THE ALEXIS
THE PRISONER

“Until when will you hold me here?” The screams over there could have made his eardrum rupture if Alex did not keep his phone away.

“Until you finish learning everything.”

“I'm done learning everything. And I feel like I want to explode. I don't understand at all!” Khiara was hanging out over there.

“Hahaha .. but as the new CEO, you have to successfully understand everything, dear Khiara.”

“Stop calling me dear, Lex ..!”

“But unfortunately I can't. I always wanted to call you like that.” Silent moment. Alex took his phone away. What connection is disconnected? No, still connected.

“Terussle!”

“Hold, tomorrow I'll be back. You can ask Zedrick if you don't understand.”

Alex did ask the secretary of his mother's company to come to the villa. At least he was the third person in charge of handling his mother's company as long as he and his personal assistant, Ata was not in place.

“I asked him.”

“Why?”

“Somewhere, I .. I think I was clearer when you explained it to me.” Back silence.

“Is this just your excuse because you missed me?”

“A-what? I don't miss you, stupid!” Khiara was cursing over there. Alex was very sure behind the swearing it must have been reddened face like boiled shrimp. Alex's guess is correct. Over there, Khiara is a bad boy, not knowing how to repay Alex.

“Hahaha .. alright, alright. You don't have to force yourself to learn everything now. You can continue it when I get back.”

“Ahh .. but shareholder meeting will be held in a moment.”

“Not to worry, I'm there. I won't let you in trouble.” Alex could hear a sigh of relief in his ear. “Have you eaten?”

“Emm ... I'm not hungry.”

“When was the last time you ate?”

“Currently with you.”

“What!?” Alex was furious to hear it. “Eat now! It's dinner time there.”

“I don't taste Alex. Eating at the dining table makes me uncomfortable.”

“Then ask them to send food to the workspace.”

“Oh, Lex. Can you just let me go home? Me ...”

“I won't let you go home before I get back, Khiara!”

“Oh, come. I'm not gonna run away. I'll be back when you're back.”

“Big No! You can do whatever you want there. Everyone in there will give you anything you ask for, except go home.” Khiara sighed there.

“Alright, alright. Whatever!” Alex smiled at him. “Where are you really at?”

“Seoul.”

“Seoul?

“Emm ...”

“Ck, emm .. It looks like Adit is also to Seoul this week.” Alex hears Khiara's monologue muttering.

I even met him, honey.

“You want me to bring you something?”

“Ah, no.”

“Why?”

“I'm sure you won't be able to bring it for me.”

“What is the price so expensive? Don't think about the price! I can buy you anything.”

“Hahaha .... You won't be able to! What I want is too expensive for you. Nevermind! I'll hang up.” Just now Alex wanted to reply, but Khiara had already hung up. Never mind, maybe he could ask Adit. He's back to their place.

“Sorry long wait.”

“No problem Mr. Alex. Definitely from a very important person.”

“Yeah, this is indeed a phone from a very important person.” Alex simply floated a mysterious smile at Ata who was looking at him with a questioning look.

Alex knew, Ata must be wondering right now. Since when did he have an important call other than Ata until it could not be ignored?

But starting a few months ago, Khiara's phone calls were the most important thing she couldn't ignore. It was even more important than Ata's phone call, even though what she was talking about wasn't important.

“Who?” Ata finally asked too. He knew it was rude, but he was curious.

“Loved wife.” Ata just oh ria. Ata would know who Alex meant if he had called her a wife.

“What's with him?”

“Looks like he's drunk with all the papers in front of him.” Ata wanted to laugh hearing that.

“You are married?” This certainly made everyone there shocked in disbelief. Including Aditya. Alex smiled as he glanced at Adit who almost dropped his eyes.

“Actually not yet an official wife. But I will make sure he is the only one who will accompany me until old age.” Surely Mr. Felix and his daughter feel played with.

Alex was interested in Natasha, but now he says he has a wife.

“Lucky once he was loved by an Alexander. Surely she is very beautiful and smart, of course.” Praise Natasha behind her dislike of reality.

“Not he was the lucky one, but I was the one who felt lucky to meet him. And ... she's not prettier than you Miss.” Natasha's forehead is wrinkled, so is Mr. Felix and Mr. Iscandar. “And he's not as intelligent as you are either. He even sucks in the business world.”

“Then what makes it special in your eyes?”

“He's not smart, but a genius. In fact he can make two heads with IQ above average heat fog because of his work.” Alex glanced at Ata behind the tail of his eyes. And Ata flicked her shoulders, admitting defeat.

“Waah, really? If you hear from your story, it looks like your wife is a mysterious person," said Mr. daughter. Felix.

“Here is his best friend who knows him better than me, right Mr. Aditya Iskandar?” Alex looked at Adit who was staring at him. “You till when you pretend you don't recognize me?” Adit smiled amusedly hearing that.

“I'm not pretending, Lex. I just don't think it turns out that he is facing is one of the important people in the world of international business.” Alex just pulled one corner of his lips.

“Wait, who do you mean?” Mr. Iskandar could not help his curiosity.

“Your beloved daughter, Dad.”

“Khiara?” Adit. “How can he meet with Mr. Alexander?”

“It looks like we were destined to see each other, Mr. Iskandar.” Alex chiming.

“Mr. Iskandar knows him?”

“Yes. Even know him as well as I know my own son.” Mr. Felix and Natasha frowned. “He is my son's friend. Her name is Khiara Alexia Mac Louis.”

“Alexi?” Natasha was surprised to hear the name of the woman.

“Ya, do you know her?”

“Of, courses. Oh, Mrs. Alex. You're lying if you say she's not prettier than me. She was so beautiful, even her heart was more beautiful than her face. He really deserves to be with an Alexander.” Mr. Felix frowned. “Daddy still remembers the woman who defended me all-out in public when I visited Japan last year?”

“Ah, that woman?”

“Yah, she. I idolized him so much. Oh, I can't even match him. And yeah, he's a genius. He's the one who made me have this kind of high self-confidence. I did not think that Mr. Alexander and Mr. Iskandar. How is he doing now?”

“I don't think he's doing well.” Ata answered him before Alex let out a voice. Honestly, he was surprised by Natasha who suddenly talked so much about Khiara. It was not only Ata who felt that way.

“Did something happen to him?”

“Alex itself confines it along with thousands of sheets of documents that it must learn.” Alex glared at him. Natasha laughed when she heard it.

“You must not be too cruel to him Mr. Alexander! He is very bad when it comes to business. I was concerned about him, when he insisted on taking the major when he said himself that he really did not like it.”

“But he has to do it," replied Alex.

“I know. But isn't he still in college? Why are you teasing him things he might not have gotten in college?”

“He is still in college, but he already has the responsibility to take care of the company.” Ata justifies that.

“Has he taken over his university?” Mr.Iskandar confirmed it to Adit. And Adit does.

“Oh, so it seems.” Natasha had heard the reason Khiara was forced to major in business management because she had to take over her parents' university.

“Ah, yes. Tell me. What does he want most from Seoul?” Adit frowned.

“I don't think he's too interested in souvenirs from here. Everything here is not so different from Japan. He must have been full of everything that smells East Asia.”

“You sure?” Adit nodded confidently. “But, she said that I can’t bring her something that she wants.”

“Do you offer it?” Alex assented.

"Hahaha .. Then forget it. You won't be able to bring it.”

“In this world what I can't buy. Quickly say!”

“Ah, I seem to agree with Mr. Aditya.” Natasha.

“Adit right, Mr. Alex.” Mr. Iskandar also confirmed it. Making the other three frown.

“You really want to know?” Alex has been pointing hard at Adit. “What he wants is not an object. But certainly, it is something that cannot be obtained except in Korea.” Adit circulates his back to look for something. “You saw the person who was carrying champagne there?” Alex follows in which direction Adit points.

“What's with him?” Alex knows who that guy is.

“He is King of K-Pop. And Khiara greatly admired all of his works.”

“You mean he wants his signature?”

“No Mr. Alexander's. If only a signature or a photo together, he already has it on his phone.” Natasha. “He is what Alexi.” wants Did Alex hear wrong? Seems not, because Alex could hear Ata holding back a laugh.

“Sit's worth it he said you wouldn't be able to bring it. You may be able to buy it, but you won't be able to compete with it" chirped Ata after controlling his laughter. The next second he pitted a little because Alex stepped on his foot.

“Be quiet, just assume this conversation never happened.” Natsha and the others also laughed. Next, the talks return to the global issue that is becoming a trending topic. “After this, there is something I want to talk to you about," Alex told Adit.

“Concidentally, I also want to talk to you about something.”

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