"Are you expecting anyone?" Sebastian turned his face from the door and looked at Jake. His arms were crossed against his chest and his intelligent eyes were brimming with curiosity. He couldn't believe Jake. Why he constantly found himself inside a lot of issues was something that he would not understand. The man was like a magnet to heartbreaking situations and now, he was in too deep to be free of it all. "No, I'm not." Jake too was puzzled by the appearance of someone at his door. He prayed that it wasn't Ivy. He liked and cared for her but he could not attend to her at the moment. He had to get his life in order, just as he had told him. But knowing Ivy and the gender she belonged to, he was sure that she didn't pay attention to anything that he must have said. So he decided to just not disturb her. In the end, he would do things as he wanted to and without her consent. "So who is at the door, then?" Sebastian asked with a huff."Ain't we both at the other side of the door? Am
"That is a question that you should be asking your daughter when you see her. She will be in the best position to answer that." Sebastian stepped in to help Jake when he saw that he was tongue-tied. He had to continue teaching him how to give smart and quick responses to questions that may destroy your entire existence if care is not taken. "My friend doesn't know anything about what you have been doing with your daughter when she left him, so how do you expect him to know the thoughts in her head?" "Because she is his wife and he is her husband. They are married, and she is not supposed to answer to us. She is supposed to answer to him." "The same way she answered to him when she left the first time, right? Or is it when she asked for a divorce? Or is it when she tried to put him in jail, twice? Let's face it, sir. Your daughter has never acknowledged Jake as her husband, as a man she should respect. She has treated him so badly and she is continuing to do just that." "She is not
"So what now?" Sebastian asked the trio when they were all seated on Jake's couch. They knew that the drama wasn't over. Hell, it had only begun. Sooner than later, the Cashs will come back and they will bring hell and brimstone as they come. They needed a solution to the problem and they needed it quickly. None of them could afford to lose their position because of silly Amanda Cash. Jake especially couldn't risk a scandal when he was just starting to get everything he has ever needed. His heart and mental health wouldn't be able to deal with it. As he took the last sip of his alcoholic drink, he couldn't help but wonder why Amanda would do such a thing. Why would she continuously hurt him? What was it about him that made him to not be good enough for her? What did she even see in a drug addict that was better than what he had? It was his fault for loving her when he knew that she was not ready for him or his love. He will forever blame himself for it, but he will not wallow in his
Michael gasped, "you did, didn't you?"Jake couldn't understand why they were making such a big deal out of it. It wasn't as if he was involved in any scandal. All he did was kiss the woman."Why are you making such a big deal out of it?! No one knows me for now and no one may ever know me. I am just trying to maintain a low profile and so far, it's been working out perfectly well for me. I missed her and I love her, so yes, I kissed her. But it doesn't matter to anyone because no one really knows who I am." "And what happens when they find out who you are? What happens to the company? You are putting a lot of people at risk and it's not even funny," Sebastian shouted"Whosoever wants to judge me based on what I did in the past, is the person with the problem. I have tried my best but I cannot live my life based on what other people think or feel is right.""You can't be a leader then. If you don't put other people into consideration, if you don't care about what your actions may cos
Ivy did not respond immediately and Jake desperately needed to feel alive. He left his house in search of Ivy. As he stepped his foot outside, he saw the car that Amanda's father had gotten for him but he had lost all interest in driving such a car. He would wait till Amanda came back and took the car with her. He ordered a taxi instead and instructed the man to drop him off at Ivy's house. She wasn't at home when he got in, her maid made it very clear. Still, Jake was not ready to go home, so he decided to wait for her to return. Ivy took hours, longer than Jake had imagined. Her maid was kind enough to allow her to stay in her room. Jake took the time to explore her things. She didn't have much junk, everything in her cabinet either looked expensive or had a lot of worth. Suddenly, something caught his interest. He saw an envelope wrapped haphazardly. Ivy was known to be a perfectionist, so how could she have an envelope that was not properly wrapped? Curiosity pushed him to open
Shock is an understatement of what Jake felt when he saw the pictures of his wife in Ivy's wardrobe. What hooked him the most was that her face was marked with a red marker. He wasn't one to take the scenes in movies to heart but he had seen something like that in movies and he knew that it was always a bad sign. Beads of sweat formed on his face as he turned the picture around and coordinates that were written at the back of the picture. He quickly keyed in the cordinates and he got direction to an unknown location. His eyes widened as he looked at the location again. Out of fear of getting the wrong cordinates, he keyed it in again. It was about to open when he heard movements. Jake quickly placed the picture back to where he got it from. His heart was beating too fast and he didn't care to check if he put it back exactly as it was or not. He moved away from the wardrobe and headed to a chair. Just then, Ivy bursted into the room looking very excited. "Hey baby!" She squealed and
Jake drove with speed and every so often, he would look back, afraid that Ivy was following him or that he was walking into a trap. After all, Ivy was a secret detective. It was possible that those coordinates could be leading to a location where she kept a hardened criminal for questioning. Or it could be her base of operations or even a secret FBI location. All these assumptions frightened Jake but they didn't deter him from moving forward. He needed to know why his wife's face was marked in red. He needed to know why Ivy had her picture in the first place and since this was the only clue he had, he would exploit it.He pressed his legs harder on the paddle and accelerated the car once again. He followed the directions of his GPS closely. He didn't want to miss anything or get to the wrong address. Jake wasn't so surprised when he started seeing bushes and trees as he drove on. He knew it was a shady place. After all, he didn't recognize it at first and he had been looking at it for
Jake could feel his pulse racing. He had limited time to make a decision and that was when his brain decided to abandon him. For the first time in a long time, no thought flew through his mind. He was lost as to what he should do. "You have five seconds Jake." Ivy reminded him."Okay, Ivy can you please just calm down? We can sort this out." "And this is us sorting it out. Chose!" "If you kill her, you will go to jail. Do you really want to risk that?" "You forget that I am a part of the government. The law doesn't bind to everyone and I can make you do whatever I want. Now, don't make me say it again." "Okay. Fine." Jake looked at Amanda. She was too weak to say anything. She couldn't even look up to them. But Jake could see the tears dropping from her eyes. He knew that she could hear them, she could understand them but she was too weak to fight. There was no way she would get out of there alive if he kept arguing with Ivy and worse if he didn't choose her. She was already on t