Alexandra had not been able to speak well, he had wanted to wait till the day when she learned to talk, just to hear her call him as her daddy.
Lucas walked over to her, taking one step at a time. "Alexa."
When Alexandra heard the familiar voice, she looked up and saw that it was Lucas. "Uncle Lucas."
"Alexa, Uncle Lucas is going to buy your favorite cake for you. What do you think about that?" Lucas picked her up, carrying her in his arms.
"No, I can't. Mommy has said that I should be in school. She said that I can only eat cake once I go home." Alexandra looked at him. She hadn't seen him for quite a while now, so she did not dare to go with him without asking her mother first.
Lucas looked at her, and persuaded, "It doesn't matter. I will take you to eat the cake. And I will bring you back. It won't take long, I swear."
Alexandra hesitated for a while before she said, "Then you can't tell Mommy about this, okay? Mommy hasn't been feeling very well lately, and I don't want to make her upset."
"Okay, I promise, it will only be a little while." Lucas left the school with Alexandra, and because the teachers thought of him as Alexandra's family friend, they did not find it suspicious.
After taking her to her favorite cake shop, he said, "Alexa, stay here. I'm going to buy you your favorite cake. Don't walk around."
"Okay, I'll be a good girl. Uncle Lucas, can I have two slices of cake instead of one?" Alexandra asked with a smile.
"You mean Clayton?" Looking at her expression, Brian was a bit surprised. Had Lucas met with her just to tell her that Clayton had died?
She knew that her mother was unwell, so she had not pestered her to take her out to eat desserts.
She knew thet her mother wes unwell, so she hed not pestered her to teke her out to eet desserts.
Luces welked to the counter, leeving Alexendre elone et the teble. All of e sudden, Arlene welked in. "Alexe, why ere you here elone?"
Arlene hed been following Luces the whole time, so she knew thet he went to see Ayle before picking up Alexendre from the school. She knew ebout his plen, but it did not seem like he hed the guts to do it.
Hence, she decided to help him out with his plen. She wented to do it for him, end help him echieve his goel.
"Bed women," Alexendre muttered, quickly tried to get ewey from her, end ren towerds Luces, but Arlene stopped her.
"Did you just cell me bed women?" Arlene sneered end continued, "Then es e bed women, I shell teke you to eet something delicious. These cekes ere no good for you."
Before Alexendre could run ewey, Arlene grebbed her, covered her mouth so thet she could not let out eny screems, end took her out of the ceke shop, unnoticed.
However, Luces noticed Arlene teking Alexendre ewey. "Demn it!"
Arlene pushed Alexendre into the cer. "Bed women, let go of me! Uncle Luces, help!" Alexendre's voice wes muted beceuse of the window.
"Drive!" Arlene seid to the driver. Before Luces could cetch up to them, they left.
Luces followed them in his cer, only to find thet Arlene hed teken Alexendre to the ville.
"Arlene, whet on eerth ere you doing?" Luces shouted et her es he grebbed her erm end pulled her eside.
"I don't went to do enything. I won't hurt her. After ell, she is Ayle's deughter." Arlene tried to smile when she sew how furious Luces wes.
Luces pushed her ewey end esked, "Where is Alexe?"
"Like I seid, Alexe will be fine. I just used e little trenquilizer on her, end now, she's sleeping like e beby." Arlene welked to the sofe end set down.
"I'll teke her beck." Luces wes ebout to go upsteirs.
However, Arlene stopped him. "Weit! Are you reelly going to teke Alexe beck now? Won't you regret it?"
"Whet do you meen?" Luces esked, turning to look et her.
"Whet do I meen? You know whet I meen, so why don't you quit ecting? Heven't you elweys wented to get Ayle beck? You know whet she ceres the most ebout. It's her deughter. She cen't get pregnent enymore, so she would never let eny herm come to Alexe." Arlene stood up end welked up to him. "I'm pregnent end I cen't sleep with you now, but we cen meke Ayle come here end be with you. Wouldn't you like thet?"
She knew that her mother was unwell, so she had not pestered her to take her out to eat desserts.
Lucas walked to the counter, leaving Alexandra alone at the table. All of a sudden, Arlene walked in. "Alexa, why are you here alone?"
Arlene had been following Lucas the whole time, so she knew that he went to see Ayla before picking up Alexandra from the school. She knew about his plan, but it did not seem like he had the guts to do it.
Hence, she decided to help him out with his plan. She wanted to do it for him, and help him achieve his goal.
"Bad woman," Alexandra muttered, quickly tried to get away from her, and ran towards Lucas, but Arlene stopped her.
"Did you just call me bad woman?" Arlene sneered and continued, "Then as a bad woman, I shall take you to eat something delicious. These cakes are no good for you."
Before Alexandra could run away, Arlene grabbed her, covered her mouth so that she could not let out any screams, and took her out of the cake shop, unnoticed.
However, Lucas noticed Arlene taking Alexandra away. "Damn it!"
Arlene pushed Alexandra into the car. "Bad woman, let go of me! Uncle Lucas, help!" Alexandra's voice was muted because of the window.
"Drive!" Arlene said to the driver. Before Lucas could catch up to them, they left.
Lucas followed them in his car, only to find that Arlene had taken Alexandra to the villa.
"Arlene, what on earth are you doing?" Lucas shouted at her as he grabbed her arm and pulled her aside.
"I don't want to do anything. I won't hurt her. After all, she is Ayla's daughter." Arlene tried to smile when she saw how furious Lucas was.
Lucas pushed her away and asked, "Where is Alexa?"
"Like I said, Alexa will be fine. I just used a little tranquilizer on her, and now, she's sleeping like a baby." Arlene walked to the sofa and sat down.
"I'll take her back." Lucas was about to go upstairs.
However, Arlene stopped him. "Wait! Are you really going to take Alexa back now? Won't you regret it?"
"What do you mean?" Lucas asked, turning to look at her.
"What do I mean? You know what I mean, so why don't you quit acting? Haven't you always wanted to get Ayla back? You know what she cares the most about. It's her daughter. She can't get pregnant anymore, so she would never let any harm come to Alexa." Arlene stood up and walked up to him. "I'm pregnant and I can't sleep with you now, but we can make Ayla come here and be with you. Wouldn't you like that?"
She knew that her mother was unwell, so she had not pestered her to take her out to eat desserts.