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
Alexandrine tried to sleep despite the lingering questions in his mind. After a while of not being able to sleep, she fell soundly asleep. Nathaniel on the other hand was subconsciously muttering, “ Alexandrine must have been so shocked by my actions that she started crying. What would have happened if she hadn’t wept? Would I have been able to stop myself from going through the end?”“Even after all those years that have passed, my feelings for her are still very much alive. I still love her the same as five years ago. When I saw her again after five years, I was very happy to see her again. The only thought that was stumbling on my mind then was to embrace her and feel her close to me, but when she mentioned Johnson Santos’s name, I lost it and acted like a jerk and it was already too late by the time I asked her to give herself to me if she wanted to save him.” Recalling the time he met Alexandrine again and asked her for that sarcastic request to save Johnson’s life, he muttered,
" You'll make Tina pay for her misdeeds, you say?" Alexandrine found Johnson's words hard to believe. All these years ago, he had never gone against her, not even once and that's why she found it appropriate and fair to torture Alexandrine as she did so many times as she had her lover's support I'm all her ploy, so why should she believe his words so easily just because he says so? What would be the point of that now?Looking into his eyes, she muttered with quite an indifference, " How many times did you allow Tina to harm me just for the sake of her saving your child when you were children?" Against her questions, Johnson had nothing to retort as he was partly to blame for their relationship going astray and for allowing Tina so much freedom all those years ago. Looking into Alexandrine's indifferent eyes, Johnson retorted with the following, " I made a lot of mistakes but I'm willing to rectify them and be better."Against his defensive argument, the latter could only laugh and sai
“ What are you saying, Alexandrine? How can you utter such cruel things with such essence?” Johnson felt wronged by Alexandrine’s cruelty who simply looked at him with indifference in her eyes and gaze. “ I’m uttering cruel things, you say? Aren’t you the one being cruel here?” Johnson looked at her, utterly confused by her last statement.“ Five years prior, when I needed love and affection from you, you made me understand quite clearly that the one you loved and cherished was Tina, your beloved, the one who once saved your life when you were children. Isn’t that right, or am I missing something?”While Johnson was silent, Alexandrine subconsciously thought to herself, “ Tina kept mentioning whenever she got the chance that she saved his life when they were children, but why is it that whenever I hear that story, I feel somewhat strange and even a little uncomfortable as if something wasn’t quite right?”“ The one who saved Johnson was Tina according to him, but what did she save him
Alexandrine returned to her room, sat on the bed, and subconsciously thought, “ Why won’t some people let the past stay in the past? Why is it that every time I try to get over the past, it comes rushing back as if to remind me that I can’t set myself apart from it?”Alexandrine tried to sleep but instead of that happening, she recalled the past, that past that hurt her tremendously over the years. Waking up in horror, she went to the kitchen to get some water as she was feeling quite thirsty. As she was drinking her water, she subconsciously thought, “ Should I go check outside whether Johnson is still lingering there or not?”Recalling his pathetic act from earlier, she exited before finally deciding to go outside and check up on him. “ If he’s still there, I’ll call the police on him and they'll deal with him.” She muttered silently before heading toward the door and opening it.She closed her eyes for a moment and by the time she opened them to check whether Johnson was there, he
“ Did Johnson orchestrate all of this? Could he have done this?” Alexandrine subconsciously thought for a while. She recalled the times Nathaniel had lent her his support and assistance when she was going through a difficult time and thought about how she couldn’t let him down now that he was the one in need of help and assistance.“ First thing first, I need to make sure Johnson is truly the one behind this orchestration before anything.” Picking up her phone right next to her, she dialed Johnson’s phone number and set the call.Johnson, who was at the company at the time, picked up her call when he saw her name flashing through the screen. “ Yes, Alexandrine, what’s up!” He greeted with joy over the phone line to which Alexandrine responded straight away, “ There’s something I must discuss with you right away. When will you be back?”“ I’ll be at the villa in half an hour, so wait for me to get back and we’ll discuss everything then.” Johnson hung up the call right after terminating