Tempting the Billionaire and His Heir

Chapter 29 (1073)

ALEXA’S POV

Making my way in the kitchen, I found no one insight to disturb me from making a meal. I hope Mr. Brown doesnt mind me spending dinner at his mansion, I don’t want to go home to find Cody asking me about questions with the mission.

I hummed a tune quietly while preparing ingredients for dinner while humming along, trying to calm myself. The song came to an abrupt end as the oven dinged. Grabbing my apron, I wiped my hands on it before wrapping it around me tightly and walked over to the oven with determination in my steps. The apron tied snug on my body. My cheeks flushed slightly as I stared at the tray of freshly baked casserole.

I couldn’t help feeling excited and nervous. It felt weird having an actual purpose other than being a decoration for your boyfriend’s life and a punching bag for a manchild, I’m glad I get the opportunity to take some time for myself.

Taking a few plates and utensils with me on a tray, I plate the casserole amd head upstairs. I quickly took a slice from the baking dish and placed it by the seat.

“Alexa?” I jumped on my feet as I hear Sam behind me.

“Jesus, you scared me!” She smiled at my reaction before looking between me and the baked dish.

“I thought you were on your dayoff?” Her brows furrowed as she continues to eye my meal.

“yeah, but my borther didn’t even text me that he would be out of town for the whole week. So I cam back here to spend it here,” I gave her a plate and sliced some for her to eat.

Her face brightened up as the smell hit her nose, taking her fork she takes a bite and gives a small satisfied moan.

“God, Alexa. You should be my mom!” I laughed and sat down beside her as we ate our meal.

After a while, we cleaned ourselves up and headed back downstairs after we finished our dinner. We ended up watching TV with the gardeners at the shed for awhile, laughing and joking around.

Sam eventually fell asleep and snoring loudly as I laid down beside her with the blankets wrapped around us while the others were off outside to the their last round of yardwork. She looked absolutely adorable sleeping, I’ve had the privilege to see her beautiful face more times than I can count, but she looked so peaceful.

I slowly moved away from her, tucking her in as she slept quietly and made my way out of shed.

“Jacob, Sam is asleep.” I mouthed over to the nearby gardeners who catched on what I was saying.

He gave me a thumbsup before I went inside to snoop around the mansion.

The first room was filled with a bunch of different kinds of paintings, sculptures, and another massive chandelier; it made me wonder why he keeps such things at his estate. Another room had a large couch, a tv, and game system.

I heard voices coming from a hallway. Making sure that they were not Mr. Brown and Nolan, I make my way further into the mansion. I peeked around the corner and saw that Nolan is standing in the middle of the hall talking animatedly with Mrs. Brown.

They are both facing each other as Mr. Brown has a stern expression on his face and is glaring intently at Nolan.

“Dad, just listen to me!”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“No, you’re girlfriend thankfully told me the truth! One more strike and I am grounding you, when that happens I am hiring a bodyguard!” Mr. Brown yells.

“You cannot be serious, right now?” Nolan exasperated .

“Are you daring me to do it? If I do it I will have to place in security cameras everyone, do you want that?”

My eyes widen at their conversation at the idea that Cody might get caught if Mr. Brown installs cameras around the mansion. I have to keep Nolan behaved or else my ass is toasted by Cody.

I quickly crawled out of their sight and downstairs to the living room to sit down.

I sighed in defeat, not wanting to risk my butt by confronting Cody alone.

“What the hell am I supposed to do now ?” I asked myself as I comb my fingers through my hair.

I look at my phone and decided to call Jade since I could count on her in this kind of situation. Since there was nothing better to do, I decided to let her know my dilemma. After three rings, she picked up.

“Hi Jade, it’s Alexa. How are you?”

“I’m fine thanks, Alex. Are you alright?”

“Yes, I’m good. Listen-”

“Hold that thought. There’s someone at the door.”

“Jade, wait-”

Before I could finish my sentence, Jade hangs up and I could hear footsteps approaching. A few seconds passed before they reached me.

“Who are you talking to?”

Looking over my shoulder, I was greeted with the sight of Nolan who had bloodshot eyes, walking down the stairs with a frown on his face. I turn around to face him fully.

“Where have you been, haven’t seen you the rest while I was here?”

“Dad and I had been talking for a long while,” He explained before stepping closer to me.

I have to make a way to keep him in line so that when the time comes that Cody and the gang is around, they wont get caught by the security cameras.

“Are you alright ?”

“Yeah…” he tell me with a fake smile. “It was just a minor argument with him, nothing too harsh… Why do you even care? ” He continues, looking awkwardly.

“Is that so… I just thought you might need someone to talk to,” I replied with a raised eyebrow at him.

He doesn’t respond back and instead looks away from my questioning look.

“Look..” I begin, hesitantly. “It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just…”

“I know that, I get it.” He states calmly.

“Oh, sure, with that kind of expression I would definitely trust,” I tell him sarcastically, rolling my eyes.

He chuckles softly at my sarcasm.

“I promise, I’m not lying. Plus trust me, I can handle myself,” he tells me in a reassuring voice.

“Okay,” I say with uncertainty in my voice. I nod my head slightly, hoping that he wouldn’t take it any deeper than that.

“Alexa?”