(Lexi’s POV)The show was over!I beat Cinderella in leaving my prince charming by midnight. It was almost two in the morning when he decided to take me home after endless fun sharing about books, looking at pictures of places he had been, and playing with Oxygen, Argon, and their other siblings. Colonel lay beside me most of the time, not minding us singing, him sharing stories about his nephews and nieces, and us kissing at most times.When he left, I sat on the porch step, looking blankly at nothing, realizing I did overboard in pretending to be Lexa. I wrapped my arms around my body and began sobbing, feeling the deep wound inside me when Finn admitted that he seemed to love Lexa.Already? My heart and mind screamed in anger and pain.No one warned me that it would be this painful when hearts get broken. I have never seen Lexa cry whenever she broke up with her past relationships. She would always tell me there was a lot of space for her to move on, assuring me there was plenty of
(Lexi’s POV)I swallowed hard, closing my eyes and feeling Finn’s touch on what I believed was the birthmark just above the waistband of my underwear. Our mother used to tell us that it seemed to be a sign, an indication of who got out first and who came in second. Lexa has one, and I had two small birthmarks on the same part of our bodies.“I brought you breakfast, baby,” he said.When I opened my eyes, Finn had a smile on his lips, looking relieved. I have no idea what my birthmark had to do with him believing I was Lexa, but it saved me from thinking of an excuse.The corners of my mouth turned up, showing my teeth and forcing a sweet smile as I pushed my heart from my throat back to the inside of my chest.“That’s so sweet of you, baby, but why are you here so early?” My lips plastered a smile, wishing he would leave before Aliyah started crying again.“Just bringing breakfast and hoping to pick Lexi up today,” he said as he planted tiny kisses on my cheeks.I giggled, pretending
(Finn’s POV)Working on a Sunday was fine if it was only me because I never felt comfortable asking my employees to come to the office, but I needed Lexi to assist me today. Sky gave me a heads-up about the board meeting this coming week and told me to study the figures and the reports. As much as he wanted to sit with me today, his business trip was important.I glanced at my wristwatch, sighing that I was two hours late. When I came to the church, Father Jesse had started the service already, and I had no choice but to sit and listen to his homily, finish the mass, and run to my car, hoping heaven would forgive me for declining the priest’s offer to stay for another mass.“My soul might go beyond heaven, Father Jesse,” I joked, relieved when he laughed and tapped my shoulder.My eyes pinned on the elevator button, shifting my thoughts to Lexi. We separated the other night, with her feeling down and me brooding about what she said. Frank had been pestering me to call her, but I could
(Lexi’s POV)Sleep is for the weak!I wrote it on my pink post-it note and then pressed the sticky strip on the side of my computer screen, but my body was screaming at me, pleading to rest. My eyelids were slowly closing, so I had to shut my eyes tight and open them again.Sleep is for the weak! But I am… really, really sleepy now!I yawned for the fifth time, and despite the coffee I had when I arrived, it still wasn’t enough to stay awake. I widened my eyes, stopping my eyelids from closing. But I had been making mistakes, typing many errors in the sentence and rereading the same line of Finn’s schedule, getting confused about what Monday was. When was Monday? What comes next after Monday…Oh, God! My whole body was already snoring, and my brain didn’t have the power to push me to work. I heaved a sigh, leaning my head on the chair’s backrest and closing my eyes even for just a minute. Just one!Or two?Maybe five minutes wouldn’t hurt me.“Lexi…” I heard Finn’s voice. “Lexi, wake
(Finn’s POV)As the elevator door opened, my heart stopped beating when I saw Lexi at her table, already working at seven in the morning. The ringing phone saved us from talking, letting me walk past her, and going to my office without greeting her.When I got inside, the folders I had for my approval and signature were already on my table with notes 'For Signing' and 'For Approval'. She had placed a printed copy of my schedule with a message, ‘emailed already.’ I sighed, thinking she did not plan to talk to me today.Colonel went out, pushing the swing door as if checking on me but went back inside. Jimmy brought him early today because I would be bringing him to the vet later.I sat on my chair, taking the folder over the others and reading the document before signing it. When the door opened, Lexi came in with papers and went to the center table, preparing for my first meeting today. Glancing at the schedule she printed, my first meeting was a progress report from Romeo.Colonel we
(Finn’s POV)“Lexi… Kitty,” I said worriedly, laying her on the couch and ignoring Colonel as he continued to whimper on the side.My hands trembled as I took my cell phone from my pocket and then pressed the emergency number, but when I heard Frank’s voice say hello, my forehead furrowed, staring at the screen to check if it was really Frank or sounded like him.“Frank?” I raised my eyebrows, one corner of my mouth lifting.“Yep!” He answered in his usual cheery tone whenever he got his chance to talk to Lexi, causing me to feel more guilty.“Why are you answering the emergency line?” I asked curiously, checking the screen for a second before sandwiching the phone between my ears and shoulders to lift Lexi’s head, placing a throw pillow under her head.“I’m your emergency line,” he chuckled. “You always call me when there’s an emergency. What’s your emergency this time?”I swallowed hard, staring wide-eyed at Lexi, placing the back of my hand on her forehead to gauge her temperature.
(Lexi’s POV)My head must have cracked into three, and now, I had become a certified insane person, having my hallucinations.When I opened my eyes, I was in dreamland, in bed and in the arms of the man I had claimed as my boyfriend for the past few days, but in reality, he was never mine… could never be mine. Finn pulled me to him when I moved. Slowly, I craned my neck to see his face and checked if he was awake, but it was only an excuse to see Finn because his even breathing was already proof he was asleep.My eyes feasted for a moment, taking my chances to look at his arresting perfection. I clenched my fists, stopping myself from lifting my hand to graze the skin of his angelic face. When I went to the company clinic this afternoon, the nurse and her intern could not help telling me I was lucky to be Finn’s secretary and always have my chance of seeing the Mars.“He looked delicious,” the young intern said, making the nurse giggle. “Does the younger Mr. Mars have a girlfriend now
(Lexi’s POV)Still half-asleep, I rolled to my bed and reached for my phone. My eyes widened in shock, gasping as I got up when I saw it was already ten in the morning.“Lexa, why didn’t you wake me up?” I cried, dashing to the bathroom, but my sister pulled the hem of my shirt, shaking her head.“Your jaw-dropping handsome boss, my boyfriend, called me this morning and told me you’re not going anywhere today.” She frowned at me, giving me a sullen look as she placed her hands on her hips. “Why didn’t you tell me you’re sick?” When I didn’t answer, she raised her eyebrows at me and pointed her index finger to the bed. “Go back in there, weakling.”I sneered at her, hating my twin sister whenever she called me a weakling, but I went back to bed, following her order.“Lexi,” she called me, but I rolled to my other side, turning my back on her. “I knew this would happen to you,” she sighed, rubbing my back. “Do you want Mom and Dad to get mad at me?”“No,” I whimpered, puckering my lips.