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Alex was downstairs in twenty minutes and not twenty-five like he had said... "Good morning, sir," Felix greeted him, and Alex nodded... "Will you be having breakfast at home?" the butler asked, and Alex shook his head, even though he was completely famished... "Where is Patrick?" He asked when he didn't see Patrick around... "He is having his breakfast," Felix replied, and Alex sighed deeply... "Tell him to meet me at work then," He said and walked out of the house and towards the garage... The expression on Felix face changed, and he watched as Alex walked off... He looked really worried and sighed deeply... "You should be okay by now. It's been so long already," the butler muttered... He walked back into the dining room and saw Patrick munching on his breakfast... "Mr Graham said I should inform you to meet him at work." The butler and Patrick eyes immediately grew wide. "What!" He exclaimed and immediately got up... He made sure he finished his orange juice before he rushed out to meet Alex on time... Alex was already driving off when he came out of the house. "Shit!" He cursed under his breath and followed after Alex... "You could have told me you were ready to go, sir!" Patrick said when they arrived and worked... they both walked to Alex private elevator together, and Alex turned to look at him when they were in the elevator... "You were busy with your breakfast, and I didn't want to disturb you," Alex said, and Patrick almost rolled his eyes at his boss... A smile appeared on Alex face as they rode the elevator up... He wondered if she was awake already... He hoped her neck didn't hurt after the way she slept... "You have a meeting in an hour, sir..." Patrick said as they walked out the elevator. Olivia immediately stood up when she saw the both of them walking in together... "Good morning, sir!" She said, looking really tensed... Her eyes travelled to Patrick, who was behind Alex, but he was staring at his phone... "Good morning, Olivia," Alex said and walked towards his office... "Patrick!" She immediately stopped Patrick before he could follow after Alex... "What's wrong?" He asked her, and she sighed deeply. "His mother is waiting in his office... she arrived a few minutes ago and I was just about to call you to let you know she was here, " She said, and Patrick closed his eyes and fisted his hand... "What!" He said and turned towards Alex office... why did she always come without asking him first... she was going to ruin Alex mood now! Alex walked into his office but immediately stopped in his tracks when he saw his mother sitting on the couch and was about to take a sip from the tea Olivia had offered... "Alex, please could you just stop speaking to me this way... you weren't the only one who was hurt, I was hurt too!" Michelle snapped at her son, her heart aching... That was a limit to what one could take, and she couldn't stand it any longer to see him stare at her like that... she turned when she heard the door to his office open... "Is this the time you arrive at work?" She said and took a sip out of her tea... "What do you want?" Alex said coldly and walked to his desk. He took a seat on his chair and raised his eyes to look at her... Did Gina probably go crying to her? he didn't want to hear anything about it right now because it would only end up infuriating him... "What did you say to Gina?" Shs started, and Alex felt like disappearing from his office... He didn't answer her, and Michelle dropped the cup of tea on its saucer... "Are you going to ignore me now?" She said, and Alex sighed deeply... "I don't want to speak to you about that or anything else, so please leave my office," He said icyly, and Michelle felt her anger flare up... "Is that how to speak to your mother... I know you well you must have said something bad! I want you to apologise to her immediately. " Michelle and Alex went mute again... "Say something!" She snapped... "Or are you still mad before I went to juliet Walk ?" Alex immediately glared at his mother when she mentioned juliet and Michelle scoffed... "I only went there to see who she was and I didn't meet her there," She continued, and sighed deeply so she wouldn't lose her cool again... "Gina only followed me there because I asked her to... she had nothing to do with all of this. I was the one who asked her if she wanted to go on a date with you... What if you ruin your chances with her all because of that.... girl... Or have you forgotten the family she came from..." Michelle said... I hope Alex could pick some sense from her words and finally start to act right instead of troubling her every second... "She probably knows nothing about you like I do, Alex!" "You know nothing about Me mom and you call me your son... do you even know when I was born or what I do. do you know what I'm allergic to or how I've been... do you..." Alex stopped talking and tried to calm himself. He almost spat it out to her that he had panic attacks... it wasn't like she could help him. She would only end up blaming him for it... she always did and didn't care about him or his wellbeing... A glint of guilt appeared in Michelle's eyes, but it disappeared as fast as it came... There was no use feeling guilty. Feelings like that didn't matter to her anymore... His mother was someone who didn't care about someone's feelings but only hers... she hated when things didn't go her way, and it made her mad... He wished she would just leave him alone...