LOGINMARKAlexa reminded me of the monster I was when we were married, and after she went upstairs, I couldn’t beat myself up enough.If I had known better, I would have treated her better.Even if I hadn’t loved her at that time, I could have been good to her, but what Alexa didn’t know was that I too had been dealing with my own demons.The coma had affected me in ways I couldn’t explain to anyone.The inability to have sex was a major problem for me.For someone who started having sex quite early, spending five years with a wife and a supposed fiancée and being unable to make love to any of them was the most frustrating thing any man could deal with, and worse, I couldn’t talk to anyone about it.The doctor hadn’t been certain that I would ever be able to get an erection until the fourth year.What was I supposed to do?The drive to the hospital was very quiet, and as much as I really wanted to say something, I couldn’t find the right words to say.When we got to the hospital, I felt re
ALEXAMark arrived one hour earlier than the time we were supposed to leave for our doctor’s appointment, and I had just finished eating.“Hi, Mark,” I said with a smile when I opened the door and saw him standing there.Mark seemed more handsome than the last time I saw him.“Slow down, Alexa. You are letting your heart race for him again. You don’t want to end up heartbroken as he always leaves you,” a voice in my head told me.And I tried to shake it off, but at the same time, I also tried to listen to it because Mark had left me broken and hurt more than twice, and till now, I wasn’t even sure that I had gotten over it.“Hi, Alexa,” Mark said with a smile of his own.“You are here early,” I noted, trying to sound casual now.I had to remind myself that we were only going to be parents and nothing more. He would always be my ex-husband, and even if he said he had ended things with Mona, I already knew that Mark was the kind of man who always found himself other women.“Is it wrong?
MARKI spent most of the day having a meeting with some of my business associates and it wasn’t over until some hours later.“We are impressed with how you are handling the project, Mark Ronaldo,” the head of the team said.He had just flown in from a different city with his teammates to have this meeting, and because they were supposed to be flying back, we had to finish up everything we needed to do during the meeting. Anything else that was left could easily be sorted out from a distance and through mails.“We have been working with your company for years, and you have never given us anything short of excellence,” he added.“Regardless, I am glad that you find everything to your liking,” I told him.“Of course, I do,” he said with a smile. “Which is why our company wants to take a different approach,” he added carefully.“What approach is that?” I asked.“We are thinking of starting another project; a bigger one, and of course, with your company,” he said.And that warmed my heart.
IVY“It’s so good to finally hear from you,” I eventually responded.My eyes were still on the door.If Alexa ever found out that I was using her cell phone to speak with my mum, she might kick me out instantly, so I really needed to be careful.If only I had a cell phone of my own, but everything changed when I was forced into the mental home and stripped off everything I had.“Can I speak freely?” I had to ask.She hesitated for a few seconds before saying, “Mm-hmm.”“Isn’t she listening to our conversation?” I asked.“No, she isn’t. We do have some privacy here sometimes, and now that she has seen that I recognize you, she has left me alone,” she answered.“What about the calls being recorded?” I asked warily. “They did that in the mental home,” I added.“This isn’t the mental home,” she reminded me.“I know, but it’s not any different,” I countered calmly.Then we stayed silent for a millisecond again.“Is this your cell number?” She asked.Even from the distance, I could tell her
IVYAlexa’s hearty laughter rang all the way from the living room downstairs.The two young ladies who were here the other day, Shirley and Reyna, had come around to pay her a visit, and they had been talking and laughing since they got here, and from what I could tell, they would be on it for a while.“Alexa seems very happy,” I muttered to myself.She was quite different from the person I met when I returned.Alexa seemed lighter and happier now, and I noticed that it was right after the night Mark came around. After he eventually left that night; which was a relief because it didn’t seem like he was ever going to leave, and for my own good, it was best he never passed the night here, Alexa had walked back upstairs and to her bedroom like a lovesick puppy.Mark spending the night was way too risky for me.I definitely couldn’t let him find me here, and that was exactly one of the reasons I was upset that they were reconciling.Chances of Mark Ronaldo spending the night were high now
ALEXAI called Noelle in excitement and thankfully, she picked up on the first ring.“Hi, Noelle!” I said the moment she picked up the phone.“Oh, wow, you sound really excited, Alexa,” Noelle said.“Well, I have something else to tell you, but first, I need to tell you this,” I told Noelle.As I spoke to Noelle, I stood in front of the mirror and stared at my bare stomach. I noticed a slight bump and my heart leaped in excitement.Ironically, I never thought of paying attention to my growing stomach until after last night when I placed Mark’s hand over my stomach. The moment was something so special to me that I couldn’t get it off my mind.Each time I opened my eyes at night, I thought of it, and the same feeling of joy swept through me all over again.“I am eager to hear!” Noelle said, sounding equally excited.“Mark just sent me a ton of money!” I blurted out.Never did I think that something like this would excite me this much, considering how I felt about Mark Ronaldo some days
MARKMy conversation with Brent was disturbing, and as much as I was still finding it hard to believe, I knew that I would have to follow his lead.“Good morning, Mr. Mark,” my secretary said.“Good morning,” I responded. “Is Mr. Devon here yet?” I asked her.“Yes, he is,” she responded.“Ask him t
MARKSydney Bowman.I remembered the name almost immediately!He was one of my dad’s senior staff members that handled finance and logistics in the company, but when I got back from business school in Toronto, he said that he had fired Sydney.“What happened, dad?” I had asked him. “I thought he wa
MARK“I knew Donald could never mean well when I saw him seated at their table that damn evening,” I said.The memory returned to me like a flash, and my teeth crushed each other in fury.“After the dinner, Clara acquainted herself with Donald Shell without Alexa and Mr. Silver’s knowledge,” Vector
MARK“Have you seen what you have caused?” Alexa accused me bitterly, and I couldn’t hold back my tongue.“No, Alexa, this is all your doing,” I told her.I had been trying really hard to get away from Alexa because seeing her and knowing that she had gone back to Donald Shell was torture to me. Wo







