MARKThe scenario of Alexa being extremely hostile and harsh towards me, Donald Shell arriving with flowers in his hand and dominating her territory kept playing in my head.Donald acted as though Alexa belonged to him and I had no right to be there.The anger and jealously that had eaten me up when I had to walk out of Alexa’s store before I would do something that I would regret was still eating me up deeply.I had thought that seeing Alexa with that Oscar guy at her launch party was infuriating, but this was even worse. It was worse because I knew Donald Shell, and he was more a threat than Oscar would have ever been.I would have gladly chosen Oscar as my competitor rather than Donald, and from the look of things, Alexa had already fallen for him.I lost appetite and even the zeal to do anything.Going back to the company hadn’t worked for the rest of the day, because I couldn’t concentrate, and now that I was back home, it wasn’t any better. I couldn’t stop thinking and imagining
IVYIt was getting dark and I was becoming more and more restless. The injury on my head which now carried a bandage was taking too much time to heal. I knew that it only happened recently, but somehow, I wished that the pain and scar would magically disappear. Being confined in the house was making me go insane, especially being that I had never been in this position before.It even made me more aggravated because neither Mark nor Oscar even attempted to check up on me, especially Oscar who was the cause of this.I couldn’t go out, so that no one would know what happened to me, and I couldn’t visit Mark as well for the same reason. It felt as though I was imprisoned, and it was making me cranky and very frustrated.“Yes!” I yelled when I heard a knock on my bedroom door.The housekeeper came in with a tray of food, and my irritation and anger increased instantly.“What do you want here?” I asked her.She looked a bit confused that I was asking her that, because I could clearly see t
ALEXAEven a dead person could feel the hostility and intensity that oozed between Mark and Donald. I had no idea that they knew each other, and the hatred that passed between them seeped into my skin and caused goosebumps all over my body.Watching Mark leave gave me mixture of feelings even though I didn’t want him in my store to begin with.I wasn’t also expecting Donald Shell either, and this was the third flower bouquet I was getting from him in a day. They were beautiful and smelled nicely, but it was getting too much and sending too many messages.His presence reminded me that I really wasn’t ready to see him today, or any time soon.“I am glad I came when I did,” Donald said.“Why?” I asked, confused.“Should we go into your office?” Donald asked, reminding me of my manners.I had been checking things up with my secretary before Mark barged in like he owned the place, and I guess that was one of the things that upset me. Another one was the fact that he was in my store less th
MARK“What do you mean by that?” I asked him.His voice sounded deep and dreadful and it sent shivers done my spine. It wasn’t really about the words in particular, but the way he said it.“There is always more to it than meets the eye, Mark. Just be careful around him,” Mr. Gerald said and walked away.When he walked away, I almost began to dwell on the thought, but I quickly pushed it off my thoughts. Mr. Gerald wasn’t worth it.He was hurt and pained that his sins had caught up with him, and like every other loser, he was looking for someone to take down with him. I always laughed out loud at his words of being careful. This was the same man who wanted to take away my company.“He is such a joker,” I said to myself.I was almost embarrassed that I allowed his empty warning and baseless words to send shivers down my spine. They were all angry with Mr. Devon who had chosen to be loyal and committed to the growth of my company rather than to join them in stealing it, and he wanted me
MARKMr. Devon and I waited for the three men at the conference room patiently. True to Mr. Devon’s words, three hours later, he returned to the company with the permission to dissolve the stakeholders permanently.“You are a genius, Mr. Devon,” I had told him, then proceeded to call for an emergency meeting.As we sat and waited for them, I could not help but imagine the look on their faces when the bomb would go off on them. I recalled the last time that we had sat together and the pride and confidence they had had.They thought that perhaps, I would fail soon, and they would be able to take over what they never worked so hard to build. This company was a Ronaldo legacy, and nothing was going to change that.“Mr. Devon, are you sure that after this, there is nothing else that is going to threaten my position as the CEO?” I asked Mr. Devon again.This was like the fifth time I was asking him the same question since we arrived at the conference room. I didn’t want any more surprises a
MARKThe news Mr. Devon gave me to lifted my spirit! It was exactly what I wanted to hear from him! “Are you for real?” I asked Mr. Devon.“Of course, Mark,” he answered.Finally, I would be able to get them off the company for good, and the issue of getting married and the pressure that came with it just to secure my position as the rightful heir would disappear.“Excuse me,” Mr. Devon said.After he left, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. My heart was filled with so much relief and gladness, so much so that my attention left the email response I had been expecting from Alexa all day. This was more important than anything else in the world.Mr. Devon returned a few minutes later with a file in his hand. He opened it and passed it to me.“Take a look at it and see what I was talking about,” Mr. Devon said. I looked at the file and every clause attached to the position of the stakeholders in my company was boldly written there. I grinned from ear to ear.These men became my nightmar
ALEXA“Miss Alexa, you have another client!” My secretary squealed in delightfulness.“Another one?” I asked, my eyes wide with shock and excitement.We had just finished attending to the ten that came as a result of Donald’s contract, and I was yet to catch my breath. In fact, I was about to order lunch when she came in and broke the news.I could barely contain my joy.The last ten whom we had attended to came with big bucks, and as they were signing the contract, my secretary was doing a good job putting it out there in a subtle way that showed as advertisement. “A pop-star,” she told me. “And he wants to know if he can come and get his contract signed because of his busy schedule,” she informed me.“What are you waiting for?!” I asked her, almost screaming in excitement.“I already did, ma’am, I just wanted to let you know, because he would be here any moment from now,” she told me.“You are the best!” I complimented her as she returned to her position.I was too excited to even
MARK“If Donald Shell is really out to get you, then you better believe that he will stop at nothing to Alexa.”Those words that Vector said, which I had been thinking already, continued to ring in my head, causing me to be restless.I just couldn’t sit back and watch Donald try to take something away from me again. He wasn’t coming for my company anymore, because he knew that he couldn’t, so he decided to go for someone that used to be a part of my life.And I wouldn’t allow it. I couldn’t allow it.I had already sent an email to Alexa’s brand seeking a contract. Since I tried doing it physically and it didn’t work, I decided to try via email and I waited for her response. I was still waiting for a response when Mr. Devon came to my office. He had a smile on his face, so I guessed his visit would result to good news, because lately, he had become a messenger of doom.“Mr. Devon,” I said. “Please, have your sit,” I told him and he sat down. “You seem to be in a really good mood today
ALEXAThe news making the rounds about Donald and I seemed to make me uncomfortable. Worse, he had already sent me flowers twice in one day.He exactly was he hitting at?He was very particular when he said he wanted friendly, which I granted because I didn’t see anything wrong with being friends with my client, but flowers and the news in the blogs? It was getting too much.For the tenth time that day, I dialed Noelle’s number again and she eventually picked up.“Goodness, Noelle, I thought you had fallen off the face of the earth,” I said immediately, breathing with relief.I missed Noelle so much. It was like I was now alone in the entire universe and I was finding it hard to navigate my way around it. Not that I always accepted Noelle’s opinions, but her presence always strengthened me in a good way.“I have been so busy, Alexa. I’m sorry,” she said.She sounded like she was in a hurry or something. “It has been a crazy week here,” Noelle said. “It has been a crazy week here as