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Husband For Hire    Chapter Forty Two
"You're not?". Aviva was shocked. "Why? Having a baby is every woman's dream.""Yes mom but that's if she's married or in a relationship and I'm single." Bella told her. "It's not like I can't raise this baby on my own because I have the money... it's just the father of the baby that is the problem.""Princesa, can I say something?". Vincenzo spoke up."Sure daddy." She replied."I don't mean to impose but you know very well that your Abuela won't be very happy to find out that you're pregnant and not married right?". He asked her. "It is forbidden as far as I can remember for a woman in our family to be pregnant and not married. It's a no no.""It's the twenty first century dad." Bella said. "Surely that doesn't count anymore.""It does, mi bebe." Aviva chimed in. "I know you love your grandmother very much and you wouldn't do anything to make her sad.""So... What both of you are trying to say is that I should get married against my will?". She frowned. "Of course not. It's all up
Husband For Hire    Chapter Forty Three
Jesse walked into his office and shut the door then leaned against it tiredly. He was physically and emotionally exhausted and he just wanted to end everything.He pushed away from the door and walked over to take a seat behind his desk, hitting his head against the head rest repeatedly as Bella's words ran rampant in his mind."You're so very unfortunate, aren't you Jesse Billion." He thought. "The first one played you like a violin and now this one... like a piano. You're the most pathetic man in the whole world."He shook his head and rubbed his hands over his face. He had work to do so he was going to focus on that instead and took out his laptop from the bag, opened it and turned it on.Halfway through the second document he was going through, he remembered the package and opened the drawer, took it out and closed the drawer."What are you hiding package?". He muttered. "More suffering. That's what Uncle Vince said right?". He tore the seal of the envelope and poured out the cont
Husband For Hire    Chapter Forty Four
"James!". Jesse bellowed immediately he was let into his father's house by a maid. "James!".Martina rushed out into the hallway to intercept Jesse wondering why he was calling his father's name so loudly and furiously."Jesse, what's wrong?"."Where's that good for nothing man you call your husband mom?". He demanded. "I'm going to kill him.""What are you talking about?".Jesse sidestepped her and barged into the living room, found his father sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper with his legs crossed."Here you are, you bastard!". Jesse walked over and grabbed him, pulling him up by his collar and made to punch him."Jesse! What has gotten into you?". Martina looked shocked and tried to pry Jesse's hands off James."Stay out of this Mom." He warned her. "This motherfucker and I have a lot to discuss.""Up until today, you still act like a stupid little boy, little brother." A female voice said from nowhere.Jesse turned his head and looked at his older sister in surprise. "Jessic
Husband For Hire    Chapter Forty Five
Alexa was hastily packing her clothes into her bags when the door to her bedroom opened and Regina walked in startling her. "Going somewhere?". Regina asked. "Um... I just got a call from my sister now." Her voice shook. "She's not well and I'm going to see her." "Without letting anyone know?". Regina arched a brow. "I was coming to inform you. Is there a problem?". She asked. "Yes. Mr Arroyo wants you in the living room." Regina replied. "Okay, I'll come..." "Now." Regina ordered. Alexa inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly. "Why... Why does he want to see me?". She questioned anxiously. "I don't know. Let's go." Regina answered snippily. Alexa walked out of her room and Regina followed behind her. She hoped that what she did had not come back to bite her in the ass. Nobody saw her right? She hoped nobody saw her or she was toast. "Here she is Mr Arroyo." Regina told Vincenzo as she ushered Alexa into the room. "Thank you Regina." Vincenzo said. "Please leave us." Regina cur
Husband For Hire    Chapter Forty Six
Vincenzo waited rather patiently for Alexa to speak up which was unlike him. He was a man that had no patience for anything else other than his family members but he didn't just want to dismiss Alexa by having her arrested before finding out exactly what she had hoped to gain from poisoning his daughter who from the looks of it, since he'd arrived had been very nice to Alexa."I really do not have all day if that's what you're thinking." Vincenzo told her. "Normally, I don't do this. I just call the police and that's that but I'm really curious about this.""I won't apologize for what I did." Alexa informed him, succinctly.Vincenzo raised a surprised brow. "You won't?"."She got what she deserved.""How so?"."She stole something of mine." Alexa said. "Clothes? Shoes? Money?". Vincenzo cited."Jesse Billion.""Ah." Vincenzo nodded. "I see." He stroked his jaw. "And you think that by trying to kill my daughter, that Jesse will come to you? Didn't you factor his ex wife in your plan o
Husband For Hire    Chapter Forty Seven
Three days laterAviva walked out on to the balcony and found Vincenzo seated on a lounge chair staring at nothing in particular. "You okay Vince?". She asked.Vincenzo looked up at her with a faint smile on his face. "I'm fine." He sighed. "Just missing home that's all."Aviva sat on the lounge chair beside him. "You can go, you know?". She asked him. "You've done enough for us and Jesse as well. Estrella must be missing you.""He's family." He shrugged. "Besides, Bella is really devastated. The doctors said it's possible he might not wake up.""If the swelling of his brain doesn't go down but I'm sure it will and he'll wake up." She said. "He can't afford not to." She sighed. "A lot of people are waiting for him on this side.""Helena really did a number on him, didn't she?"."I hope she rots in hell." Aviva spat. "Devil's spawn, that one was.""How's Bella?"."Sad. Very sad and angry with herself for pushing him away." Aviva replied. "She said she won't forgive herself if he never
Husband For Hire    Chapter Forty Eight
Trisha looked down at the paper and saw that it was a DNA test stating that Jesse Billion was Maitta's biological father but what she didn't understand was how he was able to get the test done and it was totally legit which was really baffling."For all I know, this might be fake." She said, passing the paper back to him."Is it? You're a doctor aren't you?". Vincenzo smirked at her. "It was done in one of the best labs in this country and if you want more proof... there's more where this came from." He gestured to the paper."Just because you are one of the richest men in the world doesn't give you the right to...""Don't talk to me about rights Trisha." He cut her off. "Let us in so we can discuss more about this.""This is my house." She said. "I want you both to leave.""We'll leave but we'll be back... with the police." Vincenzo told her. "And as for your license... I'm going to have that revoked because you don't deserve to be a doctor.""You can't do that!". She objected."You
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
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Husband For Hire    Epilogue
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
Husband For Hire    Chapter Sixty Four
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
Husband For Hire    Chapter Sixty Three
"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
