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
"Thank you" she said as she pushed herself in. She pressed down her hair and smoothened her skirt before walking towards them. "Jessica, why did you treat me that way?" Olivia began but Jessica walked out on her. "How dare you? When did you become so rude?" she screamed at her retreating figure. "Oh so sorry about that," she said when she saw the expression on Xavier and Dawson's faces. Three of them said no word and walked inside. "Is everyone here just rude or what?" she murmured to herself and followed them. Jessica had angrily climbed up the stairs. Was this the way everyone would be aware of the kind of horrible background she came from? She felt so ashamed that a plan to escape in the dead of the night brewed in her mind. If she was leaving she had to take Olivia along with her or else the woman would suck dry the Delgado family. She began to feel her blood pressure rise. "We have not finished eating dinner so why are you here?" Jessica turned around to see Xavier standin
The rest of the dinner was Olivia passing unnecessary comments randomly and the whole table keeping her silent all through. She did not take the hint but kept going on and on about whatever she deemed fit to talk about. "Who would take me up?" Dawson asked. He was hoping Jessica would volunteer. He needed to speak with her. "I will," she said standing up. She wanted to do anything to make sure she escaped that woman. She cared less about where it was that she would sleep that night."Okay, good night everyone" Dawson called as Jessica rolled his chair away. "Oh, Son inlaw" Olivia called in a sing-song voice. "The staff will show you to a room where you can stay for the time being," Xavier said standing up and leaving. "Rude much" she called after him. He did not turn back to acknowledge her but kept on walking. "I guess that the rich have to be rude," she said as she stood up. She walked around the house running her hand over anything that looked expensive. "How annoying of Jess
Jessica hurriedly closed the door and went to her room. She met Xavier on the way back to the room. They almost bumped into each other but stopped before they could hit heads with each other. "What are you doing here?" she asked "Errmm...... I wanted to see Dawson, yeah to see him. I have not been able to see him since I got back from Aurora Haven" he rambled on. "Okay then be on your way and I'll be on my way," Jessica said turning to the side so he could go through. "I guess it's late, I'll see him tomorrow," Xavier said turning on his heels to go back to his room. "Wait where are you looking for me?" She asked chasing after his long strides. "No I wasn't" he denied strongly. "They always say strong denial is acceptance," she said walking side by side with him. "I was not" he repeated. "I think you were" she murmured gently. "I was not" he murmured too. "I guess you were," she said before she doubled her speed to the door. She tried to open the door when a hand covered he
"It is so late at night, what is so urgent that could not wait till the next morning?" Xavier asked as he stood up to sit on one of the chairs. "I am aware of that but it was so urgent I had to call immediately" he explained. "So many companies are pulling out investment in the new company because of a scandalous rumor referring to the top model we used. "What?" Xavier could not wrap his mind around it. It was a bit too rare to have their models have scandals. The Braxton enterprise always stuck with models they had used before and for the first time, they decided to use a model who was new so they could appeal to the younger generations they had a serious crisis on their hands. "What is it? The scandal?" he asked sighing. "Scarlett who we used committed a series of crimes that the investors could not overlook""Such as?" Xavier barked. "Abortions, drunk driving, bullying amongst many others" he replied. "The investors are not too pleased and are asking why we used such a person.
Jessica felt her heart drop when she heard him say he would get changed. Yes, she asked him to go but only because she wanted to sound good. She wanted him around so he would comfort her. His presence was enough. "What's that expression?" "What expression?" "How do you expect me to go if you have that expression on your face?" he asked as he walked towards her. He stood feet apart and she shuffled on her feet. "I did not make any expression. I know how important your work is so how can I keep you away from it?" she asked looking down and not looking up. "Don't you worry I would be going nowhere. I am sure the situation can wait till morning. Our legal team would do what they can do before the morning to get it all under control" he said assuring her. "I'll go get changed for bed," she told him as she passed his side to the closet. She felt her stomach leap got joy knowing he was not going to leave her alone. She changed quickly and came to the room. She met him sitting on the c
Jessica had left the house with Genevieve. She has spoken to James' wife Lily who sounded like an absolute sweetheart. After Jessica had prepared breakfast after what felt like an excruciating long workout session, she had a one-on-one session with her aunt. Her aunt claimed she was not maximizing the potential of being married to a billionaire. Jessica advised her aunt to leave because she was not planning on extorting the Delgados so she would live a life she did not deserve. Olivia had made a big scene out of it and called Jessica ungrateful. She claimed to have taken care of her and she did not like how Jessica refused to repay. Jessica threatened to kick her out if she found her still in the house if she came back. "I can only imagine if this was how much pressure I made Dawson and Xavier feel when I did things like this" Genevieve commented silently as they drove. Jessica wanted to apologize but Genevieve kept rambling on. "I mean when I was a nuisance and making my family p
Xavier was in the middle of a serious conversation about the termination of Scarlet's contract when Jessica's call came in. "Hello, Jessica I am in the middle of a business meeting. I will call you back later" Xavier said cutting off the call. The men in the room stared at him as if he were an alien that descended into their midst. "Let's get back to work," Xavier said in an ordering voice. "Boss, did you just stop the meeting to take a call?" Brian asked. The rest of the men wanted to know what just happened but it was only Brian who was brave enough to go head-on with the CEO. "Yes I did my wife called" the men exclaimed when they heard his response. He was not the kind of person to disrupt the meeting to take a call and he did not expect less from any of them. They had all heard of the woman who married their boss. Most of them thought of the woman as a superstar because how could she handle him at home? Most of them had a hard time coping with him for the little time they sp