All Chapters of My Drop-Dead, Gorgeous Rebound: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

JIGOI turned and I saw her leaning on the doorframe to the bath’s, and I again felt intense relief to see she was safe. I could see worry marring the tranquility on her beautiful face… an expression that had remained constant the recent days whenever she was at rest. And I hated that I was the reason it was there. I swallowed whatever it was that was constricting my throat. She must never see. She just couldn’t. I felt my face masking up like it was a physical sensation, and I smiled at her. I crooked my finger to call her to me. And she went, peeling off simple, light pink pajamas that, if only she knew, made her sexier to my eyes the same way whatever she wore did. Fae was the loveliest, most sensual woman I had ever met. It was on her expressions and the way her body moved. It was on the way her hands touched me and the way she made her whole body mold to mine perfectly. It was on her soft voice and her quiet laughs. And, I realized later, it was in every moan and sex sounds she m

JigoI woke up into a nightmare.It was Mark and Theo who had hauled me up from bed telling me that something happened to my wife and the helicopter was about to rush her to a hospital in the mainland— the same one where I was just a few hours ago. Carl was with her. As I dressed like a madman, they also told me that Tom and Sarah were both in custody. That the investigators and the police came in time to catch Tom before he could do more damage, and the son-of-a-bitch told them that it was Sarah who’d invited him to go to the island to take revenge on Fae. That it was all her fault. However, it was Tom who’d hurt his wife. And Sarah was the one who’d screamed for help in a way that those who happened to be near were able to check on what was going on and mobilized first aid help.Fae had been stabbed.There was a part of me who couldn’t comprehend what that whole concept meant. She was safe. I fell asleep with her in his arms, soothing me with her hand rubbing my back as she held me

JIGO The moment my phone rang, I knew it was trouble again. I didn’t even need to look at the screen to know it was from another one of the clubs. And it was, after I heard the voice. It’s the manager of Incubus I now, Ryota. He would usually report and take care of problems himself. But in the last three weeks, he’s been reporting disturbing happenings in the club, too. I took the call. Someone tried to start a fire in the warehouse at the back but it was found out in time. The CCTV caught a recording of a man in a mask but he wasn’t identifiable. He got in through the delivery entrance posing as one of the delivery boys in a busy hour and hid, waiting for an opportunity to do what he was there to do.I was sweating a little after the call. If the warehouse was hit, the nightclub could have been in ashes and rubbles by now. Things were escalating. I needed help.So I called Carl.“Hey, Carl. Something’s been happening. I think I’ll need to ask for your friend’s help about this. D

FAE“So how are you doing with all this?” he was asking me now. It had become a routine. He would check on my emotional make up while we wrapped our day up. I used to love this, too. But for some reason, these recent months, a despondency had started to creep up on me. I knew he loved taking care of me. But why, lately, had questions started to make it seem like I was so weak?I turned away and didn’t answer, though I still felt the need to tell him I was alright so he would worry on less than what was already on his plate. But it didn’t seem to be working. Him continuously checking up on me made me feel like I was a burden more than a relief on times like this. Why wouldn’t he let me take care of myself once? Why wouldn’t he let me worry about him? Why couldn’t I be a part of that space where he could vent without worrying it might hurt someone?Of course, he noticed it. He came near and made me turn to him with a hand on my shoulder. “Hey, what’s up? You’re suddenly very quiet.”I

CARLI didn’t see the difference the first time. I knew there was an existing problem. He was already worried about the arson that happened in one of the nightclubs. He already decided to close the establishments temporarily because concern about security and anticipating another attack had been consuming his people and he thought there was no price that was enough for peace of mind. Jigo’s mind was now going through details about where to transfer his employees for the mean time while he consulted us about putting up a new business. But it took almost an hour before I realized his distracted air wasn’t about his workers but about something else. The guys that were physically present—Joel, Ivan and Cleo—started to notice, too, and had exchanged meaningful looks with each other. And I thought, if there was anything that could trouble our friend like this other than the business and his employees, it was family. So it was either Lola Leah, or it’s about his wife.My back straightened at