Alexandrine looked at her children as she didn’t want to decide without consulting with them first. “ What do you think, my cuties?” Joseph muttered to his mother, “ The decision’s up to you. We’ll respect whatever you decide for us, Mom.”Looking toward Marina, she nodded in agreement with her brother. Having gained her children’s approval, Alexandrine looked toward Johnson and muttered as she locked eyes with him, “ You won, Johnson. My children and I will stay but only temporarily, so don’t get the wrong idea that this is a forever stay.”Johnson was happy regardless as he had succeeded in stopping Alexandrine from leaving with the children. “ Whatever you say, I’m happy that you decided to stay with our children.”Hearing Johnson say “ Our children”, she felt happy somehow deep inside. She had imagined this moment so many times and now that it was finally upon her, she wanted things to be done the right way. Pulling her children forward, she told them, “ My cuties, from today unti
Johnson kept watching his children play by the fountain until the thought of joining them came to mind. Walking over to his children, Joseph stands on guard against him. Johnson felt saddened seeing his son's reaction. Due to what happened earlier, he thought Joseph was starting to warm up to him but seeing how things were going currently, he wasn't so sure.Not wanting to disturb, he turned to leave and that's about when Joseph called up to him, " Are you planning to leave just like that?" Johnson stopped and as he turned around, he saw his children staring at him. " You hurt our mom very deeply. You hurt her so much that she lied to us about you. Don't you find it natural that we'll have our guard against you?" Joseph expressed his point of view to Johnson who asked in response. " You mentioned just now that your mother lied to you about me. What exactly is it that she lied about? Could you tell me?"Johnson looked at his children, expecting an answer from them. Marina wanted to spe
“ Grandmother, don’t be too happy because my stay isn’t a definite thing. I’ll be leaving when things calm down a little.” Alexandrine muttered to Johnson’s grandmother as she fainted a smile in the process. Looking at her, Johnson’s grandmother muttered, “ We all know that my grandson has made lots of mistakes and he even paid for them very greatly.” She recalled all the times she had seen her grandson saddened ever since Alexandrine left the country five years prior. Getting back from her reflections, she muttered, “ Johnson loves only you, and you must believe me in this.”Alexandrine kept silent for a while before saying, “ I wish I could believe you, Grandmother. I wish I could trust him again, but we both know that I’ve given him way too many chances in the past and he blew them all up. His preoccupation was Tina every time, even when I was—----------” Alexandrine stopped herself as she recalled the time when her life was on the line and how without a doubt, Johnson prioritized
On her way back to the villa, Alexandrine recalled what Tina had said about her pregnancy. “ If she’s truly pregnant, why did they wait all those years before deciding to get married?” Alexandrine couldn’t help but wonder.Several hours later, her children who were playing came to her and asked, “ When are we going to visit Grandpa and Grandma?”Pondering what her children had asked of her, Alexandrine realized she had yet to visit her parents and thought of visiting them in the week. A couple of days later, Alexandrine informed Johnson, “ I’ll be visiting my parents alongside the kids tomorrow. I’m informing you so that you won’t wonder where we are. We might stay the night there.”Johnson grinned at the end of her sentence. Alexandrine, finding the smile he was harboring to be suspicious asked, “ Why are you grinning like that?” In retort to the question, Johnson responded, “ I’m just glad you’re informing me of where you’d be and what your plans are for tomorrow.”“ I wasn’t expect
“ Why are you following that person’s order?” Alexandrine tried to reason with the mysterious men who said gleefully, “ Listen here, lady, what matters in life is how much money you have and not overrated principles.”“ We don’t care why that person wants to harm you. That doesn’t concern us; What concerns us, however, is how much we’re paid for this.” Alexandrine felt hopeless as she couldn’t get through to them.“ If you’re done asking questions, we shall now do our job.” The mysterious men started with the cement. Alexandrine panicked as the cement was being poured. She was desperately trying to find a way for them to escape but to no avail. As the cement kept pouring, Alexandrine and her children were forced into a corner. As the cement was completely poured, leaving no traces on their faces, the mysterious men said proudly, “ Our job here is done. We should leave before anyone gets here.”The mysterious men left and inside the cement, Alexandrine recalled all the times her life w
Being in Johnson's embrace, Alexandrine felt nostalgic as memories started to resurface. Those were memories of the time spent together during their marriage. " Fortunately I got there in time or else, I might have lost my family today." Johnson kept hugging Alexandrine and wouldn't let go.Recalling once again how they were saved by Johnson, Alexandrine asked, " How did you know where we were? How did you find us?"Johnson finally released Alexandrine to answer her question. " I had someone keep an eye on your whereabouts at all times as I was afraid you would suddenly disappear on me again," Johnson explained to her how the process went which led to him being informed of their predicament. Alexandrine looked at him and said, " I'm glad that you were able to find and save us. Had Iost Marina and Joseph today, I wouldn't have survived. My life would have ended alongside my children at that moment."Muttering those words, Johnson held Alexandrine's cheeks, and looking into her eyes, he
Alexandrine was struggling effortlessly to break free from me but after some time, she stopped resisting and simply enjoyed the moment.“ What's gotten into, Johnson? Why is he suddenly kissing me?” Alexandrine tried to figure out Johnson’s intentions behind his sudden move. As the kiss deepened, Johnson subconsciously wondered, “ I wonder why she hadn’t pushed me away yet. Could it be possible that she doesn’t dislike it or maybe she’s not pushing me away due to my injury?”Recalling how he protected Alexandrine with his body moments ago, he subconsciously wondered, “ Could she be feeling pity toward me right now?”Throughout the kiss, Alexandrine was recalling their memories together and through them, she wondered, “ I’ve gone through so much hardships and pain due to Tina and him, but ever since I got back home after all those years, he has been nothing but nice to me and the kids. He canceled his wedding with Tina due to my comeback. Not only that, but he protected me not once but
“ Let us go!” Nathaniel brushed off the matter to a close. “ The sooner we arrive, the sooner you’ll keep your end of the bargain,” Nathaniel said as Alexandrine got into the car and the driver drove off from their location.On the way back to Nathaniel’s villa, Alexandrine was restless and uncomfortable. She couldn’t help but take glances at Nathaniel from time to time. Each time she did so, Nathaniel was always grinning creepily. The more he grinned at her, the more her relentlessness intensified to another level.“ Nathan has changed so much during those five years and I know I’m the cause of it. I shouldn’t have left like that five years ago without giving him an explanation. My actions back then were indifferent and uncalled for. I treated him as an unimportant person in my life.” Alexandrine recalled the time she left the country five years ago without a word to anyone. Keeping up with her recalled memories, she subconsciously muttered, “ I left like that after I had promised to