FOUR_DINNER （1）
ALEXANDER POV
(FLASHBACK)
Ma
Marriage won't change anything
I said angrily
I don't mean it to change anything, I just want someone to be there for you other than me and your father.
My mother whined
I don't want to be bind down by some house bird wearing heels.
I said trying not to snap at her.
No one is asking you to
I just want you to be happy
I'm happy
I said
Like this.......no you're not
You don't decide for me
I'm not deciding, I'm proposing
Oh, is that what we call blackmailing now.
Whatever you see it as honey
She smiled
No
I said the finalisation clearly shown in my tone .
I didn't expect it, one minute she was staring at me.........just staring at me and the next she started crying
The waterworks started and the guilt tripping words followed.
I knew you never loved me
She cried
You never want to listen to me
I just want the best for you
Mum please
I know fake crying when I see one
Oh now you think I'm fake crying
I knew it, I knew you didn't love me
Fuck
I growled under my breath
Fine, under one condition will I agree
I finally said
She looked up smiling as if she wasn't crying a few seconds ago
Really?
What condition? I will agree to anything.
We meet the girl and her family first before anything, I decided
Yes, yes, yes... Accepted
She grinned.
But.....I stood up, walked towards the door, opened it then said;
Don't expect me to play house with some woman just because we are married.
(PRESENT)
Doing something at ones command ain't my thing but when that someone is your mother.....you have no choice but to follow
Whatever she says goes.
We are here sir, Mrs Costello is waiting outside.
'My driver said interrupting my thoughts'
I got down from the car
straighten my collar
Shut the door
Then walked towards my mother
Let go, I said
THIRD PERSON POV
They say Mafia men has large egos
They don't care about their mother
But in Alexander case, it's the other way round,He can lay his life down just for his mother to live.
His father dying when he was just ten years made him really overprotective of his mother.
Right in front of the mansion entrance was Rosalyn Havard and her Husband
Welcome, it is a pleasure to have you here tonight Mr and Mrs Costello
But Alexander didn't even spare her or her husband a glance, he only said
"Lead the way"
Thank you Mrs Harvard
Alexander Mother said smiling while scolding Alex under her breath
The Costellos were led into the mansion dining room
ALEXANDER POV
They all say around the table.
I sat on the seat meant for Mr Havard "the head of the table" and judging by the way Mr Havard was was glaring at his food, he wasn't pleased at all.
No need to beat around the bush, I said without looking up, let go straight to the point.
Where is your daughter?
Ohh Alexander, she will be down soon... she's just getting ready.
That was the last straw of my patience, how the fuck did mum think this marriage will be of any benefit to me
Ronald, I growled
Y...ye...s
What gave you the right to think you can call me by my name?
You are neither my acquittance nor my father_in_law.......yet
I'm..so...sorry Mr Costello, I thought.......
You thought wrong, be careful ronald
THIRD PERSON POV
Alex mum was glaring at him but he didn't see her or maybe he just pretended not see her...he subtly leaned back against his chair before he heard the sound of heels hitting the ground.
Looking up towards the staircase was a woman in a red body hug gown
She was beautiful no doubt but just wasn't Alexander type
What was Alexander type...
Even Alex himself didn't know
He didn't feel anything as she cat walked towards the dining
She's just like all the girls he had fucked in the past
Manipulative
Fake smile
Proud
Easy to see through their fake appearance
But that wasn't the only thing that caught Alexander attention
It was the silhouette of someone or a boy precisely hiding near the staircase that did.
And knowing Alexander
He would find out who it was