Chapter 55: Happy Birthday Sofia's POVIt's been a week, and still, my treatment of him hasn't changed, but he didn't want to give up. I don't care; my only purpose in accepting his deal was to make him sign the divorce papers. I didn't plan to fix us or to have a good relationship with him.I'm happy that I only have to wait for another week to finish our deal so I can return to our city. Jessica kept asking me to go back because there are a lot of customers these last few days, but I told her that I can't because I'm doing something important here.I sigh. We are too busy right now because we have to finish the design for our proposal. This is very important to us, especially to Marcus.“Here, don't stress yourself,” he placed pizza on my table and drank.I looked at him, and he smiled at me.“Thank you, sir,” I uttered, which made him return to his seat while looking at me. Seeing the food tempted me to taste it.That's why I have no choice but to eat it. I saw him smile while pla
Chapter 56: FlowersSofia’s POV“Sofia, come on, open the door; breakfast is ready,” Marcus kept knocking on the door while I still wanted to sleep. He told me last night that we would go somewhere else.“Fine,” I stood up, opened the door, and saw him smiling while holding red roses.“Good morning,” he handed me the flowers and made me smile.“What’s this?” I know what it is, but I still want to ask him.“That’s flowers, Sofia,” he answered and chuckled.I went on my way to the kitchen, and he just followed me to the back.We both sat down, and I started to get my own food. While I’m eating, I noticed him staring at me, which made me uncomfortable.“Are you going to eat or just stare at me?” Marcus just laughed.“It makes me full seeing you eating,” he said while I wanted to throw the spoon at his face because he’s been too sweet to me since the day I came back here.Sometimes he smiles without any reason, it’s irritating me because maybe he’s making fun of me or something.“You’re o
Chapter 57: I Will Kill HerThird Person POVWhile enjoying each other's company with the lovable kids and Sister Rachel, they were unaware of the impending event.“I'm surprised that you thought of doing this,” Sofia said as they watched the kids play on the playground.Marcus felt happy seeing them okay; it's been a year since he decided to help abandoned kids and those without parental care.He did this because he knows the feeling of being left alone without someone taking care of. That's the reason why he made this whole up.“Their smiles are also one of my strengths to continue working,” he said with an overwhelming voice.“You didn't mention this to me one year ago,” Sofia said while taking pictures with the kids.“I was too busy at that time,” Marcus lied, though he always has time to visit the kids.Sofia thought that Marcus became busy those days because of his fling but she doesn't want to bring back those memories again and just nodded to him.One of the kids has a water g
Chapter 58: ForgetSofia’s POVI still can’t believe what just happened. We rushed Marcus to the hospital, and I just found out everything.I kept on crying while waiting outside of the operating room. I don’t know, I can’t explain my feelings right now.All this time, I’ve been so mad and angry at him. I even cursed him in my head. Now that I found out the reason why he acted like that. I’m blaming myself because of what happened right now.I should be the one to win that situation. It’s my fault.Marcus told me everything, why Marcus acted that way before. He told me that he already knew at that time that we were only faking our marriage.He never mentioned it to me because that’s what Marcus wanted.After that one year, I left him because I was in so much pain. Now that I already know the reason, I won’t forgive myself if something bad happens to him.I cried as I remembered what Michael told me about Marcus.He only did those things before because he wanted to protect me, all thos
Chapter 59: I Still Love Him Sofia's POVI want to convince Marcus that I am his wife, but I remember what the doctor said.He kept insisting on seeing Nathalie in front of me, which hurt.I also discovered that Nathalie was his ex-girlfriend. I wanted to curse him for forgetting about me."I want to see Nathalie," he kept insisting to Michael, and I can't do anything about it.Minutes later, someone opened the door, and I saw Marcus's mom.I watched his reaction, and he smiled when he saw the girl enter the room.Michael looked at me, but I just smiled at him. Marcus's mom got mad at me when she saw me."Marcus, babe," the girl went to Marcus and hugged him while I saw Marcus smile. My heart broke seeing how close and happy they were."Are you okay?" Her mom asked him, and he nodded.Nathalie kissed Marcus on his lips. Even though I wanted to get mad at her, I couldn't because he couldn't even remember me."What is this girl doing here, Michael?! He is the reason Marcus is laying in
Chapter 60: Why can't he remember me?!Sofia's POVDays had passed until that day occurred.I forced myself not to dwell on it, but even though I tried to forget, I still can't.“You're not by yourself again,” Maria is persuading me to go to his house because there's a small celebration there. She's referring to another city which I don't want to return to.“I don't know how to refuse you,” I said, making her chuckle.She knows everything that happened. I told her about Marcus's feelings towards me, and she was shocked by what happened.“So, are you coming or not?” She waited for my answer, and I didn't have a choice but to agree.“Fine, I'll go,” I said as she giggled and hugged me.I'm currently working because we have a lot of customers right now.“I told you, you don't have a choice but to come,” I just rolled my eyes.She knows I can't refuse her.When she found out about what happened, she started visiting me here, even though there's a lot of work waiting for her.I'm lucky to
Chapter 61: I'm Losing EverythingSofia's POVI stared at the divorce paper. I don't even have the strength to stand up and eat.While hugging my pillow, my tears kept falling. It was like I lost everything. I lost him.Realizing how much I love him, then suddenly everything would turn upside down.I've been crying the whole night, and I can't stop it. Why do I have to experience these things? I just wanted to disappear right now.When we were on our way home a while back, Maria kept asking me if I was okay, even when Aunt Carmina was bothered when I cried silently.They even insisted that Maria should accompany me that night, but I refused.Damn it! Why do I have to feel this?!"I'm dying inside, Marcus!" I covered myself with a blanket and cried until I slept.I woke up when someone kept knocking on the door."Sofia?" I heard Jessica's voice outside, so even though I was not feeling well,
Chapter 62: PainSofia's POVOne day has passed, and my condition is also getting worse.“Sofia, you look pale. Are you okay? I think you have to go to the hospital to have a check-up,” Jessica said. She placed her hand on my forehead to feel my body temperature.“Come on, I just feel tired these past few days. Maybe I just need a bit of rest,” I chuckled, but she was not convinced.“Jessica is right, Sofia. You don't look okay,” Maria started to get worried.I sigh; I’m not really okay. My doctor told me that I have cancer. At first, I didn’t believe him, but then things started to get clear. I was diagnosed with stage three cancer; there’s no possibility that I would survive in this situation.It’s hard to accept, but it’s already happening. Maybe this life is really for me. This is what destiny wants me to be. All I have to do is to act like it was n