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JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 26
Somewhere in the city.Lola stopped by a street that looked like an old slum. Wearing a mask, she roamed through the dirty streets and arrived at a brick house that was covered with bloody signs on the outer walls.She entered the house, and showed a visiting card to an old lady who stretched her palm. Lolo put 3000 dollars in her palm, and then she was taken to a specific room where living chickens were hanging from the ceiling. In the center of the room, a naked man was sitting in the center of the room with magic circles painted all around him. His nakedness was covered by the feathers of the chicken. His eyes were completely white.“1155 days,” he uttered. “That’s how long it has been since you’ve last visited me, Lola Adams.”Lola was visibly surprised. “Priest Enron. I—”“You wouldn’t have come here if everything went as you expected,” Enron spoke before lifting his hand. One of the hanging chickens flew into his hand. He bit its neck off and tossed it in the magic ring, sending
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 27
When was the last time Jim said no to her?Lola didn’t remember it. He probably never said no to her before, so she wasn’t just angry but was also shocked.“I’ll order some food for her and everyone,” she said, “so give it to me.”“I told you already,” Jim retorted. “I didn’t make much because there were only six carrots. I ate half and kept the other half for Rena. If I give it to you, then what about Rena?”“She will eat it some other time, so give that to me.”Jim shook his head. “No, I can’t. I already called Rena and told her that I’m cooking carrot pudding for her, and so she will be expecting to eat it after coming home. If I give it to you now, she’ll be upset.”“My daughter will not get upset if I eat her share because I was hungry,” Lola blurted.“But I will get upset if my wife doesn’t eat what I cooked for her,” Jim replied calmly.Lola gritted her teeth. Lola’s favorite sweet was carrot pudding, and Jim made that on purpose to pick on her nerves. Luckily, she didn’t eat a
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 28
Jim froze like a statue after Rena left the room. He totally didn’t expect that.“What’s she thinking?” He wanted to pull his hair. “I told her everything, and she still picked her mother’s side? This makes no sense.”[Well…] Joe calmly said. [I thought she’s a special woman, but it seems she’s not that special. You don’t have the money her mother has, so of course, she’s going to pick her mother’s side, Jim.]“No,” Jim refused to believe it. “Rena isn’t someone who’d base her opinion on which side has more money. She just does what she believes is right. I mean, I’ve seen her talk back to her mother in some instances. I thought she’d also stand up for me, but… I didn’t expect this. What the heck am I supposed to do now?”[Eat the food you made?]“I can’t eat all this by myself.”[Then how about you do this…] Joe gave him an idea.Jim’s eyes lit up. “I like it. Let’s do this.”He picked the whole tray and went to Shiney’s room and kicked on her door. “Shiney, I brought food for you, s
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 29
The next day.Lola woke up and came downstairs. Jim had already prepared breakfast for everyone in the house.She snorted at Jim as he served food. “You’re her husband, but my daughter puts me before anyone else, Jim. You still can’t accept that after these many years of living with her?” she shook her head. “This is why I’ve picked Bob. He’s rich and has many connections. He’ll be the son-in-law that can take the Adams family forward.”Jim didn’t like what he heard. Didn’t he also greatly help the Adams family four years back when they were going through hard times? Wasn’t that also helping the Adams family move forward? How could Lola forget that?“No offense, ma’am,” Jim plainly stated, “but you should give up on this idea because Rena loves me. She won’t fall for Bob or Bobby or whoever you may throw at her.”“Hmph,” Lola didn’t care about his words. (Once the Priest’s magic starts working, you’re going to fall sick. You think my daughter will still keep loving a sick man who coug
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 30
In Colorful Life, the company where Rena was working, everybody began to clap after Rena’s presentation about the development of the project so far.The client even got out of his seat and appreciated Rena’s efforts by shaking her hand. “You’ve exceeded my expectations, Ms. Rena.” He was an old man in his sixties. “Keep it up.”“Thank you, Mr. Steve, but I’m Mrs. Rena,” she corrected him.“Oh, my apologies.” Steve Millman maintained his composure, and then left with Austin Woakes, the owner of the company.After work, Austin called Rena to his office and said, “Steve really liked your work and gave our company another project.”“That’s wonderful,” Rena was elated by the news.“Let me finish. He wants you to refashion the headquarters of their finance company,” Austin said. “The budget is limitless.”Rena’s eyes widened. “Are you serious? Wait, how big is that building?”“Just eighty eight floors built on a 12,000 acre land.”Rena’s jaw dropped. “This is crazy.” As her brain started pr
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 31
Austin couldn’t drive peacefully because Rena and Jim were sitting in the back, and Jim had been constantly trying to poke and tickle Rena at different places. She was hissing at him, telling him to stop or Austin might notice, but Jim felt it too funny to stop after seeing the weird expressions she kept making.At one point, he sneakily closed in and blew air through the ear, and she had enough. She stomped on his foot. Because she was wearing high heels now, the pointy heel struck Jim’s foot, and he did his best to not cry out loud. Still, it was his turn to make weird expressions now as he bore all the pain.“Rena… how could you…” he painfully spoke. “I think you split my foot in half.” He wasn’t even wearing shoes, so the damage was real. To bear the pain, Jim bit on her shoulder, and she almost moaned and screamed at the same time.Austin, who was driving, found it difficult to concentrate. He had dated dozens of girls, but he never was lovey-dovey like this with anyone before, s
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“We pay a starting monthly salary of 10,000 dollars for our financiers,” one of the board members told Lola, “who can earn extra money through the commissions they get whenever they make or close the deals. If your success rate is high enough, your salary will be increased accordingly. The top financiers in this headquarters earn close to a million dollars a month through cash as well as shares. So, tell us, Mrs. Lola Adams, why should we hire you over some other financiers that have a cleaner past compared to you?”One board member after another started questioning Lola, asking her the same question in a different manner.“Sirs, I…” Lola tried to sound as confident as she could. “It’s true that my finance business didn’t do well in the past, but that’s because I established my company with two male partners, and they betrayed me. That’s the reason for my failure. It had nothing to do with my skills. To this date, I managed to successfully collect my interest from every single one of
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 33
“Please give me a month’s time. I’ll pay you the money no matter what,” the old man fell at the financier’s feet and shed tears. “Please don’t take away my home. My wife is sick. She won’t be able to survive the cold in the streets, so please have mercy.” The financier indifferently adjusted his glasses. “We do business, not charity. How did you even get here? Security!” he yelled. Every floor had multiple security guards, so two guards dressed in blue uniforms rushed over the scene and grabbed the old man and dragged him away even though he was still begging. “You should have thought about this when you took money from us,” the financier coldly stated. “Draknor Finance doesn’t even wait a single day for those who can’t pay their interests on time.” The old man was being dragged right past where Jim and others were. “That’s enough,” Jim quickly intervened and stopped the guards. “Let go of him.” “Who are you?” the guards asked in a neutral tone. “It doesn’t matter who I am, but