Andrea

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We left from Italy a few days ago and Andrea has barley said a word to me. She only talks to me when there are meetings and it involves her work. Other than that basically nothing. I see her laughing with Leslie and Rachel often though, so at least they're there for her. Right now I'm in my office signing papers just like I've been doing for the past few days. Without Andrea being around me and her avoiding me it's like the tiniest bit of light I had went off and it's backs to how it used to be, but then I hear her laugh come from her room and that light flickers. Andrea has made it clear that she wants nothing to do with me unless it has to do with work, so I'm gonna keep my distance. Today Ben is visiting so we can finish up the deals we started at the ball before we were interrupted by Andrea wanting to dance. I sign the last paper and exit my office going to my room to change into something more meeting appropriate. I don't want put on a full suit so I just put on the button up shirt and pants and by the time I walk downstairs I see Jax letting Ben in.

"Benjamin." I say greeting him and nodding at Jax signaling him to leave. He hesitates for a moment but he leaves. Ben isn't my favorite person in the world, we only work together because of the alliance he and my father made years ago before they stepped down and we stepped up. Ben and I used to be pretty good friends before he tried to convince his father to arrange a marriage between him and Rachel. That day all hell broke loose and I almost killed him, but was stopped by my father. Ben and I haven't had a normal conversation since. Only business.

"Alexander." He greets back. I walk back to my office again with him close behind hearing his footsteps close behind. Once we get in I sit at my desk and he sits in the chair across from me.

"What do you want Ben?" I ask.

"We need to prove our alliance Alexander. You know the Ravens are coming." He says. The Ravens are the Russian mafia aka our rivals. Recently I was informed that they raided one of my buildings on 54th street. The night after Andreas accident actually. I don't know what they want, I just know they're coming. But they fear Benjamin, so I need him with me.

"How do we do that?" I asks. He's about the answer but Andrea walks in cutting him off. She walks to me and leans down to whisper something to me.

"Leslie, Rachel and I want to go out can we go? They made me ask because they know you'll say yes to me." She whispers to me laughing and I smile.

"Go ahead, just take Jax with you." I say and she groans. This is the first time she's actually talked to me since Italy. I don't care that she's just asking to leave, at least she's talking to me.

"Can we take you? You know Jax hates me, if someone comes to kill us he'll take Leslie and Rachel then leave me." She groans causing me to laugh.

"I can't I'm busy." I say turning her attention to Ben and there's a shift in her mood, but when she turns to me it shifts back.

"Please." She begs placing a soft kiss on my lips. Okay, now I'm confused. I raise my eyebrow at her.

"Are you drunk?" I ask and she shakes her head no.

"Okay, I'll go just let me finish this up please, and we have to talk about that later." I say and she does some happy dance walking out of the room. What the fuck just happened. She hasn't talked to me in days, then all of a sudden she comes in and does that. I'm not mad, just confused.

"I have an offer." Ben says pulling me back to reality.

"Go on." I rush him, I don't have much time now that the girls want to go out. I have at least 15 minutes until they all rush in here and drag me out of the room.

"I'll get the Russians to back off, if you give me her." He says. What? I look at him stunned, but keeping a straight face.

"No." I say blandly, and getting up from my seat.