Se connecterMARK“Brent,” I said in one full breath, as though Brent’s presence had taken away every problem I was dealing with.“Mark Ronaldo, happy New Year,” Brent said.Vector took his seat leisurely; he never needed me to tell him to sit down anyway.I stood up and exchanged a firm handshake with Brent.“Sit down, please,” I said, still reeling in the relief of seeing Brent.His presence might not make my problems disappear, but now, I knew that I would have some legal solutions to most of them.Brent and I sat down at the same time.“You took forever to come back to Paris,” I told him.“I needed to spend a lot of time with my family,” Brent said lightly. “And from all indications, it seems that you have not been able to get yourself out of trouble, Mark,” he added, cocking one of his eyebrows.I sighed dejectedly.“They chase me everywhere I go,” I responded wistfully.“I filled him in on our way here about everything that has been going on,” Vector chipped in.He knew that I wouldn’t be up
MARKThere was nothing I could have said to Alexa that would have made her change the way she was already feeling, not even forcing her into reading the full text message.“Mr. Mark, it’s the lady from the airport who spent the night in your bedroom as your server. My name is Gina, Lina Barry’s sister. You asked me to reach out and I am doing so. Call me when you get this message, and thank you for that night.”That was the full message, and now, Alexa had gotten another impression about me. Unfortunately, I couldn’t clear it this time around.She wanted me to leave so badly that I wouldn’t have been able to force myself into staying.I didn’t call Gina until I was being driven to my company. I had gotten back to my house, changed into something else, and begun my way to the office to get some work done, and Cannon Dexter was driving me.“Good morning, Mr. Mark,” Gina greeted me as soon as the call connected.“Good morning,” I responded, trying not to sound gruff.The truth was that I
MARKI hurried downstairs to get Alexa the water she asked for, but I was also determined to have the conversation.Hopefully, Alexa saw that in my eyes and the sound of my voice too.“Good morning, Mr. Mark,” Lona greeted me as though I didn’t just leave her here some minutes ago.Lona had been my saving grace.When I went to her, she hadn’t hesitated in coming out to help me.“I was going to come out and begin for the day anyway, and besides, you are also my boss,” Lona had told me when I had wanted to apologize for inconveniencing her.The truth was that I knew that I had every right to ask that from Lona, but then again, getting the pancakes done for Alexa was worth more than my pride, and if Lona refused, it would be to my own loss.So, I had found myself apologizing, which wasn’t even something that I was used to doing...all thanks to Alexa.“Did Mrs. Alexa like the pancakes?” Lona asked me.“Yes, she did, Lona. Thank you,” I told her.Lona smiled briefly as she nodded.“Is ther
ALEXALeaving Mark Ronaldo in the kitchen, knowing that he didn’t know what to do with himself there was very risky, especially with how famished I was, but I let him anyway. Maybe it was because of how persistent he was.In all honesty, I really couldn’t state the exact reason why I had done what I did, but waiting now seemed like a major mistake when I could have just done it myself. Hopefully, I wouldn’t be able to take myself back downstairs after ten minutes.However, much to my surprise, the door opened before it was exactly ten minutes and Mark walked in, carrying a tray of pancakes.“Here it is,” Mark said.I said nothing.He brought the tray closer to me and placed them right in front of me. I stared at the pancakes and they looked like something that a professional had made.“Mark, you prepared these?” I asked, unable to help myself.“Yes, I did,” Mark responded.His response was so swift and confident that it left no room for doubts, but still...Lona was still sleeping by
MARKIt was nearly impossible to not notice Alexa’s sharp and protruding nipples, and I just couldn’t stop myself from saying that.Alexa might not notice it because of what I was wearing, but the sight of her made me more arouse than any woman I had ever been with.“I am not aroused because of you, Mark,” Alexa said in response to my question.She said it so stiffly that I felt the sting of her anger.“The baby in my stomach makes my nipples erect,” she added.Unfortunately, I couldn’t tell if she was lying to me or not because I had no idea about it. However, her response made me look a little foolish, and I could guess that it was Alexa’s intention.“Alright, fine,” I said, trying not to sound as embarrassed as I actually felt. “Why are you up this early? Is the baby disturbing you?” I asked her worriedly.And that was because I genuinely cared.She bruised my ego when she asked me to leave because since I started dating and having sex, no woman had ever treated me like that. I had
ALEXAMark probably thought that everything was going to be magically fine after what happened, but what he didn’t know was that he had another thing coming.Yes, I did get horny the moment I set my eyes on him and wanted him instantly, but it didn’t automatically erase everything that was happening between us. Mark must know that it would take way more than sex to make things right again.After asking him to leave, I went into the bathroom.I would have loved to get cuddled up in his arms after lovemaking like we had done weeks before now, but then again, I was too bitten and upset to settle into the arms of a man who had his child growing in another woman’s stomach.When I got out and didn’t see Mark in the bedroom, a slight feeling of emptiness settled inside of me; a part of me had expected that he would stay and plead with everything inside of him to let him stay.It hurt to see that he hadn’t even fought for a second. Instead, he had got up and left.“It is obvious he never want
MARKI really wish that I could have a few seconds of privacy with Alexa to tell her that she didn’t have to cook up lies just to please Mr. Porshia. We could have stuck to my earlier excuse, but thinking about it now, it was already too late for that.“Go ahead, Alexa,” Mr. Porshia urged.A smile
MARK“I will speak to him,” I said to Alora. I had to intercept, especially with the way Alexa was going about this.She wouldn’t believe this, but I was also surprised with this arrangement. I only told Mr. Porshia about the need I had, and that I was coming in with Alexa, but I never asked him f
ALEXAWhy on earth did I spill that story?“Excuse me, but I would like to use the restroom,” I said, standing up immediately.I was so embarrassed that I could barely spend another second in their presence.“It’s the last door by your right at the end of the hallway,” Mr. Porshia described. “And t
MARK“Alright, I am doing that already,” I said to Alexa.“Fine, do that right now!” She ordered.“But you have to stay quiet and let me handle this so that you don’t ruin anything, Alexa, please,” I pleaded with her.I had to, considering how furious and bitter Alexa was. I didn’t want her to spea







