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JESSIE'S CHASE CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
JESSIE'S POV"What is it about Stella?" I asked, the tension in my voice evident.This was the moment for me to find out the entire truth. I had a feeling that it somehow had something to do with Stella, the woman he once loved.For some reason, I felt a bit uncomfortable each time I thought of the fact that Chase had once loved the lady. What was so special about Stella to bring out such strong feelings of love from Chase? Was she a blonde? A brunette? Or did she perhaps have hair the colour of sunset? Could Stella have had the same raven-black hair like mine?Was that the reason for Chase's interest in me after all? Pushing those thoughts aside, I looked at Chase to find that he was fast asleep.His thick, long lashes were on display and I couldn't help, but stare at his handsome face, combing my hands through his luxurious chocolate-brown hair.He seemed to enjoy the motion of my fingers in his hair, if his deep sigh and snuggle unto my lap was anything to go by."Chase, you have
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"It's Mary, Sir.""What is it Mary?" Chase asked striding back into his closet.Jessie frowned while wondering just what Mary wanted from Chase so early in the morning."I wanted you to know that Diana, the chef has prepared your breakfast, Sir," Mary replied from outside the room."I'll take care of that myself, you can leave now Mary," Jessie couldn't help but reply.Chase returned to the room from his closet with black shorts and a shirt in his hand, quirking his brows at her in question and Jessie frowned at him asking, "Since when did Mary become your personal maid? Why does she have to come personally to your room to tell you about breakfast?""Darling, why don't we discuss about your response to my kisses right now? I find that a much more interesting line of conversation, don't you think?" Chase smiled."You know what? I'll leave you to get dressed," Jessie replied, covering her eyes and leaving the room as though she hadn't been looking at his towel clad body just moments ago
JESSIE'S CHASE CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
JESSIE'S POVAfter telling the twins that we can finally go to the beach, they were really excited and I told them to get ready as we'd be leaving in the next hour.When I got back to my room, my mind took me back to what Chase had said about the twins being his adopted kids.If that were the case, then why did he introduce them to me as his cousins? Did he even have an uncle who travelled a whole lot after all? If he was their adopted father, then who exactly was their real father?Chase bore so much resemblance with Chris and Crystal, so their true parents must exist within the Reed family. Where were they now? Why did Chase get custody of them?Why did he have to hide their true identity in such a manner? He was also being blackmailed about it, so what other secret did he have that was long paid for?I changed my clothes for a simple red bikini and with a blue sarong wrapped over it. For my hair, I tied it up in a loose bun above my head.I completed the look with a pair of white s
JESSIE'S CHASE CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
"What do you mean?" Jessie asked."Have you ever wondered why my restaurants are sometimes called C&R and then C&H at other times?""That's because your family has them in different cities all across Europe?" Jessie's reply sounded almost like a question."No, the truth is that my father named the restaurant after my elder brother, Richard and I at first when they were both in charge. After Richard's death, I decided to change it to C&H.""I thought you said you had no siblings, how come you have an elder brother?" "I wasn't ready to tell the world about my family. They weren't keen on my musical career. Dad wanted me to help Richard with the restaurants. At the time, I had zero interest in C&R, so I asked them to make a choice, either they let me do music or they let me go entirely," Chase said in a pained voice."Mr Reed seemed like a very supportive father at the party last week. What option did he choose?" Jessie said."Only because I'm finally doing what he wanted after Richard
JESSIE'S CHASE CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Jessie had just finished getting dressed for dinner when she got a video call from Lenore. As usual, she skipped all pleasantries and instead demanded for her scoop.She frowned before greeting sarcastically, "Good evening Lee, I'm fine, the weather is really nice here.""Oh please, spare me the greetings, what did you discover?""What I discovered is huge, it's going to be a great scandal if I published an article about this," Jessie said, nervously."What are you afraid of? Of course it has to be huge. I knew something was fishy about Chase Reed, this is great news. When can you send me the article? No, scratch that, send it to my mail before midnight today. This is the perfect season for publishing a scandal. Chase Reed has been trending due to the new restaurant he's developing in Rio, this would make him trend more," Lenore grinned.Jessie frowned and said, "I don't know, but Chase is so nice to me. He confided in me about this, I'm starting to feel bad about this.""I don't pay
JESSIE'S CHASE CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
It was their last vacation day and to be honest, Jessie had never felt more happy than she had during this vacation in Rio with Chase and the twins.Everyday felt amazing, they had gone snorkeling, swimming, surfing, hiking, skateboarding, roller skating, dancing, racing, boating and a whole lot of other activities.Chase had even taught her to build sandcastles. Now Jessie simply felt bad about leaving the next day.It only meant that she had to face her real life in London. Her job at Tasty and most importantly, Lenore's demands for publishing that new gossip article about Chase. That was the scariest part of returning home.Over the past days during their vacation, Chris and Crystal had formed a stronger bond with Jessie. She was so glad that they didn't feel the need to hide their identity in front of her anymore.It was very nice to have them treat her like a mother to them. Chase had been so nice and Jessie felt like she belonged to their family even more than she did with her p
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Jessie walked into Tasty Magazine with a huge smile plastered on her beautiful face. She was so happy about returning to her office, but she still missed her time in Rio.As she made her way to her office on the top floor, everyone greeted her after receiving the gifts she brought with her as souvenirs from Rio.Her mood went from a hundred down to twenty-seven the minute she saw Lenore seated on her desk in one of her expensive outfits, looking stunning as usual."Why are you in my office?" Jessie frowned with her hands on her curvy hips."I believe that's no way to talk to your boss after returning from a paid leave. You know why I'm here. I need you to make the final editing on that article. It will be published tomorrow," Lenore replied sternly."Alright. I'll mail it over to you this afternoon," she replied calmly."That's surprising. How could you just agree? I assumed you'd try to oppose that.""Well, I'm not opposing you. I'm finally able to see things from your side. My Whisp
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Jessie woke up the next morning to the sound of her phone ringing. It was Chanel calling."Jessie have you seen it yet?" Chanel asked the moment she answered the call."Seen what?" Jessie queried rubbing her eyes sleepily.It was only a few minutes past six and she couldn't understand what Chanel was talking about."The article. It was you, right? I didn't know you were going to take it that far," she yelled."Take what far? I simply talked about Chase's twins, that was all. I haven't seen it myself," she replied."Well, you better look it up. There are lots of pictures of the kids scattered everywhere. The article is a bit too detailed, it describes Chase negatively as some sort of negligent parent.""I never wrote such things. What pictures are you talking about. I never sent her any pictures of them. I hope Lenore didn't tweak a little too much. What if Chase finds out that it was me?"Just as she said the final statement, Mary walked into the room without knocking."You know what?
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FOUR MONTHS LATER"Oh my God, it's the Cavelli Hotel!" Jessie exclaimed as she and Chase got out of their car at the hotel's entrance."Yes, my darling. I told you I'll make our time here in Paris, unforgettable. How best to do that than starting right from the beginning? We met here for the first time, remember?" Chase smiled, holding her hand in his.The valet took care of their car as they walked in. They had arrived in Paris the previous night for their two week-long honeymoon and had stayed at Jessie's family house until this morning.Jessie had no clue whatsoever that they were going to spend their honeymoon at Cavelli Hotel.After she was discharged four months ago, Chase had been like a bodyguard, monitoring her every movement and tasting all her meals before she took them. He had done that for a full month, until Jessie made him stop. She needed him to understand that she was safe.Recently, he had gotten very busy with the new restaurant branch in Rio and had flown there on
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THE NEXT MORNINGThe police car pulled up at Chase's mansion. Two officers alongside Pierre and Olivier got out of the car and into the house."What is going on Desmond? Why is the police here?" Octavia asked in her heavy Brazilian accent."Is Mary in?" Desmond queried, impatiently."Yes, she's just about leaving for her vacation. Why do you ask? Is Mrs Reed alright now? I was so worried the entire night.""Yes, she's getting better. It turns out that Mary was the one behind Mrs Reed's condition," he replied."Oh my God! That's not possible, Mary is such a sweet girl, she'd never do such a thing," Octavia replied, terrified at the news."Ma'am we do not have all day, we need to get Ms Mary to the station for questioning," the female officer said, impatiently."Okay, her room is on the last floor.""Alright, let's go in. She must have heard our siren. She might try to get away now," the other officer said."Okay, let's go," came Desmond.When they got up to the last floor of the buildin
JESSIE'S CHASE CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
VANESSA'S POVI called Mary to ask about the task, I gave her and she answered almost immediately."Ms Vanessa, the task was done accurately. Ms Lavigne loves sweet things, she ate the cake and finished the drink without suspecting anything. The smoothie she had this morning also contained peaches.""That's very good. I knew I could trust you. It's so unfortunate, Jessie thought that she could still be with Chase even after he knows what she did. She will be dead, long before Chase even understands what's wrong with her. It would be the worst honeymoon ever," I laughed."It is such a relief to know that Jessie would finally leave the picture. I had tried everything, pushed her into the pool, badmouthed her to Chase, sent her ex, Jacques to keep bugging her, but now, injecting all the food and drinks she had with peach extract is finally going to do the job,""I'm a bit scared Ms Vanessa, what if Mr Reed finds out about my role in all these? Everyone knows that I was the person in charg
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They had just arrived at Chase's father's mansion. They were expected to spend the night there before leaving for Paris the next morning for their honeymoon.When Jessie realised that Paris was their honeymoon destination, she was surprised because it was something Chase had kept a secret. She was very happy to know that he thought of taking her to her hometown.She would have been the happiest woman alive had it not been for the fact that her husband was so mad at her that he barely even looked at her throughout the entire drive from the Cavelli Hotel where the reception was held to his father's mansion.Her husband, did she just think of Chase as her husband, but of course he was her husband after all. They had only been married for hours, but it felt so natural to think of him that way. She was confident that when she explained everything to him, he'd forgive her and they'd once again be happy as they had been before."Now, how was that, Jessica? My acting wasn't too bad, was it? Ev
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Jessie was confused, she knew something had to be wrong with Chase. He seemed frigid at their wedding reception when he was all smiles and compliments for her during the wedding ceremony.It was time for their first dance as a couple and Chase seemed so stiff and unwilling to go through with it as to moved to the dancefloor."Are you sure you're alright, babe? You seem a bit off since the beginning of the reception," she asked as they glided across the room.The music was one they both chose together. They had danced to it a number of times already and it was Chase's favourite, so it was surprising to her that Chase was so uninterested in dancing to it.After a full minute of not replying, he gave her an icy glare, as he replied, "I'm fine, I just want us to get this over with. I have some questions for you.""Why do you sound and look that way?""What way?" He asked through clenched teeth."Like you're mad or something. You keep clenching and unclenching your teeth. Is something the m
JESSIE'S CHASE CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
Two Months Later...CHASE'S POVI smiled to myself as I looked at the little grey box in my hand. Today was almost surreal to me.On this day, I'd finally get what I've wanted for a long time now. I adjusted my tuxedo with shaking hands.I couldn't believe how nervous I felt. This was going to be a very private matter with only close friends and family present. Why then was I so impatient and nervous about it at the same time.Nathan walked in, smartly dressed in a similar black tuxedo as mine, he smiled and gave me a pat on the back."I still can't believe you're finally doing this. Remember what you said to me on my wedding day? "I will never make the stupid mistake of getting married. Have fun while it lasts." Those were your exact words, weren't they? How come you're getting married now?" Nathan teased me with a mischievous grin."Nathan you should know that now isn't the time for you to tease me. I'm so nervous and I don't even know why. I keep wondering if Jessie would show up,"
JESSIE'S CHASE CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
"Can I have your attention, everyone?" Chase asked, as he took the stage.All the guests and members of the press, fixed their eyes on him, expectantly."I want to address the recent article concerning I and my family which appeared on this week's publication of The Whispers Column of Tasty Magazine. I'm sure you're all curious as to whether those things printed are true or not. I'm going to explain everything now.""Mr Reed, does this mean that the information in that article holds some truth?" One reporter asked in a loud voice."Yes, Sir. Tell us, were you ever an addict?" "Is it true that you are a womaniser? It it also true that you neglect the children rumoured to be adopted by you?" The questions kept coming from the reporters.The hall was filled with tension and whispering from the guests present. Chase calmed them down with a wave of his hand."Relax everyone. I would tell you this, I have never abused any drug. I was only very stressed towards the end of my career and then
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"I guess you haven't seen the article yet. I was tempted to sue, but after finding out who's behind this, I changed my mind.""What do you mean? Who's behind it? Can I see it?" Jessie asked in a shaky voice.As she read the article, pretending as though she was only seeing it for the first time, she wondered if Chase had somehow found out already about her role in the publication of that article."Remember Cesare? His wife Lenore is the owner of the Tasty Magazine. It's the company that published the article.""Oh my! Why would she do something like that?" Jessie feigned ignorance."I don't know," he replied with a deep sigh."So what are you going to do about it?""I want to hold a press conference. I'll have to finally introduce Chris and Crystal as my kids.""Are you sure that's a good idea? Are they ready to face the media with their questions and all?" Jessie queried.It hurt her deeply to know that she put such a beautiful family in such a difficult situation."I've talked to th
JESSIE'S CHASE CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
Jessie woke up the next morning to the sound of her phone ringing. It was Chanel calling."Jessie have you seen it yet?" Chanel asked the moment she answered the call."Seen what?" Jessie queried rubbing her eyes sleepily.It was only a few minutes past six and she couldn't understand what Chanel was talking about."The article. It was you, right? I didn't know you were going to take it that far," she yelled."Take what far? I simply talked about Chase's twins, that was all. I haven't seen it myself," she replied."Well, you better look it up. There are lots of pictures of the kids scattered everywhere. The article is a bit too detailed, it describes Chase negatively as some sort of negligent parent.""I never wrote such things. What pictures are you talking about. I never sent her any pictures of them. I hope Lenore didn't tweak a little too much. What if Chase finds out that it was me?"Just as she said the final statement, Mary walked into the room without knocking."You know what?
