He had been grasping onto fraying strings that were going to lead him no where. Absolutely no where. Because Henri had nothing to lose really. Again, she had done nothing wrong. Oh, her behavior was appalling at times but he couldn't use that against her. She wasn't off getting drunk every night, sleeping out, doing drugs - that he knew of - so he couldn't use that to his advantage. As far as he knew, Henri was an open book with no deep, dark secrets. Blackmailing her in return was not going to suffice because there was nothing he could use to his advantage. It was a position that Alexander was not familiar with as he was the master at this came. It seemed, however, that he had finally met his match.

The sad thing was, in reality, it wasn't that much of a match. Henri had the cards and she knew how to use them, that was it. She wasn't making grand plans against him, scheming, plotting, or anything of the sort. No, she had what she wanted to hold over his head and that was enough for her. If it had been Alexander, he would not have stopped there. But this was Henri and her cards were stacked well enough that she didn't need anything more than what she already had.

But he was offering her what he could. Alexander had resources. They were his best assets and had greatly helped him over the years. Still, he knew that they were truly nothing that Henri would probably want or need but he was going to try anyway, in the off chance that he could help her in a way. There was an arrogant side to him, of course, that believe she of course would be wanting his help because his influence was something that everyone wanted. When she took a step closer to him, Alexander didn't step away. He never backed down, especially from a girl. 

“I want you to leave me alone. You understand? No more bullying me or cornering me or threatening me. I don’t even want you speaking to me if you can help it....You understand? You’ll leave me alone if you want my silence.”

Alexander snorted. That was it? That was what she had come up with? She could have asked for anything in the world and that was what she was asking for? He chuckled. "Shouldn't be too hard, Miss Blythe. It's not like I deeply enjoy your presence." Of course he was a control freak and he knew at times he would want to slip up and tell her to knock off whatever ridiculous thing she was doing but if this was all she was asking for his silence, then that was fine by him.