ANMELDENMARKA knock on my bedroom door woke me up, and the first thought that came to my head was that Mona had come again to try her luck.I groaned in exasperation.When would she leave me alone?But it wasn’t Mona. The door pushed open and it was Vector.“I can’t believe that you are still sleeping at this time,” Vector said.He went over to my window and drew out the curtains, letting the daylight into my room and straight into my eyes.“Ugh, Vector!” I groaned some more.Then I got off the bed and reached for my phone, but to my surprise, it wasn’t even seven in the morning yet.“Come on, Vector, the wedding isn’t supposed to hold until nine,” I grumbled.“Do you want to get there at nine?” Vector asked, taking a seat in my bedroom couch.I could see that he was dressed in a new pair of suit. Just as I was about to speak, Reyna called me.“Well, it seems you all are determined to keep me up this early,” I murmured before taking the call.The day before had been a whole lot for me, and e
IVYI was expecting some form of excitement from Lina Barry, being that I was doing what she wanted me to do, which was get her out when I got out, but I was wrong.For a moment, I thought I had made a mistake coming from her because of the strong coldness in her eyes.“Lina,” I called again. “It’s me, Ivy, and I have come to get you out,” I explained the situation as though she didn’t understand it.“You have been released for weeks, Ivy,” Lina Barry said tightly.Was she upset?What freaking right did she have to be upset? I was doing her a favor, it wasn’t like I owed her anything. Lina Barry should be grateful that I was the reason she was finally getting out after spending years in the mental home.What was wrong with her?“Are you serious right now?” I asked Lina, barely able to keep my annoyance from showing. “I came to get you as soon as I could,” I said, my voice increasing.Drew decided to step in.“Hey, we need to get out of here first before you two start exchanging words,
IVY“You are going to stay right here and wait for me, Ivy. Please, do not move an inch, talk to anyone, or even make anyone know that you are in the car,” Drew told me firmly.“Mm-mm,” I said, nodding.“I am going to go in there now and in a few minutes, I should be back out with her,” he said again.I nodded again.After waiting for a few seconds to make sure I was okay, Drew got out of the car and walked towards the front door of the mental home.I swallowed hard as I watched him enter through the door.My heart began to race faster than normal.Several months ago, I was brought to this very mental home, forced in without a say, and I had to live each day fighting for my life. Here I was again, but this time around, for something else, and with the help of Drew.He said he had a master plan, and I trusted him.What other choice did I have anyway?I had sat at the back of his tinted car, ready to lie on the floor of the car if the cops stopped him on the way for whatever reason, and
ALEXAI sat in the living room after having dinner, trying to get some rest, or maybe it was because I was too restless.All day, not a word from Noelle.I couldn’t stop thinking about the fact that Shirley told me that she had gone to be with Mark. I did try to get the ugly thought of what they might be doing together, being that Noelle was my best friend and she wouldn’t do something like that to me, but it just wasn’t working.“If she could lock lips with Mark and keep it away from you, then what is the guarantee that she wouldn’t do more?” A voice in my head asked me.Would anyone blame me?Why wasn’t Noelle honest enough to tell me where she was going? She simply used the excuse of going out with Shirley and Reyna, only to divert and go somewhere else.To go to Mark.If she wasn’t doing anything I shouldn’t be aware of, why then did she think to hide it from me?There were several thoughts that kept running through my mind, riling me up, and I really hated to feel this way becaus
MARK“They will be right out in a second,” Mona told me.I nodded.Then she came and sat really close to me. I didn’t push her away or act uncomfortably. On the contrary, I allowed Mona to think that she had gotten exactly what she wanted from me.If she couldn’t succeed with Ace, she certainly couldn’t succeed with me.Ace told us what he had had to endure with Mona in their few years of marriage, and that included cheating.“I am not upset with you, Mark, because you are not the only man she cheated on me with. Right on our matrimonial bed, Mona was having sex with another man,” Ace had told us. “You have no idea how relieved I am that I was able to free myself from her and move on. I don’t ever want anything to do with her,” Ace had added.He had said a couple of other things, but one thing he hadn’t done was discourage me from being with Mona.However, I knew enough now to know that I would never want to be with her, even if Alexa wasn’t in the picture.Noelle was right.I had Ale
MARKWhile we waited for the plane to be ready for us, I caught sight of Noelle a few feet from us. She had taken a walk away from Vector and me.Without hesitation, I walked up to her.Noelle seemed to be doing something with her phone, and so engrossed was she that she didn’t notice my presence.“Hey, Noelle,” I called calmly.Still, Noelle jerked in shock.“I am sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you,” I apologized.“No, Mark, it’s fine. I just didn’t see you coming,” Noelle said, turning to face me.And that was when I saw that she was troubled. Instantly, I became worried about her.“Is everything okay, Noelle?” I asked her worriedly.“Yeah,” Noelle answered with a heavy sigh, but I just didn’t believe her.Not when she was having that look.“Come on, Noelle. I know that we have not always seen eye to eye, and we are not friends, but you can tell me if something is wrong,” I cajoled her tenderly.Noelle sighed again.It was as though something heavy was weighing her down.Again, I n
MARKSex wasn’t something that was new to me, but with Alexa, I felt the newness. It was as though I was doing it for the very first time.Her body, the way she easily swayed her hips to the rhythm of my thrusts, the look on her face as I thrust deeply into her…those were things I would cherish for
ALEXAAfter breakfast, I got up and went upstairs, and Mark followed me.“Is something wrong?” He asked me when we got upstairs.“No, Mark, there is nothing wrong,” I lied again, but the anger was building, and I just wanted to get into my room, slam the door, and lock myself in until we got Mr. Gr
ALEXAWhen Mark stopped, it was as though the earth had stopped rotating.“What’s wrong?” I asked.And he made it worse by getting off me.“What’s wrong?” I asked again, trying so hard to resist the urge of grabbing the sheets and covering myself up with it.We were both gloriously naked, but someh
ALEXA“I slept with Mark Ronaldo!” That was the thought I woke up with, and as much as I tried to shake it off my mind, I couldn’t. It was lodged there, and it made me deeply shy.I kept the gift Mark got for me on the bed and we proceeded to have breakfast. Whatever he had to say, I wanted to eat







