VERA'S POVI sleepily searched for Jack in bed and woke up to realize that he's not in bed. I was pissed by that and closed my eyes again, foolishly expecting his gentle touch again.So I was disappointed when Tim jumped on top of me when he came back from school. He looked very happy and I didn't want to be a killjoy by telling him that he's not the person I'm expecting to do that."Good afternoon, miss Vera!" He greeted me excitedly."How's school today?" I asked, pecking him repeatedly."It was fabulous! Especially when I remembered I'm gonna meet you at home, I made sure to pass my class work!!" He said and gave me his mathematics workbook."Wow! I am so proud of you. High five!" I praised him after seeing the two pages where he got good remarks from his class teachers for doing well.We jerked our palms together before I drew him close for a hug. He went about telling me that Mrs Briggs had dropped by his school to take him and her three kids home.I asked him why Max, his anonym
JACKSON'S POVI sat down in Hannah's kitchen and sipped the iced tea she offered me while we talked. I had come straight here to see her when I left Nathan's office."I know you are worried about her, and I am not telling you to trust me, but I want you to know that I won't hurt her intentionally," I assured her."That girl has been through a lot. Much more than words can express, I don't want her to go through heartbreak again. She almost died after losing…" Hannah abruptly stopped herself from revealing what I figured could be top secret between her and Vera."You don't have to tell me anything that you don't feel like… There's a few days left for the contract date to expire. We can't feel anything strong for each other in ten days, it's impossible, right?" I shared to get her consent."What about your son who's already picturing her as a mother figure? Vera might be a bîtch, but she has ways of winning children's hearts without knowing. It's the only gift she has, they love her un
VERA'S POV When I woke up the next morning, I was sober. Everything that happened last night slowly came back to me and I was grateful he didn't take me to his bedroom.What if I had woken up in his bed? I can't stand the embarrassment and I must avoid him at all cost this morning until I am ready to face him. What the hell was I thinking?I went to the door and locked it. Why am I behaving like this now? Isn't that what I wanted? But do I actually need to get drunk before I would be able to speak my mind to him? "Vera, this is not you! Getting drunk so I would talk to a man isn't my style at all!" I mumbled to myself.Technically, I'm not supposed to drink at all! Even if I must, a glass would be fine instead of a full bottle of an alcoholic beverage! To think that I threw up in front of him! What the fûck!After a few minutes, Tim came to knock at the door asking me to open it, I ignored him, he said he was waiting for me in the parlor after some while and left.When everything g
JACKSON'S POVVera twirled around to leave in an attempt to escape what she just saw and ran into Tim who was right behind her. She covered Tim's eyes, took him outside and banged the door shut without taking another glance at us.I was glad the little boy didn't get to see the manwhore he has as a father. I hated myself at that moment and I didn't know why, but I needed to defend myself to Vera and tell her what she saw wasn't what it actually meant."Vera!" I pushed Monica away from me to run after her."Where the fûck are you going, Jack? I need to help you out of this bullshit and you want to run after some random girl I heard you picked from the streets!" Monica yelped.I yanked her hands off me and closed the zipper of my pants which she had opened while seducing me. She knew that I can't control myself and she used it against me."If you come an inch close to me, I will rip you apart!" I yelled at her and ran outside to meet Vera. "Fûck you, Jack! She's only here for the money
VERA'S POVI didn't want to talk about what happened earlier. I also knew that if the discussion continued, he was bound to ask me why I was running to him when I caught him in the act.Seeing that Monica had succeeded in making him hörny, I also needed to keep my promise, just help him for the few days left for us to be together. So I had to do something about his arousal."If you are not in the mood, you don't have to do this…" he choked, holding my hand in place."I said you shouldn't touch me! Unlike some people, I keep my promises," I warned again.He obeyed with any further complaints. He swiftly punched a button and the driver's backrest pulled backwards, giving us enough room to do whatever we want.I unclasped his belt and pushed his pants down, I ran my tongue over his erection and forgot about my problems and the world for a while. His hands flew up to my head as he groaned, I raised a brow at him and he forced his hands off of me, murmuring an apology.I stroked, kissed,
JACK'S POVI did it again. I knew that I had said those words out of anger without a second thought. She didn't have to say it to me before I knew my mistake. If my observations are right, Vera wouldn't fidget, snap or say out any word when she fears she might cry or lose it. She would rather remain silent so a tear wouldn't drop.There's also the nervous Vera that would keep stretching her fingers and stare down at them as if answers to everything she's curious about but afraid to ask are right there.There's also the talking tom in her. If she wasn't angry with me, I swear she would be talking freely, demonstrating with her hands and laughing.I wanted to apologize again. She's the first woman I have ever apologized to and accepted that I was wrong in my entire life and I really wanted to do that again, but I decided to give us time to think straight. When I drove into my compound, she came down and hurriedly went into the house. I sat back in the car and thought about my life for
VERA'S POVI was woken up by a noise. I switched on the bedside lamp and checked the time. Another crash came from downstairs while I was still gaping at the phone to know if I'm seeing correctly. The time says nine minutes past two in the morning and it's still too dark and quiet for someone to have woken up to make such a nasty noise.I tapped Jack lightly as another noise came, I heard the door clamping repeatedly as if someone was opening and closing it purposefully. Maybe the wind is doing silly work if the door wasn't locked, I thought."What's going on?" Jack asked when he sprang up."I don't know. I have been hearing things crashing and doors banging," I whispered to him."I will go check what's happening, you stay here," he said, standing up from the bed.I didn't heed to his advice, I followed him as he sneaked out of the room. When he saw me as we tiptoed down the stairs, I shrugged and he sighed tiredly.He continued walking downstairs while I followed quietly. When he go
JACKSON'S POVI wasn't able to get a wink of sleep all through the night. After she shut the door on my face in anger, I went into my room and locked Monica out. When I noticed that everywhere was quiet and they must've been asleep, I went outside, got coffee, went into my home office and set to work on my desktop. I needed to work on reviving my company and helping Vera no matter how much she tried to push me away. It's my fault that Monica found out about the contract papers. Why didn't I change my safe box's keywords after she left?"Well, I probably thought there would be no use since she wouldn't be coming back! Goddamn!" I cursed as I punched my keyboard.I didn't know when I dozed off when it was almost dawn. I woke up when the rays of the early morning sun peeked into my face and made my eyes flutter open.I closed my computer, locked the office and the aroma of pork chops made me wander into the kitchen. My mouth watered when I saw the food set on the dining table.Tim savo