ログインALEXAThere was something different about Mark the moment he walked in and I noticed it, and it made me furious.I was certain for a fact that Mark went out to speak to his lover, Mona.Gosh, the rage inside of me knew no bounds.This was the very reason I didn’t want Mark anywhere close to me. It wasn’t just because I didn’t want him anywhere close to the child, but it was because I knew that he was involved with someone else whom he had even displayed publicly.I couldn’t get over how cozy and loved up they had been at the fair.Rage bubbled inside of me all over again.Mark couldn’t even wait until this was completely over before rushing out to take her call, and here he was, acting all excited.What did she say to him?Did he tell her about this appointment and she called to show her support to him and offer him words of encouragement? Was that why he seemed more relaxed and excited?Heck, I really wish I could stop Mark from coming anywhere close to me.“Are we ready?” The doctor
MARK“Hey, Noelle,” I said the moment I was able to get to a good corner to talk and picked up.“Today is Alexa’s antenatal appointment,” Noelle stated.“Yes, I know. You don’t think I would forget something as important as this, right?” I asked Noelle.I wasn’t even upset with her for asking that kind of question. Noelle didn’t understand what this moment meant for me. She had absolutely no idea.I only had to look at the list once and every single appointment was committed to my memory, and I would not miss any of it for anything in the world. Not even my company could stop me.“We are at the hospital,” I added.Noelle sighed with deep relief.“Thank goodness,” Noelle said with so much relief that I could feel it.“Why is that?” I had to ask.“I didn’t want Alexa to be here on her own, Mark,” Noelle said. “I am just relieved that you are there with her as well,” she added.“Noelle, this is my child as well. I am not doing Alexa a favor by being here. I am simply being responsible f
MARKI expected Alexa to immediately tell the doctor that she didn’t want me here at all, since it had been explained to the both of us that the hospital had every right to keep me out if she didn’t want me here regardless of the paper from the court.But she hadn’t.For the life of me, I couldn’t fathom why Alexa had told the doctor to let me stay.It was very, very strange, and I just couldn’t get over the confusion.But for now, I had to put it at the back of my head and focus on the doctor’s checkup on Alexa.“You have to lie on your back and completely still, as you already know, Alexa,” the doctor told her.He was about to begin checking on her and as I stayed close by and watched, it began to feel like a dream to me. I had always known I wanted to be a dad, but standing right here and watching the woman carrying my child for the very first time in my life was surreal, and maybe it was because I didn’t expect it this way. If we were married and my wife had told me she was preg
IVYAfter being a hundred percent sure that I was alone now, I decided to go downstairs to get myself something to drink.“I don’t know why Alexa couldn’t even keep the maids,” I muttered to myself, but I almost realized why immediately. “Yikes, she doesn’t even have the money to keep them. She is very broke,” I added to myself.I didn’t expect to return from where I had been only to get back to doing everything all by myself.When I lived here before I was shipped to the mental home, I didn’t have to lift a finger because there was more than enough domestic staff to help carry out the responsibilities. All I needed to do was wake up, get dressed, and live the life of the daughter of a man with wealth. Unfortunately, Alexa couldn’t keep up that standard.But then again, maybe it was a good thing that she didn’t have the domestic workers anymore because they would have surely known I was here, and that could be implicating for me. “I wish I could go out, even if it is for a second, an
MARKAfter Alexa had succeeded in shattering my heart all over again; something that no woman had ever done, she walked into the hospital.I thought I was heartbroken when Mona decided to go with her boyfriend over what we had back then in Toronto, but I realized that I wasn’t even heartbroken…just sad.This right here was the true heartbreak, and if I didn’t want to be a dad, this would have been the moment I would have turned around, gotten back into my car, and drove away and never looked back.But I didn’t.It was what Alexa wanted, but again, I wasn’t going to let her have it.I had already made up my mind to be here regardless of whatever she did or said, and I meant it.“You will have to develop a thick skin if you don’t want her to keep hurting you like this, Mark,” I told myself.And after that, I shook it off and followed her into the hospital, but something had shifted in my mind.Bringing up conversation about Mona made me realize that I couldn’t continue running away from
MARK“Why aren’t you talking, Mark, huh?” Alexa asked me, glaring at me. “Does she know you are here fighting to be where you are not wanted?” She asked further.Alexa was enraged, but was she also jealous? Or was it just my imaginations?Anyway, I couldn’t exactly tell and that wasn’t what was important right now. Unfortunately, I couldn’t answer her question.I didn’t even know that she was going to ask me something like this. She sounded like Vector for a minute, and somehow, it dawned on me that I wouldn’t be able to continue running from this. I would have to face it.But certainly not at this very moment.“I don’t want to talk about Mona,” I responded tightly.But of course, Alexa was too stubborn to drop the conversation.“Why not, Mark?” She asked me angrily.“Because I don’t want to talk about it and I am driving,” I responded even though the driving wasn’t going to prevent me from answering if it was something that I could answer.“Don’t give me that, Mark,” Alexa warned st
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“Look what you have…” I started to berate Dina, who had the decency to stop and help the person she had knocked to the ground, but I stopped when I saw who it was.I stood there, shell-shocked…unable to move and breathe.“I am so sorry, ma’am,” Dina apologized.I had thought that Dina would c
ALEXADonald Shell’s cold condolence disturbed me for the entire night, and it got worse when I had yet another nightmare about him.I woke up panting and sweating.“How long is this going to keep happening to me?” I asked myself dejectedly.The whole thing was taking its toll on me, and unfortunat
MARK“Is she okay?” I couldn’t help but ask, but my jaw tightened when Donald Shell asked the same question at the same time.“Is she okay?” He also asked.I glared at him, and he returned my glare.“She passed out from shock at her…the company,” the doctor managed to say.I understood his confusio







