Chapter 160: Unlucky
Alexander cursed under his breath, anxiety building as he realized how late it was. He feared he wouldn’t make it to the party in time to stand by Rain’s side before it ended. Worse, he needed to explain those photos—images of Carla hugging him, with a link to an article that Rain had sent. Since then, her phone had been unreachable, and it gnawed at him.
"Relax, Boss. We’re landing soon," Tyron tried to calm him, but Alexander was anything but relaxed.
"Dammit... just make sure none of those photos leak! And I don’t want to see more of those absurd nonsense articles in the media!" he snapped.
Tyron scratched his head, glancing at Alexander. "There aren’t any photos online, Boss. I’m sure they were sent directly to Mrs. Lancaster only. The article was already removed, and we’re monitoring in case anything pops up."
"We’ll be there in fifteen minutes, Boss, so don’t worry!" Tyron reassured Alexander. But Alexander couldn’t relax. His mind was racing—he needed to get to Rain and explain those photos before things got worse.
Just as they neared an intersection, a kid suddenly dashed into the road. Tyron swerved to avoid the child, and the car spun out of control. They crashed into a brick wall with a jolt. The impact wasn’t severe, but it was enough to stop the car dead.
"Damn it!" Alexander cursed under his breath, feeling the weight of everything piling up. First the photos, then missing most of the time to be with Rain at the party to personally protect her, and now this. The car wasn’t going anywhere.
Tyron checked his phone and said, "Boss, the backup will be here in ten minutes, but there’s no taxi around."
"We don’t have ten minutes," Alexander growled, shrugging off his coat and removing his tie in frustration. He stepped out of the car, lifted the hood, and quickly found the issue, but it wasn’t something he could fix on the spot.