MasukIVY“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
MARK“We look forward to kickstarting the contract with you, Mark Ronaldo,” the head of the company told me as we exchanged handshakes.I nodded.“I do too,” I responded.After signing the contract, we had had to sit down for another two hours to discuss on the next step to take, which was contrary to what I had expected.At first, it had seemed like we were just going to talk about it for five minutes, and then it stretched to thirty minutes, and then to one hour. I kept checking my watch, and when I saw that it was already two hours, I knew that I couldn’t keep staying here.I needed to leave.The flight back was only two hours and some minutes, and if I made it back right now, I would get to Paris before nightfall.Hopefully, I would be able to see Alexa. By then, she might have felt less upset with me.“Expect us Monday morning in your office, okay?” He said. “And after that, you already know that since you won’t be coming here, and we will have to be flying down to Paris every no
ALEXA“Mona is pregnant,” I repeated for the umpteenth time when Noelle and I got to my living room.I couldn’t stop thinking about it.My heart was beating really fast.“Obviously,” Noelle said, acting calm.I sat down, but I just couldn’t get it off my chest. There was only one question in both our minds that we hadn’t asked each other.I knew this because I had known Noelle for years now.Eventually, I decided to ask.I couldn’t hold back any longer. Eventually, we would have to talk about it.“Who is she pregnant for?” I asked Noelle.Noelle looked away.She was also thinking the same thing I was thinking, but I was too scared to voice it out, or maybe she was as well.“Mark told me before the new year that he broke up with her, but I didn’t ask him for how long. They were literally together during the fair, which was just a few weeks ago,” I narrated, my heartbeat racing very fast.As I spoke, my head was doing all the calculations, and so was Noelle.I didn’t see any bump on Mon
ALEXA“How are you feeling now, Alexa?” The doctor asked as he came for another round of checkup.“I feel a lot better,” I told him.And that was the truth.The pain I was feeling in my lower abdomen had disappeared and I could turn freely.“I can see that,” the doctor said with a warm smile.“Is the positioning of the baby better?” Noelle asked worriedly.She stayed back after our conversation, and that meant Shirley had to leave. Noelle told her that she was here to take care of me now and that Shirley was, of course, welcome to come and visit at any time.And now, I felt really guilty.Despite what Noelle was going through, she was already acting all protective and caring of me, and yet, the first chance I got, I was quick to cut her off without even listening to what she had to say.It wasn’t fair.Once again, I had allowed my anger to overrule my emotions, and it made me think of Mark; of how I had also pushed him away without giving him a listening ear.“The baby is doing just f
ALEXAAfter Matty Farm signed the contract, we had a brief meeting and made schedules about how to go about all that we needed to moving forward.He was a very focused man, and I couldn’t understand why my heart had seemed uncomfortable initially. He knew exactly what he wanted, and he was very muc
MARKWhen I heard the loud honking, I thought that Vector had returned.“Didn’t he just leave some minutes ago?” I asked myself as I got out of bed.Without bothering to throw on a shirt, I came downstairs with just my pajama pants. The honking was so loud and disturbing that I changed my mind abo
ALEXAThe moment my purse landed on the floor and made that loud sound, Donald stopped talking and everywhere went quiet instantly.There was no way I could turn and leave as I wanted to.“Who is it?” Donald asked.Shit.Now I felt even worse, but I could neither bend to pick up my purse or even le
ALEXAMark was too full of himself, and I told myself that I felt relieved to be rid of him. Matty Farm had more potential than Mr. Gregory, and since he also had something to gain, he wouldn’t pull out easily, and he wouldn’t also use this against the company in the future.Mark might think he wa







