"I must say you are a beauty to behold," Leslie says sitting g and pulling the chair closer to the bed. She puts her elbow on the bed and plops her head on her palm. If not that Leslie's eyes were twinkling and her sincerity was flowing through Jessica would just pass it off as flattery between the upper-class ladies. "Let's be best of friends," Leslie says again taking her hand. "Okay," Jessica responds. Leslie sounds too kind for her to turn down and she had no friends so finding one in the upper-class cycle would even be the best solution for her. Since Leslie was willingly sincere and honest, she could take advantage of the opportunity in case she needed anything. She did not know what situation may arise that would make her need her but it's better to have a weapon and not use it than to need a weapon and not have it. "As soon as you leave here we are going on some bonding exercises to ensure we stick together as glue," Leslie said a squeal finishing her sentence. Since Le
"Must I go?" Xavier asked with a big frown drawing up on his face. He did not know the reason why Brian was forcing him to go get coffee at the end of the day but he did not want to go. Brian acted as if the cries and pleas made by his boss fell on deaf ears and pulled him out of the room and out the hallway. "Why?" Xavier murmured. Brian was uninterested in placating his friend and stroking his ego. He continued to walk towards the elevator. Xavier got on with him. "Why were you hiding your wife?" Brian asked closing the door. The reason for the escape was so he could ask his questions. "Hiding her?" Xavier asked as if Brian was asking something stupid. "Yes, like I'm your best friend why do I have to meet her for the first time while she is hospitalized?" Brian asked again. He feels like there must be a reason why Xavier would not brag about his beautiful wife. It could do the business well. Most people tend to companies that have owners with happy and stable families. "Ther
Jessica watched as they got out and the room fell silent. Ever since Leslie got inside she had been going on and on nonstop about everything she found worth talking about. Now that she was alone she missed the chatter. She was only glad she was able to successfully uproot Xavier who had refused to leave the hospital room all day. She stretched to retrieve the remote from the cupboard and switched it on to a soap opera. She was not a fan of television but watching the soap opera would let her sleep faster. The door to the room opened and Angel popped her head inside and smiled. She has been worried about the young lady since she was rushed out in the morning and she had volunteered with all her might to be the one who brought dinner for the young lady. "Hello Young lady," Angel said walking in with a lunch box and closing the door behind her. Jessica unconsciously uttered a sigh of relief. The silence was killing her and it was barely an hour. She has slept all afternoon and now ev
Meanwhile, Xavier, Brian, and Leslie are sitting down to dinner at the restaurant of a seven-star hotel. "Why did you not have a big ceremony?" Leslie asked throwing some table chips into her mouth. "Because I did not want to" Xavier answered. Although Xavier was with few words he had to always answer when it came to Leslie. She would push him to the extreme and force him to answer. That was her style. "But it's every woman's dream to walk down the aisle and throw her bouquet while round to greet the guest," Leslie said dreamily her mind going back to the day of her wedding. Xavier looks uncomfortable and picks up the menu. They had ordered their food and the chef was making it but her statements and questions were getting on his nerves already. "Do not tell me that you did not ask for her opinion and it got married in the courthouse" Leslie said using her palm to cover her wide-opened mouth. "Does she know?" Xavier asked directing the question at Brian. From her constant quest
For the rest of the dinner, Leslie was fuming mad at Xavier. She could never have thought that he was such a cold-hearted jerk. She knew that he was stuck up and lost in his world all by himself but she never thought that he would be selfish. Leslie would get even angrier if she visited Jessica the next day and she said she had already signed the contract of divorce in a year with Xavier. She might have even more off her head if she knew that Jessica did not read a single line of the contract but appended her signature. "Make him take a cab back to where ever he wants to go," Leslie said and opens the door of the car and enters. Xavier had ridden with them in their car and they were supposed to drop him back at the hospital but with annoyance that she felt there was no way she would ride in the same car with him for a single minute more. Leslie closed the door and waited on her husband to come in and begin driving. "Don't you think that Leslie is overreacting?" Xavier asked Brian
Xavier ordered a ride back to the hospital. He walks into the VIP ward. He enters the room to see the television playing with a sleeping Jessica on the bed and a strange figure sleeping soundly beside her. He become alarmed but stayed calm because he did not want to startle Jessica awake. He moves closer and puts a hand over the strange figure:'s shoulder and shakes her awake. Sleepy Angel raises her head and gets startled when she sees Xavier standing there. She stands to her feet with the speed of light and moves back before bowing her head to greet him. "Young Master, Good evening," Angel said. Since she was greeting him this way Xavier put two and two together and he knew she was a staff from the house. "I brought dinner that Roselle prepared for the young lady" Angel explained. Xavier barely knew and remembered the faces of the house staff. "You're dismissed," Xavier said turning and leaving the room. Angel had slept off while she waited for Jessica to finish eating. Jess
Hearing Xavier's morning voice made Jessica weak in her knees. She put her hands on the sink in front of her to keep her from falling. If she fell again then Xavier would make a bigger issue than yesterday. He put on a tough front but it was obvious that he was a kind man at heart. "What are you doing?" He asked again his hand going into his hair to arrange it. "I want to visit Dawson so I wanted to freshen up" Jessica responds turning to face the mirror. If she continued looking at him she might gawk at him continuously all day long. "This early?" he asked. He could not believe that someone who was barely unable to walk in the day before was now the one looking to wander all around the hospital. "Come here," he said pulling her hands and taking her with him. He was not going to allow her to wander anywhere unless the doctor said she was fine after all series of tests to be done. Jessica liked the warmth of his big hands over her tiny hands. It was like a miracle. While she date
"I am sorry," Xavier said his hand leaving her hand. The way her fist went up in a clutch he knew that he had offended her. He did not know what exactly he did but he knew he was in the wrong at that moment. "For what?" Jessica asked surprised that he was apologizing easily. She did not know how to respond to his easy apology. "I am not sure but it seems like you don't like me to refer to you as the wife or daughter-in-law of the Delgado family," Xavier said. "It is not that I don't like it or that I like it. It is that you keep saying that I am your wife but you do not even think of me as your wife and I don't like that. It is obvious for both of us that we would leave each other in eleven months so let's just live like that and follow through the contract." Jessica said in one breath. She did not know why his statement annoyed her but she was and Xavier did not know why her analysis did not sit well with him. He knew she was correct but did not appreciate her pointing it out to