เข้าสู่ระบบIVY“Couldn’t get some sleep, huh?” Jack asked me as soon as I strolled out of the only bedroom in the cabin, yawning as though I could swallow an elephant.“How did you know?” I asked him casually.But he wasn’t wrong, though.I didn’t sleep a wink last night. I kept thinking of the fact that everyone, especially Donald Shell and Doctor Lionel, knew that I was alive.They were the two enemies I was hiding away from, but now that they had found out, I had no doubt that they would look for me.“Were you spying on me?” I asked further, trying to get the thought of my mind, but of course, it was futile.I tried to do the same all night, but nothing worked.“Your eyes tell it all,” Jack simply responded.Indeed, he wasn’t a man who took jokes, and even though I knew that now, I just couldn’t stop teasing him and upsetting him in the process every now and then.“You are right; I couldn’t sleep,” I said, standing in front of the small kitchen.Then my nose caught a sniff of a pleasant aroma
MARK“Are you being serious right now?” I asked Mona as my anger intensified.Her words were still ringing in my head and I was really hoping that she would have been joking when she said that, but deep down, I also knew that she wasn’t.“You know me, Mark,” Mona threatened.“No one will believe you,” I responded, trying to dissuade her, but Mona chuckled drily and mockingly.“No one will believe me?” She asked, as though she couldn’t believe that I would ask such a ridiculous question. “Ever since I moved down to Toronto, the only man I have ever been seen with, especially in a romantic way, is you,” she continued. “Have you forgotten the fair?” Mona asked me.Damn.I ground my teeth in annoyance.Mona really held me at my balls. Truly, we seemed pretty cozy and in love on the day of the fair, and it was all thanks to Mona who was being overly clingy. Vector did warn me about it, but I never listened to him.Now, I was wishing that I had been obedient to Vector’s words of advices. Th
MARKWatching them leave was such a relief. They left in a rage, especially Mona; even if her parents tried to act calm and civilized, I could tell that they were enraged, but I was very glad that I was able to kick them out.Maybe if I had put my foot down from the very beginning with Mona, we wouldn’t have gotten to this stage.For the first time in a really long time, I was going to have a peaceful night rest, but I predicted that too soon.Almost at midnight, and just when I had placed my head on the pillow to sleep, my phone rang. It was my security.“What the heck is it?” I asked grumbly and grumpily.Unless there was a world war, he wasn’t supposed to freaking be interrupting my sleep, especially one that I had hoped to really enjoy.“Miss Mona is out here, sir,” he informed me.I sat up straighter instantly as the sleep vanished from my eyes. I wasn’t even sure that I heard him correctly.“What?” I exclaimed in shock.“Miss Mona is here to see you, sir,” he repeated, more clea
MARKI tried to call Vector, but his cell number kept going to voicemail.“Damn, Vector, why do you have to be unavailable now?” I asked myself in exasperation.Mona and her parents were still in my freaking living room, refusing to leave, and I didn’t know what else to do.It wasn’t even being here that made me exasperated. It was the statement from Mona’s father.“You have gotten our daughter pregnant, and the only acceptable thing to do is get married to her even before the bump starts showing.”The words were one thing, but the sound of his voice was enough to tell me that he wasn’t bluffing. I never really paid attention to the beliefs of the people from Toronto because at the time Mona and I got together several years ago, we weren’t thinking of having children, and I was still being extra careful.Vector did say that he was having dinner with Keisha’s parents, but still, I wanted him to be available for me.I was used to Vector always being at my beck and call.The fact that he
ALEXAOne thing about Noelle was that no matter what, she was always quick to shake things off.She didn’t tell her family about the abduction because she didn’t want things to escalate, especially for me. According to Noelle, she didn’t want to ruin things for my wedding. Maybe after the wedding, she could think about an investigation.But at the moment, Noelle didn’t want to dwell on that, and I really had to respect her for it.A lot had happened already today, and the night drew near, I couldn’t stop thinking about my decision.Did I make a good one?In a bid to give my child a name, safety, and protection, I was willing to marry a man who hurt me over and over again, and neglected me for five years, choosing my stepsister instead. I was willing to marry a man whom I was never a first choice to.Even till this very moment...The question of what would happen to Mona and her child still hung in the air, but I was trying everything remotely possible not to think about it.I knew tha
MARK“Why are they here?” I asked Mona as my annoyance grew.“Don’t be rude, Mark; these are my parents for crying out loud,” Mona said with a lower voice.Before I could open my mouth to say something, they both got up and walked up to us.“Is anything the matter?” The man asked, clearing his throat.“Absolutely not, dad,” Mona answered hastily and with a smile.“Well then, introduce us already,” The woman said with a bright smile.She looked so much like Mona, only the older version. There was no doubt that they were her parents. While Mona took her mother’s face, she definitely had her father’s hair color.“Mark, this is my dad, Deon, and this is my mum, Lena,” Mona said. Then she turned to them and added, saying, “Dad, mum, this is Mark Ronaldo, the father of my baby.”And Mona rubbed her stomach tenderly as soon as she said that. I groaned internally.I would never be able to get rid of Mona, would I?“It is a pleasure to meet you, Mark,” Deon and Lena said at the same time.“Hmm
ALEXAThe news making the rounds about Donald and I seemed to make me uncomfortable. Worse, he had already sent me flowers twice in one day.He exactly was he hitting at?He was very particular when he said he wanted friendly, which I granted because I didn’t see anything wrong with being friends w
ALEXAI had been devastated since I read the news. I could not believe that this could be happening after I had helped Mark to get what he wanted.I sat in my desk and tried to fight the impending tears.“It is just one customer, Alexa; do not beat yourself up about it. You still have other custome
MARKThere was nothing that I could have said that would have changed Alexa’s mind. The resolve in her eyes had been firm.There was nothing else I could have done than to walk away with the last dignity that I had.Leaving didn’t mean that I would stop trying. Everything just happened, so I tried
IVY“How the heck did this happen?” Clara asked worriedly.“I think we should get her to a hospital,” Mr. Silver suggested.“No, not yet,” Clara declined. “Why not, Clara? She is badly injured and bleeding from her forehead, and I am certain that she has lost a lot of blood,” Mr. Silver insisted.







