LOGINMARK“Shaw, I need to have a quick word with you,” I said the moment I arrived at the company and approached the temporary office that had been set up for me.“Oh, of course,” Shaw said, following closely behind.We got into the office and Shaw shut the door.“Is everything okay?” Shaw asked me.“Yes, but I am going to need a personal assistant who is also going to double as a planner,” I told Shaw.Shaw adjusted his tie, trying to wrap his head around what I just said.“But we assigned a secretary to you,” he reminded me.“I know, Shaw, but she is also going to be working in the company, which means that she gets to handle other responsibilities. What I am looking for is someone who is going to be working exclusively for me,” I explained.Shaw nodded, getting the point.“But may I ask why you have need of one?” Shaw asked me.“I am going to be swamped with work for the period of this contract, and at the same time, I need to be available for my wife,” I started, hoping that Shaw woul
ALEXA“We should head back to the house, Alexa. It is getting dark and really chilly out here,” Mark suggested.I nodded in agreement.The wind around the beach had increased and I was getting a little too cold. It was such a good thing that Mark noticed.After that heartfelt conversation between the both of us, Mark had held me closely to his chest and cradled me for some minutes.It was priceless.I never thought that a time would come when I would be able to recount that awful incident to Mark, but it just came out easily, even though I still felt the effect of it, but now that I had told him, I felt free.It was as though a huge burden had been lifted from me.Apparently, I had been carrying this all this while and letting it weigh me down without even realizing it.“Sure,” I responded.Mark helped me to my feet and we began to walk back to the penthouse as slowly and peacefully as we had come.“How busy are you going to be for the rest of the week?” I asked Mark after a moment of
MARK“First of all, how do you feel about what you heard?” I asked Alexa.There were so many things I wanted to ask her, especially now that she had given me the chance to, but I decided to take it one step at a time, and of course, to start with the one that was more important.“I didn’t feel good,” Alexa said, honesty raw in the sound of her voice. “A part of me felt guilty, especially after Ivy told me that she was trying to get in touch with me to ask for forgiveness,” she continued.But something about what she said struck me.“Ivy?” I asked Alexa.Only then did she realize that she had probably said something that I shouldn’t have heard now, but then again, she already promised to tell me about everything I needed to know.“Yes,” Alexa responded.“When was this, Alexa?” I asked her. “I don’t understand,” I added.Thankfully, I had led Alexa to a seat closest to us the moment she said that I could ask her anything and that she would tell me, and I knew that we were going to have
MARKI almost literally ran into the house because I could barely wait. The moment I ended the call and blocked Mona from contacting me, I felt better and happy.The conversation we both had, which had already made me enraged, disappeared from my mind already.Thoughts of Alexa took over completely.I expected to see Alexa in the living room or maybe staring at the beach, but she wasn’t anywhere to be found.“Good evening, Mr. Mark. You are welcome back home,” Joyce, our new and temporary chef, greeted diligently.“Where is Alexa?” I asked without hesitation.I didn’t even acknowledge her pleasantries because they weren’t important to me. I just wanted to see my wife!“She is in the bedroom, sir,” Joyce responded.“Okay,” I said.“Is there anything you want me to do for you, sir?” Joyce asked.But I was already on my way to the bedroom and so I didn’t even give her an answer.I got into the bedroom and found Alexa staring out the window. She could still see a part of the beach, but th
MARK“It is lovely to have you here with us, Mark Ronaldo. You have no idea how relieved we are, and we are also glad that your wife loves the penthouse we arranged for you both,” Shaw told me after long hours of meeting.The other members of the board had said almost the same things to me.They had no idea that I was the one who was more relieved that I ended up coming to Versailles and not them coming to do business with me in Paris.This morning, on my way to the company, my heart had been filled with joy and it was all because of how things were looking between Alexa and I already. If it continued this way, I might eventually be able to win her back.“It is my pleasure,” I responded, glancing at my wristwatch.Being that it was the first official meeting, we had spent long hours talking and deliberating.“But I have to head back now. I don’t want to leave my heavily pregnant wife all alone all day,” I added.He nodded in understanding.“I can understand that, Mark, but we already
IVYMy mother was found dead in her cell this morning, according to what Drew told me. It was all over the news in the city now.He couldn’t stay much longer on the phone to give me more details, but I hadn’t been the same since the phone conversation.“Goodness...help my heart,” I said, clutching my chest with both hands.I couldn’t even say that my heart was racing. It was way more than that. It was something I couldn’t quite explain right now.I saw my mum about forty-eight hours ago.“I knew something was wrong with her. She looked sick,” I muttered to myself.I was having a full conversation all by myself, and then I began to pace around the small bedroom.My mother was found dead.Nothing ever prepared me for this, honestly. I knew that she had been given long sentence for the death of Mr. Silver, and there might never be a way out for her, but I just never thought that she would die.She was everything to me.Growing up, there was no one else I knew other than her. Even when sh
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







