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Love, lies and, secrets 112. The talk
ALICEI was feeling slightly nervous as I sat opposite Alejandro's brother, Anderson. I tried not to show that I was nervous because I didn't want him to think that I was a pushover and also because I don't want him to think that I'm afraid of him.The only reason I'm nervous is because I want our discussion to go very well because it would help my plan a lot if we could agree. "I don't like when people don't keep time and I'm very disappointed that you didn't keep to time, Miss," he remarked as soon as I was seated in front of him and for some reason, I wasn't even surprised by the rude tone that he used to speak to me."I also don't like it when people are very impatient and you seem very impatient right now which is quite disappointing," I retorted calmly, trying not to stoop to his level by being rude even though I was also returning the same energy. He chuckled. "Anyways, already here so how about we just get down to what we came here for since that's all that matters," he sta
Love, lies and, secrets 113. Hurt all over again
ALICE I was contemplating whether or not I should talk to him about what Alejandro did but merely thinking about it already made me upset and I could feel tears starting to form in my eyes. I didn't like the fact that I always got this weak whenever I tried to talk about the things that they did to me but I couldn't help it because having to remember that my sister betrayed me in the worst way possible always brought tears to my eyes no matter how much I tried to fight it. They broke and hurt me and looked me in the eyes every day and acted like nothing ever happened. I was glad that I succeeded in making them fight every day.Anna is already very suspicious of Alejandro's movement but Alejandro is very shameless and he denies every one of the accusations with so many lies. The plan that I had in mind was to have him get caught by her and on the same day, he's also going to find out that he has lost his position as CEO to the brother that he hates so much. I already explained how
Love, lies and, secrets 114. Continuous argument
ALEJANDROI entered the room after a long day at work to see Anna seated on the bed with her face down. I couldn't help but wonder what was going on with her cause it was surprising to see her seated with her head facing down like that. Anna and I haven't stopped arguing about a lot of things in the last couple of weeks and even though I have been denying her accusations, I knew deep down that the things that she was saying were true but I wasn't going to admit my mistake. I wouldn't say that I felt bad about the fact that I was lying to her because the truth remains that she and I were lovers only and I don't think I owe her any explanations at all. I'm surprised that she can't deal with the situation that she's in right now especially since she put Alice through the same situation and is now living as my wife even though she's not my wife. The thing about Freya was that she was different. I found myself being drawn to her and she didn't even have to do much to get me to be attr
Love, lies and, secrets 115. Encounter
ANNA"Are you sure you are alright?" Theodore asked me as I continuously kept itching my hair and my palm.Something odd was happening to me and I had no idea what was going on because it wasn't something that I'd experienced before. Lately, I sweat easily and every part of my body just keeps scratching me. Alejandro, who I expected to look out for me and who is also expected to have noticed that something was wrong with me, was too busy picking a fight with me every day and I was getting sick and tired of it already. Even though I kept arguing that I wasn't certain that he was cheating on me, I was hoping deep down that my argument was very wrong because it would break me to find out that he was cheating on me while I was in this condition. I'm aware that he sounds ridiculous and that I don't want him to cheat on me even when I know that it's only going to be karma coming back to pay me in my coin. Regardless of that, I was still hoping with everything that I heard that he wasn't
Love, lies and, secrets 116. No Remorse
KELVIN"Or maybe you don’t even have a heart to begin with and that should explain your heartless behaviour," I chided.I kept staring at her face to get a reaction from her and see if she was going to seem the least bit remorseful but to my surprise, she didn't seem to care about anything that I was saying and she looked completely by the words. The expressionless look on her face made me wonder if she has always been like this and I just didn't take notice of it. "Since you want to believe that I don't have a heart then go right ahead and believe whatever you want to believe but I'm just going to admit that I don't have one since that's what you want to hear. Now that you've heard what it is that you want to, please let me go and don't come after me. Is that clear?" she hissed and I sighed. "Why did you do it? What pushed you to become this kind of person? I asked and she scoffed. "Are you going to keep asking me this ridiculous question? If you're so curious to know what happen
Love, lies and, secrets 117. Hard hearted
KELVIN "Enough okay," she cuts me off."Alejandro and I clicked from the first time we met each other in Las Vegas and although it was supposed to end that night, fate just has its way of doing things and we met again but this time as my sister's husband," she explained and I listened attentively. I was listening to her because Alice has been looking forward to knowing the full story between them and now that I was listening to the story from Anna herself, I had every intention of going back to speak to Alice about the things that I heard. "Was that before your sister's wedding or after her wedding?" I asked."It was after her wedding but I didn’t know he was married. We met at a bar. We spoke and enjoyed each other’s company and had sex. It’s not my fault that it happened and he didn’t tell me he was married. I thought he was single so imagine how hurt and confused I was to be reintroduced to him as my sister's husband," she explained to me and I let out a frustrated sigh.I coul
Love, lies and, secrets 118. Refusal
ANNAI was breathing heavily as I stared at Kelvin who held back my hands when I tried to escape from him after trying to just get myself out of his questioning. I hated the fact that he came to me even when he knew that he wasn't going to try to understand me and was only going to keep antagonising me no matter what I said to him. I was already feeling sick and tired of having to explain myself to people and being made the guilty party when I had no control over my feelings and the situation. I pulled my hand away from his hold and I started to scratch my head. The itching started all over again and I was already feeling very uncomfortable and nervous that I'd start itching like a crazy woman in public.Kelvin looked at me from head to toe almost as if he was scrutinising me and I didn't feel comfortable that he was staring at me like that. I'm aware that he knows but I'm pregnant but I still didn't like the fact that he was looking at me like that and I was getting sick and tired
Love, lies and, secrets 119. Fake assurance
ANNA I sighed deeply as I walked out of the coffee shop. I needed that drink. I was still walking around casually because I didn't feel like going back home yet but then I spotted a familiar car that took me by surprise and it turned out to be Alejandro's car just as I suspected.I haven't been up to date with anything that Alejandro has been up to because I haven't been going to work and it's because we didn't want anyone to find out that I was pregnant and I could no longer hide it from people so I had to stay away from them so they don't question me about the father of my baby. I wondered what brought him all the way here and in the past, I would have known what he was doing here since he used to keep me up-to-date with his schedule but in the last few weeks, he hasn't told me anything concerning his whereabouts and that has been very disturbing for me because it was unusual.Since he no longer tells me what he does or how he spends his day, I figured that since I had the opportu
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Love, lies and, secrets Epilogue
TWO YEARS LATERALICEI have never for once imagined getting married to Kelvin before being in a relationship with him. He has always been my friend, someone who I cherished and was grateful to have by my side. Kelvin is that friend that came to my rescue when I didn’t expect him to. After Anna died, I took Fiona as my own and began to nurture her.She looked just like my sister. Those eyes of hers were like eyes and each time I looked into her eyes, I am reminded of Anna. I have completely forgiven Anna in my heart and I will be raising Fiona as if she is my own.Fiona is indeed mine because a child or my sister is mine too. Today is my wedding day. Funny right? Yes, it is my wedding day. Something I never expected and I’m getting married to Kelvin. I did not hope to find love in anyone after my last situation and I decided to focus on myself and raise Fiona in the best possible way ever but then Kelvin happened.How it happened, I do not know but I found myself thinking of him and
Love, lies and, secrets 131. The end is just the beginning
ALICE "I am so sorry Alice. It's all my fault," my mother cried and I had to pull her back from the hug."It's none of your fault, mother. You did nothing," I told her, wiping the tears in her eyes but she shook her head."It's my fault. I caused all of this. I should have been a better mother. I should have seen the signs and known when things were wrong. I was just being stupid letting them fool me and allowing them to act like some married couple and hurting you more than ever. I'm so sorry Alice," she spoke at length with tears in her eyes and her voice croaky.“It’s not your fault, mother. If we all begin to take blame, then we all have our faults according to Anna. The truth is, maybe this was meant to do from the start. Maybe I should have never gotten married to Al. Maybe I should have never fallen for him but then I did and that’s it. It’s all fine.”I let out a small sigh. “It was difficult for my mother. Maybe I took the punishment too seriously…”I said that in regards to
Love, lies and, secrets 130. A new start
ALICE I used to hear a saying all the time that sometimes when something feels like the end, it can sometimes just be the beginning of a new start for you and all you need to do is just be ready to embrace whatever is coming to hit you. After the emotional roller coaster that I have to go through and after reaching my goal of getting back at Anna and Alejandro for everything that they did to me, I couldn't help but feel kind of empty on the inside but I was trying my best to remain hopeful and positive because I felt like I still had a lot of things that I could end up doing. Anna ended up in a psychiatric hospital where she is being looked after and as for Alejandro, I was successfully able to divorce him and since he didn't sign a prenup with me, I was compensated with half of his properties and I still had the company in my name because I refuse to give it back to him.Alejandro has been trying to get across to me for a really long time now but I refused to grant me any sort of
Love, lies and, secrets 129. Defensive
ALICE "As for you Alejandro, you are a sick and disgusting bastard not just for lying to me but for putting me in this condition and without considering the fact that I'm here because of you, you did so many horrible things that even led you to losing so much. You are a disgusting piece of shit and I hope you rot in hell," she hissed at him, with an upset look on her face. She grabbed the nearest chair in front of her and threw it toward Alejandro and the way she was acting was so creepy and crazy at the same time. I was honestly quite amused that I was successfully able to drive her crazy and make her seem crazy but I kind of felt bad for her that she was this way when she had so much potential but anytime I remember everything that she did to me, I end up being happy about my actions and laughing at her for finding herself in this situation. "I'm going to advise you to remember the condition that you're in and get a hold of yourself because I'm definitely not in the mood to deal
Love, lies and, secrets 128. It’s mine
ALICE"I honestly don't care about whatever it is that you just said right now because as far as I'm concerned, this company is mine and there is nothing that you can say or do to take it away from me no matter how hard you try," he said in a stern and confident manner and I laughed. "Are you trying to prove to yourself that you're not a good listener or what? What other proof do you need to realise that this is no longer yours anymore because it's now in my name and the official document says it all?" I retorted, finding his confidence quite amusing. I had every intention of playing with his emotions and making him feel frustrated for every time that he made me feel less of myself and for making me feel like I wasn't good enough because of his habit of being unfaithful. Alejandro glanced at Freya. "How could you have done something like this to me even after I trusted you so much? So your only objective for approaching me was to just set up a trap for me and watch me fall into it?
Love, lies and, secrets 127. Fishy
ALEJANDROThe minute I heard Anderson mention something about what I did to Alice, I couldn't help but question if he already knew about the situation that was between Alice, Anna and myself and I couldn't help but also question what he knew and how he found out. I was starting to wonder if the relationship between Anna and I wasn't as discreet as I told you I was because even Freya mentioned something earlier and it kind of bothered me. "It is exactly what I just said and you can freely take it however you want to," he answered."The both of you hurt Alice and you expect her to want to see you both happy? Why would she? And you think the papers are forged? Do you not recognize your own signature again or you need someone to confirm that you indeed signed those papers?" he asked."You need to be more direct with whatever you're trying to say because I don't understand what you're trying to say," I demanded. I couldn't understand what he was going on concerning Alice not being happy
Love, lies and, secrets 126. The truth hurts
ANNAThe fact that Alejandro just stood there and kept listening to all the nonsense that this stupid girl was saying to me without defending me or telling her to shut her damn mouth up was very upsetting to me and I found it very disrespectful that he didn't even have the balls to just stop this. The only thing that I could think of was that he probably told her everything that happened between us because absolutely nobody knows the whole story and judging by the way she's talking, it seemed as though she knows quite a lot and Alejandro telling her everything was definitely the only way she could have known all this. I hated him for saying things about us to a total stranger that didn't even understand the basis of our relationship and I also hated her for having the audacity to say all this nonsense to my face when she doesn't even know the whole story or understand my relationship with Alejandro. "You have absolutely no right to talk to me however you please I'm going to have to
Love, lies and, secrets 125. Caught
ALEJANDROI had no intention of going to work today but I got a call from my secretary that a woman was waiting for me and I asked for her description only for the description to match Freya's. I was confused as to why she would show up in my office without informing me first because it's unusual for her to just go there without telling me and I couldn't help but wonder what she wanted by going there.Since I already told Anna that I was going to spend the day at home, I had to quickly lie to her that something came up and I had an important job to finish up so that she wouldn't find it weird that I suddenly had to leave the house. Thankfully, she didn’t ask what it was that I was going to do and I was able to leave without getting questioned unnecessarily.I called Freya on my way to the office because I needed to know why she went there with her telling me first but she simply told me to show up first and I would talk when I arrived.When I arrived at the office, I saw her standing
Love, lies and, secrets 124. It’s about to go down
ANNAFROM ALEJANDRO: Come to my office. I want to see you. I have something to discuss with you in person. I was really surprised to see this text message from Alejandro because he just left the house not too long ago and I didn't understand why he couldn't tell me what he needed to tell me while he was around. He also knows that I've been trying to avoid coming to his office because of my pregnancy. I don't want people to ask me questions on who the father of my baby is and he and I agreed that I wasn't going to show up at the office until I gave birth. I tiredly made the decision to get changed, take a bath and head to the office even though I haven't a clue why I needed to go there. I didn't feel the need to take a driver so I drove myself to his office while thinking of what he could possibly want to say to me and why he made emphasis on my presence being important. I arrived shortly and got out of the car. I made my way to the company building and thankfully, I was allowed i
