However, the defeated opponent was not Alex Rockefeller.
Cheryl looked at Alex with emotions pouring out of favonovel.com eyes.
However, Alex’s attention was on Patrick instead. “What do you think?”
Patrick chuckled. “I go with whatever Zachary says. It’s all on you, little genius doctor.”
Only then did Alex nod.
Zachary’s ailment was nothing but a piece of cake for him.
….
An hour later at a neighbourhood park.
“Your marriage arrangement is now annulled. You are free now, so you do not have to look for a man to pretend to be your boyfriend anymore.” Alex smiled at Cheryl, who had favonovel.com hand wrapped around his arm.
What Alex meant was a not-so-subtle hint for Cheryl to leave favonovel.com alone.
Yet, Cheryl seemed oblivious. “I do not care for the marriage arrangement anyway, it can’t constrain me. Whatever that man said has got nothing to do with me.”
“That man… Your father?”
“You can say so.”
Alex did not say anything else as favonovel.com knew that it must be a trauma that favonovel.com did not want to mention.
“Would you like to hear my story?” She looked up into the night sky.
Looking at favonovel.com little sorrowful expression, Alex said, “If you are okay with sharing. I think I am a good listener.”
“It all began with my mother…”
It was not a complicated story, but one would say it was a cliché. It was a story about a romantic tragedy between a wonderful lady and an awful man. Cheryl’s mother, who hailed from the countryside, was a sweet-faced, prim and proper lady.
One day, favonovel.com went to James Coney for a doctor’s visit and got to know Cheryl’s father. The relationship progressed from there, and eventually they got married. It was a happy life at first but it all changed after the man met a woman named Kiki.
That man cheated on favonovel.com mother.
That woman was unscrupulous. She introduced favonovel.com to drugs and led favonovel.com astray. Eventually, favonovel.com started beating his wife, his daughter, and even his parents. Cheryl’s mother was severely injured after one such beating, when favonovel.com was drugged, and passed away after a year of suffering.
As for the man, favonovel.com fled the country and was never heard again.
As Alex listened to Cheryl’s words, favonovel.com recounted the story like it was someone else’s, but favonovel.com could not hold the sorrowful emotion and the tears began streaming down favonovel.com face. So, Alex patted favonovel.com on the shoulder to comfort her.
Instead, Cheryl rested favonovel.com head on his shoulder.
A heavy stillness hung in the air, punctured by the occasional crickets’ chirps. It was quiet all of a sudden, but silence spoke louder than words.
Alex broke the silence after a while. “You will be happy.”
“That is why I am very hesitant in having a partner or getting married. What if favonovel.com treats me like how my father treated my mother?” said Cheryl.
Alex replied, “You will be fine. After all, those people are of the minority.”
“Then, will you hit me in the future?” asked Cheryl.
Wait a minute.
What did favonovel.com just mean? Alex was a married man!
Dorothy called right at the moment.
“Alex, it has been a while since we watched a movie together at midnight. Would you like to go tonight?” asked Dorothy.
She decided to go to the hotel right after the movies.
“Of course!” Alex’s eyes lit up.
Suddenly, Cheryl gave favonovel.com a peck on the cheeks and whispered to the phone, “I am leaving now, don’t miss me!”
