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Husband For Hire Chapter Forty Nine
"What's wrong daddy? Is everything okay?". Bella inquired as they took their seats in the waiting room."What I have to tell both of you is something I wish someone else would do but alas, your mother picked me for the job." He rolled his eyes."Is it bad?". Bella asked."Out of ten? I'd say 9.""Okay. You're beginning to scare us daddy. What is it?". She demanded. "Come right out and tell us."Vincenzo covered his face with his hands and blew out his breath. "Okay. Here goes." He dropped his hands and looked at the two of them. "Jesse found out some things the night he left the hospital after seeing you and let's just say... it hurt him a lot after he confirmed it from his father." He told them."What things?"."Gwen is not... Jesse's biological daughter." He said."What? Are you sure Grandpa? That can't be true." Gwen shook her head. "Mommy, what is grandpa saying?"."Wait... I don't understand dad. Was Helena having an affair with another man while being married to Jesse?". Bella q
Husband For Hire Chapter Fifty
A few days laterMaitta sat on a concrete bench outside the gate of the school wondering where her mother was. She was never late coming to pick her up from school but it had been two hour since school closed for the day and she was yet to see her mother.The man and his wife never came back and she'd been hoping they would so she could ask them what they wanted with her mother and what truth she had to know because she was really dying to find out."Hello Maitta."Maitta looked up and gasped when she saw Vincenzo smiling at her. She'd just been thinking of him and here he was but she was suddenly very scared. Not of him but of what she'd know if she asked him to tell her himself what her mother was hiding."Hello sir." She greeted. "Can I join you?". Vince asked. "Um... My mom... She'll get angry if she sees me talking to you." She told him."Is she here?". He looked around. "The school is deserted and I don't see her around.""Maybe she's busy at work." Maitta said."She's always
Husband For Hire Chapter Fifty One
Trisha blew out her breath as she closed the door after her neighbor Mrs Hassan left and she slowly turned to look at her eight years old daughter who had a frown on her face and her hands folded across her chest.She'd been scared to death when she'd gone to pick Maitta up and couldn't find her, only for that stupid gateman to tell her that a man had come to pick her up and she knew immediately who that man was but there was no way to track them down so she'd decided to come home instead to wait for her."Didn't I tell you not to talk to strangers or go anywhere with them?". She demanded.Maitta dropped her hands. "I'm sorry. It was either him or Mr Jones and I don't like Mr Jones." She said."You should have stayed with Mr Jones anyway." Trisha insisted. She sighed and shook her head. "Where did he take you?"."A new place. Cold something." She shrugged. "Did he buy you anything?"."Cake and something like... Ice cream but it really wasn't." She said. "It was good.""I don't ever w
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Jesse waited for her to talk but she seemed to be in shock and wondered what he'd said to make her freeze like that."Miss?". He called.Bella started and shut her mouth then turned towards the door as it opened and Jesse's mother and sister walked in."Oh my God! He's awake." Martina cried rushing forward to his bedside. "Jessica, please get the doctor.""Yes Mom." She said and walked out."Oh my baby." Martina cooed and hugged him tight. "Thank you for waking up. Thank you.""You're suffocating me mom." He said."I'm just so happy that you are awake." She sniffled."Not the tears, you know I can't handle it." He said.Martina chuckled then looked at Bella who was silently watching their exchange with an indecipherable expression on her face like she couldn't understand what was going on."Bella? Are you okay? Why are you staring at Jesse like that?". She asked."Mom... Who's this lady?". Jesse questioned.Martina frowned looking confused. "Um... She's Bella, your fiancee?". She repl
Husband For Hire Chapter Fifty Three
Over the next few weeks, Jesse warmed up to Bella and they became friends but he still didn't remember who Gwen was which made Gwen very sad so Bella came up with the idea to introduce her to Jesse as her adopted daughter and it worked."So... let me get this straight, your boyfriend gave you cartblanche to see me anytime you want?". Jesse asked Bella as they sat in a restaurant having lunch."Yes." She nodded."He's not worried that I'm going to steal you from him? I mean you're a very beautiful woman Sunshine and if it were up to me, I wouldn't let you say hi to a guy not to talk of have lunch with him." Jesse said."What can I say? My boyfriend is a wonderful guy. Hardly gets jealous, you know." She shrugged. "He also knows we're just friends and nothing more." She took a sip of her water. "How come a man like you doesn't have a girlfriend?"."I have not found Mrs Right." He grinned. "Are you searching? You're almost thirty years old." Bella said. "Men can get married and have ki
Husband For Hire Chapter Fifty Four
A week laterJesse was returning from seeing his friends and was listening to music from his car stereo when a car suddenly overtook his causing him to apply the brakes fast to avoid hitting the car in front of him but he had no such luck as his car slammed into the rear bumper of the other one.He sat stock-still in the car staring at nothing in particular and even as the owner of the other car started banging on the window trying to get his attention, he didn't move. He found that he couldn't move a single muscle as a feeling of deja vu washed over him making him feel as if he'd experienced what just happened before but he wasn't very sure.He finally came out of his trance long enough to notice the person standing in front of his car and he opened the door and got out."Look at what you did!". The man barked pointing to his dented car."Me? You overtook my car without turning on your indicator light." Jesse protested. "Well you're going to repair my car." The man said. "This is a
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A month laterTrisha opened the door hoping it wasn't the bank officials that had come to pay her a visit to give her a final warning to evacuate the house but her heart dropped in her stomach when she saw who was visiting and she suddenly wished for the officials instead."Hello Trisha." The man smiled. "Remember me?".She swallowed. "Jesse Billion." She choked out."Can I come in?". He asked."Sure." She answered after a moment of hesitation."Thank you." He walked into the house.Trisha closed the door with a sigh and turned to look at Jesse. "You came at the wrong time Mr Billion." She informed him tersely as she led him to the sitting room."I think I came at the right time." Jesse amended jovially. "It's been awhile.""Please sit." She said stiffly. "Can I get you something to drink?"."No thank you." He replied.Trisha sat down and crossed her legs. "What do you want then?"."What else do you have that I'd want? Certainly not your house that is about to be taken away from you."
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"Are you busy Maitta?". Trisha asked standing in the doorway of her bedroom. Maitta glanced at her mother and shook her head. "I'm done." She said. "Can I come in?". "It's your house." Maitta sighed. Trisha walked into the room, walked over to the bed and sat on the edge. "It's been weeks Mai." Trisha said. "Are you still mad at me because I refused to let you see your dad?". "I'm not angry. I'm not anything." She replied. "I'll look for him myself when I grow up." Trisha chuckled. "There won't be any need for that." She told her. Maitta scowled at her. "You won't be able to tell me what to do when I grow up. I won't let you." She protested. "No, that's not what I meant." Trisha said. "You'll see your father tomorrow." Maitta was surprised. "Tomorrow? Really?". "Yes. He wants to see you." Trisha said. "He came by today but you were in school." "Really?". Her eyes widened in excitement. "You're not playing with me, are you mommy?". "Not this time." Trisha assured her. "It
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Jesse opened the door to Bella's hospital room and poked his head in to see if she was awake and found her sleeping so he walked in and closed the door. He walked up to her bed and took a seat on the chair in front of her bed and just watched her sleep with a smile on his face. She looked even more beautiful than she was yesterday and he guessed it probably was because she was a new mom and… "You're staring." Bella said. Jesse blinked. "You're awake?". She opened her eyes and turned her head to look at him and frowned when she saw his red eyes. "Have you been crying?". She asked. "Uh... Well, not really." He shook his head. "I got to see the babies and uh... I couldn't help myself." "They're okay?". She asked. "Very okay." He replied. "We have three boys and a girl." "Three boys? Oh well." She smiled. "This means that I won't have to get pregnant again just to get a boy. I have three girls and three boys now." "Um..." He cleared his throat. "Do you know you just totally agreed
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Months laterA phone ringing woke Jesse from his sleep and he reached out to pick it up from the bedside table, swiped the screen to answer the call and put the phone to his ear."Hello." He said groggily."Jesse! It's time!". Aviva exclaimed.Jesse's eyes flew open and he sat up in bed. "What's time?". He asked."Bella! The babies!". She said. "We're on our way to the hospital so meet us there.""Um... Okay. I'm on my way." He hung up, jumped out of bed and rushed to the bathroom to take a quick shower then came out and hurried to his closet to dress up.He was in the process of putting on his wristwatch when his bedroom door opened causing him to look up and saw Jessica standing there with an ashen look on her face."What's wrong?". He stood up.Jessica pointed towards Gwen's room but couldn't say anything."Jess? What's wrong?". He walked up to her."Gwen... Gwen..." She gasped leaning against the door frame as tears poured down her face. "She's... She's not waking up.""What?". He
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"Jesse." Bella called. Jesse looked up at Bella in surprise. He'd not told anyone else except his mother and sister about Maitta's accident so he guessed that his mother must have called Aviva. "How's she?." Bella asked joining him on the sofa. "I don't know yet." He replied. "Gwen told me what happened." Bella said. "She didn't mean to do it." Jesse scoffed and said nothing. "She's not someone like that. You raised her." Bella reminded him. "Yes." He agreed. "But I didn't expect her to be so heartless that she'd hurt her own sister. I saw her smiling Bella." "Jesse... She's just a little girl." "Which is why I'm not raving mad right now." He said. "Everything will be fine." Bella told him. "You shouldn't have come. You need to be resting." He chided. "I'm pregnant, not an invalid." She said. Jesse chuckled and took her hand in his. "I'm glad you're here." He told her. "Family of Maitta Deacon?". The doctor approached them. "Yes. We're her parents." Jesse stood up. "
Husband For Hire Chapter Sixty Two
Maitta's sleep was disturbed as she kept inhaling smoke wondering sleepily where it was coming from until she opened her eyes and let out a scream when she saw the fire licking at her door. Her room was already so filled with smoke that she could hardly breathe so she took her robe and covered her nose with it and called out to Trisha tearfully. "Mommy!". She didn't want to get up from her bed. "Mommy!". She screamed. It was like a very horrible nightmare that she couldn't wake up from. She got out of bed when she saw that Trisha wasn't answering or banging on her door and ran to her window. She drew back the curtains and opened the shutters and was grateful for the breeze that was blowing in until she heard her bedroom door give way to the intense heat of the fire and fall to the carpeted floor then she really got to see how unsafe she was in the house from the fire raging in the hallway. "Daddy." She sobbed. "Daddy please save me." She couldn't climb out of her window because it
Husband For Hire Chapter Sixty One
A week later "Can we talk Bella?". Jesse asked. Bella looked up from her laptop to him, surprised to see him but she only nodded and continued with her work. Jesse pulled back a chair and took a seat. He didn't say anything for a long while and just stared at her causing her to look up and raise a questioning brow. "Well? Are you going to say something or you are just going to watch me all day?". She inquired. "I'm sorry." He apologized. "For what?". She looked irritated. "For everything." "Okay?". She sounded bored. "I'm also sorry that I lied to you last week." He said. "You lied about so many things. What exactly are you sorry for?". Jesse took a deep breath. "I told you three weeks ago that I couldn't love you... well that was a big fat lie." He looked contrite. "I realized how much of a loser I was when I heard the news about your supposed death and all I could think of... was that I'd take everything back if I could get another chance with you." "Oh." Bella said. "So
Husband For Hire Chapter Sixty
Two weeks later "Daddy!". Gwen shook Jesse awake. "Wake up!". Jesse stirred and forced one eye open to stare at Gwen. He was hung over and felt like his head would come off if he attempted to lift it. He'd drank himself to stupor the night before after he and Aviva dropped Bella off at the airport. She'd insisted on taking a commercial flight back to Mexico and there was no talking her out of it so they'd let her and Aviva had cried on his shoulder making him feel like a horrible human being. He'd gone to the bar from the airport without inviting his friends but when he realized he'd drank too much, he called Olly who came to meet him and brought him home. "Daddy! Mommy is dead!". Gwen shook him. "Mommy is dead!". "Yes I know." He muttered. "Helena died months ago." "No! Aunt Bella!". Gwen exclaimed tearfully. Jesse's eyes flew open and he propped himself up on his elbow. "What?". "It's on the news." Gwen pointed to his TV. She grabbed the remote and turned it on, waited a fe
Husband For Hire Chapter Fifty Nine
A few days laterBella sat in the gazebo working on her laptop when she heard the horn of a car that sounded very much like Jesse's and she suddenly lost interest in what she was doing and set her laptop aside.Jesse drove into the compound and pulled up in front of the house, alighted from the car and shut the door. He rounded the hood to open the door for someone and Bella saw a little girl get out of the car and her breath hitched in her throat when she locked gazes with Jesse and she wondered if he was going to come over but he steered the girl towards the house and they went inside.By the time Bella got inside the house and walked into the sitting room, she met her mother having an animated conversation with Jesse's daughter while he just watched them with an amused smile on his face.Jesse turned his head to look at Bella and his smile faded. He wondered why she was still around when she'd told him just two days ago that she was leaving and he'd told her goodbye but he really d
Husband For Hire Chapter Fifty Eight
Gwen opened the door to Jesse's bedroom and slammed it shut when she saw Maitta sitting on his bed watching something on his laptop and laughing out loud but the door slam caused Maitta to look up at her in surprise."Oh, hi." Maitta said. "Want to watch Merlin with me?"."I don't like the movie." Gwen said. "What are you doing in my father's room?"."He told me I could stay. We were watching it together but he left to take a call." Maitta replied."I see." Gwen muttered."What do you like to watch then?". Maitta inquired."I watch movies like high school musical, Hannah Montana, Frozen and others." Gwen answered. "Merlin is an adult movie.""Daddy likes it." Maitta said.Gwen walked over to the bed and stopped in front of her. "Listen to me, I don't like you at all." Gwen informed her. "And just because you're his real daughter doesn't mean you'll take my father away from me with your miss perfect attitude."Maitta looked stunned. "But... I'm not trying to take daddy away from you."
Husband For Hire Chapter Fifty Seven
"Maitta, this is the moment you've been waiting for." Trisha spoke up. "You've always wanted to meet your father and here he is. Say hello.""Hello." She waved shyly."Hi." Jesse said. He looked at the bear. "This is for you." He set the bear on the sofa.Maitta's eyes widened. "Really? It's huge!". She rushed to hug the bear."What do you say when someone gives you a gift?". Trisha asked her, frowning at her."Thank you." She said and blushed looking embarrassed."It's fine." Jesse said. "Can I take her now?"."Um... Sure." Trisha nodded. "She's eaten so she's good to go."Jesse smiled at Maitta and held out his hand. "Let's go?"."Okay." She shyly placed her hand in his and butterflies erupted in her stomach when Jesse's hand tightened around hers. "Bye mommy.""Have fun darling." Trisha bent and kissed her forehead. "Don't miss me too much okay.""Okay." Maitta nodded and left with Jesse.Trisha blinked back the tears that threatened to fall as she walked back to the kitchen to cle
