"So what you're saying is… he agreed?""Yes!" Rose nodded again and Jason couldn't believe it. For someone who was so hell bent on taking Erika from him, he found it hard to believe that he just agreed to get married to another woman after a couple of dates together."You asked him to marry you… and he said yes?""Oh yes for the love of God Jason, stop repeating the same question over and over!""Right, my bad. I'm just so happy for you I guess.""I know! I'm so happy for me too." It was obvious that she was excited, anyone could tell. But anyone could also tell that she wasn't in love or anything. She probably rejected Jason's advances of love because she thought he was some kind of lovesick puppy, but even at that, if he had given her the chance, she would have had intimate relations with him because she found him attractive.If not completely, Jason had known Rose to a specific amount, and it was very easy to tell that what she felt for Chris was not love. Instead it was probably
The stars. Very beautiful.Thousands of sparkling diamonds just sitting up there in the sky, making the night sky look uniquely beautiful. Jason loved looking up at the stars, watching each one twinkle in the clear dark blue sky.Whenever he looked up at them, he always felt… at peace. He couldn't quite understand it but seeing the moon and stars always made him relax. He didn't remember his childhood days but he could remember that he loved looking at the stars.As he laid on the bench by the pond, his mind, replaying the words of his private investigator over and over like a broken record, to the extent that Jason started to feel bleak. He felt dejected. He began to question every word, every feeling, every moment with her."JP?"He sat up at the sound of her voice."Are you okay? You've been acting weird since you got back from work. Did something happen?" The tone in her voice was unmistakable. She was worried. Worried about him.Was there a chance that he had made a mistake some
While they were having their breakfast, Jason pretended not to pay attention to Lauren as she told him about her mother taking Phil to her brother's office but he was listening to her very attentively.Apparently, it had angered Mabel so much that she had to call Lauren to vent it out to her. Jason knew Marcus rejected Phil because he knew the kind of man he truly was. It was just relaxing to know that one of his major opposer was on his side for once.While he was driving to the cafe he had chosen to meet his brother in law, Jason could only think about one thing. Erika. When Matthew told him about his parents, he said they had helped a couple who eventually ruined his life and his entire family.Then he also remembered Mr Anderson's words, he said when he and his wife first got to the US, he was working with his grandfather, was there a chance that they were actually the ones who kidnapped him? Amd eventually caused trouble for his family.He told himself he wouldn't hold any grudge
After Jason left the Sandler mansion, he wasn't sure of the next step to take. He thought about calling Rose and accusing her but he decided against it. He didn't want to go back to the apartment because he wasn't in the mood to see anyone. (Sir, are you busy? It's about what you asked.)As he read the message, Jason instantly remembered what he had demanded that his private investigator do for him.Before Jason was reunited with his butler and his grandfather, the only thing he remembered about his childhood was growing up in an orphanage, anything further than that always just gave him a splitting headache so he gave up on trying to remember.Then he was reunited with his family, and since then he had been remembering some things, just bits and pieces like a scene from a movie he had watched a long time ago.Mathew told him about his parents, and he also told him about the untimely and heartbreaking deaths they had, but something deep in Jason's heart kept telling him that his butl
"Hey!"Jason paused his movements but he didn't turn around. Rose had been calling from for almost a week but he didn't answer any of her calls or reply her text messages. He didn't know what she wanted to talk about and to be frank, he didn't care. After the stunt she pulled with her father, Jason decided it was best to cut ties with her completely."Are you just going to stand there?! Don't you think you should apologize for what you did?"Right. He should just apologize to her. He should apologize and disappear from her life completely. "I'm sor—" Wait. What the hell was he apologizing for?He didn't do anything wrong. If anything, Rose was supposed to be the one to apologize for the way she ruined his reputation with her father."Apologize for what, exactly?""Excuse me?""I didn't do anything wrong. I only told the truth.""That was not our agreement!""Right, and it was our agreement that you tell your father that I broke up with you? What, are you trying to get me killed?""I
Since the day Jason had asked Matthew about the relationship between his father and Erika's father, he hadn't heard from either of them. Neither his butler, not his grandfather. He wanted to call to confirm if there were still any hostile feelings towards him but he decided to wait a bit longer. But how long?A day?Or maybe two. Jason didn't know how long he was supposed to wait. Or maybe he wasn't even supposed to wait at all. Maybe instead of wasting time thinking about it, he should just march down to the mansion and apologize for ticking them off. He couldn't decide and it was driving him crazy. When he arrived at his apartment he heard Lauren's voice and then he also heard the louder, harsh voice of her mother. What now?"Just answer my question already Lauren. Is he here?" He heard her demand urgently."No." Lauren replied her, then asked. "Is something wrong?""Lauren, Phil came to me earlier today. He said he just got his hands on a really big deal. He said it was so big th
Jason wasn't sure he heard him right. His father… had an affair?With another woman. The woman who just happened to be the mother of the woman he was currently in a relationship with.He wasn't sure how that information made him feel. "Sire, I know this doesn't change anything but the relationship wasn't imposed. It was decision- though a wrong one- made by two grown adults."Jason never met his father so he couldn't tell what he was like, but he had met Erika's mother. Personal and up close, and she didn't strike him as someone who could do such a thing. Then again, he never knew Lauren could cheat on him until she actually did."So why did Mr Anderson make such a report to the police?""He found out about his wife's affair with your father and he was not happy about it. He concluded that your father must have forced her.""So he just assumed and ran to the cops? That's unfair.""He knew he couldn't win your father because of his financial status, so he intended on ruining his repu
As Jason slowly made his way home, he couldn't stop thinking about Matthew's words. He knew Mabel wasn't a good woman and he also suspected that she might have dabbled in shady businesses from time to time but kidnapping? And she didn't just kidnap anyone, she kidnapped the son of someone who took her as a friend."James and his wife weren't the only ones who lived in the mansion. In fact, the couple from the story I told you are in fact, Mabel Kings and her husband." Matthew had explained everything to him. While it was true that his grandfather took a liking to Mr Anderson and his wife, his parents had housed Mabel and her family before then.To think that he was married to Lauren for over two years without knowing the true identity of her mother. A lot of thoughts began to float around in his mind. Could it be that his whole marriage with Lauren was just a scheme?Were they trying to figure out if he remembered?Or could it be that Lauren had fallen for him sincerely but her pare