Episode 11

Despite a debate that arose during her first dinner date with Mario, due to Alex's interference with their conversation, their lunch eventually concluded with a decision to vacation together in Dubai.

The success of their initial date did not quell her irritation with Alex. She chose to remain silent during the drive home in a silent protest against his behavior. Her silent act continued until the car arrived at the Meyer mansion.

"Wait Miss!" Alex grasped Kaylin's hand as she was about to enter the mansion. "You can't go to Dubai with him!"

"Let go, Alex! You have no right to order me around!" Kaylin struggled to free her grip, though she couldn't loosen Alex's hold at all.

"I do have a right, for your safety." Alex feared something bad would happen to Kaylin if she still went to Dubai.

"You have no right! You're nobody to me," Kaylin glared sharply into the unreadable depths of Alex's eyes.

"I'm your personal bodyguard, it's my duty to protect and safeguard you."

Kaylin scoffed cynically without softening her piercing gaze. "Yes, you are my bodyguard, remember, just a bodyguard! So, don't interfere with my personal affairs!"

"I've told you it's all for your good! Can't you be mature about your decisions?" Alex, in anger, shoved Kaylin against the large pillars that supported the Meyer Mansion, trapping her frail body with his arms to prevent her escape.

"Alexander, you're going too far! Have you forgotten that I am the boss and you're the subordinate? Mind your manners!" Kaylin said breathlessly, containing the emotions ready to burst at any moment.

"You're right..." Alex released Kaylin, stepping back a few paces from the woman who was once his former lover. "I apologize, Miss. I forgot my place as just a subordinate."

"Good that you've come to your senses!" Kaylin walked to the main door but paused before entering. "Listen, Alexander, don't ever make me misunderstand your actions again. Misunderstandings from the past were enough, don't repeat them!"

*Thump*.

Alex watched Kaylin's back disappear behind the door, watching the woman he had once hurt years ago.

Meanwhile, Kaylin, already inside her room, immediately lay down on her bed, tears streaming down her cheeks. The same tears that she once shed for a man named Alexander.

*Flashback starts*.

"Kay, do you like Alexander?" Cleo asked after everyone had left her hospital room. She was curious because she saw how her sister-in-law gazed intently at Alex. Initially, Cleo thought Kaylin wasn't serious when she inquired about Alex months ago. But having seen firsthand how adoringly her sister-in-law looked at him made Cleo believe the woman had truly fallen for Alex.

"Yes, but unfortunately, he already has a girlfriend," Kaylin said sadly with a broken heart.

"Girlfriend?" Cleo laughed while clutching the tender area around a surgical scar on her abdomen. "Who said Alex has a girlfriend?"

"No one, but I saw it with my own eyes. He was with a beautiful woman."

Cleopatra fell silent, pondering what Kaylin had shared. She found it hard to believe Alex was with someone, knowing him as a man who was allergic to being near women. Let alone having a girlfriend—even Alexander having a heart seemed doubtful to her because of his cold and emotionless demeanor.