Inside the car, Nathaniel could see how much Alexandrine was disturbed but didn't give her anything. He gave her the space she needed and kept on driving. Alexandrine was too spaced out to realize where he was taking her.Alexandrine recalled Johnson's state repeatedly when she saw him earlier. She could have forgiven him, had he not mentioned Tina and accepted his wrongdoings." I must forget Johnson at all costs. He has hurt me more than enough." Alexandrine subconsciously thought as they reached their destination." We're here, Ms. Alexandrine." Alexandrine was brought back to her senses when she realized where Nathaniel had brought her. " Where are we?" She asked in dismay to which Nathaniel responded, " We're at my villa, Miss."" Your villa?" Alexandrine walked out of the car, helped by Nathaniel as she scrutinized the horizon of the huge building in front of her. Johnson's villa was grand enough as it was but this villa in front of her was something else entirely." Shall we go
“ Thanks for agreeing to accompany me to the party. You didn’t have to, but thanks anyway.” Nathaniel showed Alexandrine how happy he was that she was coming with him to the party. Staring at him, Alexandrine confided in him and said, “ I’m not doing you a favor by tagging along, Nathaniel.” The latter was stunned by her response as he wasn’t expecting it.“ You’ve always been there, supporting me in my battles without asking anything in return. I just thought just as you’ve always provided me with love and support, it’s my turn to do the same for you. Not only that, but I want to move on from all the bad memories and start afresh.” Nathaniel grinned as it seemed like she was ready to let go of the past and move on in life. That also meant that Nathaniel might have a chance to be part of her new life.“ Your newfound confidence moved me to tears. Were you serious in what you said?” He asked and she nodded immediately in response to which he hugged her joyfully without warning. Alexand
" Thanks for finally giving me a chance to be in your life!" Nathaniel was on cloud nine as he kept stroking her hair. Alexandrine grinned at him and muttered joyfully, " Thanking me is not required. I'm merely giving myself a chance to be happy, a chance to experience a beautiful and unconditional love, like the one you have for me."Caressing his cheeks, she continued, " If anything, I should be grateful for not abandoning me and for supporting me in my combat against the demons that were eating at me. When I became Johnson's mistress in order to seek revenge for my lost child, you didn't judge me and stood by me in all my peripeties." Alexandrine recalled all the things Nathaniel had done for her and also how his mental support and comprehension were a major key factor in enduring all kinds of humiliations." I know you're going to say you did nothing that special, but for me what you did was a turning point. Before you showed up in my life, I was willing to accept everything but e
Days went by and Alexandrine didn’t hear from Johnson and Tina again. She was relieved to finally have some peace. “ What do you think?” Alexandrine was looking at a brochure when Nathaniel leaned in and asked, “ Have you chosen a dating spot yet?”“ That’s difficult as I’ve never been on a date before, so I don’t know what spot to choose,” Alexandrine muttered to Nathaniel in sadness to which he retorted and said, “ Don’t be sad over something so small. As you’ve never gone on a date before, why don’t we go to all the places designed on the brochure? That way, you’ll gain lots of dating experience for when we go on our second date.”Alexandrine was about to cheer up after Nathaniel’s comforting words, “ Thanks, Nathan for always knowing what to say to make me feel better straight away.”“ You’re welcome but I wasn’t just saying so to cheer you up. I was serious when I implied we should go to all the dating spots.” Alexandrine’s eyes opened wide and she muttered, “ These are so many d
“ Johnson, watch out!” Alexandrine screamed but before the knife could reach him, Tina swiftly rushed forward, blocking the knife with her body. She fell to the ground and Johnson caught her in his arms. “ Tina, what have you done?” Johnson stared at Tina’s pale expression as she asked to which she responded painfully with the bit of strength she had, “ I would never let anything happen to you, Johnson. Before any harm comes to you, it’ll have to go through me first.”“ You dunce, you didn’t have to step up for me.” Johnson was emotional due to the sacrifice Tina had made for him, yet saving him again as she did when they were children. Johnson was even more indebted to her now than before.Tina’s abdomen kept bleeding and the kidnappers laughed hysterically. “ What a good show this is!”Johnson looked at them in anger. One of the kidnappers said, “ We wanted to take your life, then your woman stepped in and took the blow out for you. What an immense sacrifice she decided to make out
Once Nathaniel had driven away from the scene with Alexandrine, Johnson fell to the ground and remembering how he left Alexandrine by herself, just so that he could get Tina out of harm's way, he said painlessly, " I would have lost Alexandrine today if not for that Frost guy. He came just in the nick of time and saved her while my negligence would have cost her life. What would I have done if because of me she had lost her life today? Will I be able to live on with myself?"" One thing's for sure though; After what I have done, never will she want to see me again or let me come near her." He sighed sadly. " Regardless of how much she must hate me and my guts, I have to see her and make sure she's perfectly alright."" Mr. Santos—----" The doctor's call brought Johnson back to his senses. He returned to Tina's side to listen to the instructions." We treated her the best we could but you might want to take her to the hospital for further care." The doctor left and Johnson looked at Ti
“ Who are you and what do you want from me?” Alexandrine questioned the men inside the car and one of them said, “ What will you do once you find out?” and another followed almost immediately, “ It’s not as if you’ll be able to escape from here even if we were to tell you the truth.”Alexandrine sighed in despair as what they were saying wasn’t entirely inaccurate, however, they didn’t notice Alexandrine’s attempt to free herself for a few minutes now. “ This must be related to Tina again. Why is she always targeting me?” Alexandrine subconsciously muttered in despair.“ Please let me go and I promise to forget this ever happened.” Alexandrine kept pleading with them to let her go until one of them noticed something amiss.“ Boss, she’s trying to free herself.” He shouted and Alexandrine flinched, fearing what the men would do now that they had found out her plan to escape from them." Were you intending to escape from the start? Could that be why you were bullshitting us for these la
“ What? You still haven’t found out about her whereabouts.” Johnson was speaking with a detective over the phone. When Alexandrine had disappeared and was presumed dead, thanks to a corroborative police investigation, it was reported that Alexandrine Claire might still be alive.Johnson, hoping for the news to be true, hired investigators to search for her but none of the investigators he hired were able to find the slightest information about her. It was as if she had just been engulfed by the earth with no traces to be left or seen.“ Johnson, please come eat!” Tina came to fetch Johnson for dinner but the latter glared at her and said, “ I’m not hungry, so leave me alone.” Johnson walked past her to which she stopped him and asked, “ Why are you treating me that way? What have I done to deserve going through such hardships?”Johnson broke free from her grasp and said, “ You did nothing wrong, Tina. I’m just tired of the work that has to be done prior to the wedding. Go and eat, I’l