ALEXAGina’s firm reaction towards me threw me off balance, and the excitement I had regarding my car almost disappeared.By the time I got to my apartment, I was feeling sour and confused.That wasn’t Gina. She was quite different from the girl I met and liked almost immediately, and she seemed to have also liked me. Something did happen, and there was no convincing me otherwise.My living room was filled with wrapped gifts, all from Donald, but I didn’t feel any ounce of excitement, or the curiosity to even check them out. I called my dad.“You left me not too long ago, honey,” he teased.“I know, dad, but I was wondering if you could ask the cleaning company in charge of cleaning the house to come and clean up mine. It’s a little dusty,” I requested.“Of course,” my dad responded without delay. “They will be there shortly,” he added.“But you didn’t ask for my address,” I reminded him.“Oh, uh, yes, you can send it to me,” he said before ending the call.I knew my dad like the ba
ALEXAI spent some more time with my dad, but I could barely concentrate fully as I kept thinking about the car gift.I wasn’t a teenager anymore, but I was very excited.That wasn’t what I had even put in any of my plans because I just didn’t see the need for it, but being gifted a car by my dad just made me feel very happy. It was even more than the car gift.It was the fact that it had been something that he planned with my mum, and now, he eventually got to do it.“You and Mark are still going to continue working on the company until it is back on its feet, right?” My dad had asked.“Yes, yes!” I had responded before hurrying out of the boardroom.“Congratulations on your car, Miss Alexa,” Reyna had also said when I got to the reception.It was obvious that she knew about it, and I wondered slightly if Mark had also been aware, but none of that mattered to me. By the time I drove out of the company, I was filled with excitement and thrill. I could barely contain it.I should have
IVYToday was my doctor’s appointment, and I was eager for it.Even though Lina Barry did try to convince me that there was no getting out, I knew that I would find one. She gave up easily, but I wasn’t like her. I would die before I let a man like Donald Shell put me away forever.Staying as long as ten years like Lina Barry was not an option for me. I wasn’t even sure I could stay up to five years. I was barely a year here and I was already frustrated. Gosh, I knew that I would find my way out.“Are you getting ready?” Lina asked lightly.We had been spending more time together since the last time. She already had her section with her doctor, and just like everyone else, she hated it.“Yes, I am,” I said, glancing at the clock again and again.“You seem to be desperate for your appointment,” Lina observed. “You have got to be the only one I know who is around here even though most of them are crazy,” Lina added.“I just want to get it over and done with,” I responded.Lina and I h
MARKI got to my company about half an hour after I left Mr. Silver and Alexa, and I tried hard enough not to think about Alexa and Donald.And the deep feeling of anguish in my chest.She went back to him just like that?I was so pained and infuriated that I couldn’t react or say a word, or even look at Alexa. If I had tried to react for a second, I might have ruined Donald’s entire face with a punch, but I didn’t because I didn’t want a scandal.“Good day, Mr. Mark…what a…surprise,” my secretary stuttered, shocked to be seeing me.I didn’t inform any one of them that I would be coming in, and as such, my presence wasn’t expected. Although I found her on her desk, I couldn’t understand why she was so shocked.“Welcome, sir,” she said after catching herself.I simply waved her and went into my office, and then I called Vector.“Is this call to let me know that you are back in the city?” He asked me.“Yes, it is,” I answered.“And you are in your office?” He asked further.“Yes, I am,
ALEXAWas Mark’s reaction meant to humiliate me? I was so pissed off that he had completely ignored me that I couldn’t even hold back.All of a sudden, he was now acting cold?No, he didn’t get to do that!I was the angry one here because I found out that he was also having a fling with a woman in Toronto at the same time I was giving my body to him.Gosh, the thought of it made my heart to squeeze in pain.“Alexa, it’s your turn for your brief,” my dad said, drawing my attention to him.The moment I looked at him, the anger I had with Mark was transferred to him.“That’s all?” I asked him angrily.“What else am I supposed to say?” My dad asked, sounding innocently confused.“Mark, I really want to say thank you for not just introducing this investor to us, but also ensuring that he came on board. Without you, I would have lost this company,” I mimicked him. “How about you also appreciate your own daughter too, dad?!” I demanded, my voice hitting the roof.“Who says I wasn’t going to
ALEXA“Alexa, you haven’t said anything,” Donald urged when I didn’t give a response almost immediately.I cleared my throat and tried to water it with my saliva, and then I returned my attention to him.“I am sorry, I just wasn’t expecting this,” I said, and I was being honest.As a matter of fact, it was all too much for me to take in.Donald smiled warmly, maintaining his close position.“I understand, Alexa, and trust me, I am not rushing you into anything. You can take your time and think over it, but I don’t want you to continue avoiding me,” he responded.“I won’t,” I told him, but I wasn’t sure about that.Donald seemed really genuine and different, but then again, this was exactly how he was in the beginning before he started showing traits that I wasn’t comfortable with.More than that, my mind was on a different man completely even though I was pissed off with him and all I wanted to do was to make him jealous.After watching Donald and I for a few seconds, Mark had walked