Chapter 3 Karma

It has been 3 days after Claire and Alex encounter. Claire is currently staying at the mansion she requested, and she is relief with the quietness in the mansion where she doesn’t have to constantly see Alexander Harris face. The constant bell ringing interrupt her from her beauty sleep as Alex kept pressing the bell. Claire trudge downstairs and yanked the door open looking annoyed. Before Claire could even utter a word, arrogantly, Alex invited himself in. “Sure come in.” said Claire feeling annoyed by his mere presence. Alex face her looking angry as usual. He pointed to his phone. “Why are you not answering your damn phone?” Claire raised her brows while examining her perfectly done nails. “Why should I?” “If someone call you, you answer it. God dammit!” “For your information, I block your number. In my defense, I didn’t receive any calls.” Claire smiled innocently. “Since you have receive my answer, please leave. Just the thought of you being in this house make me nausea.” Alex scoffed. “I could say the same thing. I would not even be here if you actually answer my call.” “Yeah, yeah, excuses, excuses.” Claire dismissed him with the wave of her hand. “Get to the point, what do you want?” “Tomorrow, 9 am sharp, court. Be there or else.” Claire rolled her eyes. “You came all the way here for that? You could have just send your secretary or your people to tell me that.” She stared at Alex in disbelief. “I don’t trust anyone, especially you. I’m making sure you don’t pull any stupid tricks.” “You really need to get over that negativity. It doesn’t look good on you.” Claire said sarcastically. Alex glared daggers at her as he picked up the phone from none other than his new lover. “Yes, sweetie?” In just a matter of second, Alex turned into this sweet, gentle guy. For some reason Claire is still in disbelief. How stupid of Lisa to fall for a man like him? Claire thought to herself. “You what? Are you okay?” Concern laced on his voice. “Okay, I will contact the best hospital to take care of you. Don’t worry, sweetie, I will be right there.” “Karma a bitch.” Claire muttered quietly while also smiling to herself. “Be there tomorrow, Peterson or you won’t get the things that you requested.” Alex sneered at her. “Sure, just go and take care of your new lover. I hope she is not okay; I mean okay.” A cheeky smile plastered on her face as Alex walked a way from the house before shooting her one last glared. “What a dick.” Not even a minute later, another car parked in the driveway. Claire wonders who it will be. Is it one of Alex helpers or whatever? Nick, the lawyer, hop out of the car and greet Claire. She nodded her head as she is waiting for him to speak first. Usually, Nick never feel awkward or out of place when he is with Mrs. Harris but after that incident, he can’t help but notice something different from her. “Yes, Nick?” “Oh yeah, sorry, I’m here to deliver the copy of the divorced paper.” Nick handed the paper to Claire. “Thank you, for delivering this.” “Yes, no problem, miss,” Silence filled the air as none of them uttered a word. “Nick?” “Yes, miss?” “Are you not leaving?” Nick quickly said. “Oh y-yeah. I’m going.” Nick walked to his car while digesting the situation. “They really are divorcing.” Nick muttered to himself as he climbed into the car and drove away. She slammed the front door shut suddenly feeling sick by all of these. Claire looked around the mansion she is staying and even feel sick. She has no idea why she chose it maybe it is her way to anger Alex. After all you don’t always get on Alexander Harris nerves. It’s like a one-time opportunity. With the mansion remind her of Alex, she dialed the number which she knows by heart. The call is answered on the second ring. “It’s me.” Matthew, her loyal friend and partner in crime jumped out of the chair which causing the chair to fall down. “Boss…is that you?” A smirked playing on Claire lips. “Of course, who else.” “Oh my God, Claire, where have you been? It’s been three years. We thought something bad happened to you.” Liam voiced his concern. Claire is quiet. She doesn’t know how to explain to Matthew. “Hello?” “Yeah, I’m fine. So much had happened. Listen, I need you to pick me up now. I’ll send you the address.” “Roger that boss, will be there before you know it.” “Great. Oh, and one more thing, bring me my usual clothes.” “Consider it done.” Claire walked pass by the big mirror and stared at herself. She looks plain, she looks boring. There isn’t any color and life from her. She thought to herself, who is the woman in the mirror. She doesn’t know her at all, and it is not her. All her clothes in her walk-in closet is not to her taste at all. It is so conservative and bright. While waiting for Matthew to arrive, she open her laptop and comes back doing what she really enjoy. Hacking. At just a young age, she was a prodigy in computer science, her skills unmatched by many. Known as Raven in the online world, Claire was the mastermind behind Cryptonic, a secretive community where hackers from across the globe gathered. Accessible only by invitation, those eager to join had to crack a complex code designed by Claire herself. Her fingers tapping away at the keyboard with ease as she finally acquired a secret document from the Robertson family. A sound of a helicopter caught Claire attention as she make her way to the garden where it landed. A familiar face which she is dying to see making way to her. “Boss! You are alive.” She rolled her eyes at Matthew dramatic greeting. “But what happened to your head?” The bandage is still wrap around her head since Alex pushed her real hard. She waved him off and told him it was nothing. “Did you bring the clothes?” “Who hurt you, Claire? Let me have a talk with him.” “Okay…that is enough Matt. As you can see, I am okay. Now, clothes.” Matthew handed her the clothes. Claire headed to her room to get changed quickly. She now felt like herself as she stared at the mirror. A black backless dress that hugged her waist perfectly. The slit on the side of the leg is just perfect. “Now lets take this bandage off.” A wide smile spread on her lips. “Perfect.” Matthew can’t help but wondering what kind of life Claire has been living as he waits for her to get ready. She must be miserable, thought Matthew. He will do anything, even take a bullet for her, that is how loyal Matthew is. Matthew stared at her in awe as she descended the stairs. “Wow…boss you look amazing.” “Thanks, Matt. Now, let’s pay our company a visit, shall we?” a vicious smirk dancing on her red lips as they climbed on the helicopter.