After quite sometime of arguing with Lellouch, Alejandro decided to go alone to the Company Building. He was so frustrated that for the first time in history, someone defied his command. The worst thing was, he couldn't win. There is something with Lellouch that unabled him to control her.
"You seemed to be distracted, Mr. Grand." Magloire, his assistant asked. They were discussing of the disastrous Testing Flight in Arizona, yet the CEO was unmoved of her reports. She was so confused, she hasn't seen Alejandro behaved that way.
"I need to see the intervention report of the team handling the Testing Flight." He responded calmly.
"Aren't you going to Arizona to checked the malfunction itself, Mr. Grand? I don't think this is quite a normal malfunction. Two planes have been crashed for the entire day." the Chief Legal Officer utter with apprehension.
Alejandro paused. Now they got his attention. "What is the status of these planes? Do these planes underwent malfunction before?" he asked.
"None so far, Mr. Grand. These planes belong to our Innovation Project Last year. These are planes with high-technology and are among the fastest planes that we had. No malfunction has been reported even from the start of the Project. What causes my suspicions is that both planes haven't followed the checking procedure on that day." the Chief Legal Officer responded.
Alejandro's eyes narrowed. Someone sabotaged the planes.
"No one can declare a plane that is ready for take-off without checking it. Have you checked all the clients' activities during and after the incident?"
"All CCTV footage were collected during the arrival and before planes' take-off. Unfortunately, we haven't seen any suspicious activities among the staff and clients. Although, we are demanding for a follow-up investigation for all the clients involved including the survivors of the plane together with the three pilots – the other co-pilot died."
"That means I have to go there and see for myself." Alejandro concluded.
He wasn't even done giving instructions and someone barge in his office.
"Hello, Alejandro!" greetings from his cousin, Fabio, with full of sarcasm.
Alejandro stare at him and lean on his seat. "What brought you here?" he said indifferently.
"Aren't you going to be polite with your only cousin? Remember, were family." Fabio responded with a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. He emphasizes the word family with sarcasm – slapping Alejandro that he doesn't have a Grand running in his veins.
"I don't think I have invited you here. Nonetheless, I'd like to know your business." Alejandro contested.
"I've got a new project and I'd like you to be in." Fabio stood in front of him, disregarding his Assistant and Chief Legal Officer.
"You think I'll be interested?"
"Definitely!" Fabio answered with much confidence.
Alejandro paused and look intently at Fabio. After a minute, he stood and walked around the table to face him, both hands on his pocket. "Let me hear it, then."
Upon hearing this, Magloire, his assistant and the Chief Legal Council stood. They understood more what it means to eavesdrop a conversation with the Grands.
Alejandro offered the sofa as he went back to his seat behind his huge marble table.
"I want to buy a property in Oakville." Fabio announced.
Alejandro leaned back to his seat, narrowing his eyes. He knows exactly where it's going. "And what does it have to do with me?"
"It has a lot to do with you, since you own the property." Fabio said, tightening his necktie and crossing his leg.
"What makes you think I would sell it to you, if I own it?" he asked nonchalantly.
"I don't." Fabio responded quickly. "Just name your price."
"Unfortunately, it's not for sale." Alejandro answered staring directly to his eyes.
Fabio stand and started pacing slowly back and fort in front of him then laughed. "Alejandro Grand. A Multi-Billionaire CEO of an International Shipping-Airlines Company has thrown interest on a small property of a very small town in Canada." He stopped, placed both his hands on Alejandro's table and leaned closer to him. "I know you found something in their Alejandro, you're just too selfish to share."
"Why would I share, if it is the home of the woman I'll be marrying?" he responded raising one of his eyebrows.
"So, you do have her?" it doesn't sound a question but rather a statement.
"What does it have to do with you?" he retaliated.
"I found her first! We knew each other. She wouldn't trust anybody she doesn't know." Fabio raised his voice at him.
"What makes you say that? She's with me now."
"I need her – "
"Do you need her or that thing that is connected to her?" Alejandro barked that made Fabio froze. "I believe this conversation will never get anywhere so I'd be delighted to escort you out of my office."
Fabio laughed with sarcasm. "This isn't a conclusion Alejandro. You don't know who you're dealing with."
"Well see." Alejandro responded that made him leave the room.
As soon as Fabio is out, Lucas barge inside. "Mr. Grand, I think you need to know this. The Young Princess is nowhere to be found."
Alejandro massage his temple before he stands. He walked quickly out of the room towards the elevator. "Have you checked the CCTV of the mansion?"
"Yes, she was last seen at the library. Yet when the maids served her tea, she wasn't there at all."
"How about the security?"
"No traces of her has been detected outside the mansion." Lucas responded as he followed Alejandro in the elevator.
"Shit!" Alejandro cursed under his breath. Probably this was Fabio's intensions to distract him earlier while his men were kidnapping Lellouch. "Secure the perimeter and gather some men to look inside the mansion and the neighboring area as well." He commanded.
In a few minutes they were already in the parking area. Lucas went directly to the driver's seat and Alejandro at the back of him. In a fast motion he maneuvered the car as if in a race to get back to the mansion as quickly as possible.
In no time they reach the foyer. He can see the maids in panicked as they saw him walking inside the mansion. "Have you found her?"
"N-no signs at all, Mr. Grand. We've search anywhere but we can't find her." The Housekeeper answered in a nervous tone.
"Where was she before she disappeared?"
"In the library, Mr. Grand. She was just standing there and not moving. Then she asked for tea from on of the maids who was cleaning the area. And when she's back with the water, the Young Princess disappeared. She was calling for her yet nobody answered." She explained.
They continued to search the entire mansion and the area outside the property yet she was nowhere to be found. Alejandro was almost running from one room to another. Until he stopped, and thought about the most ridiculous idea. He sighed and started walking again towards her room.
Inside, he went into the walk-in closet straight to the huge mirror. There, inside the bathroom, he found her, curled in the jacuzzi with her head on top of her knees. He didn't say a word and walked calmly towards her. Lellouch on the other hand noticed someone approaching to her and she raised her head slowly.
"Hey… Are you okay." He asked calmly but she shook her head. Noticing this, he didn't bother to inform her that the entire staff was looking for her. She would probably panicked and become apologetic. He scooped her and brought her inside the closet. Taking a towel, she placed it on her head. "Let us get you change first or else you'll catch a cold. Then, maybe, you can tell me why you are inside the tub?"
She obliged. Lellouch took off her dress not minding that Alejandro was around and went straight to the dressing area. She chooses a satin dress that is not so tight but enough to emphasized the curves of her body.
"Aren't you aware that I was here looking at you the entire time?" Alejandro asked her dumfounded when she approached him.
"I don't mind anymore. As if I have a choice. I'm stuck here. Whether I like it or not." She took her seat beside him. I was there in the library. It was so huge that it can occupy the entire building of my school in College." she stated.
"Do you have any bad memories of it?" Alejandro asked.
"That is where I saw similar faces following me all the time. They have tattoo of inverted cross at their nape."