Picking Up Where We Left Off...(Brooke/Alexander)

[call_me_phobos]

 

Alexander's business was booming. The work kept him on his toes and now he understood a bit of what his father went through when he was a child. Even Zeus sent a letter of praise for Alexander's success, though the demigod of Fear could tell it was a grudging one. Zeus rarely gave praise to anyone except his favorite son, Hercules, and a few other people who kissed up to him. Like his father, Alexander Aaron vowed never to be one of those people.

Eventually he hired someone to run the day-to-day operations of the company so that he could focus upon his work. Miss Felicity was good at her job and very professional...except in her desire to be more than Alexander's CEO. Despite his attempts to brush her off, she still wanted to know more about him as a prelude to something more. Felicity was attractive, intelligent and desired by every man who came across her but she had a glaring flaw that Alexander couldn't overlook:

She wasn't Brooke Wyngarde.

The increase in his workload gave Alexander a reason (so he told himself) not to call Brooke when he didn't hear from her. She would call him when she was ready not before. He accepted that. But as time went on and he saw headlines and gossip pages showing her about town, Alexander couldn't help wondering if she'd found another person to be interested in. That idea bothered him but he tried to remember that she wouldn't live nearly as long as he would. If she'd met someone else, then so be it.

That line of thought lasted about five seconds total.

He picked up his phone and dialed Brooke's number, hoping she was available.

 

 

Comments

[hellfire_empath]

"If your past - your history - was a problem for me, I wouldn't be here right now," Brooke said. "I'm not going to lie and say that I'm not the type to play games, because in some instances, I absolutely am, but I'm not doing that here, with you." She knew better than to outgame a godling, anyway. "There are a lot of things that I want. Power. Money. Love. Those are the first three that come to mind, though not necessarily in that order," she said. "Though, to be honest, I'm not doing too badly on the first two."

[call_me_phobos]

"Those three things are of great interest to me as well. I'm doing well on money. Personal power, I have, though I wouldn't mind obtaining some other power in this city if at all possible. That will come in time." he said.

"Love...is something new to me. I've never known it in my life. You're the first woman that's kept my attention for more than a few days. But I'd like to see where this goes because you and I are two of a kind, Brooke." Alexander said.

"Besides, I'd love for this city to know that you and I are an item. Imagine the gossip columns when we paint the town any color we choose."

[hellfire_empath]

Brooke grinned at that last statement. "I've always been partial to red, but there are other colours out there that suit me just as well," she said. "I'm keen on finding out where this could go, but you're aware of that now," she added. "Which is nice. It's nice to know where I stand, and where I stand is pretty nice."