LOGINALEXA“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
MARK“You heard me right, Noelle,” I said with firmness. “I am in love with Alexa. I fell in love way before we made that trip to Toronto, but I only realized it when we were there,” I added.“Wasn’t that where you both had sex the first time?” Noelle asked me sarcastically.I didn’t like the tone she used in asking the question.“What has that got to do with anything?” I asked Noelle in return.“All these years, you neglected Alexa and treated her poorly, but the moment you got the chance to get in between her legs, you suddenly think you are in love with her?” Mona asked me.Good gracious!“Are you also in love with Mona too?” Noelle questioned me further.“Noelle, please, stop,” I begged her tiredly.I couldn’t risk Noelle going to Alexa like this. I would be completely fucked.“I am not going to stop, you fucking piece of shit!” Noelle barked at me.With the way she was raising her voice, I was worried that Alexa might hear her because I did believe when she said that Alexa wasn’t
MARKNoelle was Alexa’s best friend and the one person I knew had always had Alexa’s back. For years, she fought against Alexa being with me.If it wasn’t that Alexa needed my protection and Noelle wouldn’t be available to give it, she would never have come to me.So, opening up to Noelle about Mona being pregnant for me was really tricky.What if Alexa was standing right there and listening to her? What is they were both waiting for a reason for Alexa not to want to be with me forever? What if Alexa was looking for something to use against me to keep the baby away from me?I didn’t know much about the legal proceedings and Brent was currently unavailable, but I strongly believed that if Alexa presented this to the court, they would grant her whatever she desired. A man getting two women pregnant while not being married to either of them wasn’t something that the court would take lightly.Alexa would win even without fighting.But then again, how long would I be able to keep this a se
ALEXAGoing to confront Mark made me even more livid than I had ever been, and as I made my way back to my apartment, the anger in me threatened to explode.I didn’t think I had ever meant it before when I said that I didn’t want to see or speak to Mark Ronaldo ever again, but right now, I meant it
ALEXA“His pant has to be somewhere around,” I said as I looked around.My eyes found it; it was right on my car seat, but the fear of what happened last night had prevented me from even thinking about it.I remembered to grab my purse, but I didn’t remember to also take the pant.“Ugh!” I exclaime
MARKThe banker left a few minutes later, leaving Vector, Brent, and me.“So, what do you have in mind to do?” Brent asked me.But I couldn’t answer right away.“He is still in utter shock, Brent,” Vector said. “I think he needs time to process this and come up with a response while you continue wi
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







