"I would leave you now," Ross said. He knew it was his cue to leave hearing the anger in Xavier's voice. Everyone knew that he had quite a temper and no one was interested in cutting limes with him. Ross silently leaves the room. "What did I do so wrong this time?" Jessica asked resting her back to the bed frame and rolling her eyes. She was only looking out for Dawson she wondered why Xavier would be angry to come home and meet an empty house while his grandfather stays in boredom at the hospital. If he was at home she would keep him company before she starts her business and take him on nice dates, cook for him, and keep him company throughout the day. "He is my grandfather and I would be the one to make decisions concerning him," Xavier said his teeth gritted. He already felt abandoned by his grandfather preferring Jessica over him. Now Jessica wants to keep her nose in their business. "I thought I was a part of the Delgado family?" Jessica asked throwing back to what he had
Xavier left in a hurry because he could not stand the judging eyes of his grandfather. He told the driver to be the one to bring Jessica back home as he went back to work. Jessica had made it clear she did not want to be called a part of the family if they were going to go through with the divorce and there was no turning back for him as he had his mind set on the divorce. Dawson who was uninterested before going home decided to go home after seeing the way Xavier reacted to Jessica today. Maybe if he were home he could monitor more things than putting Roselle in charge. She has promised she would get them together on a honeymoon but had failed the whole first month of their wedding. "I am glad you decided to come home with me," Jessica said. If Dawson had insisted that he was not going to go back home with her she would have looked like a fool in the eyes of Xavier and she would have felt terrible. If she had somewhere else to go she would have gone to hide there. Since Xavier kn
Dawson had no special request so Jessica made a pan pizza and they both had it over light conversation. Dawson was exhausted from the move and change of environment so he went to bed early. Jessica waited up for Xavier because she had a lot to discuss with him. She was going to iron out all the details of her remaining time in the house. Her business, sleeping arrangement, and his meals. She had been glad to share her cooking with him but he had been too rigid to accept her. He had proven that he was just as closed off as chose to be and she was not putting herself up for heartbreak. If she continued to see him in good light she might end up falling for him and she would be hurting once again by the time she had to leave the Delgado house. She was only Delgado by paper and name. She has no relationship with them. Xavier came in as Jessica was cleaning up the table. He had been coming in early these days to eat dinner with Jessica. Seeing her clean the table sent a shock down his s
When Xavier heard that she wanted to talk about the business he felt relieved. Although the was calm, she might have been still very pissed at him. "Yes about that, I had been waiting for a new month. I would ask the realtor to come over this week and show you some properties. Choose a high-end one in a good neighborhood" Xavier said. The sigh of relief could be heard from afar. He had been vindicated. He was not in trouble at all. "Okay, I think that is fine. I would handle the interior decoration and staff hiring myself then" Jessica responded. "Let me know if you need any money or help. You can use the card I gave you for purchases" Xavier said. "I will" Jessica responded. Since she was seeing it as an investment that she would pay back she did not find it difficult to collect his money she would give the business her all and pay him back within the year. "Another thing I want to discuss is our sleeping arrangement," Jessica said. She was going to settle them all that night
Xavier had never known what it meant to be played before but he felt like he was experiencing it right hand. It felt like a betrayal. He could not believe that the first meal he seemed to enjoy she was going to take away from her. "If this concerns me shouting at you at the hospital. I already said I'm sorry" Xavier said sulking. It was the first time that Jessica saw Xavier display another emotion apart from aloofness and natural anger. "When?" she asked confused. From all she could remember she couldn't remember Xavier saying as much as a simple sorry. "You never said you were sorry" she defended. "I did not?" Xavier asked his face flushed. "Yes, you did not" Jessica responded. Maybe if she was not as angry as she was she would have not suggested having different rooms or even to scrap her making dinner for him. She loved with all her might cooking for others. "I barely apologize," Xavier said murmuring. "Very obvious," Jessica said. "You heard me?" Xavier asked shocked.
Since it has to be the next day before the decorator could come to decorate one of the rooms Jessica still had to sleep in the same room as Xavier. Xavier felt the temptation to ask her to reconsider changing her room. After all, they had settled their differences now. Xavier lay down waiting for Jessica to join him as she was freshening up. Jessica came out holding a towel to dry out her hair. "Ms. Gates is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony and we have both been invited," Xavier said as soon as he got a sight of her. "Ms Gates?" Jessica asked confused. "The CEO of Couture Corner," Xavier said like it was common knowledge. She was a girl after all and it was the dream of every young girl of Chiachester City to own one of the pieces from the Couture Corner. Jessica has no idea who she was and tried to hide her embarrassment. "Anyways so Ms. Gates is doing a groundbreaking ceremony the day after tomorrow for one of their new stores and she has asked that you come along," Xavier sai
"What is she doing here?" Xavier asked voting out his thoughts. "She did not say but she specifically asked for you," Roselle said. When Jessica heard the name she was curious but she did not want to be seen as a gossip so she laid back down on the bed. "Couldn't she sleep the night and wait till the morning?" Xavier asked grumbling as he went down the stairs. "Nephew" Genevieve said as her eyes fell on Xavier coming down the stairs. Genevieve Sullivan was his mother's sister and she was the definition of the worst. When his mother was still alive she often showed up out of the blue to extort his mom and get money out of it. One of the things that Xavier vowed not to forget as regards his mother and father's death was how his aunt stormed in to get a share of the insurance claiming to be the only family of his mother. Genevieve and his mother had shared the same womb for nine months yet they were nothing alike. Their parents had shared the family wealth between both girls. While
Jessica had slept soundly afterward forgetting that there was just a huge commotion outside. By six am her body clock woke her up to get ready to get breakfast. She felt more exhausted than usual and did not want to go out of bed. The only fact that made her stand up was that Xavier only begged her for forgiveness when he realized that she was going to cut his meal plan off and also Dawson had complimented her so very well. 'Get up Jessica Penelope......' her thoughts trailed off when she was going to call her name. Was she still to address herself with her maiden name or her husband's name? 'Get a grip now' She screamed internally at herself. Her eyes fell on the peaceful sleeping boy beside her. It was one of two things, either he did not care at all about his surrounding because how can he sleep after the distressing calls last night, or he was faking to be strong enough to sleep through the storm. 'Only Jesus did that' Jessica thought again as she entered her closet to change