Ecstacy of the Heart

“Ding…” The lift doors opened. Allison was out of ideas and could only muster her courage and walk out. She certainly couldn’t escape now and she had to sneak in just to deliver a file. She took a deep breath and steadied her footsteps and walked in normally.

At the entrance of the office, she raised her hand to knock on the door and entered after being asked to enter. Alexander was sitting at his desk reading a document. He was the only one in the spacious office.

Allison held tightly onto the file and walked in slowly. “These are the documents that you had requested for, Mr. Parker.”

Alexander nodded gently and hardly changed his expression, “Okay, put it down.”

Allison blinked and continued, “I’ll take my leave if that’s all.”

As soon as she finished, Alexander said, “Why did you suddenly come to the office? Aren’t you supposed to be resting at home?”

Allison hesitated and then said, “I… I’m bored at home and decided to come back to work.”

Alexander heard, paused, and then stood up suddenly and walked towards her. He looked down at her and asked, “What happened to your leg?”

Allison paused and took a step back, “Nothing… nothing’s wrong.” How did he notice that she was enduring the pain when she walked?

Alexander frowned and led her towards the sofa and forced her to sit down. “Don’t move, let me have a look.”

He squatted down as he said and took out her high heel shoes. Allison retracted her foot but her lower leg was held firmly by him. Alexander lowered his head and saw the bloody wound on her heel and his gaze darkened. Why didn’t she say anything when her wound had become so serious?

He suddenly raged, frowned, and stared at Allison, “How long do you intend to keep it from me?”

Allison was speechless by his question and could only look down and maintained her silence. Alexander stood up and opened the cupboard to take out a first aid kit. He took out some medical gauze and disinfectant and started to clean Allison’s wound. He sat down beside Allison and places her lower leg on his thigh. He gently and lovingly attended to her wound.

dashing and handsome face concentrating on attending to her wound, a fire within her was lit

Allison forced to distract herself, “Did I do something I wasn’t

heard her asking about what happened last night. He looked amused

nodded, “I… did I cause you

and continued to dress her wound, “If grabbing onto my

was shocked

red and warm face became came to boiling point. Even her ears became ruby red. To think that she actually

her embarrassed expression, Alexander became amused. He completed the dressing and reminded, “Get rid of your shoes if

and walked to his desk and made a call,

instructed Allison, “Bernard will deliver a pair

this pair of

on the sofa

door and entered with a pair of brand-new size 36 flat-soled shoes for her.

to why Mr. Parker wanted a pair of ladies’ shoes. He realized this as soon as he saw Allison. He placed the shoes down and

over with the shoes,

know how Alexander knew about the wound on her leg. But without a doubt, he was a very

me.” Alexander said calmly, “How

a deep

Bernard if you need

the dressings but were much better than before. What she didn’t expect was Alexander to be so detailed and thoughtful. He even instructed Bernard to deliver a

“Wait a minute!”

Lillian who was the secretary she saw when she brought the spare ribs soup for Alexander yesterday. Lillian stared at her with reservation and sized her up several