LOGINALEXANoelle returned with Nelson much later that evening, and they had both been giggling like two lovebirds.“Do you care to share in the joke?” I asked, joining them in my dad’s study.Noelle had dragged Nelson all the way there, saying that she needed to wrap up something before Monday morning.“You don’t want to know, trust me,” Noelle responded, giggling some more.Nelson got up for me to sit down even though there was another empty couch. However, I understood that it was because the couch he was seated on was closer to me.He was nothing but a sweet gentleman, and I could attest to how much his presence seemed to have elevated Noelle.“I am sorry that Noelle had to drag you down here to our little office,” I apologized to Nelson even though he clearly didn’t mind.That was after taking the seat he offered gracefully.He then took the other couch.“I don’t mind,” he said.For a few seconds, Nelson and I watched Noelle finish up with she wanted to do.“You know you can do this t
IVY“Ivy, I did it to protect you,” my mum told me.And then she looked around quickly, checking to see if the officer assigned to watching over us had heard her call me with a female name.She had completely forgotten that we were not supposed to mention each other’s name, but then again, I didn’t really blame her because I would have done the same thing if I didn’t need remind myself every passing second.“Protect me, how?” I asked her, my anger bubbling to the surface.Trying to mask it now was becoming increasingly difficult.“Look at Drew, my stepbrother, his mother didn’t act that way, and because of that, he has a relationship with Jack while I have absolutely no one to call my father, not even the one you bought for me,” I said, referring to Alexa’s father.She did try her best, but look where that landed us.My mum was quiet for some seconds, as though she had run out of more lies to tell, or maybe her guilt was really eating her up.“You had no right to lie to me,” I insiste
IVYThe moment I said that, I also realized that I didn’t even have enough time. I was already told that I had just ten minutes, and it was already less than that.“What do you want us to talk about?” She asked me.“You lied to me about my father,” I stated.There was no time to beat about the bush, and since she wasn’t even telling me what was going on with her, we might as well discuss this very important topic.I had no idea the next time I would see her, although now that Drew had accepted to bring me here on disguise, I could make him do it again.Nevertheless, I just couldn’t bank on that, and I had no idea when the next time would be.Everything that had happened to me for more than a year now had taught me to make good use of every opportunity given to me because there was no guarantee that I would be given another one.“Excuse me?” She asked me, her brows furrowing in confusion.I could see the bones on her head.Her chin had become hollow. She looked like a critically sick p
IVYI looked around the city of Paris as though I was seeing it for the very first time while Drew drove me to the station to visit my mother.Indeed, being in that damn cabin was the deepest cage anyone can ever know.Well, not like it was any different from the mental home. Actually, the only difference was that at the cabin, I still had freedom, only that it was restricted.“Are you noticing changes?” Drew asked me, cutting through my thought.Staring at everything I used to know and enjoy broke my heart and made me sullen. This used to be my life.All I needed to do on some mornings was wake up to fresh coffee, get dressed and go out to the spa or anywhere else I wanted to go. Sometimes, Mark would come and pick me up and we would have a great evening together.Everywhere I went, I was recognized as Mr. Silver’s stepdaughter.My mum made sure that I went out way more than Alexa did. Even when Alexa did, she rarely went to the kind of places that I went to.“Everything feels new an
MARKI spent the rest of the Sunday occupying myself with every possible plan I could make. Instead of dwelling on my rift with Vector or even thinking about Mona, I busied myself with making plans for Alexa and me.Making plans made me more eager to leave.Reyna was the first person I spoke to again.“Is everything set?” I asked her.I did ask her to get some things done for me earlier, and even though I knew that she was competent enough to have gotten it done, I still needed to verify.Somehow, this seemed like the most important assignment I had ever handled.One mistake and Alexa would change her mind, and heck, I didn’t want that.“Yes, sir, it is,” Reyna responded with just enough efficiency. “Your senior staff members will be waiting for you first thing in the morning tomorrow for a quick meeting as requested. I sent them the memo. They know that they have to be at the company extremely early,” she added.I nodded; I was impressed.“But I hope you didn’t mention anything about
IVYTrue to his words, Drew arrived about an hour later, but he sent me a text that made me realize that it wasn’t the usual plan.“I am parked a few feet away from the cabin. Come quietly.”That was all that was written in the text, but it was enough to tell me that Drew didn’t want me to let Jack know about it. It was still midday, but then again, the drive back to the city was a really long one.Also, by the time I would be done seeing my mum, it might have gotten dark.“Where are you going?” Jack asked the moment I came out from the small room and headed for the front door.Since I got here weeks ago, Jack had simply abandoned the room for me. Even though he had let me know countless times that he didn’t want me here, letting me stay in the room and lie on the small but comfortable bed every single night was something.However, I had thought that Jack would be out as usual; that would have made sneaking out really easy.When I realized that he was in the cabin, I had to walk majes
ALEXAToday being a new day, I decided to concentrate on spending time in the attic and getting rid of old and useless things.I just wanted to get my mind off two disturbing things; the harsh reality that hit after Donald Shell announced to the public of the new name he had changed the company to.
ALEXAFor a couple of seconds, I was rendered speechless.“What?” I said through rasped breath when I was eventually able to say something, but it came out in a whisper that I didn’t even think that Noelle would have heard me.“Yes, Alexa, I am engaged,” Noelle said.Her excitement was even realer
MARK“You are going to regret this, Mark Ronaldo. Don’t ever think that the battle between us is over,” Donald Shell eventually said.If he was trying to threaten me, he didn’t succeed.“I think we now know that you don’t hold anything over me,” I told him confidently and with a smirk.“But I do ha
MARK“I am not here because of you, Mark, and I have been given right to come here,” Clara said firmly.“Don’t move an inch,” I said to the cops warningly as I brought out my cell phone.They were obviously the ones leading Clara, and they would be the ones to stop her from proceeded further into t







