LOGINALEXA“Alexa, we have watched you for more than twenty-four hours, and I can say that you are medically fit to go home,” the doctor told me with a warm smile.I forced a smile of my own.After Noelle followed Mark out and came back some minutes later, we didn’t say a word to each other.Then, I fell asleep and didn’t wake up until the next morning, and now, it was almost noon.I didn’t think I had had a more peaceful sleep in the last couple of weeks.It felt as though I was completely unconscious, and as such, oblivious to everything going on in the world, and particularly in my life.It was peaceful and serene, and a tiny part of me wished that I could remain in that state forever, but it wasn’t possible.The only way that would be possible was if I died.I also knew that the medications and treatments were the reason I was able to sleep so peacefully, and now that I was awake, I felt really better and there was a certain kind of strength I felt now.“Thank you, doctor,” I responded
MARKAs much as I really wanted to stay, I just couldn’t. What I saw in Alexa’s eyes as she said those words seeped into my bones.She meant it.Not that she had never meant the other words that she spoke about, but this was different.She stared at me, waiting for me to disappear completely like I never existed, and at that very moment, I didn’t know what else to do or say.So far, Alexa had made it really difficult for me to fix anything. This was even worse and I knew that she wouldn’t allow it pass.Without much of a choice, I turned around and walked out.Halfway through the aisle, Noelle called me.“Mark.”I stopped and turned, and then I waited for her to catch up with me.“Are you really leaving because she asked you to?” Noelle asked me, sounding slightly disappointed.“Why would I do that?” I asked Noelle in return. “Hold on a second, did you really think that I would abandon my child?” I questioned her further.“Well, I wouldn’t know...with the way you just turned and walke
MARKHearing Alexa say those words broke my heart way more than I ever thought that it would. I was still reeling from the things she said to me and pushing me away coldly when all I wanted...again...was to be by her side.“What is he still doing here? I thought I asked him to leave?” Alexa asked Noelle.At different times when Alexa had been enraged, I had seen her embittered and begrudged, but this was entirely different.Some part of me was scared to my bones that she would truly never forgive me.I stood there, watching and listening to her, and beating myself up in my mind for not taking a damn look at my cell phone when it had rung.Fuck, I would have known that it was Alexa and not Mona.The only reason I hadn’t bothered to take a look at my phone until hours later was because I thought that it was Mona, and I was trying to avoid her at every cost.If I had had an inkling that it was Alexa or even sniffed it in the air that she needed me, I would have abandoned everything I was
ALEXA“Alexa, come on,” Noelle said pleadingly.“Noelle, please, stay out of this,” I warned her deeply, almost snapping at her.She had no idea what it felt like to be in my shoes and go through what I had been through. I was certain that neither Noelle nor anyone else would have been able to tolerate or even survive it.“I am sorry...” Mark started to apologize, but I just wouldn’t hear of it.“What am I to do with your damn apologies?” I asked Mark, glaring at him.Thankfully, the drowsiness had gone and I had a clear head now, and also, I wasn’t feeling any pain, so I didn’t have to be worried about what I said and did.“Alexa, please, let me explain,” Mark pleaded profusely.“I don’t want to hear any word that would come out of your mouth, Mark, and I don’t want to see you either,” I told him bitterly, and I meant it.“Please, Alexa, don’t do this,” Mark begged, wincing.I was certain that he felt his ego being squashed because he was begging.The Mark Ronaldo I knew never begged
ALEXAI couldn’t tell for how long, but I knew that I dozed off again.While I was unconscious, a lot of things happened in a world I didn’t understand. It was as though I was being operated upon and there were a ton of doctors hovering over me, and that made me uncomfortable.I was glad to be able to open my eyes to a place I knew; the hospital ward, but then again, it brought me back to my misery, and instantly, I began to shed tear.My baby was gone.“Alexa,” Noelle called gently.This time around, I didn’t even realize that someone was in the ward with me. The moment Noelle spoke, I knew that she was the one.Her voice was crystal clear in my head.I turned and looked at Noelle, who stared at me with a worried look.Before I dozed off again, I recalled that Shirley was here. Maybe that was even hours ago and she had left.“Noelle,” I whispered sadly as more tears streamed down my cheeks.My heart was breaking all over again and I couldn’t stop it. I already knew that I wouldn’t be
MARKI started calling Alexa back, but her cell phone just wasn’t connecting anymore.“My goodness, what the heck is going on?” I asked myself as I began to grab everything I needed to leave.My heart was racing really fast.A part of me knew that Alexa wouldn’t have called so many times if there wasn’t something urgent. Goodness, I really hoped that she was okay.“Mr. Mark! Is everything okay?” Reyna asked worriedly when she saw me bursting through my office door like a lunatic.Still, I didn’t even have the time to pause and stop.“I am leaving for the day!” I managed to answer as I hurried into the elevator.Now was not the time to stand still for even a second and wait.Cannon Dexter wasn’t present at the moment because I told him earlier that his services wasn’t needed at the moment. I drove Alexa to the hospital myself and back, and so I hurried into my car and began to drive out.There was no part of my brain that asked me to slow down because I was really going too fast, and h
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







