Chapter 12"Come on, Alex. We're not quarreling, are we? I just missed you and I called to check up on you," Zora's calm voice sounds from the other end, and he sighs briefly as he rests his head on the headrest. The feelings he thought he had gotten rid of years ago came hitting at him as he feels his heart beating rapidly against his chest. How the hell her voice still makes him feel this way even after so many years is a puzzle he can't bring himself to sort out. "Thank you," He says to calmly, trying to fight this crazy feeling. They have been apart for years, she should fucking know her boundary and stop talking to him. "Hmm. Bye," She says from the other end, before silence reigns there, and he assumes that she already ended the call.He sighs briefly as he drops his phone on the passenger's seat next to him, before he starts the car. The thought of Zora keep popping up in his head as he drives down the road, and every effort to get it off proves abortive. "Come on, don't be
Chapter 13A dead silence reigns in the dining a few minutes later as the only sound that fills the air is the one coming from the cutlery. Alexa too is sitting with her brother, and picking on her food while having an unsatisfied look on her face, like the food doesn't satisfy her taste enough. Wendy glances at her for the umpteenth time, while wondering why every member of Alex's family hates her so much. What is her offense? "Are you sure you don't want to eat, honey?" Alex's voice jolts her back to reality, and she quickly shakes her head in denial. She has eaten before, and even if she hasn't, she doesn't have the appetite to. Not when Alexa is glaring hard at her. She would choke later if she tries to eat. "Hmm... I'm fine. I already had something to eat before you came back," She says with a forced smile on her face, and Alex returns the smile wholeheartedly. An awkward silence assumes the air afterward. "Alex, have you spoken with Zora in a while now?" Alexa suddenly asks
Chapter 14Taking a deep breath, he pushes the door open and walks in to see her sitting on the floor and crying. "Hey, come on," He hushes her as he squats beside her and pulls her into his warm embrace, stroking her hair. "Why does your family hates me so much? What have I ever done to them?" Her voice breaks sadly as she says amid tears, and he sighs briefly. This is the question he has been asking himself too. The last time he checked, if one's family really love them, they would accept whoever their child or brother chooses to be with, but why's his own different? He has done his investigation on her, and not that she has any bad traits in her family, so he still can't understand why his mom and sister hate her so much. "Shhhhh! Don't cry. It doesn't matter even if they don't like you. As long as I'm in love with you, that's all that matters to me, and that is all that should matter to you, OK?" He tries to make her happy, even if he knows that it's hard to adapt to. "It matt
Chapter 1Wendy Lee The minute hand finally ticks, and it's 5am. Jumping out of the bed and rushing into the bathroom excitedly, I turn on the shower and chuckle softly. It's finally the day that I'm getting married to the only man I've ever loved all my life. I have never been this happy all my life, I guess it's the joy that accompanies getting married, especially with the one you love. It's the best feeling ever. Just one year ago, I met the most handsome billionaire and the managing director of Thompson's group of company, Alex Thompson, at the wedding of my best friend. I didn't think that our meeting that day would eventually produce something good, but here we are today, getting married in a few hours and living the rest of our lives happily. Isn't it a miracle? I mean, this only happens in dramas, and to think that it happened to me in reality, I feel so special. Grabbing my towel from the towel ring, I tie it around my chest and hurry back into the room. My friend will soo
Chapter 2Two weeks agoThe past two weeks have been the happiest days of my life. Waking up each day to behold my handsome husband sleeping next to me on the bed while having his arm around my waist has been the best feeling so far. If only every woman out there is lucky to have a replica of Alex as their husband, then no one would suffer the pain some women do suffer in marriage. Alex is perfect for me, and the best man in the world. It's Sunday today, and we're going on a trip to Paris for our honeymoon. I can't wait to get there and explore there with my beloved husband. I have never been out of New York before, so this is going to be my first trip out of here. How was I supposed to afford a trip out of the country when I could barely feed myself, let alone take care of my upkeep? "Come on, honey, let's go already. You wouldn't want us to miss our flight, right?" Alex yells from outside for the umpteenth time, and I chuckle softly. He has been ready for almost thirty minutes now
Chapter 3Three days laterAlex has been acting weird for the past few days that we have been here, and it's already disturbing me. I have tried to question him several times why he has been like that, but he always told me that he's fine. Not that I believe him anyway. It's a beautiful Wednesday morning, and we have scheduled to go to visit some places here and have fun till the day is over. "I'm ready, babe. How do I look?" Turning to face Alex whose attention is all on his phone, he raises his gaze to look at me, and I bet that his face suddenly lits up excitedly. That feeling of having your man look at you and be all happy is everything. "You look crazily beautiful, babe. Do you mind taking a picture of you?" He winks at me, and I roll my eyes. "Not here, please. We'll take pictures all we want when we go out. For now, let's leave before we run late for it," I pick up my phone from the dresser and wear my sunglass before I stride out of the room with him trailing behind me. "
Chapter 4I still can't believe this even after he told me the truth by himself. After I left the doctor's office three hours ago, I met him awake in the ward. I went ahead to confront him, and he could only tell me that he was scared of losing me. He thought that I would leave him if he told me that he had a brain tumor. "I'm sorry, Wendy. I know how you feel. Believe me, I didn't intend to deceive you. I was scared of losing you. I didn't want you to run away from me," The pain in his eyes as he say those words to me earlier, all I could think of was the pain he has been going through. 'I just want to have a happy life with the woman I love in these few years I have left to spend here. I... I just want to have a child. I want to know what it feels like to be a father' his words break my heart into a million pieces. The thought of losing my lovely husband in two years drives me crazy. Turns out that the cancerous cells have spread so much that he has just two years to spend on eart
Chapter 5 A few days later Wendy Lee "I'm scared of staying with your mom, Alex. You know she hates me, and..." "Come on, babe. My mom doesn't hate you, OK? She was just feeling insecure. She thought that you wanted me because of my money. She was scared that you'll eventually run away from me when you find out that I am going to..." "It's ok," I cut him off before he can finish his statement. I know what he's going to say next. "I won't stay too long there, I promise. I'm only going to be gone for a few days, and I'll be back before you know it. I'll come to get you from there as soon as I come back, OK?" He assures me, and I nod my head. We came back to New York three days ago, and just yesterday, he got a call that he needs to be in California today for a project that'll take them three days to round up. "I know, but I don't want you to go," He sighs briefly and cups my cheeks in his palms. "I know, babe. But you know I need to be there. I promise I won't stay there for