LOGINALEXAI squeezed my eyes shut before the first drop of tears could escape my eyes. Instead of letting them out, I allowed them to burn every fiber of my being.Gosh, I was broken beyond words.The sight of Mark Ronaldo walking out of my house, his shoulders tight after hearing that I didn’t want to see him again was glued to my memory, and I allowed it to linger there.As much as I hated to see him go, especially with how beautiful things had been between us in the last few days, but once again, I was reminded that Mark Ronaldo was not the man for me.He had never been.Ivy was right.From the very beginning that I fell madly and helplessly in love with him, Mark Ronaldo had never been mine, but over and over again, I had allowed the love I had for him to cloud my senses. If I had been sensible enough and able to control my emotions, I would never have allowed myself get into any entanglement with Mark.I would have left him at that hospital to die.Yes, the doctor played his part, bu
ALEXAI squeezed my eyes shut before the first drop of tears could escape my eyes. Instead of letting them out, I allowed them to burn every fiber of my being.Gosh, I was broken beyond words.The sight of Mark Ronaldo walking out of my house, his shoulders tight after hearing that I didn’t want to see him again was glued to my memory, and I allowed it to linger there.As much as I hated to see him go, especially with how beautiful things had been between us in the last few days, but once again, I was reminded that Mark Ronaldo was not the man for me.He had never been.Ivy was right.From the very beginning that I fell madly and helplessly in love with him, Mark Ronaldo had never been mine, but over and over again, I had allowed the love I had for him to cloud my senses. If I had been sensible enough and able to control my emotions, I would never have allowed myself get into any entanglement with Mark.I would have left him at that hospital to die.Yes, the doctor played his part, bu
ALEXAMy hand connected with Mark’s cheek before I could control myself. The age inside of me knew no bound, and seeing Mark the moment I was driven in didn’t make me feel any better.“Stop the car right in front of Mark,” I had instructed the cop driving me.And he had obeyed.Even before I slapped Mark, my chest was already hurting me so badly that I could barely breathe.Mark was stunned to his bones, and embarrassed as well because we were right in the presence of the cops.They had seen me hit him.Physical violence had never been my thing, but the sting of pain and betrayal consumed me.Maybe I shouldn’t have believed Mona. I had no right to believe her; she was a stranger to me as far as I was concerned, but I found myself believing her. She wouldn't have said it if it wasn’t true.How she got to know wasn't a question I could answer for myself, and I didn’t even try to answer it, especially with the way I was feeling.“What has gotten over you?” Mark asked me, still stunned an
MARKGetting myself some new clothes didn’t take as long as I thought it would. I only had to pick one or two clothes that I could change with, knowing that I wouldn’t be living with Alexa forever.I would have to return to work the very next day, which also meant that I would have to deal with Mona being in my house.I still couldn’t stop thinking about Vector being engaged.“We will be having the wedding really soon because we don’t want a prolonged time to prepare. We just want something small and intimate, but of course, I would have told you about it before we even started planning,” Vector had said.A tinge of jealousy had washed through me even though I later became happy for Vector.Vector and I had been friends for years now, and thinking about it now, I had always had everything more than Vector, and some things before he did.For example, Vector’s family wasn’t as wealthy as mine. He didn’t inherit any company from anyone, unlike me.Not that they were poor, but Vector had
ALEXA“What are you doing here?” I asked Mona.Those were the first words that came out of my mouth. Seeing her came as a shock to me even though I knew already that this was a public space.“What else do people do here?” Mona asked me.The sinister smile was very much there.Seeing Mona reminded me of all the hurt that she had caused me, and I realized instantly that I didn’t want to indulge her. I shouldn’t have even said anything to begin with. I should have completely ignored her.“You know what, I can’t do this with you,” I said and turned to walk away, but Mona followed me.Somehow, it seemed as though we were the only ones left in the baby store. I knew I caught sight of other shoppers, but my eyes couldn’t seem to find them anymore.“I hear you are pregnant,” Mona said.I groaned internally.Of course, she would have heard; everyone in the city had heard, but it still made me very uncomfortable. Mona never lived in Paris, and if not for instances like this, we would never have
ALEXABeing here alone on the second day of the New Year made me feel a little stuck, and I just felt the urge to go out and do some baby shopping.Mark sent me a lot of money before the New Year, and till now, I hadn’t spent a dime from it.“A shopping wouldn’t be a bad idea,” I told myself as I got out of the shower.It would even be good for me because I would get to feed my eyes. Since the New Year eve, I had been holed up in here. While it was blissful because of Mark’s presence, I just felt the need to step out for an hour as well, especially as Mark wasn’t here.“Ma’am, are you going out?” Lora asked when I got downstairs.My bump was already growing really fast now; one minute I didn’t even take note of it and the next, it was obvious, but I ensured that I wore something that would conceal it a little even though the whole of Paris already knew that I was pregnant.“Yes, I am,” I answered.And Mona became worried instantly.“Um, is it something I could help you get instead?” L
ALEXAI arrived at my store feeling refreshed and better than I thought I would feel. Contrary to my worry, spending the night at Donald’s house had brought me more peace.Donald was a complete gentleman.He didn’t make any attempt to touch me inappropriately or use the opportunity of my presence i
ALEXAThe look on Donald’s face was enough to make me deeply worried.“What confession?” I asked Donald skeptically.Donald walked into my office, coming closer to me.“I have been up and doing since the attack, because I don’t want it to happen to you again, and more importantly, I wanted to get t
IVY The scar from the injury incurred at Oscar’s apartment was taking its precious time to heal, and I knew that I should continue hiding in the house to prevent nosy gossips from carrying the news, but with what I read about Alexa being attacked and Oscar being arrested, I just couldn’t continue
IVYI had no option but to wait for them to finish up their round of argument, of which my mum didn’t win this time around, unfortunately.Mr. Silver stormed out of the house in a rage, while my mum stormed upstairs.As soon as I noticed that she was coming up the stairs, I decked and hid quickly b







