ログインIVYI arrived at the cabin at the break of dawn. Gloria had given me the address and helped me get a cab that would take me to my dad’s cabin, well disguised, of course, and before the break of dawn, I had left to pay him a visit.My dad, for the first time in God knows how long.I didn’t have much memories of him because he left when I was pretty much younger, and at a point, I just thought that he was dead, especially after my mum got married to Mr. Silver and I was adopted as his stepdaughter.“Are you sure you know where you are going?” He asked me worriedly when he got to where he was supposed to drop me.Gloria already did everything she needed to do, like tell him where he should drop me off and also paying him.It was in a the middle of the woods and so I could understand why he was worried about me.Gloria did say that I needed to drop right there and take the rest of the journey to the cabin on foot so that my dad wouldn’t be disturbed by the sight of any car, and more impor
MARKMy heart almost stopped when she mentioned Donald Shell, and also, the fact that she had mentioned Alexa initially.There was no way I could have just let her go.“Please, sir, I don’t want any troubles with him. I just want to be as far away from him as possible,” Gina pleaded tearfully.The coffee in my hand, which was given to me a few seconds ago that was hot, had almost instantly gone cold.I dropped it and focused my attention on Gina.“You are not going to get into trouble,” I tried to assure her, but Gina was so scared that my words did nothing to make her feel any better.“He is very dangerous,” Gina said.Her lips were quivering now.“I know that, Gina,” I said.I didn’t move an inch because I was trying to be careful. The last thing I wanted to do was make her think that I wanted to take advantage of her. On the contrary, I merely wanted to make her feel safe and comfortable enough to speak to her.“But do you also know who I am?” I asked her.Gina nodded.“You are Mar
MARKThe suite was very warm and cozy, which was perfect for this blizzard because from what I could see outside, anyone trapped would be freezing to death.But I was very restless.I wasn’t even thinking of the blizzard as much as I was thinking of how to get in touch with Noelle, especially.Knowing Alexa, she might have thought that I had abandoned her.Noelle mentioned something about Alexa being discharged, so I knew that she wasn’t in the hospital any longer. Even though Noelle and the cops might be around her, being away from Alexa still felt like she wasn’t protected enough.It had been hours now but I couldn’t stop pacing around, and at some point, I knew that I was going to make my eyes spin if I continued this way.So, I rang for the personal keeper, and in a few minutes, she arrived, but I noticed that she had her head bowed.“What happened to the coffee you were supposed to serve me?” I asked her.Even though it wasn’t where I would have wanted to start from, I realized t
ALEXA“What?!”I was stunned to my bones!For a moment, I didn’t even want to believe that those words came out of Noelle’s mouth. The same Noelle who vehemently kicked against it and fought me about it for a very long time when I married Mark the first time.“You heard me right, Alexa. Go ahead and marry Mark Ronaldo. After all, he has already proposed to you, right?” Noelle repeated clearly and loudly.Still, I was finding it hard to believe.“Noelle, did you hit your head on a rock?” I had to ask. “Did Nelson and his family exchange you with someone else?” I asked Noelle further because I needed to understand what was going on.“There is nothing wrong with me, Alexa,” Noelle told me.“Have you forgotten how mad you were when I married Mark Ronaldo the first time and stayed with him for five years?” I asked Noelle, my voice raised.It still felt as though this wasn’t Noelle.It was one thing to advise me to have sex with Mark just to satisfy my sexual desires, but asking me to go do
ALEXA“Why didn’t you tell Mark about what is going on?” Noelle asked me.After that call from the doctor, my whole body temperature changed. Thank goodness for the presence of Noelle who stayed with me and instructed Lora on what to prepare that would make be calm.I was lying in bed, but my heart was still racing very fast.For the life of me, I couldn’t explain why I felt threatened by that call, but I could just feel danger looming over me. I shouldn’t be worried whether or not Ivy was seen, but somewhere deep inside, I feared that there was a lurking danger.Not for Ivy, but for me.“What should I have told him?” I asked Noelle.“That you were visited by a stranger who claims to be Ivy’s doctor from the mental home, and that he was right here asking questions,” Noelle answered.She sounded like she was scolding a little child.“Mark has no idea that Ivy is alive, remember?” I asked Noelle. “He is just as clueless as everyone else in the city,” I added.“It is not your responsibil
MARKI paced about at the airport, my blood boiling with rage. I had already screamed all the airport staff members away from me.Only one of them, who was supposed to be one of the pilots, returned.“Mr. Mark,” he called carefully.I stopped and turned, glaring at him with rage.“How long is the blizzard going to be for?” I asked him impatiently.It had been more than two hours since they last gave me the most earth-shattering news.“We are not sure yet,” he responded.“What?!” I said in utter shock and annoyance. “What do you mean by that?” I asked him angrily.“Usually, it can be for some couple of hours, or maybe for a day, but there is no way a plane can go up there in this weather condition,” he tried to explain to me.And it didn’t make me feel any better.It was already getting late and I should have been in Paris by now, not stuck in the airport. If that company hadn’t delayed me longer than they were supposed to, I wouldn’t have been caught up in this because even on my way
ALEXAHe didn’t show up.And I felt like a fool, just sitting there and waiting for Mark Ronaldo to show up, and he didn’t. I ground my teeth in annoyance, my rage almost bursting out.By the time I checked my watch and saw that he was three hours late, I knew that he wasn’t going to show up again.
ALEXAFour hours later, I was still lamenting on the silly mistake I made, especially when I tried again to see if I could order the chocolate candies from the other city and they just weren’t responsive.It had dawned on me that Mark did not only fly them across cities to get to me, but he also us
MARK I was expecting that what happened at Donald’s office would have made it to the news by now, because knowing him, he was excellent at lying and manipulating situations to suit him, and that was the exact reason I went with Vector.But there was nothing like that.“Because the bastard knows he
ALEXAFinally, the dinner that seemed to be stretching for so long ended, much to my relief.“Alexa, honey, do you want to maybe join me in clearing the table?” Clara asked, getting back to her acting.She had been quiet for long, and that was majorly because the conversation had shifted from false







