Jameson smiled and sipped his tea with poise and grace, like a noble gentleman from a regency novel. He chatted with Leah for a bit.From their conversation, she learned that he had been caring for his mother in London. Due to Alzheimer’s, Lily Schmidt was unable to take care of herself anymore. Despite multiple opportunities to return to Chicago, Jameson chose to stay in London and build his career there.Leah recalled that Jameson came from a rather complicated family. There were four Schmidt siblings in total, with Jameson being the youngest. His two brothers and a sister were the offspring of the first wife, while Jameson was born to the second wife of the Schmidt Family.She knew little about Lily, who was once a close family friend. She even paid a visit tothe Schmidts’manor, but Lily left no impression on her at all.“So, why did you come home this year?”asked Leah.“I’m coming back to where I belong. Afterall, I’m the son of the Schmidt family. I want to take what I am entitl
Josh pondered about the possibility of it being something else. He had a flashback of Leah’s wish to find a soulmate. He felt a squeeze in his heart as he heaved a long sigh.Right then, he spotted three black luxury cars driving in his direction. His eyes hardened when he saw the number plate of the Maybach leading the entourage.They were from the Moore Group. It was Eugene’s car!When the cars came to a stop, Tristan emerged from the front passenger seat and opened the car door at the back for Eugene.Eugene extended his long legs and stepped out in his spotless handcrafted leather shoes. He sternly buttoned his sleeve as he made his way out.“Fuck! What bad luck to run into him!”Josh silently cursed when he saw Eugene’s handsome face.A few seconds later, a pale hand appeared from the Maybach. “Eugene, can you give me a hand?”After some deliberation,Eugene reached out for Jessica with a frown. She hurriedly held onto his firm hand, worried that he might change his mind at any tim
Leah had always been like that. She would be completely focused on an object of her interest and fall into a world of her own.Suddenly, it occurred to her that Jameson was waiting for her. She quickly spun around to find him patiently standing on the side, this time with a straw basket in his hand filled with pink roses that carried an understated beauty.The breathtaking char m of the flowers reminded her of a quote from Wislawa Szymborska, which said, “Only a rose blooms as a rose, no one else.”“Ms. King,”Jameson addressed herwhile approaching with the flower basket.“Oh, don’t step in here! Be careful not to dirty your clothes!” she hurriedly stopped him when she noticed his sparkly clean outfit. However, he made his way through the thorny shrubs in an attempt to get to her.She pursed her lips in embarrassment.“Ms. King, this is for you.” His eyes were as soft as the sunset colors when he handed her the basket.“Thank you, but I can’t accept your gift,”she turned him down with
Eugene’s entourage stared at each other in shock, especially Tristan, who looked like he was struck by lightning.Noticing Eugene’s grim expression,Jessica tried to be thoughtful and quickly comforted him.“Eugene, don’t worry. It’s just a rose garden. You can still reach out to the many rose gardens across the country.”Eugene removed his arm from her grip while she was talking. The impact of his movement caused her to stumble backward in an embarrassing moment.“Let’s go, Mr. Schmidt.”Leah didn’t bother to take another look at Eugene and Jessica. She beamed gently at Jameson instead.“Sure. I’ve made a reservation at the restaurant. We can leave at any time now.”Eugene felt suffocated when Leah and Jameson exchanged smiles. His brows knitted in anger as he stepped forward to stand in Jameson’s way.“Mr. Schmidt, let’s talk in private.” Eugene did not falter even after he had lost the deal.“If this is about the rose garden project, I have nothing more to discuss with you.”Jameson w
It was at that very moment that Eugene finally brought himself to acknowledge one fact.He didn’t want Leah to be with another man.He couldn’t stand the thought of Leah being with another man and it killed him to know that he had his chances with Leah but he fumbled it.Damn it!What was he going to do?Again,his pride refuse to let him humbly give up.He believed that he could still make things up to Leah,that she would give him another chance so he was determined to win her back!***************Jameson drove Leah home that day.As he pulled over at the front of her house.He opened the door but before he could hurry to the passenger’s side of the car.She had gotten down.Leah noticed the slight pout on his lips.“Is anything wrong?”She asked.“I was going to get the door for you.”He replied.“Oh,it’s just the door,it doesn’t matter that I happened it myself.”She said,softly.“It does to me.”He replied.She laughed,finding him silly.”So what do we do about it?”“Could you please get in
Eugene took a deep breath as he stared at Jessica.At this point,he felt not a single tender emotion for her.“Please, Jessica.Let’s part ways on a good note and please stop hurting yourself to get my attention.It won’t work anymore and you might just kill yourself for nothing.”With that,he walked off.Jessica then wiped away the tears from her eyes knowing that it was useless to cry now.With how he had just spoken to her,she was sure that no amount of guilt-tripping,no amount of hurting herself would bring him back to her.She felt so angry.She was filled with rage towards Leah and she knew there was only one thing that could soothe her rage.Bringing out her cellphone,she shot a text to Curtis.Jessica:I need you to end Leah King’s life.There should be no mistake.Kill her in the most ruthless manner.In fact,capture her first,I want to torture her before you kill her off.*****************The following day,Jameson arrived at Leah’s company to go over the project proposal.They were a
At the close of work,Josh found himself at a club to drink away his sorrows.He felt he really had to get over his feelings now.He was surprised to see Fabiola and she came over to sit beside him.She complained about having a hard time at school and together,they started to drink.In the drunk state,they agreed on spending a night together and booked a room.In truth,they weren’t too drunk to not know what they were doing.Fabiola didn’t stop this because she had always been attracted to Josh and Josh didn’t stop it because tonight,he found her so attractive.They kissed drinking into the room and fell onto the bed.As her hands descended down his buttons and his chest was revealed bit by bit,the tremor in her fingers got worse and worse.At the last button,Josh took her hands away and impatiently ripped it open,the buttons popping free and falling somewhere on the carpet.The shirt fell to the ground and Fabiola looked at the bare expense of his chest in front of her.Heat suffused he
When Josh woke up the following morning and all of the alcohol’s effect had worn off.He was alarmed to see that he had slept with Fabiola.He had literally gone from liking one sister to sleeping with the other in a matter of hours.Fabiola stirred and woke up.Josh gulped,not knowing what to say.Recalling he had taken her virginity made things worse for him.“Fabiola,I…”“Before you apologize,you should know that I wanted this.I do not regret it,Josh because I have always love you.But I will not force my feelings on you because I know who your heart belongs to.”With that,Fabiola quickly started to get dressed.Josh just laid there,processing everything.**********For the rest of the day,he kept zoning out on Leah and on meetings.The only thing on his mind was the sizzling night he just had with Fabiola.*************Jameson had invited Leah out for dinner tonight.After that kiss they had shared,he was all she could think about.She never expected that it would be possible to like an