Now and Forever novel Chapter 25

"Amelia, wake up."

"What?" I groggily asked as I turned to the other side which was a mistake because I immediately fell off the couch.

I closed my eyes shut and waited for the impact of the floor but it never came so I opened my eyes.

Alexander was holding me up by my waist and I felt a tingling sensation from where he was holding me and the weird part was, it actually felt good.

He cleared his throat and let me go after I was sitting down on the couch.

"We going back now." He said as he went back to his desk and got his suit jacket off the chair.

"What time is it?" I asked as I put on my heels and got my handbag from the coffee table.

"Ten to eleven."

"It's 10:50?!"

"Mhm."

"And here I was thinking that 9:00 was to late." I said and I rolled my eyes as I walked towards the door.

"I told you to stop doing that." Alexander said as he closed the door after we had walked out.

"Stop doing what?" I asked as I pressed the button for the elevator to open.

"Rolling your eyes."

"Why? It's not like a bad thing now is it?" We both walked into the elevator when it opened.

"No, just stop doing it."

I turned my head to face him and he was looking straight ahead at the elevator door, hand in pocket and as usual, with blank face.

I shook my head no and crossed my arms across my chest.

"No."

"What do you mean no?" He asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"I mean no. I won't stop rolling my eyes just because you said so."

"But y- you know what? Never mind."

I smirked because I had just won the... argument? And walked out when the elevator dinged.

"Give me the car keys."

"What? Why?" I asked as I searched for them in my hand bag.

"Because I'm driving." He deadpanned as he opened the backseat of the car and put on his briefcase and suit jacket after I unlocked the car.

"But-"

"No buts. Now give me the keys."

"Fine!" I threw them at him and he caught them like it was nothing.

I opened the passenger seat and got in as he slid into the driver's seat.

"What happened to your car anyways?" I asked as I put on my seatbelt.

"I sent it back with the driver because it was getting late and I could have used yours because we were going to the same place anyways." He said as he backed out of the driving space.

"Wait, what do you mean 'mine'?"

"It's your car." He said like it was the most normal thing to give out expensive new cars.

"You're kidding." I said as my jaw hanged open.

"Did I stutter?"

I squealed and jumped up and down as much as I could in my seat.

"Thankythankyouthankyou!"

All he did was ignore me and put on the radio.

***

Thirty minutes later, we finally got back to the apartment building, but instead of Alexander parking in the basement, he parked in front of the entrance.

He got out and I followed suit after he got out his stuff from the back. Someone came and collected the car keys from him and drove off to the direction of the basement after greeting the both of us.

"Good evening, Mr Knight." A man that looked like he was in his early fifties with salt and pepper hair said as he opened the door for us and nodded at me in acknowledgment.

I smiled back at him and followed Alexander to what I assumed was the front desk.

There was a girl that looked around my age seated there with brown hair and green eyes that was wearing a uniform if some sort.

"Good evening Mr Knight." She said as she smiled at him but he didn't even smile back, he just remained with a surprise surprise, blank face.

"Ma'am." She nodded at me and smiled genuinely.

I waved and smiled back at her.

"How may I help you Mr Knight?" She asked as she typed away on her desktop.

"Did the files and package my mom send arrive?"

"Yes sir. They were delivered to your penthouse today at 3:40 pm." She said as she typed something in then looked up at Alexander again.

He nodded and then walked away, without even a thank you! He really needs to learn manners.

"Thank you!" I quickly said to her and followed Alexander which was really hard because his long legs were allowing him to move fast.

"You said you'll be back by lunch time Amelia!" Was the first thing I heard when we entered the penthouse.

I looked around and spotted Audrey sitting in the middle of the steps.

"I know, I know and I'm sorry." I apologized as I walked towards her.

"How about we do this, tomorrow, I'll be here the whole day with you, deal?" I said as I sat down next to her.

"Deal. Promise?" She said as she put out her pinky.

I chuckled lightly at her childishness but still did it anyways.

"Promise." I smiled then stood up from the steps.

"You guys are so childish."

I would know that voice from anywhere.

"Hi Xander, how was work?" Bethany asked from behind Audrey and I.

"It was okay. Come on Amelia, let's go to bed." He walked up the stairs towards me and took my hand in his then led us up the remaining steps.

"You really don't like her do you?" I asked as we were out of earshot of Bethany.

"Do you?" He asked as he opened the bedroom door.

"Nope." I said popping the 'p'.

I walked in after him and closed the door behind me then went over to my side of the bed and put my phone on charge.

It had blacked out earlier on and I didn't have a charger with me so I couldn't charge it at the office.

I put it down on the bedside table and made my way to the closet and grabbed a pair of pajamas. At this point, I didn't even bother getting a bath robe because I was pretty much used to wearing the pajamas in front of Alexander and besides, they were pretty comfortable too.

I walked out of the closet and Alexander was sitting on the bed typing away on his phone.

I walked out of the bathroom after showering and made my way to the bed as Alexander walked in after me.

"Alexander?"

"What?"

"When's the wedding?" I asked as I turned to face him, his back was faced to me.

"Two weeks."

"What?! Why two weeks?" I immediately sat up and put on the lamp on my bedside table.

He sighed and turned to face me.

"It's in two weeks because I have a very important business meeting in Hawaii and I'm using 'our honeymoon' as an excuse to go."

"When is your meeting?"