New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 199 Christian advice

The next day, Alex sat in his living room, contemplating whether to follow Christian's advice or just let things be. His mind was a whirl of thoughts and emotions. He couldn't shake off the feeling that he needed to check on Claire. Something inside him urged him to visit her, to make sure she was okay.

Deciding to act on his instincts, Alex got ready and headed out. He stopped by a flower shop and picked out a bouquet of Claire's favorite flowers. Then, he went to the pharmacist to buy some medicine and ointment for her bruises. He didn't stop there; he also swung by a bakery to get her some fresh bread and coffee.

Once he had everything, Alex drove back to Metacortex. As he stepped out of his car and walked inside the building, some employees gave him curious looks and whispered among themselves. Ignoring them, Alex headed to the receptionist to ask for a guest card. This time, it wasn't as difficult as yesterday since she already knew who Alex was.

"Good morning, Mr. Alex," the receptionist greeted with a smile. "Here's your guest card."

"Thank you," Alex replied, taking the card and heading to the lift.

Inside the lift, he pressed the button for Claire's floor. He hoped to get to her office before she arrived so he could leave the items without causing a scene. However, as the lift stopped and the doors opened, Alex made his way to Claire's office and knocked on the door, hearing her soft voice inviting him in.

Alex stepped inside, and Claire looked up curiously. "Alex? What are you doing here this morning?"

Alex cleared his throat. "I wanted to give you these," he said, placing the flowers, medicine, and the coffee and bread on her desk.

Claire looked slightly surprised. "Wow, thank you, Alex," she said, though her tone lacked much emotion.

Alex shifted nervously. "How's your neck?" he asked, noticing she was still wearing a turtleneck.

Claire answered, slightly uncomfortable. "It's still the same."

Alex nodded, concern in his eyes. "I bought some ointment for the bruises. It should help."

Claire nodded, looking around awkwardly. "Thanks, Alex."

There was an awkward silence between them. Alex finally spoke up. "I'll take my leave now."

Claire only nodded, unsure what else to say. "Okay. Thanks again, Alex."

Alex couldn't help but wonder why things are so awkward between them when they are both not talking about work. He blame himself for creating the mess in the first place.

he closed Claire office, Matthew appear, and he narrowed his eyes at Alex. "Mr. Harris, fancy seeing you here in the morning. What are you doing in Claire office?" he crossed his arms as he stared at Alex with

stopping by to give

and so did Alex. "Anything that involved Claire is my

believe that your boss is alright just because

That's why I will believe everything

out a scoffed. "Well, you're an

outside, you know." Matthew suggested and Alex smirked at the suggestion. "Sure, this

office door burst open. Claire stood there staring at these

doing?" Claire crossed

just talking." Said Matthew who shoot her a smile. Alex on the

gave her a small smile. "One more thing, please don't let your dog roam free, I worried he will bite innocent people." With that Alex left her office and Matthew

while shaking her head. "You're not going to do

He entered Claire's office and took a seat across from her desk. Claire sat down behind her desk and looked at him seriously. "Why did you punch him, Matthew?"

confused. "I didn't punch Alex this

the blue." Matthew sighed deeply, realizing she had caught him. "I did it out of anger because you fainted." Claire's expression

clenched his fists. "I know, but every time I see Lisa, I can't help but think

few times and accused

instead."

appreciate that you're looking out

looked down, feeling guilty.

fine, but the one you should be sorry to

him as long

tired. "Due to Lisa's actions yesterday, Metacortex got dragged

"How bad is

media thought Lisa is one of our employees so they made theories about working in Metacortex can make

go down?" Matthew asked,

it didn't get affected. We're lucky this

let out a breath of relief. "That's good news, at

but in a few minutes, I will have an online meeting with the