Chapter 42Greg Benedict had openly admitted his interest in Jess. In addition to that, he declared himself Gavin’s rival when he stepped into his house to threaten him.“You won’t see me coming,” Greg smirked, his eyes filled with mischief as he turned to leave.Gavin stood there, his mind reeling at the audacity. As the door slammed shut, Gavin let out a soft, breath. “That brazen lunatic.” He muttered, loosening his tie. He slumped into the couch, the exhaustion and the remnants of his hangover rushed in sinking him deeper into the plush couch. In no time, sleep took over. Meanwhile, Jess had been pacing their bedroom. She was restless and uneasy.She and Gavin had just made up, and now Greg showed up and complicated everything. What was he thinking, coming here?Instinctively, she searched for her phone, only to remember that it was still with Gavin.“Is Greg gone?” She wondered, carefully pulling the door open. She peered into the hallway and when she didn’t hear any voice
“Ryan?” Jess repeated under her breath. What was there to talk about? She had been expecting to talk about Greg. Actually, she was going to apologize to him.As they each took their seats at the table, Jess reached for a glass of water— hoping to cleanse her mind from the lingering flashes of her steamy dream— and to calm her nerves.Across from her, Gavin sat quietly, his eyes fixed on her, deep in thoughts.He had done all these to protect her from knowing the truth but seeing Greg today made him realize that they couldn’t have any secrets between them, it would sink their ship.While Gavin was searching for the best way to tell her what was going on, Jess shifted uncomfortably, squirming under the intensity of his gaze. “Jess,” Gavin finally broke the silence between them, his voice both serious and tender.“Huh?” Jess looked up.“There’s been some talk going around about our relationship…” “If this is about Greg, I swear, I didn’t do anything with him. I didn’t tell him anythi
The internet went wild. Wilder than Gavin expected. The story was a cliche, yet why were many people so intrigued by it? Why were they so interested in it? Ryan cackled to himself, while the internet was on fire, he was benefitting. He had gained more recognition as the ‘poor boy’ while Gavin and Jess suffered. Where ever they went, hushed voices and whispered gossips followed them. Even in Gavin’s company. He had only come to work to close a deal. His workers treated him with respect as usual, but as soon as he turned his back, they were gossiping and whispering. Conversations stopped whenever he walked into the room. Glances were exchanged. The gossips wasn’t just on the internet, it had spread across his office too.Gavin clenched his jaw all day, wondering if Jess was having a better day. Meanwhile, Jess was mortified. At the grocery store where she was buying some food for the house, people weren’t taking it lightly with her. They were calling her names to her face.“Ho
Gavin jolted out of his multi-billion company, his ass on fire, eager to make Ryan pay for the emotional damage he’d caused his wife.But more importantly, he was eager to spend time with Jess.The idea of going on a trip, taking pictures— just behaving like absolutely normal couples for once had him really excited. It wasn’t a thing he had planned before, but now thinking about it, he had always wanted to do things like that with Jess. He just didn’t know how to bring it up. “Damn you, Ryan.” He cussed under his breath, “but thank you.”He slammed his car door shut, stepping on the gas like he was on paw patrol. Gavin could think of nothing else but the look on Jessie’s face when he would tell her about the idea to end this ugly drama.Unexpectedly, his phone rang. He glanced at the displayed screen and seeing Jessie’s number made his heart leap.He answered it and Jessie’s voice sounded through the speakers“Hello,” she began. Gavin’s excitement shifted. Her voice was shaky and
“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