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Sophia, Jayden, and Cynthia were confused about what to do next. Alex kept his unwavering focus on them. They couldn't make out his thoughts, to know if they should leave or start walking deeper into the room. "Are you guys going to stand there all day?" Alex asked with his focus now solely on Sophia. He knows that she was the only one who witnessed it when he collapsed so she must be more shaken up than the others.After Alex made the statement, they took a sigh of relief. They were grateful that he put them out of their confused state. They made their way to the cushion facing Alex's bed. He was sitting down on his bed, so when they all sat down, they were sitting directly opposite him.When they all sat down with Sophia in the middle, they started behaving awkwardly again. In their minds, they don't want to say anything that might trigger his health just like his father earlier advised.Alex cleared his throat, he arched an eyebrow signaling them to say something. He saw the skept
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After the confessions and apologies, things became smoother and the atmosphere was diffused of any tension or awkwardness. Alex chatted with his friends for quite some time before the sedatives he was given kicked in and then he bid them good night and slept off. Sophia and her friends slept on the couch in a very uncomfortable position. They slept while sitting down. Well, they couldn't complain because they would do anything to be around him and to also ensure that he was okay.The next day, after running some tests and checking Alex's vital organs, the doctor said that he was free to go home. They gave him a list of medicines to buy, and they also sounded a note of warning telling him to stay away from work at least for 1 week, which he reluctantly agreed to.After he was discharged from the hospital, Jayden drove them to the Columbus estate. Mr. Chris already called them a thousand times asking them if Alex was okay and when they were going to come back.When they got home, Sophi
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Sophia and Alex had already finished with their meal. Sophia sent for a servant who came and took out the empty plates. She tucked in Alex in bed so that he would retire for the night. She was about to leave when Alex suddenly stopped her by grabbing one of her hands."Stay with me please," Alex said, looking at Sophia.Sophia was in a bit of a dilemma. She knows that he has not completely forgiven them for what they did, so she doesn't want to overstep her boundaries. She was even thinking of leaving with Jayden and Cynthia who were still downstairs waiting for her to come and update them."Um… Fine. I will stay with you until you fall asleep and then I can leave." Sophia answered sitting down beside him on the bed. Alex lay on his side to be able to get a clearer view of her."I want you to lay with me until morning– I just need someone to cuddle with," Alex explained looking at her expectantly."Things are no longer the same Alex. If you asked this of me a few days ago, I would hav
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After Sophia and Alex left, the other duo in the sitting room took a sigh of relief. They did not expect someone to walk in on them making out. That was very embarrassing to say the least. They thought that everyone had gone to bed because it was already 10 pm. Cynthia adjusted her position on the couch now facing Jayden. "Do you know the funny thing in all of these?" Cynthia moved her two hands around in a gesturing motion.Jayden shook his head sideways signaling her that he didn't know what she was talking about. He was wondering where this particular conversation was leading, so he had to patiently wait for her to go on."The funny thing is that just like Sophia was asking us what was going on, I don't even know what to answer because I– Myself– I don't know what's going on. So, Jayden, what exactly are we doing?" Cynthia asked, folding her two hands together.This sneaky behavior of theirs started almost a week ago. The day that Alex confessed his love for Sophia and took her ho
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Sophia and Alex were having breakfast in Alex's room when a knock sounded on the door. Alex invited the person in and Cynthia put her head inside the room first to make sure that a certain person was not in the room before making her way fully into the room. She took a deep sigh of relief because she didn't even want to run into Jayden until she left the house. She guessed that he may probably still be asleep, which she doesn't mind at the moment.Cynthia just wanted to check up on Alex and quickly disappeared to her apartment. She was really grateful to Alex for allowing her to keep the apartment in which she stayed when the whole interrogation process was going on. Well, her joy will be complete when her grandma comes back next month from her 3-month surgery trip. She was outside the country with a caregiver who was taking good care of her. She spoke to her grandma once in a while and she was content that one good thing came out of doing the Kingston family's bidding– well, another
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"What exactly did you walk into last night that you said you were trying to figure out? That will go a long way in this interrogation process." Alex asked after some moments of meditation. It's probably been about 20 minutes since Cynthia left the room in a rush."Um…""Look here baby girl, if we are going to rekindle this feeling between us then we have to start by being open to each other. Remember that the fallout between us was because of this secretive side of you, but if you don't want us to work things out, then you might as well do as you wish." Alex admonished. He wasn't in any mood to cajole her into opening up to him. He had concluded in his mind that he would let her suit herself."Hey… I love the fact that you want us to work things out– I want the same too. Believe me, if this was about me, I would have opened up to you a long time ago. But this is not about me– it's not even in my place to tell. Please bear with me babe." Sophia pleaded. She grabbed his face and turned
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"Why do you both look like you are going to swallow me whole at any given opportunity?" Jayden asked with furrowed eyebrows because of the way Sophia and Alex were looking at him. He almost turned back to leave the room but he decided against it at the last minute. He gave himself a pep talk, 'They won't kill you, all they will do is talk, so just calm down your nerves.' Jayden kept talking inwardly to himself until he got to the king-sized bed where the other duo sat down and patiently waited for him to come closer.When Jayden got to where they were, he brought a lone chair closer and sat down across from them. Ever since he stepped his feet into the room, their burning gazes had been on every movement that he made. At least he was now sitting in front of them, so they didn't have to strain their necks anymore to be able to see him."When will you both tell me why you are looking at me that way? Am I safe at all?" Jayden inquired for the umpteenth time."What exactly did you do to C
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After Sophia left in anger the room became unusually quiet. Jayden momentarily held his breath waiting for when Alex would strike. He kept glancing sideways at Alex to be able to ascertain when he might decide to pounce on him so that he would at least dodge it."What should I do to you for being so heartless? I want you to be the person to decide your punishment." Alex asked after the unnecessary silence."I'm so sorry Boss. I didn't mean to hurt her feelings and…""Don't aggravate me, Jayden Bartels. That's not the question I asked. What do you want me to do to you for hurting someone I consider a kid sister? Gosh, she's just 20, why make her undergo this shitty heartbreak at such a young age?" Alex was trying so hard not to put his hand on Jayden cos he had successfully scattered the group because of his selfish gains.Jayden bent his head in shame. He didn't expect everything to escalate to this extent. Now everyone is angry at him. And truth be told, he deserves their anger. He c
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“Please explain what you mean,” Jayden said, still looking a bit taken off guard by her response.“I knew that I was pregnant. Well… I didn't know for a fact because I didn’t do any tests in the hospital but I did a urine test with a pregnancy test kit and it came out positive. I didn't know how to tell my boyfriend because I didn't know how he would take it. I also knew that I would lose the child when I started bleeding out.” She was a bit sceptical about telling him because they had only been intimate just once and that was on the night after his birthday. They had already been aroused even before they went to the party venue, it was only natural that they completed what they started earlier.“I can't believe that you are saying this. Why would you keep something like that away from me? Have I ever given you any reasons to doubt my love for you? It takes two to tangle, have you forgotten?” Alex asked a series of questions. He was bothered that Sophia would think that he would by an
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Sophia woke up to see her boyfriend and her friends surrounding her in their various positions. There was this happiness that filled her soul to know that they slept in the same room with her without considering the uncomfortable position they slept in. The closest person to her right now is Cynthia who was sleeping an inch beside her. She gently tapped Cynthia which made Cynthia open her eyes almost immediately she was touched because she thought that Sophia might be in any form of discomfort.“Sophia, is everything okay? Do you want me to call the doctor?” Cynthia rushed out.Sophia shook her head sideways, “No, I'm fine. Just help me and touch the men.” Sophia requested.Cynthia walked over to them and tapped them. They both woke up with a startle, just like Cynthia, they thought that something was wrong with Sophia. When they looked around, they saw Sophia who already sat up on her bed. In a split second, Alex swiftly rushed to where she was sitting down and engulfed her in a hug.
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The ladies knew that they were in for a lot. They trembled in fear and strikes of tears ran down their faces, “Please spare us.” Cassandra pleaded in a shaky voice. She was against this whole arrangement at first because she knew that there would be no easy way out if they were caught, but they had to emotionally blackmail her into taking part in it, now look where that had gotten them.Cassandra’s answer caused Alex to chuckle in amusement, “I just lost my child because of you guys and for some shitty reason you think that I would want to let you go?” He asked in his newly adapted mild voice. This particular tone of his feared them more than the loud and snappy tone.“We didn't know that she was pregnant, and the poison wasn't even for her,” Clare replied.Alex huffed in disbelief, “Should that make me feel better? If it wasn't the baby who died, it would have been Sophia. And… would it have been better if you guys succeeded in your plans to kill me? There's one particular question t
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‘Kaboom’ Alex's fist lands on Victor Mancini's face.“You had the nerve to try to kill my girlfriend. You must really be fearless.” Alex spat. Over the past 10 minutes after Sophia's call, he had been with the Kingston family, or better put– the notorious four. They were tied up in circles with their backs to each other on the floor. He had the urge to just end them completely, but he knew that the law would take its course no matter his status in society. He had to come home after hearing the news of Sophia's miscarriage. He had to look for where to let out his anger and the only place that came to his mind was the perpetrator's body. He wanted them to feel half of what he was feeling right now. This is very much unlike him but they have done more than enough, whom much is given, much is expected also.“As I said earlier, your girlfriend was not the target. We wanted you to be the one to take the drink but no! Sophia had to get in the way of our revenge. Well, I guess that half-bread
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“Please can you repeat what you said earlier?” Alex reiterated, still shocked by the news.“I said that my team and I are so sorry to announce to you that she lost the baby. We did our best to save her but the poison in her system would have succeeded in killing her if it didn't kill the baby.” The doctor repeated while he thought that they didn't hear him the first time.“Shit!” Alex cussed out and punched the closest wall. This motion startled both the doctor and Cynthia who was too dumbstruck to say anything. “Um… we didn't know that she was pregnant.” Cynthia finally speaks.The doctor looked surprised at this. It was then that he realised that they asked him to recap what he said earlier not because they didn't hear him but because they were hearing it for the first time– they were shocked at the news.“She was a few weeks gone from the scan we carried out on her earlier… precisely 4 weeks gone.” The doctor answered. He saw how the news disoriented Alex– how he was going around
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“Cynthia, please ask my baby to wake up.” Alex strained out from the driver's seat. He looked between the road and at his girlfriend through the rearview mirror. He frustratedly hit his hands on the driving wheel when the traffic light turned red. If he were to be the one in front, he wouldn’t have minded the traffic light at all.At the back of the car, Cynthia was shaking profusely. Her lips trembled and her eyes kept overflowing with tears. They were all to be blamed for Sophia's current condition. If anything happens to Sophia, they will all be doomed.“Is there no other way for you to get to the hospital? Sophia is bleeding profusely– Alex, she's losing a lot of blood.” Cynthia was able to get out of her jittery nerves.Alex looked to his right to see that the cars were moving to the right side, but he was supposed to take the straight road cos that's the road leading to the hospital. It was about 30 seconds remaining for the traffic light to turn to green but that felt like an e
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Sophia picks up a gift card from the list of items lying on the floor, “Oh… this is not for me.” She hands it over to Alex, “This card has your name on it.”Alex took it and looked at it. It didn't go beyond his notice that his girlfriend totally avoided what he said to her earlier, but he would just let it go.They ended up exchanging their gifts. At some point during the process, they all got emotional about the thoughtful gifts they all got. Sophia got a box of diamond pieces of jewellery, a Christmas card, a big teddy bear– that got her cackling though, and a MacBook.Alex got a Christmas card too, some sports attire– he had an inkling that it would be from Cynthia cos that girl wanted him to go boxing on his birthday, he got a headset too because he likes music a lot and he finally got a Rolex designer wristwatch.Cynthia was the only one who didn't get a Christmas card. This made them conclude that the lovely cards were from her. Well, She got some cake equipment like an oven, a
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“Merry Christmas.” That has been what has been exchanged so many times since daybreak. Alex invited all his staff to have Christmas dinner with them. The dinner was to start by 7 pm while the exchange of gifts between him and his friends was to happen by 5 pm. It was half past 4 pm already and they were all now surrounding the Christmas tree. It happened that every one of them sneaked in their Christmas gifts for one another before daybreak. They did it in such a way that the recipient of the gift wouldn't know the giver– the only way to know that the gift is for you is from the name written on it.As for what they had been doing since morning, Well, they all woke up quite late and when they did, they had their brunch and drove to the cemetery where they stayed with Mr Christopher for quite some time. On their way back, they dropped by the orphanage and celebrated Christmas with the children there. They took pictures and played around with the babies. When they were about to leave, th
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It's Christmas Eve and Alex, his girlfriend and his friends went to the movie theater to spend it. They had been outside the whole day, going from one fun place to the other. They already mounted a Christmas tree earlier in the day before leaving the house. They were going to place their gifts on the tree after they got home from the theatre. “This is like the hundredth time I'm seeing this movie and it still ended up making me emotional as always,” Cynthia said dabbing her eyes and wiping the snot running down her nose. “Yeah… Romeo and Juliet always have a way of penetrating someone's heart. Every time I watched the movie, I kept praying that they would live happily ever after while still knowing that they would still die.” Sophia chipped in. They were done watching their movie and they were on their way home. As the women conversed about the movie, the men sat down quietly and listened to them. They don't want to say anything that would make them call any of them inconsiderate or
