Chapter 2 - The Eviction
"Alexander, darling, you don't understand," Victoria stammered, her voice dropping two octaves as she tried to resurrect her sweet, loving facade. "They were misbehaving. I was just trying to instill some discipline. The nanny has them completely out of control!"
Alexander pulled his phone from his pocket. He tapped the screen once. Instantly, the audio from the security cameras blared through the house's integrated speaker system. Victoria's own voice echoed off the marble walls: "Keep your mouth shut and remember your place."
Victoria covered her mouth, her eyes wide with sheer panic.
"I heard everything. I saw everything," Alexander said, his voice dangerously low. "You isolated them. You terrified them. And you manipulated me to cover your tracks."
"I love you!" she shrieked, tears ruining her mascara. "I am going to be your wife!"
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"You are nothing to me," Alexander replied. He gestured to the doorway, where his chief of security, Marcus, now stood with two massive guards. "You have exactly ten minutes to pack whatever fits into one suitcase. Anything bought with my money stays here. If you are not off my property in eleven minutes, Marcus will physically throw you into the street."
Victoria screamed, cursed, and threatened to ruin him in the press, but Alexander just turned his back and walked away. The reign of terror was over.
