A Deal With The Billionaire

EPISODE NINETY FOUR

THEME: Jessica’s Deceit

IDAHO, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

JESSICA CAMPBELL APARTMENT

Jessica threw her phone on the bed in anger. She had gotten an alert of five hundred thousand dollars from Antonio. Even at that, she couldn’t help but scoff in annoyance.

“So much for the said compensation!”

Aside the fact that she was carrying a child with no idea of who the father was, she was out of a job which means she had to start job hunting yet again with another politician. No. Her mind was against working for another politician again.

It annoyed her so much. However, she was thankful Dolores was thoughtful enough to not expose her. Whichever way she was to begin, she had to leave Idaho and never return ever again just to save her face. Jessica didn’t want to have to bump into anyone she knew through Antonio or his wife.

Sitting on the floor and her head was spinning on what she was going to do next. Jessica looked round the room she was in. As beautiful and well decorated the house was, she would have to give it up for sales. Where she would go next was something that baffled her? Was she supposed to head to a small town or another town just as bubbly as Idaho?

Jessica could start her career afresh, but then she would have to deal with being in the public face. And there was no assurance that Dolores would keep her promise till the very end.

Picking up a pillow, she muffled her scream with it. How in the world was she suppose to go settle in an unfamiliar and entirely different place with a growing belly? At the thought of the belly, she felt the urge to eat. Ever since she got pregnant her eating habit had become irregular. She feared growing fat and ugly at the pace she was going. She was determined to ignore the feeling and keep brooding, but the fetus wasn’t having it and she groaned at the impact.

“You really won’t let me be would you?” She questioned the belly.

Giving in she stood up and headed to the kitchen. She grabbed bread and other things needed to make a sandwich. She fixed herself a heavy one.

Jessica bit into it hard. “Hmm.” She smacked her lips. “This taste so good.” She commented.

Jessica headed out of the kitchen and she went into the living room. She sat on a couch with her plate of sandwich in one hand. Her eyes searched around for her phone and she remembered she had left it in the room. She stood up sluggishly and went to the room to get it.

Jessica took the phone and she headed back to the living room. She scoffed as she opened up her Instagram app and the first picture she came across was that of Antonio and his wife. They had given a press release on why she would no longer be part of the campaign team.

“Those bastards!” Jessica cursed.

Antonio and Dolores had told the press that she was a bit indisposed and needed to go for urgent medical attention.

“They have so much lying prowess in them.” She spat in annoyance.

Breathing in and out to avoid getting riled up all for nothing, Jessica had another bite of the sandwich then went ahead to keep scrolling. Tapping on the message icon, she was surprised to see so much message notification. When she was still working as a campaign manager, she was a small celebrity who got several messages from fans and admirers. Boredom was the only reason she was eventually checking through it.

Seeing they weren’t so relevant, she was about to swipe away from there when a message from an Ashley King got her attention. She had about fifteen messages from the person. Curiosity got the better of her and she opened it.

“Oh my!” Jessica let out a gasp at the messages. Each one was a long kind of epistle. Trying to humor herself, she wondered what would interest another lady to text her such long note.

One of the messages, which was the first the lady had sent about three months ago read.

‘Hi Jessica, I am Ashley King Crawford. I don’t know if that name rings a bell, I am Christopher’s elder sister. It has been a while since I have been onto finding you and thankfully the media as always came to my rescue. Your Instagram handle popped up in one of the interview you did in an article I came across. I was surprised to find out you and Chris are no longer together. It came as a shock to me in actual truth. I knew he wasn’t one to juggle a woman’s emotions. Probably, you both had an argument and that is quite understandable. I had hoped you both would get back together soon, until Christopher brought home someone else as his wife to be and they have been married for two months now.’

Jessica paused at that, her eyes disbelieving the content. She read through it again and again. How did he get another woman to love so fast? Was he cheating on her? She thought.

“Nah.” She shook her head. There had to be some foul play, Christopher was stuck to her all through the four years they were together. She had been the unfaithful one, not him.

Jessica shook her head as she kept reading. ‘… In my own opinion, she seems like a gold digger. She has put up this nice facade and made the whole family fall in love with her. Not me though, which is why I am reaching out to you. I need you to return and fix your relationship with my brother. You both suit each other just fine, he doesn’t seem so happy in his marriage. Please return and take your place.’ The first message ended.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Reading through the rest of the messages, it all contained pleas on her return to make Christopher whole again. Jessica couldn’t help the evil laughter that escaped her lips. Fate did have a way of overlooking her mistakes, she must have done something really good in her past life.

Just when she was brooding over what to do next with her life. A golden opportunity pops up without even having to stress herself. Dumping the sandwich she went into her room, standing in front of the mirror to check herself. She was glowing thanks to the pregnancy. The good thing the bump wasn’t showing just yet, which meant that if she played her cards well she could make Christopher the father of her child. And they would get married.

She didn’t care what he would have to do to get rid of the said wife. If it got too draining, she would seek for Ashley’s help.

Jessica clapped her hands in excitement. “This is just perfect!” She mused.

Jessica took her phone, she checked for an house agent and also the next flight to Connecticut.

“Christopher baby, here I come!” She giggled loudly.