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ALEXANDER'S POVIdeally I would go on a honeymoon with my wife to have fun to cherish and to hold but this isn’t it? I don’t want to ruin my mother’s plans and her greatest hope of making me the richest man in the entire world. I headed straight for the elevator and punched in the fourth floor since our rooms were just at the opposite. Helena joined me in the elevator a few minutes later. We got to the 4th floor in silence. I moved to my room and she moved to hers without a word.A few minutes later, I heard a knock on my door. I got up to open the door, still dressed in my suit. "What do you want?""Well, I’m here to talk to you""About what exactly?"Are you letting me in or not? She asked. I made way for her to pass through. When she got into the room she examined it for a while before revealing the reason she came."Well, I just want to ask why you booked an extra room for me""Is there a problem with that?""Is there not?"She asked "You don’t question my decisions okay. I’
AGAINST THE TIDES Chapter Eleven
HELENA'S POV By the time I got into the apartment from my little tour with my new found friend I was happy I didn’t go to the party with Alexander. Liam, walked me in through the lobby and when we got to the front of my room. We stopped to bid each other good night. I couldn’t stop smiling as he spoke to me with so much ease and respect. Good night Helena he said as he turned to live, Good night I said to him and just when I was about to leave Alexander’s door opened before us. The lady came out first and Alexander followed behind smiling but the smile soon disappeared the moment he saw Liam and I standing side by side at the door opposite his. The lady flaunted herself in a stylish manner and walked past us. Alexander and Liam locked eyes for a few moments then Liam excused himself leaving me all alone with Alexander. I turned around to move into my room and suddenly there was a firm grip on my arm. Let me go, I screamed. And as I struggled with the grip it went worse and tight
AGAINST THE TIDES Chapter Twelve
HELENA’S POVOur two weeks of forced honeymoon had passed. We returned immediately after the date elapsed because Alexander needed to go for a serious business conference with his biggest investors and the reason why we are both in this shit hole called a marriage. I had to continue my duty as an unwanted wife. And with the way Alexander treated me back at the hotel in Canada I have vowed to stay on my own and not interfere in his business. I had no one to pour out my heart to except Gabriel who is prohibited from visiting me in this mansion. My dad comes to lawn the grasses and trim the flowers only when they are due. I was trapped, locked and imprisoned for some foolish reasons. I know it's Isabella’s plot to enslave my family forever. My father who has a terminal illness needs my care at this point but I’m not available to look after the only man who has given me shelter all these years. I owed him life. This week I was going to do things that made me happy; to totally ignore the
AGAINST THE TIDES Chapter Thirteen
I held my face in my hand as I tried to reminisce on what had just happened. She dared to lay her hands on me. Alexander stood and watched as the tears began to stream down my face. I walked out on the birth of them. The moment I entered my room my phone began to ring, my was the one calling. I hesitated to answer the call but owing to the fact that I had not spoken to him for almost a week made me answer the call without first thinking about the consequences. I sniffed in the liquid that had formed in my nose as a result of the cry. "Hello Helena are you there?""I’m here dad", responded after pausing for a few minutes.My voice shook as I spoke on the phone.Is there a problem?"No, dad,I'm fine""That doesn’t answer my question Helena". "Talk to me, what is the problem?"I began to cry into the phone. I didn’t know how to begin or how to tell my father I was tired and feed up with this shit hole called a marriage. I was so confused and kept asking myself why a mother and son could
AGAINST THE TIDES Chapter Fourteen
HELENA’S POVAlexander kept looking at me the moment he got into the kitchen to get himself a glass of water. I watched him from one side of my eyes. I was too shy to face him directly but I knew he had his eyes all over my body especially when it got to my legs; he traced it up until he stopped at the exact spot my bum short stopped.What? I managed to ask because he was beginning to make me uncomfortable with his stares.He chuckled and continued to sip his chilled water till there was no more water in the glass. We have a ball coming up for the KCC group and we have to appear as a couple again.” He finally said digressing from the question I had asked him earlier.Was this why I was brought in here as a wife? To go on endless ball dates with a man who doesn’t have respect for women. Since the day I kicked him in the balls he hasn’t brought any woman to the house which was a good thing for all of us. At least I would have peace of mind. He had every right to do it outside but that
AGAINST THE TIDES Chapter Fifteen
The ambulance arrived as soon as I had placed the call. I didn’t want Alexander to die even though we haven’t been on the best of terms for the past few months. I wanted him alive and healthy. When I heard the approaching siren from the ambulance I thanked God. By now the scene was filled with well-wishers and newsmen who were trying to cover the incident first hand. I still held him in my arms, his blood gushing out from his shoulder. I was sure he was going to make it but the injury was severe. Clear, the medical team began to scream the moment they arrived. Those who surrounded us with cameras and those who made the scene with their phones paved the way for the medical team to reach me with a stretcher. You may step aside ma'am, the team leader told me. I let go of his head and knelt beside him as he installed the oxygen mask over his nose. He was still bleeding so they quickly put a bandage over it to limit the blood till they got to the hospital. They gave him a few injections th
AGAINST THE TIDES Chapter Sixteen
"Are you crazy?"Gabriel whispered in my ear.Isabella stood puzzled at my sudden show of care and help"What in God’s name are you doing Helena?""I have to do it Gabriel, he is my husband. I said to him"No doctor, please do not listen to her, we need to get a donor outside or we could just purchase a few pints of blood from the blood bank around town".I stood and listened to Isabella dispute my offer to help. The doctor observed her for some time then quickly went on to add that it might take a longer time to search for a donor that soothes his blood type. "I’m O positive". I interruptedThe doctor turned to face my direction again. I freed my arm from Gabriel’s grip and moved closer to where the doctor was standing. His face lit up the moment I disclosed my blood group to him.“Alexander is O+ too".“Do not listen to her.” Isabella said to the doctor the moment she realized he was beginning to find interest in what I was saying. “Madam”. He began. Alexander is O+ and his kind of
AGAINST THE TIDES Chapter Seventeen
Hours had passed since I had been sitting right in front of his bed. I had been given assurance that he would wake up in no time. It’s already past 9pm and there’s no sign of him jilting out of this unconsciousness that’s almost taking like eternity to end. I was still dressed in my hospital gown even though I was much stronger than I had been in the past few days. This incident wasn’t totally anybody’s fault. I sat there watching and waiting for him to wake up. I said a little prayer in my mind as I held his hand in mine. Suddenly he twitched his finger. I was glad to see that he moved. He adjusted his shoulder a bit while I waited for him to open his eyes. It took like eternity for him to even open his eyes. When he finally did, I sprang up from my sitting position."Alexander". I called himHelena” he responded."Alexander you’re awake, thank goodness". I said and cupped my mouth in my palm as an expression of surprise and excitement."What happened? What am I doing here?" he asked
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