Filed to story: Loving You In My Final Days
“Continue eating,” he ordered and Abi looked at him, with a confused frown on her face.
“Listen to me and do what I say, little lamb. Or, do you want me to feed you?” he smirked and Abi pressed her lips into a thin line. Feeding each other was actually on her list but she didn’t like to do that this way; not when he was in his Antarctic state, not when he was being like this.
“I-I’ll eat,” she replied. She picked up his cutlery and started eating off his plate.
Their position was a little awkward. Abi never ate this way before, sitting on someone’s lap, except when she was a child.
This felt different and her heartbeat was not being calm at all.
A few moments later, Abigail heard footsteps finally coming closer and she raised her face to see who it was.
Abigail’s mouth dropped the instant she saw who was walking towards them because she actually recognised this man. In fact, this person was so famous there was no way she wouldn’t recognize him. W-why was this person here?
This person was the infamous multinational CEO who even ranked first on the list of men girls wanted to marry. This person had graced too many famous magazines, not only because of his wealth and power but also because of his looks. Truth be told, Abi once thought that this man, hands down owned the crown of the handsomest creature on earth before she met Alexander Qin. Wait, wasn’t this man also a Qin? Could it be that they were related?
The man caught Abi’s eye and the two stared at each for a while until Alexander pinched Abi’s cheek.
“What did I tell you, my dear Abigail? Don’t get distracted by some annoying fly and just eat,” he said. Did this man just call that person a fly? How could he call such a person of that caliber, a fly?
Once the man reached them, Abigail couldn’t help but look up again. He had such a strong presence that no one would be able to ignore and like Alexander, he exuded a similar kind of coldness as well. Although his eyes, she thought, weren’t as cold as Alexander’s.
“So, you’re Alex’s new girlfriend,” the man stated the obvious, looking straight at her.
Abi was about to stand up to greet him but Alex’s firm arm over her legs stopped her from doing so. Abi turned to Alex with creased brows, as if telling him that she didn’t want to be rude.
“No need to greet him, Abigail,” Alexander lazily said and before Abi could say a word, she heard the man pull a chair to the left of the head of the table where she and Alexander sat, opposite where she sat a while ago.
“So? Why are you here, huh, Zeke?” Alexander didn’t beat around the bush. The way Alex talked to him surprised Abi. This man, named Ezekiel Qin, was after all not just a simple CEO. Abi had heard a lot about him because of Kelly. Kelly didn’t like Ezekiel Qin. She could tell because she had heard Kelly say that this person was another man from hell. She said that he was trying to dominate the business world and he was the tyrant king that every businessman was wary about. That was why Kelly’s lips always twitched every time other girls expressed their love for him, always saying the words ‘heh, wait until you see who that person really is. He’s a demon in disguise, you fools!’
“I have some business to take care of in this city, Alex,” was all he replied. A plate of food was placed before him and then he picked up his cutlery to eat. He didn’t seem bothered at all by Alexander’s cold attitude towards him and seemed to be relaxed.
Abi just blinked. This man was definitely on the top of the food chain to the outside world but why did it seem like Alexander actually stood above him on that food chain? Was it because he was here as a guest? Or could it be that Alex was his older brother? However, as she looked closely at both of them, Alexander seemed to be a little younger than Ezekiel Qin’s in terms of looks.
“Why come here, then? You have hotels everywhere, Zeke.” Alexander was just being his usual cold self, almost as if he didn’t know how to be polite at all.
“Of course it’s because I like this place the most in this city.”
Alexander let out a sigh while Ezekiel just nonchalantly continued eating. The atmosphere then shifted a little, like there was some invisible friction between these two men and Abi couldn’t help but feel tensed. It didn’t seem to be the kind of friction between sworn enemies but it was still damn heavy for her. It appeared that Kelly’s words about Ezekiel Qin added to tension she was feeling as well. But then, again, she could tell that Alexander could be far scarier sometimes, although, to her, Alexander was not scary at all.
While Abigail was busy with her own thoughts, Ezekiel Qin spoke again.
“Why are you cradling her like that? What is she, your daughter?” he asked monotonously and Alexander smirked.
“Zeke, let me just tell you now that visitors are not welcome here within this month,” Alexander smugly said and the man paused for a moment. This person’s movements and manners, she noticed, were also elegantly graceful.
He looked up and met Alexander’s gaze. “You’re really going to kick out your family? You always stay at my house every time you return to -“
“Well, the third floor is now off limits. If you want to stay here, the receiving rooms are the only ones that are available to you,” Alexander cut him off as he smirked, sounding like he was certain that Ezekiel would never agree to use those receiving rooms.
However, to Alexander’s surprise, the man actually agreed.
“The receiving rooms, huh… those rooms aren’t that bad,” he replied and then he suddenly clicked his fingers. A man instantly approached him and he immediately told the man to prepare the receiving room near the grand staircase. The man quickly nodded to indicate that he had understood the instructions that were being thrown at him.
Alexander and Abi were speechless. Abi couldn’t believe that this man actually agreed to use the room on the ground floor. He just seemed like the type of man who would always want the highest spot, whether it was power or physical space. But he actually agreed? He could go and stay in the most luxurious hotel’s most expensive suite, so why was he doing this?
As they both watched the man instructing his men about his room, Abigail turned to Alex and whispered in his ear.
“Alex, is he your older brother?” Abigail asked, her eyes filled with curiosity as she questioned him. She didn’t even notice that their position was very intimate as she whispered in his ears while she sat on his lap.
“You think I’m that man’s younger brother?” Alexander didn’t seem to mind their intimate position either, as he echoed her words before he let out a loud laugh.
“So he’s your younger brother?!” She was surprised. Abi knew that Ezekiel Qin was already 30 years old. If Alex was Ezekiel’s older brother, then that would mean that Alex would be over 30 years old, right? But Alexander didn’t look like he was over 30 at all. If Abi based his age on his looks, she guessed that he would be around 27 or 28.
Alexander beamed at her, as if confirming her guess but it only made Abi more confused. Now that she thought about it, she still didn’t ask him how old he was.
“H-how old are you?” she finally asked.
“27,” he smirked and Abi bit her lips in frustration. This man was playing with her again.
“You said you weren’t going to joke around with me tonight!” she argued and the man chuckled.
“Yeah, I did say that. And I’m not joking, Abigail,” his smile finally faded, as he looked at her.
