The Alchemists

Aleksis woke up late and found that she was alone in the bedroom. Reluctantly, she washed herself in the bathroom and changed her clothes to a casual dress that looked very beautiful on her body.

She found Alaric in his study. He was signing some papers before placing them in a drawer. The man looked very fresh and happy, the opposite of Aleksis, whose body felt very tired and rather painful.

She felt a little ashamed because last night, technically, Alaric was the one who worked hard and she just selfishly enjoyed their lovemaking.

But how could Alaric look so fresh and full of vigor this morning?

"Good morning," Aleksis said as she entered Alaric's office. The man raised his face and a smile immediately etched on his face. Aleksis immediately felt as if her heart string had been tugged when she saw Alaric's happy face, "Why didn't you wake me up? It's almost 10am. I feel so ashamed. I feel like I am such a lazy person ..."

Alaric got up and kissed Aleksis, "It's okay, you don't have any activities today. Didn't you plan to skip class? I got up quickly because I had to get ready for my departure. Tomorrow I will have a meeting with the representatives of the Meier Group in London."

"Why can't they come here?" Aleksis asked him. Now she realized that her sadness was not because she was tired from their activities the night before, but because she was unconsciously sad to know that Alaric was leaving.

"This has been discussed from a long time ago. There are several things that must be discussed on the spot. I want to see the system they have and the facilities we have to build for the project," Alaric closed his laptop and then took Aleksis out of his study. "Breakfast?"

Aleksis nodded. They walked hand in hand to the dining room and enjoyed the breakfast his staff had prepared. The two did not talk much during their meal; they only enjoyed each other's presence before they had to part.

"While I'm gone, you can come and stay here at anytime. All the servants already know who you are." Alaric said when they finished eating.

It was almost time to leave.

Aleksis just nodded.

Pavel arrived ten minutes later and had a short conversation with Alaric before they got ready to leave.

"Can I come with you to the airport?" Aleksis asked later.

"Of course." Alaric's answer made Aleksis very happy, so the girl immediately tiptoed and kissed him. Pavel looked away at the scene, while Alaric just laughed. "You must forgive Pavel, he is just too serious."

Aleksis realized that from their first meeting, Pavel seemed to dislike her. Maybe he was still holding a grudge because Aleksis had argued with him at the Sky Bar on their first meeting, or he really didn't like her because Aleksis had succeeded in capturing his boss' heart. But at this point, Aleksis didn't care much about him.

She actually liked the fact that Alaric's people seem to have their own mind and not act like robots around him. She also respected them for not pretending to be kind to suck up on him.

They immediately left for the airport. Pavel had taken care of everything so that the armored Mercedes was able to go straight into the runway area. They didn't need to go through the check-in, immigration and boarding gates like commercial passengers.

Aleksis, who was used to boarding her family's private plane, did not seem surprised by the fact that they did not go through the entire check-in procedure as on a commercial plane, and this caught Alaric's attention.

"You're not surprised that we went straight into the runway area?" he asked, astonished. "It's as if you are used to riding a private plane."

Aleksis just realized her mistake. Ugh ... Alaric would soon find out that she was very rich.

"I had expected someone like you to have a private plane, so I was not surprised," she answered in the nonchalant tone, "I've seen videos of people boarding private planes before."

"Oh ..." Alaric looked at Aleksis for a long time. He had heard from Pavel that there was a possibility that Aleksis was Kurt Van Der Ven's illegitimate daughter, but Aleksis had not told him anything about this, so he still did not know the truth.

He did not want to ask his wife about it because he was worried that Aleksis would be embarrassed. He wanted to wait until Aleksis opened up to him ... But now the girl made him even more curious.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" asked Aleksis.

"Hmm ... it's fine." Alaric then remembered that Aleksis was so understanding last night by letting him hide his face until he felt comfortable opening up to her.

Alaric decided to do the same and would not force Aleksis to tell him about her family.

"I want to see your plane, can I? I wonder how it looks like from the inside ..." Aleksis said to distract him. Her face looked curious and full of enthusiasm.

She certainly knew what Alaric's private plane would look like on the inside. From the shape of the cockpit window, she could already see that it was one of the private aircraft products with a capacity of 30 people made by Atlas Corp, a subsidiary of his father's company.

She remembered that 20 years ago, her father was forced to buy the aviation company to fire an impudent marketing manager who harassed her mother.

Atlas Corp became one of Caspar's favorite companies, because the purchase of Atlas Corp was the reason Finland decided to accept his love, and finally then they got married and lived happily until now.

"Hmmm ... well, please come onboard, Princess. I will take you around to give you a tour," Alaric said happily.

He helped Aleksis get into his plane and showed the inside of the plane that was elegantly and luxuriously designed. There were already around 10 staff on the plane who were busy doing various jobs.