Chapter 28: The message

As soon as they exited the mansion, Alexia let out a long sigh she could hold up again; every moment irritated her.

"What's the matter?" He asked and paused for a while as he moved close to her.

"Nothing, I'm good," Alexia said and let go of his hand before walking towards where the car was parked. All she wanted was to scream.

Joan didn't move an inch, rather he watched her until she got to the car, then she noticed that Joan have not been catching up with her,

“Why are you standing, staring at me? Or do you plan on sleeping here tonight?" She asked, as she couldn't hide her irritation with the village environment.

Joan chuckled softly, waving her head. He seemed to love her stubborn nature; the way Alexia spoke to him sometimes got his heart though no one dared to speak harshly to him or command him. Each time that she is displeased by something, she would always be ready to put it out on her face, not minding his perfection about things.

No one would dare to go against him, they were all bent on his words just to get his attention, but it was all different from Alexia.

They quickly drove straight towards the direction of the penthouse. Alexia began to wonder if the dinner he proposed was over. She shrugged her shoulders while looking at the car window.

"Thank you for standing up for me in there," Alexia said in a low voice. She broke the silence between them, still looking out of the window. 

“Is everything alright? You have been looking out of the window with hisses that followed,” Joan asked. He was aware that she was about to tear up her watery glands,

“I just tired Joan… I mean tired of everything, the whole family dinner was to mess me up,” Alexia said, curled her hair to the back

“So ridiculous,” she continued, trying so hard to hold up her tears.

“Forget about the dinner, I have planned on being the chef for tonight," he said.

 Alexia arched her brows, surprised, “really?”

"Stop playing around… I'm actually not ready for jokes" Alexia responded nonchalantly. 

"Alright, let's see" he replied, and drove into the garage in his home.

After parking the car, he got down and walked towards the other side as he helped her to get down from the car.

"When you've tasted the dinner, you can decide whether you like it" Joan said sternly.

Ever since the fake marriage plan started, they've been living in the same home. This was one of the things they needed to do for the court to believe that they were in love. 

Alexia cleared her throat, trying to reduce the blush  on her face because of Joan. She had almost forgotten what it felt like to be taken care of but now, he had reminded her that she could actually be treated right.

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She walked into the penthouse and went up to her room before changing into a sexy blue gown for night dinner. She left the room almost immediately after she had finished changing into an easier dress.

Alexia made her way to Rita's room, she bent the door knob and entered the room. Her eyes fell on her little angel on the soft king-size in the middle of the room, sleeping peacefully

Alexia walked towards the bed and covered her property, "Don't worry, soon, I promise to bring your sister back," She said before kissing Rita's cheeks.

She left the room and climbed down the stairs to the sitting room. She heard some noises in the kitchen and, without even checking, she knew that it was Joan.

Her eyes immediately fell on the TV, and she was surprised the moment she saw her picture on the TV screen.

She quickly turned the volume up and yelled, "Joan!"

Joan abandoned what he was doing in the kitchen and walked into the sitting room. He arched his brows, wondering she had called his name like that, until his eyes fell on the TV screen,

"Thank you for staying in tune until we returned from the short break," the news reporter said,

"The secret about the supposed Fiancée of Doctor Joan's fiancé." Joan read the headline of the news. He sat down on the couch next to her, chuckled a bit; he knew that it was all Sonita doing. 

One thing about being in the spotlight was anticipating seeing his name and face on the news at that period,

"A lot of people have been wondering what kind of  lady Doctor Joan settled in for. We have five. Most have asked questions here, and we have brought the answers to the five," she said and turned to look at her,

"I'm here with the lady's college best friend." The news host said and gestured for the camera to be shifted to the other side; Sonita's

Joan chuckled softly and said,

"This lady is bent on something bad." 

He got to his feet and walked closer to Alexia before wrapping his hand around her waist,

Alexia flinched and quickly removed his hand from her waist, 

"Sonita could do anything when she wanted something so badly. This here will only bring you fame," Joan said. 

Alexia sighed heavily, and said, "I know, she has always been like that but I'm quite curious about how she got Bruce with this kind of character."

"What do you mean?" Joan asked.

"Never mind," Alexia muttered, and turned off the TV.

"You were cooking? Let's finish it together," Alexia said, but just then, her phone banged; a message on her phone,

“I will get back at you! Husband snatcher… a classless mother! Who has no shame to sleep with two brothers just for the sake of validation!”,

"What are all these?" Alexia was stunned as she switched off the television angrily, 

Another message dropped 

“I will come after you, Alexia. And your other child,”