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
When Jessica woke up in the morning she felt her head bang so much she wanted to lay back down. The thoughts she had carried with her all night were exhaustive and she could not think about how she could go about it. She needed to make breakfast but she needed to avoid Xavier. She would also need to go into the room, have her bath, and prepare to go out. Her heart pounded in her chest as she thought about what she had to face. She opened the door and peeked out. The house was silent except for the little noise by the staff. They were always awake before her and did their duties. They made her work easier too. She tiptoed to the kitchen. The reason she did that was unclear to her but she did it anyway. He could be downstairs today. When she safely made it to the kitchen she sighed in relief and closed the door. Her hand was still on the door when she a voice that startled her behind her. "Why are you closing the door?" Of all the voices in the house she wished it was any other pers
"Oh silly me I just remembered that I have to be at the restaurant early this morning," she said hitting her head with her palm. He shook his head and dropped the cup to the table. "I will take you then" "Oh no no no no no" "No?" "Yeah, I do not want to pull you away from your busy day" "My busy day?" To him, it was how obvious she was avoiding her. His eyebrows went up and he scratched beside it. She shifted from one leg to another and murmured to herself. She has used up all the excuses she could think of and now she wanted to just escape as fast as she could. If she was being honest with herself she wanted to kiss him again but was it not obvious that he did that under the influence of the drink they had? "About the kiss..." she trailed off as she blinked and took deep breaths. "What about it?" he asked slowly and gently. Maybe he did wrong for doing that to her. Why did he think they were closer and that it was okay to do it to her? "You know we were drunk and that is p
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