The One For Him

The One For Him ~ 16

I ran away.

I ran even when my foot still hurts.

I ran, clutching my heels on my chest.

I searched frantically for him.

I got to tell him. He needs to know. Everyone here needs to know. He's mine, he's my love. I'll introduce him proudly as my boyfriend to everybody.

Now I know how much he means to me. I love Alex, I love him very much.

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I left Lloyd, standing there. He cried when I told him.

"I'm sorry Lloyd, I don't love you like that anymore."

"No Claire, you're just angry with me for marrying Jenna—"

"I'm in love with Alex", I said, cutting off his remark. "I made love to him not fucked him Lloyd. I did all that because I love him. He's the best thing that ever happened to me Lloyd and I think it's about time you know the truth."

His shoulders slumped.

"I'm sorry but when you told me that you love me now... All I can think about is to tell him how much I love him. How much I love my Alex", I reached for his face and wiped his shed tears.

"Please don't cry, instead, be happy for me Lloyd for at last I found the man who I want to spend the rest of my life with. Just like how you found your Jenna", I smiled and I started crying, too.

"But I love you", he wailed. He hugged me tight again.

"No you don't Lloyd because if you did, you should have chosen me in the first place", I patted him at the back to console him.

"Jenna loves you, you love her. You're just having problems but I know you two can fix this", I let go, smiled, kissed him on the cheek for the last time and left.

Now I have to fix my own problem.

My Alex.

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"Mom, did you happen to see Alex?", I approached her, panting and breathless. I didn't see him anywhere. There were only few people left at the party. The catering service we hired started to clean up.

"He left about ten minutes ago, sweetie."

"He left?!"

Where did he go?

"Yes, he said he needs to be in Mexico before 6 in the morning. He needs to meet some clients and has a meeting he cannot cancel there. He didn't tell you?", mom looked worried.

"Mexico", I whispered.

My heart broke. I thought he wanted me to go there with him. And what's worst, he left me without saying goodbye.

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"May I speak with Mr. Durant, please?", I called Lloyd's office, hoping that he could tell me where exactly in Mexico City Alex was staying.

As his assistant, he must have known.

"He's not here at the moment. Mr. Durant called in sick this morning. May I know who's on the line, please?"

"It's Miss Thomas, a friend of his. Uhm... Miss, do you know what's the number for Mr. Carter's office?", I asked hesitantly.

Just call the reception desk again and asked them to dial 001."

"You reached Mr. Carter's presidential's office, this is his secretary Miss Roberts speaking", a friendly, sexy woman's voice answered after the second ring.

"Hi, it's Clarissa Thomas, uhm... his girlfriend", I swallowed. "I'm looking for Mr. Carter, may I speak with him please?"

There was a slight pause.

"He's not here", said a curt reply. The friendly tone was gone by the second. I frowned.

I take it she doesn't like me.

"May I know where can I locate him then?", hoping she would tell me.

"Mexico City."

"Which hotel?"

"His private beach resort."

"What's the name of his resort?"

"Are you really his girlfriend?", she sounded like she doubted me.

"Never mind, bye", then I put the phone receiver down and sighed.

I tried to call Lloyd's private number but for an unknown reason I couldn't reach it.

There was only one option left, and that was to call Marc.

It's about time I call him.

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"Tara and Marc's place."

"Hi Tara, may I speak with Marc please?"

"Oh, hi Claire, how are you babe? I'm so sorry we weren't able to come to uncle's birthday. Did he like the gift we sent him?", she sounded so delighted.

"Yes, thank you so much. Another addition to his collections."

"That's great. Oh, have you heard the news about Lloyd?"

"What about him?"

"He was fired, Claire", she said in a sad voice.

"Huh?! Why?! What happened?!", that news was such a shocker.

"I really don't know because Marc won't tell me anything but I heard him and Jenna are filing for divorce, too."

"But they just got married?"

"I know, it's terrible. Marc is trying to convince the board of directors to change their minds but they said it was the order of the president's company."

"I see..."

Oh Alex, what have you done?

Anyway, Marc is not here Claire. He flew to Mexico City this morning. He said he will call me once he's settled in."

That got my attention real quick.

"D-do you know which part of Mexico he's flying to?"

"He flew with his boss' private jet. He's flying to Santa Fe. He'll stay at Hotel Belleza.

"Okay. Thank you so much, bye", then I hanged up. I hurriedly took my phone and googled the place including Alex's name on it. Maybe his resort was a well-known tourist spot.

My google search was suddenly flooded with Hotel Belleza's information. A state of the art, five star, high-class, modern with a unique touch of classical designed hotel and beach resort.

I slowly smiled.

This is it! I'm going to Mexico!