ログインALEXA“Mrs. Alexa, you are back,” Lona said, sounding shocked.She could barely believe that I would be back this soon. I wasn’t even gone for up to thirty minutes. All thanks to Shirley and Reyna, the church was just a stone throw from the house.“Just Alexa is fine,” I told Lona, cringing at the title that she had automatically given me.Lona was so perplexed that she couldn’t keep it in any longer.“Did the wedding not hold?” She asked me.“It did, Lona,” I told her dully.Still, she wasn’t convinced.“But...you are back way too soon, you don’t want to be addressed as Mrs. Alexa, and you don’t have any rings on,” she noted.Lona was still trying to be respectful about what she noticed, and at the same time, keeping within her boundaries.“First of all, it was just a church wedding, Lona. It doesn’t usually take the whole day to sign a marriage certificate, and secondly, people are allowed to get married and not wear wedding bands,” I answered.But deep down, in all of this, Mark an
CHAPTER 814: THE COLDEST WEDDING EVER!MARKWas Alexa serious? Did I hear her correctly or was it a joke?A part of me knew that I had heard her correctly, which was why I felt deeply humiliated, especially as everyone’s attention was now focused on us.Worse, they had heard everything that was said.“Is there something you would like to say?” Alexa asked me cockily.She knew exactly what she was doing.First, she arrived almost late, and to make matters worse, she came dressed as though she was going to work on a random day. It wasn’t fair. It was embarrassing, not to talk of the fact that she had been avoiding me all through.Alexa signed the certificate that made us husband and wife without even looking at me. I had attended a lot of weddings in my lifetime, in and outside the city, but I had never seen anything like what happened here today.It was the coldest wedding ever!Unfortunately, it happened to me.“No, I don’t,” I said, trying so hard to push the humiliation down my thro
ALEXA“Congratulations, Mr. Mark,” Shirley and Reyna sang to Mark who merely smiled tightly and nodded in acknowledgment.He wasn’t happy.Well, that would make two of us.They turned to me and said, “Congratulations, Mrs. Alexa.”And that made my heart beat instantly because it stuck to me.Mrs. Alexa.If the called the full name, it would be Mrs. Alexa Mark Ronaldo. Well, until the court papers, I wouldn’t be referred to as that. However, the sound of that tasted really bitter on my tongue, and I already knew that I wanted nothing to do with that name.“Thank you, Shirley and Reyna,” I responded with a forced smile.I didn’t feel like being here, and thankfully, the damn wedding was over and I could leave. If Reyna and Shirley had questions, they had decided against it already.If they were disappointed by how I appeared for my own wedding, they didn’t show any signs of it, which was a good thing because they should know that they didn’t have any right to the choices that I make.Af
IVYJack returned an hour later and made us some soup from what he got while hunting. We all ate in silence and I didn’t bother with Lina Barry’s presence.Jack was already used to being quiet, and so he pretended as though he couldn’t see the tension between us.I couldn’t find the phone Jack used in communicating with Drew. What Jack didn’t know was that I had tried several times to look for it but I just couldn’t find it. It was as though he kept it somewhere in this cabin that I couldn’t reach.But where?The cabin was a small one. Was it possible that Jack would have hidden a phone in this cabin and I would not be able to find it?Or did he always take it out with him whenever he left the cabin?This left me confused and frustrated at the same time.Since Grace systematically kicked me out of her house, I had been unable to get access to any cell phone, and it would really be useful to me at this time.After the meal, we were quiet for some time and the air grew thicker. Eventual
ALEXAI stood and stared at everyone and no one in particular. Just as I had wanted, only four people aside from Mark and the priest were in the church.Just the way I wanted it.But even though I wasn’t staring at anyone in particular, I knew that all eyes were on me. They turned to look at me the moment I appeared on the door.And I could see their shock.Yes, I chose to pick one of the dresses in my wardrobe that still fitted. As a matter of fact, I had chosen one of the dresses I had worn before even though I had a few new dresses, deliberately ditching the two wedding dresses.At this very moment, they were still lying on my bed, staring at the roof and wondering why on earth I hadn’t taken any of them.Everyone in the church, including the priest, were wondering why I had appeared as a guest. Even Reyna and Shirley were more dressed than I was.They were coming for my wedding, so they had put in extra effort to look beautiful, including Noelle. Gosh, Mark looked radiantly handso
MARK“Then, that is all I need to hear,” he said with a smile. “The court is going to also issue you a certificate, containing every legal proceeding, but that will be handled by your lawyer. This is all we offer here,” he added.“I know that,” I responded.Brent would have that sorted out as soon as he got back. And why the heck wasn’t he back anyway?“Good,” the priest said with a nod.“Are we starting now?” I asked him.The only question in my head was whether Alexa had arrived yet. I had thought that he had sent for me because he wanted to have a lengthy discussion with me even though it was almost nine already.“In a minute or two,” he responded.“Alright then, I will just wait in the church for you,” I said, desperate to find out if Alexa had arrived or not.“Of course, Mr. Mark,” he said.I got up and walked out of his office.As I feared, Alexa still hadn’t shown up.Noelle was speaking to Shirley by the entrance door and Vector was talking to someone on the phone in another c
IVY“What happened to him?” I asked when I was able to get over my shock and the thought that was going through my head already.“Are you alone?” She asked me for the first time.I glanced at the nurse who was glaring hatefully at me. She seemed like she would have liked to know what my mum was sa
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.
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
MARK“A threat?” Brent asked.He was obviously as shocked as I was.“Yes, sir,” Mona answered.I was dying to ask my own questions, but being that Brent was already doing that, I had to stand and watch him do it, and it was taking me every ounce of self-control not to chip in because I was always t







