Chapter 5 His Wife By Default

In the heart of New York City sat a luxurious building ‘Grey’s couture’.

Up in the 17th floor, a man in his mid 30’s paced around the office, his hand clicking away at his iPad.

‘’Sir. I’ve got footage of them taking her into your room. Should I leak it to the press?’’ Christian asked, heading for Alex’s table with his laptop in hand.

Alex stared at the footage unfazed.

His hands drummed against his table slowly, face unreadable.

‘’Delete it.’’ He uttered.

‘’But sir?!’’ Christian whisper-yelled, staring at him boss in shock.

‘’Delete it.’’

Alex stood up from his seat, his hand smoothing his tie as he headed for his office door. Christian who had no choice, deleted the footage and followed behind him.

‘’Sir. Why would you delete such crucial evidence? If we had leaked that to the press, you would not only be clearing that woman’s name but also vindicating yourself and maybe suing Mr don.’’ Christian said hurriedly, his steps just as fast as his mouth.

‘’I’d prefer killing two beds with one stone.’’ Alex uttered inaudibly, heading for the conference room.

In 30 minutes, the tables and chairs would be cleared out and the hall would be filled with journalists, press and paparazzi, all willing to know why he had called for a press conference.

The sound of heels drumming against the floor made everyone’s head whip to the entrance of the hall.

An elegant woman with a scowl on her face and a hand wrapped around her chest walked in. You could tell she was here for trouble.

Stella chuckled. ‘’Cheating while still in a divorce hearing? Old habits never die.’’

‘’You can’t do this here ma’am.’’ Christian said, wanting to step closer to her when Alex raised his hand, stopping him.

He gestured for Christian and the other people in the hall to leave, leaving only him and Stella in the room.

‘’Nice try drugging me at last night’s party. You must really want my money so bad.’’ Alex laughed, staring at her face that had gone dark.

‘’Miss another court hearing and that money might just end up in my bag.’’ Stella laughed, masking her dread. ‘’Moreover….I saw that the woman you slept with is also going through a divorce. What a funny coincidence.’’

Stella inwardly celebrated the unreadable expression on Alex’s face. She was glad that she could still elicit a reaction out of him.

Last night, she had made sure to to set up everything. Unfortunately, the model she had asked to sleep with him ended up sleeping with some old man.

She had thought her plan was ruined, until she saw the headlines.

She couldn’t wait to see how Alex would counter his current situation.

His business was already going downhill as investors were already pulling out of the company. It would not be long before he crumbles.

But before then, she had to take alimony from him.

‘’I guess I’ll see you in court.’’ She chuckled, her heels clicking against the floor as she exited the boardroom.

Christian hurriedly went to meet Alex, worry etched on his face. Even though he had waited outside the room, he still heard everything.

His boss couldn’t have been bothered by his ex-wife right?

‘’Is everything ready?’’ Alex asked, ignoring Christian’s question for a little assurance.

‘’Yes. The whole media is pumped up, awaiting your explanation. Now you don’t need to answer any question you’re uncomfortable with. Yo—‘’

‘’I don’t need to be briefed on how to handle the media Christian.’’ Alex interrupted.

He smoothened his tie and headed for the room where the murmurings and noises of the paparazzi had quietened down immediately they layed their eyes on him.

Alex headed for the podium, clearing his throat as he stared at the crowd in disappointment. ‘’You must not know how traumatized I was when you all walked in on me and my wife at the hotel’’

The crowd erupted.

‘’Wife?! Anna don is married! And so are you mr DiCaprio.’’ One of the reporters shouted and the other reporters nodded in affirmation, waiting for Alex to explain himself.

‘’I am not married. I am currently going through a divorce. And mrs Anna is actually single.’’ He said, signaling to his assistant who quickly rushed with a laptop and USB.

The projector lit up and a document of Anna and Jeffery’s divorce papers popped up, earning gasps from the crowd.

Christian had somehow secured a copy after threatening jeffery with the video of him and Marissa taking Anna to Alex room.

He had made sure to save a copy of the video on his drive. The only ones he deleted where the ones on his iPad and PC.

‘’Just like you said, you are still married. So why sleep with mrs Anna?’’ One of the paparazzi spoke up and the noise dissipated once again.

‘’Yes I am married. To mrs Anna joe.’’ He said, giving the man a ‘have you not been listening’ expression.

He was starting to get bored with all the unnecessary questions.

‘’I guess we are done here.’’ He said, walking off the podium with Christian who had taken back his USB and Laptop trailing behind me.

‘’You did really well.’’ Christian said, trying to keep up with his pace.

‘’Should I call mrs Anna?’’ He asked again. He really couldn’t tell what was going on in his Boss’s mind. Regardless…

‘’Yes you can.’’ Alex finally answered, waving his hands dismissively before crashing into his chair tiredly.

Meanwhile, Anna and Sarah’s mouths were now leaking with popcorn as they stared at the news in shock.

They had originally planned to Netflix and chill. But then they switched to watching telenovellas on normal TV.

Just when they were getting to the good part, the TV suddenly rebooted and every channel started playing Alex’s press conference.

‘’You got married to Alex DiCaprio?!’’ Sarah whisper-yelled, staring at Anna in confusion and excitement.

‘’I don’t know!’‘ Anna shouted, totally dumbfounded by the whole situation.

How the fuck was she married to that asshole?!