CHAPTER 36


    Danie inhaled deeply as she sought sce from the small human beingying in her bed. "Aj." she cried out her daughter''s name, and then she


    lost control of her tears.


    She sat with her daughter for hours, waiting for AJ to awaken. She desired to convey to her daughter the agony of witnessing the most valuable guy


    in her life kiss another woman. Danie wanted to empty her heart of the weight of betrayal in order to go on, and she didn’t want to burden Lilian with


    her issues.


    "Mama..."


    Danie smiled at her daughter and replied, "Hello, my love," as scon as she heard Aj''s little voice.


    "Are you hungry, Chuckie?”


    Danie agreed and walked over to their room''s mini-fridge to retrieve a box of her chocte drink, which she handed to AJ. She was delighted that


    her kid was already familiar with the procedure for inserting the drinking straw into the box. "Slowly," she instructed


    "Papa?"


    AJ and Marcus had been close since Marcus''s return to their lives, and Danie wasn''t sure how to deal with her daughter if Marcus was ever to


    leave their lives for good. "I''m sorry, my dear,” she said, but AJ would never understand. The small child simply proceeded to sip the chocte


    beverage from a box. Is AJ going to be disappointed with her in the future if she is unable to provide her with aplete family? Would she be furious


    with her for refusing to forgive her father''s adultery? Her mind was racing with questions, many of which were linked to the man in their guestroom.


    "Papa is leaving shortly to work abroad,” she lied. For the second time, she concocted another narrative regarding Marcus, but she was less certain


    this time. given Philip Madrigal''s presence in the home.


    "All OK," AJ responded. "y?"


    Danie desired to remain in their bedroom because she was concerned she and Marcus might cross paths in themon areas and she was


    averse to speaking with him. She grew enraged every time the sight inside the inn shed back into her memory. She could not, however, deny AJ of


    his urge to y with Vanessa. "Later," Danie stated as she walked over to her closet and changed into white shorts and a pink top.


    "Dani..." Marcus rose immediately upon hearing the sound of the door opening.


    Danie stared at Marcus as he approached her porch. "Didn''t I warn you to leave?”


    “Papa!” AJ shouted, her voice brimming with joy, reaching for her father''s hand.This is property ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    "Baby...." his daughter shouted with glee as he lifted her little frame into the air and quickly caught her.


    She was furious, but she couldn''t reject her daughter''s request to be carried by Marcus. and so she yielded, although her eyes continued to send


    daggers in his direction. "Do not attempt to use our daughter," she advised him before they walked outside to y.


    Lilian and Alexander were already on


    the yground with their daughter,


    Vanessa, whemthey arrived. They


    exchanged gteetings before


    allowing their children to y =


    independently. Danie saw that


    Lilian nad reverted to normalcyand


    thatier stepsister appearto be


    ple eased, as seen by her eyes, She


    deduced that somethi ng-positive


    had urred between Lilian and


    Alexander and she began to


    investigate what was wrong with


    her, why she couldn''t be happy


    indefinitely!


    She grimaced at the guy beside her, and she prayed Marcus would leave, away from her house and forever from her life. She was fed up with it!


    Perhaps her love rtionship was doomed from the start. or she was being punished for acting contrary to the man''s wishes. She and AJ would be


    very content without him, in fact.


    e attempted to attract the


    woman''s attention with his index


    inger, and when she stared at him


    ith glowering eyes, he panicked.


    ‘Doesn''t our daughter look lovely?"


    e attempted to strike up a 5


    conversation with Danie, but allhe


    receivec- were her frigid shoulders


    and ck of eye contact. Marcus


    went an inch closer to her, ahd when


    she still refused to recognize his


    presence, he attempted a wicked


    technique he had learned as a child.


    He extended his hand and pressed


    his finger on the woman''s cheeks,


    then shouted her name ina


    distressed tone. As he imagined her


    response when he poked her face,


    he smiled; nevertheless, Danie


    continued to ignore him and did not


    spare him a nce.


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    Danie remained immersed in her thoughts, imagining life without him. She despised being alone, but it was unavoidable. Marcus deceived her by


    entertaining Alicia, and she was incapable of forgiving him. "I still despise you,” she yelled at Marcus as she walked away from him and took a seat on


    another bench.


    Marcus pursued Danie and addressed her by name. "Please, Danie. Hear me out," he pleaded, oblivious to the fact that the other couple''s


    attention had shifted to them


    "All you have to do is get lost,


    Marcus." Danie said


    monotonously and continued


    walking awaytrom him. "Why don''t


    you simply xisit Alicia?" I''m sure she


    could make you happy than I could,


    “she contin ued, but when she tured


    to ogkat him, he had stopped’


    fo lowing her, and Marcus was


    assisting AJ in standing. Hei


    daughter must have fallénA while


    Vanessa was ying. Marcus was


    considerate andpassionate, but


    she couldn''t shake the image of him


    with Alicia from her mind. She


    regarded his back with forlorn eyes,


    but her determination remained the


    same!