Javier was only trying to scare Grace and did not actually follow her inside. After all, the latter had said that her younger brother was home. She would be put in an awkward spot if Javier went in and realized that there was no one home.Besides, he had told Cher earlier that he would go to her tonight and…Javier was someone who kept his word.The next day, Javier asked Cher to let the school know that he was on leave. He was not going to school. Cher was incredibly curious about Javier’s whereabouts and asked, “What do you actually do? You look busy all the time and you don’t look like a student even when you’re on campus.”Javier chortled. “As long as you know I’m not a student.”He kissed Cher and got her into the car before taking her to campus. Upon arriving there, and before Cher got out of the car, she stared at Javier for a while, hanging her head and mustering the courage to say, “I think…we aren’t compatible.”“Hmm?” Javier had not expected Cher to suddenly blurt someth
Javier was blunt. There was no need for him to be tactful with Bella either since he was speaking the truth.However, that was not what Bella thought, as she assumed Javier was too courteous, so she could not help retorting, “Mr. Kersey, don’t you know whether you’re being genuine or not? You—”Bella regretted it the moment the words left her mouth. Javier was her client, after all, and she ought to be polite. She forced a smile and shook her head. “Sorry, I was a little rash just now.”Javier waved. “Don’t, no need to apologize. We’re clearing this up today. I just want to know. If Taylor Kloss is here, will you have her as a coach?!”Seeing that Javier was relentless on the topic, Bella lost her cool as well. Her temper flared all of a sudden.“Sure, you have to get to the bottom of this, right, Mr. Kersey? Okay, we’ll get to the bottom of this!“As long as you get Taylor Kloss here, I don’t care what kind of conditions you have. I will agree to all of them!“But if you can’t
Javier was not actually lying. His work could be done no matter where he was. Turning on Bella’s computer, Javier connected to Reivaj Group’s internet to go through his reports easily. He went on his phone and signed on the touchscreen to look at documents that required his signature.Everything went on smoothly. Bella went to her secretary and asked about Javier several times but could only avoid him when she was told that he was still around.When noon came, she could no longer hide from him. They were business partners, and she could not possibly not offer him lunch. Hence, Bella hung her head as she went back to her office to ask Javier out to lunch.At the same time, Javier was just done going through the documents and signing them, so he stretched himself after deleting any relevant traces. It was during his little stretch that he accidentally pulled the drawer of Bella’s desk open.It was just a drawer. He could just close it if he accidentally opened it. It was not a big de
Bella was, of course, reluctant to have Javier stay with her, but there was nothing she could do. Would she offend him? She could not afford to offend Javier. Persuade him? It would be in vain.Especially now that Taylor was here and was doing such an amazing job, Bella found it too risky to offend Javier. What if that caused Taylor to leave as well?Unable to do anything, Bella could only agree to take Javier home. It was fortunate that she was living with her mother and they were staying in a mansion, so there were plenty of rooms and she did not have to worry about sleeping in the same room with him.“Is this considered living together without sleeping in the same bed?”Bella glared at Javier but did not answer when his question reached her ear.When she stepped into her house, contemplating how she should break the news to her mother, she heard an argument breaking out inside.“I’m telling you, Bell has to get married whether she wants it or not. This isn’t your decision to
Javier was led upstairs by Bella. He would be staying in the second-floor bedroom tonight, while Bella and Kellyanne were staying on the third floor.Bella apologized to Javier after she took him to the bedroom. “I’m so sorry. I don’t know why my mom’s acting like this either. She didn’t use to be like this.”While Bella was troubled over it, Javier analyzed the situation for her, claiming that it had to do with Kellyanne being bullied by the Greenes for years.“It shouldn’t be a big issue. Get her a therapist and let her heal slowly. I believe it’ll be better in the future.”Bella found what Javier had said reasonable and was thankful that he understood.After a short chat, Bella left and Javier washed up and got in bed. He pondered coming up with a strategy to handle the old woman, who only picked on the weak and stayed fearful of the strong. It was just a little tricky. If she had been the mother of someone else, he could have just spent some money and beaten her up. He could n
To be honest, Javier really wanted to do something more, but he ultimately removed his hands. Bella had already agreed. As long as he could keep Chase at bay, she had promised to spend a period of time with Javier.Bella probably thought that Javier would never achieve this and had only agreed since there was nothing else she could do. Despite that, Javier was well aware that it would be too easy for him to fulfill his end of the promise. After letting go of Bella, he pulled back his finger and popped it into his mouth. “Hmm, kind of sweet.”The comment made Bella flush until she turned scarlet. “Jerk!”She got out of the car and frantically went into the office. She could care less about everything else the moment she stepped in the company and made a beeline for the restroom. That jerk Javier. She could forget about spending her work day in peace now…When Javier left Bella’s model agency, he called Herschel and drove to Chase’s father’s bank. He stopped outside of the bank, en
Javier returned to campus after taking care of the issue. He believed that the bank president would take care of his one-eyed son. As for Lana’s son, that would be even simpler. Herschel had gone to tackle the task, and Javier was not sure what kind of method he was using, but there would definitely be results.If someone dared resist moving in the direction that he had planned out, said person would vanish from the world. This was proven true, as Bella received a call from one-eyed Chase at around five in the evening. She did not answer it, but Chase later texted her. She wanted to delete the text but could not help swiping to read it upon glancing at the content.For the most part, the message was basically him admitting his mistake and apologizing, then reassuring Bella that he would not harass her anymore.Bella almost wanted to call him and ask what had happened upon seeing the message. It was unbelievable. Why? Had he just backed off and turned nice because of what Javier ha
Javier ended the call while Kurt’s eyes watched eagerly, his heart swelling and yearning for the eventual good news. Kellyanne was not buying it at all. “He’s a fraud, a child, a goddamn hoaxer! A big fat liar telling lies as if baiting the Lord to incinerate him with lightning. The only time he’s telling the truth is when he calls himself a liar. Mark my words, Kurt. I’m just waiting for the Lord to smite him for all the bold-faced lies he keeps spouting!”Being fooled by him had soured Kellyanne’s opinion of Javier. She simply could not believe he was capable of telling the truth or keeping his promises.Javier was not going to waste his breath on defending his reputation. The truth would come out soon anyway, so why hurry?Kurt was back at begging Kellyanne. The latter’s reluctance and doubts persisted, as she had no idea what to do. She was starting to wonder if she should ask Chase Young for help behind Bella’s back. At that moment, Kurt and Javier’s phones rang in unison.