로그인ALEXA“I don’t want you to be mad, Alexa,” Noelle said when she saw the anger in my eyes. “I just want us to have a conversation,” she added.“You have been speaking with Mark,” I accused her bluntly.“Not exactly, just thinking about what you told me,” Noelle said.But a part of me felt as though she was lying to me. As a matter of fact, I had been suspicious of Noelle since the moment she walked in some minutes ago. I couldn’t just shake off the feeling.“And?” I asked, shrugging.That was me trying to control my growing rage.“I don’t think it’s a bad idea if you leave,” Noelle told me.I scoffed bitterly and angrily.Noelle might really think that I was dumb or stupid. Heavily pregnant, yes, but definitely not stupid.“I am serious, Alexa,” Noelle insisted.“Noelle, I don’t know how stupid you think I am, but I am certainly not an idiot,” I told her blatantly.“What are you talking about?” Noelle asked, feigning confusion and ignorance.“Let’s start with how you vehemently never w
ALEXAI was almost done having lunch for the second time in one afternoon when Noelle showed up.“Here comes the long awaited best friend,” I teased as Noelle made her way to me.Noelle smiled, shaking her head.When she got to the dining table, she plopped herself into one of the seats across from me.“Hey, Alexa, I am sorry I am just coming,” Noelle apologized.“I wonder if this is how you intend to handle our new business, especially now that we have more contracts and clients piling up,” I said, still lightly.Noelle looked deeply at me, noting that there was something light about how I was sounding.“Did something good happen?” Noelle asked me.“We have six more people who sent in emails, seeking contracts, Noelle!” I announced to her happily.Yes, I had wanted Noelle to get here way before now, so much so that I had almost gotten pissed off when she kept delaying, but now that she was here, I wasn’t feeling that way any longer. What mattered was that she was here already.“For r
MARKNoelle was the last person I expected to run into at the hospital parking lot, but the moment the shock wore off, I became worried.“Is Alexa okay?” I asked Noelle, walking over to her.The fury was still in her eyes, but I was more concerned about Alexa’s health more than anything else in the entire universe, including Noelle’s fury.“That was Mona, huh?” Noelle asked.But it was way more than just a question. It was a statement of fact, accompanied by a warning tone. Noelle had obviously seen Mona and I come out of the hospital, and probably even heard the little exchange between us.Or Mona’s firm instructions.“Yes, that was she,” I responded even though the question didn’t call for a response. “How is Alexa? Is she okay?” I asked again, worried that Noelle might have brought Alexa to the hospital.I already knew that I would not forgive myself if anything happened to Alexa or our baby while I was busy with Mona.“Do you even care about Alexa?” Mona asked me bitterly and angr
MARKRising from that seat and leaving the doctor’s office was my walk of shame. Even as I did, I felt his eyes following me.The doctor acted like a professional that he was, but I could tell that he was dying to penalize me for being with another woman at the same time with Alexa.If only he knew how stuck up I was.I would have been willing to explain the entire situation to him, but he had been cold and dismissive towards me, which was the first time he was treating me like that, and that enough to tell me that I hadn’t misread the reaction in his eyes.“Here you are,” Mona said in the singing voice the moment I came out of the doctor’s office.“Oh, fuck!” I reacted in shock.First of all, I didn’t think she would still be waiting, and secondly, I had been consumed by my thoughts, so much so that I hadn’t even seen her standing right there.“I am sorry, honey. I didn’t mean to startle you,” Mona apologized sweetly.“First of all, I am Mark Ronaldo to you,” I warned Mona firmly. “A
MARK“Like I said earlier, everything is fine with the baby. Your next appointment is next week, but if you feel any differently before then, don’t hesitate to come around,” the doctor told Mona and me.“Of course, doctor,” Mona responded.I groaned internally.A part of me felt like the doctor saying that last part was a mistake because knowing Mona, she might want to use that as an opportunity to drag me back to the hospital before the following week.However, if Alexa had simply accepted what I told her, we would have been out of Paris by now.My plan was simply to make myself unavailable, using work as an excuse. According to the court order, Brent already explained that in the case that I had to be away, I wouldn’t be charged for not doing what Mona wanted me to do, as long as I substituted it with money.That could easily be managed.I would rather give Mona money than go through this torture of being here.“If there is nothing else, that would be all for now,” the doctor said.
MARK“That’s the baby’s heart right there,” the doctor showed Mona and me.Mona turned to me and smiled happily, but for the life of me, I just couldn’t reciprocate. Indeed, I ought to be happy, but I was feeling the exact opposite.I didn’t want to be here. I never wanted to have a baby with Mona.I realized that even if Alexa hadn’t been pregnant, I still wouldn’t have wanted a baby with Mona. It was the exact reason why I had been extremely careful with Mona and the other women, but when it came to Alexa, I just wasn’t.Alexa was the first woman I ever had unprotected sex with and I never regretted it.If Alexa was the one lying on this bed and our baby being shown to us like this, my heart would have been leaping for joy, but because Alexa hated me and never wanted me to be a part of the child’s life, she had made me miss this phase of the pregnancy.I wasn’t informed about it until she was almost five months gone.Still, I would choose Alexa and our baby over Mona and...this baby
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.
IVY“Hey,” Lina Barry called.This was the third time this week she was coming to me and trying to strike a conversation but I just wasn’t paying much attention to her.“You haven’t told me what is going on, Ivy. Since the day you were supposed to have your doctor’s appointment but couldn’t because
ALEXA“Good morning, dad,” I greeted my dad the moment he opened his eyes.I gave him a few seconds to adjust his eyes to his environment, being that he slept all through the night. The doctor, during his last checkup last night, had already informed me that the medication will keep him unconscious
ALEXAWhat I just saw brought back all the anger in me and disoriented me internally.And I could not explain the jealousy I felt in the pit of my stomach. Mark was such a shameless man. How long had he known Reyna that something was already going on between them? I had loved only Mark since I was







