CHAPTER 24


    Danie simply clenched her teeth at the man''s actions. Marcus was clearly enjoying her misery!


    "How did you get here? You''ve convinced them that we''ve reconciled!" When they were alone


    upstairs, she reprimanded him.


    "Is it really that difficult, Dani?" Marcus addressed her directly with the question he had been


    meaning to ask her since the garden picture session.


    She tightened her teeth as she considered her alternatives before yelling loudly and clearly enough


    for everyone in the house to hear. "Exit!" She shouted again, and Paloma dashed to her side.


    "E, what is the matter? Why can''t you simply forgive him? It was the fault of his captain!" Paloma


    dashed to his rescue. She could understand E''s rage, but it was entirely her husband''s fault! If


    anybody should ept me, it should be themander who sent them the wrong person''s


    ashes.


    "Please, Ma, leave us alone. "I''d want to speak with him alone," she stated, dismissing her


    stepmother for intervening to protect the guy who stood in front of her callously and without


    remorse.


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    "All well, but I''m hoping you''ll be sensible and give him another opportunity this time. I understand


    it''s difficult, dear, but he''s still alive," she didn''t understand why Danie struggled to let it go. She


    should feel relieved Marcus was returned in one piece!


    "Reasonable? How am I to remain reasonable after catching him cheating on me?" Another


    fabrication was necessary to conceal another, and she couldn''t care less if she went to Hell.


    Marcus made a sneering remark about the woman''s inventiveness. He believed he had trapped her,


    but she escaped unscathed! When he met Paloma''s gaze, the celebrant threw daggers at him, and


    how could he ever win against two cruel women? He pressed his lips together and listened to


    Paloma''s speech, while Danie grinned in the corner. "I''m sorry," he said, and it was the worst


    mistake he had ever made, and he chastised himself for apologizing.


    Danie announced, "I want an annulment," which surprised Paloma more than Marcus.


    "E! Are you delusory? How did youe to be so critical of AJ''s father? Perhaps he was enticed


    by another warm body while you were unavable. "Common E, don''t hurry this annulment thing,"


    Paloma pleaded with Danie to reconsider annulling her marriage.


    "I want to be alone," she murmured, and Paloma abruptly ceased speaking. "And you, Mr. Madrigal,


    I require your immediate departure!"


    "Please, Dani," he pleaded.


    "If you want me and AJ, Marcus, there is no way around it. "Take it or leave it," she stated


    emphatically. Although the man has be the father of her daughter, they were not in a


    rtionship prior to this. If Marcus was prepared to ept the courtship challenge, he may earn


    another chance to show himself.


    "Iprehend," he stated. He could see why the woman was passionate about taking him back,


    and she was correct that he desired to take the shortest route to her heart. "Inform me as to what I


    should do initially," he enquired.


    "If you have no idea, it is pointless. So, when are you departing?" The man might just be


    overwhelmed by the fact that he is the father of her kid, which is why he announced his desire to re-


    enter her life...once again. No, she was not going to allow that!


    "At ater time," he said. Ortega would be shocked to learn that their vacations had been


    shortened, but he has no option.


    "All right," she responded, dismissing him.


    Danie was unhappy to learn that Marcus and Ortega had really abandoned their property. She


    believed he would not depart, but she was mistaken! The strain may have been too much for him to


    bear, and he chose to simply...vanish from her sight!


    She waited days for him to return, but Marcus never did. Even his shadow was nowhere to be seen,


    and she reasoned that it was for the best that they would never see each other again.


    "Hey, why are you taking this so seriously?" Lilian followed her sister beside the swimming pool,


    who was daydreaming. Danie has been acting strangely since she discovered AJ''s father was


    missing. To be honest, she was relieved that Ortega had also gone before he could dig out


    information regarding her daughter, Vanessa''s, identity.


    "He''s gone...and maybe permanently." Lilian''s query elicited a response from Danie.


    Lilian squinted her eyes, perplexed. "I assumed you desired his removal," she stated.


    "Yes, but I anticipated his remaining." She was ustomed to candor, but with Marcus, she


    gradually devolved into a stupid ass.


    "You advised him to go yet expected him to remain? That is quite perplexing, E." Lilian made the


    statement.


    "I am aware, but I am unable to tell him the truth, Lil. How are you going to expect me to be candid


    about my emotions for him? I wished, though, that he would insist on remaining by my side."


    Danie, too, was perplexed by her actions.


    "E, Marcus is not a fortune teller." Lilian brought up her stepsister''s recollection.


    "And how about Ortega?" Was he a soothsayer?" She responded Lilian''s query.


    "My position is unique inparison to yours, E. Ortega is not as interested in me as Marcus


    was," she responded.


    If she was stupid, Lilian was even more so. How could she have missed the way Ortega regarded


    her? "Is that correct? However, the way he stared at you, never mind." Danie brushed off the


    subject and rose.


    "What are your ns?" Lilian inquired.


    Danie said, "I have to see AJ," and walked away, leaving Lilian speechless. She was at a loss on


    how to handle Marcus, but regretted she hadn''t told him to go. It was unjust to pine for him when the


    man made no indication that he was drawn to her and all he said was about their daughter. She


    inhaled deeply as she ascended the stairs to her bedroom.


    Rather of returning to her bedroom, where AJ was sleeping with Patty, Danie entered the


    guestroom Marcus and Ortega had upied during the celebration. She examined the room, her


    eyes widening as she noticed Marcus''s t-shirt from their previous altercation. She snatched up the


    garment and clutched it close to her chest, sniffing the aroma that lingered in the cloth. It reeked of


    Marcus! Danie tucked the t-shirt inside the inside of her blouse before venturing outside.