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Love, lies and, secrets 64. Making Memories
ALEJANDROI arrived at the villa a few minutes ago and just in case, I already informed my secretary to let Alice know that I was in Alaska for a business trip because I had the feeling that Alice might ask to confirm. I couldn't exactly disregard Alice's intelligence because she was quite observant and I wouldn't be surprised if she found something weird with my sudden trip and decided to find out for herself if I had gone on a business trip. I walked into the villa and let out a sigh at the different environment. It's been quite a while since I came here last and the last person that I was here with was Alice. I had made sure to get rid of everything that would make it obvious that Alice was the last person to visit because I didn't want Anna to get upset like she did last time. She had specifically warned me not to make her feel like a mistress or put her in any situation where she would feel like she was in second place and I couldn't help but think to myself, was Anna a mistr
Love, lies and, secrets 65. Naughty
ANNA"I'm so sorry babe, I didn't mean to upset you. I was just playing around and I don't think it would upset you so much," I pleaded guiltily, following behind Alejandro and hoping he would stop being upset with me. I didn't think that he was going to take my joke so personally and be this upset with me but to my surprise, he was a lot more displeased by my actions than I expected him to be and I couldn't help but feel bad because he hasn't spoken to me since we left the beach. "I didn't mean to upset you, Alejandro. I just thought it would be a funny prank and I apologise for doing what I did and for not thinking of how my actions were going to bother you. Can you just try to understand that I was just trying to have fun with you," I said, trying not to sound too defensive even though I felt like he was kind of overreacting. I honestly just wanted us to have fun and the prank was simply something I did spontaneously but the fact that he could not understand where I was coming f
Love, lies and, secrets 65. The phone call
ANNA "Thanks," I said to the waiter after she had served our food. Alejandro was being very cautious at the moment and he wasn't even being subtle about it. When we arrived at the restaurant that was located in a 5-star hotel, he immediately instructed the manager to take us to the secluded area that he had reserved and he was in such a hurry that I was worried at first. After thinking about it for a while, I understood why he was in such a hurry and I didn't blame him or see anything wrong with his actions. We couldn't exactly risk being seen together because he had told Alice that he had business to take care of in Alaska and I had told her that I had a trip to Ohio with one of the general managers. I certainly don't want a situation where someone would see us together and report back to Alice because I don't even know what I'm going to tell her should I find myself in that situation. I shoved the thought to the back of my mind when Alejandro offered to feed me and I took the
Love, lies and, secrets 66. Make a choice
ANNAI wasn't able to get any sleep. I kept tossing and turning on my bed restlessly cause anytime I closed my eyes, I'm reminded of the pictures I had seen earlier today of Alejandro and me at the beach. I still couldn't believe that someone saw us and decided to take a picture and the mere thought of what the person could do with that picture scared me. Who could it be? How did they see us and what could this person want from me? Holly Andrew and I were very cautious because we didn't want to get caught so I didn't understand how we ended up getting caught and I also didn't understand what this person wanted and why they had sent me that picture. I couldn't help but be nervous and sleeping didn't even seem like an option to me right now because my thoughts were all over the place and I needed to clear my mind and put myself at ease before I'm able to get any sleep. I started to wonder what would happen should this person send the pictures to Alice. I was shaking until it dawned o
Love, lies and, secrets 67. I love you
ANNA "Why are you suddenly asking such a question?" he replied with a question. "I'm just asking because neither one of us has spoken about it. You mentioned that we'll keep doing this until one of us gets bored and the truth is, I don't see myself getting bored anytime soon," I told him honestly."The same way you don't see yourself getting bored anytime soon is the same way I don't see myself getting bored as well so, I don't think that it's something you have to worry about and I only said that because you kind of suggested that's what's going to happen eventually," he replied.I heaved a tired sigh. "I'm not saying that I don't trust you Alejandro but the truth is that even if you don't get bored, everything that we share is still going to come to an end and we're both going to go our separate ways. At the end of the day, all of this is only going to seem like a waste of time," I told him."I don't understand what you mean by that so, I'm going to have to ask you to elaborate o
Love, lies and, secrets 68. Unknown
ANNA"Welcome home, honey," Alice greeted Alejandro excitedly before running towards him and hugging him. I had returned home last night but Alejandro had stayed back and he chose to return home this morning instead. "Thanks, babe," he replied to her, hugging her back. "Darcy!" She called for the attention of the maid and quickly instructed her to take Alejandro's bags to their bedroom."I've missed you so much, sweetheart," she said in a childlike voice that made me roll my eyes mentally. Alejandro's eyes and I met for a few seconds but he quickly looked away and reverted his attention to his wife. After he had suddenly confessed to me that he loved me, things had become even more intense between us. The tension that we had between us before he said it completely disappeared and we ended up making love all through the night until the very next day. I also made him repeat himself quite a few times cause I couldn't get enough of it. "Well babe, it's a good thing that you're back
Love, lies and, secrets 69. The news
ANNA I had so many thoughts running through my mind right now but if there's one thing that I'm certain about, it's that I need to speak to Alejandro about this as soon as possible because I can't possibly keep it away from him for much longer. TO UNKNOWN NUMBER: you have no right to tell me what I can and can't do and if you wanted to expose me, you would have done it immediately without having to send me pictures first and threaten me like this. I know you want something, so you should tell me what it is you want. FROM UNKNOWN NUMBER: If I wanted something, I would have gone to Alejandro instead but it's fine. If by the end of today, you don't assure me that you'll stop messing around with your sister's husband, then, put in mind that I gave you a chance to do the right thing but you refused to take it. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't bothered by his message cause I didn't even want to imagine these pictures getting to Alice. I can already envision the way she would react
Love, lies and, secrets 70.Hurt
ANNAAlejandro and I haven't spoken to each other in the last three days and at first, I was wondering why we haven't been able to interact like we usually do and I was starting to think that he may have found out that somebody knew our secret but about two days I go, I finally independent why he hasn't been spending any time with me. Alice finally told me her big secret and it turns out that she's pregnant. When I found out, I didn't know how to react to the news because it occurred to me that her happiness was to my detriment. I was genuinely happy for Alice because I know that she has wanted to be a mum for a very long time now but, I was also quite sad because now that Alice was pregnant, Alejandro was going to have an excuse not to see me and it's not like I'm upset because I think he's going to try to avoid me on purpose but knowing the kind of person he is, he was going to give all of his attention to Alice.I had once complained to him that I didn't like the fact that he wou
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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
