CHAPTER 39

“What do you want?” Jessica asked bluntly

“Jessica, please, can we talk?” Mike asked quickly.

Jessica scoffed.

“If you hadn't seen me in this part of town, you wouldn't have asked to talk, so what is it you want now?” She stormed at him.

“I really wish you would give me an audience and hear me speak…. — I called and texted Jess. But you wouldn't respond to any……. And I can understand why.”

“I just need the least of your time to explain how I really feel. — explain myself to you.”

“..... And you're correct, I'm only asking to talk now because I see you but please just hear me out..”

There was a long pause and Jessica stared at him blankly. He looked lost in a way she couldn't quite understand but she knew she didn't have to care.

Just then, he made a move to hold her hands but she rejected his touch and spoke quickly after.

“I'll listen to what you have to say.”

“Can we sit down?” He asked.

Jessica stood still, not bulging to his offer and then he pressed further.

“Please, Jessica.”