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74. Lawyer
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2024-11-08 23:57:51
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JACKSON ~•~ I hated that Paige wasn’t currently behind bars but there was nothing I could do at the moment. Kimberly was going through several emotions at once and I knew damn well rage was at the forefront. She felt she couldn’t defend her daughter and I hated that Paige made her feel that way. Paige was smarter than I thought for bringing in George, knowing his history with Kimberly. She knew it was going to shake Kim up and it worked. Her flights were just to get the cop’s attention. This was her main plan. As for George, I didn’t know why he was colluding with a criminal but that wasn’t going to do good for his reputation as a lawyer. He probably held grudges against me and Kimberly and I couldn’t blame him for that, but defending the woman who kidnapped Amelia was going too far. The past few days, Kimberly had been busier than ever. She was trying to get a warrant for Paige’s arrest and she warned me not to interfere. It was taking a long while because her business did
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KIMBERLY~•~A week later I still hadn’t gotten the license for my business firm. It was getting me frustrated. That didn’t mean I wasn’t already working on the case though.Paige had used a burner to contact the kidnappers even if she knew them personally. That should have alerted them that she was going to abandon them if shit went sideways but they were either too stupid or they didn’t care about themselves.I had thought that the burner phone would be a dead end, but Jackson was willing to go all out to trace it. I didn’t want his help in getting my license because I didn’t want the validity to be questioned later on, but when it came to finding evidence against Paige, I took all the help from him I could get and thankfully, he could offer a lot.He used his influence and connections to make the case easier for me. Since a burner was hard to trace, it was going to take a while and I was willing to wait. It wouldn’t directly prove that Paige was involved but we could find out her w
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GEORGE~•~I couldn’t stand the fact that my presence didn’t bother Kimberly much. I had said that I wasn’t petty but I hated that she was living quite well without any sense of urgency. I wanted to go back to California but Paige told me that Jackson wasn’t going to let the case die down like that. He had a lot of connections so I was surprised it was taking this long, which in turn irritated me because instead of defending their daughter, they were busy playing the perfect family of four.I wasn’t the only one that was annoyed.Paige hated that her son, Asher, was comfortable around Kimberly. The previous day, they had gone to an amusement park and for reasons unknown to me, reporters thought it was the cutest thing. I felt sick watching Kimberly stare at Jackson with love in her eyes. She never looked at me that way. She never cared that I pined over her for five years. Maybe I should have gotten the hint when she told me that she wasn’t ready for a relationship four years ago. I c
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KIMBERLY~•~Jackson groaned against my lips when my phone rang for the second time. I chuckled, trying to pull away but he held me in place, deepening the kiss.“It might be important, Jack.”“Fuck that.” He muttered and kissed me again.My phone rang for the third time and that was when Jackson pulled back with a sigh. His lips were swollen from kissing me and I was certain my lips mirrored his.“Who the hell is that?” He grumbled, giving me space to grab my phone off the nightstand.My forehead creased as I stared at the caller. “It’s George.”“Ignore him.”“He has called thrice. Let me find out what he wants.” He had blocked my line long ago so if he was calling me, it had to be something important. Jackson rolled his eyes but didn’t stop me from answering the call. “George?” I asked just to be sure it was him.“Can we meet this evening?”I frowned. “What for?” His defending Paige was him basically declaring war against me. I didn’t hold any grudge against him even when he fired m
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JACKSON~•~I wasn’t very comfortable with Kimberly meeting George. It was obvious he didn’t have any good intentions towards her. If he did, he wouldn’t have fired her from the only job she’d ever gotten in her life.However, I knew she didn’t like him so that wouldn’t be a problem. I just hoped it wasn’t another plot of Paige’s. Besides, she and George were working together now.As instructed, I waited over at the cafe opposite the bar. I ordered a cup of coffee and watched the building across as though I could see anything.I looked at my watch on my wrist and sighed when I saw that it had only been five minutes since she went in. How was I supposed to survive over here for another fifty-five minutes? I should have insisted on following her inside.Bored already, I brought out my phone from my pocket to see if I had any emails to respond to. Before I could even unlock the phone, I saw a shadow fall over me.I didn’t bother to look up and the uninvited guest sat down on the chair be
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KIMBERLY~•~I was taken aback when Jackson suddenly turned the car around, heading back to the direction we were coming from.“Jackson!” I yelled, my eyes wide as I wondered what he wanted to do. “What are you doing?”Jackson didn’t respond and just continued driving at a faster speed than usual.“Please, Jackson, don’t do anything stupid. It’s most likely a bait.”At those words, he spared me a glance. “I told you, didn’t I? But you insisted on meeting him anyway. Are you happy with yourself now?”I stared at him incredulously. “Are you blaming me for him kissing me?”He didn’t answer and just clenched his jaw.“Turn back around, Jackson.” Jackson pretended like he couldn’t hear me. “Jack!” I yelled. “Either reverse the car or drop me off right now.”For a moment, he just continued driving like I didn’t say anything, but he eventually pulled over by the side of the road. I looked at him with my mouth open. Did he really want to drop me off? Was getting back at George instantly that
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KIMBERLY~•~I had woken up this morning to my business license but I couldn’t even be happy about it. Jackson had warned me that meeting with George might be a trap and indeed, it was.I let out a sigh for the umpteenth time that morning as I continued staring at the article on my laptop screen. There were two pictures; one of me and George kissing and the other of Paige drinking from Jackson’s cup of coffee. Both pictures appeared romantic and the heading hit the nail right on the head.‘REKINDLED LOVERS SEEN WITH THEIR OLD LOVERS. WAS THEIR RELATIONSHIP A SHAM?’We had thought that by not reacting, we wouldn’t be playing into their plan but we thought wrong. The plan had been to put us in a compromising situation and capture the scene. They were sick. I didn’t know what they intended to achieve from this but it was affecting Jackson’s stocks.It hadn’t been more than five hours since the article and the stocks were plummeting already. I was frustrated and didn’t know what to do. I
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KIMBERLY~•~I never thought a day would come when I would be involved in a press conference to explain the matters of my life to outsiders, but here it was.Society was brainwashed into thinking they had a say in Jackson’s life and since I was connected to Jackson, I had to face the consequences of their backward thinking too. Every little thing in Jackson’s life had his stocks falling and rising as though he was selling his personal life to others.That was beside the point. I was nervous. The press conference could go two ways; either they believed it or they said we were fabricating lies. I could only hope I didn’t say anything that further affected his company.Jackson placed his hands on my shoulder, massaging slightly. “Don’t be tense. They can’t hurt you.” He reminded me.I let out a deep breath and turned to face him. “Yeah, but they affect our lives directly or indirectly. I don’t want them to keep writing hurtful things about you.”Jackson arched an eyebrow. “You’re not con
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KIMBERLY~•~My mom didn’t want me to tell anyone, but Jackson wasn’t just anyone, was he? He was my husband and naturally, I was supposed to tell him about everything going on in my life.He pushed off the wall and approached me. “Cancer?” He asked again when I didn’t say anything, which made me wonder how long he had been listening in on me.“You were eavesdropping?” I accused.He shrugged, not feeling bad in the slightest. “If I didn’t, how would I know that your mom was sick and she’s taking it out on you?” Jackson questioned. “I thought we had agreed to trust each other?”“We did. I do trust you, Jackson.”He sat at the edge of the bed, close to me. “Then why can’t you still tell me anything? I’m your husband, baby. I’m supposed to share your worries.”I sighed. “It’s not like that at all. It’s just jot my secret to tell.”“But it’s your burden.”He was right. It was bothering me and I’d feel bad if he couldn’t open up to me about his burdens as well. “You’re right. I’m sorry. Ye
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KIMBERLY~•~Things were beginning to look up for me.Asher had accepted me in his life. The scandal about my supposed nudes was dying down already. Well, a scandal about Chris dating two models at once was making its rounds on the internet so it took the limelight off of me.Chris had looked like a gentleman when we first met on the plane. I couldn’t believe that he was two-timing. Then again, it was the internet and everything could be taken out of context just for a story.Jackson had done his best to erase everything but some people had taken screenshots and even if I knew it was never going to be completely erased off the internet Jackson had vowed to legally deal with anyone who shared it. I was the lawyer in the couple but he was acting like one all the time.The only stress I had at the moment was my mother. I didn’t know if it made me a bad daughter but I was beginning to think she wasn’t sick and was just faking it because she kept using her sickness to manipulate me. If she
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KIMBERLY~•~“Wake up wake up wake up, mommy! Santa came last night!”I shut my eyes even tighter and subconsciously moved away from the noise. “Mommyyyyyy!” Amelia started shaking me incessantly.I gritted my teeth as my eyes snapped open. Amelia wasn’t the only one present. Asher was also there and Jackson was grinning down at me.“Merry Christmas!” They chorused, agitating me even further.Jackson was a bastard. He didn’t let me sleep last night and we only got to sleep around two in the morning yet here he was, an accomplice to the little devil waking me up at seven in the morning. I held back a sigh and closed my eyes back.“Daddy says we need to have a good attitude during Christmas.” Amelia continued. “Or Santa will take back his presents.”Fuck Santa. Jackson and I spent days cracking our heads for the perfect presents for the kids yet all the credit was going to Santa.“Wake up, mommy! I want to open my stockings!”With a groan, I opened my eyes again and sat up. “I’m awake,
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KIMBERLY~•~I was shocked to see that a new article had been uploaded and a lot of news outlets had run with the information. It was crazy. As soon as Jackson found out Emily was behind it, he reported her to the police. When did she have time to post a second article? Did she have an accomplice?When I traced the original article that contained my supposed nudes, I saw that it had been posted early this morning. Was it a timed post? She was even craftier than I thought. She didn’t care that she was getting arrested. She didn’t care that she would spend a longer time in jail after releasing those pictures. She didn’t care about anything but her revenge. It was crazy.As if I didn’t have a lot to worry about already, my parents were blowing up my phone with calls and texts. I knew opening their texts would annoy me but I did it anyway.[Mom: Kimberly, call me back right now!][Mom (2): what kind of pictures are those? Why did you take them? Don’t you have respect for yourself?][Mom (
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KIMBERLY~•~Everything was happening too fast. The messages were traced back to Emily, which made me understand why the blackmailer was so desperate for money. She had been cut off from her family and since she wasn’t working, she had gone broke and needed money as soon as possible.Jackson was quite shocked to find out it was her but he was relieved it was her and not some other person who had evil intentions towards me. He said it was a good enough reason to lock her up since there was no proof of her orchestrating his accident.On our way back to the city, Jackson contacted the police and forwarded the evidence he had to them. I had asked him if he wasn’t going to inform his parents first before taking action but he dismissed it and said he had to act fast before she released another article.It was late at night, but Jackson insisted we return to New York immediately after the wedding was over. It was only an hour's journey but the kids were already asleep.“You’ve endured a lot
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 109. Challenge
JACKSON~•~Someone was testing my fucking patience. I hadn’t been okay with Kimberly’s decision to forget about such a serious issue until after the wedding but I didn’t want to make a big deal about it since it was about her and it was her best friend’s wedding. It seemed like the blackmailer had other thoughts though.Without saying anything, I took the phone back from Kimberly and forwarded the message to my secretary as well as the number accompanied by a message of my own.[Me: take care of this as soon as possible]Thankfully, his reply came immediately.[Okay sir]“What did you do?” Kimberly questioned when she saw that I had pocketed my phone. “Don’t worry about it.” The topic easily got me worked up. The only reason the blackmailer was doing this for me but they were stupid enough to try and create a scandal with fake news. It could be proven wrong but once it was out there, some people were going to believe it no matter what. I didn’t want her reputation to be tainted with
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 108. Blurred
KIMBERLY~•~Jackson and I agreed to take care of the blackmailer after Reiya’s wedding.However, I knew the person behind the screen wouldn’t take too well with getting ignored so I just told them to give me some time to get the money. After telling them I’d get back to them in a week, I put it at the back of my mind and focused on my best friend’s wedding.The days passed by in a blur and in no time, it was her big day. Amelia and Asher had arrived early in the morning. Caro said they were eager to come because they missed us. They were with their father though as I still had to be by Reiya’s side.“You look stunning babe,” I told Reiya when she started looking into the mirror too much. I could tell she was anxious but I couldn’t blame her. I was just as anxious on my wedding day and I wasn’t even getting married out of love.Then again, I think that made my anxiety even worse. I didn’t want to do something stupid and make him regret his choice to marry me.“You think?”“Come on Rei
