LOGINMARKThe suite was very warm and cozy, which was perfect for this blizzard because from what I could see outside, anyone trapped would be freezing to death.But I was very restless.I wasn’t even thinking of the blizzard as much as I was thinking of how to get in touch with Noelle, especially.Knowing Alexa, she might have thought that I had abandoned her.Noelle mentioned something about Alexa being discharged, so I knew that she wasn’t in the hospital any longer. Even though Noelle and the cops might be around her, being away from Alexa still felt like she wasn’t protected enough.It had been hours now but I couldn’t stop pacing around, and at some point, I knew that I was going to make my eyes spin if I continued this way.So, I rang for the personal keeper, and in a few minutes, she arrived, but I noticed that she had her head bowed.“What happened to the coffee you were supposed to serve me?” I asked her.Even though it wasn’t where I would have wanted to start from, I realized t
ALEXA“What?!”I was stunned to my bones!For a moment, I didn’t even want to believe that those words came out of Noelle’s mouth. The same Noelle who vehemently kicked against it and fought me about it for a very long time when I married Mark the first time.“You heard me right, Alexa. Go ahead and marry Mark Ronaldo. After all, he has already proposed to you, right?” Noelle repeated clearly and loudly.Still, I was finding it hard to believe.“Noelle, did you hit your head on a rock?” I had to ask. “Did Nelson and his family exchange you with someone else?” I asked Noelle further because I needed to understand what was going on.“There is nothing wrong with me, Alexa,” Noelle told me.“Have you forgotten how mad you were when I married Mark Ronaldo the first time and stayed with him for five years?” I asked Noelle, my voice raised.It still felt as though this wasn’t Noelle.It was one thing to advise me to have sex with Mark just to satisfy my sexual desires, but asking me to go do
ALEXA“Why didn’t you tell Mark about what is going on?” Noelle asked me.After that call from the doctor, my whole body temperature changed. Thank goodness for the presence of Noelle who stayed with me and instructed Lora on what to prepare that would make be calm.I was lying in bed, but my heart was still racing very fast.For the life of me, I couldn’t explain why I felt threatened by that call, but I could just feel danger looming over me. I shouldn’t be worried whether or not Ivy was seen, but somewhere deep inside, I feared that there was a lurking danger.Not for Ivy, but for me.“What should I have told him?” I asked Noelle.“That you were visited by a stranger who claims to be Ivy’s doctor from the mental home, and that he was right here asking questions,” Noelle answered.She sounded like she was scolding a little child.“Mark has no idea that Ivy is alive, remember?” I asked Noelle. “He is just as clueless as everyone else in the city,” I added.“It is not your responsibil
MARKI paced about at the airport, my blood boiling with rage. I had already screamed all the airport staff members away from me.Only one of them, who was supposed to be one of the pilots, returned.“Mr. Mark,” he called carefully.I stopped and turned, glaring at him with rage.“How long is the blizzard going to be for?” I asked him impatiently.It had been more than two hours since they last gave me the most earth-shattering news.“We are not sure yet,” he responded.“What?!” I said in utter shock and annoyance. “What do you mean by that?” I asked him angrily.“Usually, it can be for some couple of hours, or maybe for a day, but there is no way a plane can go up there in this weather condition,” he tried to explain to me.And it didn’t make me feel any better.It was already getting late and I should have been in Paris by now, not stuck in the airport. If that company hadn’t delayed me longer than they were supposed to, I wouldn’t have been caught up in this because even on my way
ALEXAI woke up from what was supposed to be a nap and looked around me, but I wasn’t in anywhere strange.I was in my dad’s bedroom which I had automatically turned to his.After the slight argument that Noelle and I had, I had come upstairs and just decided to sleep it all away, and checking the time now, I realized that I had been sleeping for more than two hours.“Oh, heck,” I said, rising from the bed.My neck was craned because of the position I stayed, but as soon as I turned it left and right, I felt better.Then I got up to go and check up on Noelle.She was in the guest bedroom that she had slept in when she stayed with me for a while.“Noelle,” I called.Noelle turned and looked at me, and I could feel the deep sadness in her eyes.That was when I realized that indeed, and once again, I had been insensitive and selfish; only thinking about myself. I hadn’t asked Noelle to tell me everything that happened, and to also ask about Nelson.“Hi,” Noelle simply said.I walked into
IVY“Gloria, you need to help me, please,” I pleaded with her for the umpteenth time.“No, Ivy, I cannot help you,” she repeated the same answer she had been giving me from the moment I first told her.“It’s not that you cannot help me. It’s that you do not want to help me,” I insisted.Gloria was clearly irritated already, but I didn’t want to give up.Usually, I would have just left her alone because I already knew that I Gloria didn’t want any form of disturbance and she liked to be on her own, which was exactly why since I got here, I tried not to get in her way.But not this time around.“Ivy, I am not going to be a party to it, and if you want to indulge in something like this, I am afraid, but you might have to leave my house,” Gloria said sternly.I would have shivered with fear because I didn’t have anywhere else to go, but I didn’t. Instead, I faced Gloria with courage and determination. I had already thought this through and I knew that having Lina Barry out was the only wa
ALEXAA meeting had been scheduled with Matty Farm, the staff members, and I because I wanted them to meet our new partner, and for the project to kickoff as soon as possible.However, I also needed to keep things afloat here in my own business.“Do we have the deliveries out already?” I asked my s
MARK“I am so sorry, Mr. Mark,” my chef said for the umpteenth time.I held the small bag of ice to my head as I sat in my living room. She had succeeded in ruining my morning because I should have been out for the day already, but I couldn’t. Not with the swell at the back of my head.“I already
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 Noel
MARK“Mark, do you have a minute?” Mr. Devon said as he walked into my office.I was about closing for the day, and I wondered what he could have wanted to talk about at this time. Plus, his presence was really upsetting.“Right now?” I asked, sounding a little bit harsh.A voice in my head reminde







