LOGINALEXAShivers ran down my spine at the realization that someone had been watching me. I began to tremble with fear.I knew that it had to be my apartment because as soon as I came out, the person zoomed off.I might have been able to see who it was if it hadn’t been a tinted car, and it wasn’t a familiar car either.I thought of hurrying back into my apartment and shutting the door, but I was too shaken to even do that. What if the person returned?For the life of me, I couldn’t think of anyone who would want to hurt or harm me.I hurried into my car and drove out of my garage, heading for Mark’s house.I was going there anyway.I thought of calling Donald, because he was the one I just finished speaking to, but a bigger part of me knew that he wasn’t the one I wanted around me right now.Mark Ronaldo was the only person I could think of, which was ironic, considering what had happened between us in the last couple of days, or maybe it was because I was already going to his house to d
ALEXAThe moment I stepped into my apartment, my phone rang, and when I saw that it was Donald Shell, my shoulders sagged.I really didn’t want to speak to him right now.The only thing I wanted to do was to lie down and have a good rest, but then again, it dawned on me quickly that Donald and Noelle were very close, which meant that he could know a thing or two about her affair, unless she was equally being secretive with him.“Hi, Donald,” I said tiredly when I picked up his call.“You sound really tired,” Donald said when he heard my voice.I was truly tired, but sounding that tired was an obvious act.“I am exhausted. It has been a very hectic and busy day,” I told him.Donald Shell wouldn’t have been calling just for the sake of it, and I didn’t want him to make any offers, because I didn’t want to have to decline. He had been very nice to me lately, and I didn’t want to hurt him.Fortunately for me, the last time at his house hadn’t been totally awful even though I had felt disc
MARK“Pick up, Mark,” Vector encouraged me as I stared at the call.It was what I had been waiting for all day, and now that I was seeing it, I was too worried to even pick up. It was relieving that she was calling; it meant that she was alive, but what if it hadn’t gone well? What if she was calling to break some bad news to me?“Come on, Mark,” Vector urged.I sucked in my breath and tried to remind myself that I was a Ronaldo who shouldn’t be living under fear and worrying, and then I picked up.“Mr. Mark,” she said as soon as the call connected.The sound of her voice was a relief to me.“Mona, are you okay?” I asked her.“Yes, I am, and I just got into my apartment,” she responded.Again, I sighed with relief.Brent was right when he said that she would be so guarded that no harm would come to her even if Mr. Devon wanted to hurt her.“That’s fantastic,” I said. “How did it go?” I asked the most important question.“He believed me, Mr. Mark,” Mona responded, much to my relief.“A
MARKVector tried twice that day to get me to see the owner of Dancing Devils, but I refused. As much as I wanted to, I didn’t want to get more on Alexa’s nerves.Besides, Alexa still had her father, Mr. Silver. I, on the other hand, was all alone.Vector was here, and Brent’s paid services were also available, but I didn’t have another family that I could lean on, and my company was crumbling to the ground, which was the most important thing to me right now.Eventually, Vector gave up.“I guess I will just tell him that you are not interested in seeing him,” Vector said sourly.If he was trying to guilt-trip me into changing my mind, he was wrong. Right now, the only thing that mattered to me was finding out everything I needed to, and also ensuring that Mona was unharmed in all this.“Yes, do,” I stated firmly.“It’s just that Donald Shell is on the rampage of taking people’s hard work away from them, and no one seems to be able to stop him,” Vector said. “Worse, Alexa is going to
ALEXAThe meeting with Matty Farm went smoothly, and being that it was our first day officially, the startup was really good, and it already held promises of a good outcome.However, I still couldn’t stop thinking about the lie.After the meeting and exchanging of papers to work on, I introduced Matty Farm briefly to the staff members, and then made an agreement with him to involve them on our second day, which would be by the following week.“It was a great meeting, Matty Farm,” I told him when we were done.I was almost feeling embarrassed about my earlier accusation, especially seeing that Matty Farm was nothing but an honest man. There was just something about his integrity that reminded me of my dad. The only time I almost doubted him was when I ran into his at Donald Shell’s house, but he already gave an explanation for that.“Thank you, Alexa,” he said as we exchanged a formal handshake.“And about earlier, I didn’t mean to come at you like that,” I apologized.“There is nothin
MARK“Are you nervous?” Vector asked me.“No, I am not,” I told him.“But you didn’t go to your company today, and that can raise the same suspicion that we are trying to avoid,” Vector said.“I already called Mr. Devon and told him that I was feeling a little under the weather, and that I wouldn’t be coming in today,” I said. “That should cover up for something, right?” I asked him.I already told Brent that there was no way I could go to that company, see Mr. Devon’s face, and act all normal.I just couldn’t.If I tried to, I would end up ruining everything.Brent understood, and he had actually said the message would help to dissolve whatever suspicion that my abrupt and unannounced absence might have caused.Mona already agreed to do what was required of her, and I couldn’t help how worried and agitated I was about it. I was even more concerned about her safety right now than keeping Mr. Devon in the dark. All my life, I had been made to believe that I was a strong man who couldn







