Jessica had the meal ready in only three portions. The kitchen staff began to walk on eggshells around her. It was obvious she was angry with Xavier because she paid no attention to his meals. Jessica served the table with Dawson, Genevieve, and her breakfast and then went to get them. Three of them sat down and began to eat but no one asked about Xavier why he wasn't having breakfast with them. Xavier came downstairs and entered the dining table area to see that there was no meal for him. "Come have a seat, the chef would soon be done preparing your meal," Jessica said a snicker following her sentence. "I would not be having any breakfast" Xavier announced loudly. "Oops, what do we do? I already instructed him to make a healthy and full breakfast for you" she continued in her earlier tone. "Someone else can have it," he said now getting irritated. Not only did she leave him out of breakfast plans now she was trying to ridicule him in the presence of his family too. "I remembe
Feeling very uncomfortable Xavier rushed his food and stood up without a word. He could not believe that this woman whom he picked up when she was stranded at the front of the courthouse would turn his family away from him. Jessica was still sitting on the table downing her meal when her phone rang. She looked down at it and it was an unknown number. Afraid that it could be Burke again she let it ring and then she got a text from the number after the line got cut off. 'Hello, Mrs. Delgado I am James and I am the realtor. Me. Delgado said I should show you some houses. Would today work for you?'Jessica froze for a moment as she read the text. She felt a kind of warm feeling in her heart. Was he still this considerate of her? After all the stunts he pulled the last night? He remembered his promise to help her find a place for her business even after what he did. Was he being considerate or was he rubbing it in her face that she was poor? She stood up and excuses herself from the tabl
In Jessica's ears, his words sounded smug and like he was bragging. She was not ready to go back and forth with him. "I have no idea and that is the reason I called you," Jessica said gritting her teeth. Her plan was to now live a quiet life at the mansion. She would avoid him at all costs. She was going to ignore his existence but he had somehow made her speak to him in less than twenty-four hours. "It's my apology" Xavier confessed. He figured that there was no reason for him to make sarcastic comments that might offend her. He was in the wrong and he should make it right. Xavier's direct answer threw Jessica off. Just less than two months ago he had had difficulty with speaking talk less of apologizing now. Was he finally growing up? Was it her influence? Was it that he was just maturing on his own?Jessica had expected a snarky and sarcastic comment so she was prepared for a war but since she did not get it she was now confused on how next to proceed with the conversation."Je
Xavier threw his phone onto the car seat beside him. His plan to apologize and make it alright with Jessica just seemed to go down the drain. His phone began to ring again. He thought it was Jessica so he picked it and saw it was Brian calling him. He sighed and connected to the bluetooth speaker before answering the call. "Mr. Delgado," Brian said when Xavier picked up the call. "Yes, how can I help you?" Xavier said his voice smug. "Are you not happy to hear from me?" Brian teased. "Why would I be happy to hear from you?" Xavier answered back. "What do you want?" he added. "Jason Jameson is in town" Brian announced. "He is in town? He did not inform us about this trip" Xavier said complaining. "Apparently, he wanted to give you a surprise," Brian said sighing out loud. "Go pick him up at the airport then," Xavier said. "Well, he asked for you" Brian replied. "Why?" "I can't tell, but where are you now? I would meet you halfway and we can go get him together" Brian said.
Jessica pulled up Leslie's number and the other woman gladly picked up because she had been unconsciously waiting for her call. "Hello, lady Delgado" Leslie teased as she picked up the call. "If you have to address me like that then I might be uncomfortable with you," Jessica said leaving downstairs to her room upstairs. "It's a joke. Just a joke" Leslie responded clearly to the air. "What did I do to deserve such a beautiful call from you this morning? Do you want to go shopping some more?" she added. "Yes," Jessica said to the shock of Leslie. Leslie had concluded that there was no way that Jessica was a woman if she hated shopping that much. She was a good sport while shopping but one could see that she was not enjoying herself as one would think. "Seriously? Shopping? I would go get ready immediately and we could meet" Leslie said cutting off the phone before Jessica could clarify that it was a business building shopping. Jessica pulled the phone away from her ears and then
Jessica picked Leslie up at home and told her about the reason she was going shopping. "So you mean to tell me that the reason I got all excited was because we were going to pick up a building?" Leslie asked. "Yes," Jessica gets all excited. "So dresses and shoes don't excite you but the thought of owning a building for business does?" Leslie asked again."Yeah, excuse me," Jessica said pulling out her ringing phone from the bag and picking up the call. "Hello," Jessica said. It was the realtor. "I am on my way already where should we meet?" she asked him."Let's meet at Light Avenue," James said. "Light Avenue?" Jessica said shocked. She did not expect that her business might be located in one of the busiest and biggest business districts of their town. "Yes ma'am," James said. "Or would you prefer someplace else?" he asked. "No it's fine" Jessica answered quickly. "Okay then I would be in the Celeste agency building," he said. "Okay, Light Avenue" Jessica responded before
Jessica, Leslie, and James were driven around by Ivan until they got a place that Jessica both loved and thought that the rent was reasonable. "Are you ready to sign the papers now or would you want to discuss with Mr. Delgado first?" James asked pulling out the document file from his bag. Leslie had countless times told Jessica that the price of the place was a chicken change compared to the wealth of the family she was married to. "I would sign it now," Jessica said. She felt uneasy about signing such big documents but it was an investment. She would work ten times harder and pay him back before they went on with the divorce. There was no way she would free-load off him. "Do you by any chance know a good decorator who also does construction? I would like to redecorate and do a little construction work with the place" Jessica asked as she penned down her signature. Xavier was the one paying but her name was on the contract. She felt proud of this moment. A dream that seemed imp
"Baby, do you think we would get the money today?" Emma asked pulling on her jacket. She was going out for lunch with her friends. She was going to brag about her wedding to them and she needed to be sure they were going to be using the venue she chose. If she bragged and they later did not use the venue it would be a shame for her. "I can not promise but I would try to make sure I get it soon," Burke said holding her hand. "Soon? When is it soon? Do you want me to be embarrassed in front of my friends?" Emma asked. "What do your friends have to do with this? I am the one who you are getting married to and I don't care where and how we do it. I just want to marry you" Burke said. "You don't care about my friends or my reputation? What would they say about me? I settle for the crumbs of Jessica." Emma said with spite. The reason she went after Burke was that she could not stand that Jessica was happy. She just hated her and wanted to keep her in check. "You would get that money a
Hello Guys this is the final chapter. I want to first appreciate everyone who has read this book, who had supported, commented, voted and called me order when I did not update for such a long time. Thank you so much for being such a support in these times. As this work comes to an end I hope you support me in upcoming works. This free Chapter is for you."Joshua we would be late" Aletta screamed from the bottom of the stairs. "Honey are we using our government names now?" Joshua screamed back at her. "Joshua you know I do not like being late for any of these events" Aletta screamed back at him. Altetta paced back and forth at the bottom of the stairs. "You know you should not be screaming while you are this pregnant"Joshua said as he came down the stairs with his daughter in his hands. "If you had come down earlier then I would have had no reason to scream that much" she retorted and he smiled. "It was my little pumpkin here who kept me waiting" Joshua replied as he got to stand b
"I am so happy for you, this is finally happening," Aletta said holding the arms of Jeanne excited."I am excited but also nervous very nervous does anyone have calming pills?" Jeanne said slipping her hands off Aletta's hand and feeling the sweat on her palm."Calm down, it's just you and Thiago, everyone else is just like a rock. I promise you once you get on that altar every of that nervousness would be gone" Aletta continued. "Thank you," Jeanne said sarcastically."Are you nervous because its mu brother? I can help you run away from this right now" Nichole suggested and Alethea rolled her eyes. "Are all sisters this way? This was the same advice you gave Aletta the other day" Alethea said and Jeanne shook her head. "How can I leave, I have been dreaming of this day" Jeanne replied. "Then calm down even though I don't know why you would dream of marrying my brother but we all choose our battles I guess" Nichole shrugged as she sat down."Nichole" Aletta chastised because she k
"You have to get to work" Aletta said rubbing the hand of Joshua gently. They had arrived back from their honeymoon over the weekend and this Monday morning was the first time Joshua was going back to work after the wedding."Can't I just lay down here with you all day?" he said taking out her hand and pulling her down to his level."You kept saying that and prolonged the honeymoon by two weeks,""Call me a criminal for wanting to spend time with my wife, I am getting the feeling that you do not want to spend any time with me" Joshua said opening one eye and giving her a judging look. "Joshua, you know that is not true, so get up now""You are no longer my assistant, you are supposed to be begging me to stay a bit more with you""What makes you think I don't want to do that?" Aletta asked taking his dishevelled morning hair back from his face."Because you keep urging me to get back to work so quickly, it's like you can't wait to get rid of me" Joshua took his head back to the pillow
"Mom don't cry again, you might get a serious headache at this rate," Aletta said rubbing the back of her mother while in a hug. The entire wedding was over already and the whole family was seeing the couple off as they were going directly to the airport for their honeymoon. "Come on, at this rate they might miss their flight" Leon said trying to pull Eunice off her daughter. She had been bawling the entire ceremony, if someone saw her they would think it was a sad occasion. "My daughter," Eunice said as she finally pulled away and took a step back. "I am so happy and so proud of you because you managed or find love for yourself even after everything" Eunice sniffled and smiled. "Thank you, Mom," Aletta said with a smile. "You better get going now" Jessica said stepping forward."We are on our way now" Joshua said pulling open the door and gesturing for Aletta to get in."Call us when you get there" Jessica called after the shut door."Do not call us" Xavier said as if he was giv
"I was always unsure about how I felt about you, You were always around me, taking care of me and I felt anxious whenever you were out of sight. A little secret that was the reason I always made you work overtime even when it was not necessary" Joshua said and there was a burst of small laughter across the room.They were both standing in from of the priest and altar but they had decided to take their custom written vows there. Joshua cleared his throat and looked up from his paper to stare at Aletta whose eyes never left his face. He flashed a small warm mile to her and she returned it."I never realized my feelings for you until you made that drunken confession that night that caused us to go into a relationship. I had always thought about marriage but for me, it was the only way for me to make children that would take over the company one day, being with you makes me so excited to think of waking up every morning with you by my side, I think of planting kisses on your lips and spend
"Are you feeling nervous?" Alethea asked Aletta who was sitting in the waiting room with her shaky hands. "Yes I am, who wouldn't be?" Aletta asked as she closed her eyes to steady her breath. "I mean you are very right, who would like to marry my annoying brother, as much as I would like to call you my sister in law I can help you escape if you wish to" Jeanne chimed in. "Thank you so much for the suggestion, I am nervous about this and not rethinking my decision. I can't wait to be married to him" Aletta said as her eyes shot open. "Ew" Jeanne said as she gaged. " What do you see in him?" she added as she picked at her nails. "Everything I want to see" Aletta added. "Jeanne stop trying to put ideas in her head" Jessica cautioned coming towards them. "What did I do?" Jeanne whined."I heard what you said" Jessica replied giving Jeanne a warning look. Jesica knew that her daughter was playing around but she did not want Aletta taking any of the words to heart. "I know I have s
"Mom's boyfriend would be here soon," Alethea said as she dropped the dish in her hand to the table. "I can not believe that I am being made to meet my mom's boyfriend at her age" "What I can not believe is that she can't order out but is making us to make food for him"Alethea whined as she moved back to the kitchen."What is even more crazy is that she is in a relationship again" Aletta exclaimed as she moved behind Alethea. "Don't get me wrong I guess I am glad she is finding love again" "Same here, if she is happy then there is no issue. Love is in the air" Aleteha added coming back to the table "So why don't you have anyone to share the love with?" Aletta asked. They were making the last trip from the kitchen to the table. "Says you? Who told you that I do not have someone to share this love with?" Alethea said dragging out her sentence and a weird smile climbing her face."Alethea you are hiding something from me" Aletta said going to clutch her sister's hand. "Spill now" sh
Aletta and Joshua tried to reach Anette and Richard but it was as if they had fallen off the radar. "At least we tried" Aletta said as she set down the phone to the table. "Happy now?" Joshua asked and she nodded. "I guess I have to get going now" she said taking up her phone from the table."Where to? You just got here" Joshua was sad because they had finalized her resignation and she had not been around him like he wanted her to be. He was happy regardless that she was doing what she loved. "I have to go finalize things with HR on hiring your new assistant and then I have to go shopping with your mom and sister" Aletta explained. "Can we at least have dinner together?" Joshua asked and started expressing shock when he saw the expression on her face. "We can not? I barely see you anymore these days" he whined like a child who was cheated of having any ice cream. "I am having dinner with my family, mom is introducing her boyfriend to us today and honestly, I love spending time wi
"Did you hear about Anette?" Aletta asked as she pushed the jar of pickles into the hands of Joshua. They had picked a date for the wedding and it was in three weeks. They were having one of the date nights where they stayed back home and cooked for each other. "What happened to her?" Joshua asked. Anette shook her head in bewilderment, how could this man be so oblivious to everything happening around him?"Have you seen her in a while?" Aletta asked. She wanted to know how much he did not know. "Well, since that day she came to our house, I did not think much of it when I did not see her again," Joshua said truthfully before taking off the lid of the jar. "But you know she called off her wedding and left the country so abruptly with Richard?" Aletta asked hoping that he at least knew about that fact. Yes, Anette did hurt them all but it would be too mean to not care about her when she had sincerely apologized."Maybe they did not want the wedding again?" Joshua asked shrugging. Al