CHAPTER 4

Dylan loves Jessica very much, but Rosie was already back in his life. Rosie is very beautiful and, most importantly, slim and simple—the way he would have preferred Jessica to be.

So it would be easy for him to carry Jessica up to his chest and make love to her while standing in their bedroom whenever he was intimate with her.

However, Jessica is too heavy for him to carry now, and he cannot do all those adventurous lovemaking styles that he used to do with her before because of her curvy body. Their sèxual relationship as husband and wife has reduced and become dull, and he cannot do all those fun things that he likes doing with Jessica anymore.

Jessica is also mostly preoccupied with housework in taking care of their two children, and Dylan didn't like how their intimate moments had diminished.

Dylan found himself bullying Jessica every day about her curvy body, but she would smile through it, not knowing that he was serious about it.

No matter what Dylan did to annoy Jessica, she would only smile at it and never get annoyed with him. He got frustrated because he couldn't go out of their matrimonial home and cheat on her or sleep with any random woman, as it would ruin his reputation and his company if anyone who knew him saw him in a clubhouse or coming out of a hotel room with a random woman who wasn't his wife.

Jessica's father is also a billionaire in their state and a very influential man. Dylan knew that he couldn't cheat on Jessica and have the wild pleasure he always desired. However, with Rosie back in the country and having reunited with her, everything changed.

Dylan visited Rosie at her home, and she told him that she was still single. She even encouraged him to divorce Jessica so they could be together again.

In Rosie's words: "Dylan, babe, you're not the first man to divorce his wife, and you won't be the last either. So please divorce that woman you have at home with you so that we can marry. You promised to marry me when I was sixteen years old."

Dylan remembered that he was making love to Rosie in her home when she told him about divorcing Jessica. He actually carried Rosie up to his chest, crossing her two slender legs around his waist, in that particular intimate style that he loves the most.

Dylan agreed to divorce Jessica so he wouldn't feel guilty about cheating on her. Rosie even helped him get the divorce papers ready. He couldn't believe he was divorcing Jessica. He couldn't go to the bureau of marriage affairs or speak to his lawyer about it. He only gave Rosie his full name and his wife's full name. He hasn't even read the divorce papers yet that Rosie prepared for him.

Dylan still loves Jessica after all she has done for him, and part of him didn't want to divorce her—as his wife and the mother of his two children. Jessica has never done anything wrong to him aside from the fact that she has gained weight. She truly loves him and supported him to become the billionaire that he is today.

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When Dylan stepped out of the guest room where he had slept the previous night and walked into the living room. He saw his two children playing and running around in the living room at that early hour of the day.

It was 8:15 a.m., and Dylan wondered what Jessica was still doing upstairs in their bedroom instead of preparing their children for school and taking them to school.

"Daddy! Daddy!" Caleb and Nina both rushed to hug Dylan's legs when they saw him step out of the guest room corridor and into the living room.

Dylan carried Caleb up first to his chest using his right arm and Nina on his left arm. He asked them, "No school today?"

Nina looks very much like Jessica with her pretty fair-skinned face and cute chubby cheeks. Caleb resembles Dylan with his dark skin and short black hair.

Caleb shook his head and replied to his father, "I don't know, Dad."

"Mm, okay, wait. Let me find out first from your mummy. And don't play rough with your sister, okay? I'm coming back," Dylan said as he proceeded to climb the living room stairs. He knew that he had dismissed their last maid and mandated that Jessica do all the house chores alone while taking care of their children. Dylan didn't want Jessica sitting all day idle at home while leaving all the work to their maid.

Dylan went upstairs and walked into the bedroom. He saw Jessica crying out on the bed while dreaming and calling out his name loudly, screaming on the bed as well.

Dylan didn't know when he rushed up to meet Jessica. He scooped her up in his arms and tried to wake her from her dreaming state: "Jessica, babe, it's me, Dylan. Wake up. I'm here now, babe."

Dylan shook Jessica noticeably to wake her as she kept calling out his name and crying, "Dylan, please don't send me away. I'm sorry, Dylan. Dylan, please."

"I'm here, babe. I won't send you away. Wake up now, Jessica. I'm here now," Dylan said. He didn't know if it was one of Jessica's tricks to make him not divorce her, but he hadn't seen her in that state before, and it worried him greatly until he finally woke her up.

Jessica's forehead was covered in sweat, and likewise her face, as she had been crying in her dream and begging Dylan. Until she heard his deep, masculine voice speak to her so close to her ear, her blue eyes fluttered opened fully. She looked up at his handsome Black face in front of her, meeting his sharp blue eyes.

"Dylan," Jessica slowly called her husband's name to be sure it was really him. She stretched her right hand upward to touch his chin and his fine jawline to be sure he was truly there with her and not a dream as she had thought.

Jessica caressed Dylan's jaw and blushed as she met his strong blue gaze. She couldn't believe he was truly there with her in their bedroom, as she remembered that he had left their bedroom the previous night, leaving only her to sleep alone on their big bed.

Dylan saw that Jessica was finally awake. He met her unique blue eyes on him and carefully sat her up on the bed. He moved away from her as he stood up and stared at her face coldly.

Dylan ran his fingers through his short black hair on his head in frustration as he met Jessica's gaze.

She was so embarrassed to know that she had cried all through the previous night and in her sleep, even crying out in real life as a result of the nightmare.

The dream looked so real. Jessica saw Dylan throw her things outside of their home, but as she kept crying and calling out his name, Dylan finally came to his senses. He didn't send her away as he became confused by the strange woman in their home. The strange woman angrily left their home after Dylan refused to send Jessica away.

Jessica knew that she had to consult with her pastor to pray against any strange woman preparing to destroy her home and her marriage. She looked at Dylan's face as he stood beside their bed, running his hands though his short black hair on his head, and staring away from her face.

His former gentle smile had turned strict again. Dylan then asked her, "Aren't the kids going to school today?"

"The kids?" Jessica looked perplexed as she had completely forgotten about her two children. She was still seated on the bed in her white nightgown.

She used the hem of her nightgown to wipe her sweaty forehead and tears away and sniffed. She asked Dylan, "Which kids?"

Dylan's expression hardened as he asked her, "Our children, Jessica? Aren't they going to school today?"

"Oh! I forgot! They're already late," Jessica jumped down from the bed as she was about to rush out of the bedroom. She remembered that she wasn't wearing a bra or underwear, and she quickly walked back to the wardrobe to take out her bra and underwear and put them on, not minding that Dylan was staring at her.

Dylan was still standing beside the bed. Jessica hurriedly took her jacket and put it on over her white nightgown before she exited their bedroom. She rushed downstairs to the living room to meet her children, as their rooms were still downstairs on the second side of the mansion.