LOGINMARK
I allowed Ivy to kiss me, and I expected an instant arousal, but it wasn’t forthcoming. Ivy noticed it too.
“Mark, what’s wrong?” She asked me as she touched and caressed me. “You are still very soft,” she stated the obvious.
I sighed and fell in bed. I knew exactly what was making it hard for me to get a hard-on, but I did not want to tell Ivy about it, and it was very convenient to blame it on the fact that Alexa had pissed me off.
“I just have so much on my mind,” I told her, which wasn’t a lie, because my head was filled with those bloody men dancing around Alexa at the club.
“Is it the divorce with Alexa?” Ivy asked with concern in her voice.
I turned and looked at Ivy, telling myself that she was the woman I loved and the woman that I was really in love with.
“Yeah, yeah,” I said. “It is taking a toll on me,” I added.
“I know that you cannot wait to be free from her, and I could talk to my mum and our dad to force her into signing the papers since she is trying so hard to cling to you,” Ivy stated.
Well, Ivy had no idea what was really going on, and I did not want her to know that instead of signing, I had burned the papers.
“No, please,” I said.
“Why not?” Ivy asked.
“I don’t want your parents to think that I cannot handle things on my own, Ivy. I will figure this out as soon as possible,” I told her.
Right now, I would have appreciated being alone so that I could think of the right line of action to take, and also, I wasn’t even exactly comfortable with having Ivy in this house.
“I blame myself,” Ivy said as she looked at me with sad eyes. “One minute, I was away to fix something very important, and when I got back, she was already married to you,” Ivy added bitterly. “She is just a gold-digger.”
I shook my head, because I still could not wrap my head around all that really happened. I was comatose, so I did not exactly know what was going on in particular.
“You stayed by my side the whole time, right?” I asked, even though we have had this same conversation over and over again.
“Of course, I did,” Ivy said defensively. “Why wouldn’t I when I was your fiancé? The only mistake was trusting Alexa, not knowing that she is a slut who just wanted what belonged to me,” she added.
“Yeah,” I simply said, because my mind had gone back to the woman I saw at Dancing Devil a while ago, and everything in my head just kept telling me that she was different.
“I am just glad that you are fixing everything now,” Ivy said.
“Yes, I am too, but I need you to stop showing up here unannounced,” I told Ivy, making her shocked and hurt at the same time.
“But why not?” Ivy asked, pouting her lips like a spoilt kid.
“Alexa and I lived here as husband and wife, even though there was no love between us, so I need time to get her memories out of this house before I begin to entertain you,” I answered.
“Okay, that is quite understandable, but it is too late to go home now,” Ivy said.
“Yeah, you can manage in the guestroom until morning, and I will ask my driver to personally drop you off,” I said.
I could feel that Ivy was slightly upset and disappointed, but there was really nothing I could do. No matter what, I would not be able to get it hard, and it would only make things worse. My mind went to Alexa’s words about my sexuality, and I quickly shook it off my head.
There was nothing wrong with me, because Ivy and I had been having sex, so there was no need allowing her words to bother me, even though they were insulting. I was only finding it hard to get hard because of how upset I was.
The night went by real quickly, and after much thought and brewing anger, I finally fell asleep later in the night. When I woke up, my head was banging, and when I was informed of Vector’s presence, it made me more irritable.
“What are you doing here so early?” I asked Vector as I strolled downstairs, still in my robe.
“It is almost noon, Mark,” Vector said. “I can’t believe that you left the club before the rest of us but woke up last,” Vector joked.
I flopped on the couch as Vector also sat down. “Gosh, I need a cup of coffee to wipe off this hangover,” I said, groaning.
“Come on, Mark, you and I know that you barely touched your drink last night, so I believe that the hangover you are talking about is the mess that Alexa created in your head last night at the club,” Vector said coyly.
I wanted to be mad at him for bringing Alexa and last night up, but if I was being truthful to myself, I would admit that I didn’t need the help of anyone to remember or think about it, so instead, I decided to ask the very question that was plaguing my mind as I woke up.
“How much longer did you stay?” I asked Vector.
“Well into the night,” He answered.
“Did Alexa leave with any of the men from club?” I asked carefully, but it still aroused suspicion and mischief in Vector.
“Mark, I thought you didn’t care about Alexa…you are acting quite the opposite,” Vector teased.
“Just answer the question, please,” I said, trying not to sound too jealous even though I knew that I was failing at it. “I just need to know if she spent my money on any of those man-whores,” I added, trying to switch it.
“What?!” Ivy exclaimed in anger and disbelief as she walked into the living room. “So you couldn’t get hard for me because you were with Alexa last night?!” She asked, very furious.
“Shit,” I muttered; I had completely forgotten that Ivy slept over.
MARK“Why didn’t you say anything to me, Alexa?” I asked her.I just had to ask because it broke me to know that these things were going on and I was right here, but Alexa just couldn’t tell me anything.“I wasn’t supposed to say anything,” Alexa said.“Says who?” I asked her.Alexa got up with more restlessness.“I don’t know, Mark,” she stated. “Can you just stop asking me all these questions?” Alexa asked me. “Noelle is in danger and not being told is all you care about right now?” She questioned me further.It was obvious that she was very upset and more troubled now, and this was the moment I was supposed to be calm and quiet, but for how long?“Have you seen what your silence is costing you?” I asked Alexa, blurting out the words before I could realize that I shouldn’t have said it in that manner.Alexa became more upset and hurt.“So, now, this is my fault?” Alexa asked me angrily.“I didn’t mean it that way, Alexa,” I said.But her anger had already gone off.“What exactly do
MARKI had to tell Shirley to give us some privacy because it was obvious that Alexa had been hiding a lot from me, and she was still willing to keep hiding things from me.“Are you going to tell me everything?” I asked Alexa.We had been alone in her bedroom for over an hour now, but Alexa was still choosing to be quiet. After the last statement that she made about an hour ago, Alexa had suddenly refused to keep talking.Then I had had to get Lora bring her some water and actually allow her to get some rest, and of course, Shirley had to leave the room completely, but still, Alexa wasn’t talking.“Alexa,” I called, trying hard not to get upset.Now wasn’t the time to get upset, but if she continued with the silence, it might actually lead me into getting upset because I couldn’t understand why she would keep doing that.“If you don’t tell me everything, how can I come in and help?” I asked her. “Or do you intend to handle this yourself?” I asked her further.Alexa shook her head.She
IVYDrew stayed longer than I expected because he did mention that he had something to do and he just came to drop off those things for me.Jack also returned from wherever he had gone, and then he went on to make that liquid he took the day before. Since Drew already brought me some things, he wasn’t worried about what I would eat, and I didn’t bother him much about it.“I never knew you cared this much about me, Jack,” I teased him after we were all done eating and Drew still lingered. “You told Drew to send me some things while pretending like you didn’t care and never wanted me here,” I added with a grin.But Jack’s jaw tightened with annoyance.“Don’t push it, Ivy,” he warned sternly.“Ew, I was just kidding,” I said, disappointed that he couldn’t even take a joke.“Jack doesn’t do jokes,” Drew chipped in lightly.Well, it was a good thing that he wasn’t anything like Jack.For the few hours that Drew and I had spent together now, I came to realize that he wasn’t like his father,
MARKThat wasn’t what I was expecting to hear. It wasn’t even the reason I came.After the news, I had hurried out immediately, and just when I was halfway, with Cannon Dexter driving me, of course, Reyna had called me.“What is it?” I had asked her, almost snapping at her.Reyna knew why I needed to leave, and even Vector understood, only that he couldn’t come with me and I didn’t even need him to, and so I couldn’t understand why she was calling me back some minutes later.“I just got a text from Shirley, sir,” Reyna had told me.And that my heartbeat increased rapidly.“What did it say?” I had asked her.“She is with Miss Alexa right now, but I think you need to get there as fast as you can,” Reyna had informed me before I ended the call.Cannon Dexter was already going very fast, but I told him to go faster, not bothering about speed limit and being pulled over for driving too fast.The news clearly mentioned Alexa in conjunction to Ivy being alive. Why were the blogs asking Alexa
ALEXAHis warning made me deeply afraid, but there was only one answer that I could give. My fear was that he might think that I was lying to him.I would never forgive myself if Noelle was hurt because of me.She didn’t deserve to be dragged into this.“Listen, I don’t know where Ivy is. She left on the eve of New Year,” I answered carefully.“Aha...so, you are finally confirming that she was indeed at yours, right?” He asked me icily.“I thought you weren’t doctor Lionel?” I asked suspiciously.The voice was still very different, but Doctor Lionel was the only one who confronted me about Ivy being here. He was the only one who knew her and felt that she wasn’t dead. He was the only one who was convinced that she was here at my house even though I argued otherwise.“How many times do you want me to repeat myself?” He asked me angrily. “You promised not to be stubborn, but you are really pissing me the hell off,” he snapped.“I am sorry,” I hastily apologized.The only reason I was ap
ALEXA“Who is this?” I asked, my heart racing very fast.Noelle didn’t have a brother, else I would have thought that he was the one calling me, and the voice didn’t sound anything like Noelle’s father’s voice.Besides, Noelle wasn’t the kind of person that gave people her phone.Why was he calling?“You are asking the wrong question, Alexa,” he said icily.I swallowed hard.Shirley was staring at me with worry and concern, but I couldn’t stop just to talk to her. I didn’t even know what was going on yet, but I was already having the odd feeling that it wasn’t good.“What are you doing with Noelle’s phone?” I asked.“Another wrong question, Alexa,” he responded.He called my name with familiarity, as though he had known me way before now, but for the life of me, I wasn’t sure that I had ever heard the voice before. It wasn’t even remotely familiar.“Where is Noelle?” I pushed further.I was already acting frantic, and that was because my heart was filled with terror. Shirley took her
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