Twisted Fate

Ella violently threw his hand off her. Her facial expression became cold as she glared at him. What nonsense?

Alex became sobered. He was carried away when he touched her hair. He was behind the wheel and used to always have a woman by his side, each time he drives.

“You should know your boundaries Mr Foster” Ella snapped at him. She hissed between gritted teeth and ran her hand over the part of her hair that Alex touched.

“I didn’t mean to..” Alex was explaining when Ella interrupted him “We are getting divorce soon. And until now, you have behaved yourself, so keep it up.

For the few times left before our divorce, don’t let me hate you more than I already have” Ella snared at him.

Alex didn’t say anything again. She really hates him that much that his hand could cause her to grow so furious with him?

It was all his fault. He shouldn’t have let his feelings get into his head. He had let down his guide and felt relaxed when he was with her.

It was better that he returned to who he used to be. His facial expression changed and he returned to his usual poker face.

Ella swallowed hard. The atmosphere became tense and she was beginning to be uncomfortable with the silence in the car.

She shouldn’t have yelled at him that way. Perhaps it wasn’t intentional. He might have just casually stretched his hand and she took it hot with him.

She didn’t even give him a chance to explain himself. She doesn’t want him to be unnecessarily intimate with her, that’s all.

When they eventually arrived home, he went to park the car in the garage and allowed her to step out before he got out and locked it.

Ella couldn’t leave him behind. Her mind became restless. Her heart yawned for when she and Alex can be like every normal couple.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

She lingered behind. She remembered the information she saw on his computer the day she used his study.

It appeared he had something to do with a certain lady. But she just glanced at it before realising it contains some private information.

She decided she was going to apologise for her irrational words to him a while ago. But when Alex walked past her, she could perceive the aura emanating from him, and shivered.

“Alex… Alex” Ella walked behind, trying to catch up with his large strides.

“Goodnight Ella” he said and got into the house before her. When Ella eventually stepped into the house, Alex was out of sight.

She ruined their evening. They were happy that evening and talked like two friends. She was too hard with her words.

That night, Ella couldn’t sleep. Her thoughts were all centred on Alex. She hates to see him hurt.

But now, she’s the one who hurts him. He might have become like this because of what happened to him in the past.

She remembered it that night. He had written in italics that until he found a woman he truly loves, he was never going to stop his revenge.

Now, she had made him feel unloved by her words. She remembered saying something about hating him more than she already did.

Next morning, when Ella came over for dinner, Alex had gone to the company. She asked Ms Cooker if Alex had breakfast to have left so early?

“Mr Foster didn’t have his breakfast. He seemed to be sad and then I remembered, today was the day he keeps in memory of his mother..”Ms Cooker explained.

Ahhh his mother’s memorial. Where had he gone to this early if not the cemetery? If she knew which cemetery she could find him in, she would go there at once.

“Do you know where he might have gone? Could it be the cemetery?” Ella asked,

“Mr Foster never let anyone besides himself and his sister go to visit his mother” Ms Cooker replied.

It appeared madam doesn’t know a thing about the woman that was supposed to be her mother in-law.

“Can you tell me what you know about her?” Ella asked, beckoning to Ms Cooker to sir down.

The latter sighed audibly before she began “Charlotte Foster was Mr Foster’s mother. I was a newly employed servant in the house when the ugly incident happened.

Mr Foster’s father had an accident and was hospitalised for many months, but eventually he died. Madam was left alone with her two kids.

She spent a long time mourning her husband. Everyone thought she would make it out alive and stronger but the worst happened” Ms Cooker paused.

She quickly took a tissue and wiped the tears from her eyes. She sniffled and her eyes suddenly went red.

Ella felt her eyes go moist as well. She imagined what it was like to lose a parent. Alex Foster had lost both of his parents.

Life had been cruel to him in some ways. But he had learnt to be strong. To take whatever life throws at him and then move on.

Ms Cooker sniffled again and waited for some seconds before he continued “Madam died, she committed suicide right before her son Alex Foster”

Ella’s heart beat faster than usual. She was taken aback by Ms Cooker’s words. Ms Charlotte committed suicide before her own son?

To lose a parent is one thing, but to lose her right before his eyes due to suicide was another thing. This was a heart break that would last a lifetime.

“Everyone believed she said something to Alex but he never disclosed that to anyone. His grandfather asked him, but Alex remained mute about it till date.

He had endured the pain of losing both parents. He had endured a terrible experience with a woman who broke his heart and almost left him dead.

Sometimes, I don’t blame him when people call him a womaniser. No one knows the battles he had fought in his life and the one he was still battling with.

I pray he found love again. But he somehow was afraid to fall in love with any woman. He had been wounded by love in the past…”