Alec strolled into the living room and relaxed on the couch for a few seconds to wait for Raquel, he reached out for his phone in his pockets when he realized he had left it in his room.
He was too lazy to get up and get it, but after waiting for more than a minute and Raquel wasn't out yet, he sighed and moved towards his room.
Alec picked up his phone which he had tossed on the bed earlier up and finally turned it on, he went through the numerous replies from the story he posted a week ago and text messages from his father and Gina
"Alec I need you back here right now!!!" [Text 'Dad with a sweating emoji']
"The nerve of you to leave at such a critical time, Alex is going to use this against you to take over the company I built with my sweat and blood!!" [Text from 'Dad with a sweating emoji']
"Yeah and I may die sweating same blood at this rate if I don't take a break" Alec muttered to himself and rolled his eyes
"Do you really not care about me at all Alec?" [Text from an unsaved contact] but Alec didn't need to be told it was Gina.
He randomly glanced at the countless texts, unwilling to even view the remaining but his gaze caught sight of a text from his assistant, Dave.
"I've fallen in love with you..." [Text from Dave]
What the fuck?! Maybe Dave made a mistake?? Alec immediately clicked the text to view the remaining message..
"I've fallen in love with you- Sir Alec, I know you won't even bother to view this message so I had to start with that initial sentence, pardon me for that. But you should really come back or you will have to hire another assistant by the time you are back, your father had ordered me to summit my resignation"
Alec chuckled at the message, Dave was someone important to him so there is no way he would allow his resignation but he doesn't want to be bothered about that now so he just texted a four word reply to him.
"You are a joke" he clicked the send button and went back to home screen.
And that was the only message he replied to.
Alec knows that his father would have already found him by now if he actually wanted to, or if the situation was a kidnap but he was happy he gave him that respect and freedom as a grown man and didn't barge in with the guards to force him back and maybe, punish him.
His father knew he was safe, so he let him be despite his threats, but if he doesn't come back at some point then his father may actually come get him himself.
His father wasn't a bad person to him or something but he just needed to be a little softer and stop being deceived by pretentious people, not everything is about the company and who or what is good for the family.
Light knocks sounded and before he could give his permission to come in, Raquel already plopped her head from the door first before bringing the rest of her body in and closing the door behind.
A speechless Alec, gazed at her in confusion at her action and disbelief at the fact that she was still in a bath robe and standing in front of him bare footed, she hasn't dressed up at all.
The robe was slightly loosened as she stood with an ointment in her hand.
"Fair?" He called and her she responded with a soft voice
"Hmm"
"It's been like ten minutes now.. why are you still like this?"
She raised her hand which held the ointment to him "I know, I want you to help me with this"