Jessica sits in the car and reads through the post made by a mysterious social media page. She also noticed that True News carried the news as well. She knew that Steve was the CEO at True News but what she did not understand was why he would authorize that she be attacked. She always thought they were friends. The reason for his sudden distance from them was unknown to her. When he confessed to her she was already in love with Xavier and had confessed to him. She turned him down and he took it in good faith telling her that they could remain friends. Maybe one of the page handlers saw the post and decided it was a good story to generate buzz. She felt naked all of a sudden. She hated that she was thrown into this life. What did she ever do to deserve the backlash from people? They did not even know her. She looked at the comments and it was obvious that people believed whoever it was that posted it. "Don't worry, they have caught the person who made the main post and the person
As soon as they entered the station and were led to the investigation room. Jessica saw Emma and Steve sitting there giving a testimony. As soon as her eyes landed on him he turned his head and they made eye contact. Jessica turned and bumped her head into Xavier's chest. "What's wrong?" he asked as she pushed herself away from this chest and rubbed her forehead. "I can't go in there" she whispered. "Why?" he asked. "He's the one," she said a tear drop falling from her eyes. She does not believe that he would do something like that. He knew her and he knew the kind of person she was. How would it be possible that she would have multiple children and work in a bar? Jessica knew that the rumor had begun from Emma. She was not shocked. She often wondered why she forced friendship with Emma when she did not think of her as a friend. She has often manipulated and lighted her when necessary. She once spread a rumor about her being pregnant for Burke. This was when Burke started dating
Xavier had made it clear that neither he nor Jessica wished to settle. He said that if he did not make Emma and her friend in crime examples to the city then others would go ahead to commit the same crime of slandering people without remorse. Emma who had been on a high horse suddenly felt her world crash before her. She was going to have a record left on her clean slate because she tried to get back at her. "See what you dragged me into," Steve said calmly that it was almost scary. "I dragged you into this" Emma laughed with a hinge of a howl. "You wanted to do it if you did not want to do it when I suggested it you should have backed out," she told him narrowing her eyes. She could not stand adding more blame to what she was already feeling. As it stands she was already so out of it that she did not need any extra drama. "If we have to pay the penalty money you would have to be the one to pay. You were the source of the information" Steve said again. He ran his hand through hi
The rest of the month was a blur as Jessica had to juggle actively preparing meals for everyone while trying to launch her restaurant. Olivia had stayed around like a thorn in the neck that just refused to go away. Everyone later got used to her nagging and continuous bid to stow away money. She did not change a bit. Genevieve on the other hand got started in treatment to slow down the rate of the sickness. The doctor had made it clear that the treatment was not to save her life but to extend it in the best possible way ever. Lily had finished the interior decor and Jessica had gone for a cool indoor kind of vibe with an outdoor porch, She chose the design with the help of Leslie and Alicia who had now become closer to her than before. The press had tagged them as the three powerful women of Chiachester City. "Dawson asked me to prepare for Xavier's birthday," Jessica told Alicia and Leslie. They usually met to have lunch occasionally. "Ohh so is Xavier celebrating this year?" A
Alicia recommended a party planner to Jessica. Jessica began to speak with the planner and then she noticed that she did not know a whole lot of things about Xavier. They were not close but they had decided to be friends and friends should know a little bit about each other such as their favorite color and things like that. Jessica was sitting on the bed while Xavier entered into the closet. "Xavier?" she called silently. She waited for a response but got none. She stood up and went to the door of the closet and knocked on it. "Speak Jessica," he said and she chuckled. "So I was thinking, we decided to be friends right? And it seems like I do not know anything about you" "So you want to know things about me?" he asked teasingly. She gritted her teeth and took a deep breath. It was as if Xavier had suddenly grown some kind of confidence that made teasing easy. He did it at every given chance and she did not trust herself to fight back. "Yes," she replied. Xavier was thrown off
"Okay let's start with something easy," Jessica said taking a sip from her cup. "Favourite color? Mine is white""I don't have one but if I was to pick I'll pick Blue" he answered. Jessica made a mental note. "Now you ask a question" she gestured to him. "I don't know what I can ask" he replied crunching up his face. "What can I ask? Why don't you ask all the questions and I will just answer them"'What a great opportunity for me' she thought to herself. "You are the one who wanted to know more about me" he teased. She sighed. She did not like the teasing but she had to endure just until she could extort enough information from him. "What's your favorite thing to do and do not say work," she asked him. "I do not have but if I must choose something then I would choose horseback riding" "So you can?" she asked amazed. "This may sound cocky but there is this rich kid course that teaches you most of these things. I skydive, ride a motorcycle, ride a sports car, play hockey, and a
"Okay, then I guess what's your favorite song genre?""My favorite song genre?" she asked stroking her chin. "I guess if you can't answer you should get started with the wine," he said bringing the wine bottle closer to them. "Wait," she said before he could fill her cup. "it's not like I don't want to answer the question. You did not say your favorite genre""Okay I think I like classical" "Why because as a billionaire it suits your taste better?" "Because that's all I grew up listening to. Before I lost my parent my mom used to listen to country music. I am sure she must have been the odd one out of all her friends" he said a smile on his face. It was obvious he missed her so much without him saying a word. From what Genevieve said she would have been a very delightful person to meet. If she listened to country songs then her personality must have been so cheerful and heartwarming. "What about you?" Xavier asked at the moment. "I do not have a favorite genre. I listen to ever
Xavier pulled away his mouth hovering over hers. Why did he do it? He could not tell, he just knew that he had the urge to do it for a while now. Jessica's eyes fluttered open and she stared at him. She hiccupped and saw the corners of his lips turn up in a smile. She hurriedly stood up bumping heads with him. "Ouch," she cried. "Let me...." Xavier said after her as she sprinted out of the room holding her head that had bumped into his his. "Where are you going?" he called after her. When he stepped out he couldn't find her in sight. Jessica entered the room of Olivia. "What are you doing here," the woman asked sitting straight on her bed. "I'm here to sleep tonight" Jessica went to sit beside her on the bed using her body to nudge her to the side. "What are you doing here when you have a big bedroom? Did you fight with your husband?" Olivia asked switching on the bed lamp by her side. "No we did not fight, please can we just go to bed?" she said as she got under the covers sn