For the rest of the dinner, Ethan teased Jessica about her love for Xavier while Xavier remained silent all through. He was wondering if she was just a good actress to be able to portray her emotions as such or if it was that she just was telling the truth. They had now moved to the living room and Jessica was the one carrying the conversation with Ethan while Xavier remained absent-minded. "Why don't we sign the contract? I can see that both of you are living the life. If only my children could do the same" Ethan said looking towards Xavier. He made no movement at all and stood in stillness. Jessica saw this and put her hands over his. He bolted to life and looked her way. "Honey, Ethan has agreed to sign the contract," she said her expression asking him if he was okay. She hoped he would be able to see her emotions in her words. "Oh yeah," he said pulling out his hand from underneath hers. "So sorry my mind is wandering a lot because of the news I got from the office today" Xav
Ethan insisted that they had a couple of drinks to celebrate their honeymoon and the contract signing. Xavier tried to let him know that the reason he did not want to drink was because he drove. Ethan got a driver to take them home and only released them to go when they were all very drunk. "You are drunk," Jessica said pushing Xavier aside as he fiddled with the key. "This is something easy How can you not know how to do it" she said in between hiccups. "I can do it" Xavier slurred as he blinked. He slapped himself across the face to keep himself awake. "Stop that, it hurts," Jessica said grabbing his hand as she threw the key across the lawn. "Stop it?" Xavier hiccuped and moved back and forth. "The door" he pointed at the door as a giggle left his mount. "Oh," she said as she tried to slowly climb down the stairs to the lawn. "Xavier light," she said as if she was commanding someone. Xavier bowed his head and came to stand beside her. He bent down and began to search for the
"Oh my god, my head" Jessica groaned as she sat up on the bed. She looked around the room and her eyes fell on Xavier who was standing shirtless in the kitchen with his back to her. He was rummaging through the refrigerator. She cleared her throat and tried to stand up. She felt a wave of shock pulsate through her system as her leg touched the ground. "I do badly at drinking so why do I drink" she asked herself as she slipped her legs into the house slippers. She walked to the kitchen and stood beside him "Can I have a bottle of water too?" she asked closing her eyes. "Here" he pointed a bottle to her from the fridge. "Are you fine?" she asked as she went to sit on the kitchen island. "What?" He asked closing the fridge and turning to her. "You've been standing there" She pointed to the refrigerator and then gulped down half of the bottle of water. "I needed something to relieve hangover, apparently there is nothing worthy of doing the job there" he sighed coming to stand in f
Jessica screamed out and stood up. All she had done at night yesterday began to come back to her memory. She indirectly confessed to Xavier yesterday. "What have I done?" she muttered as she stood in awe. She could not believe what she had done. She always made mistakes when she drank so why did she drink every time? "What is it?" Xavier asked moving closer to her. "Don't come close" she screamed making him stop in his tracks. "What is it? Why are you acting this way?" he asked again forgetting that he had dialed the number of the delivery place. "Hello sir" the phone vibrated in his hand. "Hold on, I need to order the soup," he said putting his phone back to his ears. Jessica took that as an opportunity to flee. Her head was pounding but she knew that it was time for her to leave. How could she stand there and watch him? She began to walk hurriedly out of the house. "Wait" Xavier could barely get the word out when she had dashed out of the house so fast he could not catch u
Jessica had no choice but to take the soup. Not only did she need the soup to cure her handover. It was still warm so it would warm her up and stop her cold. "Why did you sprint so fast out of the house?" Xavier asked looking down at the ocean. Jessica coughed as she choked on the soup in her mouth. "Be careful, here" Xavier did handing her an opened bottle of water. "Thanks," Jessica said downing down the bottle. "So why did you sprint?" "Nothing in particular," she said playing with her soup with the spoon in her hand. Was she to say Oh, I remembered all I did yesterday and the embarrassment was overwhelming that I could not face you properly. "If it's about what happened yesterday then you have nothing to worry about. I know it was a drunken mistake" Jessica's whipped to face him. He remembered and was making excuses for her. How sweet of him. 'Except that it was not a drunken mistake. I have really taken a liking to you. I like you Xavier Delgado' she said to herself. H
Jessica could not believe that her mini-vacation was coming to an end already. They hoped the place back to Chiachester City. She was glad to be back home but was afraid that a change in scenery would make Xavier return to his old state. Xavier was driven to the office while Jessica was taken home. Immediately she got home she went to see Dawson. Dawson's face lit up immediately when he saw her. The feeling of seeing him happy to see her sent a wave of warm feelings down her spine. "How did you enjoy your honeymoon?" "And that's the first thing you ask me?" she said rolling her eyes and going towards him. "I missed you so much" She bent to hug him and he reciprocated. When she pulled away other was a smile on his face. "How was it?" he asked eagerly like a child waiting to be given a treat. "It was a fun adventure for me""Is that all? How far did you go with Xavier?" "Dawson!!" she exclaimed. "What? I deserve to know. I set you up on this honeymoon" he said. "Well, for start
Jessica had gotten a gift for almost everyone in the house. Everyone was raining praises on her because the men of the house usually went on business trips but ended up coming back empty-handed. "What do you want to eat for dinner? I'll make something special for you and the young master" Roselle said as she held the box of perfume close to her chest. "I'll make dinner," Jessica said. "Oh no, there is no way I can allow that. I need to make sure you rest well after the trip back. You just got back so I would make dinner" Jessica had a feeling that she was not going to win the battle with Roselle today. Her happiness from recovering the gift was overflowing and Jessica did not want to offend her. "Okay, then I would anticipate something big. I hope it will be a big spread." she teased. "Sure," Roselle said skipping away from the house. "You are just like my sister" Jessica turned around to see Genevieve standing there with her hand folded across her chest and her body resting o
As they all sat down to dinner smiles flew around effortlessly. Jessica was for once to be a part of whatever it was that was going on in there. Jessica felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She removed and turned off the call before dropping it to the table. "You can get that," Dawson said gesturing to her. "Oh don't worry, I will call them back after dinner" She knew that there was no way she would pick up the call of her aunt in the presence of everyone there. She did not even want to affiliate herself with the woman. The phone went off a couple of more times before she stopped calling. Jessica knew that she was going to call back. She did this funny thing where she called nonstop for a short period and then went around to rest for a couple of minutes before she called back in full voice."It must be urgent if they keep calling you so much," Genevieve said. Jessica hated that she had decided to bring her phone to the dining room today. She usually left it upstairs. "I am sorry
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