“I’m not your husband,” Gavin interjected sharply.“I’m just joking, damn it Gavin. You really know how to ruin moments, don’t you?”Gavin ignored her squabbles, taking Jessie’s hand instead. “Why and how are you here?” He asked softly.“Did you run down here after you saw the video circulating? Gavin, I never expected you to be this soft.”“What is wrong with you, Candace?” Gavin snapped, his eyes flashed with irritation. “Are you trying to upset my wife? She’s already had enough these past days.”“No,” Candace objected, “She’s arely had anything, Gavin. You humiliated me, then you went ahead and married her? What exactly were you thinking would happen?” Hearing hushed voices, Jess peeped at the door onto lock gazes with Candace?Jess blinked hard, to be sure she wasn’t imagining things. When she opened her eyes, Candace was at the door, staring at her.“Karma always wins, bitch.” She said, giving Gavin a kiss on the cheek, still locking eyes with Jess. “My room is just across,l h
“No you can’t!” Jess fired.“You went to her for help?” Gavin let out a soft sigh, slumping on the bed.“She offered…”“So what if Greg offers me a job, should I take it?”Having jolted to his feet, eyes flashing with jealousy. “Don’t even take his calls, do you hear me?”“Then why do you take her calls? Why do you go to her for help? And how is she here?”“I don’t know, Jess. Maybe it’s just a coincidence. And talking about Ryan’s madness, don’t just make assumptions and conclude things. Ryan is just on the loose…”Jess scoffed, shaking her head. “I don’t believe you, Gavin.”“I know what I saw, and my instincts are right. Ryan and Candace have a connection, you also saw it with me.”“I don’t just believe anything, I always confirm assumptions with evidences.”“What more evidences do you need? She refused a simple test of dialing Ryan’s number.”“That was too much, Jess. Can we just take her word for it?”“What?! Take her word for it? What about my word?!” Jess roared.“Jess, can we
Jessie could feel her heart rate rising, increasing. Gavin was offering her another shot? And he was doing it so sweetly, so sincerely. She moved her lips to speak but her breath hitched in her throat instead. "I know I haven't been the best husband," He continued, "But I'm willing to try."A small smile slipped on her face, her eyes uncontrollably dreamy as she locked gazes with him. "Let's do that," she said quietly, "Another shot sounds good."Gavin reached for her hand on the table, and gave it a gentle squeeze.. "It's gone cold," Jess chuckled."That's not good," Gavin replied, chuckling too. "So the staff that came gave me a long list of fun things we can do, what would you like to do first?" "We have skydiving, swimming, hiking, picking apples..." "Picking apples?!" he re-echoed as if he hadn't heard himself before. "How is that a fun thing?""I want to try it" Jessie teased, "Who knows I might find it fun." Gavin snapped his gaze up, "What?! Picking apples? Listen, we
Jessie's POVOn that stormy night, I found myself racing towards the closing metal gate. I had been waiting all day for this opportunity.The rain pounded down on my face making it difficult to see anything in front of me but it didn’t matter. I had to make it. I had to see him. “Ryan!” I called out, almost running out of breath. “Ryan, please wait!”But I was too late, the gate jammed shut before I could get in, and I collided with it at full speed. I slammed hard into the cold piercing metal.The impact of the collision sent me crumbling to the ground. Blood oozed out of my arm, followed by an unbearable pain.“Ryan,” I whimpered with tears in my eyes. As I looked up, I could see him standing at the other side with his new girlfriend.My stomach tightened as he approached. Ryan Cookie, the man I once loved with all my heart, stood a distance from me like we were strangers. “What do you want here?!” He thundered.I quickly gathered myself, and leaped to my feet. “Please Ryan,” I
Jessie's POVThe rhythmic beeps of medical equipment filled the air as I entered my mother’s hospital room. Mom lay lifeless, her small figure was connected to a web of tubes and wires too many to count. At this point, I knew that these equipments were the only thing keeping her alive. What would happen if I didn’t get the money to pay the hospital bills?Tears welled up in my eyes as I stood there thinking if my life would have been better had my father not left us. Had he not left us drowning in a sea of debt, would I be leading a different life? But such thoughts were just wishful thinking. Just when I thought being kicked out of our house due to the bankruptcy was the final blow, mother’s health took a drastic turn.I was forced to drop out of college and started working multiple part-time jobs just to put a roof over our heads. My mom was the only good thing left in my life, the thought of not having her by my side scared me more than anything else.The doctors were very cl
Jessie's POVI kept my eyes glued to the sleek black car in front of us. Gavin Pierre had done enough and I was ready to confront him now. Five years was enough time to move on, but he had blurred the line between hatred and resentment. I couldn’t tell if he still hated me for the past or if he was having a good time making my life miserable because he could. I blame Joy Evans for this. She caused what happened between Gavin and I five years ago. It was her 20th birthday, and Joy wouldn’t stop talking about going to the club now that we were of age, but I wasn’t up to it. Not just because loud partying and fluorescent lights were not my scene but because I had too much to think about. I was still struggling to heal from my own injuries. “This will be good for you, Jess. Who knows you might even find a man to make you happy.”“Joy, I don’t need a man to make me happy. My family is in so much debt…”“Shhh… enough of that now, Jess. We never talk about anything but your family’s debt
Jessie's POVI was stunned by Gavin's words. The level he would go just to take his revenge on me. "What am I? A dog? You can't just own me!" Gavin said nothing but only smirked at me. I repeated a firm no, and walked out on him, the remaining pieces of my heart shattered completely. I had failed. I failed to convince Gavin, I failed to get his forgiveness.Maybe Gavin was right, my mother’s life was hanging on a thin thread now, and she was hopeless because of me. How could I convince Gavin Pierre to forgive me? How could I ask him to show mercy on my mother?I couldn't walk away like this. I had to keep trying, so I stopped and went back to him.“I was in danger that night, Gavin. I was intoxicated by too much alcohol and ended up in your arms after escaping a wild night.“I just wanted to go home, but I ended up in your bed instead, and woke up with no recollection of how I got there, please forgive me.“It was never my intention to hurt you, please, Gavin,” my voice broke and
Jessie's POV“Ugh…” I woke up to a tingly itch on my face.With my weak hands, I kicked off whatever it was that was causing it. But the itch just came back, even worse this time.I forced my eyes open and found myself staring at a mass of golden brown fur. It was an Eskimo puppy that would not stop licking my face. I smiled painfully, realizing it was the stray dog I picked up in the rain some days ago. The little guy seemed ecstatic that I was awake. He started jumping around, wagging its tail and barking happily. Disoriented and feeling feverish, I coughed heavily and sat up, trying to make sense of my surroundings. Memories from last night began to flood back,- I had ended up in front of Gavin’s mansion hoping he’d forgive me and change his mind about my mother. “Mom!” I gasped, suddenly remembering the doctor’s ultimatum from yesterday.Panic gripped me when I grabbed my phone and found that it was already 3pm. I quickly dialed Uncle Sam to check on my mom. “What if the ho