เข้าสู่ระบบMARKThe first thing I did when I woke up was to check the time; it was almost mid-morning.“Shit!” I muttered in exasperation.I hadn’t realized that I had slept this late.My cell phone was still switched off because I couldn’t get a charger for it last night. I couldn’t sleep until the early hours of this morning. I stayed awake thinking about Alexa, and all that Gina had told me, and of course, my child.I didn’t know when I dozed off.“The blizzard!” I said as realization dawned on me.I scrambled out of the bed and hurried to the window, and to my greatest relief, the weather seemed clear enough. It was very different from yesterday, and that meant that the blizzard was gone.“Thank goodness!” I said to myself.Without bothering to freshen up, I hurried to the front door, wondering why in heaven’s name no one thought to wake me up.I should have been in Paris by now.Anyway, as I got to the door and yanked it open, there was Gina with my breakfast.“Good morning, Mr. Mark,” she
IVY“What are you talking about?” I asked him.And he sighed heavily.“The Mafia gang came back to hunt me, Ivy. They thought that now that I was no longer a member, I wasn’t useful to them and they didn’t want me to betray them,” he answered mournfully.“Were you ever going to betray them?” I asked him and he shook his head slowly.“It’s just how they operate, Ivy,” he said. “I would have protected you with my life, Ivy, and I was doing everything possible to ensure that you had everything you wanted, but when danger came, I didn’t have a choice. To keep you, I needed to go away,” he continued. “Clara didn’t make it easy for me. I could have kept in touch, but she refused. She knew that I had to make the sacrifice, but as soon as I left, she made it impossible to keep in touch and know how you were faring. I couldn’t send money for your upkeep. It was about four years later that I realized that all the birthday cards I was sending weren’t being delivered,” he added extensively.His w
IVYI thought that he wouldn’t want to say anything about it, and we sat in silence for a while, but eventually, he began to narrate, and I just sat there, listening deeply to him as though my life depended on it.“Your mum and I had a one-nightstand that resulted in her being pregnant with you,” he started, much to my shock.“A one-nightstand?” I asked, barely able to believe what I just heard.Being a product of a one-nightstand wasn’t how I ever envisioned I was made. I had thought that it was a love story that blossomed into something special until one person left, and that person being my dad.Just like the story between Alexa’s parents.I did hear about it.Mr. Silver and Alexa’s mother had fallen in love. He had proposed to her and they had gotten married. Then they started the company before they even birthed Alexa.Alexa was a product of genuine love between two people, and until her mum passed, she experienced being raised by parents who loved her and would do anything for h
IVY“No, that’s not true,” I said, but it was more like I was trying to make myself believe otherwise.Deep down, I began to worry again because truly, Gloria didn’t say anything about how I would get back, and I wasn’t wise enough to ask her about it or even take the number of the cab driver so that when I was ready to leave, he would be here to pick me up.My dad scoffed and took his seat. Then he began to sip from whatever what in his cup.I would have called Gloria, but since I was dragged into the mental home, I lost access to a phone. For over a year now, I hadn’t been able to make use of a phone.And Gloria knew.The mere thought of being truly stuck made me deeply worried.I certainly couldn’t live here with this man who was still very much a stranger to me!“I need to get in touch with her,” I told him.“Go ahead,” he said indifferently.I glared at him for acting this way.“Help me get in touch with her, Jack,” I demanded.He must have known that if I could, I would have don
IVYWhen he saw that I wasn’t willing to come in, he walked back into the cabin, but he left the door open for me.I swallowed hard and contemplated whether or not to go in, which was very ironical because just some minutes ago, I was begging him to open the door for me.What other choice did I have?It was either go in with him or stay out here until something unpleasant happened to me, and as I weighed my best options, I realized that it was way better for me to be in there than to be out here.He wouldn’t hurt me, would he?Slowly, I walked into the cabin, and I was right; it was cozy and warm, so much so that I almost sighed with deep relief, and it was even better because it was it was neat and welcoming, unlike the owner.“Shut the damn door; you are going to bring in the cold with you,” he snapped angrily.Only then did I realize that I had left the door open, or maybe it was a deliberate act; something to keep myself safe, but the truth was that nothing would ever keep me safe
IVYIt took almost eternity before he turned around to face me, and I instantly took three steps back instantly.His face was like that of a monster.It was fully covered in beards.And for a moment, we just stared at each other, or more like he glared at me. Instead of running away like my head was telling me, I just stood there and stared, but I could hear the heavy beating of my chest.It was intense.“What you are doing here?” He eventually asked me, his voice thick and hostile.I swallowed hard, but my throat was dry already and I couldn’t find anything to swallow.“To...see you,” I told him, almost stuttering.“Go back to where you are coming from,” he snapped, making me cower for a second.I was getting all the signs and indications to leave, but I just couldn’t. I couldn’t bring myself to leave now that I was here.As I stared at him, I was still in shock.For years, I never thought that a day would come when I would be standing right in front of my biological father after tak
MARKThe first call I received for the day was from Brent, and I picked up with way too much agitation.“The man from the bank has something for you, Mark,” Brent told me.My heart was filled with relief, but at the same time, it was pounding with agitation.“That is great!” I said.“It came faster
MARKTo say that I was flabbergasted would be an understatement. For the life of me, I couldn’t understand why Alexa would give that response.“Are you serious right now?” I asked her in utter disbelief.Vector was equally stunned to his bones.“You don’t want Donald Shell to pay for what he did?”
MARK“Do you need anything else for the day?” My secretary asked me after reminding me for the schedule left for the day.“No, I don’t,” I responded strictly.There were so many things that left me angry and frustrated, and I rarely cared what she thought of my countenance.Since I left Alexa’s apa
MARK“Good morning, Donald,” I said with a sneer. “How may I help you?” I asked him.It was a good thing that I was shirtless. That way, Donald was certain about what went down between the both of us last night.Seeing me here this early should tell him that I slept over, but I wanted him to actual







