LOGINALEXAI couldn’t believe that Mark would even suggest something like that to me! What kind of man was he?Fine, I had always known that he was selfish and only cared about himself. What he wanted was for everyone to do his bidding and for everything to go his way, but a tiny part of me had hoped that he had truly changed.How silly of me!For five years, I was married to Mark Ronaldo. I nursed him back to health and took proper care of him even though he neglected me completely and chose Ivy over me for the second time. I gave up working in my dad’s company and even doing something for myself to be a devoted wife to Mark.For five years, I was nothing but his wife, nurse, caregiver, and whatever he needed me to be while he worked as the CEO in his father’s company and expanded his own business.Now that something good was coming my way again, he wanted me to go with him to Versailles. While he would be there working and chasing a very huge contract, I would be doing nothing with my li
MARKWith how everything had been going, my first thought was that Alexa would go with the suggestion smoothly. I hadn’t imagined that she would react like that.The fire that erupted in her eyes told me that it didn’t sit well with her even before she opened her mouth to speak.“What did you just say?” Alexa asked me.I swallowed hard, preparing myself for the most difficult conversation I would ever have with Alexa.Again, I had thought that this dinner would soften everything and make things easier for me, but right now, I realized how wrong I was. There was no way Alexa would agree to it. Even if I did everything right in the world, she would never bend.I should have known.“We are moving to Versailles for a few months,” I managed to repeat.“Are you joking?” Alexa asked.I could tell that she was really expecting me to say that I was, but I wish that I could say that I was joking. I wasn’t.“No, I am not,” I said.“I knew this wasn’t for free!” Alexa blew hot, her voice breaking
MARKAlexa and I ate for some minutes in silence. With the way she moaned at each bite, I knew that she felt the deliciousness of the food.The conversation before we sat down to eat was so easy and light, and I had no idea that bringing up what I wanted to talk about would land on a fertile soil.Alexa looked happy and that made me genuinely happy.“This is delicious,” Alexa eventually said when she was almost done emptying her plate.The moaning sound and now speaking huskily really turned me on, but this was neither the place, nor the time.“It is,” I responded.“Can I get another plate?” Alexa asked.“Of course, Alexa. We have a whole platter on our table and it belongs to us. If you still want something more, all you have to do is ask and I will send for it,” I told Alexa.“I thought this was everything they had on their menu,” Alexa said, recounting what she had said earlier.“Yes, but it is not everything they have in the restaurant, and I can make them go over and beyond to ge
ALEXANo matter what was going on between Mark and me, I just couldn’t get over this priceless moment, especially as he had had to pay the restaurant to open this space just for something like this.I hadn’t lied when I said that I once wished I could be here when it was recently opened, but this was nothing compared to what I had wished for.This was magical.“I have never seen Paris like this before,” I said when I noticed Mark’s presence close me. “Have you?” I asked him.My voice was low, but I didn’t have to worry about it because the wind carried the words, as well as our fragrances. It was just not something I could fully explain.“Once,” Mark responded.“Was it on a date like this?” I asked.The moment I did, I felt a pang of jealousy because I could already imagine that it was when him and Ivy had been on a date. Mark had been with other women before Ivy, but somehow, in my head, they didn’t exist.Only Ivy did and the pain it brought to my chest was raw and deep.“No, it was
MARKAlexa accepted the flowers, but I could tell that she didn’t want to act as though she liked them. My only encouragement was the blush I saw on her cheeks.That was enough for me...for now.Hopefully, by the time we were done with dinner, she would be totally swept off her feet, and she wouldn’t turn down my offer.So help me God...“Shall we?” I requested.“Yeah,” Alexa responded.I reached out to hold her other hand, but she tried to get away from me. Nevertheless, I didn’t want that to happen, so I systematically snaked my hand around her waist.Alexa didn’t protest or try to get away from me.Damn, she was so hot and sexy in this dress and I felt like kissing her instantly, but I had a feeling that this was the wrong time to make such moves.When Reyna told me that she had contacted the best female fashion designer in the city, I hadn’t thought that it had been extreme.And I loved it.Alexa and I got to my car where Cannon Dexter was waiting to drive us. She also allowed me
ALEXA“I don’t think you should be worrying about anything, Alexa. She didn’t call to cancel, just postpone by one day. As a matter of fact, I think you are overthinking everything,” Noelle told me five minutes after the call.“She just seemed too professional to be postponing our meeting,” I responded.“You said it yourself that she had an emergency. She is human, Alexa, and she has other engagements in life,” Noelle insisted.I tried to shake it off, just so that I could stop worrying about everything like Noelle had so put it, but I just couldn’t, and that was when it dawned on me.“What is it?” Noelle asked me when she saw my reaction.“Claudia didn’t sound as though she was cancelling with all of us in her class, Noelle. She sounded as though it just had to be with Mark and me,” I told her.The conversation with Claudia was replaying in my head and I still couldn’t find the place where she added the other parents.Noelle’s sighed in exasperation.“How could she have included the
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
ALEXANo matter what I tried to tell Noelle, she just wouldn’t leave me alone.“I can’t leave you feeling like this, Alexa,” she told me. “I am spending the night with you and that’s right about it,” she insisted.And I decided to indulge her.After she drove me to get lunch just so that I would be
MARKI arrived at work really early because like I said before, I was more than determined to fix things around my company and bring it to the top.The receptionist had already been replaced by someone else from the company, which was simply relieving to me.I grabbed the intercom and dialed my sec
ALEXA“What do you say?” Donald asked me when I wasn’t forthcoming with a response.I swallowed the saliva hanging on my throat, confused and speechless at the same time. I thought this was just a regular lunch with a friend. Maybe I should not have told him.“Alexa?” Donald called, drawing my atte







