LOGINMARKAlexa 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
ALEXAShirley and Noelle stood in front of me and stared at me with awe in their eyes after putting on the dress Eva had sent about forty minutes ago.She had wanted to deliver it herself, but knowing the kind of woman she was, I knew without a doubt that she was merely looking for a gossip, and so I had told her to send it through a courier instead.The dress fit exceptionally well.“What do you think?” I asked Noelle and Shirley, tired of waiting to get a response from them even though my mirror already gave me the answer I needed.Shirley ought to have closed for the day and left, but as soon as she knew that I was getting dressed for a dinner date, she insisted on waiting behind, and I let her.It felt really good having both Noelle and Shirley here with me.“Mr. Mark has an eye for good things!” Shirley gushed.“Technically, it is Eva who decided on the design and made the dress. Mark only requested for her services,” I corrected Shirley, nearly rolling my eyeballs.“She wouldn’t
MARK“Reyna, thank you for today,” I said to my personal assistant before leaving my company.“I was only doing my job, sir,” Reyna responded with nobility.“It was more than your job,” I told her and I meant it.Again, I hadn’t had anyone I could confide in since I became CEO. Even my dad’s personal assistant wasn’t like this with him.Reyna was not just efficient, but she was also trustworthy.Within a minute of talking to her, she had come up with a brilliant idea. Some hours ago, after Mona had left, leaving me in a state of anger, Reyna had come in.“Is anything the matter, Mr. Mark?” Reyna had asked me.Originally, I would have waved it off, deciding to handle things myself like I always did, or even if I couldn’t, Vector would be the one I would speak to and not Reyna, but in that moment, I just hadn’t minded.Also, Reyna had become too deeply involved to keep her out. She might not act like it, but she knew everything that was going on between Alexa and me. She was just too pr
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







