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ALEXALori did some good shopping, and when she made dinner, I found myself eating so much than I had done in weeks.“Did you enjoy the food, ma’am?” She asked me.“Yes, Lori, thank you,” I told her after dinner. “And please, call me Alexa,” I added.I already told her before, but I was willing to tell her over and over again until she took the correction. I understood that she wanted to be formal, but being addressed by my name would make me more comfortable.From the outset, I never liked the formalities, not even from domestic workers, unlike Ivy who craved for them.I always preferred to be addressed by my name because it made me feel better.Speaking about Ivy, she hadn’t stepped her feet out of her bedroom since Lori arrived. Even when Lori went to the grocery store, she didn’t dare come out, and I realized that not running into her as frequently made me more relieved.Hopefully, she would get uncomfortable enough to leave.After dinner, I stayed in the living room to catch a sh

MARKI felt like a butterfly on my way back. I kept reminiscing on how I felt when my hand was right there on Alexa’s stomach.It was warm and very peaceful, as though the baby that was still forming was having a peaceful sleep.I was so overjoyed that I couldn’t wait any longer or keep it to myself.I called Vector.“Is there a problem?” Vector asked me as soon as he picked up.“Shouldn’t I be calling you?” I asked him.“It’s late, Mark, and we literally spent the evening together,” Vector reminded me.He sounded a little different.“Are you with someone?” I asked Vector suspiciously.Vector paused for a few seconds before he spoke again.“You sound very joyful, Mark,” Vector said, deflecting.I knew that he was doing it on purpose, but didn’t push with what I had asked him because I was really eager to talk about how I was feeling and what had happened more than the question I asked him.“Yes, I am,” I responded, giddy as a child.Thankfully, Cannon Dexter was driving me tonight, so

IVYAlexa’s hearty laughter rang all the way from the living room downstairs.The two young ladies who were here the other day, Shirley and Reyna, had come around to pay her a visit, and they had been talking and laughing since they got here, and from what I could tell, they would be on it for a while.“Alexa seems very happy,” I muttered to myself.She was quite different from the person I met when I returned.Alexa seemed lighter and happier now, and I noticed that it was right after the night Mark came around. After he eventually left that night; which was a relief because it didn’t seem like he was ever going to leave, and for my own good, it was best he never passed the night here, Alexa had walked back upstairs and to her bedroom like a lovesick puppy.Mark spending the night was way too risky for me.I definitely couldn’t let him find me here, and that was exactly one of the reasons I was upset that they were reconciling.Chances of Mark Ronaldo spending the night were high now

MARKI spent most of the day having a meeting with some of my business associates and it wasn’t over until some hours later.“We are impressed with how you are handling the project, Mark Ronaldo,” the head of the team said.He had just flown in from a different city with his teammates to have this meeting, and because they were supposed to be flying back, we had to finish up everything we needed to do during the meeting. Anything else that was left could easily be sorted out from a distance and through mails.“We have been working with your company for years, and you have never given us anything short of excellence,” he added.“Regardless, I am glad that you find everything to your liking,” I told him.“Of course, I do,” he said with a smile. “Which is why our company wants to take a different approach,” he added carefully.“What approach is that?” I asked.“We are thinking of starting another project; a bigger one, and of course, with your company,” he said.And that warmed my heart.

MARKAlexa reminded me of the monster I was when we were married, and after she went upstairs, I couldn’t beat myself up enough.If I had known better, I would have treated her better.Even if I hadn’t loved her at that time, I could have been good to her, but what Alexa didn’t know was that I too had been dealing with my own demons.The coma had affected me in ways I couldn’t explain to anyone.The inability to have sex was a major problem for me.For someone who started having sex quite early, spending five years with a wife and a supposed fiancée and being unable to make love to any of them was the most frustrating thing any man could deal with, and worse, I couldn’t talk to anyone about it.The doctor hadn’t been certain that I would ever be able to get an erection until the fourth year.What was I supposed to do?The drive to the hospital was very quiet, and as much as I really wanted to say something, I couldn’t find the right words to say.When we got to the hospital, I felt re