Alex was now really afraid, If a thing like a system thinks he needs luck to deal with her then she is surely not something he can tackle head one.
Even if there were currently three S-Rank warriors around him, He did not feel any better as he did not know her power rank yet. He was sure she was S-Rank as it stated in the other plots but now he changed his mind.
A woman smart as her should not be only S-Rank, She should have something different, She is meant to be a Heroin after all before the author decided she was too good to be one tainted by the protagonist and killed her off.
Alex can tell she is the author's favourite character in Nathan's plot, If so then she should definitely have received something way too powerful as a result, This is also a concerning part for him.
Of course, after she fucked up her way of thinking, Because of that he can't even solve the problem of sleeping with her, If he does that he just going to make it worse.
"Okay, Tell me when you will be here, I will introduce you to my girlfriends, As my fiancé it's your right to know this, Okay I am busy shopping here with others, We will talk later."
Alex was genuinely afraid of the unknown but he did not give in to it, He just took a second before running his acting skill to leave no hint of his weakness as he answered her in his usual tone.
He then, before waiting for her to reply, ended the call. After all, He wanted to take the higher position between them. Ending the call means he will get decision-making authority, Or at least establish his motive.
"ARE YOU CRAZY??!! YOU ARE PLAYING WITH THE UNTHINKABLE ALEX!"
After the call was ended Liza could not hold back, She lashed at him for provoking Belladonna.
Yes, Alex is an heir of the Winchester family, Even if he is outside the home he still has that title, No one has taken it away from him yet but that doesn't mean he is as protected as he is in the family property.
Belladonna did not have the guts to harm him on Winchester property but outside a fair game, Other than killing him or seriously harming him she can do whatever she wants without fearing backlash from Winchesters.
Liza was super angry, If something happened even if she wanted she could not be able to interfere in that matter as that will mean her White family is standing against Belladonna.
Liza will stand against that nightmare for Alex but her family definitely will not, And she as the head of the family had to follow their decisions for the well-being of her family.
"Chill out Busty Unicorn, She will not do anything extreme at all, Her curiosity will not allow it. I just have to make sure she stays curious."
Alex rubbed the blond hair of Liza to calm her down, He knows what she means by provoking Belladonna.
Unlike Alia which might give her target buffer time or might once on the moon let go but Belladonna is not like that, Her name is proof that she will never let go.
Alia was not born a cold-hearted woman, She used to be a normal girl until her powers activated making her that way but Belladonna liked her name from head to toe as deadly and poisonous.
She was never normal, She was born the way she is. There was a trauma that happened to her because of course it did but that did not cause her to become like this, That just awakened her real personality.
Alex right now does not have many ways to deal with someone like her. His biggest weapon, his tricks, is useless against her. His charm is also not a strength in front of her but rather a big weakness.
There is a high possibility that if she saw him in person, Her possessiveness would overwhelm her. Right now she was doing all this just for fun, It was nothing more than a game to her, All this just to have some fun in her pretty much boring life.
But once she sees current him, That will cause astronomical changes in her and in her motives behind her actions, Which is the last thing he wanted seeing the twisted way of her thinking even with his standards.
So right now all he can do is to be like irresponsible parents giving their child a smartphone to keep him busy, He too uses Belladonna's curiosity about how much he is capable of keeping her busy.
"Is it not a dog, If you throw her a ball she will be busy playing with it."
Liza was not convinced by Alex's argument, In her eyes he was too dependent on guessing then actual logical reasoning, Real-world does not work as it is on plain white paper calculations.
"I know she is not a dog, She is bitch, I will miss gender, A loyal companion like them."
Alex said it and walked out of the empty store, He had yet to deal with Dick yet, So he left behind a very confused Liza, Ready to have some fun as he decided.
"Hey!! Wait for me."
Liza also comes out of her confusion, Seeing Alex walking further away from her leaving her in the semi-dark room alone scared as she follows after him.
....
"Mr. Dick everything is ready, All the paperwork is done, You will officially get full authority over this shop starting from sharp 5 PM. It's supposed to be after midnight but seeing it's urgent for you, We did it early."
Roger walked towards the Dick, Whose eyes were still searching for a figure of his supposed wife but could not find it, She not coming into the main storefront of the store at all.
This disappointed him but remembering he will soon be going to have authority over her, He let go, Letting her enjoy her freedom for a little while.
"Give my thanks to the Gayler family for their generosity."
Dick was not in the mood to talk to Roger, After all, he now had a calm mind, So he can tell how badly he lost money in this trade, All because of Madam Gayler, If she had not allowed that gigolo to participate in the bid, Everything should be fine.
But because she did allow him, He lost 70 billion dollars, nearly double the amount he first offered her, So there is no possibility that he is going to have any good feelings for the Gayler family.
Now all he wanted to do was to get mall rights and kick them out of here
He now was more concerned about how he can handle his mother for making this huge loss to the company, Normally he could just shut his eyes and figure out the solution but he didn't to close his eyes at all.
Every time he does, The image of Sandra with another man appears right in front of his eyes. He does not understand why it is happening but it is hurting him a lot. That unreasonable pain was too hard to bear.
He can't describe that pain but it hurts, And he can't even pinpoint the location of it. First, his heart feels tight than his stomach. After that it will spared all over his abdomen, It is unending, making him worse and worse of himself.
For the first time, he had doubts about his charms. He didn't get it if he had that much charm. Why did Sandra go to another man, Completely ignoring his behaviour towards her?
All he needs now is to be left alone to figure things out as he always does, Just for this he needs a little more time than usual.
"I will deliver your message to Madam Gayler, Have a good time, Copy of documents will be delivered to you soon."
Roger replied to Dick politely but in a plain voice, After all he was not that stupid for not to get sarcasm in his words, So Roger did his job of informing Dick and going on his own way, He did not need to lick Dick as his commission is secured.
"Hey guys, is my stuff ready yet?? I need to leave now."
And then the man Dick hated the most walked into the store with a weird woman with him, After which those other two women also joined him.
Dick only glanced at the group and looked away as he did not want to engage with them yet after his big loss.
"Everything is ready sirz It just being packed, While you pay it will be done, All I need now is an address to deliver this to your home."
Dick wanted to ignore the group but he could not anymore because the figure his eyes were searching for finally came in front of him, But what has hurt him was the thing that she comes out for another man.
He hated this fact. He was sitting here for half an hour now, and she should have known this but she did not come to greet him bit once he came into the store Sandra, like a little follower, popped up with a wide smile on her face.
"Okay, Where should we pay?"
Alex talked to her normally as if it was not him who was ramming her in the storeroom a moment ago, He asked her politely as he always does.
"Here, You can scan your card, Total is 5 Million UC, and we are also given a few extra games to play in the house."
Sandra too acted professionally and handed over the card machine to him, which he scanned with the card he "borrowed" from Liza before, Then he gave the address of his dormitory for delivery.
Everything was set, But Alex was waiting for the bomb to drop in a few seconds.
"Both you and you are fired, Go pack your stuff, Remaining salary and commissions of yours will be deposited in your bank account in 1 to 3 days."
A fat man suddenly barge into the store, Then without wasting any second pointed to Sandra and her supervisor and fired them on the spot.
"WHATT!!!"
Then loud exclamation erupted in the game shop.
Two voices were heard in the pretty much empty gane shop, Dick strummed towards the fat manager that delivered the news in anger, While Mona the supervisor of Sandra could not believe what she was hearing.
"Why!!? What did I do?"
She asks in disbelief refusing to believe she was being fired, She through blood and sweat crawled her way through to her current position, It can't be just taken away just like that.
She can't lose her job now. If she did she would pretty much die hungry and homeless as there is no way she would be able to pay for food, instalment of her house and debt with her current savings.
So she was now desperate to keep this job, There is hardly such a job with this higher pay and benefits in this city, The rest is all occupied.
"Good, I will pack my stuff right now."
Sandra here on the other hand was glad she was being fired, She knew that Dick brought this mall. Since then she was thinking of ways to leave this job as she can guess what intentions Dick has behind his actions.
But she could not find any way. She could leave but she had to pay the fine for it. The only other way to leave is to get offered another better job offer but with Dick's power in this city that too is impossible.
So she was hoping to piss off management so much that they will fire her but to her surprise before she could that they themselves fired her.
Sandra could not contain her happiness, She quickly agreed to it and was ready to turn around to leave this place as soon as possible but a sharp voice stopped her in tracks for a second before she resumed her walk.
"Wait!! Who asked you to leave, I am the owner of this place, How can you make decisions without my permission?"
It was Dick who yelled out of anger and frustration. He looked at the fat man who might be the manager of this store and asked in a stern voice.
He saw that Sandra ignored his command but he knew she was not important here. If he cancelled the termination order, Everything would be fine.
He spends too much money on this useless place just to get her and now that he has this place, He finds out that the reason to buy this place will not be there anymore. Anyone will be mad.
"Who are you, sir? I am pretty sure Mr. Robin is the owner of this place."
The fat manager just looked at Dick in confusion, not understanding what Dick was talking about.
He as the low-level employee did not know that Isabella is the actual owner of the mall, While Robin is just a manager, So he thinks that Dick was just messing around but seeing the clothes on him he did not dare to be disrespectful towards him.
'Interesting, ML gets different treatment than protagonists.'
Alex, who was enjoying the show on the sideline, was surprised that this fat man was able to see through that Dick is not the person he can provoke, Which is not the story that normally goes with the Protagonists.
If they do not ridicule at least a few times in a day, Their diet will mess up giving them stomach aches.
So it surprises Alex, Who was ready to see a face slap scene right now but then thinking that it was FL who is actually a protagonist in a romance novel, While ML is just supported it's logical to see this event.
"I just bought this mall, So as the owner of this place I revoke this termination order."
Dick domineeringly said these words with the usual ML's cold aura, As his words fell everyone felt the temperature had dropped by a few points.
The fat manager was also shaking in fear, The raw aura of the domineering president trope can't be handled by any normal person, Manager was just a second away from pissing in his pants.
"So-*Ahem* Sorry sir but the orders are already finalised by the headquarters, Mall has no authority over the in-house decision-making of business owners' and their employees."
But this guy also has guts. He though wary of Dick but he still did not buy that this man brought this mall, Something that big thing should take time and be well known in the group.
He just today saw Robin coming to work, So he does not take Dick seriously but he did not want any trouble with Dick.
So he pointed out the official contract details. After all, even if Dick bought the mall, He was just the landlord of businesses in it, He could not interfere in their internal affairs, This way Dick could not pick fault with him, He is nothing but just a messenger.
"Fuck your rules, If I said I revoke those orders then that's final, If not you better leave this place at the end of this day."
Unfortunately for the manager, he was dealing with an ML, The one who can bend, twist or outright break rules as he pleases thanks to his inherent family power.
So Dick reacted as he always does but this time it was even more extreme as he lost too much for this, He will not let anything go wrong.
"Well...Well if that's what you want then, please let me talk to my superiors before making any decisions."
The manager was sweating buckets, He work too much by the book kinda guy so even in this scenario he wanted to consult his superiors, Which on paper sounded good but was the worst thing to do in real life.
"FUCK!!! Give me a number of your superiors."
His words just pissed Dick off even more, He could not hold his arrogant aura anymore, He burst out with all his anger he was holding back on the manager.
The manager was too scared to even speak, He just quickly handed over the contact details of his superiors, As Dick snatched it from his hands and dialled in his phone.
"Give me my termination letter."
Sandra comes back with her stuff packed in the cardboard box. He ignored everyone and stood in front of the fat manager who was trembling with fear, He did not know what was happening.
Even if this man brought the mall, Why he was so bothered by the fact they fired their two employees, It's not a big deal, All he can think of the reason was that this man should be a control freak.
So he did not like them making these small changes, Which sounded too petty and childish in his eyes.
"Huh!? Oh here, Sorry for this had to end this soon, You will be compensated for this and-"
"What are you doing??! You, dumb man, Did not understand what this was all about at all??!"
Manager seeing Sandra asking for termination later in his hands, Which he just handed over out of instinct and gave the speech which now is a muscle memory for him completely forgetting what was going on.
When he handed over the letter and was in the middle of his speech, The rude man Dick yelled at him as saw what he did.
There was no limit to his anger, He really wanted to kill people right now as anger took over his thinking abilities.
"Give it back, I spoke with his superiors, They decided to take that order back."
Dick decided not to talk with the dumb manager, He just turned around and stretched his hands towards Sandra asking back the letter of termination she was holding in her hands.
He was indeed able to convince the superiors of this shop to take those orders back by lowering the rent of this place but for that to work he needs the letter in Sandra's hand.
That is because the letter is a thing that can free Sandra from any legal bounds she has towards this shop, As they themselves freed them for her.
Mona, who was ignored by everyone, heaved sighs of relief when she heard that she was not being fired.
"Sorry, Mr. Dick, I am no longer under the management of this shop. If you have any query or need please ask any other employee, They will be happy to help."
Sandra on the other hand being angry was calm, Too calm. She gave Dick a big wide smile, Which was as beautiful as the full moon coming out from behind the clouds and spoke to him politely without any resentment or any other emotions.
Dick was stunned seeing that smile. For a moment he had forgotten everything around him and he hyper-focused on that smile and those polite words of hers.
Sandra taking this as a cue, She quickly moved away from him towards Alex's direction but she made sure to keep her distance from him for his safety, As Dick might target him.
She wanted to leave the shop but stopped at once when Alex motioned her to stay.
'My time to shine now.
Seeing that now time is right, Alex decided to strike now to land a critical hit.
"Miss Sandra here, We still have to take you on a date."
So he dropped the bomb, Then prepared himself for the shockwaves of it.
Alex, in the stunned eyes of Dick, goes to Sandra, Then he, without taking Dick into consideration, holds her white wrist as he pulls her towards his group.
"Come on Miss Sandra, Lord Jake should be waiting for us, He specially asked me to take care of you."
Then after making sure Dick was in earshot, He said in a voice that he could clearly hear what he was talking about.
"Pssst~ Who is Jake?"
Sandra was taken aback by his words but seeing that he did not want to tell about it, She did not ask and just followed his lead. It was Liza who could not control her curiosity and asked him out in a low voice.
"Who is Jake? He is more than a boss, He is like family to me, He is a charmer of ladies, So much so that he prefers to stay with men, He is Lord of Dragon gate, A super big organisation that we little people like him could not understand powers of, This white face here is no match for him.
So Miss Sandra if you have any problem, Please say that to me, I will convey that message to the boss then he will take care of this annoying fly."
Alex straightens up his chest as he with a proud voice as he really admires Jake very much. Well, he kinda does, Just like Nathan he too sends many good things to him, Only a big heart person like the protagonist can do that kinda thing.
"?????????"
There were lots of question marks hovering in not only Liza's mind but also Sandra's and Grace was also confused about this thing.
Grace knew how prideful Alex is, He will never all follow someone and call them boss, He rather die than to do that kinda lowkey thing, That's why she knows Alex is once again upto no good at all.
Sandra on the other hand could not understand who Jake was and why he would ask Alex to take care of her but she was FL and quickly smelled the conspiracy in it, So he kept her mouth shut and let Alex do his thing.
Liza had to ask most questions in her mind, Alex is the heir of the Winchester family, if someone like him is calling someone boss is impossible in her eyes but she too did not ask him now as she did get a hint that Alex is planning something.
As for Xiao Bai? She is like always sticking close to Alex enjoying the warmth his body was radiating. Her life is very simple, Which narrows down to the thing if she likes that thing or not, All other things are not in her consideration.
"Who are you calling White face? You are the White face, your whole family is White face."
Dick roared at Alex as he heard his words, He was fuming with anger as Alex not only touched his forbidden but also called him banes in front of her.
He did not know who this Jake guy is but if he is the boss of Alex then this guy also has to pay for the crime of his dog. He should have taught his dog how to behave in society.
He right now added one more name to his list. He will make them pay, Make all of them pay for sins very soon, He will not rest till he fulfils his promise.
"Thank you for your compliment kind sir."
Alex, other than getting angry at Dick thanked him. Anyway it did not matter what Dick says as long as he is banging his wife, He is the winner here, So he let it be.
The more angry Dick will be, The more it will be easy for Alex to manipulate him. It's a basic principle of mind changing, It's just Dick is too invested in Sandra that he was not able to see the web that was surrounding him.
"You!! *Deep Breath* *Exhale* Answer me this, Why did your BOSS ask you to take care of my wife? What does he have to do with her?"
Dick was barely able to hold himself back as he after taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down asked Alex the key question that he had just now pointed out.
What did Alex's boss have anything to do with Sandra? He had a guess. He really had a guess that he thinks 99 percent is right but he did not want to believe it at all, He refused to believe it.
So he needs confirmation from Alex, So he can know that he was just thinking too much and there is nothing to worry about. Even now he thinks all he heard outside of the storeroom is a misunderstanding.
Yes, even though he had all the proof he needed other than visual confirmation, He still thinks that he is wronging Sandra, A large part of his heart believes that all she was doing to anger him was to leave her alone, All that voice was just an act.
That's why he though he had a pretty good idea why Alex's "boss" Jake asked him to take care of Sandra, He did not want to accept that at all.
All the mental struggle he went through before and such had been thrown out of the window the moment he once again laid his eyes on Sandra, This is the true nature of ML.
"I don't know the reason, He came here around an hour before then left 20 or minutes ago. That time he told me to take care of her, He asked me to come to that storeroom area for a talk, After that, he went away as he is a very busy man."
Alex replied to Dick without any delay. He was waiting to be asked this question all this time. He used the words that way he did not outright say things but just implied them, Which made the other party think and come to a conclusion.
The conclusion they think will be true because they think they themselves come up with it, Making it a perfect lie.
This is very necessary for Alex. Right now two protagonists are walking rampant in this city, One being Nathan while the other is Jake.
He decided to deal with Jake first and it turns out that even though he has more luck than Nathan, He is still a low-level protagonist, Which makes it very easy to take away his unlike Nathan, A prime protagonist of this world.
Even though Nathan has low luck but his luck is very easy to come back as he has been seen in the hospital, That's why he decided to target Jake but to do that he still needs time as he can't take Jake lightly.
So in the meantime, he had to give his utmost attention to Nathan as he is the prime protagonist. There is no way he could loosen the leash on him yet, So need someone to put pressure on Jake.
No matter whether Jake is low-level or not he is still a protagonist famous for becoming unfathomable power if not kept in check.
And who could be the best candidate for it than Dick, Who has his own ML halo resists most of the backlash from the protagonist halo of Jake, This way they both will keep themselves busy while Alex here gets little free time for himself.
"His name is Jake, right? A lord of Dragon Gate?"
Dick clenched his fits and asked Alex through his teeth, He was furious. Though Alex did not say what Jake's relationship is with Sandra he can make that much, He is not stupid.
The fact that Jake asked Alex to meet him near the storeroom solidifies that fact. He also saw Dick on his way back before, So he could also not doubt the words of Alex. That's why no he was sure Jack was the man who was in that storeroom with Sandra, His wife.
The man he swore to find out and make him pay for daring to touch his forbidden, He was ready to do anything to find that man and yet now because of this stupid man he found it easily.
He has a name and the job of that person, It is enough to make Jake's life a living hell.
"Let's go, By the way, Mona, How long will it take to deliver my stuff?"
After Alex achieved what he wanted, He ignored angry Dick and asked Mona who was happy that her termination order was cancelled. She was grateful for Dick now as he pretty much saved her life.
When she was busy admiring her hero She heard Alex's voice, She looked at him then remembered what he was talking about and quickly checked in her office device.
"It is expected to deliver today by 9 pm if not early in the morning tomorrow."
After she checked she quickly answered him, As she also thinks Alex is a big shot, Though he might be using women to get that power but he is still powerful, That fact did not change.
So she is quite polite to him for fearing angering him and losing the job she by lick got back.
"Ohh, Thank you, Just make sure not to deliver too early."
Alex politely thanked her, She too is one important puzzle piece in his game, The one he is going to need later, So he had to take care of her a little.
"Let's go gals."
After that Alex turned around with his group of girls and exited the shop, Dick was being desperate but could not do a thing, He has no authority over Sandra right now.
So all he could do was to watch as his wife was carried away with another man, While he could do nothing to stop them.
[Ding!...]
As Alex existed in the shop, The system notification voice rang in his mind.
[Ding! Host, You have yet to complete a few tasks, System will put them on hold till they are either complete or not valid.]
As Alex and the group existed in the game store, System's voice rang in his mind reminding him of his incomplete tasks that were yet to be completed.
'I know, I know, I will complete them soon, don't worry.'
Alex has expected this, After all even if he now slapped Dick metaphorically he had yet to slap him literally as task wanted him to, He obviously can't do that as that will put Dick's focus back on him other than Jake, Which he painstakingly arranged.
So face-slapping has to wait, as for the cuck part of the task. It was pretty much complete. He just has to wait till Dick starts putting pressure on Jake, So he can start to do that.
After all, once he did that the frustration, anger and suck of Dick will be diverted towards Jake as he will think that man is responsible for it making him live free of the consequences of his actions.
There are also other tasks pending like announcing to Nathan that he is his new daddy, Which will give him a new title but the time is not right yet for that. There are still teachers, childhood sweetheart and fiancees not appeared in the plot.
So he had to wait for them so as not to destroy their plot. He, of course, eyeing those women to give Nathan a collective shock, Which will be a big reveal that's why for the bigger impact he has to bear for a while.
Last but not least there are Rita's tasks, Which might be the only task he can do now without messing with any other planning. He just had to give her a shoulder to convey her sorrow and then dig into Jake's information.
In both cases the rewards are quite good, First give him a Heart of compassion, Which after experiencing Sage Heart, It looks like quite a powerful thing, And it also gives him killer instincts good for...well killing if needed to.
The second one gives him the Eyes Of Raven, Which he did not know what it is used for but it looks like it is for information-gathering skill.
'There are still other tasks, *Sigh* I should hurry up and get those things. This is not a game where I can leave them like side quests.'
Alex could only sigh as he is really helpless. He had to put focus on Nathan and Jake first as to make sure they will not go out of control, So he pretty much ignored those tasks.
In general terms, he focused on a main mission after accepting tons of side quests, But now that the main mission is on hold and needs time, So he decided to complete those side missions.
"Where should we go now?"
Alex was busy with his thoughts so he did not notice that they reached in the parking lot of the mall. The words of Liza bring him back as she stands in front of her luxury car asking Alex about it.
If I go by the promise of Alex, Then she should be getting a treat today but she did not want that to happen, As she wanted to spend alone time with Alex using the treat as an excuse, So she preferred him to rather not fulfil his promise today.
"We are going to the Hospital, Also that reminded me, Why the fuck has Gloria is not waking up yet, Isn't she supposed to wake up this morning?"
Alex saw through her intentions as she did not do any job to hide it, But when she asked this question it made Alex think and he remembers the important member, The legendary milf is yet to wake up.
He takes a look at Gloria through the glass window, Which at first glance indicates to him that Gloria is fine and healthy according to his peak mortal-level knowledge of medicines, So he was not that worried about her.
He just thought that it is taking a long time because of medications but even after spending this much time out, Grace did not receive any call about her mother waking up at all, This weirded him out.
Now that Liza brought that up, He decided to ask the doctor who performed surgery about Gloria's condition. He knew there was nothing wrong if Liza operated on someone, Not only because of her skills but her status as being a Heroine.
But it still bothers him that why Gloria does not wake up yet, He also needs her for his plan as a backup, So she has to wake up soon.
"Ohh her? Yeah, I put her in an induced coma, Not that big of a deal."
Liza was startled by the change in tone of Alex but when she heard what he was talking about quickly racked her brain to figure out who he was talking about and then quickly answered him.
Last night, like she always does go on to check the condition of Gloria, But found out that Gloria though seems completely healthy and not healing well as she should, She quickly does a check and found that her brain was acting weird.
Not a bad kind or harmful way, But a weird way of doing unusual things that it was not supposed to do, Which is interfering with the healing of her body, So after comparing Liza chose healing as more important for Gloria right now.
So for her to heal, She just put Gloria in an induced coma. That way her brain stops acting weird and lets her body recover. As that is a priority, Even if she figures the cause of that weird action she can't treat it as Gloria's body can't handle it.
"What!!? Is everything all right with my mom? Why? What happened? Wasn't everything fine yesterday?"
It was Grace after hearing that her mother is in a coma freaking out. She quickly goes to Liza and asks as quickly as she can in a fearful anxious voice.
She can't lose her mother. Not now, She had yet to introduce Alex to her, She had yet to say and ask so much stuff of her, She had to do so much with her mother that she never got a chance to do it before.
She thought her mother was fine as the operation was successful without any complications but now she got this news that hit her hard. All the panic and helpless feelings she felt on the first of her hospitalisation of her mother came back.
Her whole body was shaking in fear and anxiety. She felt very alone fearing to face anyone else. Rather she wanted to be left alone so she could cry her heart out.
"Hey, hey hey, Easy Grace it's not a big deal, It's a very common practice to induce someone, Gloria will wake up in..."
"2-2 days."
"2 days, Gloria will wake up in two days but if you are still afraid, Don't be I am here. If you want tomorrow I will use my healing power on her, So she will be completely fine. Is that okay?"
But this time she was not alone, Alex came to her and took her in a hug as she was going to lose her balance, Then he quickly tried to ease her emotions.
Grace might not be a key part of the grand scheme he was planning but he does care a lot about her, He could not watch her suffer like this once again, Not this time when he was with her.
He started to give her the logical reason that she could understand and avoid the word coma as there is quite a stigma around it to prevent Grace from freaking out.
Even though he is sadistic as he is here to see every smiling Grace in this condition, He does bully her but that too because he can control how much it can have an impact on Grace, He does not like to see her crying.
So he cupped her face as with his thumb he wiped the pesky tears that escaped from her hopeless eyes, Then he started to go on saying and even asking Liza when will Gloria wake up as it will make Grace feel more confident coming from a doctor.
But seeing it is still not enough to calm down Grace's worry. He revealed an ultimate trick in his sleeves, Grace has seen how powerful his skill actually is, So she will feel a lot more confident and less fearful.
"N-No, I wait, But Alex, are you sure she is a good doctor? *Sniff* Can we get a second opinion from someone else?"
Grace calmed down. She reacted like this as she was not prepared for the news, But once she recovered she held Alex's hand on her cheeks and gave a gentle smile.
She as a woman not used to getting this sympathetic treatment, Which also made her quite emotional but she recovered quickly and hardened her heart to hear the rest.
She did not want Alex to use his power as she thinks it might be harmful to Alex to use it, But she does want to get a second opinion as she can't trust this childish woman, Who she just knows is a doctor.
"B-Bad Doctor? You know I am- "
"Of course, I know someone in that hospital who can give us a second opinion, Don't she is quite a good doctor."
".....Where can you find a doctor as qualified as me to get a second opinion?"
Liza said to them with a very sour and hurtful voice, She was very wronged. What did she do to deserve this treatment from them? Is this a reward for saving someone's life? If not for her Gloria will be in big trouble as no one else in that hospital knows how to do that complicated surgery on the spot.
Though she is more interested in illnesses than patients, But she does follow her twisted ethics that put patients life first, and yet Grace who she thought is a good woman started to berate her.
How can anyone question her qualifications? She had taken almost impossible-to-treat patients and yet not a single patient of hers goes home with their illnesses, She has a perfect record.
Not even since she did not encounter any illness that she could not cure in the history of her long career, That's why she was especially offended by Grace's words doubting her qualification.
As for Alex also did the same is filtered by her brain as it was not important for her, For her face is justice after all.
"There is one, You know Xin Yan, The head of the medicine department before you snatched that position from her, She is more than qualified to give a second opinion."
Alex responded to her in an instant with mocking in his tone. He knew very well how much Lixa cared about being right in the medical field. This is her special field after all but he had to make her more flexible.
An ill-fated supporting character like Xin Yan only suffered that much because Liza was not able to stand any other person competing with her for the first position in the medical field.
She indeed has the talent and qualification to be the first in that field. She is a heroine for a reason but her personality of not being able to bear any other person in her place has to change.
Not only because if he lets her be there is a high chance she will turn into tsundere but also because as the plot progresses there will be more medical field heroines, Which obviously going to provoke Liza.
So for a worry-free future, He has to train her starting from now, And the first step will be Xin Yan, the woman he gave euphoria just by mere touch and has never seen again, He also has to introduce himself to her.
"Humm!!? Excuse me for interrupting the moment but can you tell me what is happening here?"
This time it was Sandra burning in jealousy as her eyes glued on Grace in the arms of Alex. She now knew the name of the man she had given her heart and heart but the way it happened she did not like it a bit.
She came with them but felt excluded from the group while coming into the parking lot. She wanted to talk to Alex but she was not able to get his attention. She figured out he was thinking something deep.
Then she saw as the event unfolded in front of her eyes, She felt like yanking that woman out of his arms, How dare she touch her man, The man she had given her body to She even had for a moment disgust for Alex which did not last as it quickly went away.
She remembers his story. Anyone who goes through all that is of course will be broken, He even tells her that and did not hide a bit, So she is quickly able to forgive him but she still hates Grace yet when she heard about her mother her anger was lowered quite a lot.
Yet anger did not go away. Her brain agreed that it is a quite normal reaction and she should be comforted but her heart did not like that the one who was comforting her is Alex, Her man.
But she did not dare to do anything, Alex made clear he is too hurt to change his living style as he will not get hurt once again, So she needs time to change his living style and make him forgive himself for the crime he did not commit.
She was planning on doing this from the second he finished his story. She can tell he is a broken man, Which needs self-healing. He can't forever blame himself because of that cruel woman.
So she can't say something against his actions or to that woman, as she is currently nothing but a one-night stand for him and her doing that might hurt her feelings for Alex. That's why she was keeping mum all this time.
But even after a few moments passed but still seeing Grace enjoying the warm embrace of Alex, She had it enough, So she spoke to get attention back in her to make them break their hug.
"Ohh, Nothing, Grace's mother was hospitalised and needed an emergency operation, So I called my friend Liza, Who is a contender for the best in her field. Operations were successful but Gloria, Grace's mother, had not woken up yet."
Alex turned to Sandra, While His hands still warped around Grace in his arms and gave brief information about what was happening, As if he really thought she was just asking about it.
"Ohh, So what's wrong with her mother?"
Sandra could not help but feel bad about the fact that how simple Alex is not understanding the meaning behind it, completely ignorant by the fact that he was doing this all for the purpose.
Alex knew very well how scary and possessive FL is, So he was prepared for that in advance because no matter how high the favorability of ML is for another party, once her ML cheats or comes in any contact with another woman, She will break the relationship.
This is the route Alex painfully knows about as this brain-dead thing happens in too many dog-blood romance novels, But because of his precautions she can feel these emotions but she could not help but to forgive him.
This way, Alex can make her watch him flirting around with another woman without facing the consequences of it. Not only that this way he can even numb strong emotions in Sandra, So she will not react to that extent seeing him with another woman.
"Forget about that shop assistant, Tell me why Xin Yan even comes close to me in medical qualification? She is lower than me, that's why I got her position of head of the medicine department from her."
Liza could not care about Sandra struggling there with her emotions, She was more concerned about the blasphemy Alex committed by putting Xin Yan equal to her.
She knew what level of knowledge Xin Yan actually is in the field but that's the reason why she knew she stood no chance against her, So she did not want to be compared to someone who was not equal to her.
Which in her eyes no one is, As her medical maniac talent makes sure of it, Maybe only a protagonist or another heroine in a medical stream can stand a chance against her no one else.
"Well, I know Xin Yan quite well, Plus She has more experience in this field than you, Even though she is 10 years younger than you-"
"Hearsay!! I was busy managing the family business and not wasting my time, Plus she is just a few years younger than me, not 10, I don't care what argument you have but this is my truth."
Alex wanted to strike once again but as the age factor came out Liza could not sit still, She quickly jumped and quickly represented her argument while completely ignoring facts that counter her.
She will not listen to anything related to her age, As she did not want to be called a predator or an old cow wanting to eat young grass, She is not old in the awakening field, So her argument is perfect from her point of perspective.
"Truth is a factual thing, It's have yours or min-"
"Alex, can you please argue with her in the car on our way towards the hospital? I need to see my mother now."
Alex wanted to go and broke the tsundere personality of Liza trying to come up but stopped midway as the anxious and hurried voice of Grace stopped him in his tracks
"I am so sorry Grace, Yes, We can do that first, All of you get in the car, Don't be shy think of Liza as a family."
Alex understands the eagerness of Grace even though he knew there can go nothing wrong with Gloria thanks to her heroine status but he can't say that to Grace, So he quickly pulled everyone in the car.
"Y-Yes don't be shy."
Liza was taken aback by their unexpected words from Alex. It hit her out of nowhere but she loved the fact that he see her as a family, So she threw all the dissatisfaction she had out of the window and unlocked the car to let them all in.
Though Sandra wanted to say more, Try harder to separate Grace from Alex but seeing it is not the right time obediently followed behind them in the car.
Xiao Bai like always followed Alex and get into a long car with Liza seated close to him, While on the other hand Grace, Liza and Sandra were seated in front of them as Liza's driver started the car.
After everyone was sat down, The car started its journey towards the hospital where most of Alex's problems and solutions lay.