Vice president...there was a man from Lucious representatives that troubled miss Martha...it seems they are well acquainted." Henry's secretary who was also present at the meeting reported to Henry in his office.
"If I'm not mistaken, that should be her husband Mr Maxwell...but what I don't know is how he survived his predicament and why he's with Lucious". Henry who was flipping through a documented report on Mr Maxwell said with confusion on his face.
"What!!...her ex husband...he has really hidden well. After all, not everyone knew his real appearance back then" the secretary said in shock.
"Okay enough now...I want you to monitor his every movement from now on. Nothing must happen under my nose alright..." Henry said before he dismissed his secretary.
"He can't come back into her life no matter what. Martha is mine and will always be mine" Henry murmured.
Knock knock
"Come in" Martha who was in her office finalising some documents raised her head to see Drake come into her office with a giant lunch box.
"I brought lunch..." Drake said with a smile as he raised his hands to show her the stuffs in his hand.
"Thanks Drake" Martha said with a smile as she joined Drake on the couch. "I heard from the president that you didn't have breakfast...looks like you are in for Monica's wrath" Drake chuckled as he served the lunch.
"I was in a hurry...hopefully some mouths will remain shut unless they will also face my wrath" Martha responded while giving Drake a meaningful look which resulted in both of them bursting into laughter.
Drake serve a huge portion of food for Martha and observed her eat in silence. "I am planning on getting married again" Martha suddenly said half way through lunch.
Drake froze. He couldn't believe his ears. She's...she's getting married. But why??
Drake couldn't regain his composure so he asked in a stammer "W...h...y are y..o..u getting married again...is something wrong??"
"I feel Monica isn't really happy with only a mother's love. She deserves to live like other children...with both her parents". She said casually.
"So...um...who are you getting married to?" Drake asked.
"I don't know...maybe I'll just go on a few blind dates or consider the proposal of a few business partners" she replied naturally. It was as if she was just making a random decision as she didn't even care if she likes them or not.
"Okay...I'll always be there if you need any help okay" Drake said in a dejected tone. "Okay..." Martha replied.
'Why did his mood suddenly changed for the worst...or did I say something wrong?' Martha began to wonder as she couldn't remember saying any upsetting word.
Drake on the other hand had various thoughts running wild in his head right now. How could she just decide to get married all of a sudden...doesn't she notice my advances or is it that she doesn't like me in the same way??
Drake had lost his appetite since he heard she was planning on getting married so he just excused himself with the excuse of him having enough work to do.
Martha also lost her appetite to reasons unknown to her so she went back to work in low spirit.
At the restaurant...
Monica and Max has been talking for who knew how long. They have exhausted everything they could talk about so they were eating silently.
"It's about time we round up our project don't you think...." Max asked.
"Yeah...submission is due Tuesday so we still have 3days to round up" Monica replied. "Its getting late I think I should get going" Monica said as she stood up.
"I'll take you..." Max offered but Monica declined and rushed home by herself.
By the time she arrived, it was already 7 in the evening and her Mom wasn't back so she returned to her room to get some rest.
She took her bath and laid on her bed going through the topics she missed for the day.
'Ring ring'
She answered her phone and was met with silence. "Um...sorry who is this please " she spoke a few times but hung up when she didn't receive a reply. 'Weird' she thought as she continued what she was doing.
On the other end, a man was sitting in a dark corner in a hotel room with a strong stench of alcohol covering him. He let out a deep and long sigh as he stared at the number he just called. " 'sigh' how I which I accepted my daughter back then..." he said while looking at his phone screen.
The man was Mr Maxwell. Ever since he came back from the meeting late afternoon, he gathered all information regarding Monica from the time she was small till now. He's been staring at her picture ever since and let out deep long sighs from time to time.
He received a phone call from Lucy a few minutes later and answered only when the call was about to end.
"Hello..." he said in a week and slightly sober voice.
"Mike love...I'm sorry I haven't checked on you ever since...how are you doing dear?" Lucy's loving and affectionate voice was heard from the other end.