MARKThe rest of the day went like a blur. I was restless before Alexa showed up with her questions, but after she left, I was more restless than I had ever been.She seemed very hurt and disappointed and upset, and those were emotions that I hadn’t seen in her eyes before, or maybe it was because I was getting to pay attention to Alexa.I tried to concentrate at work, but it was very difficult for me, so much so that I had to call my secretary.“Cancel every other appointment and work I have to do today,” I told her the moment she picked up the call.I didn’t give her the chance to ask any questions, which I knew that she would want to ask, because it was unusual for me to just cancel every appointment in the middle of the day. I shut my office door and paced around, confused.I would have called Vector, but being that all this time, I had been denying everything, I couldn’t, so I changed my mind.“Should I go after her?” I asked myself.It was a thought I considered, even a few minu
IVY“You need to leave, ma’am,” the cop told me.Oscar had been dragged roughly back to the cell, and it hurt me deeply that I could do nothing to stop or help him. In that moment, I wished that I had some sort of power to get him out of this situation. I was scared of leaving, because I had no idea when I would be able to see him again.What did he mean by it was already too late?“Why did you drag him away like that?” I asked defensively, standing up for Oscar. “He didn’t do anything wrong!” I added.“I would leave if I were you,” he said, ignoring my outburst, and as though it was an afterthought, he whispered warningly to me, “And you should never tell anyone that you were here.”Shivers ran down my spine at the tone and words that he used.“Why not?” I asked curiously.Not that I would have announced to the world that I came to see Oscar, because he was nothing but my secret lover, but I still wanted to know why I was being warned in that dreadful and fearful manner.“Two powerfu
IVYI had no option but to wait for them to finish up their round of argument, of which my mum didn’t win this time around, unfortunately.Mr. Silver stormed out of the house in a rage, while my mum stormed upstairs.As soon as I noticed that she was coming up the stairs, I decked and hid quickly by the staircase where she would not be able to see me. Then when she walked past me angrily, I hurried downstairs and out of the living room. I wasn’t going to let her or whatever argument she was having with Mr. Silver prevent me from doing what I wanted to do, especially now that I had a new motive in mind.In no time, I was on my way to the station to see Oscar.I just had to see him and talk to him.Since I heard the news, I had become restless, and knowing the newfound popularity that Alexa was annoyingly gaining, she might want to pull some weight against Oscar, especially now that she had a certain Donald Shell by her side.My mum had been raising hell and brimstone since she informed
IVY The scar from the injury incurred at Oscar’s apartment was taking its precious time to heal, and I knew that I should continue hiding in the house to prevent nosy gossips from carrying the news, but with what I read about Alexa being attacked and Oscar being arrested, I just couldn’t continue staying holed up.I had been isolated for days, but not once did Mark think to call or even ask about me.I was scared and worried that he had moved on without me, especially with the stunt I pulled at his house, but my mum kept assuring me that after the conversation she had with him, he would not think of calling off our engagement.I was also bothered about Oscar not even bothering to reach out, especially being that he was the reason I was in this condition in the first place, but that was not before news of him breaking into Alexa’s apartment and assaulting her circulated the internet.“Now I know why you haven’t been thinking about me,” I said to myself painfully as I got dressed.It w
ALEXASo many things filled my mind as I approached Mark’s house. I was still struggling to believe what I heard from Oscar’s confession, and Donald’s words, but the evidences were glaring.More like the more I tried to find Mark innocent, the more things unfolded against him.Was I a fool for thinking that Mark wasn’t capable of harm? Was I stupid for thinking that he was different from the other wealthy and powerful businessman in the city? Growing up, I had been aware that they were all a bunch of cruel and dangerous men.“Why aren’t you as wealthy as the other businessmen, dad?” I had asked my dad when I turned twenty.He had been working hard and tirelessly to grow his business, but it never got bigger than I knew it to be. It had been as though he was just stagnant, and being that I had begun to help him out with emails, ledgers, and files, I began to realize that he was neither going forward nor moving backwards, which had made me deeply curious.So I had asked him one day when
ALEXA“Are you sure about what you are saying?” The detective asked Oscar. “You do know that if this turns out to be a lie, you would be in a more terrible situation. You don’t just go about mentioning names, especially the likes of Mark Ronaldo, who is a man of repute in this city,” he informed Oscar deeply.“I understand the consequences of what I just did, and I am not lying. He came to me and presented me with an offer that I couldn’t resist,” Oscar insisted.“Do you have any evidence…maybe a recorded conversation, or even a check that he must have given you as payment for the done deal?” The detective asked.“No, unfortunately, I don’t,” Oscar answered. “He made sure that I didn’t record anything, and we met at a private place. Then he assured me that if everything went well, he would pay me in cash, but it didn’t, so I don’t have anything to show as evidence, but it is true,” Oscar narrated.Tears gathered in my eyes, and as soon as I blinked, they spilled down my cheeks.I bega